Notices by Mark H (neonbubble@mstdn.social), page 2

We're playing that classic "Name as many of Five Star as you can" game and getting giddy by scoring two. #TOTP

Oh God, the TV director is going to cut to Taylor Swift every single time Kelce touches the ball. #NFL

If you'd ever asked me before today whether I'd ever complain to my wife that I wasn't getting much of a rhubarb and raspberry scent off our toilet paper then I'd have said no, are you insane?, and yet here we are today, me moaning about that very thing, and telling complete strangers on the internet about it too.

@gnitro @beersofmastodon

That looks like the sort of varied beer selection we always pick up and which is decorating our fridge at the moment. Planning to try a few in the garden after work today, though, as it's hot and sunny here and the weekend's just about to start.

Now, obviously this is Mastodon and Mastodon is not where you'd go if you wanted to talk about #sports normally, but since we're currently watching #9BallPool and will soon be watching #RugbyLeague on Sky Sports, I thought I'd mention that my wife and I - and we're somewhat camera-shy - were once live on Sky Sports while attending the 2002 Mosconi Cup in London and for a while there was video evidence of it on YouTube. So there. #MosconiCup

Not my photos. Obviously.

Fell down an internet rabbit hole and ended up here at the Vintage Pool Party group on Flickr dedicated to vintage swimming pool imagery from the 1930s to 1980s. It's mostly from 50s and 60s American motel postcards and I love this design aesthetic that includes lots of great examples of Googie architecture with its then-futuristic style.

https://www.flickr.com/groups/vintagepoolparty/pool/

#Vintage #SwimmingPool #Googie #Architecture #Postcard #Retro #Nostalgia #1950s #1960s #Style

@tim I agree with you, and most instances do that to some extent anyway I think - the Moderated Servers list here, for example: https://mstdn.social/about - but I would definitely like to see announcements being made if my instance host decided that a whole swathe of the federation was about to be cut off for what's really just personal reasons to give people like me time to find another instance more suitable to my needs.

Another #Photography hashtag I'm only too happy to join in with is #StairSunday and this is a pretty special set. This is the triple helix #spiral staircase at the Museo do Pobo Galego in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, shot in 2018. The #museum is fabulous and these #stairs are the stars of the place. Part of a convent building, the #design was deliberate, to confuse unauthorised visitors.

#Travel #TravelPhotography #SantiagoDeCompostela #Galicia #Spain #Spiral #Helix #Architecture

I've realised that a minor, minor, minor gripe about Mastodon for me is that it's three syllables long and it doesn't sound right when saying it out loud. I'm used to referring to things on social media sites as "on Flickr", "on Tik-Tok", "on Facebook", "on Twitter", "on YouTube", and even "on Insta" (dropping the -gram, of course). "On Mastodon" feels too long and I can't think of a shortened version I like saying or doesn't make me sound like a maniac either.