There are times I see posts so… stupid that I hastily hammer out a response, then remind myself, “punch up, not down” and delete it.

I rarely remember my dreams; someone may or may not have eaten a lot of halloween candy before going to bed, so I’ll blame that.

Action-adventure-type dream where we (TAV and I) were rapidly taking apart the first stage of a thermonuclear weapon, pulling detonators and explosive blocks out, and celebrated that at best, it would fizzle, as we worked toward the core.

Then I woke up.

Did it go off? Did we succeed?

Too much sugar, indeed.

Here’s one for #AskFedi :
I have a Photoshop file (.psd) with a pile of assets in it, and I would like to extract those assets, ideally into whatever original file format they came in … without having Photoshop.

I *can* open it in Pixelmator Pro (on a Mac), but would have to go through the dozens of assets, exporting them one at a time.

Ideas?

#Mac

RE: https://mastodon.social/@WTL/117416593496455116

We’ve arrived, scored a picnic table in the sun, roughly a hundred metres north of the parking lot. #Ottawa #fediverse #Meetup #FediMeetup

RE: https://mastodon.social/@WTL/117361245550669702

Today’s the day for the #Ottawa #fediverse #Meetup! Weather look nice and cool. See everyone in a few hours!

Will post a photo of the exact location when we ( @TAV and I) arrive.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@WTL/117337367672002410

Save the date, #Ottawa: Saturday October 11, we’re having a #Fediverse meetup, starting around 13:00 at Strathcona Park
(https://www.openstreetmap.org/?#map=19/45.426495/-75.671638).

It is ~1km walk from the Ottawa University O-Train station, has parking, and is accessible by recreational paths too (no washrooms though).

Come meet some local folks from the community here, bring your own snacks, plan to pack your trash back out. Out-of-towners welcome! Additional details will appear in this thread.
#OttawaMeetup #OttBike #OttCity

For some context, here’s the first one we did back in May: https://mastodon.social/@WTL/116666273815326827

#Ottawa #fediverse #OttBike #Meetup

Hey #Ottawa, do we want to try for another #fediverse meet-up the weekend of October 10/11(rain day)?

We can do something similar like last time, meeting in a city park, (maybe this time Strathcona)? #OttBike #Meetup

Yes, I will wear an orange shirt. 🤣

Hang on #Ottawa we have another tornado warning.

Here's the promised ride video of Saturday's 61 KM tour of #Ottawa, with less than 2KM on roads. #Cycling #Biking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5smERIYWKfg

RE: https://mastodon.social/@WTL/116866883525276603

I'm a bit surprised by the outcome of this; 6% of people are in favour of cross-posting accounts.

Personally, I'm at best indifferent to this type of account. I appreciate that some influencery-types cross post here, but don't participate, which I think is somewhat disingenuous.

One thing I've noticed by people who use apps to crosspost to a bunch of services; most of them don't seem to actively participate *here*, they're just like/boost-farming.

Do you *enjoy* having that type of user in your feed?

#AskFedi #Poll #ThingsIWonderAbout

Picked my first lock while watching a John Wick film this evening. Shout-out to @alice for the gentle encouragement and support.

It's not *easy* yet, but I think I'm getting the hang of it.

[Edit: extra details here: https://mastodon.social/@WTL/116827193562445599]

All of this nonsense about getting kids off social media is really just a cover for not legislating the social media companies to make the spaces safe for everyone.

They of course, don't want that as it would affect profits.

Explain again how profits are more important to a society than safe spaces?

<extremely long digital sigh>

I’ve arrived, picnic area T. Orange shirt, black shorts, purple & black bike. #Ottawa #Fediverse #OttawaMeetup #OttBike #OttCity #FediverseMeetUp

RE: https://mastodon.social/@WTL/116658993117745759

Today's the day for the #FediverseMeetUp! Details in the quoted post. I'll be there with my old purple & black mountain bike, wearing an orange shirt & black shorts (pretty much my avatar). Will see about posting the exact position when I get there. #Fediverse #Ottawa #Mastodon #PixelFed #Loops #PeerTube

RE: https://mastodon.social/@WTL/116544025143541306

Hey Ottawa, this is tomorrow! We're having a #Fediverse meetup, details in the quoted post!

#Ottawa #Mastodon #PixelFed #Loops #PeerTube

Save the date, #Ottawa: Saturday May 30, we're having a #Fediverse meetup, starting around 13:00 at Vincent Massey Park (https://www.openstreetmap.org/?#map=19/45.379383/-75.697394), picnic area Q.

It is <1km walk from the Carleton University O-Train station, has parking, and is accessible by recreational paths too.

Come meet some local folks from the community here, bring your own snacks, plan to pack your trash back out. Out-of-towners welcome!

Additional details will appear in this thread.

#OttawaMeetup #OttBike #OttCity

Whew. #MealPrep done two weeks of soup (ingredients in ALT text) for lunches. That means I can probably do very little tomorrow.

I like this plan.

Two photos for reference if you aren't familiar with either park. #Ottawa #Mastodon #AutoWa #OttBike #OttawaMeetUp