Spent last Sunday wandering around the #Krakow Botanical Garden, snapping flower pics in that perfect cloudy weather with a bit of rain. Took a little coffee break under a gazebo when, out of nowhere, this cute visitor dropped by hoping for a snack! Managed to grab my camera just in time for a quick photo. Love these little surprises!

200 mm @ 1/30 sec 🫣

#naturephotography #birdphotography #birds #birdsofmastodon #nature #naturecommunity #birding #wildlife

To defend against Russian tanks, Finland and Poland consider restoring wetlands

Finland and Poland are both considering rewetting dried out peatbogs to form defence barriers against a potential Russian ground invasion. Restoring these natural carbon sinks could also bring significant environmental benefits.

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250828-to-defend-against-russian-tanks-finland-and-poland-consider-restoring-wetlands

BBC Breakfast this morning had a long segment about the 30th anniversary of Windows 95. So what vintage computer did they put in the studio as a handy prop?

#windows95

7 years ago today @dansup started writing the first lines of code of what would become Pixelfed.

From that open-source spark to a thriving photo-sharing community connected to millions across the fediverse.

All without surveillance or algorithms controlling what you see.

Here's to 7 years of putting people before profit.

🎉 🥳

#PixelfedTurns7

"Building Pixelfed has been an incredible journey, and I'm amazed by how our community has helped it grow into something truly special. As the main developer, I want to be transparent - to take Pixelfed to the next level, I need your support. I'm not aiming to be a "benevolent dictator for life" - I'm just the current lead maintainer helping guide the project."

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixelfed/pixelfed-foundation-2024-real-ethical-social-networks/posts/4319823

To make it easier for users to login and sign-up to your  server, we are adding QR codes to each landing page!

Once scanned, they will take you to a deep link in our app that will select your server for you and you can opt to login or sign up.

Available soon.

#pixelfed

The operational costs for:

https://pixelfed.social
https://pixelfed.art
https://pixelfed.org
https://fediverse.info
https://fedidb.org
https://loops.video
https://push.pixelfed.net
https://pubkit.net

Now exceed $4,000 USD per month, we currently get $1,465 from Patreon.

We could use your financial support more than ever while I build a foundation for long term financial support (think official hosting).

Please boost 🙏

https://pixelfed.org/support-our-project