Allusion

@giltay@tenforward.social
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Cave pixie. Sufficiently accurate for poetry. There are cats. Call me Geoff.

Lanugages: English, and limited French. Formerly giltay@m.s (2017–22) and giltay@eldritch (2022–23).

I'm okay if people want to interact with me, follow me, or boost my toots.

Avatar description: Avatar description: My face (white person with auburn hair and glasses). I'm wearing a Tilley hat.

Header image description: A macro closeup of a gilt steel pen nib with "№ 42" inscribed on it.

pronounshe/him usually, but I'm open to she/her
homeOwen Sound, Ontario, Canada (Treaties 45½, 67, and 82)
fortysomething
webhttps://www.giltay.ca
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The sidewalk mites (_Balaustium_) that swarm over the ground this time of year primarily eat pollen, but they will also scavenge dead bugs (I do not think they are actually predatory). This horde has found an ant pupa, I think?

I am fascinated by this behaviour and try to catch it at least once every summer.

#DailyMiteVid #Mitestodon #MiteBehaviour #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Parasitengona #Erythraeidae

Yarrrr!

OK Toronto ppl, let's get this shit organized early. Anyone going to the Trans March this Friday (June 27, 2025) and want to meet up/go together?

(deets: https://www.pridetoronto.com/events/trans-rally-march/)

i feel like in some ways the effort to get people to not uncritically believe screenshots is like trying to get people to understand that chatgpt is not "lying" to them (or telling the truth, for that matter).

see: https://status.nevillepark.ca/@nev/statuses/01JWTWMMEXFJ8PSCPP9P0DYSM9

Post by Neville Park, @nev@status.nevillepark.ca

"I ask them, 'How do you know this is true?' They move their phone closer to me for emphasis, exclaiming, 'Look, it says it right here!' They cannot understand what I am asking them." this is some of you lol https://www.404media.co/teachers-are-not-ok-ai-chatgpt/, featuring F...

status.nevillepark.ca

MicroTimes (1985): "[They] met a couple of years ago at a party ... They became good friends before they started in partnership to produce software." <https://theprintshop.club/2024/07/26/the-people-behind-the-print-shop/>

@LaineNooney, "The Apple II Age" (2023): yeah I interviewed them personally. They were a gay couple. "Both had relocated to the Bay Area ... to explore their nascent identity in what was then a vibrant locus for the gay liberation movement in the United States."

Happy Pride! 🌈

#AppleII #retrocomputing #PrideMonth

Hey everyone,

We struggled to find food that Mitzi would be willing to eat, but we did. She only eats liquid stuff, so it's really expensive.

We still have to do some kidneys investigation as kindney failure is suspected.

Please, help us out if you can. A boost or a small donation would help a lot. We're sorry to ask again but this month is really tough...

Thanks for any help!

@mutualaid

https://www.paypal.me/VirgileMougin

https://gofund.me/38a4f944

"What if I don't have a cover image for the thing I'm posting?" POST A PICTURE OF YOUR CAT, POST A PICTURE OF A FLOWER YOU SAW GROWING IN THE CEMENT. Your appreciation of the world around you and your window into it is far more fascinating than some slop hallucination
Today at 4PM: Hands Off Iran. In the past week, the Israeli occupation launched air strikes in Iran. Join a coalition of pro-Palestinian organizations in Toronto in condemning any involvement by Western powers in support of Israel’s war of aggression and in continuing to call for sanctions and a two-way arms embargo. https://www.instagram.com/p/DK984wGgicC/ #toronto
PYM Toronto on Instagram: "🚨 TORONTO DEMANDS: HANDS OFF IRAN! 🚨 In the past week, the Israeli occupation launched air strikes in Iran. We see this attack for what it is: a brazen attempt to escalate violence and undermine sovereignty in the region. From the Zionist occupation’s full blockade of the West Bank and starvation and genocide in Gaza, to US claims of nuclear weapons, to Carney’s failure to condemn the aggression, we stand against this coordinated imperialist attack on our region. We condemn any involvement by Western powers in support of Israel’s war of aggression. We call for building and preserving unity in confronting Zionism. We must continue to call for sanctions and a two-way arms embargo on Israel: for the Palestinian people, for the Iranian people, and for all people across the world who continue to resist imperialist and Zionist domination. 📍US CONSULATE, 360 University Ave. 🗓️ Sunday June 22 ⏰ 4 PM"

7,766 likes, 499 comments - pymtoronto on June 16, 2025: "🚨 TORONTO DEMANDS: HANDS OFF IRAN! 🚨 In the past week, the Israeli occupation launched air strikes in Iran. We see this attack for what it is: a brazen attempt to escalate violence and undermine sovereignty in the region. From the Zionist occupation’s full blockade of the West Bank and starvation and genocide in Gaza, to US claims of nuclear weapons, to Carney’s failure to condemn the aggression, we stand against this coordinated imperialist attack on our region. We condemn any involvement by Western powers in support of Israel’s war of aggression. We call for building and preserving unity in confronting Zionism. We must continue to call for sanctions and a two-way arms embargo on Israel: for the Palestinian people, for the Iranian people, and for all people across the world who continue to resist imperialist and Zionist domination. 📍US CONSULATE, 360 University Ave. 🗓️ Sunday June 22 ⏰ 4 PM".

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And just after I wrote that, Wanda called out, "Ice cream truck!"