Notices by Algot (algot@mastodon.art), page 20

Full of soup and a soft pretzel.
Next for a nap. I will rest well.
Baseball in the background.
No, don't turn up the TV sound.

#SmallPoems

Just heard a story about some rap musicians.

I wonder how it will wrap up.

baseballs on the grass
kids run between the bases
little league's in play

#SundayHaiku
#CLMOOC
#SmallPoems

#WordOfTheDay

aginer
(also agginer, ag'in'er, aginner)

/əˈɡɪnə/
noun
US
informal
A person who is against something; a person having a habitually negative attitude; one who opposes any change as a matter of principle.

Origin
From agin, regional and colloquial variant of again + -er.

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I'm an aginer when it comes to social justice. I want perks for me and mine. If a program is designed to help "others", I am against it.

Which cost more: bags by Coach or coaches by Baggs?

What kind of dream is a meme?
Could it just be a silent scream?
Or perhaps a tricky marketing scheme?
This rhyme has no other theme.

#SmallPoems

Fresh Pond Mall

Stagnant Pond Mall

If you hold your teacup at the edge of your lap, does that make you chai knees?

New game idea:

Probiotics vs. Amateur biotics.

Yes, I do love the rain
Though, sometimes' it's a pain
If it comes too often or too much
Causing floods and other such.

Sunshine and fair breezes
Can also bring on sneezes.
So let us share this oath
To smile when we see both.

#SmallPoems

" Adobe is warning some owners of its Creative Cloud software applications that they’re no longer allowed to use older versions of the software. It’s yet another example of how in the modern era, you increasingly don’t actually own the things you’ve spent your hard-earned money on."

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a3xk3p/adobe-tells-users-they-can-get-sued-for-using-old-versions-of-photoshop

I replaced a spring yesterday in a very old lock. Will I be sued by modern electronic lock makers for infringement on their rights?

Corporate death throes?

Dump proprietary software.

Weed/Wildflower Wednesday

A couple of plants at the roadside:

Garlic Mustard (4 white petals) - considered very invasive in New England. Lots of tenacious runner/rhizome roots, tough to eradicate.

Poison Ivy (three early shiny leaflets and eventually thick, climbing vines on trees)

Western Poison Oak is another species in the same genus. Some people call Poison Ivy, Poison Oak.

#weeds
#wildflower

I finally found a “dirty” inking #art style that suits me.

#ttrpg #OSR #dnd

OK, this is a "boosts needed" post, please boost this if you see it. At least one organisation I'm involved in has a major problem in that it runs online and needs to be able to ballot members, and just about all the easy services for doing so aren't GDPR compliant.

Would anyone be interested in clubbing together to try and run a Euro-side, compliant server of CIVS or a similar e-voting system that could be used by community groups, activist orgs, and so on?

#democracy #cooperatives