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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 22h

I should go see a shrink to understand why I like taking pictures of the sky.

A photo that mostly shows a sku, blue with a huge white cloud looming above the land. Makes you think of the anime Ghibli clouds. In the foreground is a grassy patch of land, a hill, full of weeds and in the mid-ground is a hint of houses, peeking from behind a hill.

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Why is there always a big cloud at sunset?

It is just after sunset and the sky is mostly a purple color, I think that is purple, but with a brilliant splash of sunset colours somewhere in the middle of the image. The foreground had the almost-silhouette of a house under construction and the hint of a swamp in a valley.

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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Google is under fire for clearing over 300 hectares — the equivalent of almost 500 football fields — for two new data centers in the northern part of Finland without concluding the necessary environmental assessments. Despite the assessments still being in progress, the tech giant’s contractors […]

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

I am looking for beta readers for "Old Goatfoot", my upcoming collection of Devil-tales from German folklore. Beta readers are test readers for books who provide feedback from a fan perspective and help the author identify and fix problems before the book […] [Original post on mementomori.social]

An illustration of the Devil sitting on a cherry tree and looking grumpy about it. He has unscrewed one of his horns and is pulling a piece of parchment from it. A grinning smith is on the ground and holding his hand out.

Title page and first page of the Table of Contents for the manuscript.

Page 2 and 3 of the Table of Contents for the manuscript.

Page 4 and 5 of the Table of Contents for the manuscript.

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Off season fruits are so annoying. Either bland or sour. All the fruits I bought this week, mangoes, pawpaw, pineapple, taste like their creator forgot about sugar. So I'm turning them into juice, at least that is drinkable. And the pawpaw, I haven't met this […] [Original post on mograph.social]

Photo of a pawpaw cut in the middle, it is orange and there is a ring of pockets of seeta around a central part that was a bit hard and uneatable. Weird fruit, if you ask me.

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Feeling very stressed about everything, and I went out to do some astrophotography. I was hoping for auroras, and was first excited to see an orange glow on the horizon, then annoyed as I realized it's probably a combine, then delighted again as I realized […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A nighttime sky view, with some silhouetted trees in each lower corner of the photo, the Milky Way stretching vertically up from an orange spot on the flat horizon, which is the moon about to rise

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Yesterday I gifted wallpapers to my patrons. I made them from the cover of my new collection of short stories. These are some of the thank-you artworks I make for those who support me. Others include a new short story every month, an ebook regularly (at least once a quarter) and a print book […]

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Pottery by Osa @potterybyosa.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

I just sent this pot to a collector in Brooklyn. I'm so grateful. The form of the vessel is inspired by Gwari water pots made by Ladi Kwali (Nigeria's most renowned potter) and other women potters of that region whose names we do not know. The surface design […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A stately voluminous vessel with a tall, ringed neck. The exterior is intricately carved with geometric patterns and an abstracted roselle calyx design. It is painted in deep iron red tones with accents of light blue and olive green. The interior is glazed glossy aqua. The background is plain, dark brown.

A stately voluminous vessel with a tall, ringed neck laying on its side at a diagonal with the opening toward the front right. The exterior is intricately carved with geometric patterns. It is painted in deep iron red tones with accents of light blue and olive green. The interior is glazed glossy aqua. The background is plain, dark brown.

A stately voluminous vessel with a tall, ringed neck laying on its side at a diagonal with the bottom visible at the left of the frame. The exterior is intricately carved with geometric patterns and an abstracted roselle calyx design. It is painted in deep iron red tones with accents of light blue and olive green. The foot of the vase is also carved with a geometric pattern. The background is plain, dark brown.

A closeup of my hands holding the vessel shown in the other photos with the roselle side facing the camera. I'm standing outside in my backyard and greenery can be seen in the background. I'm wearing a beige t-shirt with the words "Acoma Pueblo Sky City" partially visible with a black geometric pottery motif above it.

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Tim Richards @timrichards.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

I just don’t get how this new world based entirely on video works. It takes AGES longer to derive some info from a video/audio clip than from quickly browsing text. People researching their travel that way must be gluttons for punishment. I've watched YouTubers visiting Melbourne, for example […]

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Life hack. Sprinking salt on a candle increases its lifespan. It but slower, and longer. I learned this as a kid, growing up with constant loadshedding and candles being a bit too pricey. These days candles are rare as people prefer eletric lights, the harsh […] [Original post on mograph.social]

A close up of a candle flame, with some dark spots on the molten part of the wax showing burnt salt.

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Tim_Eagon @tim-eagon.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Watched Dave Made a Maze (2017, d. Bill Watterson, not that one) a visually inventive fantasy comedy. Failed artist Dave creates a cardboard maze in his living room while his girlfriend is away. It somehow becomes real inside, complete with deadly boobytraps […] [Original post on dice.camp]

Movie poster for "Dave Made a Maze," featuring stylized lettering of the title prominently displayed. The background depicts a whimsical, constructed maze made of cardboard and other materials, with scattered objects and an overall creative, chaotic atmosphere. The tagline reads, "he thought of everything but a way out.”

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Had a good evening in a cramped artist studio for our monthly movie night, and the films were exciting. "It Was Just An Accident", a political thriller many people here thought was relatable, though in Iran, with security agents kidnapping and torturing […] [Original post on mograph.social]

A tiny room lit only with by a projector screen, with silhouettes of people sitting on the floor enjoying. On the screen is a scene from the movie "It Was Just An Accident" A laptop in the foreground has the same scene

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

#WritersCoffeeClub 26 Sept: How does your faith feature in your works? Faith to mean what religious stuff you believe in? I think I believe in supernatural stuff, not religious; certain entities exist beyond this plane and they can influence our lives, but we don't worship them! We just […]

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

So I stumbled upon localwp as I searched for alternatives to wordpress, and it seemed like a great option for an offline dashboard. But there was a software license, and I don't remember the last time I installed a software and had to agree to some license. Uninstalled soon afterwords, felt like […]

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

I've compiled the manuscript for "Old Goatfoot" in its intended final formatting, and it clocks in at 386 pages - 82 more than the previous volume. This might change a bit after beta reading, but probably not by much. #amwriting #folklore

Title page and first page of the Table of Contents for "Old Goatfoot".

Page 2 and 3 of the Table of Contents for "Old Goatfoot".

Page 4 and 5 of the Table of Contents for "Old Goatfoot".

Page 6 of the Table of Contents for "Old Goatfoot", as well as the first page of the Introduction.

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

#blender addons are a hit or miss. You buy one and it is a lifesaver, you buy another and it feels like a scam for you could have easily used the functions that come with the software. A good thing blendermarket (I can't get used to superhive) has an easy way to ask for refunds.

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

RE: bookstodon.com/@ododopress/11732447… So here is my third collection, and unlike the first two where the publishers largely picked the stories, I selected these, opting for a horror theme as I have a large stockpile of stories in that genre waiting to see the light of day. A […]

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

I'm locked out of my own website. I set up 2FA but when I hit send verification code to my email, the email never comes through so I can't log in.... There should be a less frustrating way to do websites other than #wordpress :-((

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Not sure what is happening, but wordpress dashboard is unbearably slow. It takes me an hour or more to post a blog that should have taken 15 minutes or less. Most of the time I'm staring at the whitescreen of blankness. Tried talking to BlueHost but they say they can't find any issues. Now […]

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

I wonder what people who receive my emails think, since I sign all with an emoticon :-)) sometimes instead of regards, or thanks... and even in professional emails. But I guess it's better than the reaction emojis I get from gmail people!

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Yay. I got paperback copies of my novella, The Blossoming of the Big Tree, in the UK, after another author offered to help sell indie books at cons around that country. So the first stop is PictCon in Scotland, 17th Oct, but if you won't attend and are in the […] [Original post on mograph.social]

The cover of a novella, it is yellow, with a solarpunk robot spider as the main image and the texts, in brown tones, The Blossoming of the Big Tree, a novella by Dilman Dila

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

This Nigerian author used AI to research his book, but claims he did not use it to write the book. Then the book gets flagged for AI writing and a $2m book advance deal gets cancelled. I keep telling authors don't use AI, even for research, but they don't listen. If you used it for research […]

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Is this the look cat's give you when they are begging? #caturday

A cat with orange tones in its fur sits on its butt, looking at someone offscreen who was eating a piece of chicken.

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Is there a fediverse equivalent to Twitter Spaces? Someone posted in a chat I'm in about missing it, and I was wondering if there is something that can enable a hangout with voice calls, and doesn't require sign in? Lile anyone with the link can simply join in on the conversation. That would be […]

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

I keep reading that it is now possible to indent the first line of a paragraph in wordpress using the paragraph block but I failed to do it. Would love to use it on articles longer than 1k words as it looks smarter. #wordpress

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

A few days ago I rewarded my patrons with this #wip short story, which I had a bit of fun writing. It is a romance, sort of, but also a whodunit where the two lovers going through a break up find an excuse to work together to solve a murder. Set in the same #solarpunk world as my novella, The […]

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

RE: bookstodon.com/@ododopress/11728736… This is a folk tale I immediately fell in love with, though the original ended in marriages, but I liked the concept. I think it was about greed, a father denying his children food in a time of famine, and attempting to murder them when […]

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

I needed a goat-apple-opera break from grant-writing and I bet you do too.

A white goat wish her head thrown back, chewing an apple, but sort of looks like she's singing. There are several other goats in the background, one other one obviously eating an apple.

Four goats, two white and two black, all eating apples with their heads back and their mouths open like they are singing opera.

Two goats, one white and one black, look like they are singing with their heads back as they eat red apples. There's a tall wooden fence in the background and green grass under their feet, as well as several other goats in the background.

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

I bought this trouser in 2010 when I was in Nepal, and I still wear it. Fits nicely, though feels a little tite. It is still strong, not sure of the material, but its is stretchy, feels like silk, and hasn't faded since. Some of the seams are coming apart now […] [Original post on mograph.social]

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Jeremiah Lee @jeremiahlee.com · 15/09/2026

The second biggest loser was the center-left S (Social Democrats). It’s also the largest party with the most to lose. S campaigned on something important—refusal to work with far-right SD—but its other positions were mostly just reversing some of the bad changes in the last 4 years. The […]

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

#WritersCoffeeClub #WritingCommunity 15th Sept 2026. What expertise are you happy to offer to your fellow writers for their research? My expertise in German #folklore, obviously. By this stage, I have probably read 15-20,000 German folk tales, and I have published two books on them. So if you […]

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

This bird makes the ugliest sound, and so, so loud. The first time I heard it I got nigthmares, of birds with big beaks coming at me. I think I saw a hornbill that same day (they too make terrifying sounds) but their names are cute. Ibis. Hornbill. You'd think […] [Original post on mograph.social]

Two ibis birds on an electric pole, they are silhouette against a gray cloudy, and they are almost lost in the image since stuff and wires on the electric pole tends to take attention away from them.

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

I wrote a short story early in July, but I've forgotten what file name I used and I can't find it in the usual folder where I save my drafts. Apparently on #LinuxMint you can't search for files by date.... yeah? It would be nice if I could pull up all files created or accessed at a certain time […]

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Breakfast today. I cut this open and likes the way the light fell on the seeds. It was nicer before I scooped out a lot of the seeds but well, I think this is cute too. It's a pawpaw, for those wondering.

A closeup of a pawpaw fruit that has been cut open. It is orange, so nice and juicely ripe, and the seeds are black and highly glossy and cramped together, catching the lights - they made me think of a million eyes that an ogre scooped out of its victims and.... It is breakfast time, I shouldn't be thinking like that!

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Melissa BearTrix @melissabeartrix.gives.hugz.online.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

That old dude wanted to sit next to me ... There were plenty of seats ... Plenty not near me Hugz & xXx

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Joakim Bohlin @bohlin.mastodon.nu.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

@dilmandila Thank you! Finished it now and really enjoyed it! Also appreciate it being DRM-free so I could easily save it on my phone 👍

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

So here is a sneak into my (backbreaking) process of building a #solarpunk village, which will be the backdrop for my next film, #windshortFilm tv.dilstories.com/w/9KBGpnoJkRNpCi6… And over on patreon I've shared some few images of what the streets of this village will look like […]

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

Looking for a #solarpunk book? Here's a review of The Blossoming of the Big Tree, the story of a grandma who coordinates the defense of her decentralized country when a colonizer invades. “This was a very interesting novella. Science fiction that presents a new world always is… All in all: If […]

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Massimo :bot: @rainmaker1973.zpravobot.news.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

This guy's DIY audio visualizer

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2 Spoopy 4 You @jcrabapple.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

🧱 The secret ingredient holding the Great Wall of China together is sticky rice. Ming Dynasty masons (1368-1644) mixed boiled sticky rice soup into their lime mortar. The result was a tough, flexible, water-resistant binder that has held brick sections together for around 600 years. The […]

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

@dilmandila I haven't encountered that one yet, although I frequently get hustlers on Bluesky who claim to offer "beta reading services" without actually knowing what genre I write in.

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