I miss the wonderful cat stories on Facebook, particularly the Larry The Downing Street Cat for Prime Minister ones. I know that is a very special group, and nothing can ever replace it, but I would love to hear about your cats and the funny things they do. I am blind, so I can't see pictures, but descriptions help. Also, if anyone here writes as a cat, or even a dog or other pet, feel free to add me or comment.

#animals #birds #cats #Caturday #dogs #funny #hamsters #mice #pets #stories

How do I turn off the political posts in my Home timeline? Is there a way for me to hide them, or at least, certain conversations so that I don't have to see them?

#accessibility #filter #friendica #timeline #Tweesecake

I followed the Social Media feed from Newsmast. Now, I wish to unfollow them, but I can't figure out how to do it. I tried "Unfollow" on Tweesecake and also went to the page of the feed, but I keep seeing posts from them on my Home timeline (not the Federated one). I usually don't mind seeing such things in my timeline. I love the Food and Wine one, for example. It's just that this one is going a bit mad at the moment. I may follow it again at some point, or even check it.

#accessibility #Friendica #Newsmast #Tweesecake

I really love Tweesecake. The more I use it, the more wonderful things I learn about it. I am now able to view my Local Friendica.world timeline, Home (which is basically the people whom I follow), the Federated Timeline, my Favourites/Likes, my mentions (when people Mention me), etc. all in one place! Everything is customisable, too! I only wish they made a 32-bit version, so that I could use it on all of my machines, both physical and virtual. Still, as long as I can use it on one, it's good, since I can just use NVDA Remote to access it with another. Oh, and it doesn't try to insert nonsense when I write tags! I hate when I write in text fields and receive suggestions.

tweesecake.app/

#accessibility #blind #blindness #friendica #NVDA #Tweesecake #Windows

Yay!!! I got Tweesecake to work! I couldn't understand, for the life of me, what was going on! I thought the folder was corrupted, so I redownloaded it, and whenever I started it, it kept saying "Welcome to Tweesecake", and then "Config". Then, when I tried to navigate through the window, it completely disappeared. So I thought, maybe, they had discontinued their service, but that was not the case. It turned out that this is not a fully portable app. Unlike the ones at portableapps.com, and like both Serpent UXP and IceDove UXP, it stores information in a separate folder and not just the main one. I may change this behaviour in the future. For now, I deleted the separate Tweesecake folder (in App Data), and restarted the program. And now I have a perfectly functioning Windows client, including the ability to edit my posts!

#accessibility #blind #happy #portableapp #Tweesecake #Windows

Update. check comments. As usual, it's not fully accessible. Why, I don't know.
I just found something wonderful! It's an automatic way for me to find groups that interest me. Basically, when I add a hash tag to a post, sometimes, I get added to a community. For instance, the theatre tag added me to their community. There, I find all sorts of related posts. But I don't take their advice about not adding said groups to my timeline, because I want to see what others have to say! Regardless, along with the pages I found for topics, etc. this is a great way to add interests, and with luck, to make new friends!

newsmast.community/about

newsmast.community/about

I love this site. They have articles about all sorts of different topics! They also have some wonderful gifts that go well beyond the ordinary. This is also the home of Gastro Obscura, where they write about the most fascinating, delicious, and at times, bizarre foods from around the world. No, I don't work for them. I'm just a fan.

atlasobscura.com/

#AtlasObscura #books #facts #food #GastroObscura #gifts #holidays #learning #interesting #travel

This is truly ridiculous. In order to post here, I have to use Semaphore, TWBlue or Pachli, because I can't figure out how to do it on the main site. I know I did it a few times, but it's very difficult to find and is not available as and immediate edit box. In order to read my own posts, I have to go to the main site or Pachli, because I can't do it on Semaphore or TWBlue. (Note. I figured out how to red them but can't reply on Semaphore, since there is no edit box.) So I basically have to use several sites plus an app (I almost never use apps for any websites) just to be able to use Friendica. I specifically left Facebook due to inaccessibility! Even with this mess, it's still not as horrible as there, but It would be nice to have one site where I could do it all, like on Dreamwidth, or at least one Windows client that would allow me to do everything, without having to resort to using my phone! Tweesecake was nice the few times it worked, but now, no matter what I do, I can't even get it to load. It says something about configuring and then disappears! Enafore is supposed to allow me to edit my posts, but I have no idea how to do that since there is no normal edit link or button, and half the time, when I go to my page, the edit box for me to type in isn't even there! Semaphore inserts rubbish when I'm trying to write tags, so that I have to write everything in Notepad and paste it in.

#accessibility #Android #apps #blind #clients #Dreamwidth #Facebook #friendica #twblue #Tweesecake #Windows

Perplexity just gave me a list of Viennese operettas that have been translated into English! Several are from Johann Strauss, whom I've been wanting to hear anyway, and I even found two more by Franz Lehar! I already knew about and had The Merry Widow and Die Fledermaus. The first I watched ((but still need to watch the Christopher Hassall translation) and the second I was actually planning to watch tomorrow. This is the full list as it was given to me.

"1. The Gypsy Baron (Der Zigeunerbaron) by Johann Strauss II
2. A Night in Venice (Eine Nacht in Venedig) by Johann Strauss II
3. The Queen's Lace Handkerchief (Das Spitzentuch der Königin) by Johann Strauss II
4. Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood) by Johann Strauss II
5. The Circus Princess (Die Zirkusprinzessin) by Emmerich Kálmán
6. Countess Maritza (Gräfin Mariza) by Emmerich Kálmán
7. The Csárdás Princess (Die Csárdásfürstin) by Emmerich Kálmán
8. The Land of Smiles (Das Land des Lächelns) by Franz Lehár
9. The Count of Luxembourg (Der Graf von Luxemburg) by Franz Lehár
10. Giuditta by Franz Lehár"

I also have Countess Maritza, and The Land of Smiles, but I didn't watch them yet, and silly me, I didn't realise they're Viennese! Of course, it may be difficult to find all of these, , and even more so to find translations that haven't been modernised (I avoid those as much as possible), but at least, I have somewhere to start!

#EmmerichKalman #FranzLehar #operettas #JohannStrauss #theatre

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Red de Emergencia grupo creado para trabajo en 27.245 modo usb con software js8call

#cb #js8call

Sold lepers and back to purpe.

#crypto #solana #memecoins #purpe #leper

Has anyone ordered these "Firefly Petunias" before? They're by a company called Light Bio, and apparently the flowers glow in the dark.

I love plants and while this would be a cool addition, has anyone ordered one of these and found it to be a waste of money? Is there an ethical dilemma with ordering these?

light.bio

From Scientific American:

"The firefly petunia glows brightly and doesn’t need special food thanks to a group of genes from the bioluminescent mushroom Neonothopanus nambi. The fungus feeds its light-emitting reaction with the molecule caffeic acid, which terrestrial plants also happen to make. By inserting the mushroom genes into the petunia, researchers made it possible for the plant to produce enzymes that can convert caffeic acid into the light-emitting molecule luciferin and then recycle it back into caffeic acid — enabling sustained bioluminescence."

#plants #science

Light Bio. The flower you will love the most.

The glowing Firefly Petunia

^{Glowing plants by Light Bio}

@eduardo_lu9dce@mastodon.social

He loco

Cristina Kirchner: 6 años de prision e inahabilitcacion perpetua

infobae.com/judiciales/2024/11…

#Argentina #cfk #Kirchner #cristina

Usando JS8Call en radio CB 27mhz

radioaficion-es.foroactivo.com…

#JS8Call #js8 #cb #27mhz #11m #27245

Hello,

Can someone suggest worthy crypto fediverse servers/communities to begin community building on n816 token based on solana blockchain for financial development.

Thanks in advance.

#crypto #token #solana #communitybuilding

petitions.bloomassociation.org…

#fishing #overfishing #ocean

Lettre ouverte à Ursula von der Leyen

Nous vous appelons à mettre fin aux bulldozers de l’océan. Nous vous demandons d’imposer l’abandon de la pêche industrielle et la fin des subventions néfastes qui soutiennent et encouragent la destruction de l’océan.

^{petitions.bloomassociation.org}

I need to update this with more discoveries. But here is a post I made some time ago about Received Pronunciation. More specifically, it's about Upper RP, my favourite kind. This is when the English language comes alive and sounds like music. I could listen to RP all day long, provided it's Upper or at least Conservative. I have no use for Contemporary. It gives me a headache. Any other suggestions are warmly welcomed, and if you yourself speak in true RP, I would love to get to know you.

dandylover1.dreamwidth.org/945…

#BBCEnglish #elocution #English #King'sEnglish #language #properEnglish #Received Pronunciation #RP #Queen'sEnglish

To medical professionals, there may be different nuances here. This is the popular understanding.
I'm not religious or superstitious, but this is very odd. Ivor Novello died in 1951 of a heart attack. Noel Coward, one of his best friends, died in 1973, 51 years ago, of a heart attack. Christopher Hassall, Novello's librettist, died in 1963, at the age of 51, also of a heart attack! Breakin the 51 theme but remaining with the health one, Clifton Webb, friend of Coward, died of a heart attack, as did both Gilbert and Sullivan, who influenced Novello! As for Hassall, I now have all sorts of lovely things to download from him! His RP accent is absolutely beautiful, as are his tones, and he is very much worth seeking out.

#ChristopherHassall #CliftonWebb #GilbertandSullivan #heartattack #IvorNovello #NoelCoward

This week has been one Novellian discovery after another, and each better than the last!

First, I was able to add to my film list, with Once a Lady (1931. This is not the clips I found earlier, but the full film! I also have The Lodger (1932), I Lived with You (1933), Sleeping Car (1933), and Autumn Crocus (1934). Now, I'm just missing Symphony in Two Flats )1930/wrote), But The Flesh is Weak (1932/wrote but not in it). If anyone wants the links to the others,, let me know, as they're all on Youtube. I also have Glamorous Night, but he's not in it. Mary Ellis is, though. That one I bought.

Then, I found two very unusual pieces. They are both instrumental and are actually narrated by Novello himself! They come from King's Rhapsody, which I was lucky enough to have seen (also on Youtube and well worth watching), but other than a few notes at the beginning, taken from Mountain Dove, and some snattches of familiar songs, I don't recall them being there. Maybe, this was an audio special.

Muranian Rhapsody Part 1

youtube.com/watch?v=JIbrYatXPd…

Muranian Rhapsody Part 2

youtube.com/watch?v=ciVi8L-KPe…

Today, while looking for other works written/translated by Christopher Hassall, I found something that almost brought me to tears, for several reasons. It is a tribute to Ivor Novello, made by those who knew him, a mere two days after his death! Whether reporters tracked down these poor people and bothered them or whether they got together to honour their friend, boss, etc. I don't know. But it is a golden treasure, as some of these actors I'll probably never get to hear anywhere else. Others I have, either singing or in interviews, including a huge concert narrated by Vanessa Lee.

youtube.com/watch?v=etB7t_ETqS…

The other day, I found something else by Novello, though not Ivor! I had completely forgotten that his adopted sister Marie was a classical pianist! Sadly, she died quite young, and all but two of her recordings were acoustic, as they were made in the 1920's. I found thirteen of them on Youtube, all under six minutes.

I chose this one because it's one of her two electrics, and is therefore very clear.

Arensky: Etude Op36 No13

youtube.com/watch?v=5O9J5LVA6P…

This one is not only clear for being acoustic, but there is a bit of history attached. She was actually the last living student of the composer, Theodor Leschetizky. I have never heard of him, but I'm sure some of you have.

Leschetizky: Toccata

youtube.com/watch?v=SK5qHsOf_p…

#IvorNovello #MarieNovello #theatre #films #MaryEllis #OliveGilbert#ChristopherHassall

youtube.com/watch?v=5O9J5LVA6P…

We've been watching "The Politician" on Netflix. My husband was watching it without me until I noticed I had been standing in front of the TV for ten minutes because I had stopped to see what was going on. If you're bored and want a break from real politics, I would highly recommend it.

#TV #Netflix #Streaming

Un homme aurait tué sa femme le lendemain de sa nuit de noces...

Parfois, la nuit porte conseil...

#calembour #blague