Arty-chan (Cynthia)

Staff of Strategy & Operations (Office of the CPMO) at GitLab. Technologist, Support Engineer, Librarian, Educator, Developer, Accessibility Advocate, Documentarian, Mentor. Opinions are my own.

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Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:catsalad@infosec.exchange
2026-02-10

As you can see, sploaf mode allows for streamlined cat propulsion

Photo by u/ParticularExtreme719 of their tabby loafing and splooting (aka sploafing) on a hardwood floor. The kitty is laying in a straight line with his front paws tucked in and his back legs straight and stretched out next to his tail.
Arty-chan (Cynthia)artychan
2026-02-10

It’s interesting how you can’t really tell when you get a new roof, especially considering how much it costs.
The colour difference is more due to the white balance on the photos.

Arty-chan (Cynthia)artychan
2026-02-10

Was sad when I heard that closed shop, but just found out they reverted the rights to authors and many have made their books free! authors-together.org/

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Eugen RochkoGargron
2026-02-09

Someone at asked us to put some promotional materials on our website that they could print for an event. There is now a section for that on the Branding page with our first poster:

joinmastodon.org/branding

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2026-02-09

Ah, it is time to post superb owls again.

#SuperbOwl

a tiny northern saw-whet owl at the San Francisco Zoo
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All the PlushiesSquishventures
2026-02-09

Gaokun is ready just in time for the kick off! Cajun wings and drumsticks, ready for continuous nommification

Gaokun getting ready to oven some cajun wings and drumsticksWaiting is the worst part...Success! Gaokun will be sharing these with all the plushies, as long as fox doesn't eat all of them!
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2026-02-08

"Yeah? where's the repo??"

Right here. github.com/Pomax/Pomax-s-Markd

Hit up the releases page if you just want the executable.

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All the PlushiesSquishventures
2026-02-08

Guups is ready for the 2026 ... of snacks! He's not sure we have a bowl big enough, but he's a big fan of an entire day dedicated to big bowls of snacks! ~~

A happy piggy plushie posing with all this snacks.
Arty-chan (Cynthia)artychan
2026-02-08

Seriously, "not hanging up" is a low bar for and yet, here we are.

Sadly, has not passed that bar.

It's worse because I worked in Support for many years.

Arty-chan (Cynthia)artychan
2026-02-08

I hope you never get a "technical issue" with your account, 2 chats + 1 phone call, supposedly "escalated" to tech team, unresolved 3 days later.
Today, tried chat again, agents either kept transferring or leaving the chat. 7 agents later, I gave up and called. At least the phone person didn't hang up, and was competent.

Arty-chan (Cynthia)artychan
2026-02-08

@adr @TheRealPomax interesting, because I’ve never heard anyone say that, but I grew up on the west coast

Arty-chan (Cynthia)artychan
2026-02-08

Look, I know counting is hard, but this is not how to date the

Day -1 Thu 05 Feb
Day 0 Thu 05 Feb
Day 1 Sat 07 Feb
Day 2 Sat 07 Feb
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All the PlushiesSquishventures
2026-02-07

It's the Olympics! Official Unofficial 2010 Olympics Muk Muk is on the scene at the Olympic flame! It's... um... okay it's not lit right now, but: !

Muk Muk, the Vancouver Island marmot "sidekick mascot" for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics posing in front of the Vancouver Olympic flame.
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All the PlushiesSquishventures
2026-02-07

Kirby and Muk Muk are enjoying a light fruit meal at before more travels... hopefully Kirby doesn't inhale the plate! O_O

Kirby and Muk Muk sitting behind a giant (for them) fruit salad
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Graham FlusterGrahamFluster
2026-02-07

The Laundry Gremlin has claimed my hamper


An orange tabby cat lays in a laundry hamper, peaking over the edge at the camera
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2026-02-07

"The office concluded Canadian Tire had attempted to convince consumers that sale items were on deep discount by including an artificially inflated regular price on its advertising material.

Analysis of sales data showed that the products in question were rarely sold or advertised at the so-called regular price."

Canadian Tire ordered to pay almost $1.3 million over ads bnnbloomberg.ca/business/compa

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2026-02-07

Hey #Canada

If you think all leaders of the political parties in Canadian Parliament should have a security clearance, please sign this petition below.

(I believe currently all do except leader of the official opposition Pierre Poliivre who REFUSES to get clearance. Weird eh? He wants to be Prime Minister of Canada but doesn't think he should have to pass a security check...🤔)

ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Pet

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Stephen Rees :verifiedgreen:StephenRees@mas.to
2026-02-07

From Open Media

Sign Canada’s Digital Sovereignty Charter

Canadian democracy is under threat. Algorithms and deceptive content are shaping what we see, think, and share, while foreign tech giants collect our data without limits.

Our current laws and digital systems aren’t strong enough to protect us. This leaves Canadian voices, our choices, and our digital identities at risk. Parliament must step up and champion Canada’s Digital Sovereignty Charter now

#canpoli

action.openmedia.org/page/1861

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All the PlushiesSquishventures
2026-02-07

Kawa, the Japanese river otter, is very exciting about getting to fly on another otter! ...does that make him a flying otter now??

Kawa the otter in front of a Harbour Air DHC-3T "Turbo Otter" float plane.
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2026-02-07

Elephant seals take short naps while on deep dives. On the way to 7000 ft below, they fall asleep while diving in spirals downwards. When they get there, they wake up and forage for food

ox.ac.uk/news/2023-04-21-eleph

#Marine #Seals #Pinnepeds #Science #Nature #Wildlife

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