@sundogplanets don't forget to scratch the LGD. It's a lonely life there on top of the hay bale.

@socketwench someone send for Super Chicken!

@ifixcoinops there's also the many hours and untold dollars saved ten years from now when the damn thing fails and leaks all over your carefully stored book collection. (Happened to a friend's collection - they were most distraught).

@sundogplanets @jason calcium chloride solution is often used for liquid filled tires in areas subject to freezing. Beet juice is another choice - it used to be hard to obtain, but it's more readily available nowadays. We seldom see temps much below 0°C for any sustained period around here, so just use water in our tractor.

As others mentioned, the increased weight of liquid fill provides improved traction and improved center of gravity - not just lower, but to offset heavy loads up front.

I saw this superstock 413 at a car show yesterday and was immediately reminded of the #BeachBoys song "Shutdown"

This was actually in a Plymouth, not a Dodge, but same engine (AFAIK)

@RestlessLipSyndrome a snack is especially delicious if it's something your human is eating.

His lies know no bounds.

@georgetakei they've given him one of these phones, told him it's a hot line, and connected it to an LLM using voice-to-text.

@georgepenney audience participation haka sounds awesome!

@jef cool! It doesn't even need to plug in - it can recharge on solar, and in winter you can pet it to generate more electricity.

#dogs

"A major new study led by Dr Aurélie Manin from the School of Archaeology at the University of Oxford has traced the incredible journey of humankind’s best friend across the Americas, showing how dogs slowly spread southward alongside early farming societies - mirroring the rhythms of human migration, agriculture and cultural change.

An international team of scientists sequenced 70 complete mitochondrial genomes from archaeological and modern dogs, collected from Central Mexico to Central Chile and Argentina, revealing that all pre-contact dogs in Central and South America descended from a single maternal lineage that diverged from North American dogs after humans first arrived on the continent.

Rather than dispersing rapidly, dogs followed a slower path - what scientists call ‘isolation by distance’ - gradually adapting to new environments as they moved with people through the Americas between 7,000 and 5,000 years ago, in step with the spread of maize cultivation by early farming communities.

While the arrival of Europeans introduced new dog lineages that largely replaced indigenous ones, the team found that some modern Chihuahuas still carry maternal DNA from their pre-contact Mesoamerican ancestors. These rare genetic echoes highlight an enduring legacy of the first American dogs, and the deep roots of this iconic breed. "

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-06-18-ancient-dna-reveals-new-clues-about-incredible-journey-dogs-americas

@TheresaReason whoo! and also hoo! and furthermore whoopee! 🎆

@TheresaReason @Utah44 "I like big mutts and I cannot lie"

THERE ARE TOO MANY BAD THINGS IN MY FEED THESE DAYS SO HERE HAVE A SEA SHEEP

#SeaSheep
#LeafSheep
#Pokemon
#IJokeItsAPokemonButForRealThisExistsInOurWorldSoNotEverythingIsShit

@camless yikes! Any details?

@georgetakei someone should get a van with a giant speaker on top of it, park outside of that person's house, and play this on infinite repeat:

https://youtu.be/tyJToLZIVmQ

After a day or two, the van can move on to the next "I didn't expect the leopards would eat MY face!" person. There are plenty of candidates....

@ShaulaEvans

In warm weather, we put sheets and some bulky stuff outside on the deck rails. In damper or cooler weather, such things get draped over the back of the kitchen chairs (Doggo1 is particularly happy when this creates a blanket fort).

Small stuff goes on a folding rack on the deck or inside near the heater.

@amyfou that is inspiring. A friend is part owner of a distillery. I'm going to suggest a batch "aged in the bottom drawer of old oak desks".

Lazy Sunday.

#pets #dogs #doggo #dailydoggo #floof #shetlandsheepdog #sheltie #Hawaii #couchpotato #lazy #dogsofmastodon #cute

@steter @rustoleumlove @ai6yr There was a MW catalog store in my hometown in the 60s and early 70s. Somewhere in the shed there is an MW timing light and an MW battery charger. Though replaced with better ones years ago, they've been schlepped through move after move for no particular reason but sentiment.