One more towel is stitched.
This is a new towel I just unpacked and washed.
The fabric is thicker and more tightly woven than the previous towels.
I am building up the strongest fingers ever with this exercise. I will have to see who is next on the list and if this towel is acceptable.
Three more to go.

@NorcalGma2 What a lovely towel!

When the berries are in the tree, the sound of the waxwings can reach SPLs rivaling the parrots (although at a higher frequency). They’re usually up there too high though, so I rarely bother to try for a photo. But with the sun already so hot at 7:30, the shade was clearly the best place to be. Every once in awhile a waxwing would drop down to snatch a berry and after dozens of frustrating attempts, I finally got one!

Nature endures….

🎶 Click me baby click me baby all night long! 🎸 🎵

RE: https://vis.social/@infobeautiful/116092915176228917

Gotta get those clicks!

Dad's dahlias 1/2 #BloomScrolling #SouthernHighlands

I got Mint reinstalled.

Installed Steam after I got Vivaldi browser up and running and synced.

And, kids....if you want to install Steam in Mint or Ubuntu, don't use the software manager. Open a command prompt and use the following:

sudo apt install steam-installer

From the Reddit comment I found on this:

"steam-installer is a meta package (collection of packages) that includes a handful of recommended dependencies in an Ubuntu/Mint environment.

It includes the steam-installer script that is responsible for downloading the latest steam client on first execution and setup up the environment, steam-libs, steam-libs-i386, debconf, lsof, and zenity (a tool for displaying graphical dialog boxes from shell scripts), and any dependencies required for those packages (like steam-devices for example). It basically does everything needed and recommended for Steam to work except add the i386 architecture, which Mint already has enabled."

My first test of Steam, post-install, was to install Skyrim. It ran BEAUTIFULLY in high graphics mode.

Next up, Elder Scrolls Online..which has been downloading FOREVER...

On another note, this has me wanting to do more stuff in command line. 😁 ⌨️

#Linux #GamingOnLinux #LinuxMint #Steam

The Great Streaming Exodus - Why 2026 Might Be the Year We Take Music Back https://write.as/vinterkarusell/the-great-streaming-exodus

#Newsletter

Anyone got a specific brand of battery-powered lawn mower and love it? My twenty-year-old Enviromower is losing its strength and it might be time to replace it; spare parts are unobtainium. Battery power is non-negotiable.

#ScribesAndMakers ☼ 2026.02.27 — Splat?

Imagine a world where light can act as a liquid and you create a rainbow just before someone startles you? I wrote that. A scene in a three-story atrium. At a school. Splattering the person who did the startling (drenching them in a rainbow) and splattering the school banners hanging down in the atrium, the banisters, floors, and stairs. All the way down to the basement level. Splat! Plenty of students on said stairs, some with open lockers, all splattered—and a few humorless teachers who immediately give chase! It was a funny outbound scene employed to end an epilogue of a fairly heavy and serious novel.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
photographer chef cooking
#sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSInklingsStory #RSReluctanceStory
#microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory

#ScribesAndMakers 2026.02.27 — Splat?

The sound Batman makes shortly after the Joker cuts the bat-rope while Batman is climbing up the side of a building????

#writerscoffeeclub 2026-02-28 How well did this (short!) month go for you, in terms of writing?

The president of Hawaii Fiction Writers wanted us to write a humorous drabble with a surprise ending. He's a dog lover, so I wrote a piece about what dogs talk about at their masters' funerals, and what they do about dealing with their grief. It has a surprise ending. I sent it to him but never got a response, so I don't know if it was funny enough for him. My humor is much darker than his!

@MarkOnArt
If you've got long history of output, you might be able to see how your vision changed over time.

Dear NFL:

Since you have a salary cap for players, you should also have a profit cap for owners. Require owners to spend their profit on their facilities (including building them in the first place!) and lowering the cost of tickets and fan services such as food, drink, and parking.

Sincerely,
Me
#NFL #professional #sports

Welp, I got laid off today along with 40% of Block. I’m still totally in shock an have no idea what comes next, but if you have need for a Principal Frontend Engineer hit me up!

@Mrfunkedude
I think you and your house should talk about your relationship challenges. This repeated "leaving and coming back" thing can't possibly be good for it. Either stay or go! 😉

G'day,

I'm Kev. I'm over 60, retired ex military and I take photos. I'm a long time Linux user.

I got kicked off of Meta products because I refuse to upload a video selfie to prove I'm over 16 years old. 🤔

Tried Bluesky, but's it full of people trying to build their follower count. I prefer the Fediverse.

I swear occasionally, post Australian landscape photos and probably some garbage. (You have been warned)

It's nice to be here.

#introduction #welcome