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I'm sure I'm not the only one here who has had enough of the politics. So let's start something where we can get away from them. Just write #NoPolitics (capital n, capital p for my blind friends), and either place it somewhere in your profile to indicate that you will rarely, if ever, post about them so that those of us who want to avoid them can follow you, or add to the fun by posting something light-hearted and enjoyable. It can be anything, as long as it's not turned into something political.
#NoPolitics
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Yesterday I posted some #moss pictures from my lunchtime walk; that's currently the most-boosted toot I've had on Mastodon!

So here's some more - same walk, different bits of #mosses, #lichens, and #frosty leaves. Enjoy.

#lichensubscribe #lichen #nature #mosstodon #awalkaday

#nature #moss #lichen #Mosstodon #lichensubscribe #Mosses #lichens #frosty #awalkaday

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Jupiter Rowland

Ironically, you've connected to me first. My channel has only got two topics. The primary topic is a certain kind of 3-D virtual worlds, the secondary topic is the Fediverse beyond Mastodon, although this may include accessibility topics. Since this is not my personal, all-round channel, I don't post about anything else.

I'm working on a series of posts that will touch male fashion. But they'll touch male fashion in the above-mentioned virtual worlds, I'll post them on a dedicated (streams) channel, and this Hubzilla channel will only forward them. Also, expect each one to have both a summary and a spoiler tag for those who are easily triggered by even the slightest eye contact.

#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta

#FediMeta #long #CWFediverseMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWLongPost #LongPost #CWLong
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@Jupiter Rowland I'm actually interested in the Fediverse beyond Mastodon. That's not what I meant by constantly posting about technology. I would also love to experience a virtual world, but I don't know of any that are accessible. That said, many other games are, both text-based and audio, and now, some mainstream ones as well.
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Swap, Grow, Repeat. It's time for Seedy Sunday! | Seedy Sunday, the UK's longest-running seed swap, is a celebration of gardening, growing and nature with a special focus on the humble seed | Ali Ghanimi

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Swap, Grow, Repeat. It’s time for Seedy Sunday!

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Cooking #compost. I turned the pile on Sunday and today it reached 130°F, supposedly the lowest ideal temperature for efficient decomposition and to kill weed seeds and soil pathogens.

Heat from composting can be harvested as renewable, sustainable energy. I get really frustrated by the sheer number of #EnvironmentalSolutions ppl have come up with that just aren’t implemented. Imagine a world where we use our food scraps to grow more food AND generate clean energy.

#gardening #permaculture

#gardening #compost #permaculture #environmentalsolutions
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Woo! The (American) elderberry cuttings I ordered in the fall just shipped.

The guide on planting from where I got them: riverhillsharvest.com/grow-eld…

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Elderberry Growing Resources

Information about growing American elderberries and elderberry research. Growing, harvesting, processing and more.
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Classy Ravens Fans Return the Favor for Foes–After Bills Player Drops Ball in Heartbreaking Playoff Loss

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#Science #psychology #goodnews #happy #depression #positivevibes #goodnewsthread #happynews #spreadjoy #communitylove #spreadlight #goodnewnetworkorg #positivescience @goodnews group

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Medieval Education Sample

Come get schooled.

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Medieval Education Sample | The British History Podcast

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I just uninstalled Pachli. It's still showing me things from October and November. I was able to use up arrow to get through some of them quickly, but now, that's not working and I would have to go through message, after message, after message, after message. Yes, it's annoying, and I can't even find Settings to see if I can change it. I could keep uninstalling and reinstalling it every time I needed to use it, in the hopes that it would start fresh each time, but that does seem ridiculous.

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#friendica #accessibility #android #blind #Talkback #fedilab

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While I do 99% of everything using Windows, I decided to try Raccoon for Friendica for Android, since I was curious about it. I was able to go through the settings, though a few things just said "unlabelled". However, this is one of those apps that won't accept input from a real keyboard. So I couldn't even sign in! It had an instance as an example, but Talkback read it as actual text in the edit field, and when I tried to write my own instance, nothing happened. I also couldn't delete their example. So right now, Raccoon fails in accessibility. However, it is relatively new, so perhaps, this will change in the near future.

#accessibility #blind #Android #clients #Friendica #Raccoon #RaccoonForFriendica #Talkback

#friendica #accessibility #android #blind #raccoon #raccoonforfriendica #Talkback #clients
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For #WildlifeWednesday I have one of my favourite owl photos - this Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) jumping onto a log in a tidal marsh. I photographed this from a dike trail so as to not disturb the owls resting in the marsh.

#Wildlife #Owls #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BritishColumbia #Canada #Nature #NaturePhotography

#canada #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #birds #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #wildlifewednesday #britishcolumbia #owls
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I don’t know what my recycling bin got up to while it was outside but apparently it smells super interesting.

#CatsOfMastodon

#catsofmastodon

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First time seeing a ... rocktopus? An all-consuming alien growth?

Seen at low tide, but in very sheltered crevices very close to the waterline.

#nature #ocean #sea #seashore #macro #naturephotography #macrophotography #biology #marinebiology

#nature #ocean #naturephotography #biology #marinebiology #sea #macro #macrophotography #seashore

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Congrats “THE ARCHIVE BOOGIE” by Samantha Close

Second Place winner of the Internet Archive's 2025 Public Domain Day Film Remix Contest.

1929 was a great year for the movies! Filmmaker Samantha Close expresses both the breadth of 1929’s production and the eternal bounty of the public domain, using images from 1929’s films and public domain images from elsewhere and elsewhen.

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#FilmRemix #PublicDomain #CreativeWorks

Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

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Virgin Money's AI-powered chatbot will scold you if you use the word "virgin".

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#news #TechNews #technology #ChatBots #AI #VirginMoney

Virgin Money chatbot scolds customer who typed ‘virgin’

UK banks are racing to roll out generative AI tools to personalise consumer services
Akila Quinio (Financial Times)
#news #ai #technology #technews #chatbots #virginmoney

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All in the mind? The surprising truth about brain rot theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2… #Health&wellbeing #Neuroscience #Mentalhealth #Lifeandstyle #Technology #Internet #Science #Society

All in the mind? The surprising truth about brain rot

Is screen use really sapping our ability to focus and lowering our IQs? The scientists who have actually analysed the data give their verdict
Amy Fleming (The Guardian)
#Science #society #mentalhealth #technology #health #internet #lifeandstyle #neuroscience

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‘Groundbreaking’: scientists develop patch that can repair damaged hearts theguardian.com/science/2025/j… #Medicalresearch #Heartdisease #Worldnews #Society #Science #Germany #Health #Europe

‘Groundbreaking’: scientists develop patch that can repair damaged hearts

Cells taken from blood and ‘reprogrammed’ into heart muscle cells may help patients with heart failure
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#Science #europe #germany #worldnews #society #health #medicalresearch #heartdisease

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#QuizOfTheDay: #Earth may not be the only place to have water in our #SolarSystem. There are other planets or satellites that may have liquid or solid water.

Do you know which of the below planets/moons in our Solar System believed to have twice as much liquid water as Earth's oceans, if not more?

A. Mars
B. Titan
C. Triton
D. Europa

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Knowledge Zone Quiz - Quiz of the day
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#earth #solarsystem #quizoftheday

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The Brighter Side of News: Breakthrough study finds that Earth has six continents not seven…

The study argues that the traditional division of continents might not be as clear-cut as we think. According to the findings, North America and Europe—separated by the Atlantic Ocean—may still be geologically linked... #geography #platetectonics #geology #earthscience

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The Brighter Side of News: Breakthrough study finds that Earth has six continents not seven…

The study argues that the traditional division of continents might not be as clear-cut as we think. According to the findings, North America and Europe—separated by the Atlantic Ocean—may still be …
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#geology #geography #EarthScience #platetectonics

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Iridescent Turkeys. When hit by sunlight, these brown feathers take on a beautiful iridescence that glimmers and shifts colors.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #NaturalHistory Nature #Rewilding #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #Biology

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Iridescent Turkeys

29 January - why do turkeys "shape shift"
Richard - Out Walking (Whilst Out Walking ... Snapshots)
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An Amazing 4K Virtual Walking Tour of the Titanic laughingsquid.com/4k-virtual-t…

An Amazing 4K Virtual Walking Tour of the Titanic

Titanic: Honor and Glory is an incredible game that reconstructs every facet of the ill-fated Titanic using Unreal Engine 5 by Epic Games.
Lori Dorn (Laughing Squid)

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Google Play will now verify VPNs that prioritize privacy and safety

The verified badge indicates that a VPN app meets specific security requirements.

Google Play will now verify VPNs that prioritize privacy and safety

Google Play is launching new verification badges for VPN apps that indicate they have met certain security requirements.
Emma Roth (The Verge)
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Mersey Tunnel Pharaoh in Liverpool, England

On the outside of the Mersey Tunnels, an Art Deco sculpture of an Egyptian Pharaoh wears goggles and racing gear.#infrastructure #tunnels #statues #architecturaloddities #artdeco #ancientegypt #section-Atlas

Mersey Tunnel Pharaoh

ugc (Atlas Obscura)
#section-Atlas #statues #ArtDeco #architecturaloddities #infrastructure #ancientegypt #tunnels

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#ITByte: #Semantic is a development #Framework that helps create beautiful, responsive layouts using human-friendly HTML.It provides templates for HTML elements with CSS styling that users can deploy for easy interface development.

A brief overview of #SemanticUI and how it compares against #Bootstrap?

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Semantic UI

Semantic is a development framework that helps create beautiful, responsive layouts using human-friendly HTML.
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#framework #itbyte #bootstrap #semantic #semanticui

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Heat Destroys All Order. Except for in This One Special Case. | Quanta Magazine…

Sunlight melts snowflakes. Fire turns logs into soot and smoke. A hot oven will make a magnet lose its pull. Physicists know from countless examples that if you crank the temperature high enough, structures and patterns break down.... #physics #quantumphysics #thermodynamics

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Heat Destroys All Order. Except for in This One Special Case. | Quanta Magazine…

Sunlight melts snowflakes. Fire turns logs into soot and smoke. A hot oven will make a magnet lose its pull. Physicists know from countless examples that if you crank the temperature high enough, s…
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#physics #quantumphysics #Thermodynamics

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Visayan Fantail

A medium-sized, long-tailed bird of forest from the lowlands to low elevations in the mountains in the west-central Philippines. Dull blue on the head, chest, back, and shoulder, with some paler blue streaking on the chest and crown. Has a white belly and a rufous lower back, outer tail feathers, and wing, with dark central tail feathers and a dark edge to the wing. Often cocks and fans tail while foraging. Similar to Black-naped Monarch, but has rufous rump and tail. Voice is a single, nasal “jep” note given at intervals or sped up into a rapid series.

Link: ebird.org/species/visfan1
Photo Location: Philippines

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Classic Footage of The Animals Performing 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood' on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1965 laughingsquid.com/animals-ed-s…

Classic Footage of The Animals Performing 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood' on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1965

Classic footage of The Animals performing their song “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” on the January 24, 1965 episode of The Ed Sullivan Show.
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1987 Screaming Eagles board game by Milton Bradley.
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#BoardGame #MiltonBradley #Aviation #avgeek #Airplanes #Planes #FighterJets #Retro #Vintage
#vintage #avgeek #aviation #retro #Airplanes #planes #fighterjets #Boardgame #miltonbradley

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Pet Otter Lovingly Carries His Favorite Toy in One Paw

An adorable pet otter named Kotaro lovingly carried his favorite toy mouse around the house and up the stairs in one paw.
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#DidYouKnow: #FairyCircles are circular patches of land barren of plants, varying between 2 and 15 metres (7 and 49 ft) in diameter, often encircled by a ring of stimulated growth of grass.

The cause of fairy circles has long been a puzzle and the investigation has proved challenging.

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Fairy Circle (Grass Formation)

Did you know about 'Fairy Circle (Grass Formation)'?
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#KnowledgeByte: What is a #DwarfPlanet? Why is #Pluto a Dwarf Planet?

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What is a Dwarf Planet?

Dwarf planets are worlds that are too small to be considered full-fledged planets, but too large to fall into smaller categories.
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#knowledgebyte #pluto #DwarfPlanet

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We had a very nice surprise last year when we let a sunflower grow in between our corns and beans. The seed was a remain from the previous year and grew wild to 2,80m high, with a multitude of flowers coming out of the stem. Really proud of that one. Learning: don’t plan for everything, also let things happen 🌻😊

#BloomScrolling #Gardening #Flowers
#Sunflower #Growing

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Man Finds Rare Trove of Winnie-the-Pooh Drawings and Manuscripts in His Father's Attic

By Sarah Kuta

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Man Finds Rare Trove of Winnie-the-Pooh Drawings and Manuscripts in His Father's Attic

The papers connected to author A.A. Milne—including original drafts, illustrations, letters, poems and corrected proofs—sold at auction for more than $118,000
Sarah Kuta (Smithsonian Magazine)
#books #literature #lost_manuscripts

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Libraries & Well-Being: A Case Study from The New York Public Library

By Daphna Blatt & Dr. E.K. Maloney
Dr. James O. Pawelski & Dr. Katherine N. Cotter

The NYPL’s Strategy and Public Impact team and the Humanities and Human Flourishing Project at the UPenn's Positive Psychology Center have released a new report as part of an ongoing collaboration to study and advocate for the role of public libraries in the communities they serve.

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Libraries & Well-Being: A Case Study from The New York Public Library

By Daphna Blatt & Dr. E.K. Maloney, The New York Public LibraryDr. James O. Pawelski & Dr. Katherine N. Cotter, University of Pennsylvania In today’s society, libraries stand out as among the last truly public institutions.
The New York Public Library
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Good morning Mastodon. Here’s a boat-turned-shed on Holy Island, Lindisfarne, Northumbria to brighten your Wednesday morning.

#Woodensday #sheds #boats #HolyIsland #Lindisfarne #northumberland

#northumberland #boats #HolyIsland #Lindisfarne #Woodensday #sheds
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"And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted — nevermore!"

#OTD in 1845.

Edgar Allan Poe first publishes the narrative poem "The Raven", under his own name in The Evening Mirror of New York, of which he is a staff critic until February. It is rapidly reprinted across the United States and appears in book form by the end of the year.

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The Raven at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/14082
gutenberg.org/ebooks/17192

#books #literature #poetry

Le Corbeau = The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
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Vets urged to cut back on flea treatments amid UK biodiversity fears theguardian.com/science/2025/j… #Veterinarymedicine #Biodiversity #Environment #Pollution #Animals #Science #Health #UKnews #Pets

Vets urged to cut back on flea treatments amid UK biodiversity fears

University of Sussex scientist calls promotion of preventative practice when pets are flea free ‘profiteering’
Helena Horton (The Guardian)
#Science #environment #Pollution #biodiversity #animals #pets #uknews #health #veterinarymedicine

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Genetics of Alternating Sexes in Walnuts

Scientists have uncovered a genetic mechanism in walnuts and their ancestors that has remained stable for 40 million years. Male-first or female-first flowering, balanced by a single genetic locus, parallels sex determination in animals. This evolutionary trait ensures genetic diversity, with distinct pathways evolving independently in walnuts and pecans.

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Genetics of Alternating Sexes in Walnuts - The Global Plant Council

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#plantsci #plantgenetics #walnuts #palnts #plantreproduction

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