Algot @Algot@mastodon.art

Thanks to anyone who decides to follow this account.

I have a habit of responding to all who do so, but this is a second account, and I may mess up when trying to determine who is a new follower and who is "also" following after connecting by way of my mastodon.cloud account.

It is not my intent to litter myself all over the fediverse. I will see how things go. I've made connections with several others on mastodon.art and think I'll feel at home here while NOT restricting my toots to artistic attempts. It looks like the instance won't generally mind.

Words have art in them, too.

Good luck to all of us.

Strength to the fediverse through the efforts of individuals.

@Nomadwarmachine

https://mamot.fr/@starifi/100230711478593901

"foot-knitted"

@dogtrax

Is your local rope swing set up for the solstice celebrations?

@dogtrax

Out of school yet?

Word of the Day
#wordoftheday

tarzy

noun
regional
impromptu rope swing typically used to swing from shore out over a lake.

Origin
1930s - Shortened from "Tarzan swing" which derived from the movies made of Edgar Rice Burroughs' character.

Weed/Wildflower Wednesday
#weeds #wildflower #plants #botany

Virginia Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana)
Sometimes planted intentionally in gardens, but is a North American native.

Weed/Wildflower Wednesday
#weeds #wildflower #plants #botany

Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)

Roadside weed is considered poisonous. Don't eat the little red berries.

Weed/Wildflower Wednesday
#weeds #wildflower #plants #botany

Garlic Mustard
This weed is considered invasive in Massachusetts and it is recommended that people try to remove it, roots and all.

Weed/Wildflower Wednesday
#weeds #wildflower #plants #botany

Milkweed

This plant is the sole diet of Monarch butterfiles which lay their eggs on the underside of young leaves. The emergent caterpillars eat some, pupate and then fly off.

Monarch butterflies are now rare in my area. Please give these plants a chance to help these "royal" insects.

Weed/Wildflower Wednesday
#weeds #wildflower #plants #botany

Floribunda

This rose plant grows wild and is fairly easy to see along roadsides and the edges of woods. It's a climber, too.

Weed/Wildflower Wednesday
#weeds #wildflower #plants #botany

Sedge

This grass-like, common roadside plant is easy to identify by its triangular flower stalk. Grasses have round flower stalks.

Word of the Day
#wordoftheday

cation

/ˈkatʌɪən/
noun
Chemistry
A positively charged ion, i.e. one that would be attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.

Origin
Mid 19th cent: from cata- ‘alongside’ or from cathode, + ion.

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Ions happen in solutions of many chemicals and a positively charged cation moves toward (and typically combines with) a metal cathode like a copper strip which is attached to a source of DC electricity. Do not expect this illustration to clarify much.

Would you believe it?

The ad about Arm and Hammer was brought to you...

...by Arm and Hammer!

El aliento grande,
Una muestra de aire.
Estoy vivo.
Esta basta.

#smallpoems
#idioma_español

Word of the Day
#wordoftheday

adamantine

/ˌadəˈmantʌɪn/
adjective
literary
Unable to be broken.

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José chose an arcane passphrase to use with his RSA encryption software to create an adamantine lock on his data.

[All by itself, this example may be too cryptic to be easily understood!]

@Kenji

Thanks for the connection.

I think we probably touched base a few times when I was on .cloud, but I slithered away to .art and you had to do all the work to find me here.

Thanks for making the effort.

Word of the Day
#wordoftheday

basho

/ˈbaʃəʊ/
noun
A sumo wrestling tournament.

Origin
Japanese, from ba ‘place, occasion’ + shō ‘place, locality’.

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Marco took a break from the World Cup tournament by visiting a basho on his Asian trip.

He was surprised to find the wrestlers were having their own difficulty concentrating.

@welshgeekboy

Thanks for connecting.

Do you use both Puffinux accounts equally?

Should I follow both?

I've settled on just using one account, I think.

@harroun

Thanks for making this connection.

I think you are the third person from your instance today!

I have a user's perspective on GNU/Linux and otherwise talk about mostly foolish stuff I enjoy doing.

Follow until it suits you not to do so.