ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

How to Know if a Cockatiel Is Right for You

There are certainly worse places to spend a Sunday. #outdoors #hiking #trails #getoutside

#Caturday a bit late - too much merry making for the holiday

I just walked into my local public library with a curiosity and walked out with a bag full of books to satisfy it.

And they say magic isn't real?

Treasure, use, and support your libraries, folks. They're the heart and soul of a civil society. ❤️

#joinin
#christmaseve
#christmasday
#merrychristmas
#qt
#hachyholidays
#christmas
#faithless
#catsofmastodon
#gregabbott

...erm...guilty 😂

#mosstodon #HappeningRightNow

In tonight's meditation I was reminded that while the experience of altered states can be fascinating, and instructive, and sometimes healing, meditation for me isn't much about obtaining a special experience which I'm not currently having

It's more about allowing an appreciative and intimate connection with the experience which I 𝑎𝑚 currently having.

You don't need to limit your Panic! to the disco. You can panic anywhere, really.

Trafalgar Square, #London
December 1948

photograph attributed to Warburton

#VintagePhotography #Christmas #ChristmasTree #winter #fog #Smog

The Secret History of Celery -The crisp crunch of its stalks was not native to the wild plant from which it originated. That texture, along with celery’s pale green color and dramatic spray of leaves, was created through decades of trial and error, transforming what was originally a little-used bitter herb into one of the most prized vegetables of the 19th century. #cooking https://www.epicurious.com/ingredients/how-celery-became-so-popular-history

Message from me and my husband @WardQNormal to young #LGBTQ+ folks at #Christmas who haven't come out to their families yet: Stay strong. Believe in yourself, your truth, and your future. Find a supportive circle of friends who love you for who you are. Even relatives you can't talk to now may come around.

Vint Cerf, circa 1975. (via @wsj: https://www.wsj.com/articles/vint-cerf-helped-create-the-internet-on-the-back-of-an-envelope-11671210858 )

There are archives, and then there are archives. And then there’s this one. Possibly the largest barely curated collection of CP/M software and information in existence.

http://cpmarchives.classiccmp.org/

#retrocomputing

Frozen creek on our Christmas Day walk, made possible by an excess of 5 y/o wiggles after almost 48 hours indoors. Seriously though, we all needed some fresh air.

The *plunk* sound of stones bouncing off of the ice is really satisfying.

Behind Blue Eyes

Did you know that reindeer are the only known mammal whose eyes change seasonally from golden in the summer to a wintry blue? Their eyes also become a thousand times more sensitive in winter, adapting to dim light in the near darkness to avoid predators.

Part of this is because of changes in the tapetum lucidum (TL), a mirror-like layer under the retina. 1/n

#ScienceSunday #ScienceMastodon #Christmas