Notices by Hollie ☕️ (hollie@social.coop), page 2

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!

What I don't understand is how the beans sprouted. They didn't fall out of the bag into moisture (or light!). They were dry, somehow they sensed the water in the jug? And they poked through. The hole was self-plugged, the jug was actually collapsed from the pressure of the water being pulled out without a second air escape hole. It didn't flood the closet because it was just being slowly sucked out to feed the sprouts.

#botany #beans #Diabeanicol

I just made Greg take a picture of this newly-arrived t-shirt I ordered, which is definitely my new favorite shirt. I laughed when I put it on, laughed again with Greg when he read it, then read it in the photo and laughed again. 😂

Find it here: https://voidmerch.threadless.com/designs/original-phrasing-my-body-is-a-temple-ancient-crumbling/femme/scoop-neck/regular?color=heather_smoke&size=4x-26-28

Small thing but hey if you hear someone working through simple math out loud, please don't tease them about it unless you truly know it's welcome.

Dyscalculia is like dyslexia with numbers, people who struggle with it frequently make simple math errors. These are often reduced if we say the numbers out loud. Cracks about whether someone can calculate a tip or do other everyday math in their head...it can feel very not funny, and increase anxiety (making the calculating harder).

#Dyscalculia

I made this repair a year ago and I still really dig it, and it's lasted great (though I notice a loose thread in the photo....hrm). Greg's pants look positively boring compared to mine. :D

I really love hand stitching, both the doing of it and how it looks. I often want to patch things long before they fail, just so I can sew!

#sewing #VisibleMending #mending

For ages our trans kid, when asked their gender, replies w/ a grin, “I strive to confuse people.” Top surgery has definitely fulfilled this dream. Today the dentist was using they/them but then “Sir,” and Jupes was thrilled. They said to me later, “I don’t get boy gender feelings, I get gremlin gender euphoric feelings. I’m not glad she called me a boy, I’m glad she slipped up. It makes me want to rub my hands together like a little villain. Like HA HA! You have fallen for my tricks!” 😂#TransJoy

Greg just had me listen to this, and it was so well done! I want someone to do this with R.E.M's It's the End of the World as We Know It

https://genius.com/Fall-out-boy-we-didnt-start-the-fire-lyrics

@jayeless Oh no! I didn't think cats really had gas? As in, obviously they are mammals capable of tooting but I associate dogs with the really noxious displays! 😂

Look how cute this little monster is! How can someone this adorable, this full of the beautiful light of a well-lived life, laden with affection and leading a very healthy lifestyle in his retirement from lauded career as sea captain - how can someone such as this fart such a toxic plume as he does? As he is doing right now?

My lungs are burning. Paint is peeling off the walls. Cars at the edge of the county are getting back on the freeway to leave, never to return.

#DogsOfMastodon #corgis

I love all the #IndieWeb and #SmallWeb talk but I still don't see a lot of discussion of how to get The Average User (doesn't code, doesn't want to learn) into it. I stand on a fence line where I know just enough to tinker on my own site, but I can't seem to haul "regular" people over the fence - they're too intimidated and they aren't interested in the work. A lot of people already over the fence don't seem to notice that whole excluded group anymore. So...we just leave them? Is that the plan?

Meanwhile, my child is crossing the line at home while I’m gone 😂 (CW: pickle discussion in text)

For the last couple of years orcas have been ramming and breaking the rudders of small boats off the coasts of Spain and Portugal. They've actually figured out that without a rudder a boat stops moving, that's pretty forking impressive. They sunk at least one (but didn't attack the lifeboat). Hundreds of these events have happened, it's now a known hazard in the area and boats are advised to avoid the area if they can.

https://www.yachtingworld.com/news/why-have-orcas-been-attacking-yachts-a-puzzling-mystery-143953

Before the Well Actually guys chime in, yes a boat can still move without a rudder, but not safely (i.e. steering is gone, most boats don't like to collide with things or begin veering off course) so when you lose a rudder on a sailboat you usually stop, heave to, and stay in one place while you figure out what to do.

That the orcas are watching this unfold and connecting the dots and then collectively deciding that rudders are their new target is kind of amazing.

@AstroKatie Were there any reasons given for not feeling positively about Mastodon?

Coders - sorry, but especially men - please try to be more conscious of how you're phrasing things when in conversations about how easy or difficult concepts are, to people who either don't code or are brand new.

Phrases like, "I don't see why that's difficult to understand," or "that's just obvious," immediately (and often completely) knock down the courage of the person asking for help (or even someone just listening to your conversation).

#coding #tech

Picked up Jupes at school and on our way to grab coffee we saw the best window sticker.

#adhd