To the person who suggested putting an emergency mylar blanket over the window (my apologies, can't find you comment anymore), wow that worked well. The indoor temp dropped 4C in 15 minutes, and that was with no direct light aimed at the window. I'm surprised that extent of solar energy was coming through. Nice hack, and one that is easy/cheap to do.

Edited to add: I always thought those blankets are opaque, so expected the effect to be like a blackout curtain. But it turned out they are more like a tinted car window. The amount of light is notably reduced, and the residual light bleeds through with an orange tint. But when there's light outside as backlight, the view across the street is still clear and detailed -- just darker. At night it's effectively opaque. (Though don't make any assumptions re privacy since now the interior is what would be backlit.)

Note to folks in high heat areas: we have our lawn tool batteries charge in the garage. Usually the garage doesn't get hot enough to make a difference, but it did this week, and I'm having to replace some expensive batteries. Don't be like me. Bring the batteries in somewhere cooler if possible. They don't just drain in the heat, it can ruin them.

Crue-ber...

A Fedi version of Queer Eye:

Five autistic queer Fedifolk (one in a fur suit) travel to help out a regular person each episode.

By the end of the episode, the team have degoogled the recipient, installed a thoughtfully selected Linux distro on their formerly-windows machine, replaced much of their software with open source alternatives, stocked their home library with Murderbot novels and cozy queer SF, and given the recipient a new Special Interest to hyperfocus on.

#FediQueerEye

“PIRATING” IS A CAPITALIST FRAME

don’t be a cop.

If buying isn't ownership then p̶i̶r̶a̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ SHARING isn't stealing

If buying doesn't create ownership, then p̶i̶r̶a̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ SHARING doesn't destroy it.

SHARING is anticapitalist and antifa because sharing is caring.

I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS

#homeless #homelessness #starvation #poverty #corporatedemocrats #conservativedems #ConservativeDemocracticOrganisation #centrists #centrism

Just to note:

When you take a self assessment for ADHD or Autism and it asks something like:

"do you have difficulty with ABC?"

And your response is

"I don't have difficulty with ABC. I've developed a System that I use to deal with ABC, and when I follow the System, I can do ABC. So it's not difficult."

... Then you have difficulty with ABC. Mark yes on the question.

Put Nacho cheese Doritos in our quesadillas tonight. I am a fucking culinary genius.

#food

When a doctor prescribes a medication that needs to be taken continuously for the foreseeable future, the patient should receive an indefinite prescription. Especially if it's a drug with extremely low potential for abuse.

Just in case you didn't know, legendary fantasy artist @MichaelWhelan has been on Mastodon for a while, and he writes the most fabulous alt-text.

#art #scifi #fantasy

"What's the lesson here, guys?"
"We don’t know.”
"C’mon, think about it."
"Don't be assholes?"
"Don’t be assholes. Especially to…”
"To the guy with the thumbs?"
"To the guy with the thumbs."

Wow.

"We have completely virtually unwrapped and read PHerc. 1667 — the scroll the Vesuvius Challenge community knows as Scroll 4 — without ever touching its pages. It is the first Herculaneum papyrus to be digitally unrolled and read in full, end to end, and made available for sustained scholarly study."

https://scrollprize.org/firstscroll

#Vesuvius #Scrolls

New shirt

New high end cocktail: The Reflecting Pool.
1- line your glass with a blue fruit roll up.
Then you're going to need:
2 oz rum
4 oz juice that is kinda yellow (pineapple, mango, orange, lemonade, whatever you like)
1 oz blue curacao (you can adjust for color)
Garnish with lime zest
The yellow and blue liquids make a lovely shade of algae and the rum eventually melts the blue fruit roll up, which is, IMHO, the best part.
Enjoy!

#Fedihelp Is anyone here in contact with #LadyGaga? My 14yo grandson who I love dearly is lying in hospital on life support. His mum, my daughter, is reading aloud for him the David Attenborough book he was planning to get. His favourite artist is Lady Gaga and my daughter is trying to contact her, to ask if she might send our boy a message to be read to him. It would mean a lot. I know this is a long shot, but can anyone put me in touch?

Okay I've watched my Star Wars as a young sapling and from then on like any healthy young lass, but wow this fucking thread elevated the whole thing for me:
https://blondejaneblonde.tumblr.com/post/656895555488874496/fandomrecycling-jumpingjacktrash-kyraneko

Into the hall of fame of Tumblr posts it goes! 😹

#StarWars

"Meta glasses are Cybertrucks for your face"

hehehe

Welcome to 2026. Your average morning headlines:
- That TV show you love is cancelled
- That celebrity you like is, unfortunately, a transphobe
- Record storm and/or heatwave somewhere in the world
- Computers are worse & more costly than even one day before
- Cat photos tho

And I am once again looking to hire someone to come in for 2hr/week to help with food prep and house cleaning. Pays $20/hr, DT #Guelph

In particular, we're getting a weekly CSA produce delivery and need help to make sure we use it up. We're two burned out autistics, so aren't great at improvising or meal planning on the fly.

Just need a chill grounded person to help keep the basics under control so we can spend our spoons on building resiliency (and fun, we need fun!) .

🔄✨

#getFediHired