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A photo of an element of Truro cathedral I took before work earlier this week. No reason, just felt like it.

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Breaking News:
Fired propagandist, Tucker Carlson, was treated today for frozen confused face. A rare condition affecting those who are shocked that their lies have consequences.

Today I have flattened cardboard *and* descaled my coffee-maker. I'm basically a domestic goddess now.

Is there an equivalent of the daily picture theme account on Twitter over here, does anyone know?

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Today I have been mostly rescuing snails

* photo shows collection of tiny snails and a couple of wild garlic leaves in a tupperware pot

I appear to have temporarily drifted away from Qoto/Mastodon. I shall endeavour to drift back. I probably need to follow more accounts. Recommendations?

I see #Waitrose have diluted their own brand washing liquid and also reduced the bottle size from 600 ml to 500 ml.
#ShrinkFlation

An update on that "suck my tongue" story regarding the Dalai Lama--a great example of the way rage-click farming and propaganda (Tibetans are united in their conviction that China is behind the uproar) overlap.

vice.com/en/article/jg5854/tib

Just released v2023.4.0 of #Photini, a simple #photography #metadata (#Exif, #IPTC, #XMP) editor.
photini.readthedocs.io/en/late

This version adds "image regions", allowing the user to label parts of a picture. See iptc.org/std/photometadata/doc for more about image regions.

PS Photini also includes a #Pixelfed / #Mastodon uploader that reuses the metadata that's already been set for each picture.

I kind of miss when I had to defrag the computer and I could just watch the little animation of how it was all getting less fragmented and pretend that my life was also coming together like that.

Lovely people of the elephant! I probably should have posted this yesterday, but I wrote a little piece for the Metro that some of you might be interested in. I'm so pleased to be able to share it with you now. #RightToLove DisabilityRights

metro.co.uk/2023/04/01/i-want-

One day you’re young and the next thing you know, a bird feeder has become 80% of your entertainment.

I'm not sure if people realize that Twitter collapsing will mean no more articles in newspapers that are just a collection of people tweeting about a particular topic as though that's what everyone's saying.

Twitter becoming irrelevant is going to be so awesome you have no idea

I was woken up today by a phone call letting me know that due purely to budgeting changes I’ve been let go from my full-time contracting position I just started in January after being laid off in September.

I am a former #Apple #engineer with 15 years of experience making apps for #iOS and #macOS. I also have experience with #Ruby. Available immediately for full time or contract work.

Please boost. #Swift #RubyOnRails

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