Mastodawn

Does anyone know a museum or other institution that would be willing to take this large vintage railway wheel(?) press? It's marked "Chambersburg Engineering Co., No. 863", and a long time ago it was used to help maintain rail cars at the Port of San Francisco. Unfortunately it's going to the scrap yard this week because no museums we've tried are willing to come haul it away. boosts appreciated.

edit: Sorry folks, there was less time than I thought. It's already out the door this morning 😔

JAMES PILAND 4d ago

Pepijn 4d ago

Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.

While talking to a colleague about how I recently learned most people have never sat on a cow it came up that she has never sat on a horse. Like, not even once during childhood.

Another colleague admitted they also have never sat on a horse.

My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a horse.

🏇 🐎 🐴

Have you sat on a horse?

Please boost for scientific accuracy.

	Yes
	No

Poll ends at Mar 24 at 7:15pm.

JAMES PILAND Mar 11

myrmepropagandist Mar 10

Hi everyone. I need to get a rough sense of how many people are around #onhere (in this part of the fedi) who might be in the greater NYC region.

I'm in NYC or the greater NYC region

7.4%

I'm not in that region.

86.9%

I will never tell, it is secret.

5.8%

Poll ended at Mar 17 at 11:53pm.

JAMES PILAND Mar 9

The Witchy Bitches Mar 7

Person in my DM's, "hey did you see XYZ thing so and so posted?" No, no actually I did not, and do you know why? Because there were at least 5 hashtags at the very beginning of said post and I'm reading everything on a 40 cell braille display, which means I get 40 characters at once before I need to scroll.... So if you choose to put more than say, 3 hashtags in the beginning of your post I'm probably moving on because my time for spending on the interwebs is not limitless... people are, of course free to do what they want but... If you are using hashtags you obviously want engagement of some kind. So putting them at the end might be the better bet from an accessibility standpoint. #JustSaying

JAMES PILAND Mar 9

Freestreamers Mar 3

Norcal Gma2

online, Monday, March 9 at 06:00 PM UTC

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

The #livestream will be on: https://stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @[email protected]

Retired rural grandma, caregiver, and dog mom to a sweet lab named Summer.Love to bake and gift to friends and family. Happy in my garden. Living a quiet life on the north coast of California. Mean comments aren't necessary or welcome. Please be kind.

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 09 March 2026 at 14:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): https://tubefree.org/@firesidefedi

#firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance

https://freestreamers.btfree.org/event/norcal-gma2

JAMES PILAND Mar 4

Fireside Fedi Mar 3

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @[email protected]

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 09 March 2026 at 14:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi

Calendar: freestreamers.btfree.org/eve...

#firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance

JAMES PILAND Feb 24

HeavenlyPossum Feb 23

Special shout-out to the Democratic Party for spending decades working with Republicans to build an imperial presidency and then hand it over to a demented fascist pedophile to use as his personal toy.

JAMES PILAND Feb 24

Will

Feb 23

Has anyone hired someone to live with them or someone close to you in order to augment memory loss, where assisted living facilities aren’t a good fit? If so, I’d appreciate any insights or concerns to be aware of during the process.

Boosts for reach are always appreciated.

#AskFedi #MemoryLoss #LivingAssistance

JAMES PILAND Feb 24