Notices by Hollie ☕️ (hollie@social.coop)

There are a bunch of small inexpensive #printers on the market that print photos on thermal paper. When I first saw these a few years ago I wanted one, but thermal paper is coated with bisphenol A (endocrine disruptor). Also thermal paper isn't archival and the image will deteriorate quickly.

But there are now MORE of these on the market - they seem a lot more popular. Did they fix these issues? Or is it just an "eh who cares, just have fun" situation? (I still want one, lol)

#photography

When you're helping folks move to #Mastodon, please also help them see that mastodon.social is a big island, but not the only island, and unfortunately a very problematic source of spam and abuse due to poor moderation (lots of us are currently dealing with fresh waves of spam and abuse originating there).

Many, many smaller instances have blocked it for very good reasons.

Please talk up the smaller, well-connected communities working hard to provide safe and friendly spaces. :)

Where do folks go to get DRM-free epub books when they're trying to avoid Amazon and Barnes & Noble?

I use bookshop.org and thriftbooks.com for my hard copies of things, but I LOVE my eBooks too.

Right now the only advantage to Amazon is that I can legally break the DRM, so the book is truly mine once I purchase it (I won't buy eBooks I can't unlock). But I'd really like to find alternate sources of DRM-free books. Ideas?

#books #bookstodon #bookstores

No one told me how much of adulthood was just cleaning my glasses.

Hey all! Our son's boyfriend is working on a project to develop a compendium of Transmasc Comfort Characters from books, movies, TV, and video games.

He'd love it if you'd fill out this survey with your favorite characters! Whether their transmasc status is canon or not - if that character comforts you, please include them.

Please BOOST! :)

https://s.surveyplanet.com/jovbb2xv

#TransMasc #Trans #TransJoy #TransSurvey #TransFic #TransStories

@2dogphish Oh yeah totally fine! He's a working actor and posted it publicly on Instagram and also made it downloadable (and it has his handle in the video) so I'm guessing the idea is share widely, share often. :)

Well done. 🤣

#hiking

Is there a way to save a Mastodon thread? There are a bunch of great ham radio threads happening right now, and many of them dive into stuff I'm not familiar with, or list books and resources, and I'd love to be able to just grab a thread and put it in my Ham Radio folder as a resource. As it is I'm mostly copying and pasting one post at a time, and that's kind of a pita.

Hey ya’ll! (nope, that still sounds wrong) <cough> HEY EVERYONE, I’m curious about something. Do you have a particular chore, be it a standard thing (like housekeeping) or something in your hobbies/work, that you find at least pleasant if not downright enjoyable, that your friends commonly profess to loathe?

Mine:

I LOVE folding clothes and tucking them away. It’s like a reset button.

In knitting, I find weaving in ends to be peaceful and don’t mind doing it at all.

(feel free to boost)

It really bugs me in these natural disaster or zombie/alien movies when no one has a decent backpack. Everyone’s running around with these useless purses or crappy little rucksacks that will give you blisters the second you load it up. Come on, people! If you can loot a grocery store you can loot an REI. The concept is the same. Get a freaking compass while you’re at it. Maybe a bike. You can outrun a lot of zombies on a bike. I assume. Grab a hat, too. The last thing you need now is a sunburn.

A number of people seem to be having stressful days after unrestful nights, so I thought I’d share this photo of Vice Admiral Finnegan Nimoy Reginald Kirkpatrick, Earl of Barkington, at the start of his naval career. May you find sustenance in this early capturing of he who started from such humble, floppy-eared log-walking-by-the-shore beginnings, but would later become a decorated officer and hero of the sea, respected and beloved by all who know him.

#dogs #corgis #DogsOfMastodon #thursdog

I really wish folks were more careful about the videos they post of their kids. Infrequent clips of activities like singing in a choir or playing a sport are one thing, but increasingly I see videos of small people (kids are in fact people) having meltdowns, or crying (even from happy overwhelm), or otherwise being vulnerable. Consider that if you took videos of your friends while they were crying, then posted them, you'd be an unsafe person for them to hang out with.

Be your kid's safe person.

Sitting at my desk just now tidying up and outside I see a woman runner, totally decked out, Air Pods, Nikes, fancy long distance running vest, stop in mid stride and suddenly look down, then look around, then down again. I’m thinking is she okay? Did she hurt her leg or something? I start to stand up as she basically collapses to the sidewalk on her knees, and I realize she’s TAKING A PHOTO OF A SNAIL.

I mean I don’t know her but she is clearly a quality individual with excellent priorities.

Bridgerton fans! Need a good laugh? This is hilarious! :)

This guy's Instagram is @byrdthevoice and he has a couple other Bridgerton-themed videos, but the Cressida one was my personal fave.

#Bridgerton

Huzzah, FediForum starts tomorrow! @fediforum

https://fediforum.org/2024-03/

Folks with ADHD, how did you feel when the acronyms shifted, and instead of having #ADD and #ADHD, now the "correct" term is ADHD?

When I was diagnosed in 2000, it was largely because they'd finally discovered that ADD without hyperactivity was a thing, and that girls/women presented as inattentive more often than hyperactive (thus why they were often overlooked). It still feels inaccurate every time I write "ADHD" in reference to myself (yet I often get corrected if I use "ADD").

New stickers for my car:

Oh and someone defaced our Stop sign and I love it. 😂

YES, you tell ‘em.

Forty seconds of Chloe getting belly scritches from Miles and loving it. Her air biscuits make my heart turn over.

#caturday

Today in strange happenings, we have a funky little closet off the kitchen we call “the secret cupboard” that holds pantry items. A year or so ago I cleaned out a thick plastic jug to use as emergency water in case of disaster. The secret cupboard is cool and dark year-round so it seemed like a fine place to store it. Greg climbed in there today and discovered a few beans in a bag had spilled, and grew roots - which poked through the jug! Those are some strong beans!