Semitones

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I keep hearing 9 inch nails mentioned like ??
bitch clip your nails that's nasty
Got out for a ride while the temperature was still cool (65°F). Along the way I ran across a bicycle built for three.
I have questions.
#BikeTooter #weirdbikesmastodon
my biggest concern for a long time has been computer literacy--there is something magnetic to me about how simple BASIC is.

i have sat down with a few people over the years. they came to me complaining about how hard python or scratch was, and i installed VICE emulator on their computer. within minutes of writing their first joke GOTO or INPUT program, i have had people vibrating in their seats with excitement--"wow, i can program!!"

that feeling is something i want to replicate and multiply among people, giving people "software freedom" through a sense of mastery and success.
NEW #Astrophoto: Messier 51 Whirlpool Galaxy
 
At the height of this year’s galaxy season, I finally captured my first image of the stunning Whirlpool #Galaxy (Messier 51).
 
Full story: https://astrocamp.eu/en/whirlpool-galaxy-0425/
 
▼ Vixen VC200L | Canon EOS R(a) '25
 
#astrophotography #nightsky #space #astronomy #telescope #clearsky #photography #nature

Just finished Usula K Le Guin's Lavinia.

Why do I keep letting her break my heart like this? How is she such a beautiful, seamless storyteller? #bookstodon

TIL a new 25-page eBook by author Travis Baldree exists, who wrote the wonderful books Legends and Lattes, and Bookshops and Bonedust.

It's called Goblins and Greatcoats and it's FREE🎉 at Subterranean Press:

https://subterraneanpress.com/goblins-greatcoats-ebook/

#TravisBaldree #GoblinsAndGreatcoats #bookstodon #FreeBooks #Fantasy

After the Libre Graphics Meeting, I spent a couple days in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, from which there's a train that goes up to the Zugspitze! It's part of the Alps, the highest point in Germany, and shares a border with Austria. It tops out at 9718 feet. There's quite a nice lake with blue/greenish glacial runoff water called the Eibsee down below.
No, we don't. We need to talk about your trackers.

#Via Trish Greenhalgh
@trishgreenhalgh
June 19, 2025, 12:22 PM

"Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on."

https://slate.com/technology/2013/06/rescuing-drowning-children-how-to-know-when-someone-is-in-trouble-in-the-water.html

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

Slate