Michael Porter @MichaelPorter@qoto.org

I can’t believe how old people my age are.

Please boost if you’re still masking indoors (in public places)

Meanwhile on Twitter:

Brian was starting to think that maybe his mom wasn’t coming back.

What idiot called that little narc Elf on the Shelf and not Police Navidad?

@MichaelPorter This seems completely broken, and reminds me of the strange behavior I started to see around iOS 7. That was rumored to be when Jony Ive took over. Before that point, every element on iOS had a Z-position, and things that were pulled up or down or over all layered in a predictable order, with UI affordances that made the order clear. That was deemed (apparently by Mr. Ive) to be too skeuomorphic and unwelcome in an all-digital world, and so the layering disappeared, and the coloring the indicating depth disappeared, and it stopped being possible to figure out what was tappable, and... whew! Bad memories.

This feels like more of that. Coloring the tabs correctly would be suggestive of the real world, and skeuomorphism is out, so instead you just have to guess that in this app, and maybe only this app, the blue text indicates the active tab. Are there only two tabs? You have a 50% chance of guessing correctly, then!

Try saying these without sounding sarcastic:

1. That's great
2. Good for you
3. Have fun
4. Fascinating
5. Thanks for that
6. Well done you
7. Good luck with that
8. Sounds thrilling
9. What a shame
10. Wow

I purchased the Humble Bundle from @neilhimself and I couldn't be happier! American Gods is one of my favorite stories and I am loving the consumption of it in graphic novel format. The charity aspect is just icing on the cake. 😀

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/neil-gaiman-dark-horse-collection-books?hmb_source=&hmb_medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=mosaic_section_1_layout_index_2_layout_type_threes_tile_index_2_c_neilgaimandarkhorsecollection_bookbundle

My daughter just sent me this fantastic photo she took today #photography #scotland #wildlife #scenery

I just thought to add my #Mastodon account to the @InternetArchive. But it was already there, along with my #Twitter account. Very nice surprise.

Does anyone know whether IA is doing this systematically? How much of Twitter and Mastodon is it capturing? Ditto for other platforms.

Issued this day in 1972: Scott #610: Cornelius Krieghoff. Design: William Rueter. Arguably one of most iconic paintings not painted by a member of the Group of Seven, The Blacksmith’s Shop (1871) was one of the last paintings Cornelius Krieghoff (1816-1872) would complete. It is part of the collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario. #mystamps #canadastamps

#OttBike: There is a chance I may need to spring for an #EBike in the new year…please hit me with your recs for a basic bike that will be ok in summer/winter at <$2K CDN-ish.

And, yes, I know cars cost way more but I have a strict (self-imposed) budget…it’s this or nothing so 🤷‍♀️.

Thanks!!

Boudinage

Boudinage are one of the most spectacular geologic structures and some of my favorite rocks. The boudins are the eye-shaped lenses of rock wedged between the white quartz layers. Find out how they formed below.

Callan Bentley's great AGU blog post on boudinage explains it all: https://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2011/06/20/boudinage-favorite-geoword/

More beautiful boudinage here: https://goo.gl/XXSyEv

Image from: https://folk.uib.no/nglhe/PhotoAlbum/Boudinage%20Chapter%2014/index.html

#boudinage #metamorphism #rocks #geology