Notices by Sheepnik (sheepnik@toot.wales)

Mute all the things! Filter all the words!

Dear lovely people on Mastodon.social, please think about moving to another server, because the spam that's coming from there is getting ridiculous and I'm starting to consider blocking the entire thing.

I think there's something quite touching about the excitement for seeing and sharing pictures of the aurora. We know the science behind it, and we have the technology to recreate the effect in films etc, but we still run outside and stand watching in awe when it happens, and then we run back inside and share our pictures with people all over the world.

The shared experience is a wider one than it used to be, but it is still a shared experience, wherever we are, and that is very cool.

I've been feeling decidedly meh today, so I dragged myself out for a walk after work. It was a pleasantly warm evening, and the prom and beach were abuzz with people out enjoying the sunshine.

Say hello to Dolly, the chook of many colours.

I hadn't realised how much bigger Dolly was compared to Myfanwy.

The full range of chicken sizes (so far.)

Yes, this is shamelessly stolen from elsewhere, but I think it needs to be seen.

(Edited to add version with sound.)

Some pictures from today's jaunt.

Just seen a great typo in an email, and one which I think we should all aspire to:

Have a goof weekend.

#JukeboxFridayNight
#BeYourself

A gentle and very grounding song to start us off for this week's Jukebox Friday Night.

Rónán Ó Snodaigh & Myles O'Reilly - Níl Aon Easpa Orm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSV3iA0yGR8

Now that the last chicken has reached its new home, I can share this, which is all the chickens I've made. When I started my first chicken 3 months ago, I didn't realise I was going to make 6 in a very short time. Thank you all for humouring my obsession these past few months. I'm going to take a break now, but maybe I'll make another one if there's someone who really needs one.

Chook 3. This one's destined to be a fancy french hen.

The flock.

The starlings were throwing some good shapes this evening.

Ok, I'm putting this out there now so that people have time to prepare. Obviously there's a lot of people posting about their anniversary of joining Mastodon / the Fediverse at the moment, but there's a particularly special anniversary happening tomorrow.

It'll be one year tomorrow since the #Defaidodon hashtag was unleashed on the world (Diolch @jaz), and I think this needs to be marked with many pictures of sheep. You know what to do.

https://toot.wales/@jaz/109302672285322803

From the time that the local bus company had some fun while being the rail replacement service.

It's time for your daily dose of doggos.

In the absence of anything interesting or witty to share with with you all today, here's some dogs going through the weaving poles on an agility course.

#ThursdayFiveList #TheBlue
@neurothing

Elvis Presley Blues - Gillian Welch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXLTVVAup68

Alice Blue Gown - Kate & Anna McGarrigle, featuring Lily Lanken & Rufus Wainwright
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JlFvKnoGSU

When the World Turns Blue - Courtney Pine & Carleen Anderson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8fKyhIT81w

Grey and Blue - Nick Kelly
https://nickkellymusic.bandcamp.com/track/grey-and-blue

Blues for a Hip King - Abdullah Ibrahim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQDx4QXN52k