disclaimer: gringos please be kind to brazilians arriving to the fediverse, we're having a huge exodus due to political interference from the united states (through meta/google/x), if you're mean to them i am gonna curse your entire bloodline or give you rabies through wafrn bitting system.

hello! :Blobhaj_Pumpkin:



would you like a little clay friend? if so, i can help!



i'm an agender, autistic, disabled and chronically ill ceramicist with a cupboard full of small ceramic beings looking for homes. to help me pay my rent to stay in mine!

my shop is open at https://www.driftingspirits.art for the next fortnight at least, so if you’re looking for gifts for loved ones or yourself (who is also a loved one!), maybe you might find something there.

i ship from france to a lot of places. that includes the US but not the EU now apart from france, sadly; please contact me for more info and/or see and rage about the EU's new PPWR legislation.

thank you for looking or buying or boosting if you can, and i wish you all a lovely autumn (or spring or day!). :Blobhaj_Heart_Rainbow:

#art #MastoArt #ceramics

"I have just realized that the stakes are myself."
- Diane di Prima, Revolutionary Letter #1

there are three* questions that can help you when someone comes to you with a problem they're experiencing:

1. are we processing or planning?
this is the one you hear about in romantic relationships, where one partner wants to vent and the other starts trying to move the world instead of listening. listening is the first thing.

2. do you want my help?
please, *please* be prepared to accept no. the first time. and they may still want your advice.

3. do you want me to help you do this or to do this for you?
*only* if there's a yes on 2. it's situational! if something is hard for them but trivial for you, they may prefer for you to just do it. other times they may just want support, or help with a specific aspect. a request for help is not a surrender of autonomy.

* there are more than three, but roughly these three in roughly this order tend to help me in that situation. and sometimes they've already volunteered some of this information. listening is first.

The suspense is killing me.
#TOpoli

Leaf mold is an excellent additive to plant beds and pots. It can be used as a potting medium, either on its own or in a mix by adding other elements like perlite, vermiculite, peat moss–based potting soil, sand, etc.

Obviously it’s wonderful to make your own potting medium, from both a financial and a footprint-reduction and peatlands-conservation perspective. Plus, it’s great fun and not much work.

#gardening #rewilding #fall

https://www.rewildingmag.com/how-to-make-leaf-mold/

I just got a letter from my bank saying "do not allow AI agents to have your payment information for any of your accounts."

Full stop. Just don't use any agents. It's dangerous.

It didn't contain additional language saying they won't protect you if they do, but I wonder if that could be next.

I wonder if other banks are doing the same.

Maybe they will ban them.

It seems reasonable that, if an agent makes a financial transaction, it ought to be identified as such, no?

so metropolitan museum of art has a register of books they’ve published that are out of print and that you can download for free! they’re mostly books on art, archeology, architecture, fashion and history and i just think that’s super useful and interesting so i wanted to share! you can find all of the books available here!
https://www.metmuseum.org/met-publications/all?searchtype=F&waysToRead=downloadPdf%2CreadOnline

The polls are open til 8pm.
Your employer must give yo a 3-hour window to get to your polling place (so, leave at 5).
More at https://toronto.ca/myvote
https://mastodon.social/@mcc/117508815837194711
#topoli #toronto

I went out. There were *people* out there. One star, would not recommend.

The point of John Cage's 4'33" was not that the music is silence but that the experienced sound of the piece will naturally be filled in by random sounds in the natural environment, pages turning on the piano, people shifting in their seats; the first public performance of 4'33" was held in a forest

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2aebn3xk5t63net43eeepire/post/3mysia2jt3c25

FEZZIK: Hello lady!

https://youtu.be/W6ZffgqeQGU

"We tried speaking to dolphins – and they spoke back | Diana Reiss"

also experiments with elephants and apes

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today.

Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man. Just last month, on Sept. 14, he turned 90, on the same day Brad and I celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary. I will always treasure that he and I shared that date.

Walter was more than Chekov. He was a writer, a teacher, a thoughtful man, and a loyal friend. To the fans who loved him for so many years, thank you. He loved you too.

Rest well, my dear friend. Keep navigating a steady course.

– George

BC election data shows 52% of voters stayed home.

Global data shows all things being equal proportional elections have higher turnout than systems built solely on single-winner-ridings, because proportional representation means everyone feels they have a voice.

This is heartwarming: security footage showed a man stopping to put two sweatshirts over a sleeping homeless couple, giving them a pat, then continuing on his wasy.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/video-of-man-helping-homeless-couple-should-inspire-compassion-and-change-building-manager-says-9.7393537

"Scarborough's Eric Bauza, modern voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and others, dead at 46"

"Eric Bauza, the Toronto-born voice actor best known for playing Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and a host of other Looney Tunes characters for today's generation, has died of hypertensive cardiovascular disease. He was 46."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/eric-bauza-bugs-bunny-looney-tunes-obituary-9.7395863

😯👍

Follow @progresstoronto https://bird.makeup/users/progresstoronto/statuses/2114403887226712498 #topoli

Contrary to mainstream Christian opinion, nowhere does the Bible forbid the government from helping people and using taxes and resources to do so.

In fact, God specifically gave laws to ancient Isreal to do that very thing, all while telling them they are to be an example to all other earthly kingdoms.

So, the belief that “it’s not the government’s job to help people” is Ayn Rand, not the Bible.

Beautiful day to vote Olivia Chow (#9) and progressives!

This election will be close! Don’t take anything for granted. Conservatives are mobilized (just check our comment section)—so head to the polls, take a friend, and let’s move our city forward 🗳️🗳️

https://vote.progresstoronto.ca