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• Post #4498529

  RE: https://rssfeed.media/@guardianfeeds/117058869877854816 As an adult educator I see this. Adults are already cognitively overloaded. Giving in to this is a survival tactic. But like all tactics, it’s not a strategy. This will make all adults much more easily controlled. “test groups who used ChatGPT had the lowest brain activity and “consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioural levels”. We undergo not just cognitive offloading, but cognitive surrender: we forget what...

• Post #4498528

  Relax like a greyhound on a fluffy bed. #Sundog #DogsOfMastodon #SilentSunday #Greyhounds

• Post #4485351

  RE: https://toot.cat/@EveHasWords/117068114886184635 I was provoked, too. For 60 years, I have been subject to the incessant aural demands and expectations of people who think their thoughts are more important than my own. “Take out your earphones so you are ready listen to me whenever a random thought spills from my gilded lips,” is the auditory equivalent of “Smile! I’ve decided to observe you for a few minutes so I want you more pleasant to look at.” Noise-cancelling headphones have done mo...

• Post #4467955

  Why is this ship setting sail from Canada? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/08/greenland-iwarning-trump-linked-oil-firm-prepares-drill

• Post #4122104

  @VoxOfGod@beige.party Thank you!!

• Post #4122067

  As well as saving digital data to keep it unadulterated and free for all, buy up physical books before they are all sucked into LLMs, destroyed, and irrevocably slopified. Used books. Old books. New books. Boring books. Instruction manuals. Field guides. Picture books. Poetry. Music books. Philosophy. Plays. Maps. History books. Dictionaries. Language guides. Most especially, out-of-print books. Saved in millions of homes, in stacks, bookshelves, bedside tables, boxes, kitchen tables, bathroom...

• Post #4116836

  One day before an assessment of my bagpipe performance skills and theory knowledge (a prerequisite for teaching certification) and I am going full-on AuDHD. PDA Rehearsing failure Mono-focusing Being grumpy and annoyed at my utterly innocent and thoughtful partner for things I normally love him for. Shallow breathing, upset stomach, hyper-arousal of all senses (tried to eat one of my favourite meals today and the smell of the pre-cooked ingredients made me almost vomit), inability to relax… I...

• Post #4110888

  Benevolent kindness break, brought to you by Himself. #Sundog #Mastodogs #GreyhoundsOfMastodon

• Post #4086902

  Asking science folks who have the real data, not the sellers of snake oil: I’m trying some breathing exercises (box breathing, exhale and hold, etc. ) to interrupt the tension that builds when I play my bagpipes in performance. Is the parasympathetic system resistant to “training” an association with repeated fight or flight? In other words, if you keep doing the thing that creates the need to use breathing techniques to reduce tension in my body (performing bagpipe sets for world-class jud...

• Post #3714618

  Apparently this is restful. He is greyhound #6 for us and the first one that spends most of his sleeping time upside down. Anybody else have a dog that sleeps in weird positions? #MastoDogs #DogsOfMastodon #GreyhoundsOfMastodon #RelaxLikeAGreyhound #IrishGreyhoundsOfNovaScotia #AussieGreyhound

• Post #3670938

  Retiring from being self-employed is weird. Yes, I did it because my (physical) heart was struggling so hard I was regularly stumbling from dizziness and getting nightmares about dying, but I am now swimming in this kind of identity limbo. Business kabuki is no longer rewarded (if it ever was) and whoever I was before I started being groomed to “fit in” by neurotypical society is gleefully shouting at me to just have fun. But what is fun? I have no idea.

• Post #3670425

  @jerry@infosec.exchange can I change my handle without losing my account connections/etc.? I am retiring and don’t need the biz name any more, but love my account. Any help welcome. 🤗

• Post #3577544

  RE: https://eigenmagic.net/@vampiress/116859241032699772 This is an excellent post about what happens when we let LLMs do the “boring” stuff. Soon, everything is boring. #creativity #CreatingIsHuman

• Post #2480213

  Presenting Greyt Australian Toe Beans, by Ned: #RetiredRacingGreyhounds #GreyhoundsOfMastodon #FirstDayOfFurever #HalfwayAroundTheWorldToUs

• Post #2480212

  Our newly adopted Aussie greyhound is a Very Good Boy. We have had him for 4 days and he is roaching. Total greyhound win. #GreyhoundsOfMastodon #MastoDogs #DogsOfFedi #DogsOfMastodon #Greyhounds #Australia #GreyhoundsOfAustralia #AussieGreysInCanada

• Post #2480210

  Best dog toys for very smart dogs. Discuss. #Mastodogs #DogToys #DogsOfFedi

• Post #2480209

  I know you know this, but waiting for somebody else to solve the problem will run out the clock.

• Post #2157710

  CW: discussion of animal remains Dear animal #Science folks, especially those who work with decomposed animal remains. I’m not sure of the Latin name for that profession. I found something while spring tidying in the garden that could be teeth or barnacles. I wondered if there is a way to tell the difference? I could post a photo, but there are 3 “teeth” in a row, with one grooved smooth side (like tooth enamel). The other side looks like the “chewing” part of a molar, or the spiny sides and...

• Post #2157709

  PSA: I am in the process of adopting a greyhound, so there will be many photos of this new delight. He will be our 6th retired racing greyhound, filling a gap in our hearts left by our most recent sweet boy in January. For those of you who know how this process goes, I have no date, no dog info, and only one picture, which I stare at several times a day. The likely lad will be coming from #Australia to #Canada in the next month or so, and he has no idea how loved he will be. Please be patient...

• Post #2157708

  @GossiTheDog love it.

• Post #2157707

  Anyone else have a daily battle with language and communication? Them: where do you want the bags of manure? Me, in the middle of work: it’s okay. Just leave it by the fence. I’ll look after it on Saturday Them: okay (rolls eyes) but I was going to move it for you so you don’t have to. Me, feeling guilty that I think it’s easier to move it myself than explain it to someone who is impatient, and wanting to get back to what I was doing: well, thanks. (Frantically thinking of how to explain it wi...

• Post #1145358

  A question for birdwatching friends who are also nerds: I want to get a birdhouse cam. We have built birdhouses and would like to see what’s happening inside without interfering at all. What cam would you get that can be properly secured, connects wirelessly on a secure local network (not streaming, no internet), doesn’t require changing batteries (disturbing the nest) and can be plugged in to a source of electricity. The birdhouse is attached to a barn with power and wifi. Will be purchased...

• Post #1091374

  On a recent trip, I played my pipes on a BC beach. A woman watched and asked me to play Scotland the Brave. She said her late husband’s father played the pipes in the Australian armed forces in the Second World War, and her husband always hummed the tune in memory of his Dad. When people ask for specific tunes, or tell me personal stories like this, I realize what an honour it is to be a culture bearer for this tradition. Funerals, weddings, honouring those who have died for others, leading peo...