VoiceofDuum

@VoiceofDuum@mindly.social

Bass. Occasionally other instruments and vocal parts. Part-time musician and audio engineer. Watcher of birds. Former radio announcer, tech CEO, touring jazz singer; now IT business analyst. Career planning advice: ask someone else. He/him, UU.

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VoiceofDuum, to random

Looks like she means business

Colorado wildlife officials released 5 wolves

https://coloradosun.com/2023/12/18/colorado-wolf-reintroduction-grand-county/

futurebird, (edited ) to random
@futurebird@sauropods.win avatar

Oak trees are anchors of species diversity in the temperate forests of the Americas and Europe. A single oak growing in a sidewalk well behind my apartment in the Bronx is home to seven species of ants and countless other insects, birds, fungi and small mammals.

Oak trees host the widest array of galls. (I have a theory about galls being a kind of sign post for complex ecologies.)

In Australia it's the Eucalyptus trees that host the most diverse collections of galls. 1/

VoiceofDuum,

@futurebird

Eastern cottonwood here in Columbine, CO, complete with gall (possibly Agrobacterium radiobacter) in our backyard specimen

Can't begin to count the critters it's home to

RickiTarr, to random
@RickiTarr@beige.party avatar

A more serious one for a friend:

What process do you use to make difficult, painful decisions?

VoiceofDuum,

@RickiTarr

Talk it over with my spouse. I usually start thinking I've considered all the angles and she unwraps something I hadn't

NickGates, to random
@NickGates@friendsofdesoto.social avatar

Okay but if you could hang out irl with a Mastodon-Famous person, who would that be

VoiceofDuum,

@NickGates @Alice

For sure @NorcalGma2

I'd weed one her garden beds while she hangs nearby, throwing the ball for Summer

Alice, to random
@Alice@beige.party avatar

I’m not looking to treat Mastodon like WebMD, but there are a lot of smart people on here, so I figured I'd see if I can find anyone who has any idea what's wrong with me.

Back in August, I got a cold. It wasn't COVID, but it was a sore throat, runny nose, and cough.

After about a week, everything was gone except a mild, dry cough (almost like a tickle) that makes me cough several times an hour.

My breathing has also been weaker since the start, but not terrible. I don't have a history of asthma and I really only notice when I intentionally try to inhale and realize my lungs don't appear to have the same strength or capacity they used to have.

After about two months, I went to the doctor to ensure all was well, but she was just like "Sometimes coughs linger. Here's a prescription for allergies and acid reflux in the event it's any of those things."

I don't have a history of either, but I was willing to try anything so I took everything for a month, but the cough never subsided. I also had a chest x-ray which looked normal.

It's now been 4 months with this dumb cough and I feel like a baby for complaining when it's not THAT bad, but still annoying to have had a cough for that long, especially during a time like COVID when everyone is on high alert.

I should note that whatever this is doesn't appear to be contagious because I've been coughing nonstop for four months and my husband never got sick.

Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this and/or what I can try to do to get this cough to subside?

VoiceofDuum,

@Alice @Skepticat

I've taken way fewer medical classes than Skepti but I'm with her on the sinus suspicions. It's easy to have some kinda mild inflammation (allergy or infection) trigger a minor drip whose only symptom is the cough. You can test this by taking Benadryl and pseudoephedrine, and seeing if the cough disappears.

Those meds will make you loopy and are not an answer long-term, but could assist the diagnosis

CoachMark, to random
@CoachMark@beige.party avatar

Has anyone heard from @Skepticat in a few days?

Skepti - I hope you are all right. Miss you and what you bring to Mastodon.

Cheers.

VoiceofDuum,

@Skepticat @CoachMark

Oh dear. Hope you aren't one of those nurses who are bad patients. Rest, stay comfortable, and receive the healing vibes we're all sending your way.

stevenray, (edited ) to baseball
@stevenray@sfba.social avatar

#baseball fans, what do you objectively think the Giants will do this off season?

VoiceofDuum,

@stevenray

Every single move will be objectively, quantifiably superior to what the Rockies do this off-season

⚾😨

billyjoebowers, (edited ) to random
@billyjoebowers@mastodon.online avatar

Bring ___ ___ back

VoiceofDuum,

@billyjoebowers

Absolutely
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Beat

Baley, to random

my friends pleaded with me to let them go home after about 20 hours of camping.
😂 😂 😂

I will definitely have to carry their asses through the apocalypse.

VoiceofDuum,

@Baley

Today's Pearls Before Swine was thinking of Baley's friends

VoiceofDuum, to random

Achievement unlocked: caught non-turkey-aficionada spouse snacking on Thanksgiving bird leftovers straight from the fridge bag. A culinary win!

GottaLaff, to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

Another blast from the past!

I did a Miller Beer radio commercial in 1983 with Rodney Dangerfield, Bob Uecker, Dick Butkus, and Bubba Smith. So much fun. I was the voice of a sexy girl on the beach flirting with Rodney. Rodney was surprisingly friendly (many stars aren’t). I ended up acting with Bubba, a sweetheart, on some TV shows. Bob & Dick were more aloof.

Here’s the box containing a copy of the original audio of the radio spot, on a reel, that the producers sent me.

VoiceofDuum,

@GottaLaff

If the cassette digitization doesn't work let me know. I have the equipment to convert from RtoR (up to 7-in reel).

VoiceofDuum, to random

I am grateful for funny Fedi people! Over Thanksgiving dinner today, @Mandy asked for some accounts that tickle my funny bone. Here's the list I came up with ... who would you add?

@donni
@the_etrain
@Alice
@VeryBadLlama
@yurnidiot
@TrickeryandMisery
@nayele18maybe
@ReticentTurnip
@adhdeanasl
@MissingThePt

18+ astro_jcm, to chile
@astro_jcm@mastodon.online avatar

Achievement unlocked: visited the ALMA high site at 5000 m above sea level, atop Chajnantor Plateau in #Chile. Mandatory #selfie with the supplemental oxygen equipment.

#astrodon #astronomy #travel

VoiceofDuum,

@astro_jcm

Atacama sandworms look weird but placid

VoiceofDuum, to random

Nobody wanted Elvis the dog. Then a former Elvis impersonator saw him.

https://wapo.st/3GbXuRS

#wapo #GiftLink #dogstodon

RickiTarr, to random
@RickiTarr@beige.party avatar

Alright, I'm kinda high right now, but how cool is it, that we just drink 4.5 billion year old water every day, like it ain't a damn thing? Well, it is a damn thing.

VoiceofDuum,

@RickiTarr

it seems fresher, since most of it's only been here since the LHB 4.0 billion years ago

😅

VoiceofDuum,

@RickiTarr

Love "olding it up"

what I do to any scene upon arrival

Alice, to random
@Alice@beige.party avatar

Photo request! If you're comfortable, please post a childhood photo that best represents your personality.

VoiceofDuum,

@Alice

RickiTarr, to random
@RickiTarr@beige.party avatar

What is a word that you had read, but after hearing it spoken aloud, you realized you were pronouncing completely wrong in your head?

Mine is pretty Embarrassing, and is just one of many!

MISLED! I'm not even sure how to type this out for it to make sense, but it was something like:

Myz-ulled

VoiceofDuum,

@RickiTarr

According to https://www.yourdictionary.com/articles/mispronounced-words

I still do five wrong from this list of 80

Skepticat, to random
@Skepticat@mstdn.social avatar

Talking out loud to myself this morning, and I'm pretty sure my cat just looked at me and said, "Your argument is invalid."

VoiceofDuum,

@Skepticat

Standard feline evaluation of any non-tuna-related human utterance

Not that it's wrong, on average

VoiceofDuum, to random

"The funniest people I know are the ones who are most generous with their laughter. Perhaps that’s why I always remember my grandma laughing. She was the funniest one in the room."

Such a beautiful—and typically hilarious—remembrance from Alexandra Petri

https://wapo.st/3sapstX

#wapo #GiftLink

the_etrain, to random
@the_etrain@beige.party avatar

Sooooo....what's everyone getting for their Mastodon birthday?

VoiceofDuum,

@the_etrain

More and more delighted

coloradosun, to random
@coloradosun@mstdn.social avatar

JUST IN: Ken Buck won’t run for reelection in 2024

https://coloradosun.com/2023/11/01/ken-buck-reelection-announcement/

VoiceofDuum,

@coloradosun

No wonder he's been saying reasonable things lately ... not worried about reelection

kfury, to random
@kfury@mstdn.social avatar

Final 2023 trick or treaters count: 580.

VoiceofDuum,

@kfury

Literal or metaphorical?

We had 6

VoiceofDuum, to NFL

@Skepticat

I'm as mystified as you

VoiceofDuum,

@Skepticat

💯with you on Bieniemy. Still think Chiefs will take the div, absent additional flu (Mahomes) or dating (Kelce) misadventures

gr0k, to random
@gr0k@gr0k.net avatar

https://whipsaw.com/2023/06/05/unveiling-ravenchord-a-radical-piano-redesign-from-dan-harden/ Ravenchord – A Radical Redesign of the Piano

VoiceofDuum,

@gr0k want

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