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@cheryanne@aus.social
2024-03-16 08:00:24

Healthy Dad Convos
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: #GreatAusPods

Healthy Dad Convos
Screenshot of the podcast listing on the Great Australian Pods website
@qurlyjoe@mstdn.social
2024-03-16 02:17:15

@…
A couple friends were over after we met for breakfast this AM. B grew up in a Pentecostal cult his dad was the leader of, and K grew up a fairly devout Southern Baptist. They both escaped, 40 years ago, and then met at grad school. We were talking about their respective religious backgrounds, and Speaking in Tongues came up. Turns out, sometimes someon…

#Tulsi #Gabbard Tells Donald Trump Jr. How Badly She Wants To Be His Dad's Running Mate
“I’d be honored to actually be in a position to help President Trump execute his policies ... bringing the experience that I have had of being on the front lines of many of these battles and actually understanding what we’re …

@jeffbyrnes@better.boston
2024-04-15 18:24:53

Patriot’s Day here in MA means I get to spend the day being a dad b/c daycare is closed.
Gotta say, definitely beats working, especially with today’s weather! ☀️

@mlawton@mstdn.social
2024-03-16 19:18:46

Just mid-March & the grass had grown so much already that I had to mow.
This image reminds me of when
our lawnmower had broken when I was a teen & my notoriously cheap dad didn’t want to pay to have it repaired. Instead, he’d found an old, rusty rotary lawnmower from the 40s in my grandfather’s garage. I mowed with it for a few weeks, raging every time it would bind on long grass & abruptly halt. The neighbors asked if we were Amish. Shockingly ignorant, but was the …

Animated gif with a black and white drawn image of a man mowing his lawn with an old fashioned rotary push mower.
@soundclamp@mastodon.xyz
2024-05-16 22:33:04

For #ThingThursday, here’s a #VanCort “Dragonfly” dioptric kaleidoscope made of dyed birch wood, glass, and brass from 1987, which belonged to my dad. It was made by a husband and wife business who specialized in making handcrafted, 18th and 19th century instruments from 1979 until 2003.

A closeup color photo of me holding my green birch wood Dragonfly kaleidoscope in the palm of my hand wherein you can see the prismatic glass in front.
A closeup color photo of me holding my green birch wood Dragonfly kaleidoscope in the palm of my hand wherein you can see the viewfinder in the back.
A closeup color photo of me holding my green birch wood Dragonfly kaleidoscope in the palm of my hand wherein you can see it snuggled in the plain birch wood box (lined with green felt) I keep it in.
@wraithe@mastodon.social
2024-03-10 14:45:05

Happy 7th anniversary of “Kids zoombomb your BBC segment for those who celebrate!
yahoo.com/lifestyle/bbc-dad-ki

BBC segment in which kids “photo bomb” dad, while mother swoops in like a superhero and sweeps the kids out.
@aredridel@kolektiva.social
2024-03-14 22:47:47

Twelve bucks a gallon and a per-mile accounting requirement too.
tutoteket.no/@forteller/112091

@servelan@newsie.social
2024-03-14 20:12:22

What it's like to be #Autistic? This is my sense of humor (plus dad jokes and puns).

Online post from Mrs. Councillor Nugent, an obvious pseudonym:  I've had both Moderna and Pfizer.  If I'm dual vaxxed, does it violate Leviticus?
@whophd@ioc.exchange
2024-04-16 13:40:27

@…
Happy Belated 20th birthday, Mac mini!
In my defence I didn’t get the G4 one until Tiger 10.4 later in 2004. My dad tried to train my mum on it but nearly threw the mouse across the room because he only knew Windows.
(Apparently “Front Row” and the included little white remote control didn’t sway him).
All good though — 10 years later I ne…

@darkrat@chaosfurs.social
2024-04-13 00:26:01

(Source: emperorsofmischief on Instagram: #rats

OPs dad built small cars for pet rats. They quickly learn to drive around in them

Kuzko & Kronk on Instagram: "And now the debut of an exciting new talent Kuzko and Kronk have been working on behind the scenes…. 🏎️ That’s right: These two boys are going for their driver’s license! Has anyone here read about the study from the University of Richmond about how enriched environments affect stress responses? 🤔 In it, scientists taught rats to drive tiny cars, and found the experience of learning and acquiring mastery over a new skill decreased their stress hormones. 🧠☺️ Kuzko and Kronk are definitely happy, curious boys and lifelong learners… but we had no idea they’d get the same opportunity to challenge themselves until my mechanically-gifted dad surprised us with two little cars for them that he’d built himself!! 🤩 The controls are pretty straightforward: middle pedal goes forward, left pedal turns the car left, right pedal turns it right. 🚘 It really didn’t take Kuzko and Kronk long to experiment with their new hot rods. At first we rewarded them for any interaction with the buttons. 🙌 Then, as they began to make associations with what each button did, we slowly increased the threshold of accuracy required before they got their treat. Eventually, they came to understand their task was to manoeuvre the car so that the portholes in the windshield aligned with wherever we held a delicious rice puff. 🧭 After only a couple months of 5-10 minute lessons each day, we’ve been blown away by how skilled Kuzko and Kronk have become at accurately turning and accelerating their cars! True to the study, they do seem to enjoy their nightly practice. We removed the back doors a while ago to give them full autonomy, and now when the cars come out the rats are quick to jump in on their own and hit the gas! 🤠 There’s way more great footage of these two speedsters to come, so stay tuned for future reels showcasing the advancements Kuzko and Kronk are making in their driving prowess! 🤗 #rescuerats #adoptdontshop #ratrods #ratstagram #ratsofinstagram #rats"
309K likes, 2,210 comments - emperorsofmischiefApril 9, 2024 on : "And now the debut of an exciting new talent Kuzko and Kronk have been working on behind the scenes…. 🏎️ That’s right: These tw..."

@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2024-05-04 14:13:34

Next part of my dad's HiFi is trying to understand his home built amp; it needs a bit of a front clean but was working OK. It's dated 1977, but has obviously been tinkered with over time - the power transistors on the back are dated from early 70's before I was born, but then there's a little preamp in there from mid-90's; so I need to figure it out.
#electronics

The underside of my dad's hifi amp; a big fat capacitor sits next to a torroidal transformer; wires run from siwtches and potentiometers on the front panel to the hand soldered board and sockets on the back.
The top of my dad's amplifier; more handbuilt boards - a mix of perf board and copper clad (just used as ground plain rather than PCB).
The front panel of my dad's amplifier;  headed 'G3OAG - 1977' - there are spun aluminium knobs, a headphone jack, a power light and a power switch.  There's warn letraset labelling.  It needs a clean.
The back panel of my dad's amplifier; it's painted matt black; there are two large heatsinks with power transistors mounted on them, dated from the early 70's.  Two (strangely) large plugs are for the speakers, and a set of 5 DIN plugs are for inputs, one is for record output, another unlabelled one is for connection to a graphic equaliser.  There are two mystery pots with locking rings on.  It's labelled with white Letraset.
@grumpybozo@toad.social
2024-05-11 22:06:03

SWMBO’s ex / stepson’s Dad has “died, apparently because of a homicide” to quote the very uncomfortable cop who came to our door seeking the Eldest Spawn. Cop wouldn’t talk to me, so I thought he might have done something stupid like ignore a traffic ticket but no, Cop was just passing along contact info for the detective from 3 towns over who urgently needs to speak with him. About his Dad being dead. No clue why he didn’t hear from his Stepmom, although I’m sure she is Having A Day…

@wyliesau@noauthority.social
2024-02-26 11:38:50

A wholesome tweet (kind of)
x.com/giammacool/status/176176

@aredridel@kolektiva.social
2024-03-14 22:47:47

Twelve bucks a gallon and a per-mile accounting requirement too.
tutoteket.no/@forteller/112091

@Xavier@infosec.exchange
2024-04-14 01:26:40

Hey everyone! I wanted to thank everyone for their heartfelt replies and to let y'all know that my son's 18th birthday party was a wonderful success. After hearing him complaining about the lack of friends at his party, we talked about a few ideas. We decided to tap his siblings' friends. That's the plus side of a large family. We were able to fill up the party room at the local arcade/bowling alley/laser tag place.
Again, thank you for supporting this old dad. While he might be the sixth kid I've raised, I still need help from time to time.
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@KingShawn@mastodon.social
2024-03-29 21:41:37

As a guy who sadly will never have the blessing of being a father, I'm unreasonably happy that Murphy gets to be a dad!
"Eagle Who Thought Rock Was an Egg Finally Gets to Be a Dad"
smithsonianmag.com/smart-ne…

@bikepedantic@transportation.social
2024-04-12 13:01:19

Did we #BikeBus in the pouring rain? YUP.

Wet helmeted smiling kid in foreground, wet helmeted smiling dad in background, riding a cargobike
@tgpo@social.linux.pizza
2024-03-13 12:04:45

My Dad: What, were you raised in a barn?
Me: Nay

@lmc@mastodon.social
2024-03-08 20:10:53

happy birthday to my dad who died almost 30 years ago - this is my favorite picture of all of us. My mom died and he became a widower at 28 with three little kids, he was just the best dad. Also this is my favorite picture of me (on the left).

@grifferz@social.bitfolk.com
2024-05-09 14:40:45

Her: Come and look at this thing
Me: Is it important?
Her: Yes, dad's found it in his shed and says you won't like it for our house.
Me: Since when do you care about my opinion for anything in our house?
Her: Yeah I just want to prove dad wrong.

A sign from the railway station Wembley Stadium in maroon with gold lettering.
@bourgwick@heads.social
2024-05-11 15:04:22

a vintage 1978 interview with larry cuba, my dad's old experimental #animation buddy who designed/animated the targeting computer in the original #StarWars. we once crashed at larry's place & wondered why his abstract sculpture collection looked so familiar before discovering they were piec…

the grid like targeting computer from Star Wars
@rae@bne.social
2024-05-13 02:34:56

Since my Dad gave me a pocket knife when I was about eight, I've always carried a pocket knife of one sort of another. About twenty years ago I was given a classic Swiss Army knife and mostly it lives in the bottom of my EDC satchel. Realised yesterday that since the laws changed in NSW, I could be arrested for having one in public.

Swiss army knife
@ehud@scholar.social
2024-04-11 12:55:37

- Dad, did someone invent proof by contradiction?
- well… let’s assume that no one did…

@MamasPinkyToe@mastodon.world
2024-03-13 00:02:07

He did it every Sunday, after mowing the grass. He would put up his feet, open a beer, and watch a movie about the theft of a Gatling gun. That was the high point of your dad's week.

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2024-03-01 19:46:17

2024 NFL Draft: Clemson's Jeremiah Trotter Jr. says it'd be 'blessing to play' for Eagles like his All-Pro dad

cbsspo…

@Defiance@sfba.social
2024-03-11 19:00:13

Birthday Girl DC - “Chess Not Checkers” (2023)
Cool new DC-area all female band lead by Mabel Canty. Her dad is Brendan Canty (Rites of Spring, Fugazi, The Messthetics). He recorded and produced this debut album.
It’s rather mellow indie rock, with this track being a highlight imho.
#AlternativeRock

@aardrian@toot.cafe
2024-03-04 14:23:45

A common refrain from the older folks in my life:
“I asked my father if he considered himself disabled, or someone who had a disability, or was deaf. He answered no, no, and no.”
lflegal.com/2024/02/accessibil

@AmkiTakk@blorbo.social
2024-05-06 11:39:28

Random HB thought : I think it's sweet that Loona sometimes slips up and calls Blitz dad even though she was almost an adult when he adopted her. Like, it says A LOT about how much he impacted her life in so little time that calling him dad is almost a reflex.
#HelluvaBoss

@johl@mastodon.xyz
2024-03-10 19:27:23

Today is the seventh anniversary of political analyst Robert E Kelly being interviewed by the BBC about North Korea when his then-four-year-old daughter barged into the room with her baby brother following. A novelty in 2017, many of us experienced a variation of that scene in our own lives during the years following 2020. BBC interview Dad was simply ahead of the times.

@threeofus@mstdn.social
2024-05-12 10:14:48

Ended up calling the police on my ex wife on Wednesday. I’ve never called the police before. I wish it wasn’t necessary. Hoping that she’ll stick to the shared parenting arrangements now, however I think it will just have upped the ante. Pretty certain it will all have to go to a judge in due course. You’d think it was pretty reasonable for a dad to have his kids over for 2 nights a week without any drama from her, wouldn’t you?

@wyliesau@noauthority.social
2024-02-26 11:38:50

A wholesome tweet (kind of)
x.com/giammacool/status/176176

@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2024-05-13 14:15:35

Spent an hour shining the knobs off my dad's amp; much better than they were, but there's something on the top of some that wont come off even with some iso and general household cleaner.

11 spun aluminium control knobs off an amplifier.  Mostly shiny.
@kevin@social.losno.co
2024-05-11 14:57:20
Content warning: Last night I had the strangest dream...

Last night I had the strangest dream...
A (former?) crush was somehow living in our house, and they look so much like my dad that it spooked me out... even though they're a bit younger than me...

@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2024-05-09 13:25:22
Content warning:

Let's have fun with a #FathersDay poll: Who is the best dad on Mount Olympus?
Comment if your choice is not among the options!
#mythology #GreekMythology @…

@grumpybozo@toad.social
2024-04-13 14:20:58

As the Dad of a 21-week preemie who died, a 23-week preemie who lives, and as a 30-week preemie myself.
No: not if it means offering more traumatized parents more uncertain efforts to save ever smaller babies.
It is already soul-flaying to have an early preemie. Many die. How a 23-week preemie *or a 30-week preemie* fares is a dice toss.
(My attempt to elaborate on that was just too hard.)

@player_03@peoplemaking.games
2024-04-05 19:42:21

#WordWeavers April 5: SC POV: Who is your favorite person to be around?
Child:
Uhhhh.... Can I say the Bunny? 'Cause if not I'd have to pick between Dad and the Angel, 'cause there's no one else coming with us.
...
Don't tell him, but Dad's no fun these days. It's like, yes Dad, I know the Angel's mean and bad, but can we talk about anythin…

@Xavier@infosec.exchange
2024-04-14 01:26:40

Hey everyone! I wanted to thank everyone for their heartfelt replies and to let y'all know that my son's 18th birthday party was a wonderful success. After hearing him complaining about the lack of friends at his party, we talked about a few ideas. We decided to tap his siblings' friends. That's the plus side of a large family. We were able to fill up the party room at the local arcade/bowling alley/laser tag place.
Again, thank you for supporting this old dad. While he might be the sixth kid I've raised, I still need help from time to time.
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@zachklipp@androiddev.social
2024-03-08 03:31:24

Photography nerds: my dad is a photographer but has been out of the scene for a while. He said his dream camera would probably be a mirrorless body with a 1000mm telephoto lens. What would you recommend?

@gray17@mastodon.social
2024-04-05 05:53:18

Bob: As Santayana once said, the best time to prepare your political campaign is before you were born. The next best time is now.
Cal: Am I on the ballot?
Bob: No. Our sim identified your dad as the write-in winner 62% of the time, but then he died rescuing puppies from a burning barn. You'll take his place.
Cal: I love puppies! Ok, I'll help the puppies vote for my dad!
Bob (aside): Are any of Ed's other kids available?
Dan: Just the physicist.

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@ben@a11y.info
2024-03-02 21:26:05

Every once in a while, I'm reminded of how lacking #accessibility's outreach to seniors aging into disability can be, meaning access tools may never make it into the hands of people who could really use them.
This piece from @… reflecting her and her fa…

@tenderlove@mastodon.social
2024-05-06 05:33:03

Cat dad

@jae@mastodon.me.uk
2024-02-29 12:32:42

I’ll be very honest. I am feeling multiple sides to this.
On the one hand I’m very glad to know there are people who support me and the trans community. Great job on realising the trans person might not be up for someone coming up to them.
On the other hand, I don’t always want to be clocked as being trans. Sometimes I just want someone to see me as Jae and not as me being trans. Sometimes having someone notice I’m trans is actually hard to deal with.

@fcktheworld587@social.linux.pizza
2024-03-30 00:39:12
Content warning:

The Virgin step dad vs the Chad dad who stepped up

@servelan@newsie.social
2024-04-01 17:53:42

Class action says jails stopped live visits to turn profit on streaming services
lawandcrime.com/civil-rights/i

@tschfflr@fediscience.org
2024-03-08 06:20:40

I’m taking my 16yo daughter to the protest for international women’s day today!* 💪
Daughter: You should come too, dad!
*18:00, #bochum hbf

@azonenberg@ioc.exchange
2024-02-18 03:33:25

PSA: if you ever find yourself in need of a horrible pun on short notice, you can just grab one from the US Government Strategic Dad Joke Stockpile.
Yes, this is a real taxpayer funded resource. fatherhood.gov/for-dads/dad-jo
Use this knowledge wisely…

@cooljeaniusbot@botsin.space
2024-05-13 09:26:58

Example of Trump's racism: when his dad, Fred, was arrested at a Klan rally in 1927

@freegames@mastodon.pnpde.social
2024-05-09 19:00:04

Electrician Simulator
Take over the family business from your Dad and become an electrician. Learn the basics and test your skills in the Electrician Simulator. Repair and assemble sockets, panels, strips, plugs, chandeliers and even change light bulbs. Oh... and don't mix up the wires! Results might be shocking.

@MamasPinkyToe@mastodon.world
2024-03-13 00:02:07

He did it every Sunday, after mowing the grass. He would put up his feet, open a beer, and watch a movie about the theft of a Gatling gun. That was the high point of your dad's week.

@cliffwade@allthingstech.social
2024-03-29 20:56:36

The wife and I also went to Lowe's today and bought some new flowers.
We got a red rose in honor of her mother who passed away February 2023 due to cancer, since we already have a yellow rose in honor of my dad who passed away July 2021.
Celosia is the little plant with various colored flowers, then a dark orange and yellow pansy, and a white and purple dianthus.
#Plants

We got a red rose in honor of her mother who passed away February 2023 due to cancer, since we already have a yellow rose in honor of my dad who passed away July 2021.

Celosia is the little plant with various colored flowers, then a dark orange and yellow pansy, and a white and purple dianthus.
@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2024-05-13 14:15:35

Spent an hour shining the knobs off my dad's amp; much better than they were, but there's something on the top of some that wont come off even with some iso and general household cleaner.

11 spun aluminium control knobs off an amplifier.  Mostly shiny.
@samvarma@fosstodon.org
2024-03-08 15:00:50

As the dad of teens I can confirm that this is mad gas bro
From: @…
botsin.space/@kottke/112050785

@emarktaylor@thecanadian.social
2024-04-06 22:54:35

@… @… #MLB #Baseball

CJ Nitkowski  @CJNitkowski 

My wife had an odd way of comforting my son after a rough pitching outing yesterday, “Well, at least you still get to live in our house. When dad pitched bad we usually had to move.”
@wyliesau@noauthority.social
2024-04-12 10:45:56

Donkey vs. Chicken
🤣😂🤣
x.com/buzzy__gran/status/17784

@texttheater@mastodon.social
2024-03-06 02:39:17

We thought of N. as roughly our age, but then her dad visited and *he* was roughly our age, so

@laxsill@social.spejset.org
2024-05-05 05:25:36

blir ju sugen på "dad and son"-konceptet designkippah.com/

@m0les@aus.social
2024-03-07 11:58:25

Cleaning up my dad's place: This is a doorstop my mum made (It's a brick upholstered in felt to look a bit like a terrace house). It's a bit dusty and moth-eaten and I'm wondering if I should bin it or not.

A doorstop shaped like a house brick sitting on its end. It is covered in various grey, blue, white and green felt panels to look like a 2 storey + attic terrace house.
@risottobias@tech.lgbt
2024-05-05 15:28:40

it's annoying that people who have lots moralize the strategies people who don't have use to survive.
on the flip side, it's hard to not be over-pampering.
common learned strategies:
- resource hunting (asking dad vs mom, or a less experienced volunteer when the shift lead says no)
- fragmenting for assistance (slightly different requests to many people)
- hoarding (if you've never endured scarcity you might not get this)
Nothing wrong with that strategy, just we're also trying to help out the polite / hesitant folks who don't vouch for themselves
or dealing with a limited "one phone per family" budget because money in a charity is f-ing tight.
assume the best of the people you're trying to help, but don't commit the org to promises (even saying maybe can be seen as commitment that might backfire) - call the case manager and let them work it out.
trying to avoid codependency and encouraging them to try it themselves / gain confidence in a new place, encourage independence and self sufficiency.

@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2024-05-09 13:25:22
Content warning:

Let's have fun with a #FathersDay poll: Who is the best dad on Mount Olympus?
Comment if your choice is not among the options!
#mythology #GreekMythology @…

@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2024-05-13 20:24:58

I saw the obit for Roger Corman in the paper; I haven't seen it on any news.
I grew up watching a bunch of the 1960's horror films with my dad; 'The Man with the X-Ray Eyes' and the Vincent Price set including 'The Masque of the Red Death' are the ones that particularly come to mind.

@ampersine@mastodon.online
2024-04-03 19:15:17

Back to the original #BigLie:
Once upon a time, 2000 years ago, a guy we call "Joseph" didn't want to tell his girlfriend's dad that he'd knocked her up. Hakeem would have been big mad. So they made up a story wherein she'd basically been raped by a ghost (who, by the way, also happened to create the whole world; pretty spiffy!).
Over the centuries, this big…

The Independent
Trump compares himself to Jesus Christ – again

‘He’s playing to a growing GOP faction that wants America to be [a] white Christian Nationalist state, with Donald Trump as a divine ruler,’ says Robert Reich, Clinton’s labour secretary
Gustaf Kilander
Washington, DC
Tuesday 26 March 2024 14:11
@formschub@fnordon.de
2024-03-30 16:59:25

The Walking Dad.
#wanderfilme

@tenderlove@mastodon.social
2024-05-06 05:33:03

Cat dad

@samerfarha@mastodon.social
2024-04-05 01:11:23

This week has been rough and I needed some comfort food. Dad used to make arayes for us and, because I was a difficult child, I used to eat it with ketchup.
Homemade bread, homemade kefta and, not pictured, homemade ketchup.

Arayes (Arabic bread stuffed with kefta and cooked in a pan) resting on a cutting board
The same arayes, but cut into three for easier eating, on a plate with a big red water bottle behind it

Definitely in my families. Worth wearing it for a few weeks at a time. I'll loan it to my wife sometime soon. Her mom's mental health declined because of it, and she died too early. The one I have was a gift from us kids to Dad, because of his heart problems.
We'd buy another for my wife in a heartbeat, but she doesn't want it--yet.
#HeartHealth Heartfelt gratitude to

@zachleat@zachleat.com
2024-04-26 17:59:18

@… @… I learned it from you dad!!

@randombaywatch@mastodon.social
2024-04-04 06:21:07

Wholesome family entertainment about a single dad who loves his job, and just occasionally, accidentally sees some #EyeCandy while on the job.
Season 3 Episode 1 "River of No Return: part 1"
#RandomBaywatch

@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2024-05-13 20:24:58

I saw the obit for Roger Corman in the paper; I haven't seen it on any news.
I grew up watching a bunch of the 1960's horror films with my dad; 'The Man with the X-Ray Eyes' and the Vincent Price set including 'The Masque of the Red Death' are the ones that particularly come to mind.

@publicvoit@graz.social
2024-04-25 18:43:30

My 77 year old dad started to learn English for the first time of his life today. 🤓👍🤩
#Duolingo

@crell@phpc.social
2024-04-27 20:22:29

This is the most American thing I've ever seen, and I kinda love it.
tacticalbabygear.com/

@Kencf618033@social.linux.pizza
2024-05-02 14:32:55

Busy bee, busy bee... Paid bills. bought smart watch on sale to track sleep cycle... Safe deposit box fu w/Mother (who had a life before she met Dad)... Weeding the front yard by increments...
#cicnyzilska (replaces #TealLensman because I'm pretentious, and after all, it's…

@mikebabyak@musicians.today
2024-03-01 16:47:44

1/4
1/
#FlashbackFriday Attic box cleaning.
My little brother Kevin Babyak flexing. Maybe 8th grade? A born athlete. Was already practicing with the varsity soccer squad by this time. Here's two great little stories about his athleticism.
The first one is from when my dad was replacing the roof on our one story ranch home. This would have been when Kevin was ve…

Young shirtless boy flexing in mock strongman pose.
@qurlyjoe@mstdn.social
2024-05-07 12:15:32

Me and the wife, 50 years ago, today.

Photo of a white man with long dark hair and a beard wearing a tan suit with a red tie, standing next to a white woman with a Bob haircut and glasses wearing a white suit dress, in front of a wall with vertical stripes, taken at their wedding reception 50 years ago today. This is the only pictorial evidence of our wedding. Married by a judge wearing plaid golf pants under his robe, witnessed by our respective parents, my dad was supposed to take pictures but he’d loaded the camera wrong so ther…
@brian_gettler@mas.to
2024-04-25 23:31:20

Kid2: No one says "OMG" anymore, Dad. That's so old school.

@servelan@newsie.social
2024-03-04 16:01:00

Conservative Media Elevated and Enabled a Ranting, Rage-Filled Anti-#Trans Dad in California — Assigned
assignedmedia.org/breaking-new

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2024-05-11 02:29:26

Jerry Rice 'hot' over son Brenden's draft tumble espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/401228

@emarktaylor@thecanadian.social
2024-04-06 22:54:35

@… @… #MLB #Baseball

CJ Nitkowski  @CJNitkowski 

My wife had an odd way of comforting my son after a rough pitching outing yesterday, “Well, at least you still get to live in our house. When dad pitched bad we usually had to move.”
@risottobias@tech.lgbt
2024-05-05 15:28:40

it's annoying that people who have lots moralize the strategies people who don't have use to survive.
on the flip side, it's hard to not be over-pampering.
common learned strategies:
- resource hunting (asking dad vs mom, or a less experienced volunteer when the shift lead says no)
- fragmenting for assistance (slightly different requests to many people)
- hoarding (if you've never endured scarcity you might not get this)
Nothing wrong with that strategy, just we're also trying to help out the polite / hesitant folks who don't vouch for themselves
or dealing with a limited "one phone per family" budget because money in a charity is f-ing tight.
assume the best of the people you're trying to help, but don't commit the org to promises (even saying maybe can be seen as commitment that might backfire) - call the case manager and let them work it out.
trying to avoid codependency and encouraging them to try it themselves / gain confidence in a new place, encourage independence and self sufficiency.

@bourgwick@heads.social
2024-04-02 19:19:58

we own these albert ayler LPs because john sinclair recommended them to his brother who in turn recommended them to my dad & every other member of their SDS section circa 1965, which very coincidentally also included my future partner's father, who likewise bought one, neither of them regular out #jazz listeners. peace to john sinclair! dope & fucking in the streets, too, while we're a…

trio of Albert Ayler LPs
@lmc@mastodon.social
2024-03-31 16:35:30

Back in the 70s my dad was a high school principal and the students had him pose for a yearbook centerfold but whoever had power said no to including it, so on their own the kids printed it and glued it in each book. Anyway it's my favorite Easter photo.
#TheKidsAreAllRight #HappyEaster

Man in a bunny suit lying on a pile of pillows holding a carrot in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other.
@m0les@aus.social
2024-03-05 06:29:49

Cleaning up my dad's place: Found a few more classic maps to give to Lifeline.

A folding road map from the long gone Golden Fleece service station chain. The front text read:
"
ROAD MAP
OF QUEENSLAND
[Golden Fleece logo]
With the Compliments of
H. C. SLEIGH LIMITED
ALL AUSTRALIAN - ESTABLISHED 1895
"
Four Japanese folding maps. From left to right these are:
* Western Japan
* Southern Japan
* Japan/Tokyo
* Tourist map of Tokyo
@servelan@newsie.social
2024-03-24 17:35:16

Because he's laughable, or because 'no money, no money, no money'? 😜
Eric Trump says he was laughed at while attempting to secure his dad's $454 million bond | Salon.com
salon.com/2024/03/24/eric-says

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2024-04-25 19:44:34

'Daddy's little quarterback': J.J. McCarthy's father manifested his reality espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/400239

@wyliesau@noauthority.social
2024-03-06 19:08:45

W for the dad 👍🏻

@bourgwick@heads.social
2024-04-02 19:19:58

we own these albert ayler LPs because john sinclair recommended them to his brother who in turn recommended them to my dad & every other member of their SDS section circa 1965, which very coincidentally also included my future partner's father, who likewise bought one, neither of them regular out #jazz listeners. peace to john sinclair! dope & fucking in the streets, too, while we're a…

trio of Albert Ayler LPs
@grumpybozo@toad.social
2024-05-05 16:20:43

Asimov is underappreciated as an educator.
When I was a kid, my Dad bought every one of the paperback collections of his science essays as they came out (buying a SF mag was beneath him) and I read all of them through the early 80’s. That got me into his other stuff, starting with his other non-fiction. His huge range of topics is largely to blame for the breadth of my interests.

@emarktaylor@thecanadian.social
2024-03-03 19:47:27

#NoContextBrits
Via No Context Brits @NoContextBrits
·
58m

Text Message Today 21:07 

Dad there's a spider in the living room. Can you take it out? 

Took it out. Pretty nice fella He's a web developer
@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2024-04-25 19:44:34

'Daddy's little quarterback': J.J. McCarthy's father manifested his reality espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/400239

@m0les@aus.social
2024-03-03 09:46:10

Cleaning up my dad's place: another classic. Anyone want a non-specialised copy of the holy trilogy on mighty, mighty #VHS?

@qurlyjoe@mstdn.social
2024-04-28 02:21:42

I was about 6 years old when I figured out how to whistle. Don’t recall why, or how long I’d been trying, just the moment it happened. I was so proud, I went immediately into my parents’ bedroom and whistled loudly at my father’s face. Maybe 6am. On a Sunday. He was not best pleased, my dad. I could tell that right away. I think I whistle today because of what happened next, which I don’t remember. Just a feeling, I guess. It was a while before I whistled again.

@servelan@newsie.social
2024-03-23 17:30:21

A double life exposed: Ohio engineer and dad was Rwanda genocide perpetrator, prosecutors say | The Independent
independent.co.uk/news/world/a

@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2024-03-06 19:02:59

Anyone know a list of *old* UK callsigns? I have a card from a GD4IA, Stan Baylis (?) from 1958 that my dad, as a SWL at the time, received in reply to a report.
I guess GD was still IoM ?
[Edit: Got it! Thanks Andreas]
#hamradio

@m0les@aus.social
2024-03-03 07:48:13

Cleaning up my dad's place: What am I bid for this classic Australian original?

A Telecom Australia Alcatel Touchfone 200 desktop telephone. Made in Australia in the 1990's. The phone is mainly made of off-white plastic with grey rubber keys and grey coiled cord to the handset.
@servelan@newsie.social
2024-02-22 03:18:53

Meghan McCain on Twitter: "Kari Lake is trying to walk back her continued attacks on my Dad (& family) and all of his loyal supporters after telling them to “get the hell out”. Guess she realized she can’t become a Senator without us. No peace, bitch. We see you for who you are - and are repulsed by it."

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2024-03-04 23:41:06

Dak Prescott 'definitely confident' he'll get extension done with Cowboys nfl.com/news/dak-prescott-defi