Good Sunday morning. Why do I feel like I’m being watched constantly?

There’s an entire 185 sq meters of space to be in, but they have to be… here #Cats #CatsOfMastodon

I'm trying to think positively about the results of the council elections in the UK.

It's probably the least damaging way that Brits can find out exactly how profoundly incompetent the kind of people who get involved with the Reform party are. Because you really need competent councils to keep a community running. So... buckle up.

Meanwhile, Labour needs to get rid of Starmer. And this is as good a time as any.

#UK #elections

@nini It could happen to any of us.

I genuinely can't begin to imagine the horror of being in this situation, can you?

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/05/canadian-ashley-macisaac-fiddler-musician-singer-songwriter-sues-google-ai-sex-offender-ntwnfb

I have a pretty little visitor. #buggies

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mera1991/116504313578298407

It might as well be Hiroshima or Nagasaki.

It blows my mind that our leaders cannot acknowledge this.

Today I'm making lentil soup with chorizo. It is usually made with less tomato and potatoes, but neither Don nor I are big fans of potatoes in soup.

My neighbour dropped in and said: "You are putting too many vegetables in your soup."

And I said: "when was the last time anyone ever said: 'whoah, there are way too many vegetables in this soup'?" #cooking

I would like to wish all the workers of the world a happy May Day.

We are the force that keeps the world turning. Not money, not techbros, not politicians...

Us. We make every necessary thing happen. Never forget it. #MayDay

@geliga Eh... I think it's probably both.

@rasterweb Me too. Exactly this!

@rasterweb I am absolutely sure you had the perfect words. But I'm really glad you agree with me on this.

It's cruel to cynically rob people of the only way most people feel they can push against what is happening to them.

I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort.

It is terribly fashionable to be cynical about civil, peaceful protest. But it is deeply demoralising and often people can be easily dissuaded from making the effort by that cynicism.

No act that joins people together in protest for a better society is useless, even if only because it makes you feel less alone.

@ApostateEnglishman You are absolutely not the only one.

@leemadgwick Thank you for this wonderful peek into your process.

I have to say, your art always triggers a profound sense of ennui for me.

@mastodonmigration I can find the comet, but that doesn't ameliorate the fact that these bastards have filled our near orbit with shit. @sundogplanets

@CiaraNi Amazingly well stated and exemplified!

@geonz No, she's really alive. And smart, and careful. And very traumatised. But alive. And that is something to be happy about, if only to honor her perseverance. @c_merriweather

@guayabito She got back online later and told me more. I am like you - I really don't know what to say to her that won't sound stupid and trite, so I just keep telling her that I'm listening.

@johnrohde they sure are. He must be very distraught

@zoeking thank you. It’s illogical I know, but I feel it helps somehow