Birdfeeding
18 November 2025 01:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithToday is cloudy and cool. It rained most of last night and into this morning. :D
I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
It's been raining on and off.
EDIT -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT -- I did more work around the patio.
As it is now dark, I am done for the night.
I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
It's been raining on and off.
EDIT -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT -- I did more work around the patio.
As it is now dark, I am done for the night.
Bestätigte Künstler 18.11.2025
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wgt_feedKOMPROMAT (F) , AUGER (UK) , A BLACK RAINBOW (D) , ALTAR DE FEY (US) , DEMENTED ARE GO (UK) , PANKOW (I) , SPIT MASK (US/D) , ASH CODE (I)
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18 November 2025 12:44 pmspiralsheep posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
endingsPale grey calcareous silty clay and some buff manly limestone of the Cotham Beds were also encountered at places
Interesting Links for 18-11-2025
18 November 2025 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. There has to be a better way to make titanium
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- 2. Reselling tickets above face value set to be banned by UK government
- (tags:concerts tickets regulation UK )
- 3. Legendary game designer, programmer, Space Invaders champion, and LGBTQ trailblazer Rebecca Heineman has died
- (tags:history obituary games lgbt )
Philippi
18 November 2025 09:26 ampoliphilo The Quaker drama continues- and at two o'clock this morning I was turning over in my head all the histrionic things I could do to contribute to the mayhem. Lord, but I was going to cut a figure! But two o'clock is the wolf hour- when one is at one's lowest and stupidest- and one shouldn't take anything one thinks too seriously. So I told myself "Silence, silence silence, void, void, void"- and went back to sleep.
There's a Meeting scheduled for Saturday which is open to all those who were upset by the drama. I'm thinking of it as "Philippi" because that's what comes after the death of Caesar.
There's a Meeting scheduled for Saturday which is open to all those who were upset by the drama. I'm thinking of it as "Philippi" because that's what comes after the death of Caesar.
Pool Open!
18 November 2025 12:01 amysabetwordsmithfuzzyred is hosting a pool for the half-price sale in Polychrome Heroics. Targets include the whole Finn Family thread and whatever else will fit in the budget from the Big One thread. The latter includes a triptych about Josué and Aidan, as well as two poems about Frank the Crank, for those of you following either of those characters.Climate Change
17 November 2025 04:44 pmysabetwordsmithSatellite images reveal the fastest Antarctic glacier retreat ever
Hektoria Glacier’s sudden eight-kilometer collapse stunned scientists, marking the fastest modern ice retreat ever recorded in Antarctica. Its flat, below-sea-level ice plain allowed huge slabs of ice to detach rapidly once retreat began. Seismic activity confirmed this wasn’t just floating ice but grounded mass contributing to sea level rise. The event raises alarms that other fragile glaciers may be poised for similar, faster-than-expected collapses.
Just because something is big, doesn't necessarily mean it's always slow. Climate change can move blindingly fast.
If I were there, I'd be crawling over that exposed plain searching for signs of life. Antarctica is waking up.
Hektoria Glacier’s sudden eight-kilometer collapse stunned scientists, marking the fastest modern ice retreat ever recorded in Antarctica. Its flat, below-sea-level ice plain allowed huge slabs of ice to detach rapidly once retreat began. Seismic activity confirmed this wasn’t just floating ice but grounded mass contributing to sea level rise. The event raises alarms that other fragile glaciers may be poised for similar, faster-than-expected collapses.
Just because something is big, doesn't necessarily mean it's always slow. Climate change can move blindingly fast.
If I were there, I'd be crawling over that exposed plain searching for signs of life. Antarctica is waking up.
I.M.H.O......
17 November 2025 04:20 pmdisneydream06I really hate to be a pessimist, but...
Tomorrow the house is voting to release the Epstein Files...
The got the signatures needed after they PedoProtector finally swore in the new Democrat Rep from Arizona.
They had the numbers needed thanks to a handful of Republicans also signing.
Here comes my pessimism...
Does anybody really think those Republicans are going to stand by their initial call for the release of the files?
I just have this sinking feeling that somebody will chicken out and the files are going to remain hidden.
The vote is tomorrow.....
Tomorrow the house is voting to release the Epstein Files...
The got the signatures needed after they PedoProtector finally swore in the new Democrat Rep from Arizona.
They had the numbers needed thanks to a handful of Republicans also signing.
Here comes my pessimism...
Does anybody really think those Republicans are going to stand by their initial call for the release of the files?
I just have this sinking feeling that somebody will chicken out and the files are going to remain hidden.
The vote is tomorrow.....
Monday Word: Vorticist
17 November 2025 03:51 pmstonepicnicking_okapi posting in 1word1dayvorticist [ˈvɔːtɪsɪst]
noun
a member of a British artistic movement of 1914–15 influenced by cubism and futurism and favouring harsh, angular, machine-like forms
examples
1. The Kansas cyclone that whisks Dorothy into a dreamworld is evoked through vorticist projections the work of Jon Driscoll that betoken chaos in the cosmos. The Wizard of Oz - review 2011
2. The winter sales posters brilliantly harness the dynamic movement of vorticist and futurist art - one image is a blizzard of angled and curved raincoats, sheets of rain and upturned umbrellas. Evening Standard - Home Ben Luke 2011
origin
Latin vortic-, vortex; first known use in 1914
Wyndam Lewis, The Dancers, 1912
noun
a member of a British artistic movement of 1914–15 influenced by cubism and futurism and favouring harsh, angular, machine-like forms
examples
1. The Kansas cyclone that whisks Dorothy into a dreamworld is evoked through vorticist projections the work of Jon Driscoll that betoken chaos in the cosmos. The Wizard of Oz - review 2011
2. The winter sales posters brilliantly harness the dynamic movement of vorticist and futurist art - one image is a blizzard of angled and curved raincoats, sheets of rain and upturned umbrellas. Evening Standard - Home Ben Luke 2011
origin
Latin vortic-, vortex; first known use in 1914
Wyndam Lewis, The Dancers, 1912
Birdfeeding
17 November 2025 01:50 pmysabetwordsmithToday is partly sunny and cool.
I fed the birds. I've seen a large flock of sparrows.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 11/17/25 -- I trimmed brush along the south edge of the house.
EDIT 11/17/25 -- We cleared the rest of the brush from in front of the garage.
EDIT 11/17/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
I've seen a goldfinch on the thistle feeder.
EDIT 11/17/25 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 11/17/25 -- I did more work around the patio.
As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.
I fed the birds. I've seen a large flock of sparrows.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 11/17/25 -- I trimmed brush along the south edge of the house.
EDIT 11/17/25 -- We cleared the rest of the brush from in front of the garage.
EDIT 11/17/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
I've seen a goldfinch on the thistle feeder.
EDIT 11/17/25 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 11/17/25 -- I did more work around the patio.
As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.
A Little Good News.....
17 November 2025 10:37 amdisneydream06Dog being rescued from house fire insists police officer put him on a leash first
Maybe there's such a thing as being too good of a boy.
Annie Reneau
https://www.upworthy.com/dog-rescued-from-house-fire-insisted-officer-leash-him-first
Maybe there's such a thing as being too good of a boy.
Annie Reneau
https://www.upworthy.com/dog-rescued-from-house-fire-insisted-officer-leash-him-first
Interesting Links for 17-11-2025
17 November 2025 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. A Crucial Genetic Mutation Behind Crohn's Disease Has Finally Been Revealed
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- 2. The North-South Tramline: Building a Connected, Prosperous Edinburgh?
- (tags:transport economics Edinburgh )
- 3. Behold - the Future of Poltics!
- (tags:politics satire comic conspiracy )
- 4. The sad truth about most end of life healthcare
- (tags:healthcare age satire funny comic )
- 5. Repeated mRNA Covid vaccinations make a more diverse and stronger T-cell response
- (tags:vaccine pandemic GoodNews )
Area Meeting
17 November 2025 08:31 ampoliphilo Our weather has been coming up from Spain but there's been a switcheroo and now it's coming down from the arctic- or so I'm told. Yesterday was warm (for the time of year) and damp and misty, today we have clear skies and there's a nip in the air.
There was ugliness at the Quaker Area Meeting yesterday. I won't go into details but the Area Clerk was pushed into resigning and those who had brought about their fall were inclined to crow about it. I was reminded of that scene in Julius Caesar where Brutus stands up at Caesar's funeral and lectures a shocked populace on how justified and virtuous it was of him to murder his friend. The chief crower was told (but in slightly more Quakerly terms) to shut the fuck up- and consequently left the meeting in a snit.
Friends are not supposed to carry on like this but (who knew?) they are actually just people....
The Meeting was held in the Lewes Meeting House- which is one of the old ones- with 1784 written over the door. The Meeting room is classic Quaker- a shoe box with big windows set high in the wall so Friends wouldn't be distracted by the passing scene- and a balcony at one end. There is new development round the back of the building, recently completed- which is modern, chaste and in keeping. There is also a sweet little front garden with gravestones. Wish I'd taken my camera.....
There was ugliness at the Quaker Area Meeting yesterday. I won't go into details but the Area Clerk was pushed into resigning and those who had brought about their fall were inclined to crow about it. I was reminded of that scene in Julius Caesar where Brutus stands up at Caesar's funeral and lectures a shocked populace on how justified and virtuous it was of him to murder his friend. The chief crower was told (but in slightly more Quakerly terms) to shut the fuck up- and consequently left the meeting in a snit.
Friends are not supposed to carry on like this but (who knew?) they are actually just people....
The Meeting was held in the Lewes Meeting House- which is one of the old ones- with 1784 written over the door. The Meeting room is classic Quaker- a shoe box with big windows set high in the wall so Friends wouldn't be distracted by the passing scene- and a balcony at one end. There is new development round the back of the building, recently completed- which is modern, chaste and in keeping. There is also a sweet little front garden with gravestones. Wish I'd taken my camera.....
Monday Update 11-17-25
17 November 2025 12:26 amysabetwordsmithThese are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Cyberspace Theory
Poem: "Better Than a Million Dollars"
Food
Birdfeeding
Wildlife
Creative Jam
Today's Adventures
Birdfeeding
Philosophical Questions: Censorship
Politics
Communities
Education
Birdfeeding
Follow Friday 11-14-25: Kink
Food
Birdfeeding
Vocabulary: Carcinization
New Crowdfunding Project: "Monsterotica"
Read "An Old Diversion"
Cyberspace Theory
Conservation
Birdfeeding
Cuddle Party
Shopping has 28 comments. Trauma has 42 comments. Affordable Housing has 61 comments. Robotics has 98 comments.
"An Inkling of Things to Come" belongs to Polychrome: Shiv and needs $191 to be complete. Maiara and Arthur discuss taking notes.
The weather has been variable here. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a large mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, a male cardinal, a young fox squirrel, and an adult fox squirrel. Most of the flowers have died off. I brought in the ceramic pots. Harvest is pretty much done, except a few random fields that may not get done.
Cyberspace Theory
Poem: "Better Than a Million Dollars"
Food
Birdfeeding
Wildlife
Creative Jam
Today's Adventures
Birdfeeding
Philosophical Questions: Censorship
Politics
Communities
Education
Birdfeeding
Follow Friday 11-14-25: Kink
Food
Birdfeeding
Vocabulary: Carcinization
New Crowdfunding Project: "Monsterotica"
Read "An Old Diversion"
Cyberspace Theory
Conservation
Birdfeeding
Cuddle Party
Shopping has 28 comments. Trauma has 42 comments. Affordable Housing has 61 comments. Robotics has 98 comments.
"An Inkling of Things to Come" belongs to Polychrome: Shiv and needs $191 to be complete. Maiara and Arthur discuss taking notes.
The weather has been variable here. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a large mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, a male cardinal, a young fox squirrel, and an adult fox squirrel. Most of the flowers have died off. I brought in the ceramic pots. Harvest is pretty much done, except a few random fields that may not get done.
Cyberspace Theory
16 November 2025 11:46 pmysabetwordsmithSelf-Worth in the Digital Age
Why are we letting algorithms rewrite the rules of art, work, and life?
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Why are we letting algorithms rewrite the rules of art, work, and life?
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