Chuckling Duck
@friesen5000.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy
I am legion. Canadian. Prairie boy. Bureaucrat. Ecologist. Family man. Gardener. Mennonite.
I play a mean game of Minesweeper but am otherwise entirely mediocre […]
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I play a mean game of Minesweeper but am otherwise entirely mediocre […]
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Oh look, another Torment Nexus Silicon Valley has decided to build: they've named a home security system for ridiculously rich people "Sauron". We are living in the worst possible timeline.
https://www.sauron.systems/
I'm won't be long until somebody starts a meal prep company called "Donner Party".
https://www.sauron.systems/
I'm won't be long until somebody starts a meal prep company called "Donner Party".
Sauron
Our home security platform reliably identifies, understands, and deters threats. With Sauron, you always know that everything is under control.
www.sauron.systems
December 29, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Oh look, another Torment Nexus Silicon Valley has decided to build: they've named a home security system for ridiculously rich people "Sauron". We are living in the worst possible timeline.
https://www.sauron.systems/
I'm won't be long until somebody starts a meal prep company called "Donner Party".
https://www.sauron.systems/
I'm won't be long until somebody starts a meal prep company called "Donner Party".
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Being aesthetically impaired I rarely post photos or art, but this…
A Man Feeding Swans in the Snow, Poland | Marcin Ryczek
A Man Feeding Swans in the Snow, Poland | Marcin Ryczek
December 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Being aesthetically impaired I rarely post photos or art, but this…
A Man Feeding Swans in the Snow, Poland | Marcin Ryczek
A Man Feeding Swans in the Snow, Poland | Marcin Ryczek
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I loved this, but the person who posted it had crappy alt text, so I'm re-posting.
December 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I loved this, but the person who posted it had crappy alt text, so I'm re-posting.
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“We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear, And that's the burden of the year.”
December 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
“We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear, And that's the burden of the year.”
Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed; but judgment untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel for human deglutition.
#sundaysentence from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
#janeeyre #bookstodon #amreading
#sundaysentence from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
#janeeyre #bookstodon #amreading
December 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed; but judgment untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel for human deglutition.
#sundaysentence from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
#janeeyre #bookstodon #amreading
#sundaysentence from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
#janeeyre #bookstodon #amreading
Imagine Dragons Comics & Cards
December 28, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Imagine Dragons Comics & Cards
December 28, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Having read several books by people who became fascinated by ants I can say that watching ants will *do things to you* --I think it's the combination of the their unexpected complexity then the one two punch of these creatures being totally alien while at the same time some of the only creatures […]
Original post on sauropods.win
sauropods.win
December 28, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Having read several books by people who became fascinated by ants I can say that watching ants will *do things to you* --I think it's the combination of the their unexpected complexity then the one two punch of these creatures being totally alien while at the same time some of the only creatures […]
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Chimps also have "wars" but it's more like gang violence than a human war.
Only ants do war like people.
Only ants do war like people.
December 28, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Chimps also have "wars" but it's more like gang violence than a human war.
Only ants do war like people.
Only ants do war like people.
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Christmas Eve and #waspwednesdsy - what better time for some sand-flinging wasps! #insect #Hymenoptera #wasp #manitoba #bembix #crabronidae
https://lone.earth/w/ojBUFoiPGmcWkY3y6h6woN
https://lone.earth/w/ojBUFoiPGmcWkY3y6h6woN
Sand Wasp Earthworks
Sand wasps (Bembix) busy digging their burrows. Recorded near Hadashville, Manitoba, Canada.
lone.earth
December 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Christmas Eve and #waspwednesdsy - what better time for some sand-flinging wasps! #insect #Hymenoptera #wasp #manitoba #bembix #crabronidae
https://lone.earth/w/ojBUFoiPGmcWkY3y6h6woN
https://lone.earth/w/ojBUFoiPGmcWkY3y6h6woN
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🎵🎶 I don't want anybody else. When I think about you I ask the staff for assistance 🎶🎵
December 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
🎵🎶 I don't want anybody else. When I think about you I ask the staff for assistance 🎶🎵
If you gaze into its eyes long enough it eats your soul.
#flyday #flyfriday #flydayfriday #insect #diptera
#flyday #flyfriday #flydayfriday #insect #diptera
December 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If you gaze into its eyes long enough it eats your soul.
#flyday #flyfriday #flydayfriday #insect #diptera
#flyday #flyfriday #flydayfriday #insect #diptera
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This was my holiday card design for the year, which ended up being another lino cut. Merry #christmas !
December 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
This was my holiday card design for the year, which ended up being another lino cut. Merry #christmas !
Spoon supply is critically low. Supply chain issues mean restocking is slow and intermittent. May have to close up shop for a bit. Not easy at this time of year.
#spoons #MentalHealth
#spoons #MentalHealth
December 26, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Spoon supply is critically low. Supply chain issues mean restocking is slow and intermittent. May have to close up shop for a bit. Not easy at this time of year.
#spoons #MentalHealth
#spoons #MentalHealth
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you there boy, what bullshit is this
December 25, 2025 at 5:30 AM
you there boy, what bullshit is this
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Can I pay someone to develop a good open source instrument tuning app?
There's one old, unmaintained windows app that doesn't suck.
But it's old, unmaintained, and windows.
Everything else is enshittified, ad-ridden crap.
I have no idea what dev time on this would be, but I'm willing to throw […]
There's one old, unmaintained windows app that doesn't suck.
But it's old, unmaintained, and windows.
Everything else is enshittified, ad-ridden crap.
I have no idea what dev time on this would be, but I'm willing to throw […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
December 26, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Can I pay someone to develop a good open source instrument tuning app?
There's one old, unmaintained windows app that doesn't suck.
But it's old, unmaintained, and windows.
Everything else is enshittified, ad-ridden crap.
I have no idea what dev time on this would be, but I'm willing to throw […]
There's one old, unmaintained windows app that doesn't suck.
But it's old, unmaintained, and windows.
Everything else is enshittified, ad-ridden crap.
I have no idea what dev time on this would be, but I'm willing to throw […]
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When the song of the angels is stilled,
when the star in the sky is gone,
when the kings and princes are home,
when the shepherds are back with their flocks, the work of Christmas begins:
to find the lost,
to heal the broken,
to feed the hungry,
to release the prisoner,
to rebuild the nations […]
when the star in the sky is gone,
when the kings and princes are home,
when the shepherds are back with their flocks, the work of Christmas begins:
to find the lost,
to heal the broken,
to feed the hungry,
to release the prisoner,
to rebuild the nations […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
When the song of the angels is stilled,
when the star in the sky is gone,
when the kings and princes are home,
when the shepherds are back with their flocks, the work of Christmas begins:
to find the lost,
to heal the broken,
to feed the hungry,
to release the prisoner,
to rebuild the nations […]
when the star in the sky is gone,
when the kings and princes are home,
when the shepherds are back with their flocks, the work of Christmas begins:
to find the lost,
to heal the broken,
to feed the hungry,
to release the prisoner,
to rebuild the nations […]
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Paging through an atlas (remember those?) my parents gave me years ago for Christmas (yes, I was that kind of kid). I love the relaxed, undirected exploration of perusing a good atlas.
Unrelated - I'm looking at flights to Leticia, Colombia.
#atlas #geography #colombia
Unrelated - I'm looking at flights to Leticia, Colombia.
#atlas #geography #colombia
December 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Paging through an atlas (remember those?) my parents gave me years ago for Christmas (yes, I was that kind of kid). I love the relaxed, undirected exploration of perusing a good atlas.
Unrelated - I'm looking at flights to Leticia, Colombia.
#atlas #geography #colombia
Unrelated - I'm looking at flights to Leticia, Colombia.
#atlas #geography #colombia
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Pro tip: eggnog with fireball
December 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Pro tip: eggnog with fireball
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“A small act but I appreciate it as a person living on Social Security. Aldi’s the grocery store charges $.25 for the use of their carts.. as I was walking toward the cart row a lady came up to me & said do you need a cart? as she was rolling hers from her car. I […]
[Original post on kind.social]
[Original post on kind.social]
December 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
“A small act but I appreciate it as a person living on Social Security. Aldi’s the grocery store charges $.25 for the use of their carts.. as I was walking toward the cart row a lady came up to me & said do you need a cart? as she was rolling hers from her car. I […]
[Original post on kind.social]
[Original post on kind.social]