Posts by karawynn@wandering.shop
(DIR) Post #ASoSfGBuXSBzQxuCci by karawynn@wandering.shop
2023-02-18T17:43:42Z
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Our Very Old Man has a lifelong anxiety disorder; he derives comfort from putting Paws On his people. Hands currently engaged in #writing are not off-limits.#cats #catsofmastodon#caturday
(DIR) Post #ATXcyWo7P8AeLs3Zuy by karawynn@wandering.shop
2023-03-12T13:02:50Z
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@pluralistic "workers who were told they were working from home, but who were really *living at work*": that's a great line. 💯
(DIR) Post #AVkuJLiu3jCyK3ONe4 by karawynn@wandering.shop
2023-05-17T15:18:35Z
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Is there anyone out there who can answer a couple of questions (one real-world, one speculative) for me about centipedes? I have googled the hell out of this but can find no clear answer.Boosts for visibility appreciated.#arthropods #myriapods #entomology #arachnids(I know they're not insects or arachnids but I'm reaching here)
(DIR) Post #AVl3nAoi4XpmlvP81w by karawynn@wandering.shop
2023-05-17T21:11:47Z
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@twizzt @nev The first question is whether centipedes a) can and b) do ever 'rear up' like a snake, either in a threat display or prior to striking something above ground level. (Illustrations of centipedes often show this pose, but I haven't found textual or photographic indication that it's a real thing. I've seen photos of *millipedes* rearing up like that, but idk if that's relevant or if centipede physiology doesn't allow for it.)
(DIR) Post #AVl7fHC8sJZw3Kr2FU by karawynn@wandering.shop
2023-05-17T21:15:19Z
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@twizzt @nev I have another potential question that would build on the answer to the first one, depending.I also find myself wondering, in the species where the mother centipede constantly corrals the hatched young through their first one or two molts ... do the babies eat at all, in first and second instar stages? and if so, how and what?
(DIR) Post #AVl7zSU8bkIOrPtZTs by karawynn@wandering.shop
2023-05-17T21:58:50Z
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@twizzt oooh, excellent, thank you. I signed up for iNaturalist and then found out I can't message anyone until I make a certain number of site contributions (not easy!). But this guy is findable elsewhere.
(DIR) Post #AWpDiefJuyd8YM5lmi by karawynn@wandering.shop
2023-06-18T18:56:06Z
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@irina ... and yet it's not email. Email is private; Mastodon posts are public. (And the historical reason for email subject lines has nothing to do with warnings or sensitivity.)I have no beef with anyone's CWs, and I am inclined to CW myself if asked ... but I do have sympathy for POC who have issues with being told to put their entire ordinary lives behind a CW.If they can live through the racism, I don't think the rest of us should object to the occasional glimpse of what that's like.
(DIR) Post #AWrIqnsMRixvWQogZE by karawynn@wandering.shop
2023-06-19T18:27:53Z
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@hollie @bookstodon Even though Seattle is still my legal US domicile -- where I vote, pay taxes, etc -- the SPL figured out within a year that we were no longer physically residing within city limits and cancelled my card. 😔 Fortunately for my sanity, I was able to access another option.
(DIR) Post #AX9MGAyDzaH9wEFUVU by karawynn@wandering.shop
2023-06-28T12:23:48Z
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@grammargirl Yikes. I am clearly 1) a giant nerd and 2) completely out of touch with the zeitgeist, because I only ever use it in the original sense and hadn't realized the "incorrect" usage was so widespread. I'm mostly chill about language evolution, but I don't like it when a usage shift removes a whole concept from general awareness. Trying to think how else one might communicate the original meaning... maybe "circular argument"?
(DIR) Post #AXS15RQjePEM3rCd1M by karawynn@wandering.shop
2023-07-07T12:26:08Z
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@JenniferJorgenson that's cool but ... immediately i have to wonder ... how does anyone water the high ones? 🤔
(DIR) Post #AZKefArABtWeNogBSS by karawynn@wandering.shop
2023-09-01T14:51:48Z
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How do we get people to understand that capitalism is not the same as a market economy? Markets can exist (and have) under many different economic systems. Including socialism!Capitalism = *outsized privileges for people with capital*, aka 'spare money not needed for immediate survival'. Not about buying and selling.
(DIR) Post #AaGy4KHCjbVzjJEr1E by karawynn@wandering.shop
2023-09-29T20:34:12Z
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Web search is failing me, again.Looking for anyone who's been a passenger on a tall ship (any sailing ship with at least two square-rigged masts) to answer a basic question about the experience for #writing and #worldbuilding purposes.Boosts appreciated for reach!#sailing #ship #history
(DIR) Post #AaKVUGeGj3d5y6ssLY by karawynn@wandering.shop
2023-10-01T15:05:20Z
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@penguin42 Thank you for the tag!
(DIR) Post #Ab5GQHZNC90TijM6CW by karawynn@wandering.shop
2023-10-24T04:27:44Z
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@Wolven yep, you should!
(DIR) Post #AzLbdnmCcimi6ILpZ2 by karawynn@wandering.shop
2025-10-18T22:31:33Z
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@futurebird bigger than the summer one would be heartening; i hope you’re right. what i’m seeing (anecdotes, not data) from social media posts is high percentages in numerous small towns (often around 10% of a 4-digit population) but major city turnouts that, while 6 digits strong, are less than 1% of the city’s population.
(DIR) Post #Azivo31pKqlH9I3S7s by karawynn@wandering.shop
2025-10-30T04:35:49Z
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@futurebird 🥁