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I honestly should stop by the ETG thrift store and see if I can get a different dress, though - my options are long pants and sleeves, or a bright red dress, which seems... well, anyway. It's a great dress in most other contexts, though. (Maybe a skirt? I could find a skirt and a nice short-sleeved top? Then again, if this weather continues the way it has been I might be better off bundled up! It's mid-June and my heater is on.)

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weofodthignen

The runner beans in the side yard are something like 6th-generation self-sown or regrown from the root. They are scraggly. I'd been seeing tiny beanpods on one, but suddenly, down near the ground, there was a full-sized pod. So I sliced it up and added it to my pasta.

This evening Monty and Prudence were there again, but on the roof of the neighbours' shed, sitting watching me. When I emerged with the food, Monty had come down to the driveway and was waiting there ... with his back to me. Prudence was on the fence. He started eating as soon as I shut the side door; I suspect she came down soon after.

frith

Well, since I was ahead of the game in this art challenge thing, I was mulling over translating "hobby" as a pony eating grass in an emulation of a Joe Camel advert. But 'pony drawing a human' as a hobby was suggested to me and I got to thinking. So here we are, a pony getting humans wrong as a comment on people drawing ponies as bipedal amputee cats. Ha!

Oh crap, I must have just missed the extended deadline. The Prompt 7 submitter is closed. I'll just store the "original size" URL here in case there's a "do any of the past prompts" prompt. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54594686216_6509c3415e_o.jpg

conuly

So I guess we can just add this to the Waffle House and Yankee Candle indices.

andrewducker

I done found me a tree goblin!
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thewayne

That's $450.00, as in I can pull that out of an ATM pretty much any time. Not $450 million. A little under five hundred bucks, and they lost their lock on their second largest market.

The Slashdot summary says it best:
"Pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk forfeited patent protection for semaglutide -- the active ingredient in blockbuster diabetes and weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy -- in Canada after failing to pay a $450 maintenance fee in 2019. The company had paid maintenance fees through 2018 but requested a refund for the 2017 fee, apparently seeking more time to decide whether to continue protecting the patent.

When the 2019 fee came due at $450 with late penalties, Novo never paid despite having a one-year grace period. Canadian patent authorities confirmed the patent "cannot be revived" once lapsed. The oversight is particularly costly given Canada represents the world's second-largest semaglutide market, worth billions annually. Generic drugmaker Sandoz plans to launch a competing version in early 2026, while Novo's U.S. patent protection extends until at least 2032.

WOW. That's certainly going to tarnish some board member's CV. But it's going to make a bunch of Canadian's a lot thinner!

https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/novo-nordisk-s-canadian-mistake

https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/06/16/1438211/novo-nordisk-loses-canadian-patent-protection-for-blockbuster-diabetes-drug-over-unpaid-450-fee

neonvincent

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Current Mood: nerdy
Current Location: House in the woods at the edge of town
Current Music: Tinderly Twitch stream

weofodthignen

The rest of the grass got leaves raked off it and then shorn. I have a decent base tan laid down, of the farmer's type.

The housemate and I took a short walk together—and for the first time I spotted a Tesla with anti-Muskrat stickers. Two stickers, in fact. There are a lot of Teslas around here, and I'd been disappointed that none of them had sprouted stickers, but told myself that several probably belong to employees.

In the evening I took out recycling, only to find both Monty and Prudence lying there on the concrete, looking at me. I hadn't seen them all day. I hope they hadn't been waiting long. I fed them.

conuly

You can send this on to any dads in your life.

frith

Two, two, two tasks in one: pony beside themselves and pony over the moon. So you get an anguished foal bawling like a calf while sitting over three moons. One moon is mostly hidden under Princess Luna's tail. Now the question is why is Princess Luna giving pony rides?

Well, I'm early, deadline is tomorrow. Now what? Maybe draw a pony whose hobby is eating grass, as per Task 7.

View Page Source works on Flickr if javascript/cookies are disabled, but it takes a while. I think it causes Firefox to use too many resources and everything gets very slow, then Firefox crashes. But I get my "original size" URL, despite Flickr policy.

Save an astronaut, ride Luna.

neonvincent

This was the third image I put together for 'Star Wars' baby names for Father's Day 2025.

Current Mood: artistic
Current Location: House in the woods at the edge of town
Current Music: Sciencestreams Twitch stream

andrewducker

Water safety day!
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andrewducker

It was about ten seconds later that we realised how terrible Crocs are for climbing.
Original is here on Pixelfed.scot.

weofodthignen

Yesterday evening I was washing up while cooking my dinner, with the back door open for the breeze, and kept hearing scrabbling sounds from the back porch room. All I could see through the plastic corrugated roof was black bird bodies and feet. It seems the crows were using it as a slide, or a prizefighting arena, or something.

Today, after dumping some water on the plants outside and before dinner, I did a bit of deadheading and moved on to cut back some of the ivy where it was starting to flow into the driveway. Then suddenly there was a grey and cream patch staring at me with two baleful eyes. Mama Violet bedded down in the ivy. Time to stop clipping.

frith

With Calpain whispering into the ear of our prompt master, we got saddled with a pair of idioms that have no business in a drawing challenge: jumping to conclusions and a leap of faith. Faced with the options of drawing a pony jumping a moat to reach the town of Conclusions or drawing Faith plummeting to her death, Faith was easier. I did most of the pencil work on time but it was only today that I finished it up. The submitter for day 6 is still open for a few more hours, so, success! Challenge met.

And presto! Yakutian snow pony chilling in the snow, where it's chilly. Since chilling = resting and thus doesn't require props like an ice box or chili or bubble gum or such the like, I went with that. It was the lesser of two weevils. I chose a Yakutian snow pony, for emphasis. Alas, snow is not easy to draw.

conuly

Minnesota House DFL leader Hortman, husband killed in apparent ‘politically motivated’ shooting; Sen. Hoffman, wife wounded

Authorities still searching for suspect in shooting of 2 Minnesota state lawmakers

Apparently he dressed up like a cop, because of course he did, and residents are advised not to open the door to police unless there are multiple officers present. I'd go one step further and say that you should never open the door to an unexpected official until you've confirmed that they're supposed to be there. If they are legit, they have an ID, and you have a phone number you can call - your local precinct, if they're cops, your gas company, whoever it is. (Uh. Maybe step out the back door to call if they say they're from the gas company. I mean, use your best judgment.)

conuly

If I'm typing a URL and I then use the scroll wheel to middle-click it in the address window it will open in a new tab rather than on the same tab I'm on.

Now, when I open a new tab by clicking a link to open a new tab it opens right next to the tab I'm on. If I do it via the address window or the new tab button then it opens all the way at the end of my tabs, which is annoying and disorienting if I'm not already all the way at the end.

Is there a setting, perhaps in about:config, that I can adjust to change this behavior so it always opens new tabs next to the one I'm on?

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