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  I changed browsers, to Vivaldi. Today I tried to log into my ebay account, and the site said it didn't recognize my machine, gave me a long numeric code, and said I had to call a number and give them the code before I could have access. I cursed a bit, then called the number. Estimated wait time to speak to an agent was 30 minutes. I guess I'll have to shop elsewhere from now on...

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  @douglasvb Now if they would do it with the cattle population. Talk about invasive and destructive of the environment...

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  Woke to find these young elk cavorting outside my window. I shot this through the screen while still in my sleeping bag. #Fensterfreitag #Camping

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  Wish list: I realize that I'm in the minority, but I wish Mastodon had a way to filter posts that include an attached video. I'm not going to click on them, why do I need to see them? #Mastodon

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  Today I had a two hour book club meeting followed immediately by a 90 minute Zoom call. I am *so* peopled out. I think I'll spend the weekend at home alone, writing code and working on my bicycle. #introvert

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  Was hearing an unusual noise from my camp spot, got out my binoculars. If you zoom in on that hillside, you can see it is covered in little white dots. Each one is a sheep. Very noisy sheep. I also heard a barking dog, but was unable to find it through the binoculars. #Camping #Sheep

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  I had an interesting discussion over beer with a colleague last week, we’re both seismologists. The topic was, given the hostility toward science of the current regime and the difficulty of obtaining funding, how do we keep the science alive and moving forward? One idea we had is to encourage and support independent scientists, who in a less-enlightened age would have been called “gentlemen scientists.” The concept would be to give interested people of independent means (e.g., retired) and STEM...

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  #SilentSunday

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  Don't forget to duck! #ThickTrunkTuesday #Hiking

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  #ThickTrunkTuesday

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  #SilentSunday #BikeTooter

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  Last weekend from game camera in my back yard. Look at the size of the paws! This is lit by a combination of moonlight and an interior light from the house shining out of the window. #Caturday #Wildlife

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  I was sitting on the patio, ShakeyTail friend came out to remind me that this is its territory and I'm just a visitor. #wildlife

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  I've been home for a week, this is the first sunset. Nice. #sunset

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  Mountain lion at the watering trough in my back yard, by moonlight at 1am. #Caturday #Wildlife

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  #FootpathFriday #Hiking

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  I'm not sure how this works, but I just had an ebay seller in California decline to sell me something because they don't ship outside the US. I'm in New Mexico. #NewMexico

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  #SilentSunday

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  #SilentSunday

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  @galacticstone Preach!

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  Big old cottonwood in the Gila River canyon. #ThickTrunkTuesday

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  @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org Sad to say, that's actually an improvement. I remember writing code on Windows 95 machines and having to reboot hourly. Or even more frequently.

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  @nomadgoat If you get too close to the edge, you might *become* part of the view!

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  Abandoned track along the Gila River. #FootPathFriday

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  @SeanPLynch@mastodon.social @UnionizedNetizen@union.place Check out Aguirre Springs Campground just north of Las Cruces. https://www.blm.gov/visit/aguirre-spring-campground

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  @the_etrain@beige.party 🎶 And we never failed to fail It was the easiest thing to do 🎶