Slow-witted descendant of neanderthals, fortunate to have had kind parents, tolerant sisters, a challenging son, a lovely wife, and mentors for friends. Immigrated to #Canada in ’99 but stuck in US with disabled wife. Off-grid, diy, resource conservation/protection and cultural evolution. #MECFS caregiver, #Scotland #environment #climate #sustainability #solarpunk #democracy #NPS #nature #science #offgrid #offpiste #skiing #mountains #hiking #canoeing #rivers #NateHagens #AntiMuskMetaAlphabet
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Last Notes npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: Trust me, you need to check out the oatmeal. #Science #Comics #Humor https://theoatmeal.com/comics/naked_mole_rats npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…e4ey Thanks, batt #1 lasted 11 years, installed batt #2 in ’23, #3 is ordered, as I suspect it may be toast. Our internet is usually measured in kps & is often glitchy, so downloading is always sketchy, but will tackle the tlp thingy. First I have to get hip to Linux jargon on It’s Foss, I’ve never played with the terminal, fear of doing something terminal. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: So I switched my 2012 macbook air, still very functional but no longer supported by #Apple, to #Linux ElementaryOS 8.1, but there's an issue with battery management- green light on charge cable, but OS showing 6% on battery & not charging. Runs ok on charger, but batt gets really hot. Can’t find an explanation/fix on forums that are in layman terms. Also issues with installing apps through flatpak. 🤷♂️ npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: Wife is migrating away from #Microsoft / Google to #Linux, & is eyeballing a repairable/upgradable #Framework 16 laptop. She has tried to install Linux on 3 of her old laptops, but the hardware is incompatible. Just wondering if anyone has experience with Framework or Tuxedo laptops. She’s not a gamer, mostly just puzzles & podcasts. I’m a Mac guy, for now, so of little help. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…73zx A few miles from the epicenter it shook the house hard for nearly a minute. Been near a 7.2 before, but outside. This felt much stronger. It will take some time to clean up. I’ll be putting lips on the pantry shelves to keep things from walking off next time. There will be a next time. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: In the US we don’t universally have M.A.I.D. (13 states do, sorta), what we do have is VSED - Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking, with organizations available to assist with hospice and comfort during the process. It doesn’t require doctor approval or assistance. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…nrlp For decades wild/scenic river managers have used lotteries instead of reservations, which is now expanding to campsites, climbing areas, etc. Odds for river permits range from 1/30-1/160 for popular rivers. There are strategies to improve odds, but haven’t heard of any involving scrapers. Most lotteries open Dec.-Jan. Saw this coming in the ‘70s, -the accessibility vs resource protection conflict. The scraper trend may move more things this way. https://www.recreation.gov/lottery/available npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: An excerpt from Mark Twain’s essay - https://cdn.toad.social/media_attachments/files/116/285/527/641/064/743/original/d16ab71156a5eac3.png npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: Much of this article applies to most other places. Here in #Hawaii we just experienced severe destruction due to rain. As the ocean warms these events become more likely. We’re a frog in a pot of warming water. "Here is just a sampling of things happening right now in #Colorado that we can’t attribute solely to #climate change, but that we know will be happening more and more often precisely because of climate change.” from - https://coloradosun.com/2026/03/22/10-signs-of-climate-change-in-colorado/ npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: The link in WC’s essay to Mark Twain’s posthumously published “The War Prayer” is worth reading, given our “religious” war in the Middle East. WC then adapts it to the current #Alaska government’s war on the #Environment. #War https://wickershamsconscience.wordpress.com/2026/03/24/a-war-prayer-for-alaska/ npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…2h0q And that’s really all that needs to be said about it, but for the number geeks, about 1 in 3 of us don’t identify as Christian, and many of those who say they do, do so only because there parents were and they are not motivated to explore the options, or because it is advantageous for political or financial reasons, in essence not actually practicing what they preach. ~85 million Americans don’t believe a Middle Eastern myth. https://cdn.toad.social/media_attachments/files/116/202/167/353/211/472/original/9966e443c5c2d18f.png npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…rm7c “And it’s 1,2,3, what are we fightin’ for?” RIP Joe THE war protest song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft0vkKCadgk npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…t6jg Chilling indeed. I can’t not see that this is a result of Abrahamic ideology - a conflict between interpretations of a myth about a monotheistic, patriarchal universe, practiced by half of all Hsapiens. Self-fulfilling prophecies about do-overs? Or a time to shed old skin & enlighten ourselves? An approx. map of ideological evolution - http://i2.wp.com/ultraculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/timeline-myth-religion.jpg npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…suvt Rhetorically, what kind of incompetence is it when you allegedly don’t know every detail of a death at the hands of your agents? What kind of arrogant stupidity does it take to think that lie would work? npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…u8dk I read that as CONNECT THE IDIOTS. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…et8z Thanks for this post Marcy While oil may be a major factor in this war, if we don’t shut this down quickly history may call it The Great Abrahamic War - Christianity, Judaism, Islam/Shia/Sunni, all up in arms over the imaginations of their prophets, an excuse for testosterone driven violence. Science, sharing & collaborating on discovery, makes a better foundation than twisting myths & fantasy into a form of governance. Adolescent Hsapiens growing pains. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…wa3c Capra is hard to follow, I recently waded through The Systems View Of Life & felt like a lot more was there then I could extract. This one looks promising - Quantum Physics for Poets Leon M. Lederman I’m hoping Ed Yong will turn his talent for nature writing to physics after his most recent book releases next year. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…hzkv The difference being the US has easier access to an abundance of “bread & circuses,” which is a product of authoritarian capitalism. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…adzc Wait, isn’t the Canadian Armed Forces an anti fascist organization? Ditto the US Armed Forces? I mean, what were they doing in WWII? npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: Why #Norway dominates #WinterOlympics - a child centered culture. "Norway has a national youth sports strategy based on the vision of Joy of Sport for All. there is no competitive sport in Norway for youngsters before the age of 12.” https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/feb/26/norway-winter-olympics-message-for-us-all npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: Amongst all the horribleness from DJT, a good thing happened. Jr. likes to fish in #Alaska https://www.northernjournal.com/trump-is-all-in-on-mining-in-alaska-with-one-glaring-caveat-pebble/?ref=northern-journal-newsletter npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: “If it’s broke, fix it!” - Patagonia offers free repairs for its products & is setting up mini repair shops in the #EU to make it easy. They also sell lightly used or repaired items. The company’s only shareholder is nature. Plus some #winter stories - https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/web-view?a=ResBLx&c=01HMR82M2C17MPSYMC52MVD378&k=a6a939c0e462a5bc0fb43b5da437c7e0&m=01KHXM3M3JGRJZGRSDHTC53XDW&r=01KJDAW04XJRX9GP9WBP7A3CJC npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…p2g2 I use BWB, they offer used books & donate books to libraries. https://www.betterworldbooks.com/ npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…n49s "I took some pride in having it known that I never let facts get in the way of a good story. I was writing subjective non-fiction all along.” - Mowat His books opened a world to me, and spurred a good bit of activism for Indigenous & animal welfare. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…4kr3 🤦 Strange bedfellows, the Abstain From Peace Coalition. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…4vve @nprofile…dw04 Your quote caused me to wonder “besides sub-atomic particles, what is not electrical to some degree” So thanks for sending me down the electron rabbithole & “strange metals” that depart from Fermi's electron transport theory. And this - https://www.earth.com/news/bee-vision-reveals-a-hidden-world-that-we-cannot-see/ npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: I’m in a bubble. Mastodon is my only #socialmedia outlet, & I’ve perhaps curated a feed which is largely sane/factual info. I share personal experiences/interests, worthy causes but otherwise feel like I’m preaching to the choir. I imagine Xinstaface to be on the same track as when I left, but I wonder if there are sane voices still there trying to counter the disinfo with actual knowledge. It's a worthwhile effort, I just haven’t the stomach for it anymore. Kudos to anyone still taking that on. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…dw04 Lots of critters can see UV - bees, birds, reindeer, salmon, … This is a sample - https://www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com/15-animals-that-can-see-uv-light-5-332724/ npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…fns8 Gramps was going blind, grandma could see but not drive, so she would tell him where to stop or turn. Mom was tasked with convincing them team driving wasn’t acceptable. Dad was scary to ride with, he didn’t give up until instead of backing out of the garage, he drove into the laundry room. Cars are a very addicting drug. I may have to consider leaving rural life behind. No uber/taxi around here. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…9xdf @nprofile…6qgk When I started b.c. skiing in the ‘80s, The Snowy Torrents was pretty much required reading. Even so a ski patroller I worked with was lost in a big slide. Group dynamics can be as big a factor as avy awareness. Don't be too shy or intimidated by other’s experience to be the lone “nope” voice if it doesn’t look right. https://www.americanavalancheassociation.org/snowy-torrents npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…30ev Read the ingredient list, research any you aren’t familiar with. Lots of muy mal stuff. FD - I was addicted to a different brand back in the ‘70s, part of my daily oil field lunch - vienna sausages, saltine crackers, an HB or fruit pie, & a coke. Real healthy shit. link to what’s in L.D. Honeybuns https://tools.myfooddata.com/nutrition-facts/1272296/wt1 npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…nw0r Me. What symbol would you suggest? Trump likes his image and name on everything, maybe he should be the symbol. He seems to represent the values of the party. Insert Trump emoji here - npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: "Dear Kristi Noem: you’re tracking down #ICE critics? I’m one of them." Robert Reich https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/19/kristi-noem-ice-google-meta npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: "can an AI bot commit defamation, in this case libel? … the AI bot can modify its own SOUL.md file...That’s where we find ourselves today. In the position of Scott Shambaugh. Hundreds of billions of dollars invested in products that can defame you and you can’t do one damn thing about it.” #AI #Law https://wickershamsconscience.wordpress.com/2026/02/19/ai-nukes-defamation-law/ npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: On the ping pong table - Max Wilbert highlights some #Indigenous voices speaking about #Nature, #Capitalism, & #Science. "You are probably not used to an Indigenous woman calling you ignorant and, less so, on a platform such as this. But for Indigenous peoples it is clear: the less you know about something, the less value it has to you, and the easier it is to destroy. “ -Nemonte Nenquimo https://maxwilbert.substack.com/p/the-inconvenient-indigenous-woman?publication_id=555107&post_id=184510926&isFreemail=true&r=jhgz4&triedRedirect=true npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…4hp5 An introduction for those interested - https://www.pbs.org/show/mystery-chaco-canyon/ also, the Chimney Rock connection - https://www.chimneyrockco.org/puebloan-resources/chaco/ I miss my frequent pilgrimages there, it always felt like a reset. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…7ntp There’s also radiogarden, all radio, all the time. https://radio.garden/listen/cfrb-1010-am-toronto/A35vyN_u npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…q523 Sorry, that’s some bs. Go to https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/ npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: It ain’t gonna happen, coz it’s bread & circuses, but there isn’t a safer, cheaper way to stick it to the billionaire owners of glorified gladiators than to #Boycott the #Superbowl. Watch the #Olympics instead, or better yet, shovel your neighbors driveway, go for a hike in the woods, get high & listen to some good tunes, … ignore the circus, bake bread with a friend. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…skgu The men are hopeless, but if some of the Dem women could sit down with their Rep sisters and talk about shit, … Men been running the show since forever, and it ain’t working, we're killing the planet. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…xl60 Enjoy it while you can, in your 70s you get to pay the bill. Worth every (obsolete) penny. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…udrn Took some digging - https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/joel-webbon-says-wives-must-submit-their-husbands-fear-trembling-and-awe npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: This video from a former Maga LDS Trump worshipper is pretty insightful. The first 1:45 is a clip she uses as an intro, the remaining 35:00 is her owning up to her former existence. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: This should be a thread, linked to your other related posts npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: In those days we protested The Man. The Establishment. The white ruling class. In the Carter years we gained a little ground, but Reagan/Bush ended that. By Clinton’s term, my generation had become The Man. I’m not optimistic humans will someday co-exist peacefully, sustainably. Self-awareness on a global scale is still a far reach, but I’m not giving up on trying. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: Pretty sure Mary Peltola won’t both sides the ICE killings the way Sullivan does. #Alaska #Senate #Election https://www.dermotcole.com/reportingfromalaska/2026/1/28/dan-sullivan-has-nothing-to-say npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: Just read Cory’s article, and to prove a point the next thing that rolled up in my feed - Vimeo Lays Off Most of Staff #AI @pluralistic @nprofile…pmzd https://cdn.toad.social/media_attachments/files/115/979/436/886/187/261/original/ed16e3f5f3dbec26.png npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: #AlexHonnold has some impressive climbing achievements, but his best achievement imo is the foundation he set up to bring #cleanenergy to #Indigenous and underserved communities. https://www.honnoldfoundation.org/community-partners#partners-hero npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: #WhitneyWebb has some pretty interesting videos out about #Epstein #Palantir #CIA, very Minority Report sorta stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs7zkJ9jWKA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W395tLM6e24 npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…xrmq Yeah, the agent list is really not very useful for any kind of action. Most of the name links don’t offer any info, but a few do. The boycott and incident lists are useful though. Interesting that an Irish dude in the Netherlands has a network of a few hundred folks working on this, and that a Russia ddos hit it on the 14th to shut it down, but here it still is. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…xrmq Interesting site - https://wiki.icelist.is/index.php/Category:Agents npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…5rsp The US has squandered its resources on military & financial might, while degrading its education & mental health programs. The result is enough ignorant psychopaths to hijack the cockpit & send us into a tailspin. Teach your children well. C,S,&N - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj8FlXGPcOQ npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…056u "The (grazing) system has evolved into a subsidy program for ranchers. Ranching is consolidated in the hands of some of the wealthiest Americans. The #Trump administration is supercharging the system, including by further increasing subsidies. The administration is loosening already lax oversight. The system allows widespread environmental harm in the West.” https://www.hcn.org/articles/6-takeaways-from-our-public-lands-grazing-investigation/ npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: Obviously the current situation reveals some weaknesses in our democracy, one created by white male landowners basically for the purpose of protecting their ability to prosper. They didn’t imagine that an ignorant psychopath would gain control. Our standards are too low, at a minimum Commander-in-Chief candidates should take & show results of a GED exam & have a psychiatric eval. If not, 75% of psychopaths are male, our odds are better with female leadership. Just sayin' https://mindpsychiatrist.com/psychopath-male-vs-female-percentage/ npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: Ohh, more #books about real stuff! I’ve read McPhee and recommend anything he has written, but the other two have me logging into Better World Books to see if I can get them there. #Geology #History https://www.hcn.org/issues/58-1/three-books-explore-deep-time-and-help-us-look-forward/ npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…8vyc These might be easier to deploy than a huge ball and chain 😉 https://universalboot.com/ npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…0asz Fascinating story! Thanks for sharing. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: "Trump said more about his own fragile psyche in the interview that NYT sane washed. Donald Trump didn’t just describe his aspiration to own Greenland as necessary for his own personal psychology. He also described — while explaining why he no longer had a good relationship with Zohran Mamdani — his Venezuelan invasion as a psychological success.” https://www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/20/trump-needs-a-shrink-and-a-baby-sitter-not-a-national-security-adviser/ npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: “We should be unequivocally clear that #Scotland will not be complicit, politically or economically, in any agenda that undermines international law, democracy or climate justice. If Scotland wants to defend international law, we have to speak up when those values are threatened, even when it is uncomfortable." Help them help us against #trump https://greens.scot/news/greens-warn-scotland-must-stand-up-against-trump npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: “Grief is the dark sister of love. It is still love" #death #life #love https://www.theguardian.com/society/video/2025/dec/12/threshold-the-choir-who-sing-to-the-dying-documentary npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…6lpl Looking forward to reading this, Idaho is a place where my heart still lives, where many of my fondest memories were born, and where the hostility drove me away. Glad you have the strength to stay and work towards making it a better place. #Books npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…9t2c OK, did not anyone else seize the opportunity to insert the brilliant Elle Cordova here? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ky0YOo7_Y0o npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: "The technosphere, all the cement and buildings and plastics and asphalt and everything now outweighs all living things on earth. Not just animals, but grasses, trees, everything alive is outweighed by the things that humans have built. How much of what we call technological progress is really just borrowing from the future and labeling it innovation, and how would we know the difference?" #NateHagens #Environment #Climate https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/frankly-original/119-technology-and-wealth npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: Straddling a fence - some Native tribes cancel #ICE contracts, some don’t. "turning #Indigenous people into corporations is a colonization process. Then you make them dependent upon the destruction of the world that they value,” Winona LaDuke https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/ice-contracts-indigenous-nations-9.7039930 npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…vs9m I have no tips, sorry. No internet back in my tipi days, just my imagination. Dig a depression, line with very dry cow/horse poop, nestle pots in that, cover with more poop, then build a good fire on top of that and keep it going all day. Uncover the pots the next day, when it had cooled. Some wins, some losses. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…vs9m Cool! Or actually Hot! Barry Lopez wrote an enchanting essay about an anagama, or dragon kiln in Oregon, in his book About This Life. Makes my little coil pots fired in a pile of cow dung seem extremely primitive. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…htem Maybe folks entrenched in a European linear time concept have a hard time bending their minds around Indigenous cyclical time. Indigenous story telling often doesn’t have a beginning or end, it wraps around itself. It can give a view from the inside and the outside simultaneously. ‘Time immemorial’ fits in that landscape. When Cortez entered Tenochtitlán, he had never seen anything anywhere that could match it for beauty & sophistication. A year later, he destroyed it. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: Beautiful essay and video (13minutes) about Seasoning a Kid, by Adam Amir. #Seasons #Birds #Migration #Migrants #Canada https://emergencemagazine.org/feature/seasoning-a-kid/ npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…ylm9 Obviously I’m not getting across that I’m not talking about the actual donors, they suck weasel dicks. There are 10 Bill Ackmans on Linked In, for instance. I doubt they are all assholes. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…ylm9 Not sorry for the donors, sorry for folks who share their name, who might be falsely doxed as magat. Like all the Bill Ackermans who are decent blokes. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…ylm9 I feel sorry for the people who share the names of those donors. Kinda tags them as being possibly nazis. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: #NateHagens & Dopamine Nation author Anna Lembke discuss digital addiction & what to do about it. "social media companies are hijacking our attention. But now AI is hijacking our attachment, especially with chatbots etc. We are titillating ourselves, increasingly getting all of our needs met through these machines, as a result, we are not turning toward other people to meet those needs, and that is the crucial divide. That is what will kill us in the end." #socialmedia https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/206-anna-lembke npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: Apparently you Can just make this shit up. I haven’t seen the #film, just watching it unfold in real life. #technology #politics https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/mountainhead-revisited/?ref=unprecedented-newsletter npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…v03j I regularly use my mute options, sometimes for content, sometimes to relieve feed flooding. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…x06q The oh so prescient Mr. McGuire in The Graduate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dug-G9xVdVs npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…3wgl Depending on the aperture, it could be a very long list. These are all white men, that is a problem. The crux we are faced with is agreeing on who the prescient thinkers of today are. Francesca Albanese, Jacinda Ardern, Kaja Kallas, Sanna Marin, Ursula von der Leyen, Kamala Harris, …? Never a more crucial time to listen to the women. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…ynwr The video with Bill Nighy is pure gold. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: Christmas past - Most of my memories are a great collage of family, feasts, & gifts, occasionally snow. One was 100 miles out in the Gulf of MEXICO, memorable in that the drilling rig was a rust bucket, the mud pumps threatening to fail, & the hole pressure increasing - recipe for a blowout. But the one that really stands out was in desert solitude. #Christmas https://cdn.toad.social/media_attachments/files/115/782/850/800/879/646/original/e6b2feff244b8058.png npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…6usc From one neuron to another - happy to have made a synaptic connection. May your signal travel on with great benefit to all. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…ghqg DuckDuckGo has a pretty good browser. Tracking/popup blockers, open source code platform, doesn’t share or store user data, ... npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: Ode To Christmas, by Chuck Kraemer - Lord, what we’ve done to Christmas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACv9udPqjnA npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: Always on my mind. Alaska’s chosen path exemplifies what humanity has become. Winter solstice, happy or not, is here. A time to reflect on choices. #Alaska #Environment #ClimateChange https://wickershamsconscience.wordpress.com/2025/12/21/alaskas-shameful-addiction/ npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: While this takedown by Cher would be welcome, there is no evidence it is actually what happened. There are numerous differing or conflicting reports, but nothing verifiable. And a search for the source in this instance - Patriots Against Traitor Trash Trump - turns up nada. Keep it real. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…lpf5 Source - npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…nhqv Neither, tree farms are mono culture - not a natural environment, plastic is plastic. Make a wreath with a few evergreen boughs to bring a bit of nature indoors. Refrain from supporting rampant consumerism, instead focus on making good eats and sharing time and stories with loved ones. That’s what the Christ in Christmas would do. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…7exw Thank you for constructing this thread, the more folks know about the machinations of fossil fuels, the more likely they will understand the need to leave ffs in the ground. Refinery capabilities of light vs heavy crude, what they churn out, where they are, & the transport of crude to them, is another aspect that needs more illumination. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…rltf Will have to wait for them to have a presence here, or develop an OS app. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…fan8 In the way back times I helped an archaeologist friend do clearance surveys in the 4-Corners area, some tribal, mostly BLM lands for oil/water/road development. I had the impression that the integrity/significance of the findings had little influence on permit issuance. Imo it was a hoop for developers jump through. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…y5d9 I was day-dreaming about being anywhere but in a classroom when that punctuation lesson was given in grade school. I hyphen everything - like a caveman. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…2dl4 My gerontologist sister gave me this list of "to dos" before my exit. The longer I procrastinate, the more important it becomes. https://cdn.toad.social/media_attachments/files/115/724/611/697/405/021/original/e3698ad4df07d617.png npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…d2nu It’s an arms race between VPN providers and VPN blockers. I can’t do financial stuff with VPN security anymore. It’s a brave new world. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…d2nu Dryer outlets are 30 amp, ev chargers vary, as do the plugs, which vary by car make. For example Vevor has splitters for various combos. https://www.vevor.com/charger-station-box-c_12037/nema-splitter-for-dryer-and-ev-nema-14-30p-14-30r-14-50r-3-4-lcd-screen-p_010405494917 npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…4y9g That societal inequality can have that much effect, imagine what physical &/or emotional abuse does to neural plasticity. You may not have to imagine, there’s a good chance you know or live with someone affected. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…2apq I’m inclined to reply “Is it?” or “Don’t you wish?” More humans aren’t having a merry one than are. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…anry #ElleCordova is on it, Aptos is the next default font - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXbW42uTKYo npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…jg5e Mis-diagnosing is not uncommon. Mom was diagnosed with Alz, put on medication, which may have induced Parkinson’s, re-diagnosed with FTD, and finally Lewy Body Dementia. We still have a lot to learn about these conditions, like you can have mixed dementia, multiple forms simultaneously. #Dementia brains have been seen to have 10 times more micro plastics than average. It is a future epidemic, just as ME/CFS is. Not a good time to ignore #science, unless you want to create hell on earth. npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: @nprofile…34kt Give him one of these tests - https://www.mind-diagnostics.org/narcissism-test npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: Monday morning #blep #Dogs https://cdn.toad.social/media_attachments/files/115/645/116/498/430/609/original/2d9652dd0d0b8f6d.jpg npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: In the season of giving thanks and gifts, consider Chizh for Cheii (wood for grandpa) a volunteer organization on the Navajo Res. bringing firewood to elders for heat & cooking. #Indigenous #MutualAid https://www.gofundme.com/f/chizh-for-cheii-2023 npub1u6pj6ms7lexpudry8a06e3klw0ve420fwu4w5el9hl286emnrvpqkt95yd Steve Moore :toad: PM Carney - It’s not “nation-building,” it’s profiteering. Please don’t be so Trumpian. #Canada #Alaska #Indigenous #Environment https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/alaska-tribes-sue-b-c-9.6997183