Mastodawn

Techpriest Jul 8, 2023

I've been searching and finding circular logic and corporate level no-speak. Is there an official post clarifying as in YES or NO weather lemmy.world is defederating threads?

https://lemmy.world/post/1179425

I've been searching and finding circular logic and corporate level no-speak. Is there an official post clarifying as in YES or NO weather lemmy.world is defederating threads? - Lemmy.world

I’ve gotten so tired of the non-stop reddit/lemmy/mastodon/threads drama I pulled the plug on all recurring donations for the foreseeable future. Thanks to threads the fedverse is starting the reddit style drama cycles and I’m pretty much over trying to sort through it.

Techpriest Jul 7, 2023

Mr Sniffers likes to patrol his domain in the cab of the farm truck.

https://lemmy.world/post/1122670

Mr Sniffers likes to patrol his domain in the cab of the farm truck. - Lemmy.world

Techpriest Jul 6, 2023

[OC] Rocking the former feral gang sign outside of a shop on Jekyll Island GA. Realized I was in his seat and moved right after.

https://lemmy.world/post/1080549

Techpriest Jul 6, 2023

[OC] Lonely water pump in the middle of nowhere near the con-flux of the Pea and Choctawhatchee Rivers, Geneva County Alabama.

https://lemmy.world/post/1079894

[OC] Lonely water pump in the middle of nowhere near the con-flux of the Pea and Choctawhatchee Rivers, Geneva County Alabama. - Lemmy.world

Techpriest Jul 6, 2023

[OC] Prisoner rec cages behind the ADSEG unit (AKA The Hole), Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary, Petros TN. Taken before the private purchase.

https://lemmy.world/post/1079794

[OC] Prisoner rec cages behind the ADSEG unit (AKA The Hole), Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary, Petros TN. Taken before the private purchase. - Lemmy.world

Was abandoned when I took the pic but is now private property and a tourist attraction. Worth a visit if you are ever in the area.

Techpriest Jul 5, 2023

99.9% of Americans have never tasted a Blackcurrant or Gooseberry. For nearly a century, the US government conducted a war on currants and gooseberries. The History Guy YT

https://lemmy.world/post/1077069

99.9% of Americans have never tasted a Blackcurrant or Gooseberry. For nearly a century, the US government conducted a war on currants and gooseberries. The History Guy YT - Lemmy.world

Techpriest Jul 5, 2023

[OC] Old US129 to the right of US129. Normally underwater but exposed due to the draining of Chilhowee Lake for dam maintenance.

https://lemmy.world/post/1071131

[OC] Old US129 to the right of US129. Normally underwater but exposed due to the draining of Chilhowee Lake for dam maintenance. - Lemmy.world

Techpriest Jul 5, 2023

[OC] Old US129 to the right of US129. Normally underwater but exposed due to the draining of Chilhowee Lake for dam maintenance.

https://lemmy.world/post/1071116

[OC] Old US129 to the right of US129. Normally underwater but exposed due to the draining of Chilhowee Lake for dam maintenance. - Lemmy.world

Techpriest Jul 5, 2023

[OC] That grey thing in the middle is a MK1A Ford Range keeper. 100% analog mechanical ballistics computer for naval guns. The US Navy used these from the early '40's until the mid 90's.

https://lemmy.world/post/1070403

[OC] That grey thing in the middle is a MK1A Ford Range keeper. 100% analog mechanical ballistics computer for naval guns. The US Navy used these from the early '40's until the mid 90's. - Lemmy.world

This particular unit weighed 3150LBS, was built in Feb 1946, took 7 people to operate and all data was input by hand cranks. Photo credit OP, Gunnery Plotting Room USS Brumby FF-1044 mid 1980’s.

Techpriest Jun 30, 2023

Old Discovery dramatization of US129 The Tail Of The Dragon.

https://lemmy.world/post/837022

Old Discovery dramatization of US129 The Tail Of The Dragon. - Lemmy.world

I ride the Dragon a lot. [https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2d59f586-de0b-477f-b20b-726a7e59238b.jpeg] If you ride and are ever in the area I highly recommend it.