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Sunday Coffee & Tunes 19/01/2025


A novelty one today. Yamaha Sessions 3 from 1981. A promo record released by Yamaha Stuidos Japan to demonstrate the Yamaha GS-1 synthesizer. Featuring keyboardist Keiko Doi from the all female synthesizer trio Cosmos, some funky bass lines, cool drum breaks, pretty amazing 80s session photos on the cover, and adorable liner notes its a fun bargin bin pick up.

#records #Japan #synthesizer



Sunday Coffee & Tunes 12/01/25


Today's selection is 80s post punk outfit Rip Rig + Panic. A surprise find from yesterday. Featuring members of the pop group, Neneh Cherry, and some guest spots from Ari Up and Don Cherry. This post-punk and jazz album is not only a powerhouse of talent but sounds fresh and ahead of its time.

#records #vinyl #postpunk



Sunday Coffee & Tunes 5/01/2025


Today we dig deep into the sounds of Japanese Wamono - Japanese jazz, funk, soul, rare groove, and disco. Each volume has a slightly different sound. The first one, like most comps, is probably my favourite. The third one is for the city pop lovers and contains Kimono, which I put on many playlists. Plus, that album cover is stunning in pink. 🩷✌️🇯🇵

#records #vinyl #wamono


in reply to pataphysician

Måske kan europæerne bedre mærke hvad der er ved at ske i USA. I Danmark føles det ligesom dengang tyske tropper samlede sig syd for grænsen.


Astra - Seth (ZZZ)


Hoy lancé por Astra y no tuve mucha suerte, perdí el 50/50 y casi no me sale 🙁
La buena noticia es que entre todo lo que lancé salió Seth, hace mucho que lo quería y no me había salido, así que al final no estuvo tan mal 😀

#zenlesszonezero #astra #seth #hoyoverse #gacha #gaming






January Watercolor


Every year I create my own calendar. Lets me put birthdays and personally significant events on it without the writing against the wall thing. Most of the time I use photos I've taken over the year. When it's not dark before / after work I usually take photos of the sky. The Puget Sound has some lovely sunrises and sunsets on the regular.

This year, I decided that I'd do watercolors since I've been working on my watercolor skills. This one is the January watercolor. They're all water-focused because painting water is my favorite thing to do.

Super happy how this one turned out. I really love the islands in front and the clouds, too.
#watercolor #myart #ocean #islands #practice #beautiful

in reply to MeyariMcFarland

How beautiful, painting water with water. As water is the element of compassion, life-giving, clearing, it's obvious working with it, is like creating peace. I used to paint in a anthroposophical style, wet in wet. It's peaceful to work this way, your painting shows that same kind of peace .I simply can look at it for a long time, imagining this for being a real place to be. In a world that lacks silence and peace, this is something we need to see much more! I love this! Thank you for sharing, warm greetings from the Netherlands.
in reply to Wilhelmina58

Thank you! I try and paint the things I see around me, not like taking a photo but as they inspire me. The Puget Sound, WA has so many places like this that it frequently shows up in my art.

Thank you for the comment and greetings from the far side of the USA!


in reply to Michael L. Simpson

Appalachian Trail. So you still have do some 500 miles? Never tried something like that. My longest hike was just 150 miles in the German Eiffel region.
in reply to Jake

Closer to 600 left...I've finished the White Mountains, but still have some very hard stuff to do in Maine....but also some much easier stuff in CT and Mass. I'll have to look up the German Eiffel region....I've never hiked there
in reply to Michael L. Simpson

It's a learning experience, we're in this together. Glad you made it here! I'm in the Desert SW USA, personally.


Hi from NL


New guy from NL. Diving into this Friendica world. Already using Mastodon and Pixelfed. Hope this can be a FB alternative and make some new friends soon.
#newuser #nl #eu
in reply to Jake

Nice, hope you had a chance to taste/buy some “stroopwafels”
in reply to Jake

In Gouda, we did! I'm not the biggest fan of regular stroopwafels but the Gouda ones are delicious.


What an Idiot! (I am)


I've just deleted a post, here in Friendica, where I was asking for Pixelfedhelp!
I think I need to get off this box and do some light reading!
in reply to Cătă

Thank you for the kind words, as to the baby steps - well my age is taking me back to them!!😄


Bulgogi




New here


Okay, here we go. My first post.
I'm new here, and boy, there's a lot to discover. At the same time I am discovering Mastodon, Pixelfed, Peertube and what have you. So bear with me. Thanks.

Do I use hashtags here?
#newhere #newuser #helloworld
I guess I do.

in reply to Erik van Schaaik

I love how a lot of us are or have migrated over the fediverse and decentralized social media platforms such as this, Mastodon, and Pixelfed. I am pretty new here myself!
in reply to Kenziekenz

I agree. And I like your bio. And your cat. I painted a cat, a couple of days ago. Let me post it to you. My first pic-post. Let's see...

Ah. There you go!

in reply to Erik van Schaaik

I'm excited to be here. And honestly, super happy to both have and read other blogs that aren't all full of ads and junk! Real people for the win!



@Roberto
Amigo, haceme una boost así tengo mas amigos.
#presentación soy de Junín, Buenos Aires, informático, me gustan las radios.
Servicios web, servidores... mate.
Y conocer gente para tener mas amigos en el fediverso.

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Bad News Thursday


It has appeared as though my mood has dipped in a rather inconvenient fashion and now I am trying to cope with that. Sleep deprivation and listening to a sad audiobook probably didn't help with that. Lol Here's to hoping that I'll get distracted enough for that to go away.




!!! CANCELLED - STL Supporter Stream for January 23, 2025 !!!


! Supporter Stream Cancelled !

There will be an "Off The Air" hangout for Supporters & Matrix users at 7:00 PM Eastern. Room link to be provided at that time on the Matrix channel.

Thank you & apologies!

@SwitchedToLinux
#SwitchedToLinux #STL #Linux #Windows #Mac





@Ruud
I'm looking for the setting how posts with a lot of text are hidden behind a link.
This setting exists on another instance, but not here.
@Ruud
in reply to Thomas

I think you're looking for a content wrapper, also called a content warning on some systems.

Is there something like that on friendica?
@Ruud

@Ruud
in reply to lynfox

@lynfox
No, see the screenshot in the post. This is from a different instance. So it exists.





Jeff Bezos erases LGBTQ+ rights support and ‘equity for Black people’ from Amazon website
thepinknews.com/2025/01/23/jef… thepinknews.com/

don't like this

in reply to Saint Clinton

This is getting very serious. Everybody needs to make a concerted effort to find an alternative to these platforms.


American corporations have participated directly in a genocide


Since #Microsoft, #Google and #Amazon, and perhaps others, have participated directly in a #genocide, their CEO's should be indicted by the #ICC .
theguardian.com/world/2025/jan…


I may not be around to dance
but at least I know the music
will still be played.


Security tip: install updates


Keep your applications up-to-date! The apps' developers are frequently patching security holes and exploits. If you don't update, you'll be vulnerable to attackers using those exploits.

#cybersecurity #tip #security