Excited to be seeing The Bearded Company and their improvised D&D campaign tonight.

Just finished watching Dropship, in which seven random earthlings just came out of Cryo, before the big battle on Titan with acid spitting aliens who are very good at keeping their food fresh.

It was very good.

#HugeTheater #MNImprov #BeardedCompany

https://www.hugetheater.com


Out for #HugeTheater #improv tonight at their temporary venue I Minneapolis.


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This one looks pretty intense.


Rum River near Millaca.

#Drones4Fun #Minnesota #RumRiver #naturephotography #Bridges #FallColors

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The water level on Mille Lacs Lake is low this year. This photo is from a few weeks ago.

#Drones4Fun #MilleLacs #CrowWingCounty #Minnesota #DronePhotography

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Navigating the Emotions of the Twins in the Playoffs

https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/navigating-the-emotions-of-the-twins-in-the-playoffs-r15111/

#Twins #MinnesotaTwins


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You are a brave man.

I'm not ready for that yet.


I subscribe to and rely heavily on the Washington Post for national and international news.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/


The Minneapolis skyline from the north.

#drones4fun #minneapolis #minnesota

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Just checking to see what is coming in the Star Wars universe.

* Skeleton Crew TV Series (Possibly 2024)
* Andor Season 2 (August 2024)
* The Acolyte TV Series (2024)

https://www.ign.com/articles/upcoming-new-star-wars-movies-2023-tv-shows-release-dates

#TV #TVShows #StarWars


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I had the privilage of attenting the Ars Electronica Digital Arts Festival lin Linz Austria back in 2005.

They brought one of his beasts to the town square and he was there chatting with folks and answering questions.

It was relatively small compared to some, but big enough to be impressive.

https://ars.electronica.art/festival/en


I'm going to be a baseball fan this week. Maybe a little longer.


I got to see one of these in action about 15 years ago in Linz, Austria. It was pretty amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWGlbpEZkNA&feature=youtu.be


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Did someone say fancy donuts?


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How does one get access to AI features on Bing?

They are not completely public yet, are they?


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Here was my last prompt:

"A cuddly black cartoon dragon working at a computer, make sure the entire character is visible in the image”


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Interesting. I was using Dalle3 on the OpenAI site. I made multiple attemps with a prompt along the lines of:

"Black cartoon dragon working on a computer."

I tried multiple times and every time the image was cropped, I tried including "without cropping" or something similar in some of the requests.

I will have to try again. Thinking of upgrading my account soon so I have more freedom to experiment.


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While I understand that this whale is not really a threat. I still think that I'd be reaching for a life jacket about this point.

Just in case.


Slimy sharp toothed man with split personality and many pocketses, looking for LTR with petite "precious" ring.

Enjoys fishing, swimming in murky swamps, solving riddles, and romatic strolls through the Mines of Moria.

Balrags, cave trolls, and nasty/sneaky little hobbitses, please swipe left.

#FictionalCharactersDatingProfiles
#HashtagGames

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Recently realized that they made a new episode of "The Detectorists," a sentimental comedy from the UK, on a fringe topic that I can really relate to.

I didn't think the recent episode was as good as some of the earlier episodes, but I was very glad to see these characters back again and enjoyed the show. On Amazon with Acorn TV.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4082744/

#TV #TVShows #Detectorists

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Trying to create image like this with Dall*E, but without cropping parts of image off. Anyone have any tips to include in the prompt?

Is this intentional with free image requests?

#dalle3 #openai #AI

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Recently watching episodes of british quiz show Would I Lie To You. It's pretty hilarious and a go to option when I need a sure fire laugh out loud experience.

It's available on Amazon with Acorn subscription.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Would_I_Lie_to_You%3F_(game_show)#Format

#TV #TVShows


I've almost reached 125 images in my #Drones4Fun series.

https://dronetim.simplo.site/gallery

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Has Ahsoka gotten any better?

I think I'm on episode 5.


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Thanks for this! Made my day.


Still posting some photos taken during Twin Cities Drupal Camp, 2 weeks ago.

This was near our welcome event on Wedneday night.

#Drones4Fun #Minneapolis #TCDrupal

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Settling in after back to back conferences. Twin Cities Drupal Camp and then Backdrop LIVE. Both went really well and I hope I'm able to sustain the energy I got from participating in these events, after recovering from the lack of sleep.

#BackdropCMS #Drupal #TCDrupal #BackdropLIVE


Tim Erickson, @stpaultim

Co-founder of Triplo web development.
Member of #BackdropCMS Project Management Committee (#FOSS).

Follow my drone photography journey here: #Drones4Fun

Hashtags I tend to use a lot:

#Drupal
#EDemocracy - #CivicTech
#MNImprove
#MountainBiking
#BoardGames
#TwinCities - #Minnesota
#RaspberryPI
#TVShows
#Cuyuna - #CrosbyMN

I believe in talking to, listening to, and engaging with people I disagree with.

Anyone is welcome to engage with or respond to my content.


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Thanks so much for coming to camp. It was great to have you here.


Another photo taken at Twin Cities Drupal Camp.

#TCDrupal #Drones4Fun #Minneapolis #Minnesota #MNastodon

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Twin Cities Drupal Camp is officially over for this year. Thanks to everyone who helped organize and everyone that participated.

Loved the mix of traditional presentations and unconference time. We had such excellent discussions.

#TCDrupal #TCDC #Drupal


Twin Cities Drupal camp party at House of Balls.

#TCDrupal #tcdc #Drupal #Backdropcms

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Tiffany Farris is currently delivering an excellent and thought provoking keynote address on the past and future of #Drupal at Twin Cities Drupal Camp.

#tcdrupal #backdrop #tcdc

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Twin Cities Drupal Camp started tonight with a low-key welcome to some of our out of town guests.

The action kicks into high gear tomorrow at Coffman Union, be there at 9:00am sharp.

https://2023.tcdrupal.org

#Drupal #BackdropCMS #TCDrupal #TCDC

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I'm hearing a lot of hate towards the Obe Wan Kenobi show when folks are talking about Ahsoka. This is surprising to me, since I kinda liked that series, certainly more than the Mandalorian.

I may need to watch Obe Wan Kenobi again, to see if I'm remembering it wrong. Then again, it's not surprising to me that my opinions are different from everyone elses. It's a curse/superpower that I have.

#TV #TVShows


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I'm having trouble with quite a few things.

Like going out and standing on the wing of a spaceship to fight attacking fighters with a light saber?

Sigh...


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Sounds like fun (or it could be)!


Has anyone heard how the BBC experiment with the Fediverse is going?

I subscribed to all of their available feeds at launch, but am not seeing any BBC content in my feed.

#BBC #Fediverse


So far, I've heard:

* https://capacities.io
* https://bear.app
* https://obsidian.md
* https://keep.google.com
* plain markdown, with vimwiki helping facilitate creating links between notes in neovim

#productivity


I'm often tempted to reply to or refute folks with views I consider overly pessimistic or unnecessarily discouraging. I know better.

Making an effort to simply seek out and share more information about people doing good things in the world, organizations working for positive change, and interesting ideas to make the work a better place.

Any good hashtags to follow for this kind of info?

Here are some I've found.

#CiviTech
#cooperative
#hope
#sustainability
#ecofriendly
#selfcare


I heard mixed things about the Wheel of Time S2, but I'm liking it so far. It is a complicated story and hard to track all the players. I think it helps that I read the books (I've forgotten details, but even vague memories help).

#TV #TVShows


Is it ok to be optimistic about climate change?

"Adopting optimism — even in gritty, dissatisfied form — might feel like denying the seriousness of the climate crisis. ..

Personally, I worry that a hopeful outlook is a slippery slope to complacency. I struggle with my own competing convictions — a cynical view that those in power won’t act quickly enough and a counter-belief that optimism might be the most effective way to advance solutions."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/06/climate-change-charts-data-optimism/


Something interesting I found today.

"I am working to launch an organization called Democracy 2076. One of its key projects is to center pro-democracy organizers who work across the political spectrum in envisioning what a Constitution could look like in the year 2076 and which would last for the following century of American democracy, and then build a campaign to achieve it."

https://convergencemag.com/articles/the-case-for-expanding-the-landscape-of-democracy-work/

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I'm testing it now, seems to be only webbased with possibly a beta mobile version.

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https://capacities.io/


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You must have done it right the first time.

;-)


It's been a while since I've checked out a new note taking app. What are people usng today?

My most recent experiments were with Joplin, an opensource note-taking app that shows promise, but just hasn't been working for me.

Thoughts?

#productivity #apps


Wooded Point (Penninsula).

#Drones4Fun  #WoodlandWednesday #Cuyuna #Minnesota #NaturePhotography

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Just a reminder that I'm keeping an archive of my #Drones4Fun images at: https://dronetim.simplo.site/gallery

I'm trying to collect a diverse assortment of interesting and attractive image all taken with my drone.

Feedback welcome.

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https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/021/010/501/215/298/original/f37d0195ff683d93.jpeg

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Twin Cities Drupal Camp is just over a month away. We've long had one of the biggest and best camps in the country. Please, consider joining us.

Hoping to get a critical mass of BackdropCMS folks here as well to share experiences and lessons learned upgrading Drupal 7 sites to #BackdropCMS.

https://2023.tcdrupal.org/

#TCDrupal #TwinCitiesDrupalCamp #TCDC

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Special bonus for participants in #mnfringe tonight.

#minnesota #minneapolis #MNastodon

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