Mastodawn

Neil Batchelor 2h ago

Classic Web 2h ago

news.google.com in 2005
https://web.archive.org/web/20050115020801if_/http://news.google.com:80

Neil Batchelor 23h ago

Logan Five Thousand 1d ago

Yesterday I had a unique hiking experience. A music student from a local university composed an hour-long piece of music with more than 8 instruments. The music was based on the noises of different creatures in the wild as recorded by local wildlife researchers. So a different instrument was assigned to each noise. Yesterday, several musicians were placed in the valley of this hiking trail where the noises had originally occurred but that were now replaced with the sounds of their instruments. While this occurred, a small group of us hiked the trail.

It really did feel like the musicians were wild animals occasionally making noise in the wild. It was also an interesting experiment in keeping time with other musicians at great distances and playing off of each other. (There was an element of improvisation as well.) It ended in a culmination of them playing together, like the forest coming alive.

I wouldn’t buy the album, but I loved the wackiness and uniqueness of the experience and I feel like we need more of this in the world.

#BeSilly
#WackinessNow

EDIT: Adding a video sample.

Neil Batchelor 23h ago

evacide 1d ago

For people who are concerned about having their devices seized at US airports starting Monday when ICE "assists" the TSA, EFF has this guide: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/journalist-security-checklist-preparing-devices-travel-through-us-border

A Journalist Security Checklist: Preparing Devices for Travel Through a US Border

We wrote this checklist to help journalists prepare for transit through a U.S. port of entry while preserving the confidentiality of your most sensitive information, such as unpublished reporting materials or source contact information. It’s important to think about your strategy in advance, and begin planning which options in this checklist make sense for you.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Neil Batchelor 1d ago

Landsil 1d ago

Finally managed to get a photo of a Kingfisher.
The last photo is how I noticed him (while photographing a duck)

📷 #FujiFilm #X-T5
🔭XF70-300mm

#Photography #Nature #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Kingfisher #UKCanals #Canals

Neil Batchelor 2d ago

Jerry 🦙💝🦙2d ago

I get to speak to a masters in cyber security class at a major university on Monday. They are learning about interacting with senior leadership/BoD on topics of cyber risk. I have many stories to share with them, but curious if y’all have any ideas on what you thank that group should know

Neil Batchelor 2d ago

Garry Keenor 2d ago

Too many Henry vacuum cleaners live in cramped, appalling conditions. Good to see this guy taking his for a walk #freeTheHenries

Neil Batchelor 3d ago

Totts 3d ago

Al Jazeera filmed bunker-busting JDAM bombs being loaded into B-1 Lancers at RAF Fairford.

A US Air Force cargo plane delivered supplies to a base that they said was fast becoming an active hub for strategic bombing

Al Jazeera filmed three B1 bombers at Fairford throughout the day, along with the rest of the world's media

Shortly afterwards, screens went up against the fencing.

And the British Government closed roads around the airfield

Complict? Yes, we are.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uuBlaS7gfc

Al Jazeera sees bombs being loaded onto US planes at UK base

YouTube

Neil Batchelor 3d ago

Open Culture (Official)4d ago

Alan Lomax’s Massive Music Archive Is Online: Features 20,000 Historic Blues & Folk Recordings

https://www.openculture.com/2026/03/alan-lomaxs-massive-music-archive-is-online-20000-recordings.html

Alan Lomax’s Massive Music Archive Is Online: Features 20,000 Historic Blues & Folk Recordings

A huge treasure trove of songs and interviews recorded by the legendary folklorist Alan Lomax from the 1940s into the 1990s has been digitized and made available online for free listening.

Open Culture

Neil Batchelor 3d ago

🆎4d ago

If SQL is pronounced "sequel" then surely DNS is pronounced "Dennis"?

Neil Batchelor 4d ago

RobotWig

4d ago

One year ago today I posted this miniature Terminator 2 scene I created.

All shot practically using real lighting, figures, miniature sets, debris, smoke and cotton wool for the fire and explosions.

#terminator2 #practicaleffects #miniatures #photography #art #visualart #photo #photooftheday
#miniaturephotography #creativephotography #movies #scifiart

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