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.

@flavigula

Thanks for connecting.
Glad to see your #SmallPoems

Keep an eye on PixelFed as a replacement for Google Photo. It's a federated photo sharing tool which is in early stages, though functional.

@pixelfed

Hope to stay in touch.

@qwerty

Thanks for connecting.

I am enjoying all the conversations these links are creating.

Do your "oldbytes" suffer from bit rot?

All my bytes are still holding together...barely.

Have fun.
Be safe.

#WordOfTheDay

shamus

/ˈʃeɪməs/
noun
North American
informal
A private detective.

Origin
1920s: of unknown origin.

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Aloysius is attempting to channel Sam Spade, the fictional famous shamus. He's pretty good when the clues are clearly labeled.

The future happens *because* of what we do today...

...so...

Do something today.

It will probably be best if both of these BOTTLES are kept closed.

#Inkscape
#Inkscapetober
#MastoArt

#WordOfTheDay

logbook

/ˈlɒɡbʊk/
noun
1 another term for log (sense 2 of the noun)
1.1 British - another term for registration document

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This place serves me as a logbook of the words I've known at least long enough to write them down here.

@laraby

Thank you for following.

I hope you will keep posting photos here in the Mastodon space, at least until this federation thing makes it more effective to share across tools.

Have fun.
Be safe.

Hey, Siri, would you ask Alexa what Google thinks about artificial intelligence?

Attention:

"Female asbestos workers who also used talcum powder may be suffering from Ovarian Mesothelioma."

We are ready to sue...somebody.
Please call NOW!

Aloysius has been working hard at Tin Gym for two days. He was WEAK on the 15th.

He actually isn't strong after two days, but some of his muscles have become SWOLLEN and he is very proud.

#Inkscapetober
#Inkscape
#MastoArt

#WordOfTheDay

hypocrisy

/hɪˈpɒkrɪsi/
noun
mass noun
The practice of claiming to have higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case.

Origin
Middle English: from Old French ypocrisie, via ecclesiastical Latin, from Greek hupokrisis ‘acting of a theatrical part’, from hupokrinesthai ‘play a part, pretend’, from hupo ‘under’ + krinein ‘decide, judge’.

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I generally avoid hypocrisy by lowering my standards every day.

It is disturbing to see fans are leaving the park in the eighth inning!

These are the playoffs.

Sears near me is closing.

I suspect they only had sales while all those other stores were having "events" instead.

#marketing mumbo-jumbo

I have a code of conduct.
It is like other similar codes.
Some parts have been borrowed.
Some learned by observing others.
Some bits may only work only for me.

I am an individual, not an organization
Or a committee needing shared rules.

No, it is not written down.
I live it.
Watch me long enough and you will see it in action.
That will have to be enough.

#SmallPoems

@readsteven

Hey, cool.

I am always looking for new-to-me authors and the ebook delivery system works great. I have no Kindle, but read many books on my Nook. It needs EPUB format instead of Mobi, of course.

I understand Amazon's effort to get us all to follow their lead, but I just don''t want to deal with two ebook formats.

Thank you for following, too.
As you will note, my "authorship" is less prose than rhyme. Still I love words in all forms.

Sunny and fifty-two
Now, I don't know about you
But what was warm in the spring
For fall, seems a completely different thing.

#SmallPoems