Today's Ride: Some absolutely gorgeous mists on the spit and a few interactions with others. Positive interactions first. I took a break in a park by the lake. There was a family who were taking pics of themselves and the area. Another park user offered to take their picture as a group. They took loads and explained that it was their first day in Canada and it was all in all pleasant to watch. It got better. (multi-part post in the replies) #TodaysRide#BikeTO#BikeTooter#BubblePeople
There is also a cyclist who wears a full covid face shield when they ride around the spit. I cross their path often and have begun to wave and say hello. They do the same in response. We've never stopped to talk. Saw them again today. Had a Canadian Stand off on the single track in the previous post video as well where we all held each other up and wasted time offering to let the oncoming person by. #GoodTimes#TodaysRide#BikeTO#BikeTooter
As the pic taker walked away they asked to get a pic with her. They all took selfies with the pic taker. As the pic taker left I told them how charming that was and they smiled and said they love to do stuff like that and that they bet they are famous in Japan. I wished them a good day. I then continued my ride. Maybe 20 mins later I ran into pic taker again and hollered, "Hey, aren't you famous in Japan" SMILES. AND. LAUGHTER. #GoodTimes#TodaysRide#BikeTO#BikeTooter
Great story in this week’s #GoodTimes#SantaCruz, “I want my mp3”, about a couple of computer science students and music lovers at #UCSantaCruz in 1993 who used digitization and data compression, both in their infancy, to create the IUMA (Internet Underground Music Archive). This was way before Napster or anything else. Today, if you search for IUMA on archive.org you will get 45,000 hits. #music#internet
But, at the end of the day both are #evil in that they destroy the #environment equally effectively. The China model does it through command and control efficiency gains. The American model through sheer profligacy.
I remember when Instagram switched to a non–reverse-chronological, algorithmic timeline, and all the users kept pointing out to Instagram that they didn’t like it, as if Meta did it by mistake or had anything other than withering contempt for them. #GoodTimes
hah yes #goodtimes 😆
"...You reach for your phone. There’s no TikTok or Snapchat yet. Facebook and Instagram are a thing, but they exist as a type of social syndicator... You tap the browser icon and start typing a web-address, perhaps appending www as a precautionary relic. For better or worse, the web doesn’t work like that anymore..."
It's that time of year again! I know this can be a time of year where we have a lot of complicated feelings, so let's have a little Mastodon Holiday Party, but you can talk, vent, cry, laugh, or really anything you want. So, I'm asking, How are you doing today, for real?
@RickiTarr
Last year right before Christmas I had to take our cat to be put down. This year the mice figured out the cat was away and boy do they play. So I've had traps out. Caught over ten. But I forgot about one trap on the back of our counter behind some condiment bottles.
My wife found it last night, It had been there many days, apparently....
So I had the opportunity to scrape rotten mouse flesh off the formica, then puke in the sink for a while. #MerryChristmas Eve! #GoodTimes
Apparently Twitter's link shortener is broken and potentially because an account takeover level vuln was disclosed after the researcher was not paid a bug bounty. #goodtimes
Made it home safe and sound and younger brother got back home without issue. Good to be home with hubs again. ❤️
I got everything unpacked and the MacBook Air I could not get to connect with Mama’s wifi reconnected here without trouble.
Nephew came by and hung out for a couple hours and that was really nice. We talked and had some laughs. #GoodTimes
Sleep well and may your dreams take you to the stars. 🥰🫶❤️🫂
Wow. The place where I get my weed sells pre-rolled joints for only a measly $2 each. I mean like, that's amazing! You can't even get a cup of coffee for two bucks these days. So of course I stocked up. Plus they give you a free joint just for buying their merchandise. So I actually got one extra for free. #GoodTimes
Friends, last night I discovered you can share the music you are playing on Spotify via FaceTime and it will play for the other person as well. Even though @cara is traveling this weekend, I was able to share my music and dancing with her while cooking dinner. She thought it was funny enough to grab screenshots so I thought I would share. 😆 :bisexual_fire:
Just had the most amazing night out with some great friends at Rockpool! The food was absolutely incredible, and the drinks were flowing all night long. We laughed, chatted, and had an all-around fantastic time. Huge shoutout to our awesome friends for making it a night to remember. Can't wait to do it again soon! #Rockpool#NightOutWithFriends#Foodie#GoodTimes