yelling jackal

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shy agender programmer/artist
still figuring the whole social thing out
semi-regular cat pics
the long-haired one is Spook, and the short-haired one is Trick
I have ADHD and cPTSD
some stuff will be heavy, but it'll always be under content warnings
there may be random gushing about webcomics/webnovels
I have a little website!
https://lenlenlen.neocities.org/
     
my partner in life is @CheetahFluff

follow requests are closed for now unless we're cool, life's been a bit overwhelming and the internet is never safe
pronounsEN: they/them, NL: die/diens, hen/hun, AF: die/sy, hulle/hulle
languagesAfrikaans, Dutch, English
profile pic alt texta pencilled black-backed jackal floating in the air, with a very large stylised tail. a festive paper hat is on its head, and there are hearts and confetti floating in the background.
banner alt texta photo of two kittens (Spook and Trick) watching a video of birds on a computer screen
@pussreboots Cadfael, Fidelma, all the Agatha Christies, Dorothy Sayers, Father Brown, this one series about a woman detective in Australia in I guess the 40s or so that was just on its second book when I lost library access, Ladies' No. 1 Detective Agency...

Honestly I'll go in for just about anything! Books more than series or movies, for speed's sake, but I like both.
If you enjoy cozy mysteries or older mysteries with an amateur sleuth (think Murder She Wrote) are you:
female
male
non-binary
Poll ends at .
@pussreboots agender and looking for more mystery recommendations, I lost track about ten years ago when I lost access to a consistent library to lend things from...

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

The elephant is the same word for "Butterfly" because when the Cherokee first encountered one, they said it resembled the wings and body of one from the front with its great flapping ears and trunk, and like the butterfly, was gentle and delicate in its movement despite its size,

What is a useful speech to text tool for Linux, with Wayland. ?

I want the software to be easy to start and stop recording and insert the items spoken where the cursor is located. #speechtotext #linux #debian

Update for anyone who cares:

Gave up on connecting straight via halloy, got soju connection running instead. Thank you friends 
@yassie_j lol

lmao

I care about the problems of my friends who live inside my computer

i forget that promoting adblockers is an everyday battle

sometimes i see someone complaining about ads on my tl and i'll get genuinely confused cause i haven't seen an ad in forever

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

GitHub - gorhill/uBlock: uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean.

uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean. - gorhill/uBlock

GitHub

i wish you all
the chance today
to eat and rest and laugh and play

to sit and watch
the world go by
and notice how the butterfly
moves through the air
with gentle grace
and always seems to find its place
amidst the flowers
bees and trees
i wish for you the peace of these

and that your heart
is light once more
like rainbows dancing on the floor

 

#caturday #CatsOfMastodon #poetry