⛰🌲Randy Walters🌲⛰ has moved!

@FoxVK@mastodon.cloud @FediThing@social.chinwag.org https://social.chinwag.org/@FediThing/116030359239630783

@FediThing@social.chinwag.org Thanks! Your info and links have already been very helpful … It looks like all the information I need is there; assuming I have an account tomorrow, I’ll put it in motion.

I received notice from @FediThing@social.chinwag.org

(I think I did that right)

that my current instance – mastodon.cloud – is a place I should leave, ASAP.

So, I’ve asked the folks at sunny.garden if I could come and play with them. I’m now waiting to hear back, so I can begin the migration.

As far as I know, if everything goes well, it should be pretty transparent.

You’ll still see me as

@randywalters@mastodon.cloud

but I’ll have a new 1,500 character limit! Yay!

Wish me luck, and I’ll see you on the funway.

Lola of Falafel, resting atop a free-standing cabinet in the kitchen.

She’s illuminated by light reflected off all the snow outside.

#cat #cats #CatsOfMastodon #caturday!

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social Beautiful photos – could you describe your technique? lens/aperture/exposure time?

@ewhac@mastodon.social @benroyce@mastodon.social Thanks for posting this link … so much is lost in the wretched vertical phone format I first watched this in. When I watched it in the original 16:9, it was a revelation … the camera work, the directing … all the composition and framing that was stripped away by the vertical framing was revealed. It makes such a difference. Yes, the phone version shows us Sir Ian’s performance … but in the original format, we actually *see* it.

#BobWoodward.

#CarlBernstein.

#BenBradlee.

#KatharineGraham.

These people, and others at the #WashingtonPost, were heroes to me when I was 18 years old in 1974, watching their work bring down #Nixon and his cadre of thugs.

This was long before the movie, the accolades, and the judgement of history. I was still a teenager, but I knew right from wrong.

And I know Jeff #Bezos isn’t fit to scrub their toilets.

Which is a more honorable job than anything he has done, or ever will do.

Akk! My apologies … I edited my intro toots to bring them up-to-date, without realizing that would essentially re-toot them.

That’s really not what I had intended!

I’m adding instrument and cat photos as well, so apparently the same thing will happen again …

To those who have been kind enough to follow me, and have seen all this before:

please forgive these unintended repeat toots; they’ll quiet down shortly. Thanks.

@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social @JuliaRez@chaos.social I just felt it worth noting that an acronym for “Cognitive Load Implications Of Acronyms Rerferring To Other Acronyms” is CLIO ARTOA.

Here’s a follow-up to yesterday’s humidifier toot … 

as you can see, this thing really puts out!

Right now, the room is at 52% relative humidity,

which makes the guitars, recorders, kalimba, and guqin very happy.

(it’s good for Lola the cat, too … and any other mammals that happen to share the space.)

#humidity #humidifier #vaporizer #Vicks #cheap #steam

As you heat your home, the humidity drops. That’s bad for you, and terrible for guitars and wooden musical instruments!

If you need an inexpensive way to #humidify, this is it:

A Vicks Warm Steam unit, for $15-$20. It’s great, and it’s safe.

Please: NEVER buy any “cool mist” or ultrasonic humidifier. It will leave white mineral powder all over your home,

and worse – much worse – you’ll breathe in the microparticles, and soon you’ll be coughing up white crud. Don’t do it!

Stick with steam.

@theleftistlawyer Your generosity and kindness is one of the brightest sparks on a day filled with darkness. Thank you, from a resident of RI who appreciates what you do for the residents of Illinois, and all of us.

@DragonBard@dice.camp @nblr@chaos.social Thanks! I definitely lucked out (in the sense that it was available) but it was no accident … I applied for it as a vanity call. The records show that someone used to have it, but they either passed away or let it expire a while back, so I snapped it up. I could have taken either K2OOI or W2OOI … in fact, here on the east coast, the convention is that you take a W call … but I grew up by Seattle where all the stations were K … it also saves me 2 syllables!

@nblr@chaos.social Absolutely blood chilling. The things that can be weaponized to use against us … All right, fascist bastards … I remain your lifelong dedicated adversary, licensed radio operator K2OOI. (And a Stanley Kubrick fan too, heaven forfend!) For the record, here in the States, call signs have to end in characters, not numbers. So despite appearances, my call sign is actually Kilo two oscar oscar india.

@andrewstroehlein@mastodon.social I deleted my Twitter account the day Musk took ownership. I could read the writing on the wall.

@mcfly @dotmeow Lola Falafel has voiced interest in this technological breakthrough. @dotmeow https://LookAtMyKitty.com #cat #cats #CatsOfMastodon #notcaturday

@VictimOfSimony@infosec.exchange @Strandjunker@mstdn.social And some of us … dare I say it … love the stuff.

@cmconseils@mastodon.social

@sb@metroholografix.ca This hits home for me … I renewed my ham license early this year, and it was an adventure. The Trump-appointed FCC made it a lot trickier in 2017. (I’m now 70, and my call sign is K2OOI! Everything after the “2 ” is a letter, not a number.)

Look – I’m an American.

If I want to call Trump (accurately) a bloated orange quisling, that’s my right; it’s guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution.

We have to assert our rights, fight for them, and call out those who would deny them for what they are:

Fascists.

I *loathe* fascists.

You guys are on the wrong side of history, and we’ll see you pay for your crimes.

History loves Colberts and Kimmels, and disdains MAGATs.

Your Nuremberg is coming. Justice will triumph.

@kejames@mastodon.online You’ll always be the One True Space Karen – and as we all know, there can only be one.

@kathygriffin@mstdn.social Truly a badge of honor; history will be kind to you, and far less tolerant of the e.muskrat.