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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 9h

How does one help in an apocalypse? What does one do? One does one's best. - Admiral Jean-Luc Picard, The Last Best Hope #startrek #picard #jeanlucpicard #UnaMcCormack #stoicism

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 9h

Good morning, you gorgeous people you. Out walking together yesterday, my wife declared herself my official mushroom spotter, and wants it to be known that she found these #mushrooms before I did. I should marry that woman. Stay kind, folks. #fungi […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A string of six adorable little yellow mushrooms growing on a log together.

A big chunky brown mushroom lifts a ponderous cap above needly soil.

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Good morning chums, I have more #mushrooms to share! I've been a fun guy lately like that. #fungi #mushtodon #mosstodon #awalkaday #fungiverse

A white and somewhat crumbled mushroom sticks a fat stalk up out of the leafy ground, raising a battered and somewhat chewed cap towards the sky. I kinda love how brutalized this one is.

A cluster of fragile little mushrooms grow from a mossy log.

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

[A couple neat bugs from today's walk] Heyo strangers and strange friends; hope you're well. Found a couple neat bugs on my walk today - including a spider nomming on a little snack. #awalkaday #insects #arachnids #arachnidae #arthropods #spiders #orbweaver #stinkbugs #bugs

A black and orange stink bug nymph crawls out over the pale berries of a shrubbery to enjoy some sun. I can relate.

An orb weaver spider snacks on a winged insect, probably a flying ant or termite. A fantastic meal for the little beauty.

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Good morning fellow humans! Here are a couple 'shrooms from my walk yesterday. Say safe out there. #flyagaric #mushtodon #fungi #fungiverse #mycena #mosstodon #awalkaday

A plum-colored mushroom grows happily on a mossy log.

A chonky fly agaric mushroom raises a poisonous orange head above the grass and fallen leaves.

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

[A wasp. The non-anglo-saxon kind.] We interrupt your regularly scheduled broadcast to bring you this clip of a wasp eating a thingy. #bugs #insects #wasps #hornets #yellowjackets #awalkaday

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

I found the most adorably testicular #mushrooms today. That's not a phrase I use often. Enjoy. #mushtodon #fungiverse #fungi #awalkaday #puffballmushrooms

A pair of puffball mushrooms grow from the forest floor, looking an awful lot like a pair of pokey white testicles.

I don't make the rules, I just call this stuff like I see it.

A cluster of pale brown mushrooms stand on slender stalks among pine needles.

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Look at this charmingly fuzzy little bastard. That's all I've got today folks. Cheers. #moths #insects #bugs #largemaplespanwormmoth #mothstodon

A large maple spanworm mouth clings to the exterior of a white house, probably trying to sleep.

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J.R. Orci @orci.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

I promise he likes this. #CatsOfMastodon

A cat with his ears and face pulled back a bit by a pair of hands. Hard petting.

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Good morning, people of the internet; you're the best internet people. You can have some #mushrooms, as a treat. #awalkaday #fungi #fungiverse #mushtodon #mosstodon

A trio of chonky mushrooms grow together, adorably.

A fallen leaf bears a pattern of heavy raindrops.

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Welcome to Fall, everybody. The trees are about to turn over a new leaf. #awalkaday #fall #trees

A photo of several trees, with the deciduous one in the middle undecided over which color it wants to be.

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

[A tale of two ant cities] It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Two large anthills, each about four feet tall, placed entirely too closely to one another.

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

It's Wednesday folks. Hump day! A day for noods that nobody asked for! #UnsolicitedNoods, up in your feed sometimes unless you block this tag. I put so much damned #spinach into this one; it's a wonderful thing: Brothy, fishy, full of #cilantro, #scallions […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A distinctly green bowl of ramen, redolent with spinache, kelpy bits, and fishes.

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Erin 🍂 fall is fall 🐦‍⬛ @wearegonnafindout.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Constantly giving myself jump scares realizing I am looking at one of these enormous grasshoppers because they are so still that my eye initially does not recognize them as a living thing. 🦗🌿 #bugsky #invertebrates

A very big, mostly brown grasshopper on a spotted bee balm stem.

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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 16/08/2026

This is pretty cute. Frogs hanging out in dahlia petals. #Nature

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Too much rain today for my usual walk, but I've still got some photos from earlier this week for #fungifriday. Stay warm out there humans. Stay careful, stay curious. #fungi #mushrooms #fungiverse #awalkaday

A pale mushroom featuring a dark spot at the center raises a battered cap above the needled first floor below.

A cluster of oyster-like mushrooms pops out of the side of a fallen log, looking tasty.

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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

This is one of my favorite things I've ever made. I made it in 2000 as a member of the video art group Paul Harvey Oswald. This video was for the On The Waterfront festival in Rockford, Illinois. The audio sample is from a fantastic LP I have that was created […] [Original post on mathstodon.xyz]

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a... Butt Fang. I cannot convey how much I love this […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Close up of a very colourful caterpillar vertical on a small twig. It's black with lots of white spots on top, with yellow sides and bright orange and black spots on the yellow part, with bright orange feet, and a bright orange horn. A.k.a. butt fang.

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Met a #chipmunk on today's walk, cronching on a #pinecone several feet up a tree. Tread softly folks; tiny ears are all around us. #awalkaday #nature #squirrels #critters

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Found a scrap of bird on my walk today. Seemed very #fall, juxtaposed with the cronchy leaves. Cheers humans. #awalkaday #birds #feathers

A grey feather, perhaps from a gull, rests on the dusty ground amongst fallen deciduous leaves.

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Enjoyed a nice walk with my wife at #DashPointWA and met many tiny shroomy friends. Stay safe everybody. Walk softly. #mushtodon #fungi #mushrooms #moss #mosstodon #awalkaday #lichensubscribe

A colony of tiny brown mushrooms plots from within the shelter of a mossy stump.

A chonky mushroom pops out from the side of a dry log to say hi.

A stripe-capped shroom gets ready to open up it's cap - later it will spread like an umbrella.

Lichens and brown mushrooms grow together amongst moss on the stump of an old tree.

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Hanging out in the backyard with #DemoTheCat as he comes over for scritches. #Cat noises at the beginning of the video, airplane noises towards the end. Demo gets daily (minimally supervised) outside time; he doesn't try to climb/escape with the rope […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Happy #FungiFriday to all who observe it. Today's walk featured more tiny #mushrooms and a #fern that seemed heroic to me, growing as it was from an enormous rock. Stay safe out there humans. #awalkaday #macrophotography #nature #mushtodon #mosstodon

A cluster of tiny white mushrooms raise their caps in greeting, the tallest standing perhaps 1cm above the needly ground.

A deciduous leaf held against a cloudless sky, illuminating the various nibbles left by some chompy vegan insect.

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Some folks quack like an ADHDuck and they're still valid regardless of any diagnosis. We're all doing our best. We've all got struggles. Y'all are enough. #productivity #ADHD

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Artemis @artemis201.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/03/2026

Heyguysheyguysheyguys LOOK AT THIS OWL! HE IS SO UPSETTY!!! There are 2 baby penguins who are staying in a pen in the hall. They're also going to be ambassador birds, so all the keepers are encouraged to pick them up and cuddle them multiple times a day to get […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

A 10-inch tall screech owl perched on his handler's glove. He looks so incredibly upset. His ear feathers are sticking straight up, his face feathers are all sticky out, to the point that his head looks as big as the rest of his body. He's glaring daggers at the camera as if it has insulted him in the most egregious way known on this earth.

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Kit Bashir @unixbigot.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

"Hello?" "CEASE. DESIST. CEASE AND DESIST. DESIIIIIIIST." "I think maybe you have the wrong—" "DA-LEKS DO NOT MISDIAL. I REPRESENT THE FIRM OF DALEK DALEK DALEK AND DALEK, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. OUR CLIENT HAS INSTRUCTED US TO FILE AN INJUNCTION AGAINST YOUR PLANET IN THE MATTER OF BEHAVIOUR […]

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Glad to be home again; I missed my #moss and #mushrooms. Spotted a very neat #pinecone today as well as a rather colorful shelf #fungi. Love where I live. Vegas was way too dry. Stay curious, friends. #pnw #mushtodon #mosstodon #fungiverse #awalkaday #ferns

A pinecone rests on the forest floor, giving life to a handful of tiny white mushrooms that sprout from gaps in the cone.

A shelf fungi in three colors, dark across the middle with a tan edge trimmed in white. It's growing just above the forest floor.

A tiny fern reaches out from the side of a mossy tree trunk.

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

[A giant mechanical penis. Also some Science fiction folk.] I warned you. You clicked this anyway. That's on you. Just returned from a weekend bachelor trip to Vegas, a trip that included a bar (The Nerd) which features a rideable mechanical schlong […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

An enormous mechanical penis, surrounded by three Star Wars characters (Jabba, Vader, Jar-Jar) and a Mars Attacks martian.

The dick is circumcised, about 8' long, and basically a pink mechanical bull.

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

[Gods, I was an insufferable teenager] Going through some of my mom's things, I came across a birthday wish list that I apparently wrote at 14. I can't believe what a smarmy little punk I was at that age. My tone here is joking; half of the things on my list […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

An photograph of an old birthday list, written by a 14 year old for their 15th birthday. Too much text to copy here, but the tone varies between entitled, smarmy, and self-satisfied. I don't know how people can stand teenagers if this is any example.

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

Good morning, humans. Happy Friday for those who subscribe to the 9-5 religion by choice or necessity. Take care. #awalkaday #raindrops. #bloomscrolling

Gemlike water droplets gather on small green leaves, reflecting a pale sky above.

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

Howdy chums! It was good to get outside again today; life has been a lot lately, and nature is rather nourishing. Today I have a cool looking #ivy plant to share. Stay safe out there humans, you're important. #awalkaday #bloomscrolling #umbel #flowers #umbels

Ivy umbels (there's a fun word for the day) prepare for their coming bloom, looking like nothing so much as pale knobbly green jacks.

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

[doomy, but don't give up] Bad headline on this one "Climate change past the point of no return" www.cbc.ca/news/science/unep-climat… The most important part of the article is a few paragraphs in: 'The 1.5 C limit is not "some magical climate cliff" […]

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Bongolian @bongolian.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Miles Taylor: Someone just risked their life to protect your right to vote. You might never learn their identity. Bombshell #whistleblower complaint could sink one of tRump's nefarious election-rigging schemes. #trump #elections #USPS #voting #fascism […]

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

My local Ice cream truck (vehicle? it isn't a truck by any definition) plays Jennifer Lopez's "On The Floor" exclusively. Has for years. It's kinda haunting. Enjoy. #icecream #icecreamtruck #jenniferlopez

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

we shoulder the burdens and feel the weight that broke our forbears we inherit a world and breathe it daily diminished in richness we wrest a future and build something greater from the ashes of the past we choose community and fill the silence to feel less alone for we are collectively […]

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

[Spider, being a spider] Heyo friends, I met a #spider! At one point I brought the camera too close and alarmed the poor thing, but it chilled out again after I backed off. Wild to me how spikey their legs are. #awalkaday #spiders #arachnids #arachnid #SpiderSunday

A brown garden spider chills in a web, probably wondering what the heck I'm staring at it for.

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

Happy Friday, humans of the internet. I present to you... a #cloud shaped like a duck. That's all I've got today, but it's a pretty neat cloud. Stay curious folks. #clouds #ducks #birds #awalkaday

A photo of a partially clouded skyline, prominent in the center of the frame is a cloud shaped like a swimming duck, head pointed to the right and tail curving upwards behind it.

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Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

My favorite bird currently is the secretary bird They are so cool en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretarybird #Birds

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

So back in the early days of #Seattle History, Asa #Mercer (of local Mercer Street fame) decided there weren't enough #women around and traveled to the civil war-torn east coast to round some up. So I ask you this, ladies: A dude looking like Asa here rolls […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A photo of Asa Mercer. Scraggly White dude with a hilarious hairdo that looks something like it belongs to somebody in munchkin land. They were simpler times.

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

[Old beer advertisement] Spotted this old #RainierBeer ad at the museum/giftshop at the end of the #Seattle Underground Tour this past weekend. #awalkaday #beer #retro #retroadvertisements

An old black and white advertisement for Rainier Beer.

"Good for the young and old" it reads across the top, where a child of probably 7 or so taps her mug her grandfather's, seated in front of her.

"Cultivate the RAINIER BEER habit
It brings the glow of health and gives
new lease on life.... No medicine
can equal it as a TONIC -"
Seattle Brewing and Malting Co. Seattle, Wash.

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

GOOD MORNING INTERNET! It's true, there may be clouds of caustic heat-death choking the skies. Not the greatest, that. It's true, The world's most famous democracy may now be technically in the past tense. A bit concerning. It's true, everybody who isn't a […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A bowl of delicious noodles, mixed with a healing pile of shredded kale and dehydrated kelp, dotted with smoked oysters and bits of mushrooms, all of it drizzled with sesame oil, chili oil, and scallions. Mmmmm...

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

Yesterday's walk featured a delightful #pea plant, the floofiest of #thistles, and a brand new bramble leaf. #awalkaday #nature #bloomscrolling ...it's possible that I'm hyping up two #weeds in an effort to pretend there's more interesting/photogenic flora […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A vibrant pink pea plant blooms in a cluster, with more seen behind. This one was at the edge of a field with hundreds behind it.

A thistle blossom, now very bloomed, on the verge of seedful collapse.

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Coleen Walter @coleenwalter.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

This Luna moth waited for the sun to warm her wings on a curb in a parking lot early this morning. I’m very lucky to have seen her because a Luna moth lifespan is only a week to 10 days. #moth #moths #nature #insects #wildlife

A pale green Luna moth sits on a concrete curb

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Zhi Zhu 🕸️ @zhizhu.newsie.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

Cards Against Humanity is at it again: "Last year, we took Musk's ass to court... we eventually got him to admit on the record that his company did, in fact, fuck up our land. Which is illegal... Our land is now surrounded by a “town” called “Starbase" […] [Original post on newsie.social]

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Who wants to fuck with Elon Musk?

Nine years ago, 150,000 people paid Cards Against Humanity $15 to protect a pristine parcel of land on the US-Mexico border from racist billionaire Donald Trump's stupid wall.

Two years ago, we discovered that an even richer, more racist billionaire—Elon Musk—snuck up on us from behind and completely fucked that land with gravel, tractors, and space garbage.

Two photos: One is pristine land. The other is "Land fucked by Musk"

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Carson Hill @dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026

A few photos from walks last week. Savor the little treasures life offers, each of them is a gift. Sooner than you'd think, those gifts have a tendency to disappear. None of us can claim them, so it's best to keep one's eyes open and curious. Cheers humans […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A knot of frogs (apparently that's a valid term) clusters together on a log, sharing secrets.

(you can find a video of these guys under my awalkaday hashtag from about a week ago)

A bright orange jewelweed plant gazes towards the sun.

A purple lupine waves in the sun, backed by sunbleached grasses.

A spidery cluster of bittersweet nightshade dangles in a wetland in the Pacific Northwest.

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