Open post Alaric @spinal@mastodon.nz · 5mo ago Replying to @ccohanlon@merveilles.town <p>An opportunity for someone you know?</p><p>"If Given and I were looking for a more persuasive argument — we weren't — that our water-bound life is at an end, we've found it, writ large, in the last few days. We have decided to sell our boat or (our preference) gift her, fully equipped, to younger, fitter, adventurous people who might want to take her on and sail her further.</p><p>"Wrack is scruffy but sea-kindly and sound; with little work, she'd be a strong, reliable passage-maker — and/or make a practical creative, scientific, or activist platform — that might make a wild dream come true. Giving the boat away means we could 'pay forward' the care and generous support that we have received from so many over the past few years." </p><p><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-in-search-of-home" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-in-sea</span><span class="invisible">rch-of-home</span></a></p> @ccohanlon that’s a bittersweet but lovely gesture. I’m so sorry though, that boat has a bit of your soul in it.
Open post Alaric @spinal@mastodon.nz · 47mo ago Replying to @vowe@chaos.social <p>I do my best proofreading after I hit send.</p> @vowe@chaos.social I also do my best proofreading after I press sned!
Open post Alaric @spinal@mastodon.nz · 35mo ago Replying to @command_tab@hachyderm.io <p>NASA just transmitted a software update 12 billion miles to Voyager 2, a feat that’s a marvel of spaceflight engineering and a testament to human achievement. It arrived with the following release notes:</p><p>“Bug fixes.”</p> @command_tab@hachyderm.io some star system on the other side of Voyager must wonder why they're getting a lot of weird messages from us.
Open post Alaric @spinal@mastodon.nz · 47mo ago Replying to @kejames@mastodon.online <p>So this is happening</p> @kejames@mastodon.online no one can take that away from you
Open post Alaric @spinal@mastodon.nz · 46mo ago Replying to @reidparker_@aus.social <p>My kid’s teacher made toys for her class based on their drawings.<br />Pay teachers more</p> @reidparker_@aus.social oh man that’s amazing
Open post Alaric @spinal@mastodon.nz · 47mo ago Replying to @erinbee@gorgon.city <p>I heard there was a secret note<br />That William Carlos Williams wrote<br />But you don't really care for sorries, do you?</p><p>It goes like this, they're cold, they're sweet<br />You saved them for a breakfast treat<br />But from your fridge, I took the plums and screwed you.</p> @erinbee@gorgon.city nice
Open post Alaric @spinal@mastodon.nz · 46mo ago Replying to @ICDURCALI@mastodon.sdf.org @dbsalk@mastodon.social @mastodonmigration@mastodon.online Yeah, but now time to find things I am interested in. Of course most is on more popular platforms. @ICDURCALI@mastodon.sdf.org @dbsalk@mastodon.social @mastodonmigration@mastodon.online MySpace?