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JohnnyEnzyme

@ JohnnyEnzyme @lemm.ee

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  • What was this mystery owl? (closer pic in post, with more info)

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  • it’s been too cold to hang outside.

    Ooh, ooh*... now do you remember-- is it owls as well as some other animals that have various levels of (downy-to-pointy) fur / feathers that are almost magically-insulating in terms of trapping heat in times of extreme cold, but also brilliantly dispensing heat in terms of hot weather?

    frequent sound of Herman Munster's police companion in Car 54, lol.

  • What was this mystery owl? (closer pic in post, with more info)

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  • They seem to be narrowing it down in the original thread. When I feel more sure there's a consensus, I'll add an update above and tag anyone who guessed a species.

    Btw, I'm a bit disappointed that this little game of sorts isn't getting more interest here so far, but oh well. To each, their own.

    Anyway, matey,thank you for weighing in on my little steal-post. :P

    Now IIRC you live near... I dunno, a forested area perhaps in which you can see and hear local owls? Is that right, and if so may I ask how many species you've come across? <3

  • What was this mystery owl? (closer pic in post, with more info)

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  • Well, maybe two dongs if that's what we're calling feet, now. XD

  • To "drip" versus to "roundup," is that the question? (i.e., how to best distribute posting/image content across the FV & Lemmy-sphere)

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  • Thanks for the reply, and oolala, that scheduler sounds groovy! Main concerns-- 1) as it needs my ID & PW to login, I'm naturally a bit wary. Do we know how safe this tool is?

    1. I almost always upload images when I post, and that's led to major problems at this point. For example, Imgur has proved worse than useless in the long run, and some days my own instance (lemm.ee) simply won't accept image uploads.

    So I think I'd need to pre-upload my images somewhere else, but I haven't found the right place just yet. I suppose I might test out Google Drive at some point, but the file-name system is ridiculous. Look at the link at the bottom of my post here: https://lemm.ee/post/53557900

  • Solva (Fishing Village in Pembrokeshire) - Frances Hodgkins (1936)

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  • I like the overall layout, color palette, 'primativist' style, and appreciate its evocative effect, just that... a little more definition would really help me out. Give me some better-defined lines and 'lock in' what you're trying to say, please.

    Regardless, thanks for sharing, OP! I hadn't heard of her before.

  • 26 January 2025

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  • Ah*... I need more of that positive thinking, more often! ^

    I'm afraid I'm a bit gloomy doom here today. Make it go away, pls? 😅

  • 26 January 2025

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  • Ah, that's a gem. I love Larson at the top of his game.

    Meanwhile, I have this unwanted annoyance with the lettering not being backwards on the door. :S

  • Riddle / trivia -- When is an owl NOT an owl? (hints, answer, pics and info in post)

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  • lol

  • Riddle / trivia -- When is an owl NOT an owl? (hints, answer, pics and info in post)

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  • Thanks!!I still don't know what the fluff I'm doing, but hopefully this here moron will get it, sooner or later...

  • Riddle / trivia -- When is an owl NOT an owl? (hints, answer, pics and info in post)

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  • Wait, what...?!?Tell us more, please?

  • Riddle / trivia -- When is an owl NOT an owl? (hints, answer, pics and info in post)

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  • Hilarious, ridoinkulous, incredible... I don't even know what to say, daggit!

  • Riddle / trivia -- When is an owl NOT an owl? (hints, answer, pics and info in post)

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  • Riddle / trivia -- When is an owl NOT an owl? (hints, answer, pics and info in post)

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  • Seriously... of all our beloved Therapod-dinos (birds), THAT has to be... fooohh... top three, at least?!?

  • Riddle / trivia -- When is an owl NOT an owl? (hints, answer, pics and info in post)

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  • Oh wow, how's that going to work?

    Do the conservators allow tourists in to that protected territory?

  • Moral Panic

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  • As we’ve settled in here, it feels we’ve lost much of that and many have fallen back to those old habits of just letting opinions fly at each other, and we’ve got more arguing than cooperation.

    I mean, that part is totally normal IME, but it also highlights how most users tend to think of a free service as just something to be taken advantage of, which admittedly makes a certain sense... up until a point.

    IMO the biggest thing reddit-to-lemmy users missed is that they failed to conceive that content-creation is not necessarily automatic, and that it was pretty-much up to them to 'do their part.' Again, not all that surprising in the age of community BBS's to social media, but I guess like you, I'd hoped that there'd be more of a communal awareness & effort against the dangers of big business capturing social media, as it's done.

    If we could approach more threads calmly like this, I’d be so much happier.

    Generally I'm in agreement, but I must confess a certain appreciation for a good mix-it-up argument, gloves-off (but still with a politness), hopefully learning where and how I might have been wrong. Seriously, I think it's because we naked apes tend to be stung so hard by being shown exactly where we're wrong, that such can actually be a great teaching tool, much more effective than various other methods, par example.

    Altho yeah.... I'm not sure if such an approach is best for the whole lot of us advanced monkeys. 😂

    ...you have a more youthful character to me!

    It would take a minute to properly explain my rando character, but if it makes sense, I have CFS/ME, which caused me to grow up as if was a refugee from the moon. Simply put-- much of my life has involved living in major frustration, waving goodbye to the things my colleagues and friends were able to dabble in, such as specialised career-learning, pursuing such a career all my working life, being able to keep up with a romantic partner, starting a family, and enjoying the fruits of a well-lived life. So in the face of all that, I felt like I had to come up with a variety of wild improvisation in order to... find my niche, I guess. (again, long complicated story)

    That said, I sincerely apologise if my sometimes wild, youthful remarks hurt you or others. Despite the above, I am certainly not here to abuse or be mean towards others if I can help it. Indeed, maintaining awareness of my dumbass self is pretty much in my top-three of self-awareness, haha.

    My real life is about 50/50 good and bad now, so I’ve been trying to jump between worlds" between people here and IRL, but it’s become a bit more challenging for me recently.

    Damn, sorry to hear that, matey. :S

    So far I've appreciated messaging with you, altho I can be (naturally) slow to respond at times, given my condition. Still, feel free..!

    Ooh ooh, and I finally got around to posting that 'mystery owl' post I'd mentioned last week. ^

  • Moral Panic

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  • Ah, I think I see what you're saying.

    Myself, I was joyful to discover the Fediverse at one point, being utterly disgusted with Reddit's management (ala the summer of 2023 crackdowns), and thinking that most people here would automagically share a sort of 'uplifting, positive mindset.' Sadly, the same old behavior that I've seen online since the late 80's (yes, I'm old) was still in full effect, so unfortunately (IMO) there'll always be abusers, exploiters and bad actors upon a system, even given the most utopian system imaginable.

    Bottom line to me is that we're not living in our natural state anymore (long story), and that such disaster tends to stress us out and mess with us in various ways, up to and including making bad decisions and lashing out upon each other. Indeed, I wish I could say that I was some 'noble' kind of person, but I consider myself just as much of an idiot and asshole as the rest of the flock.

    Still though-- there's a sort of 'release' upon realising and accepting these things. I'm no saint of course, but understanding and accepting that reality makes me feel kinder and more open to people, and more open to just plain reality in general.

    I try to be here as a relief to you all from it, but sometimes that’s makes it hard for me, not feeling I have a place to go.

    Well, your wonderful posts are certainly a relief and bosom, source of life to us all, I think.

    And you always have a place to go with friends, like me and whoever else you got.

  • Moral Panic

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  • Oh, shoot, sorry, what's up with that?

    I mean... I hope we can all understand the sheer frustration upon the insane US election result, right? But... are you thinking that it's specifically worse than that...? I mean, floof man, let's just get back to owls, if so...?

  • Moral Panic

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  • I was indeed a bit playful, my friend. Possibly even sarcastic.I'm not sure, really; because sometimes the meaning bursts out, looking to reconcile its own meaning.

    If it helps, I'm normally pretty chill about stuff, but what just happened in LaLaLand is akin to jumping right in to a volcano, i.e. kerplonk and sizzle.

    Make of that what you will, if you like.

  • Moral Panic

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  • there no shame in ignorance unless it’s willful ignorance!

    Oh, stop talking about the election, can you just...?