Sean Bala
@seanbala.mas.to.ap.brid.gy
Raised in the #Adirondacks, lived in #India, currently in #Chicago. Married to @dohappybelove.
Main Tags: #Religion #Community #Environment #Culture #Creativity #History […]
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Sean Bala
@seanbala.mas.to.ap.brid.gy
· Jun 23
Original post on mas.to
mas.to
Updated #introduction for 2025 - I'm an American living #Chicago. First-gen college grad with 2 degrees in Comparative Religions. Lived in #newdelhi #india for 5 years. Married to @dohappybelove - our family account is @bunvoyage17. We are new parents of a cute little one keeping us on our toes! […]
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Hey all, if you're interested in learning more about renewables, check out this free webinar about heat pumps, geothermal energy, biomass and more on Jan 29. I'm not affiliated at all, just wanted to get the word out because education is neat […]
Original post on wandering.shop
wandering.shop
December 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Hey all, if you're interested in learning more about renewables, check out this free webinar about heat pumps, geothermal energy, biomass and more on Jan 29. I'm not affiliated at all, just wanted to get the word out because education is neat […]
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HÄNSEL UND GRETEL
🗓️ Dec. 8
🕕 18:00
📍 Staatstheater Darmstadt
❕ Reserved for Merck
Gretel: Jana Baumeister
Hänsel: Maria Hegele
Vater: Johannes Martin Kränzle
Mutter: Solger Isalv
Hexe: Megan Marie Hart
Sandmännchen/Taumännchen: Aki Hashimoto […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
🗓️ Dec. 8
🕕 18:00
📍 Staatstheater Darmstadt
❕ Reserved for Merck
Gretel: Jana Baumeister
Hänsel: Maria Hegele
Vater: Johannes Martin Kränzle
Mutter: Solger Isalv
Hexe: Megan Marie Hart
Sandmännchen/Taumännchen: Aki Hashimoto […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
HÄNSEL UND GRETEL
🗓️ Dec. 8
🕕 18:00
📍 Staatstheater Darmstadt
❕ Reserved for Merck
Gretel: Jana Baumeister
Hänsel: Maria Hegele
Vater: Johannes Martin Kränzle
Mutter: Solger Isalv
Hexe: Megan Marie Hart
Sandmännchen/Taumännchen: Aki Hashimoto […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
🗓️ Dec. 8
🕕 18:00
📍 Staatstheater Darmstadt
❕ Reserved for Merck
Gretel: Jana Baumeister
Hänsel: Maria Hegele
Vater: Johannes Martin Kränzle
Mutter: Solger Isalv
Hexe: Megan Marie Hart
Sandmännchen/Taumännchen: Aki Hashimoto […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Made my very first purchases on #Bandcamp today! I purchased a compilation by @ionafyfe - a supremely talented traditional #folk singer from #scotland (who I discovered on Mastodon first!) - please check it out and consider going for some great #music! Her Scots language version of "In The Bleak […]
Original post on mas.to
mas.to
December 6, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Made my very first purchases on #Bandcamp today! I purchased a compilation by @ionafyfe - a supremely talented traditional #folk singer from #scotland (who I discovered on Mastodon first!) - please check it out and consider going for some great #music! Her Scots language version of "In The Bleak […]
RE: https://mastodon.social/@bunvoyage17/115662435385678819
Finally made a post on our #family account for the first time in a few months. Feel free to give it a follow if you want posts about our life, #vegetarian food, and #travel around #Chicago and other places.
Finally made a post on our #family account for the first time in a few months. Feel free to give it a follow if you want posts about our life, #vegetarian food, and #travel around #Chicago and other places.
mastodon.social
December 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@bunvoyage17/115662435385678819
Finally made a post on our #family account for the first time in a few months. Feel free to give it a follow if you want posts about our life, #vegetarian food, and #travel around #Chicago and other places.
Finally made a post on our #family account for the first time in a few months. Feel free to give it a follow if you want posts about our life, #vegetarian food, and #travel around #Chicago and other places.
Reposted by Sean Bala
'Torii at Atago' from the series 'Twenty Views of Kyoto' - Tokuriki Tomikichiro, ca. 1950s.
#ToriiTuesday #JapaneseArt
#ToriiTuesday #JapaneseArt
December 2, 2025 at 6:12 AM
'Torii at Atago' from the series 'Twenty Views of Kyoto' - Tokuriki Tomikichiro, ca. 1950s.
#ToriiTuesday #JapaneseArt
#ToriiTuesday #JapaneseArt
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[HK Fires (a little sad about the state of geopolitics)]
Hesitated to post this, but this has bugged me the whole day. I don't like dumping sad stuff on my readers.
At first, I was angry seeing all the spin the BBCs, Sky News and ABCs were doing around the HK fire. At a time when so many had […]
Hesitated to post this, but this has bugged me the whole day. I don't like dumping sad stuff on my readers.
At first, I was angry seeing all the spin the BBCs, Sky News and ABCs were doing around the HK fire. At a time when so many had […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
December 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
[HK Fires (a little sad about the state of geopolitics)]
Hesitated to post this, but this has bugged me the whole day. I don't like dumping sad stuff on my readers.
At first, I was angry seeing all the spin the BBCs, Sky News and ABCs were doing around the HK fire. At a time when so many had […]
Hesitated to post this, but this has bugged me the whole day. I don't like dumping sad stuff on my readers.
At first, I was angry seeing all the spin the BBCs, Sky News and ABCs were doing around the HK fire. At a time when so many had […]
Reposted by Sean Bala
Asma Khan takes you to her fave restaurants in Kolkata. Kolkata’s food scene started my life long love for regional Indian food
That I don’t get Bengali food regularly now makes me sad. But also, I feel so lucky I’ve eaten at every place in this video and therefore miss it even more […]
That I don’t get Bengali food regularly now makes me sad. But also, I feel so lucky I’ve eaten at every place in this video and therefore miss it even more […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
November 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Asma Khan takes you to her fave restaurants in Kolkata. Kolkata’s food scene started my life long love for regional Indian food
That I don’t get Bengali food regularly now makes me sad. But also, I feel so lucky I’ve eaten at every place in this video and therefore miss it even more […]
That I don’t get Bengali food regularly now makes me sad. But also, I feel so lucky I’ve eaten at every place in this video and therefore miss it even more […]
Saw this deal from Humble Bundle. How are these books, #bookstodon? I like mysteries but have not read this series before […]
Original post on mas.to
mas.to
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Saw this deal from Humble Bundle. How are these books, #bookstodon? I like mysteries but have not read this series before […]
I had a fun dream last night:
Scientists report that time travel is theoretically possible, but practically difficult for most people to because if a time traveller violated ANY contract they previously signed, it could rip a hole in the space-time continuum. And when they say contracts, I mean […]
Scientists report that time travel is theoretically possible, but practically difficult for most people to because if a time traveller violated ANY contract they previously signed, it could rip a hole in the space-time continuum. And when they say contracts, I mean […]
Original post on mas.to
mas.to
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I had a fun dream last night:
Scientists report that time travel is theoretically possible, but practically difficult for most people to because if a time traveller violated ANY contract they previously signed, it could rip a hole in the space-time continuum. And when they say contracts, I mean […]
Scientists report that time travel is theoretically possible, but practically difficult for most people to because if a time traveller violated ANY contract they previously signed, it could rip a hole in the space-time continuum. And when they say contracts, I mean […]
Reposted by Sean Bala
Hey #bookstodon - I am in a bit of a reading rut and need some #recommendations to help me get out. Do you have any good recommendations for historical #fiction? I would even take some well-written #history or #travel books. My only restriction is that I would like recommendation not focused on […]
Original post on mas.to
mas.to
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Hey #bookstodon - I am in a bit of a reading rut and need some #recommendations to help me get out. Do you have any good recommendations for historical #fiction? I would even take some well-written #history or #travel books. My only restriction is that I would like recommendation not focused on […]
Hey #bookstodon - I am in a bit of a reading rut and need some #recommendations to help me get out. Do you have any good recommendations for historical #fiction? I would even take some well-written #history or #travel books. My only restriction is that I would like recommendation not focused on […]
Original post on mas.to
mas.to
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Hey #bookstodon - I am in a bit of a reading rut and need some #recommendations to help me get out. Do you have any good recommendations for historical #fiction? I would even take some well-written #history or #travel books. My only restriction is that I would like recommendation not focused on […]
Reposted by Sean Bala
So I grew up next to #Chernobyl and this is, well, TERRIFYING.
A story for y’all: I’m from a city called Zhytomyr, 2 hours west of Kyiv in the North of #ukraine. We were downwind of the Chernobyl #nuclear power plant when the 1986 disaster happened.
I wasn’t born for another 12 years, but my […]
A story for y’all: I’m from a city called Zhytomyr, 2 hours west of Kyiv in the North of #ukraine. We were downwind of the Chernobyl #nuclear power plant when the 1986 disaster happened.
I wasn’t born for another 12 years, but my […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
November 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
So I grew up next to #Chernobyl and this is, well, TERRIFYING.
A story for y’all: I’m from a city called Zhytomyr, 2 hours west of Kyiv in the North of #ukraine. We were downwind of the Chernobyl #nuclear power plant when the 1986 disaster happened.
I wasn’t born for another 12 years, but my […]
A story for y’all: I’m from a city called Zhytomyr, 2 hours west of Kyiv in the North of #ukraine. We were downwind of the Chernobyl #nuclear power plant when the 1986 disaster happened.
I wasn’t born for another 12 years, but my […]
RE: https://mastodon.social/@UncannyMagazine/115551123076580444
This was a great story. As a new parent, the last conversation between the narrator and her mother in the story made me cry hard while I was sitting in a nearby cafe.
This was a great story. As a new parent, the last conversation between the narrator and her mother in the story made me cry hard while I was sitting in a nearby cafe.
mastodon.social
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 AM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@UncannyMagazine/115551123076580444
This was a great story. As a new parent, the last conversation between the narrator and her mother in the story made me cry hard while I was sitting in a nearby cafe.
This was a great story. As a new parent, the last conversation between the narrator and her mother in the story made me cry hard while I was sitting in a nearby cafe.
Reposted by Sean Bala
I have made many posts myself lately - just very busy with a new baby and life! Still here and hope to be a bit more active soon. How have things been going? Let me know in the comments! :)
November 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I have made many posts myself lately - just very busy with a new baby and life! Still here and hope to be a bit more active soon. How have things been going? Let me know in the comments! :)
I have made many posts myself lately - just very busy with a new baby and life! Still here and hope to be a bit more active soon. How have things been going? Let me know in the comments! :)
November 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I have made many posts myself lately - just very busy with a new baby and life! Still here and hope to be a bit more active soon. How have things been going? Let me know in the comments! :)
Reposted by Sean Bala
Hi friends. Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica *hard* last month; my neighbour just shared with me that her mother and sister, who were evacuated before landfall, haven't been heard from since :( Melissa devastated her home community of Wakefield, but the ForUsGirls organization is organizing relief […]
Original post on wandering.shop
wandering.shop
November 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Hi friends. Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica *hard* last month; my neighbour just shared with me that her mother and sister, who were evacuated before landfall, haven't been heard from since :( Melissa devastated her home community of Wakefield, but the ForUsGirls organization is organizing relief […]
Reposted by Sean Bala
Hoppy #bunniversary and 8th #gotchaday today, Beloved Skye! 8 years ago today we found you outside our home in the snow, abandoned, cold, and hungry. Our lives were forever changed. ❤️
BunMum, BunDad, and Grandma love you to the moon 🌙 and back ♾️💖 […]
[Original post on mastodon.thirring.org]
BunMum, BunDad, and Grandma love you to the moon 🌙 and back ♾️💖 […]
[Original post on mastodon.thirring.org]
November 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Hoppy #bunniversary and 8th #gotchaday today, Beloved Skye! 8 years ago today we found you outside our home in the snow, abandoned, cold, and hungry. Our lives were forever changed. ❤️
BunMum, BunDad, and Grandma love you to the moon 🌙 and back ♾️💖 […]
[Original post on mastodon.thirring.org]
BunMum, BunDad, and Grandma love you to the moon 🌙 and back ♾️💖 […]
[Original post on mastodon.thirring.org]
Reposted by Sean Bala
I really think that people who haven’t been poor should not give money or frugality advice to poor people. The problem with poor people isn’t money management or knowledge, it’s the insufficiency of money. This goes for anyone who wants to help people on food stamps navigate this situation […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
October 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I really think that people who haven’t been poor should not give money or frugality advice to poor people. The problem with poor people isn’t money management or knowledge, it’s the insufficiency of money. This goes for anyone who wants to help people on food stamps navigate this situation […]
Reposted by Sean Bala
SolarCloud is here!
If you always wanted #solar panels but couldn't afford them or didn't have a roof to put them on, no worries, you can use SolarCloud.
Customers can buy one or more panels, starting at $139 each, and monitor generation 24/7 via SolarCloud’s […]
[Original post on mastodon.world]
If you always wanted #solar panels but couldn't afford them or didn't have a roof to put them on, no worries, you can use SolarCloud.
Customers can buy one or more panels, starting at $139 each, and monitor generation 24/7 via SolarCloud’s […]
[Original post on mastodon.world]
October 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
SolarCloud is here!
If you always wanted #solar panels but couldn't afford them or didn't have a roof to put them on, no worries, you can use SolarCloud.
Customers can buy one or more panels, starting at $139 each, and monitor generation 24/7 via SolarCloud’s […]
[Original post on mastodon.world]
If you always wanted #solar panels but couldn't afford them or didn't have a roof to put them on, no worries, you can use SolarCloud.
Customers can buy one or more panels, starting at $139 each, and monitor generation 24/7 via SolarCloud’s […]
[Original post on mastodon.world]
An iconic #Chicago alleyway in Autumn ❤️
From: @threexs
https://photog.social/@threexs/115413621363094947
From: @threexs
https://photog.social/@threexs/115413621363094947
Tyler Jacobs (@threexs@photog.social)
Attached: 1 image I cannot deny an alleyway. Fujifilm X-Pro 3 w/ SMC Super Takumar 200mm f/4 #Fujifilm #XPro3 #SuperTakumar #Chicago #Autumn #Fall
photog.social
October 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
An iconic #Chicago alleyway in Autumn ❤️
From: @threexs
https://photog.social/@threexs/115413621363094947
From: @threexs
https://photog.social/@threexs/115413621363094947
Reposted by Sean Bala
This vase was a custom order for a couple’s 9th wedding anniversary. They wanted something they could pass down to future generations and thought a ceramic piece would make a good commemorative heirloom. They mentioned their love for terracotta amaryllis, a […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
October 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This vase was a custom order for a couple’s 9th wedding anniversary. They wanted something they could pass down to future generations and thought a ceramic piece would make a good commemorative heirloom. They mentioned their love for terracotta amaryllis, a […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Reposted by Sean Bala
In 2022, Ireland did something bold. It trusted its artists. 2000 creators received €325 a week, no strings attached. The result was more art, less anxiety, stronger communities, and even economic gains.
Now the program is permanent. Ireland becomes the first country to prove that supporting […]
Now the program is permanent. Ireland becomes the first country to prove that supporting […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
In 2022, Ireland did something bold. It trusted its artists. 2000 creators received €325 a week, no strings attached. The result was more art, less anxiety, stronger communities, and even economic gains.
Now the program is permanent. Ireland becomes the first country to prove that supporting […]
Now the program is permanent. Ireland becomes the first country to prove that supporting […]
So I have come to my first #Linux rite of passage - I delved too deep into the terminal and messed something up. The culprit was trying to mount the drive for @mailbox_org (using instructions way over my head) to @fedora on my @frameworkcomputer.
I'll try to fix it […]
[Original post on mas.to]
I'll try to fix it […]
[Original post on mas.to]
October 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
So I have come to my first #Linux rite of passage - I delved too deep into the terminal and messed something up. The culprit was trying to mount the drive for @mailbox_org (using instructions way over my head) to @fedora on my @frameworkcomputer.
I'll try to fix it […]
[Original post on mas.to]
I'll try to fix it […]
[Original post on mas.to]
Reposted by Sean Bala
"However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?"
– Gautama Buddha
Daily #zen #buddhism #buddha #gautamabuddha
– Gautama Buddha
Daily #zen #buddhism #buddha #gautamabuddha
October 12, 2025 at 5:02 AM
"However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?"
– Gautama Buddha
Daily #zen #buddhism #buddha #gautamabuddha
– Gautama Buddha
Daily #zen #buddhism #buddha #gautamabuddha
Reposted by Sean Bala
October 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM