@Techmeme@techhub.socialGrow a Garden, a simple farming simulator game made within Roblox, hit 16.4M active players on June 14, surpassing other popular games' peak concurrent users (Kieran Press-Reynolds/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/arts/grow-garden-roblo…
@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyzStopped off in town, Broadmarsh area. Sat on a rock for a bit and read my book.
I don't often go into town these days, but I was reminded of this nice little garden area when the May Day march met round the corner the other week, and I thought I would have a rest there today before coming home.
Lovely to see the flowers growing there now. I really like that the city council went in that direction for that bit of the land.
#Nottingham #BloomScrolling
@simon_lucy@mastodon.socialOne of the young starlings, now quite independent.
@brian_gettler@mas.toThe first true garden products of the season - rhubarb jam and syrup! The second is the perfect ingredient for homemade soda/cocktails on a hot summer day. In a few years, when the plants are a bit older, we'll get much more.
#gardening #cooking
@bici@mastodon.social"Vancouver has 22 civic libraries. Victoria has 12. The streets of these two cities, however, have well over 1,000 unincorporated “little libraries”. You’ve seen them, of course. Those quaint little bird-house structures, placed along sidewalks, usually with a glassed-in front to keep the contents safe from the elements. Inside these little boxes there is always the oddest selection of books, and almost always something that will pique your interest. "
@georgiamuseum@glammr.us
@gscherer2@social.linux.pizzaPond slider on a rock. Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, California, USA. March, 2025. #santabarbarabotanicgarden #reptile #turtle
@markhburton@mstdn.socialNew study finds glyphosate unsafe at any dose.
Glyphosate is widely on sale in garden centres and DiY shops, including B&Q.
Carcinogenic effects of long-term exposure from prenatal life to glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides in Sprague–Dawley rats | Environmental Health | Full Text
https://
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #WordsAndMusic
Max Richter & Max Richter:
🎵 Three Worlds - Music from Woolf Works: In the Garden
#MaxRichter
https://open.spotify.com/track/1x9mP6x7YvKeduQmP3v045
@cdarwin@c.imJack Ciattarelli, a former state legislator endorsed by Donald Trump won the Republican nomination quickly Tuesday evening.
Rep. Mikie Sherrill, a former Navy pilot and federal prosecutor, won on the Democratic side, beating out five competitors.
New Jersey is one of two states, along with Virginia, hosting a high-stakes gubernatorial contest this year.
@lindawoodrow@mastodon.socialMinestrone soup, all out of the garden bar the parmesan on top, on this cold night. #permaculture #retrosuburbia #fromthegarden
@jaygooby@mastodon.socialSat in the garden and read this (admittedly short) book cover to cover.
Fab Sunday afternoon
@paulbusch@mstdn.caIt's only a week away until the moving truck arrives and puts an end to our 16 years in Caledon. Today, I'm taking some time to squeeze in 9 holes of golf with my brother, who has a cottage close to our new home. My car is packed with 11 different plants that we split from our current garden, over 70 individual plants for the new house. Two planters will have to wait for the next trip.
#Moving #Gardening
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Cut Chemist:
🎵 The Garden
#CutChemist
https://theotherside1.bandcamp.com/track/31-cut-chemist-the-garden
https://open.spotify.com/track/5Tp97LcL45G82uC6vaLvt5
@leftsidestory@mstdn.socialNatura Urbana IX 🏡
城市自然 IX 🏡
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️Ilford FP4 Plus, expired 1995
buy me ☕️ ?/请我喝杯☕️？
#filmphotography
@wvmierlo@zirk.usGarden at Pierrepont Holme Hall, February 2025
#photography #heritagephotography #historichouses #blackandwhite
@shaun@mastodon.xyzGot root?
I figured this spider plant would be a bit rootbound after 3 years in the same container, but I wasn't expecting _this_! Poor thing has been detangled some and potted up. Snipped off 9 babies and stuck them in the greenhouse while I was at it, to give away later in the year, because everyone needs more spider plants.
#garden
@isewvinyl@sunny.gardenSurvey: Q1 How big is your phone? What else would you carry in a belt bag? I made some that fit my iPhone 11 hard case (I made these 6.5”x5” x2”), but know other people carry bigger phones and more stuff...
Q2 These fit 32-43” waist (adjustable). In future bags what waist size range should I make? Maybe a 28” and up? (I’ll look at garment sizes too. I want to fit the widest range possible.) PS. The red sparkle bag has a glow in the dark stripe! Thanks infinitely in advance!
#vinylbags #bagmaker #handmade #glowinthedark
@robpike@hachyderm.ioAmazing what you can see at the Royal Botanic Garden.
@RenkeSiems@openbiblio.socialHoliday.
@domm@social.linux.pizzaToday I helped building new raised beds for our communal garden. Looking forward to have a small plot in the middle of the city again!
@vague@social.linux.pizzaWe had some sun before the rain moved in #dogsofmastodon
@deltasig@mastodon.socialwatching out #caturday
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialDango-on-a-pointy-stick!!!!
My most-oft-used garden tool is a 6" wide spade.
The handle broke; it broke sincerely and completely. Grrrrrr.
No store around here even carries those any more, not even the place I bought it from a year ago.
Well, at least Amazon provides.
@jswright61@ruby.socialLast year I made the raised beds. We, unwillingly, shared our harvest with the birds and small mammals.
This spring I built enclosures out of 1” PVC sched 40 pipes with 3/4” PVC Sched 40 side panels.
Our intention this year is to share only with family and friends.
Tomatoes in one bed, Strawberries in the other.
Enclosures are 6’ high to allow easy human access via side panels.
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #OperaOn3
Richard Wagner, Christopher Maltman, Elisabet Strid, Natayla Romaniw, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Marina Prudenskaya, Soloman Howard, Maida Hundeling, Katie Lowe, Lee Bisset, Claire Barnett-Jones, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Antonio Pappano, Alison Kettlewell, Monika-Evelin Liiv, Rhonda Browne & Catherine Carby:
🎵 Die Walkure - Act 3
@lindawoodrow@mastodon.socialChia porridge with pawpaw, passionfruit, gudgin sprinkles, greek yoghurt. All from the garden bar some milk powder to make the yoghurt. #permaculture #retrosuburbia #fromthegarden
@lornajane@indieweb.socialI'm working with a few organisations with different meeting cultures at the moment, and I really enjoyed this post about levels of note taking #linkTuesday Which level do you use?
@cdarwin@c.imCelebrity haunt that made ‘Chinese chicken salad a household name’ to close this summer
Sweet-crunchy, crispy-wonton-laced Chinese chicken salad was most likely created by Madame Sylvia Wu at her Santa Monica restaurant Madame Wu’s Garden,
but a large share of the dish’s popularity across L.A. in the 1980s and ’90s can be credited to Chin Chin.
“Owner and founder Bob Mandler is the man responsible for making Chinese chicken salad a household name in Los Angeles County, …
@kazys@mastodon.socialMy latest historical analysis, this time about the craze for Japanese gardens in the US, how they got here and why we should look at the thought behind the Japanese garden, not just the plants and furniture. It can be found in two places, depending on your reading preference.
https://varnelis.substack.com…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #EasternEchoes
Unknown Mortal Orchestra:
🎵 The Garden
#UnknownMortalOrchestra
https://unknown-mortal-orchestra.bandcamp.com/track/the-garden
https://open.spotify.com/track/0xUeLKG6g1vGXSlHDsLKAf
@gedankenstuecke@scholar.socialAs I've seen a good number of people here post about "Worktree.ca" as a "Canadian-owned" alternative to GitHub: it's a closed-source fork of Gitea which "one day" (maybe, if the company doesn't change its mind) will be open core. It also runs on AWS…
Not that it's any of my business, but migrating there feels like the code-equivalent of leaving Twitter for Bluesky: Moving from one company-owned walled garden to the next, without having learned a lesson. All painted in a nationalist cash grab. 🤷♂️
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #OperaOn3
Richard Wagner, Christopher Maltman, Elisabet Strid, Natayla Romaniw, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Marina Prudenskaya, Soloman Howard, Maida Hundeling, Katie Lowe, Lee Bisset, Claire Barnett-Jones, Rhonda Browne, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Antonio Pappano, Alison Kettlewell, Monika-Evelin Liiv & Catherine Carby:
🎵 Die Walkure - Act 2
@deltasig@mastodon.socialwatching out #caturday
@lindawoodrow@mastodon.socialOn this cold midwinter night, fire in the fireplace, cup of red wine, good dinner of locally caught mullet with salad from my garden. Life is good even though the world is going to shit. I feel for people in so many places who don't have this warmth, safety, full belly, tonight.
@wvmierlo@zirk.usTopiary garden at Pierrepont Holme Hall, February 2025
#photography #heritagephotography #historichouses #gaden
@ellie@ellieayla.net @leftsidestory@mstdn.socialNatura Urbana IV 🏡
城市自然 IV 🏡
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️Ilford FP4 Plus, expired 1995
buy me ☕️ ?/请我喝杯☕️？
#filmphotography
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #OperaOn3
Richard Wagner, Christopher Maltman, Elisabet Strid, Natayla Romaniw, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Marina Prudenskaya, Soloman Howard, Maida Hundeling, Katie Lowe, Lee Bisset, Claire Barnett-Jones, Monika-Evelin Liiv, Rhonda Browne, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Antonio Pappano, Alison Kettlewell & Catherine Carby:
🎵 Die Walkure - Act 1
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@gedankenstuecke@scholar.socialAs I've seen a good number of people here post about "Worktree.ca" as a "Canadian-owned" alternative to GitHub: it's a closed-source fork of Gitea which "one day" (maybe, if the company doesn't change its mind) will be open core. It also runs on AWS…
Not that it's any of my business, but migrating there feels like the code-equivalent of leaving Twitter for Bluesky: Moving from one company-owned walled garden to the next, without having learned a lesson. All painted in a nationalist cash grab. 🤷♂️
@leftsidestory@mstdn.socialNatura Urbana IV 🏡
城市自然 IV 🏡
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️Ilford FP4 Plus, expired 1995
buy me ☕️ ?/请我喝杯☕️？
#filmphotography
@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizzaI've spent the day in my Slackware bubble; on this computer the latest hyprland with nwg-shell.
Of course all runs well; had some great hints and my dots were still available on my Codeberg.
Only one real challenge: installing all of the Rust stack (and that involves a ton of dependencies).
Not bcs I'm a dev, but because I want eza and have a go at wezterm 😆 !
As you know, you'll have to install those separately and by yourself on Slackware. Keeps our garden nicely walled 😜
@gscherer2@social.linux.pizzaView of the Santa Ynez Mountains from the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, California, USA. March, 2025.
#santabarbarabotanicgarden #nature #naturephotography
@kazys@mastodon.socialAnother week, another essay. This time, it's an essay for the Florilegium, my native plant gardening blog, a deep dive into the Japanese garden aesthetic in the United States, why it is not just lazy but harmful in so many ways and what alternative might we seek. Link in the comments.
@wvmierlo@zirk.usTopiary garden at Pierrepont Holme Hall, February 2025
#photography #heritagephotography #historichouses #gardens
@barijaona@mastodon.mg @jaygooby@mastodon.social @gscherer2@social.linux.pizzaTired El Dorado Sunflower, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, California, USA. March, 2025. #santabarbarabotanicgarden #flower #flowerphotography
@playinprogress@assemblag.es
@cray_on@ohai.socialThis week instead of a playlist with random rock/metal stuff, I'm working on Progressive Metal playlists. :blobkeyboard:
First one has:
- "Tiara" by "Seventh Wonder"
- "The Waking Hour" by "Age of Artemis"
- "Secret Garden" by "Angra"
- "V: The New Mythology Suite" by "Symphony X"
- "Contingent" by "Pyramaze"
(no Dream Theater, sorry!)
YT Music: …
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #InTune
Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave, Alexandre Dumas, Angela Gheorghiu, Frank Lopardo, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Georg Solti:
🎵 La traviata, Act I: Follie! Follie! ...Sempre libera
#Spotify
@shaun@mastodon.xyzIt's #hosta season! With a new #huecheca/coral bells.
And hidden in the #vinca, this little #hydrangea cutt…
@domm@social.linux.pizzaToday I got the key to our new communal garden.
@gscherer2@social.linux.pizzaEl Dorado Sunflower, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, California, USA. March, 2025. #santabarbarabotanicgarden #flower #flowerphotography
@wvmierlo@zirk.usLincoln Cathedral, April 2025
#photography #heritagephotographer #documentingplaces #lincoln
@isewvinyl@sunny.gardenFinished a bag using vintage automotive vinyl! I think it was for a bench seat truck because the pattern repeats horizontally. I had to force myself to get through my perfectionism blockage. #bagmaker #vinylbags #sewing #handmade #vintagematerials #betterdonethanperfect #nakatsubyjna
@playinprogress@assemblag.es @BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Frederick Delius, BBC Concert Orchestra & Barry Wordsworth:
🎵 The Walk to the Paradise Garden
#FrederickDelius #BBCConcertOrchestra #BarryWordsworth
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Breakfast
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Mark Ermler:
🎵 Rose Adagio (The Sleeping beauty Op.66)
#PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky #OrchestraoftheRoyalOperaHouse #CoventGarden #MarkErmler
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #InTune
Frederick Delius, London Symphony Orchestra & John Barbirolli:
🎵 The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)
#FrederickDelius #LondonSymphonyOrchestra #JohnBarbirolli
