Notices by ● (fembot@mstdn.social)

#SilentSunday #sewing #machine

@skinnylatte @JoBlakely @isaacfreeman
So interesting. Does this mean you don't dream at all, or your dreams happen without any imagery to them, such as via feelings or words or thoughts?

@skinnylatte I guess this means NYC is off your list of places to move to, which makes sense if you can only feel at home where it's warm or hot. Winters in NY can be c.o.l.d.

Snora! Snora! Snora! 💤

#EasyDoesItBooks
#HashtagGames

The Hunt For Red Oktoberfest

#EasyDoesItBooks
#HashtagGames

#MusicAboutMusic for #TuneTuesday

This is impossibly nerdy. In 2020, The Avalanches teamed up with scientists, astronauts & engineers from SETI Institute and NASA for a performance of their song about the Voyager Golden Records — actual phonograph records aboard Voyager spacecraft encoded with sounds, images, music, and data of life on Earth...if any ETs out there can figure out how to play them.

• The Avalanches ft. The International Space Orchestra – Wherever You Go
https://song.link/y/ncMYyadNXJw

@MastodonEngineering What was the most recent version before this 4.5.6 update?

And Earth tilts again.Whether you're in the dark or in the light, happy solstice, fedifriends.

#Solstice #Winter #Summer

@skinnylatte True, less density. Is that what you meant by vibes? Left coast is for sure different. No harm done, btw, I think I get what you're saying.

@skinnylatte Power to you! But why insult an entire coast?

@skinnylatte And there it is. Prediction: You will. And it will be good! Check it out also in winter to make double sure, and then New York will be yours

@skinnylatte I always thought you'd love it there. Maybe you'll eventually find yourself living there?

• Polynesians steering by the stars met Native Americans long before Europeans arrived

"By about 1200 C.E., Polynesians were masters of oceanic exploration, crossing the Pacific in outrigger canoes, guided by changes of wind and waves, paths of migrating birds, light from bioluminescent plankton, and the position of the stars."

A genomic study of more than 800 modern Polynesians and Native Americans suggests they made it all the way to South America.

https://www.science.org/content/article/polynesians-steering-stars-met-native-americans-long-europeans-arrived

#anthropology

🚧 CW for alcohol and other messy or offensive human isms 🚧

#TuneTuesday with a #NittyGrittyDiveBar theme. Lots come to mind (Celtic punk, Roger Miller, many more), but for those times when you want to savor a wallow and let the vibe ricochet around like a pinball:

● The Piano Has Been Drinking
https://song.link/y/oUeKDtMV1gA

● Emotional Weather Report
https://song.link/y/S5lm4fdJLpE

● Swordfishtrombones
https://song.link/y/rDGhJtEsmj8

● In The Neighborhood
https://song.link/y/HLDA3GQpYJ4

#TomWaits #ForNoOne

#Tankman in #Tiananmen Square, facing down a column of tanks in Beijing, following the bloody events of the June 4 massacre. June 5, 1989

To this day in 2025, his identity and whereabouts are unknown.

📷 photo by: Jeff Widener/AP

• The story of this photograph and the events leading up to it:
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2019/05/world/tiananmen-square-tank-man-cnnphotos/

Indiana Jones and the Tempeh of Doom

#VegetarianAMovieOrShow

@jeffowski

A followup Q: I've heard it's easier to hack/change/customize open-source code to breach someone's SM account access or stalk them, as compared to a walled-garden site. Is that even true? I mean, is that a built-in vulnerability of open source? Thx for any insight

@jeffowski whoa, ok, thanks. I'm not a digital native and some of these kinds of particulars are murky to me, so I appreciate the insight.

Presumably, most individual private fedi/masto servers aren't from institutions but I see your point about the potential for access abuse either way. It's why I mostly shy away from clicking ppl's links to their own websites as well, unless they state they don't use trackers, etc.

@jeffowski

Somewhat related: Can someone here tell me if ppl on their own private servers can see who is reading their posts/accessing their serverposts from masto/fedi?

I've heard that it's easier for stalkers to, well, stalk via open source than a walled garden, though I would not have expected that.

Please hold the snark on this one, if you can. A serious response is most welcome tho. Thx.

@skinnylatte ok, that's amazing, the culinary melding in your household. It sounds warm and natural (and delish). How's it going with the different pace of life in Monterey when you're there? Sounds like a pretty cool adventure all around.