Lara @lara@mond-basis.eu

For 100 years, the version of Dracula that was being sold in the Icelandic language was actually an entirely new piece of fanfiction written by the translator. And apparently it's really fucking good, so it has recently been translated back into English as "Powers of Darkness: The Lost Version of Dracula"

Heard the story of the girl throwing starfish into the ocean? A man watching her says "don't you know there are miles of beach and you can't make a difference?"

The girl bends down and scoops up another starfish and gently throws it into the ocean, turns to the man and says "it made a difference to that one".

I often think of this story when world events make me feel powerless. I can't help everyone, but I can help *someone*.

So... if anyone needs me to throw them into the sea, I'm here.

If you can never remember if you've already sent a follow request to someone, I have a tip for you.

When I send a follow request, I now write it on their profile since you can leave a note there!

Perhaps that's obvious, but I still share it in case than can help, especially if you have ADHD, are autistic and / or deal with memory problems!

#FediTips

Fun fact: legendary microbiologist Carl Woese possessed a custom-labelled "Primordial Soup" can. The label was made in the late '80's/early 90's by another microbiologist, Jim Brown, then a postdoc at the University of Illinois. https://storied.illinois.edu/curiosities-series-2/

Brown later made an updated, high-res version: http://web.archive.org/web/20051117001714/http://www.mbio.ncsu.edu/jwb/PrimordialSoup.jpeg

"Be careful with each other so we can be dangerous together" is the best slogan I've heard in a while.

If you're screening your follow requests, it's probably not a good idea to reject or block someone just because their profile picture is empty.

There are many blind people on the Fediverse who don't use profile pictures. For example, the writer Robert Kingett at @blindscribe doesn't use one.

The most reliable way to screen accounts on here is just to read what they have posted, as this better reflects what kind of account they are.

#Fediverse #FollowRequest #FollowRequests

"your X-rays came back negative"

Wenn ich mit Leuten gute Zeit verbracht habe, hab ich immer direkt das Bedürfnis, das mit meinen (anderen) Partnerpersonen zu teilen und ihnen zu erzählen dass ich sie liebhabe..
Liebesgefühle vervielfältigen sich quasi automatisch? <3
#Polyamorie

was sharing cat pics a while back and i accidentally made a political compass

Cool! Chronotrains: Wie weit kann ich mit einem Zug in 5h in Europa kommen?

https://chronotrains-eu.vercel.app/

Hatte von euch schon wer die Impfung gegen Affenpocken? Wie fühlt eins sich danach so?

Please let this become a trending sport. Everywhere!

We're moving out and are looking or a next tenant.
It's a 3-room apartment (62 sq.m.), in a relatively old building (1925), with central heating and central warm water, on raised ground floor, in front of a tram stop (trams go at 3-minute intervals, 10 minutes ride time to S-Bahn Ring and 20 minutes to Alexanderplatz), just for 630 euro cold / 820 euro warm.

Is anybody interested? :)

Have a Merlin for Monday

#MastoCats