Natasha :mastodon:🇪🇺

ⓘ Humour. Art. Tech. Street Art. Thai/Asian Recipes & Cooking. Trans Rights. Occasional politics.

Mid-50s, ex gaming industry, ex corporate. UK-born, global traveller for decades and now Irish-resident with a special woman. European by heart. She/her. 🇪🇺

#Tech #Art #StreetArt #WomensArt #Recipes

Here for the genuine folk and chilled vibe of the Fediverse.

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#noarchive #noindex #nosearch #noAI #fedi22

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2026-04-06 13:00:28 UTC

I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic.
#AI #LLM #SiliconSampling
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/116/357/885/315/272/619/original/783cfb8a8c11e7d9.webp

2026-03-24 22:09:45 UTC

Please read ALL directions before assembling your cat.
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/116/286/435/181/116/342/original/4337bac1fc71588e.jpg

2026-03-23 18:41:24 UTC

Ireland is so conservative that we can't have our biscuits déshabillé now lads ...
#Ireland #Mastodaoine
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/116/279/953/592/469/362/original/55c142ca1f4e8ca2.webp

2026-03-23 18:04:23 UTC

Bring back this kind of UI pls ...
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/116/279/808/006/328/104/original/9a9997a263edd9a3.webp

2026-03-06 05:08:32 UTC

"I have usernames older than you."
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/116/180/497/974/711/375/original/26dd790cc8fa6ad0.jpg

2026-02-02 15:30:49 UTC

These flags would be so useful in daily life when you're having one of those days and want to let people know.
'I am dragging my anchor.' 'I require a tug.' 'Stop carrying out your intentions.'
And my personal favourite 🚩: 'I am on fire; keep clear of me.'
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/116/001/750/924/375/087/original/5f5126adcf3228d9.jpg

2026-01-24 13:01:31 UTC

💯%, no notes.
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/115/950/203/103/890/485/original/055a85c10f7170d4.jpg

2026-01-13 15:24:41 UTC

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2025-11-11 08:22:18 UTC

We have been trying to replace coders with some technology since at least COBOL.
https://www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/08/25/a-very-comprehensive-and-precise-spec/
#Code #Coding
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/115/530/094/246/625/335/original/0ad6338814a6e597.jpg

2025-11-10 18:47:38 UTC

Remember as days get colder animals are attracted to the warmth of cars, so check wheel arches or other hiding places ...
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/115/526/890/827/714/051/original/8cde5547cb3e83fa.jpg

2025-10-31 22:34:50 UTC

Haunted Mansion (Commodore PET/CBM) 1980
(... I am missing those old monochrome screens suddenly)
https://www.mobygames.com/game/50725/adventure-3-haunted-mansion/screenshots/pet/499981/
#Retrogaming #Gaming
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/115/471/161/055/181/045/original/67c49574f7d7f325.jpg

2025-10-15 04:03:49 UTC

The "Duck" staircase located in the Avenida Palace Hotel in Barcelona, Spain 🇪🇸
#architecture
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/115/376/195/407/520/060/original/4f692d02f3a1d7d5.jpg

2025-10-14 09:00:01 UTC

Newport Public Library 📚 banned books staircase.
The mural was created by artist Gary M. Herd of Kraken Studios as part of Banned Books Week celebrations.
#Art #Artwork #Artist
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/115/368/865/877/407/593/original/cc5c477e8ce908d5.jpg

2025-10-10 19:58:40 UTC

Wistfully remembering a time when we could defeat evil by throwing a piece of jewelry into a live volcano ...

2025-10-04 17:37:00 UTC

Read it again and again. And then again ...
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/115/317/107/586/771/887/original/f7c6b2fb361bdd46.jpg

2025-09-06 15:40:56 UTC

Never mix up the cables 🔴 ⚪ 🟡
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/115/158/106/542/027/740/original/75fd1f779ff30591.jpg

2025-09-05 02:03:03 UTC

"Not sure if this will make sense to anyone besides me but: the antidote to negativity is not positivity, it's warmth.
Positivity tells a sad person there is no reason to be sad. Warmth asks the sad person if they want to get some ice cream."
#MentalHealth
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/115/149/228/162/861/249/original/194674be6435752b.jpg

2025-08-10 12:47:09 UTC

My mood today ...
(In 2025 trans folk need it to broaden it to "People of quality do not fear equality")
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/115/004/540/796/864/147/original/b44ef23a22f75c0b.jpg

2025-08-09 20:33:12 UTC

This is the most incredible headstone I have ever seen. Sad to have not known him with this kind of memorial!
Note the border inscription.
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/115/000/711/061/281/583/original/8769720b38244582.jpg

2025-08-09 11:46:03 UTC

The cat is fully charged and ready for #Caturday now🔋
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/998/638/236/163/076/original/47bba799708cac02.jpg

2025-08-08 06:32:50 UTC

A bus station is where a bus stops.
A train station is where a train stops.
On my desk I have a workstation …

2025-08-07 17:10:08 UTC

When you're child, you want to be a teenager. When you're a teenager you want to be an adult. When you're an adult you want to be a cat ...

2025-08-06 06:07:51 UTC

A French Venn Diagram 🇫🇷
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/980/321/468/483/231/original/766907c5d5a263cd.jpg

2025-08-03 22:57:46 UTC

"Tim Je" made a website that uses AI to programmatically generate fake IDs of United Kingdom politicians.
You should never use something like this for UK Age Verification. That would be quite inappropriate ...
https://use-their-id.com
#OnlineSafetyAct #Privacy
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/967/305/688/098/066/original/e5ba1e969ba40068.jpg

2025-08-02 07:19:46 UTC

Artist Svetlana Petrova, who decided to add her big ginger cat to some iconic paintings to create some fun artworks #WomensArt
Honestly? Wonderfully mad, but in such a good way 😺 ...
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/957/954/820/608/973/original/5fcf59e01b674163.jpg

2025-08-02 05:00:09 UTC

Honestly the perspective on this one, and how David Zinn brings his figures to life blows my mind.
Something fun to wake up to on a Saturday morning (I hope)
#DavidZinn #StreetArt #Art
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/957/406/001/430/344/original/82e55773b8dac1be.jpg

2025-07-28 17:16:14 UTC

Visa and Mastercard are getting overwhelmed by gamer fury over censorship. So in other words, keep it up!
https://www.polygon.com/news/616835/visa-mastercard-steam-itchio-campaign-adult-games
#Gaming #visa #mastercard #LGBT #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ

2025-07-27 22:18:33 UTC

Eva Krbdk, contemporary Turkish #tattoo artist known for her highly skilled intricate work, including iconic artworks #WomensArt
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/927/515/249/826/528/original/3461e003fa4b19d1.jpg

2025-07-24 22:49:16 UTC

Tomorrow's front page 📰 of The National 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
"Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland"
Scotland not pulling any punches!
Source:
https://bsky.app/profile/scotnational.bsky.social/post/3luqgr2bbku2q
#Scotland #SCO
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/910/649/091/608/523/original/d3e9f17b9d575fc5.jpg

2025-07-24 07:05:04 UTC

For a heartwarming start to your day this is a 'rescue' otter that the kayaker raised and successfully reintroduced into the wild; the otter knows the person.
(If anyone knows the very original source, I will credit. Else enjoy 📽️)
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/906/936/391/059/221/original/3963ccfc3290b045.mp4

2025-07-22 00:42:25 UTC

The first rule of bread-making club is you only talk about it on a knead to dough basis.

2025-07-20 15:44:21 UTC

A crab-copter 🦀 - watch it fold in its claws to be more streamlined after take off (especially if you've never seen a crab swimming before)
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/886/329/066/982/635/original/acfa9b416bf4e080.mp4

2025-07-14 17:12:45 UTC

The current breakaway leader in the Tour de Nap 🚴
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/852/702/776/248/763/original/5005153be0aa3332.jpg

2025-07-12 07:41:48 UTC

You don't see toys like this around anymore. The Atomic Energy Lab set was available from 1951 to 1952 and sold for a whopping $50.
"The set came with four types of uranium ore, a beta-alpha source, a pure beta source, a gamma source, a spinthariscope, a cloud chamber, an electroscope, a geiger counter, and a manual."
More here 🤯:
https://interestingengineering.com/culture/radioactive-toy-deemed-world-most-dangerous
#Science #Toys
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/839/133/068/384/693/original/9b0fe77366609069.jpg

2025-07-06 15:01:03 UTC

Respect people who wear glasses.
They paid money to see you.

2025-07-04 23:32:13 UTC

A NASA astronaut has captured an electrifying image of Earth from space, featuring a gigantic, jellyfish-shaped "sprite" of red lightning shooting upwards above a thunderstorm in North America. The rare phenomenon is still poorly understood, despite being studied for more than 30 years.
Image credit: NASA/ISS/Nichole Ayers
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/weather/astronaut-snaps-giant-red-jellyfish-sprite-over-north-america-during-upward-shooting-lightning-event
#NASA #Space
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/797/571/801/408/766/original/61258f53077b7aaf.jpg

2025-06-30 16:28:18 UTC

They are starting to get it ...
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/773/255/645/658/528/original/af67ba27229a55f0.jpg

2025-06-29 17:00:15 UTC

Sheena Liam, contemporary embroidery artist of Malaysian Chinese descent #womensart
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/767/718/972/086/264/original/54e6a38882aedc3b.jpg

2025-06-28 01:32:58 UTC

Students from the University of Manchester's Physics Society have constructed a 30,500-piece LEGO model of the iconic Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank. Including -
"... producing a 4,000-page instruction manual..." 🤯
https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/students-build-lego-lovell-telescope-to-celebrate-manchesters-cosmic-legacy/
#lego :lego:
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/758/410/412/235/867/original/3f31232372b94172.jpg

2025-06-27 22:33:40 UTC

I have a pet termite. I named him Clint.
Clint eats wood.

2025-06-26 07:23:45 UTC

So the UK Met Office is inviting people to suggest up to 5 names for storms. And apparently lots of people have been suggesting "Storm Bigoil", along with BP, Equinor, Exxon & Shell... This is obviously appalling & definitely not to be emulated via this link:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-our-storms-call-for-names
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/748/465/185/811/232/original/f91eba22ace80f04.jpg

2025-06-23 22:04:26 UTC

If you ever think English is not a weird language just remember that read and lead rhyme and read and lead rhyme.
But read and lead don't rhyme, and neither do read and lead.

2025-06-22 17:17:34 UTC

I needed to read this today. Thought someone else might need it too.
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/728/150/879/066/193/original/63fdf6ebf904ee8a.jpg

2025-06-08 19:51:46 UTC

This absolute icon at Canterbury Pride 🩷🤍🩵
#Pride ⚔️
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/649/484/920/517/544/original/b79550d6be4f6197.jpg

2025-06-04 12:19:59 UTC

I detect no false or misleading advertising
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/625/059/154/092/472/original/2f46b642154296bf.jpg

2025-06-01 04:23:18 UTC

"let copilot help you draft "
"can gemini write that for you?"
I am now taking the only reasonable course of action available to me in these circumstances ...
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/606/197/833/971/363/original/f85448a30957388c.jpg

2025-05-31 13:56:23 UTC

"We're all trying to find the guy who did this"
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/602/789/000/566/501/original/d77b4cbcf506ba88.jpg

2025-05-30 22:44:19 UTC

'Steampunk fairy'
by US artist Sue Beatrice who creates sculptures and jewellery out of recycled watch parts #womensart #Steampunk
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/599/202/609/852/813/original/f7caf34d186b6e01.jpg

2025-05-28 13:21:07 UTC

Sorry, I couldn't resist
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/585/663/373/278/384/original/07781ae2144c996d.jpg

2025-05-21 16:15:59 UTC

The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping.
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/546/714/826/073/542/original/8160ac8aab011ba8.jpg

2025-05-19 12:11:35 UTC

Because today you really needed to see a corgi skateboarding. Just trust me on this ...
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/534/429/146/573/779/original/5335c46341f71d35.mp4

2025-05-15 15:14:05 UTC

Hold on, I'm just defragging my tulip field 🌷
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/512/497/536/502/542/original/bf86b7d0ba5de527.jpg

2025-05-12 05:00:05 UTC

A shameless timeline cleanser to start your week better
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/491/244/294/451/379/original/ea18de0b56c9bb58.jpg
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/491/244/338/248/789/original/c23e0f84f1945677.jpg
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2025-05-05 09:08:44 UTC

This is Daphnis, one of Saturn's moons. This image shows its unusual gravitational effect on Saturn's rings ...
Daphnis is only about 8 km wide, but its gravity disturbs Saturn's A ring, creating ripples and edge waves. It orbits within the Keeler Gap, a 42 km-wide gap in the rings. This image shows how even small moons can shape massive ring systems
#Astronomy #Saturn
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/454/437/787/657/444/original/29366c0eb98e8ed5.jpg

2025-05-01 19:58:58 UTC

If you ever think you're not great at tech, web design or use cases you're almost certainly still better than the person who built this
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/434/345/439/919/773/original/48c188433ae4f4ec.jpg

2025-04-14 15:41:52 UTC

Ravens have 17 primary wing feathers, called pinions. Crows have 16 primary wing feathers.
So the difference between ravens and crows is a matter of a pinion.

2025-03-10 08:15:13 UTC

A British tourist has been detained by ICE and is currently incarcerated in Washington ...
The U.S. is not a safe place to travel anymore.
https://bsky.app/profile/jenniferlcroft.bsky.social/post/3ljxjdhfv4s22
https://laragelya.substack.com/p/ice-has-captured-and-detained-a-british

2025-03-04 20:58:27 UTC

Bus adverts being put up in London about X. If the bar lets Nazis in, it’s a Nazi bar.
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/106/165/332/978/028/original/53901ef8a2657dc4.jpg

2025-02-24 21:24:57 UTC

If no one ever buys a property in Monopoly, everyone gets richer and no one loses.

2025-02-12 11:01:05 UTC

Rain should not be wet and ice should not be cold ...
Can the quality of our UK politicians get lower?
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/tory-shadow-minister-says-judges-should-not-interpret-the-meaning-of-laws-389708/
#UK #UKpol #UKpolitics

2025-02-11 17:34:18 UTC

I've done a survey on how people walk home from the pub.
The results are staggering...

2024-12-24 12:49:59 UTC

5 signs you're doing well in life -
#Cats #CatsOfMastodon #catsoffediverse
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/113/707/873/215/652/484/original/cd820d0feb0d8671.webp

2024-12-18 20:09:53 UTC

How to measure like a Brit
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/113/675/638/678/729/685/original/818f53a782c318c8.jpg

2024-09-20 12:49:02 UTC

VLC Media Player has encountered a problem with Windows
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/113/169/959/602/451/908/original/9c4ed5a13731bc97.jpg

2024-09-13 09:00:01 UTC

German wifi is the wurst
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/113/120/645/876/850/220/original/c8213917187a69ee.jpg

2024-08-29 10:00:01 UTC

I made a graph to review all of my past relationships...
It has an ex axis and a why axis.

2024-06-30 10:33:46 UTC

Day 1 of trying to grow pot in the garden
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/112/705/118/268/168/529/original/a2958bae3bf79d82.png

2024-03-16 18:56:59 UTC

Far ahead of its time! :heart_trans:
#startrek #startrekng #trans
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/112/106/892/070/509/072/original/855090979f93abd0.jpg

2024-03-14 15:48:57 UTC

National Portrait and Landscape Galleries
(credit: Richard Graham Jolley)
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/112/094/828/072/275/445/original/230fed0ee4564f04.jpg

2024-03-13 07:43:29 UTC

The trans mood of today is "take no prisoners, take no sh*t, DIY HRT is cool, and f*ck all the gatekeeping and gatekeepers of trans healthcare"
Taken before heading out, this post from over morning coffee ...
#trans #transselfie #transatfifty
https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/112/087/256/885/596/954/original/1a46f59ef41395a2.jpg

2024-02-20 07:30:14 UTC

At Sundae School! 🍧

2024-02-14 00:21:01 UTC

The fact that some people can't distinguish between etymology and entomology bugs me in ways I can't put into words

2023-07-22 17:39:36 UTC

Having been here and posting as openly #trans since early November, the reason I adore the #Fediverse (or at least my corner of it) is the safety for us and wonderful moderation. It's a joyful, quirky, safe space where people can flourish :heart_trans:
It was much quieter back then, but you know what? I'm here to be openly myself. I'm not here for 'reach' and I don't want to read transphobic slurs - which I have also seen on the lemmy side of the Fediverse - it's like reading birdsite stuff. So I fully support servers wanting to protect people like myself pro-actively as a starting point because Threads can be the same, but also much worse given user numbers
QT: can strongly recommend this:
https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/1013876
And if you don't follow Ada - the wonderful admin of blahaj.zone and lemmy.blahaj.zone - consider it a big recco, as she's simply awesome btw