This one gets at the essence of real affordability. Afford: To manage or bear without disadvantage or risk to oneself. From the American heritage English language dictionary.

New social media site: iliterallyjust.jk where parents post mutterings from their teens. #iliterallyjust

#Fensterfreitag Looking through the “sulfur window” on an electron bombardment gas source from an isotope ratio mass spectrometer.

New personal social media rule inspired by a bit of a rant from @ct_bergstrom . Avoid shouting into the void and instead, practice listening more by no longer following any one individual who follows no fewer than their followers/10. I guess that means @ct_bergstrom is out. Sorry Carl. Maybe we can have coffee someday.

This after the #seattleicestorm thawed. Perhaps Mycena corticola.

I feel too old and embarrassed to admit, but I can’t contain myself, I just completed my first few git commands. The repository is very niche. https://github.com/andyschauer/water

Now a @Mastodon patron. https://www.patreon.com/mastodon/posts

Today’s musings - In a recent @talkpython @foosel described mastodon, the fediverse, and the ability to interact with folks on other instances as being similar to having a phone and calling someone else on a different network. Taken to the extreme, could we all have our own instance, like a landline? Does an instance have to be on a dedicated server with wired connection and static IP? Can a modern phone have an instance?