thethuthinnang

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sometimes tooting from https://mastodon.ie/@photovotary

Fedi landing date: 5 Nov 2022
Favorite foods: the darkest chocolate and the blackest coffee
Favorite tree: that huge live oak in Audubon Park

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2026-05-19 13:00:13 UTC

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Re Melville, see this: https://beige.party/@npub1sj0…kqml/116598129557627539

2026-05-19 12:26:16 UTC

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His style was indulgently fun. His racism was the result of sheer terror at everything he didn’t even try understand. Can you imagine living that way? Jeez. Nightmare.

2026-05-18 20:19:10 UTC

What’s your writing style? (This includes everything from texting to novels.) Please include examples in replies. And yes, many of these are newly coined style names. :blobcatgiggle: Add your own!
#writing

2026-05-16 23:03:24 UTC

Fishbone played in the central quad at the university I attended in 1989 when I was a 1st year student. It was completely free. They were absolutely amazing. I'll never forget it.

2026-05-15 14:47:13 UTC

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I didn’t know there were kettles made of plastic. That sounds like a bad idea. And clearly has proven so.

2026-05-12 11:56:30 UTC

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But I don’t want to attend work meetings in person. Don’t make me go into the office, please. :blobcatgiggle:

2026-05-09 12:22:00 UTC

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The rabbits where you are have smaller ears than the rabbits where I live. Very cute! We have the Eastern Cottontail, and their ears are very prominent.

2026-05-08 18:21:33 UTC

When I’m down my pup always looks at me as if to say, “Hey! Are you OK? Let’s go play!”
https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/116/540/321/286/870/926/original/6e1c731352860ffe.jpeg

2026-05-08 11:17:26 UTC

Try
https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/116/538/667/888/481/907/original/94a0537649ba1828.jpeg

2026-05-04 12:44:03 UTC

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Damn. What on earth?

2026-05-04 00:19:08 UTC

Lessons still await a waning moon.
#SixWordStories

2026-05-02 12:48:35 UTC

It's the AC⚡ DC song "Highway to Hell" but the lyrics are all just Bon Scott (or Brian Johnson, if you prefer) screaming out the meanings of road signs:
Stop Sign! Speed Limit!
Watch for falling rocks!
Dead End road! Merging traffic!
Road Closed! Tow Away Zone!
Road Work Ahead! No U-turn!
Railroad crossing! Drive safely!
Road Narrows Ahead!
I'm on the highway to hell!

2026-04-28 11:08:16 UTC

Last night’s dream involved discovering a board game under a large house where I was living with a bunch of other people who were unrelated to me. The board game was called The Unbreakable Curse. We weren’t sure whether or not we should play it. When I woke up, I realized the joke was that we are all playing that game.

2026-04-23 00:56:18 UTC

"Despite a creeping apocalypse, however, life persists."
-- John T. Matthews

2026-04-12 18:08:29 UTC

Typed out a diatribe about the state of the music industry and then deleted it. It was for the best. 😅

2026-04-06 00:38:32 UTC

Observations from an evening walk in April
Five dark little birds wait on the gravel road. They take wing into the safety of the wood just as the border collie arrives to sniff at them.
Countless cardinals calling in the crepuscule, as if they don't stand out enough in the sunlight. They need to be noticed even as the light fades.
We walk beneath the reign of trees. We gaze up at the purple sky as the stars make ready.
A lone hound beys in the distance.
https://photovotary.mataroa.blog/blog/observations-from-an-evening-walk-in-april/

2026-04-05 13:07:23 UTC

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Well written article! I laughed aloud a couple of times (the review of his last album and Samantha Eggers' comment after hearing his music along with her decision not to have tea with him). It's a very accurate article as well. I love the music of The Smiths but was never a fan of Morrissey's solo work. The title of this article says it all.

2026-03-30 00:59:35 UTC

https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/tom-petty-and-others-tell-the-story-behind-princes-while-my-guitar-gently-weeps-solo

2026-03-29 23:33:07 UTC

Mood: we are mostly made of goo.

2026-03-25 00:37:01 UTC

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Just read some articles about sulfur being an ancient solution for repelling ticks. People use it to repel harvest mites (aka chiggers), too. I like the idea of trying something more natural. People ingest it with molasses or honey to keep ticks from biting them, too. LOL Not sure about that one. @npub1xfv…cqs4

2026-03-25 00:20:57 UTC

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I've never heard that advice before. I thought ticks responded to heat, not smell. But maybe it's both? @npub1xfv…cqs4

2026-03-23 00:49:36 UTC

Luna wearing horns wishes Venus goodnight.
#SixWordStories

2026-03-21 00:14:47 UTC

When you live surrounded by woods and marauding deer, there is no tick repellent that truly works. The ticks awaken throughout the winter the moment temperatures rise above freezing. By spring they are battle ready and hungry. They jump at life. They suck at life, literally. Chemical sprays don't fool them for long. Natural remedies do little. How can we stop them? Can we make them fear us somehow? Can we make them loathe our company? My personal war on ticks has gone on for many years. Maybe one day I can outsmart this symbolic enemy. Until that day, I remain vigilant and without mercy.

2026-03-14 00:25:06 UTC

Hello, Fedi.

2026-02-16 01:07:03 UTC

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I'm enjoying it. Strange tales and lovely poems so far.

2026-02-16 00:53:24 UTC

Reading "Irish Fairy and Folk Tales" edited by W. B. Yeats on a rainy Sunday night.

2026-02-15 22:31:26 UTC

A headline read that Gen Z are spending their money on investments in the stock market. Is that true?

2026-02-14 02:18:00 UTC

Friday night, y'all.
https://photovotary.mataroa.blog/blog/satan/

2026-02-13 19:59:43 UTC

Sipping black coffee, eating dark chocolate, and staring my demons down.

2026-02-13 13:23:34 UTC

Y'all. It's finally happened. I've been "nominated" by someone to join Lawyers of Distinction! Now I can pay to be in a directory of other lawyers who paid to be in a directory! 😂

2026-02-05 15:19:45 UTC

On a walk
Six Black capped chickadees, fluttering back-and-forth over my head from tree to tree almost like a charm of hummingbirds. Was pretty magical.

2026-01-31 01:02:07 UTC

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Maybe. We might be snowed in. :blobcatgiggle: I hope you will have a restful weekend.

2026-01-31 00:58:40 UTC

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same :blobcat_tired:

2026-01-29 01:24:12 UTC

Walking through moon shadows on the snow feels like walking through a painting.

2026-01-27 23:10:24 UTC

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Did no one point out the fact that this all happened because of the *Hinds* County School Board?

2026-01-27 23:07:06 UTC

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That's not a bookstore that wants to remain in business, apparently.

2026-01-26 01:41:46 UTC

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Found it.
https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/958/842/305/093/255/original/75fe00b912ca59ed.png

2026-01-26 01:22:00 UTC

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My favorite was the one with the little dog peeking from behind a crumbled brick wall with the quote "For the love of God, Montressor!"

2026-01-25 16:11:34 UTC

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Congrats on finishing and not dying! 🙌🏽

2026-01-25 14:27:27 UTC

CW the world.

2026-01-25 02:01:35 UTC

Going to start letting the Magic 8 Ball decide everything. Why not?

2026-01-25 01:34:15 UTC

In the cold, quiet darkness of this winter night, snow falls softly as if nothing unusual has happened.

2026-01-21 23:36:04 UTC

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Team third dog.

2026-01-19 15:56:03 UTC

One of the first words that I remember looking up in a dictionary for myself was the word "dais" while I was reading Madeleine L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time". I would have been about 9 years old or a little younger when I read it. But I distinctly recall the way she used the word several times which made me look it up as I needed to confirm what I thought it meant in context. Seems strange to recall that so distinctly. 🙂

2026-01-18 18:37:59 UTC

Have you ever seen a movie that was incredibly good but was also so disturbing or disgusting that you decided not to recommend it to anyone?

2026-01-18 14:03:51 UTC

Sometimes when I read an article that mentions off-hand some product I've never heard of, I stop and wonder if the entire reason for the article is to get people to check out that product. If that is the real reason, the article is not content but just an advertisement. It's becoming more difficult to tell the difference. This is why I do my best never to say what brand of anything I use or what brand of item I've just purchased.

2026-01-14 00:38:45 UTC

There's only one way to find out.
https://photovotary.mataroa.blog/photography/
https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/890/656/559/841/088/original/bc1b8a82f407b102.jpeg

2026-01-12 19:20:00 UTC

Croissant Moon

2026-01-11 01:34:47 UTC

Mood. #photography
https://photovotary.mataroa.blog/photography/
https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/873/885/535/716/978/original/6e395f871d426d80.jpg

2026-01-10 19:02:56 UTC

Debbie Harry truly seems like she believes Kermit is not just a muppet. Love this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Hd3uWKFKY&list=RDh0Hd3uWKFKY&start_radio=1

2026-01-10 18:53:01 UTC

Here's a cat. :blobCat_bounce:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W86cTIoMv2U

2026-01-10 18:44:42 UTC

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Maybe they intend to pick it up on their way back from the walk? (she suggests hopefully)

2026-01-10 15:45:47 UTC

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Cute! You have strawberries producing fruit in January?

2026-01-09 14:18:59 UTC

Misty morning over the field and grape vines.
https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/865/561/551/034/510/original/ca551d3fc472add7.jpeg

2026-01-06 21:57:43 UTC

Me in 1976: Weeee! Who knows what will happen? I’m just a kid!
Me in 1986: Woohoo! It’s the 1980s! I’m a teen! Who knows what will happen?
Me in 1996: Huh. Didn’t expect that
Me in 2006: Huh. Didn’t expect that
Me in 2016: Huh. Didn’t expect that.
Me in 2026: Huh. Didn’t expect that.

2026-01-06 19:12:39 UTC

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I hope you’ve enjoyed all of the parades you’ve decided to attend. I miss being there for Mardi Gras!

2026-01-06 19:02:07 UTC

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Happy Mardi Gras!

2026-01-04 01:20:46 UTC

You, Moon. Please light our way.
#SixWordStories

2026-01-01 16:51:05 UTC

If anyone is looking for me, I'm over here living in powder keg and giving off sparks.

2025-12-31 18:01:57 UTC

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Aesthetic: Interspecial Mushroom

2025-12-31 17:55:59 UTC

Aesthetic: Intergalactic Kudzu

2025-12-30 19:49:37 UTC

You: (toot)
Me: What the heck? (Frantically searches reference) ooohhh. (Begins response toot. Stops. Deletes text. Moves on to next toot. Repeat.)

2025-12-28 19:23:30 UTC

Timeline cleanse for anyone who needs it. I've shared this before. In it you will witness much frolicking by three little Brazilian children at the end of the film Black Orpheus. This is my favorite film clip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CxcnB16Tyk

2025-12-28 01:08:53 UTC

using some of my favorite words
https://photovotary.mataroa.blog/blog/the-moment-then-0628-hours/

2025-12-23 21:46:21 UTC

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Mambo.

2025-12-23 21:41:19 UTC

Let’s dance.

2025-12-23 15:32:50 UTC

I’m just typing out several words invented by people.

2025-12-21 12:38:48 UTC

Suggestion
What if instead of dubbing things "good" or "bad", you explain what is harmful or beneficial about an event or activity and to whom it is harmful or beneficial. Generally throwing things into categories of "good or bad" is low quality moralizing and unhelpful.
I've been working on removing "good" and "bad" from my mental responses to events and it has expanded the way I think about the world. It has also made me less emotionally reactive to everything I hear and read about so that I am able to process the significance of an event instead of going straight to 11 on the Woe Scale.

2025-12-21 12:16:34 UTC

Happy Solstice!* I scream as I run naked into the woods never to be seen again.
*officially starts at 10:03 AM EST.

2025-12-20 12:48:56 UTC

Last night, Vega. This morning, Jupiter.
#SixWordStories

2025-12-19 13:57:22 UTC

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Love that line! 😅

2025-12-19 13:53:38 UTC

What is your favorite expression to use in a language that is not your first language?

2025-12-19 12:45:49 UTC

Too bad I didn’t bring my bass guitar on this train. I could totally pretend I know how to play the bass line of Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues” right now.

2025-12-18 15:07:51 UTC

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Right?! Equality is when everyone farts in public. Well, maybe that would not be all that pleasant. 😅

2025-12-18 15:05:01 UTC

A former coworker used to brag that his wife in 15 years of marriage had never once farted in front of him. I would like to say that my response was to fart right then and there, but I couldn't summon the gas at that moment.

2025-12-15 01:56:30 UTC

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Aw, you had a little tree house on the ground. A tree nook. @npub1xfv…cqs4 @npub1tpt…kvpg

2025-12-15 00:47:53 UTC

Did you have a favorite tree when you were a kid? For a time my family lived in Pennsylvania, and there was a very large crab apple tree behind the house. It was that perfect sort of tree that had a wide, nearly horizontal branch that you could climb up to and lie down on very comfortably. I would sit in that tree and daydream, problem solve, come up with ideas. When the apples were ripe, I'd nibble them a bit. Now, it reminds me of Shel Silverstein's "The Giving Tree." 💚 🍏

2025-12-14 22:50:26 UTC

Riding a mooncycle in your dreams.
#SixWordStories

2025-12-14 13:11:41 UTC

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Nice image!

2025-12-13 19:18:55 UTC

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Blocked and reported.

2025-12-13 19:13:42 UTC

Am I alone is disliking when people type text over a photograph?

2025-12-10 21:14:28 UTC

I am, at times, verbose.

2025-12-06 01:36:23 UTC

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Aw, well. I hope you'll get a chance to go soon, too!

2025-12-06 01:31:38 UTC

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I've never had the chance to visit Ireland. I would love to some day.

2025-12-06 00:44:13 UTC

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I like how this sounds. Please expand on this thought, if you don't mind. 🙂

2025-12-05 02:03:34 UTC

You, moon. There behind the clouds. You're not fooling anybody.

2025-12-04 01:53:20 UTC

Moon sneaking up on me. Stealthy moon making shadows from the trees and phantom lights where lights aren't supposed to be. Showing me things I can't really see. Sneaky moon.

2025-12-03 22:51:39 UTC

(disappears into the woods)
#photography
https://photovotary.mataroa.blog/photography/
https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/658/079/837/315/064/original/6130ff46d4cf6af4.jpeg

2025-12-02 13:59:00 UTC

Aging is beautiful.
#TextureTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday
https://photovotary.mataroa.blog/photography/
https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/650/322/540/809/633/original/06e3b54aaced3705.jpeg

2025-12-02 00:15:05 UTC

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Beautiful!

2025-12-01 13:05:25 UTC

It used to be recommended that when you reply to someone, it would be polite to set the post privacy level to "Quiet Public" (formerly 'unlisted') so the Live Feeds aren't all clogged with Public posts that are actually replies. I've become accustomed to doing that automatically. But it seems like most people are replying set to Public and the Live Feeds are not showing those posts. Is there any purpose now to the Quiet public privacy setting?
Feditips currently says: Unlisted / Quiet Public – Anyone can see it, but it won’t appear in the trending posts list or the Local or Federated timelines, it won’t show up in search results and it won’t show up in other people’s hashtag follows. Unlisted can be useful for replying in threads, so that you’re not filling search results etc unnecessarily. Normally indicated by a crescent moon 🌙
https://fedi.tips/who-can-see-my-posts-in-mastodon-how-do-i-send-dms-in-mastodon/
But, like I said, they aren't showing up in the local timeline (live feed). So, is the only purpose to avoid them showing up in searches?

2025-11-30 14:29:20 UTC

#SilentSunday
https://photovotary.mataroa.blog/photography/
https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/639/085/935/940/849/original/0a3aa954ddfb2a88.jpeg

2025-11-28 19:37:06 UTC

Before and after.
https://photovotary.mataroa.blog/blog/an-immersion/

2025-11-22 22:11:20 UTC

The Cheapest Trick the devil ever played was convincing the world to Surrender.

2025-11-20 23:59:18 UTC

The fae await the setting of the sun.
#photography
https://photovotary.mataroa.blog/photography/
https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/584/735/290/630/386/original/b950c9e9cdc63e82.jpeg

2025-11-19 14:00:34 UTC

The poem is an egg.
You can hard-boil this poem or you can grow it.
This poem is a virus.
You can kill this poem or you can spread it.
This poem is a tardigrade.
You can send this poem into space and it will survive.
This poem is xocolatl.
You can drink this poem.
This poem has loved you since the day you were born.
This poem hates your enemies.
This poem knows your fears.
This poem has the same fears.
This poem is fear.
This poem is vengeance.
Do not fear this poem.
Love this poem.
Hate this poem.
This poem can be everything you need it to be.
But only if you keep this poem going.
Because this poem is you, too.

2025-11-19 01:22:38 UTC

Lonely coyote seeks a hidden moon.
#SixWordStories

2025-11-18 16:54:28 UTC

I’m on the treadmill.
You’re on the stationary bike.
Jane is on the old-timey stairclimber.
Jeff is on the rowing machine.
Misha is working the weight circuits..
Isabel is on the elliptical trainer.
Who gets there first?

2025-11-18 01:45:27 UTC

Courage.
It's not for those with a lack of character.

2025-11-18 00:41:42 UTC

Since I see Lubbock, Texas is caving to ridiculousness and removing the Buddy Holly crosswalks, here's a little what Buddy Holly did for us. This was 1957.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2L84dvoag&list=RDNN2L84dvoag&start_radio=1