Mastodawn

tcduff 2d ago

Fedi.Tips 2d ago

There's an excellent new video telling the world about the Fediverse:

"Introducing the Fediverse"
https://videos.elenarossini.com/w/64VuNCccZNrP4u9MfgbhkN

There are also many other good intro videos:

"Mastodon in 180 seconds"
https://tilvids.com/w/f747058d-3991-4046-a1c9-29c184daa0ff

"What is Mastodon?"
https://fedi.video/w/cbQE3NRw76FayQCSdb14TU

"Crafter's Guide to the Fediverse" (not just for crafters!)
https://makertube.net/w/e0482fe7-2143-443e-9db4-68ae52ac34a7

"What is the Fediverse?"
https://framatube.org/w/4294a720-f263-4ea4-9392-cf9cea4d5277

"What is PeerTube?"
https://tilvids.com/w/gMdn3DYqBUmbCuSsCbkQAt

These can be useful in spreading the word 🙂

Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media

PeerTube

tcduff 3d ago

James Thomson 3d ago

I've added some new Dice by PCalc t-shirt designs to the PCalc merch store! All my profits from them will go to local queer charities.

https://cottonbureau.com/people/tla-systems

tcduff 4d ago

Emeritus Prof Christopher May 5d ago

What austerity has demonstrated again & again, is that if you cut everyday social services, you push many people into personal crisis, who then require emergency interventions; which are so much more costly they wipe out any initial saving(s) made by the cuts.

This key factor lies behind the situation that in so many sectors we seem to be paying more for a worse public service; the money now is flowing towards emergency provision to deal with failure(s).

False economies

#austerity #politics

tcduff 5d ago

Night blooming cactus. This poor cactus has been knocked over repeatedly by dogs and neglected by me but still puts out it's annual bloom.

tcduff Jun 3

Matthew Jun 3

Two Ravens
Shining in the silver grey
Of an early summers day
Believing in the magic
Of wildness
Restless for its wakening
And yielding to its power
If you will fold your wings
And give yourself to gravity
I will fold mine
And we will meet
On the edge of the wild wind
Tumbling like fallen leaves
Black with the memory of night
And the absence of fear.
This almost-flight is our delight
Its there we find our joy
Trusting the winds
That might blow us apart
Will blow us back together.
#poetry

tcduff Jun 1

Chris Espinosa Jun 1

As of this weekend, you can travel from central Windsor, CA in Sonoma County through Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties to Gilroy entirely on transit (SMART, Golden Gate Ferry, BART/MUNI, CalTrain).

https://www.sonomamarintrain.org/windsor

Windsor Station

The Windsor SMART station opens on Saturday, May 31! Join us for the Grand Opening of the Windsor station and pathway Join us on Friday, June 13, 2025, at 1:45 p.m. at the Windsor SMART station to celebrate the opening of this exciting new connection into the heart of Windsor. Located just steps from the Windsor Town Green, the new station enhances access to one of Sonoma County’s most beloved community gathering places—making it easier than ever to enjoy Windsor’s shops, restaurants, and events by train.

Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit

tcduff Jun 1

Rod Faulkner May 31

Joy Ann Reid is back with her own independent show!
Suck it, MSNBC!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K04b6Hk9kG8

#media #news

Ava DuVernay tells Joy-Ann Reid what gives her hope in these trying times

YouTube

tcduff Jun 1

Matthew May 31

Lapwings
Call me by my real name
My shining love
The one that only you know,
And I will whisper yours.
We'll make the soft air ring
With our names
And sound our music gently
On the moss
Dance with me
Hold your head up high
As we fly our radiant love
Towards the sun
Then fall with me
To eyes meet on the wing
And all our gentle promises
will sing.
#poetry

tcduff Jun 1

John Siracusa May 31

The entity that owns the hyperspace dot app domain name wanted $50,000 for it, so I had to console myself with a vanity domain just for the documentation:

https://hyperspace.help