I’m having another open studio event this Saturday. Just wanted to share what my studio looks like. It’s the garage behind our house, converted into a #pottery workshop. That’s a wood fired #RocketKiln in front and I have electric kilns inside. I could run my biz solely online (and I was grateful to during early pandemic era, 2020-2021) but that feels strange since my pottery pulls so much from my surroundings. It only makes sense to share it with other people who live here. #Florida

An energy-free charcoal cooler helps rural farmers keep fruits and vegetables fresh for weeks without electricity. It lowers temperature, reduces spoilage, and extends shelf life—tomatoes can last over 30 days instead of 4. Charcoal absorbs moisture and blocks heat, preventing drying and shrinkage. It works best in dry climates and is a simple, effective solution to reduce post-harvest losses.

We successfully completed mulching our banana plantation, and the plants are now well organized. This was not easy for us because it was challenging to find enough grass for mulching, but we are happy we managed to finish it.

Mulching helps in keeping moisture in the soil, improves soil fertility, reduces weed growth, and protects the plants from strong sun and heavy rain. This helps the bananas grow healthier and stronger.

#BananaFarming #SustainableFarming #Mulching #ClimateSmartAgriculture

The fossil fuel industry promoting more fossil fuels while the Strait of Hormuz is closed:

Protest is like begging the powers that be to dig a well. Direct action is digging the well and daring them to stop you.
~Dave Graeber
#protest #direct-action #anarchism

This is a must! 💯

#linux

I regret to inform you that caring about things and being nice to people still rules actually

RE: https://mstdn.social/@kibcol1049/116452533560098615

Fascists ❤️ Fascists

Dear Friends of the future and the past,

I was pleased to get SecondLife running. I may also start using AI chatbots to swear at...
Anyway usual ranting about the whole area being curently explored, ignored or left for the new generation to sort out...

People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. It's AI, but people share it in good faith, believing it’s an amazing photo by a human of a real bird in a real moment of time. Meanwhile, humans who have taken amazing photos of real birds captured in real moments of time, like a hummingbird in ballet with a butterfly, get questioned in good faith by people who are tired of being cheated by AI-deceit. The way AI has broken social trust is distressing.

International Workers Day 2026

Find an event near you: https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/

#Workers #WorkerPower #CollectivePower #Labor #Unions #ImmigrantWorkers #ImmigrantRights #Albuquerque #ABQ #NewMexico

Brilliant comment in the FT

Aleppo, Syria. #Solar #solarpunk
Got this sent to me #stadtbild

Mossy sort of a morning.

#Arashiyama #嵐山 #Sagano #嵯峨野 #Kyoto #京都 #Japan #moss #kyotorain

We are very happy that today Apple issued a patch and a security advisory. This comes following 404 Media reporting that the FBI accessed Signal message notification content via iOS despite the app being deleted.

Apple’s advisory confirmed that the bugs that allowed this to happen have been fixed in the latest iOS release. You can read more here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/127002

Dear Friends of Real and Other lives,

As you may know:

- #SecondLife is a virtual world.
- I have an #avatar there, (not 'lobster' - sob)
- Have not been there for years but found ye olde password AND
- #FireStorm for Linux. I am in. Well I can get in and fly around. Hope to set up the Mic soon enough

In other words. Somewhere to wander, sit and meditate. Communicate etc. I used text messaging. Never had a working mic. So that may change my approach. If I get something woring...

A lot of people bought land. Created online communities etc. I remember I experimented with building. Seemed rather time consuming and if you required ready made features you could pay. What a surprise. Not.

:agummyhug: :cyber_hacking: 🎙️

Kash Patel is reportedly furious and threatening to sue anyone who calls him “J. Edgar Boozer.”
It would be a real shame if this went viral.

There will be
Times you
Will hide
In your darkness,
But remember:
Even when
Obscured,
The stars
Still burn.

#poetry

A Néoclassique/Art Nouveau door: Entrance of a building on Boulevard Raspail in Paris. Door designed by Léon Tissier, the elegant ironwork made by Adalbert Szabo.

📷 Photo by Claude Abron.

(edited for accuracy)

#Architecture #Door #ArtNouveau

Anne Hathaway said inshaAllah in an interview. No explanation. No footnote. No self-conscious pause. Just a word used correctly, naturally, in a moment of genuine hope.

Not Muslim and wondering if you can say it too? The answer is an enthusiastic yes. Christians say "Lord willing." Jews say im yirtzeh Hashem. And the Spanish word ojalá comes directly from inshaAllah.

The words we share across cultures aren't walls. They're doors.

https://lets-address-this-with-qasim-rashid.ghost.io/anne-hathaway-said-inshaallah-and-it-was-perfect/