lobster @Lobster@qoto.org

Just to bang on about this some more, I've just read my kid's full report and it's a real joy, it's all about how creative she is and has inspired me to want to write again.

i don't want to toil, i want to eat snacks and play with yarn

These are leaf sheep (Costasiella kuroshimae). They live in the sea, grazing on algae.

‘Truth behind the myths’: Amazon warrior women of Greek legend may really have existed. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/mar/24/truth-behind-the-myths-amazon-warrior-women-of-greek-legend-may-really-have-existed #Archaeology #Classics #Ancient #History #Histodon #Histodons #Azerbaijan #Archaeodons @archaeodons @histodon @histodons @classics

#Image attribution: Bertel Thorvaldsen, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Achilles_and_Penthesilea_1837_CC0_from_the_Thorvaldsens_Museum_A496_w

Only walking for exercise? Here’s how to get the most out of it.
#health
https://theconversation.com/only-walking-for-exercise-heres-how-to-get-the-most-out-of-it-224159

The #deGoogle project continues. This week I want to get off #GooglePhotos. Looking for a secure photo storage service with Android support that won't sell my data to an AI.

On the anniversary of the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, every single American needs to know that Trump has, again, promised to repeal it if he's elected. This would rip health care away 21 million people. Please help spread this far and wide.

"The charge of antisemitism is intended to have a chilling effect — and indeed, journalists, politicians, academics, even activists, are intimidated into self-censorship out of fear of losing employment and their reputation or of facing other sanctions. Jewish Voice for Peace has documented and condemned this manipulation of antisemitism"

https://truthout.org/articles/israel-has-formed-a-task-force-to-carry-out-covert-campaigns-at-us-universities/

#Gaza #HigherEd

Forcan Ridge, NW Scotland, wood engraving, 65x100mm. Artist's proof.

My second re-used lemonwood block. Sanding to a fine finish again bevelled the edges, but less so than at the first attempt. Not a problem with careful inking and burnishing.

Wood engraving starts in the dark and you draw with light - initially odd, it quickly becomes second nature. More tricky is working on a mirror image of the subject. A flipped reference image helps.

Next - hopefully an error-free printing session.

we meet again my elusive nemesis

#Caturday

Police are using DNA to create hypothetical face renderings—then using these images as a clue to base investigations on.

If this wasn't bad enough, police in California ran one of these images through face recognition tech. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/cops-running-dna-manufactured-faces-through-face-recognition-tornado-bad-ideas

I think Gary is missing me. But it might just be the agony of knowing Lisa is in the kitchen and, unlike me, she doesn’t give treats…
#DogsOfMastodon

professional biscuit maker in search of a forever kitchen. will work for cuddles and treats #KneadAJob

#Caturday

Drink your tea slowly and reverently,
as if it is the axis
on which the world earth revolves
– slowly, evenly, without
rushing toward the future;
Live the actual moment.
Only this moment is life.

– Thich Nhat Hahn

Thinking about unity in diversity