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klardotsh
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one day left at $CURRENT_JOB before:

- a Friday hanging out with some folks in nature
- Saturday + Sunday doing play-by-play commentary for a robotics competition for the first time in almost two years
- two weeks of hacking on side projects when I feel like looking at screens, and days-long sailing trips when I don't (weather and solo skill permitting!)
klardotsh
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I'm also somewhat regretting leaving my boat on its breakwater-less linear tie-out for this weekend and not having sailed/motored it up to Blaine last weekend where its new slip is, because hot damn, 40kt gusts in the forecast for Bellingham Bay Friday 😳 add the waves and those "dock" lines are gonna get a workout
Devine Lu Linvega
Devine Lu Linvega mastodon (AP)
it has been crazy windy these past 2 days :|
klardotsh
klardotsh mastodon (AP)
I did this because my next 2-3 weeks will hopefully include trips to the San Juans, and Bellingham is infinitely better of a launch place for that vs having to cross the Strait of Georgia for hours on end to get down from Blaine, but.... welp. glad the dock lines are brand new, the batteries are full, and the bilge pump is rock solid.
R E K
R E K mastodon (AP)
Ah you'll be good. But I get that it can be a bit unnerving.
Where you heading first in the San Juans?
klardotsh
klardotsh mastodon (AP)
I'm tentatively thinking of an itinerary like:

- Cypress, to hike around for a day or two and explore all the nature (it's almost entirely a state nature preserve, and looks gorgeous from pictures!)

- Maybe a quick pitstop on Shaw Island or at the nearby Marine Preserve?

- Check out Friday Harbor on the main island, since I've never been

- Probably Patos Island en route towards the Strait crossing to Blaine (may as well use the day(s) long trip to move the boat to its new home!)
R E K
R E K mastodon (AP)
Didn't know you could anchor off Patos :O.

Do you know Steven K. Roberts?
klardotsh
klardotsh mastodon (AP)
Patos may be a touch-and-go, or even skipped: WA DNR is like "look, there's two buoys but if you don't land one of those you're fucked in anything over 12kts, glhf" (https://parks.state.wa.us/561/Patos-Island)

Might be above my current skill level (and gear level: I don't have a good stern-tie story yet) unless I catch a light wind day.

I don't know this name, but a quick ddg leads me to this person, doing something about Linux boats?! https://computerhistory.org/profile/steven-k-roberts/ I'm intrigued!
R E K
R E K mastodon (AP)
Yea he's based out of Friday Harbor. He's best known for his computerized recumbent bicycle, but also for Microship, a pedal/solar/sail trimaran he built.
Would be an interesting person to run into :)
Thomas
Thomas mastodon (AP)
Didn't have the best day today, but @tig made me smile and saved it! Thank you very much, highly appreciated! /Me tips my hat to you

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dick_turpin
dick_turpin mastodon (AP)
We ate pork from Denmark Sunday. We're still getting stuff from the EU.
theru
theru pleroma (AP)
How on earth did that slip through. Damn pesky pork smugglers. Danish for Danes!!!!!!
BjoernAusGE
BjoernAusGE via mastobikes group mastodon (AP)
Fahrradanhänger statt Lastenrad?

Ich möchte zukünftig mehr von unseren Einkäufen mit dem Rad erledigen. Ein Lastenrad ist mir dafür aber 1. zu teuer und 2. krieg ich das nicht in den Keller.

Hat einer einen Vorschlag für einen Fahrradanhänger auf den ca. 2 Cola Kisten bzw. Einkaufkisten passen, der vernünftig verarbeitet ist und nicht gleich soviel kostet wie ein Lastenrad?

Gerne boosten

@mastobikes_de @mastobikes # #
#lastenrad #fahrrad @mastobikes_de@gup.pe @mastobikes group
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thinkpad
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@mastobikes_de wir haben bei eBay mal für unseren Hund einen Anhänger billig geschossen. Der hat da aber kein Bock drauf und seitdem nutzen wir den für zahlreiche Transporte. Auch viel Kleinkram lässt sich gut transportieren, da vollständig schließbar.
@mastobikes_de@gup.pe
Dana Williams
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Amazon is not only one of the world's most powerful tech companies--it also sells numerous surveillance and anti-privacy products (Echo, Ring, Rekognition). Additionally, it's cloud services (Amazon Web Services) hosts much of the Fortune 500, as well as invasive US govt agencies, like the CIA and ICE. Result? A state-corporate nexus that embodies modern surveillance capitalism. Chapter from "The Cost of Free Shipping". # # # # https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:41419/
#amazon #anarchism #labor #privacy
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never obsolete
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Quake - The Necropolis
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Claes Wallin πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°
Claes Wallin πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡° friendica (via ActivityPub)
I asked for metal Prince of Egypt and the internet delivered Caleb Hyles and Jonathan Young:

Look Through Heaven's Eyes
https://invidious-us.kavin.rocks/watch?v=2xvn_34dWVI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xvn_34dWVI

Maybe I wanted something a bit harsher but hey I can't complain, these guys are very good.
Hong Kong or Sweden
Mika Naylor
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The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet :: http://blokmagazine.com/the-dark-forest-theory-of-the-internet/
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Tenacity Audio Editor
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We're not sure if what a person's opinion as to how the control toolbar should look like will be considered as a hot take, so I decided to post a screenshot here.
Screenshot of Control Toolbar with the buttons in the following order:<br /><br />Rewind, Fast Forward, Stop, Play, Pause, Record
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Ryo
Ryo mastodon (AP)
As long as there will be a light theme I can adapt to it.
But this color scheme... 😶 🔫
Tenacity Audio Editor
Tenacity Audio Editor mastodon (AP)
There is a (default) light theme?
espidev
espidev mastodon (AP)
Woo, the first ModemManager MRs have landed on Manjaro Plasma Dev!

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#plasmamobile
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Tom
Tom mastodon (AP)
New # acquired. Didn't have time to go to the local roaster.
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#coffee
stannard
stannard mastodon (AP)
I like ethiopian coffee,
Sometimes I buy yirgacheffe for a change, a very fruity taste.
Not come across that brand though.
Tom
Tom mastodon (AP)
This one has been quite enjoyable. I am going to have to see about getting another bag.
patchlore
patchlore mastodon (AP)
Why have people been posting 4 digit numbers with no context? Really unnerving.
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Alexander Cobleigh
Alexander Cobleigh mastodon (AP)
the merveilles number station has been repaired
Claes Wallin πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°
Claes Wallin πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡° friendica (via ActivityPub)
2760 Vino tinto

The Swedish liquor monopoly SKU, well-known by university students, and it works as a rhyming chant too:

Två sju sex noll! (2 7 6 0)
Vino tinto español!
Kat MCP(NT4) MCSE(Win2K)
Kat MCP(NT4) MCSE(Win2K) mastodon (AP)
If only the universe would provide me with a safety pin my modesty would be preserved, however this is proving difficult to find in the modern office.

The strap has snapped on my top and everything is falling out.

😢 🙄

help :-(
Kat MCP(NT4) MCSE(Win2K)
Kat MCP(NT4) MCSE(Win2K) mastodon (AP)
one of the bloko's in the office has used a enormous stapler to hold it back together, whilst I clutched the bits to prevent everything falling out.

Which was nice of him to help, but I actually feel kind of fragile now.

How weird
Kat MCP(NT4) MCSE(Win2K)
Kat MCP(NT4) MCSE(Win2K) mastodon (AP)
well I guess it's just how this top feels too. lol
Deborah Pickett
Deborah Pickett mastodon (AP)
I love the way that English speakers crave irregular verbs, and if there aren’t enough of them, we just make up new ones.

Like “snuck” as the past tense of “sneak”. This is so common now that if you say the historically correct “sneaked”, people look at you funny.

Or “wrought” as the past participle of “wreak”. Different verbs. “Wrought” is the past of “wring” (cf. “bring” and “brought”). The past of “wreak” is the plain regular “wreaked”.
Sandra
Sandra pleroma (AP)
Yes! But also no since “wring”‘s historic pp is “wringed” (and these days “wrung”). “Wrought” instead is the historic pp of “work”. For example, “wrought iron” is a historically correct np.

It’s true that “wrought” is a contemporary pp of “wreak” but the similarity might be with “seek”/“sought” since “seek” and “wreak” rhyme in many dialects.

Also, the reason why “wrought” became, hmm, available for its current position is because it was fired from its job as pp for “work” (outside of fossil phrases) when the newcomer “worked” came to town. An example of how people not only like to irregularize regular verbs but just as much regularize irregular verbs.
Tenacity Audio Editor
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Content warning: German

Riedler
Riedler mastodon (AP)

Content warning: German

Gavin Starks
Gavin Starks mastodon (AP)
13 years later... what did everyone here spend their next decade doing and where are they now? https://flickr.com/photos/dgen/2647724816/

cc @mala @tomski
@Danny O'B @tomski
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Danny O'B
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I may have underestimated how long redecentralisation would take: https://flickr.com/photos/dgen/2646884129/in/photostream/
theru
theru pleroma (AP)
looking at HIFI equipment I need to ask for a pay rise
theru
theru pleroma (AP)
Good Morning # # time for a lot of #
#fediverse #tzag #coffee
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Sredni Vashtar
Sredni Vashtar friendica (via ActivityPub)
I haz tea!
@theru
theru
theru pleroma (AP)
I have hazed a lot of coffee :)
FediTips
FediTips mastodon (AP)
Write Freely is a writing platform on the Fediverse, sort of like a Fedi version of Medium.

It lets you write long form texts on the Fediverse, and people can follow your Write Freely account, so they see your latest posts.

The official site is at https://writefreely.org, you can also follow them at @writefreely

You can find instances to sign up on at https://writefreely.org/instances

There are apps available at https://writefreely.org/apps

If you are techy, there's instructions for self-hosting an instance at https://writefreely.org/start

If you aren't techy, you can still make your own Write Freely instance by using https://writefreely.host

# # # # #
#WriteFreely #Fediverse #FediTips #Medium #Alternatives @writefreely @writefreely@writing.exchange
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jezra
jezra pleroma (AP)
244cm struts
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ghostdancer
ghostdancer mastodon (AP)
Love your little jezra for scale. 👍
Fabian A. Scherschel :ver:
Fabian A. Scherschel :ver: mastodon (AP)
My office for the next weeks.
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ghostdancer
ghostdancer mastodon (AP)
Spain?
theru
theru pleroma (AP)
# to Judas Priest - Hell Patrol
#listening
Pikselkraft
Pikselkraft mastodon (AP)
[Question ouverte]
Quel matériel informatique ancien ou en cours de développement vous semble en accord avec un futur numérique souhaitable ?

Pour démarrer, l'ordinateur Galaksija :

https://notechmagazine.com/2020/07/the-galaksija-socialisms-diy-computer.html

# # # # # #
#numerique #numeriqueresponsable #sobriete #ecoconception #rse #futurnumerique
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Devine Lu Linvega
Devine Lu Linvega mastodon (AP)
si vous avez des questions, n'esitez pas
Pikselkraft
Pikselkraft mastodon (AP)
carrément, mais tu as le temps, il faut un moment pour attaquer le sujet. Merci pour l'aide encore 🙂
TuxPhones.com
TuxPhones.com mastodon (AP)
Purism # sees another (steep) price increase for 2022

https://tuxphones.com/purism-librem-5-2021-2022-price-increase/ #
#Librem5 #linux
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LINux on MOBile
LINux on MOBile mastodon (AP)
Listening to a podcast episode on about Linux Phones my # connected to my Bluetooth speaker.

(Sad that I could not be there in Mumble yesterday.)

https://linuxunplugged.com/423
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#PinePhone
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s
s pleroma (AP)
needs to be charged a lot
LINux on MOBile
LINux on MOBile mastodon (AP)
That's true, screen on battery life is not good. And you need to be able to not have a phone that's fast or is able to take amazing pictures quickly. Other then that, it's been more reliable lately, many small improvements have been slowly coming together to improve the overall experience.
Still, you need to like to tinker with a mobile Linux system for now – otherwise it won't be much fun.
Devine Lu Linvega
Devine Lu Linvega mastodon (AP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F64gQNdC8K
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#theStudio
Izzy Swart
Izzy Swart mastodon (AP)
i love Amnesia Scanner and this song was particularly wonderful... Tearless was very good in general
Alexander Cobleigh
Alexander Cobleigh mastodon (AP)
yeeeeee amnesia scanner's been a while
Devine Lu Linvega
Devine Lu Linvega mastodon (AP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V9i_zEm8r8
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#theStudio
Cβš’οΈβš’οΈ
Cβš’οΈβš’οΈ mastodon (AP)
oh long time I haven’t listened to that one! Used to love that band and the weird power-violence scene
Devine Lu Linvega
Devine Lu Linvega mastodon (AP)
saw them live once, they played for like 30 seconds, broke 20 drum sticks.
ΰΌ’ ɐΙ₯ɔǝʇɐɯ ʍǝɹpuɐ ΰΌ’
ΰΌ’ ɐΙ₯ɔǝʇɐɯ ʍǝɹpuɐ ΰΌ’ mastodon (AP)
listening to Sólveig Matthildur all day, so good

https://solveigmatthildur.bandcamp.com/track/venus

#
#theStudio
Devine Lu Linvega
Devine Lu Linvega mastodon (AP)
nice track :)
Anatoly ShashkinπŸ’Ύ
Anatoly ShashkinπŸ’Ύ mastodon (AP)
HOTDOG STAND
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ClaudioM
ClaudioM mastodon (AP)
@Darkness_89 mmmm, now that's the good stuff right there. 💯
@Darkness_89 @Darkness_89@witches.live
Jay Williams
Jay Williams mastodon (AP)
And the winter of the worst color scheme ever goes to…
Federico Mena Quintero
Federico Mena Quintero mastodon (AP)
Librsvg 2.52.0 is out! This begins the new stable release series, and represents a full year of development.

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/releases/2.52.0
Anatoly ShashkinπŸ’Ύ
Anatoly ShashkinπŸ’Ύ mastodon (AP)
Original version of the 1995 French action-adventure Time Gate: Knight's Chase (also knows as either just "Knight's Chase" or "Time Gate" depending on the region) and its 1996 update that included an SVGA option, and Windows 3.x/95 support. # #
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#DOSGaming #NotDOS
Anatoly ShashkinπŸ’Ύ
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It appears that all art has been "touched up", sometimes to the point of being nearly entirely redone.
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Anatoly ShashkinπŸ’Ύ
Anatoly ShashkinπŸ’Ύ mastodon (AP)
For decades I've heard of a similar update for Alone in the Dark 3, allegedly subtitled "Ghosts in Town", but I'm yet to find an actual archived version of it. Please check your collections.
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Yahiko, le lapinours 🐰🐻
Yahiko, le lapinours 🐰🐻 mastodon (AP)
This box art is amazing !
Anatoly ShashkinπŸ’Ύ
Anatoly ShashkinπŸ’Ύ mastodon (AP)
Well, it turns out someone *did* upload Windows version of Alone in the Dark 3 to the Internet Archive, and there's absolutely nothing special about it. It renders everything in 320x200, and you have an option to stretch that to either 640x400, or 960x600. Boooooring.
However, it also comes bundled with a multi-lingual Windows version of Jack in the Dark, which I didn't even know existed. Same limitations apply.
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thedaemon
thedaemon mastodon (AP)
Looks like they edited photos of real buildings . Looks good.
Devine Lu Linvega
Devine Lu Linvega mastodon (AP)
Just released a massive patch to Noodle, trying to clean things up a bit, I have an idea for a series of 1-bit drawings for it.
https://git.sr.ht/~rabbits/noodle/tree/main/item/src/main.tal
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thedaemon
thedaemon mastodon (AP)
awesome going to have to pull the new features!! Thank you
Devine Lu Linvega
Devine Lu Linvega mastodon (AP)
enjoy! lemme know if you have feedback :)
Devine Lu Linvega
Devine Lu Linvega mastodon (AP)
When you don’t create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. Your tastes only narrow and exclude people. so create.

— Why the Lucky Stiff
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Cosmic Tortoise
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I miss him.

I would say I should go back to learning Ruby, but I think the spirit of his philosophy can be found in other languages, such as Rebol, Factor, Racket, [every smalltalk variant], Newspeak, and of course, tal.

That said, I should learn Ruby again. It is the only Python I enjoy.
Devine Lu Linvega
Devine Lu Linvega mastodon (AP)
I ended up thinking about him after flipping through Thinking Forth, I don't know many examples of things that are visually inclined to teach programmatic things.
Cosmic Tortoise
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I honestly think the problem with learning to program is the attitude of what programming is for.

Instead of another tool to think with, to create and explore with, it is simply a skillset needed for a job in technology.

How can people ever enjoy computing when all the programming jobs are so boring? Or when the operating system itself is hostile to making programs?

Or even more pathetically, getting told that you are wasting your time if they are not learning C, C++, or Java.
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Cosmic Tortoise
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I put Thinking Forth off until I finish Starting Forth, but I am starting to realize it was an unnecessary requisite.

The language is easy, it's the planning ahead that is hard.

I will be reading it next.
Devine Lu Linvega
Devine Lu Linvega mastodon (AP)
starting forth is better in my opinion, but I just like that someone was both a programmer and artist and took it upon himself to bring people into that world.
Cosmic Tortoise
Cosmic Tortoise mastodon (AP)
Perhaps if I actually read these books I would be an adequate programmer by now.
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Devine Lu Linvega
Devine Lu Linvega mastodon (AP)
haha, I think that comes with actually programming, but I haven't found how to be adequate either so..
Cosmic Tortoise
Cosmic Tortoise mastodon (AP)
Still, I can do a lot better than be a shitty librarian. Won't bore you with the rest of it.
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Devine Lu Linvega
Devine Lu Linvega mastodon (AP)
holy crap, these are yours!?
Cosmic Tortoise
Cosmic Tortoise mastodon (AP)
I used to be part of the Forth interest group at Stanford before I moved away.

Also, there used to be the Electronic Flea Market at De Anza College, and then the parking lot of a Fry's before they went away.

I miss these things. Found electronics is the best.
Steinar
Steinar mastodon (AP)
Well, now you guys made me redownload Thinking Forth and reread parts of it. :)
Devine Lu Linvega
Devine Lu Linvega mastodon (AP)
✊
Warriorstar
Warriorstar mastodon (AP)
you just reminded me of _why

i learned ruby from his book and it was such a wonderful experience

i hope he found happiness outside of the software realm
Captain, it's Wednesday
Captain, it's Wednesday pleroma (AP)
What a week, huh?
Yikes!
Kira 🦊
Kira 🦊 mastodon (AP)
I don't usually post memes, but here is one that amused me.
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Devine Lu Linvega
Devine Lu Linvega mastodon (AP)
that made me laugh
Claes Wallin πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°
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@Kira 🦊 °F ->(handshake labeled -40)<- °C
@Kira 🦊
Devine Lu Linvega
Devine Lu Linvega mastodon (AP)
Dear #
Send book suggestions, something what would be a good match with our current reading list.
https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/reading.html
#theLibrary
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Kartik Agaram
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I described Swarm to a friend and they recommended Retrograde. And OMG it's short and perfect.
Devine Lu Linvega
Devine Lu Linvega mastodon (AP)
ah yeah, I know of it!

I've just started José Saramago's Blindness and I can't put it down-
Kira 🦊
Kira 🦊 mastodon (AP)
I got some job offers! ^__^

I just accepted a position at the university of berkeley, yay
Devine Lu Linvega
Devine Lu Linvega mastodon (AP)
🙌 well done! I'm glad :)
Kira 🦊
Kira 🦊 mastodon (AP)
Thanks!

The Academy would've been a crazy adventure, but I need some gentle healing & nurturing time 🌱
Devine Lu Linvega
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https://youtu.be/qc4PCV7QHB4
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#theStudio
sΡ‚Ο…x⚑
sΡ‚Ο…x⚑ mastodon (AP)

Inspiration4 Launch


# is targeting Wednesday, September 15 at 8:02 p.m. EDT (Thursday, September 16 at 00:02 UTC) for launch of the Inspiration4 mission – the world’s first all-civilian human spaceflight to orbit – aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from historic Launch Complex 39A at #’s Kennedy # Center in #.

Approximately three days after liftoff, # and the Inspiration4 crew will splash down at one of several possible landing sites off the Florida coast.

# #

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pv01sSq44w
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#SpaceX #NASA #Space #Florida #Dragon #Inspiration4 #Launch #NASA’s
Thomasorus (Merv. HTML Doctor)
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🔥 THE MERVEILLES HAT MACHINE IS LIVE 🔥

If you are from the Merveilles instance, go to https://hat.thomasorus.com/, read carefully about the project and how to fill the form, then put your order.

I'll keep the page live for two weeks starting from now. Contact me if you encounter any problem.
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Devine Lu Linvega
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holy shit
Josh
Josh mastodon (AP)
😂
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