CJ @flsounds@qoto.org

I know most of us are grumpy at the time change, cold weather, and busyness of the winter months. Tell me though, please….What little things do you really look forward too about this time of year, or get to rediscover your love for around this time? For me it’s long sleeve shirts. I feel like I’m wearing armor basically compared to what I wear during the summer months.

I would love to downplay the significance of the errant #Russian missile that killed 2 #Polish people—as it’s clearly not an “attack” on a #NATO member state—but remember the world went to war over a Prince dude getting shot by a Serbian nationalist. That’s how easy things can escalate. I pray the U.S. plays a role of de-escalation, despite its bellicosity. We cannot let this suck the world into #WWIII

On Low's Instagram page, Alan has shared a lengthy message from Zak Sally, bassist for them from 1994 to 2005.

You will want to take the time to read it carefully. It is likely the best thing about music and much more you will read this year.

#music

https://www.instagram.com/p/ClAGlhGIiAE/?hl=en

Another 35mm photo from the archive. Taken in Brooklyn Heights.

📷: expired film, Pentax ME Super.

#35mm #photography #BelieveInFilm #Pentax #NYC #EmpireStateBuilding

#WeAreGoing #Artemis1 I am both excited and nervous for this new rocket launch! Not just because it is an inaugural flight but so proud the launch manager is NASA's first woman launch director! You can learn about the mission and crew at www.nasa.gov/feature/artemis-i…

First opportunity is 0104 ET 2022-11-16 which is also a significant date in NASA history. Here is the NASA Live stream for anyone willing to stay up with me to watch!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lG…

Does everyone know about the awesome Old-Time Radio collection, which has literal years of audio of classic radio shows? Drama, Mystery, Comedy, and more. One of the crown jewels of the archive.

https://archive.org/details/oldtimeradio

@flsounds
Cozy long sleeved shirts - layers of them! Heavy blankets in a slightly chilly room. Cookies that I only get at Yule. Sweet and creamy hot tea in big mugs.
Thanks for posting about this. The "little" joys really are the important things.

@flsounds I was using the default iOS app, but I switched to beta testing Mammoth (sent this Toot using it) and invested in Toot (for iOS). The latter hasn’t been updated for over a year, but is still brilliant.

@flsounds I used the Mastodon app for a couple of days but then moved to #Metatext and love it

@flsounds I am using Metatext seems good to me

@flsounds I’ve started using tooot and apart from the fact I sometimes get confused about whether I’m reading mastodon or twitter (especially when there’s lots of RT’s) I like it. It gives me the fedi and the local which I didn’t get using the mastodon app, but you can’t beat using it on the website which for me makes it reminiscent of the early days of social media where you consciously sat down to check social media rather than mindlessly scrolling whilst you wait for something else, especially with the detailed content it makes social media feel less like filler and more satisfying somehow.

@flsounds Ugh. Yeah - and a lot of these people are intentionally trying to get folks to follow them so they can inject their hate later, so may be putting forward innocuous content now to get boosts and follows for awfulness later. It happens. The important thing is that we look out for each other and share information as needed.

@flsounds I hear Tusky is the best but costs a couple bucks. I've been using Metatext.