Hello new followers, I hope you're not too disappointed if you came here for the feminist analysis and mostly get boosts and bad jokes instead.
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Hello new followers, I hope you're not too disappointed if you came here for the feminist analysis and mostly get boosts and bad jokes instead. I realised it's about time I did a new introduction post so hi, I'm Jules, I live in Devon with my wife, 5 cats and 3 giant African land snails and grow plants for science for a living. I'm doing my best to make the world a better place, mostly by composting, cycle campaigning and trying to live as sustainably as possible and practical.
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Hello new followers, I hope you're not too disappointed if you came here for the feminist analysis and mostly get boosts and bad jokes instead. I realised it's about time I did a new introduction post so hi, I'm Jules, I live in Devon with my wife, 5 cats and 3 giant African land snails and grow plants for science for a living. I'm doing my best to make the world a better place, mostly by composting, cycle campaigning and trying to live as sustainably as possible and practical.
I teach heritage crafts like basketry and net making and sometime make a desultory attempt to promote my courses on here, but honestly am not very good at that bit.
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I teach heritage crafts like basketry and net making and sometime make a desultory attempt to promote my courses on here, but honestly am not very good at that bit.
I studied insect chemical ecology for a while, then dropped out of a PhD after something happened that gave me PTSD and a breakdown, then worked as a junior database admin for a bit and trained as a bushcraft instructor before going back into science. This is a pretty odd career path in the wider world, but probably not so much for Mastodon.
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I studied insect chemical ecology for a while, then dropped out of a PhD after something happened that gave me PTSD and a breakdown, then worked as a junior database admin for a bit and trained as a bushcraft instructor before going back into science. This is a pretty odd career path in the wider world, but probably not so much for Mastodon.
Anyway I can't really say I have 5 cats without introducing them, so to avoid allegations of favouritism I shall do so in decreasing order of shoutiness.
Cleo. Tiny goblin princess. Spends most of her time curled up in a tiny ball of cuteness to lull us into a false sense of security then does things like disappearing into the fabric of the house through a hole behind the washing machine we didn't even know existed. 5/5 for shouting, a cat of strong opinions.
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Anyway I can't really say I have 5 cats without introducing them, so to avoid allegations of favouritism I shall do so in decreasing order of shoutiness.
Cleo. Tiny goblin princess. Spends most of her time curled up in a tiny ball of cuteness to lull us into a false sense of security then does things like disappearing into the fabric of the house through a hole behind the washing machine we didn't even know existed. 5/5 for shouting, a cat of strong opinions.
Maxi. Distinguished elderly gentleman, likes to supervise to ensure all household tasks are done to a suitable standard. Pedigree Turkish Van, was a stud cat but was put up for adoption "because he wasn't very good at it". 4/5, enjoys singing the song of his people.
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Maxi. Distinguished elderly gentleman, likes to supervise to ensure all household tasks are done to a suitable standard. Pedigree Turkish Van, was a stud cat but was put up for adoption "because he wasn't very good at it". 4/5, enjoys singing the song of his people.
@afewbugs Oh he is _gorgeous_!
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Maxi. Distinguished elderly gentleman, likes to supervise to ensure all household tasks are done to a suitable standard. Pedigree Turkish Van, was a stud cat but was put up for adoption "because he wasn't very good at it". 4/5, enjoys singing the song of his people.
Bella. Machiavellian genius. If she devoted her considerable intelligence toanything other than stealing food she would have taken over the world by now. Briefly nicknamed Little Miss Piss after peeing in a bag of apples left on the kitchen floor until we realised that sounded like a pornstar name. 3/5 for shoutiness, has a meow that sounds like she smokes three packets of fags a day.
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Bella. Machiavellian genius. If she devoted her considerable intelligence toanything other than stealing food she would have taken over the world by now. Briefly nicknamed Little Miss Piss after peeing in a bag of apples left on the kitchen floor until we realised that sounded like a pornstar name. 3/5 for shoutiness, has a meow that sounds like she smokes three packets of fags a day.
The boys, Salem (AKA Black pudding) and Ciel (AKA The Tuxedo Torpedo). Brothers who share custody of a single braincell. Found in a wrecked car in a scrapyard as feral kittens, currently the least feral cats you will ever meet. Hobbies include being on top of humans and trying to be on top of humans when said humans should have left for work 5 minutes ago. 1/5 look like they should be loud but actually peep instead of meowing.
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Hello new followers, I hope you're not too disappointed if you came here for the feminist analysis and mostly get boosts and bad jokes instead. I realised it's about time I did a new introduction post so hi, I'm Jules, I live in Devon with my wife, 5 cats and 3 giant African land snails and grow plants for science for a living. I'm doing my best to make the world a better place, mostly by composting, cycle campaigning and trying to live as sustainably as possible and practical.
@afewbugs Can I put in a small request to see the snails as well?
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Hello new followers, I hope you're not too disappointed if you came here for the feminist analysis and mostly get boosts and bad jokes instead. I realised it's about time I did a new introduction post so hi, I'm Jules, I live in Devon with my wife, 5 cats and 3 giant African land snails and grow plants for science for a living. I'm doing my best to make the world a better place, mostly by composting, cycle campaigning and trying to live as sustainably as possible and practical.
@afewbugs
Welcome to you all. (I’m in Devon too - it’s a lovely place to live)
Meggie & Laurie cats send welcome purrs to your gorgeous cats. xxx -
@afewbugs
Welcome to you all. (I’m in Devon too - it’s a lovely place to live)
Meggie & Laurie cats send welcome purrs to your gorgeous cats. xxx@SurrealSeal sending scritchies right back to them, and a hello to you!
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@SurrealSeal sending scritchies right back to them, and a hello to you!
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@tops @purplepadma @ClimateJenny Snaily pics as requested! Our original snails were Shelley and Byron, we then got a third, Morty, after a friend moved in with her boyfriend and he turned out to be freaked out by snails
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@tops @purplepadma @ClimateJenny Snaily pics as requested! Our original snails were Shelley and Byron, we then got a third, Morty, after a friend moved in with her boyfriend and he turned out to be freaked out by snails
@afewbugs @tops @purplepadma Beautiful creatures!
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@afewbugs @tops @purplepadma Beautiful creatures!
@ClimateJenny @tops @purplepadma they are! Everyone's surprised by how much personality they have!
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@afewbugs Can I put in a small request to see the snails as well?
@ClimateJenny @afewbugs yes, please. Let's see the snails!!
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@ClimateJenny @afewbugs yes, please. Let's see the snails!!
I came here to ask the same thing!
Snails now, please.That being said, my ex fell for me because I had three cats, a squirrel, and a snail.
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I came here to ask the same thing!
Snails now, please.That being said, my ex fell for me because I had three cats, a squirrel, and a snail.
I fell for him because he could burp my name.@pascaline @V_McDre @ClimateJenny you can meet the snails here: https://social.coop/@afewbugs/115933563155371256
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@tops @purplepadma @ClimateJenny Snaily pics as requested! Our original snails were Shelley and Byron, we then got a third, Morty, after a friend moved in with her boyfriend and he turned out to be freaked out by snails
@afewbugs @tops @purplepadma @ClimateJenny
Love these, and the snail adoption story
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@afewbugs @tops @purplepadma @ClimateJenny
Love these, and the snail adoption story
@V_McDre @tops @purplepadma @ClimateJenny Shelley and Byron have an adoption story too - another friend keeps reptiles and bought a second hand tank off Facebook Marketplace. When she turned up to get it it had the two snails in and the owner said to just take the tank and throw the snails away! She knew I'd had a giant African landsnail before so I got them
