mastodon 4.7.2Doodle Artist, Bicycle User/Advocate, Dog Lover, Musician, Skateboarder, Songwriter, RPCV, Half-Hearted Fanatic. #BlackLivesMatter
A common "cargo bike" modification in Madagascar. From 2017.
#Africa #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Malagasy #Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #CommuteByBike #NotJustBikes #CarryShitOlympics #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic
One day, in the design department of a company that makes guitar straps, they were totally out of ideas.
My pit bull sort of recreates the RCA "His Master's Voice" logo.
I was practicing bass in the back yard.
#Dogs #Dog #DogLife #Dogstadon #PitBull #Music #BassGuitar #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic
Tiny lizard on my gate handle.
#Lizard #Herpetology #Africa #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic
Fotsy finds herself in the vicinity of Utah without ever leaving Madagascar.
(We've been cutting sod from our yard to transplant to another yard.)
#Utah #Africa #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Dogs #Dog #DogLife #Dogstadon #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic
Excuse me. It looks like I interrupted a meeting of the Kong Appreciation Society. Carry on...
#Dogs #Dog #DogLife #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic
I introduced my daughter to American-style baked potatoes, although Madagascar's potatoes are not the size of your head. Positive reviews.
#Africa #Madagascar #Cooking #Potatoes #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic
"Out here in the fields / I shop for my meals / I put some crap into my cakehole"
#TheWho #Music #Photography #OriginalPhoto #Food #HalfHeartedFanatic
A "Believable Easter" sale at a local supermarket. Doubting Thomas demands to see the holes in those prices.
At Carrefour, Akorondrano
#Africa #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Photography #OriginalPhoto #Skepticism #HalfHeartedFanatic
When anglerfish evolve to hunt on land...
Nice try.
#Evolution #Apples #Anglerfish #Africa #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic
The crowd at an All Elite Wrestling (AEW) match chants "Fuck ICE." How's the "culture war" going?
#ICE #FuckICE #Trump #EpsteinCoverUp #NoMandate #AntiTrump #AntiGOP #AntiMAGA #Republicans #HalfHeartedFanatic
In the middle of the city, I saw some swimming joy by the side of the road as I cycled by.
#Africa #Play #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Malagasy #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic
Madagascar has declared a state of energy emergency due to... Just enjoy the photo.
via bsky @BSfr
#ActiveTransport #Trump NoMandate #AntiTrump #AntiGOP #AntiMAGA #Republicans #HalfHeartedFanatic
For my first MakerTube video: A little pedalboard hygiene.
https://makertube.net/w/m4aJKeTtuXxbgzskyir9a6
#Dogs #Dog #DogLife #Cats #Music #guitar #pedalboard #pedals #fxpedal #HalfHeartedFanatic
"Madagascar has charged 13 suspects, including a general, over an alleged plot to assassinate interim leader Michael Randrianirina"
via xitter @africanews
A grill being grilled in my neighborhood.
#Africa #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic
They're not erasing history, they're removing the anti-authoritarian playbook.
#Autocracy #Authoritarian #Project2025 #History #HalfHeartedFanatic
Four members of Madagascar Gen Z arrested — "a setback for civil rights"
#Africa #Madagascar #GenZMadagascar #Antananarivo #Malagasy #Politics #Democracy #Justice #HalfHeartedFanatic
Isn't the Trump brand "Profound, staggering ignorance"?
https://youtube.com/shorts/SyhTBh0WOCM
#Trump #EpsteinCoverUp #IranWar #TrumpWarCrimes #NoKings #NoMandate #AntiTrump #AntiGOP #AntiMAGA #Republicans #HalfHeartedFanatic
"History will judge him" is asking the future to do what the present is refusing to do.
Via Bsky @tadstoermer.bsky.social
https://youtu.be/BzDC36Q53HI?si=qdxxCBd2FA7UzxdC
#History #Trump #IranWar #TrumpWarCrimes #NoKings #NoMandate #AntiTrump #AntiGOP #AntiMAGA #Republicans #HalfHeartedFanatic
"The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank, translated to Malagasy. Found at a local supermarket (Carrefour).
I'm finally going to read it (the English version).
https://bookshop.org/a/109411/9780553577129
#Africa #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Antifascism #Books #fascism #HalfHeartedFanatic
Screwdriver Rescue in Madagascar. Action, suspense, high-stakes, exotic location, hand tools, dogs... This video has everything
My second PeerTube video.
https://makertube.net/w/7g96YaiXoTjBeu8AtviLru
#Tools #Africa #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Dogs #Dog #DogLife #HalfHeartedFanatic
RE: https://techhub.social/@forresttanaka/116330674656027692
"Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."
Abridged: "Blessed are the gullible."
My new favorite mainstream country song. It's a pretty short list. This one song is the whole list.
by xitter @jacknelsonband
#Music #CountryMusic #Trump #AntiTrump #AntiGOP #AntiMAGA #Republicans #HalfHeartedFanatic
RE: https://mastodon.green/@mongabay/116033215659270581
Urban planners -- the folks who brought us car-centrism and 1.5 million related deaths per year -- are now expected to be concerned about how their work worsens allergies.
@saltywizard@beige.party Alt text by @MistralAI@mastox.eu
A surprisingly substantive panel discussion on how the end of the petrodollar would threaten Social Security and Medicare (and the American hegemony in general).
via bsky @ms.now
#Trump #Petrodollar #IranWar #MSNow #TrumpWarCrimes #NoMandate #AntiTrump #AntiGOP #AntiMAGA #Republicans #HalfHeartedFanatic
This applies international schools who adopt American curricula (including a few in Madagascar that I could mention).
#USA #Propaganda #Indoctrination #Africa #Madagascar #ChristianNationalism #Video #Parenting #HalfHeartedFanatic
Reconstructing the history of Madagascar. An interview with novelist Michèle Rakotoson (in French)
In my queue...
French conquest (1894), quelling a popular uprising with massacres (1947), student revolt (1972), GenZ revolution (2025).
via bsky @BSfr
#Africa #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Malagasy #History #Podcast #HalfHeartedFanatic
