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Alison

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Skwerl Gurl - #Canadian living in #Ontario.
#Tech #Joomla #WebDev Tree Hugger, Rock n Roller, Critter Lover, #Liberal
#Neurodiverse - just not sure yet how diverse. Exploring but ticking boxes for #AuDHD
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@STAT@newsie.social avatar STAT , to random

The National Cancer Institute is studying ivermectin as a potential cancer treatment, according to its top official, alarming career scientists. https://www.statnews.com/2026/02/10/ivermectin-for-cancer-national-cancer-institute-preclinical-study/

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@STAT Of all the stupid shit then there is this!

@Alison@beige.party avatar Alison , to random

Great interview with Paisley Rose on her first book. Her second book drops this week.
Author Paisley Rose discusses "Level Up"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf9n_5JwyAc

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Winter sure is easier when the sun is shining brightly. Have a great day and watch for scammers. They are thick already this morning.

A red squirrel and chickadee at a red mug sitting in the snow. The sunshine is bright on them.
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@dansup@mastodon.social avatar dansup , to random

For You and more ✨

Shipping soon!

New Loops webUI preview
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@dansup Can the left menu be hidden then returned? On desktop it would be ok as I have the space but on tablet it would be a pain.

@dansup@mastodon.social avatar dansup , to random

I used to prefer backend development, because I found frontend dev more challenging

Then I started to learn Tailwind, Vue 3 with Pinia and Tanstack and now I feel unstoppable!

I even learned React and React Native to build the mobile apps for Pixelfed and Loops, and while I don't mind React, I prefer Vue for web, it has a better DX imo.

I've come a long way from Vue 2 and Bootstrap 4, and I owe a lot to these amazing open source projects, and you, the community for keeping me inspired 2 build

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@dansup That’s all kinds of awesome. There is more to front end than software though.

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@dansup Yup even beyond design there is UX/UI, accessibility, and making sure it's all mobile friendly. Oh ya an speed and SEO!

@dansup@mastodon.social avatar dansup , to random

Wow. ❤️

https://mastodon.social/@eff/115625440336436838

@eff Special thanks to the developers building our decentralized future. Mastodon, Bluesky, Pixelfed, IPFS, Matrix, Solid, and countless other projects advancing open standards and keeping the internet weird, resilient, and truly shaped by its users.
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@dansup But I thought Bluesky was techbro owned and not decentralized?!

@Gargron@mastodon.social avatar Gargron , (edited ) to random

There have been a few requests for more serious merch items (so not "Live, laugh, federate" and "I write alt text", though those definitely have their place). @Ameboid and I brainstormed a few messages we could put on t-shirts and I want to see how well they resonate with folks. Again, very non-committal.

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@Gargron I'd be delighted if any of the merch was actually in stock. Every time I go to buy something it's sold out. @Ameboid

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@papuass @Gargron @Ameboid I went to order the stickers a couple days ago, zero reason they should ever be out of stock when they can be run in a day. These are to be fund raisers.
And yes I’ve worked in both print and inventory control.

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@Gargron @papuass @Ameboid May I ask why not?

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@Gargron @papuass @Ameboid Like we’re a real civilized country and all that.

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@Gargron Then maybe an honest message? @papuass @Ameboid

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@alan LOL If it was an factual message I would do this weird thing like find a friend is approved country and pay to purchase and ship to me. Also I purchased something from a company in the UK the other week. They didn't charge tax and I paid it when the package got here. @Gargron @papuass @Ameboid

@Gargron@mastodon.social avatar Gargron , to random

Today I am stepping down from my role as the CEO of . Though this has been in the works for a while, I can't say I've fully processed how I feel about it. There is a bittersweet part to it, and I think I will miss it, but it also felt necessary. It feels like a goodbye, but it isn't—I intend to stay on and continue to advise the new leadership and contribute, because Mastodon—and the fediverse—is one of the very few beacons of hope for a better web.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/my-next-chapter-with-mastodon/

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@Gargron Thank you for this space you made. It has been a gift especially in these times. Wishing you the very best of all things.

@w7voa@journa.host avatar w7voa , to random

Ahead of his meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, President Trump tells reporters at the White House that the US will sell F-35 jets to Saudi Arabia.

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@w7voa Another excellent reason Canada went with SAAB.

@Alison@beige.party avatar Alison , to random
Pencil sketch of Winnie the Pooh and Piglet walking in the woods. "What day is it?" asked Pooh. "It's Monday," said Piglet. "Fuck," said Pooh.
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@Binder@petrous.vislae.town avatar Binder , to random

Eating my own face off to thwart the leopards.

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@gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green avatar gerrymcgovern , to random

"The plans formally surfaced in July. Four months later, they have the green light, a deal with Michigan’s largest utility to draw more power than a million homes and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer heralding them as the largest one-time investment in state history. The project? A sprawling warehouse filled with servers to fuel Big Tech’s rising demand for cloud computing and artificial intelligence."

https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/11/as-ai-arms-race-data-centers-hit-michigan-rural-farm-town-feels-left-in-the-dust.html

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@gerrymcgovern There goes your water table.

@ProPublica@newsie.social avatar ProPublica , to random

Foreign food safety inspections have hit a historic low after Trump staffing cuts. The dramatic shift in oversight comes as the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food.

“It’s only a matter of time before people die,” one expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/foreign-food-safety-inspections-historic-low-fda?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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@ProPublica Another reason to not buy US food products until a clue has been returned.

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    @JessTheUnstill KeyPass is your friend.

    @KaCi@autistics.life avatar KaCi , to random

    Today I had a moment of autistic joy in a social situation.

    Where I live there are no parks close by, but three beautiful graveyards, where I go for a walk with Lumi daily.

    This morning a woman asked me for specific details about the graveyards, because she wanted to attend a funeral and didn't know which of the three was the right one and I was able to provide these details for her, because recognising details and patterns is how my autistic mind works and experiences joy. It made me very happy that I was able to help her and that I had a social interaction without having to mask my autism, but it being useful for someone else instead.

    This reminds me of the comment of a mutual on my post about infodumping concerning the autistic need of gaining knowledge and sharing it with others.

    "As an autist, adquiring expertise on something and beeing helpfull with it feels central to socialisation." @maleza

    So true.

    @autistics

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    @KaCi Wow that's awesome! I am also a fan of graveyards. They are quiet and usually have lovely species of trees. @maleza @autistics

    @Alison@beige.party avatar Alison , to random
    Cartoon: Indians building a log wall at Plymouth Rock Columbus and gang in boat: "They say they're build a wall because too many of us enter illegally and won't learn their language or assimilate into their culture..."
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    @Alison@beige.party avatar Alison , to random
    When you first make contact with the earthlings, wear this helmet. Trust me. It'll be hilarious. Image is two ET's with one holding a Marvin the Martian helmet.
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    @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green avatar gerrymcgovern , to random

    Big Tech doesn't give one single crap about you. It'll take all the water and energy and then leave.

    “What will we have to give up to make sure these data centers can succeed?” she said.

    “These new data centers are enormous,” said Robert Mace, executive director of the Meadows Center. “I don’t know where you get the water to do that in a state that’s already water-stressed, not only from drought, but also rapid population growth in both the population and industry.”

    https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/02/rural-texas-data-centers-water/

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    @gerrymcgovern Check out the neighbours of the Georgia Meta centre. That should answer their questions.

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    @gerrymcgovern
    This was the video I first saw about this.
    But search YT with "Georgia Meta data center" and there are dozens of stories.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGjj7wDYaiI

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    Sam Altman’s AI empire will devour as much power as New York City and San Diego combined. Experts say it’s ‘scary’

    “I’ve been a computer scientist for 40 years, and for most of that time computing was the tiniest piece of our economy’s power use,” Chien told Fortune. “Now, it’s becoming a large share of what the whole economy consumes.”

    https://fortune.com/2025/09/24/sam-altman-ai-empire-new-york-city-san-diego-scary/

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    @gerrymcgovern How much water? That’s the part that worries me.

    @Alison@beige.party avatar Alison , to random

    This one was worth sharing from FB.
    I’m seventy-two. My name’s Harris. I used to be a high school history teacher in Ohio.
    Now I hide backpacks.
    Not in schools. Not in libraries. Not in food banks with lines around the block.
    I leave them where kids disappear.
    Behind the bleachers at the football field no one uses anymore.
    Beside the boarded-up convenience store that still smells like spilled beer.
    Under the bridge where spray-paint tags scream louder than adults ever do.
    People ask why.
    Because that’s where I used to find my students.
    When my wife died, the classroom was the only place that kept me standing. Then the district closed my school. Budget cuts, they said. Fewer kids “worth saving.”
    I drove around those first months like a ghost, parking in old lots, remembering faces. The boy who used to doodle in the margins. The girl who never took her hood off. The one kid who sat through three funerals in a semester and still turned in his essays.
    I started noticing where kids hid when they had nowhere else to go.
    And one night, I remembered something: the way my students’ backpacks told the whole story.
    Worn zippers, missing straps, heavy with secrets no curriculum could carry.
    So I bought a few used packs from Goodwill. Filled them with small, stubborn things.
    A peanut butter sandwich wrapped tight.
    A notebook and a Sharpie, with my scrawl inside: “Write it down. It matters.”
    A pair of headphones and an old MP3 player loaded with free audiobooks and a playlist I called “Stay.”
    A bag of trail mix. A bottle of water. A cheap phone card.
    I didn’t put in Bibles or pamphlets. Didn’t tape motivational quotes to the straps.
    Just pieces of normal life. Things that say: you still belong in this world.
    The first time I left one, under the bleachers, my hands shook like I was committing a crime.
    Next week, it was gone.
    In its place? A folded piece of paper: “Thanks. I ate the sandwich. I’m still here.”
    That was enough.
    Week by week, I left more. And the backpacks started talking back.
    A hair tie, left for the “next girl who forgets hers.”
    A library card, taped to a thank-you note: “They reopened. Go check it out.”
    A Polaroid of a dog with “He’s waiting at home. So am I.”
    Last winter, a backpack showed up on my porch.
    Inside: a sandwich. A notebook. A pair of socks.
    And a letter.
    It was from a boy who used to linger behind the gas station. He’d planned to join a gang that night. Said the backpack stopped him. Not because of the food, but because of one scribble in the notebook:
    “You deserve to see another season.”
    He wrote, “I chose life. I got a dishwashing job. Now I’m leaving backpacks too. With your list.”
    I sat on the porch until my coffee went cold, holding that letter like it was oxygen.
    Now my neighbors help. A retired nurse slips in first-aid kits. A baker leaves muffins with a note: “Still good. Still loved.” Kids from the neighborhood ride their bikes over and toss packs into the trunk of my car. Nobody signs their names. Nobody takes credit.
    It isn’t politics. It isn’t charity drives or photo ops. It’s just one quiet thing in a loud, divided country.
    The world talks about walls, borders, crime rates, and statistics.
    But when you stand under a bridge at dusk, you don’t see numbers.
    You see a kid trying not to cry where nobody’s watching.
    That’s who the backpacks are for.
    My grandson asked me once, “Grandpa, why don’t you just hand them out?”
    I told him, “Because shame is loud. Kindness has to whisper. Sometimes people can only pick up help when no one’s looking.”
    I don’t know how many backpacks I’ve left. I don’t keep count.
    But I know this: in a world that makes so many feel disposable, something as small as trail mix and a Sharpie can turn a night around.
    You don’t have to save the country.
    You don’t have to fix politics.
    You don’t even have to change a life.
    Just leave something soft where a broken soul might land.
    Sometimes all it takes is a backpack—forgotten by the world, but found by the one person who needed it most.
    And that, I’ve learned, is still teaching.

    Slim man with grey hair, brown warm jacket and jeans, crouched down with his hands on a backpack. Image for illustration only. Things that make you think.
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    No wannabe king can match the power we wield when millions of us take action together.

    (below an image of the Star Wars cast on Endor) “Disney says ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ will return to ABC on Tuesday”
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    @indivisibleteam People all over the world!

    @Alison@beige.party avatar Alison , to random
    Comic style image. Empty clothes laying around, guy in foreground holding empty pants, people in the background celebrating. At last we're free! The Rapture! It happened! We've been left behind! Yippee! All the religious whackos are gone!
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    @MAJ1@beige.party avatar MAJ1 , to weirdfolks group

    So out & about, just dropped Mrs S off at the hospital & spent a merry 15 minutes looking for a parking space.

    Mrs S wants to go to Costco™ while we’re out. Joy!

    ⌨️📴 Try not to break the interweb while I’m away 😁😜😁 weirdfolks@a.gup.pe icon weirdfolks group

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    @MAJ1 weirdfolks@a.gup.pe icon weirdfolks group Get a chicken while there. Trips to Costco require a chicken! Om nom nom

    @briankrebs@infosec.exchange avatar briankrebs , to random

    just wow. read this, from Techdirt:

    Wired, Business Insider Editors Duped By Completely Bogus ‘AI’ Using ‘Journalist’ Who Made Up Towns, People That Don’t Exist

    https://www.techdirt.com/2025/09/02/wired-business-insider-editors-duped-by-completely-bogus-ai-using-journalist-who-made-up-towns-people-that-dont-exist/

    Here's Wired's mea culpa:

    https://www.wired.com/story/how-wired-got-rolled-by-an-ai-freelancer/

    Techdirt's Karl Bode correctly concludes: "This country has taken an absolute hatchet to quality journalism, which in turn has done irreparable harm to any effort to reach reality-based consensus or have an informed electorate. The rushed integration of “AI,” usually by media owners who largely only see it as a way to cut corners and undermine labor, certainly isn’t helping. Add in the twisted financial incentives of an ad-based engagement infotainment economy, and you get exactly the sort of journalistic outcomes academics long predicted."

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    @briankrebs Wired is going through some things lately.

    @Tim_McTuffty@beige.party avatar Tim_McTuffty , to ActuallyAutistic group

    Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 674 , Monday 01/09/2025

    Had a bit of a lie in this morning getting up just before 7am.

    Got downstairs, hung out the laundry from last night & squeezed in another wash.

    Emptied the dishwasher, then got my breakfast.

    When we went to my MiLs the other weekend I noticed that the door was missing from the electric meter cupboard, I told Mrs S about it & pointed out the dangers associated with it being like that.
    When I checked where she was with it this morning she was talking about going to measure it next weekend. This seemed way too long to leave it to me - while I don't get on with my MiL I really don't want her to come to harm!
    So I pulled on my big boy pants, packed a small bag with tape measure, pad, pencil & a pair of secateurs to cut back some of the small forrest that is growing around her front porch!

    It was a really nice trip across the moors to my MiLs, it's a decent distance - about 45 minutes but ever so pretty, even with rain clouds scudding overhead.
    Got to my MiL's & got the measurements then did some minor clearing up around the porch.

    I didn't disturb my MiL as she sleeps a lot these days, so when I was done I packed my little bag up again & headed home.
    Made a very slight detour to a small cafe / garden centre that is basically on the route home to pick up a couple of Cornish pasties & a couple of buns - a scone for Mrs S & a slice of banana & salted caramel cake for yours truly! Things are so expensive these days, 15 quid for a nice, but small treat!

    Got home & ordered a overbox to sit on top of the damaged meter cupboard.
    Hopefully that will arrive Wednesday & then I can maybe go Thursday or Friday to fit it.

    Spent the afternoon in Night City venting my frustration on the baddies there!

    We had the Cornish pasties with some baked beans for tea - really rather tasty!

    Final Thoughts.

    Once more Mrs S more or less ignores my advice - this time I could not let it lie. With the weather turning the electric meter being exposed like that is cause for multiple concerns & much as I would like to bury my head in the sand & ignore it I find I cannot. There is core part of me that cannot help but help folk in need.

    Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

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    @Tim_McTuffty Well done Tim! Your treats picked up on the way home sound lovely. actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group

    @Tim_McTuffty@beige.party avatar Tim_McTuffty , to ActuallyAutistic group

    Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 672 , Saturday 30/08/2025

    Up early again - the laundry pile is unforgiving.

    It's been a day of being triggered, oh so many times.

    Amongst other things I found out my sister has been quite ill in hospital all week - she's home now recovering, she's signed off work for a couple of weeks! None of the family chose to tell me ... I cannot begin to explain how much that makes me feel like an outsider in my own family.
    She's not up for visitors at the moment but I'm planning on going to see her next weekend.

    Virtual worlds seem more & more the place to exist, the real world is less & less a place I want to be.

    Final Thoughts.

    The struggle is endless, but one foot in front of the other, day by day until the last day.

    Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

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    @Tim_McTuffty Big hugs to you Tim. That's a bunch of plonkers to not let you know.
    Laundry is never ending. Warm weather at least the clothes are smaller. actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group

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    @JessTheUnstill Long weekend in Canada too. Just sayin'

    Alison ,
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    @JessTheUnstill Only since the 1894 or so.

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    @JessTheUnstill I remembered it all my life (64) and so I also looked it up. Here in Canada we start school after Labour Day.

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    @JessTheUnstill Not so much on the AC here but definitely on snow days.

    @MAJ1@beige.party avatar MAJ1 , to weirdfolks group

    & G’day Squirrel Fans, hope I find you bright eyed & bushy tailed!

    Saturday - yay!

    Have a good one Peeps!

    Cashew later Peeps, have a fabulously nutty day ! 😊🫶:party_major_squirrel:🖖 weirdfolks@a.gup.pe icon weirdfolks group

    Picture a red squirrel standing on all 4s on a woodland path with his tail up looking at us. The caption reads: “Oh… hey there , good morning!”
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    @MAJ1 weirdfolks@a.gup.pe icon weirdfolks group Good morning smol skwerl.

    @MAJ1@beige.party avatar MAJ1 , to weirdfolks group

    & G’day Squirrel Fans, hope I find you bright eyed & bushy tailed!

    Wednesday wonders in waking everyone with warnings of a wet day ahead and demanding coffee and an umbrella!

    I need a quiet day away from the world to process yesterdays near disaster so I’ll be the one lurking in the background.

    Have a cracking day & remember : Don’t let ‘em Cash-ew ! 😊🫶:party_major_squirrel:🖖

    @weirdfolks

    Picture a squirrel laying exhausted on the seat of a wooden bench/table set in the sun. The caption reads : “Only Wednesday? I'm not feeling the whole bright -eyed, bushy tail thing!” Photo by: Joanne Williams
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    @MAJ1 @weirdfolks Hugs smol skwerl friend.

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    @MAJ1 weirdfolks@a.gup.pe icon weirdfolks group Last night then more weirdness this morning. Seem to have it tamed but hiding just in case.

    @briankrebs@infosec.exchange avatar briankrebs , to random

    I'm a little concerned AI chatbots are melting peoples' brains. This is the second time this month I've gotten an email from an otherwise intelligent seeming person who is convinced that there is a persona -- a being -- that exists and persists in the AI chat world, that has persistence of memory, and is somewhat elusive unless you know the magic conjuring spell. Sigh.

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    @briankrebs I saw some potato saying they were using AI to speak with the dead.

    @jerry@infosec.exchange avatar jerry , to random

    I upgraded infosec.exchange, .space, and convo.casa to the latest glitch-soc code a few minutes ago. I always look forward to the kind and even tempered comments I get when something has changed on the mastodon interface after an upgrade.

    I have changed into my fire proof undergarments and await the messages of thanks.

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    @jerry Thanks Jerry and all the amazing admins that make up the fedi!

    @Tim_McTuffty@beige.party avatar Tim_McTuffty , to ActuallyAutistic group

    Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 660 , Monday 18/08/2025

    Monday started around 7am.

    I went to hang the laundry out after breakfast & discovered that the washing machine had been leaking.
    After I had fortified myself with coffee I went ot see if I could identify & stop the leak.

    The biggest problem with our washing machine is that it is next to the freezer in the garage in its own little niche. This makes it a barsteward to get to in the event you wanna check it’s working ok.

    There was much manoeuvring & man-handling & swearing but I finally got access to see underneath & it looks like the outlet pump is maybe jammed. I couldn’t get to it without taking it out which I didn’t want to do, being a computer engineer not a washing machine engineer.

    Anyways a suitably experienced engineer is coming out tomorrow afternoon - I’ll have to move the freezer out of the way to give him more access (& not have to climb back & forth over the washer!).

    Ham & pickle sarnies for lunch were followed by an afternoon relaxing & chasing bad guys in Night City.

    We had a chicken & bacon pasta bake for tea with banana & ice cream for dessert!

    The day ended with a couple of Mrs S’s TV shows.

    Final Thoughts.

    I had to clamp down hard on the urge to try & dismantle the washing machine to try & fix it, Mrs S would be most unhappy if I killed it. She likes to wash her clothes very,very regularly.

    I do feel like I have failed somehow, that I am not trying hard enough & passing the problem to someone else without putting in enough effort!

    Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

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    @Tim_McTuffty Heavily support Econads comment on knowing when to call in a pro vs causing potentially more expensive damage. Also the additional fraying of nerves.
    Ham and pickle is a fav here too! actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group

    @MAJ1@beige.party avatar MAJ1 , to weirdfolks group

    Well I tried - I cannot find anything obviously wrong from a cursory inspection - which sounds easier than it really is, the washing machine has it’s own little niche next to the freezer in the garage - very handy & out of the way when in use but a pain the the proverbials when trying to get into the guts.
    It looks like it might be a problem with the outlet pump, either the pipe on the output side (which I can’t get at with removing the pump, which I’m loath to do, is blocked or possibly the pump itself is Donald’d!

    Either way I’m a computer engineer not a washing machine engineer & there is the distinct possibility that I will cause far more damage trying to fix it than if I accept my limitations & call in someone who actually knows what they are doing. (Much as that goes against every fibre of my being! )

    I will need to move the freezer when the engineer rocks up, because there is precious little access otherwise. Feck n bollocks!!
    Moving the freezer means blocking the door from the kitchen to the garage meaning that the only access is via the outer doors!

    Sometimes inch perfect floor plans have their downsides!

    Right time to make some lunch I think!

    Hopefully yon washing machine peep will call us back after lunch!

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    @MAJ1 Oh man that does sound like a PITA. Hope it goes far easier than anticipated. weirdfolks@a.gup.pe icon weirdfolks group

    @mattblaze@federate.social avatar mattblaze , to Photography

    81 Fulham Road ("Michelin House"), London, UK, 2024.

    All the pixels, none of the traction or puncture resistance, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54196628571

    An ornate, 2 story Art Nouveau building, heavily ornamented with tire-themed features and stained glass windows featuring the "Michelin Man" character in different poses.
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    @mattblaze What a cool building.

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    The Sewing Circle: Hollywood's Female Stars Who Loved Other Women

    2.75 stars

    This was another impulse borrow, but unfortunately a rare miss from Queer Liberation Library. It was published in 1995 and it feels perhaps even more dated than that, with some problematic terminology and sensationalist assumptions.

    There isn't really an overarching historical argument, much less a rigorous methodology. The book is just a string of seemingly unrelated anecdotes about women in old Hollywood who were probably queer in some way. A few fun factoids, but not what I'm looking for in my queer nonfiction.

    Book cover of the Sewing Circle. Four headshots of glamorous women from the Golden Age of Hollywood, with their eyes covered by black rectangles as if they were censored.
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    @hawksquill bookstodon@a.gup.pe icon bookstodon group I have a copy of the original radio series and it so much fun.

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    @BackFromTheDud I only picked it up in 2005 when a friend shared it with me. @hawksquill bookstodon@a.gup.pe icon bookstodon group

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    @BackFromTheDud I'd of course heard of it and was a fan of STNG but had just never gotten there. I started my own home business in 04 and now had the luxury of not having the office noise and interruptions. @hawksquill bookstodon@a.gup.pe icon bookstodon group