Sapphire

raptor-ish (not a dragon). gamer, geek, nerd, ferret mom. brown ajah. she/her.

My Personal Site: http://www.coloden.com
My YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@kwsapphire
Profile pic art by caosgii: https://www.deviantart.com/caosgii
Banner art by sqdpxl: https://www.deviantart.com/sqdpxl

Public Key

npub1nwsku59rm0g8e5gfdwmnv72arwq34j7rjpradj9nu0ugd0zpdkpsqlj43n

NIP-05 Address

sapphire_at_darkfriend.social@momostr.pink

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsfhgtw2z3ah5ru6yykhdek09w3hqg6e0peq37keze787yxh3qkmqcpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3eryvfwvdhk6tqt4tk

Publishing to

nostr21.com

Author Public Key

npub1nwsku59rm0g8e5gfdwmnv72arwq34j7rjpradj9nu0ugd0zpdkpsqlj43n

Show more details

Last Notes

2024-10-13 13:30:03

- reply

I keep the editor on the "text" version and write html like it's notepad in 1998. WYSIWYGs in general, and Gutenberg in particular, generate some truly awful html.

2024-10-12 14:40:26

- reply

The Elongated Muskrat's companies are turning out to be a lot like the republican party. Can't get customers (or votes) without cheating.

2024-10-12 14:29:32

- reply

EEK! Thanks! *goes to find setting now*
Edit: It's called "Personalized shopping"

2024-10-12 14:27:34

- reply

GROOOOOOSSSSSSS. :C

2024-10-12 14:12:11

Can anyone help identify what type of bird these are? The wing shape seems wrong for mourning doves (tho I may be wrong), and I don't see even a hint of green so I don't think they're parakeets.
Photo taken yesterday in New Port Richey, Florida.
#WhatBird #Bird #Birds #Florida #Ornithology
https://cdn.masto.host/darkfriendsocial/media_attachments/files/113/294/849/610/269/922/original/3d24f7e24ba9e59f.jpeg

2024-10-08 17:54:52

- reply

True! Though storm surge is correlated with wind speed, the angle of attack and other factors go into just how high the water gets.

2024-10-08 15:04:13

There's confusion about #Hurricane categories w/some ppl saying recent storms should be "Category 6."
However, the categories aren't defined by arbitrary windspeed boundaries. They classify the type of damage you can expect from a storm.
Since Category 5 already covers "Many buildings destroyed, major roads cut off," a Cat 6 would be like "Flattens everything and makes it permanently uninhabitable" or something. Which ... we may get there! But not yet.
https://cdn.masto.host/darkfriendsocial/media_attachments/files/113/272/395/033/441/839/original/d8c038054475524b.png

2024-10-06 16:21:04

- reply

It took Buu 40 minutes to get through the line just to get out of Sam's club after he had already paid!

2024-10-06 15:54:58

- reply

The line is so long that people are abandoning their carts with refrigerated items and just leaving the store. And of course Sam's club doesn't have enough employees to put all that stuff away before it spoils. Sucks for them, but this is a problem of their own making. The receipt check is security theater anyway. In their attempt to prevent theft they are going to lose a lot of product.

2024-10-06 15:47:11

Buu went to Sam's to stock up before the storm rolls in. The line to have your receipt checked to leave goes all the way to the back of the store!! 😱
For those of you who are unfamiliar with Sam's club, it's always a very, very large building. You can't leave until someone at the door checks your receipt. It can make leaving the store a pain in the ass even when it's not super busy.
I asked him to start a timer to see how long it takes him to get out of the store.

2024-10-05 23:00:37

- reply

You aren't kidding. Here's a sign I used to drive past when I had to drive into an office for work. This sign is something like 12-15 feet tall. The blue triangle at the bottom is warning that this is the height that a storm surge can reach in the area.
It's a very expensive area, but you couldn't pay me to live there!
https://cdn.masto.host/darkfriendsocial/media_attachments/files/113/257/282/733/715/191/original/82993a6206eff53a.png

2024-10-05 22:33:20

- reply

My husband got his ballot on Monday but I still haven't gotten mine. They've never not arrived together before. One of his coworkers also received his ballot, but not coworkers' girlfriend. We're starting to wonder if there's a conspiracy to keep women from voting.
I planned to call the county on Monday & ask about it but now they'll probably be too busy (between Helene and Milton). I need to look up the process for how to nullify the mailed ballot so I can vote in person if need be.

2024-10-05 22:17:15

- reply

Tampa hasn't taken a direct hit from a hurricane since the 1920s. Any storm that was predicted to hit us directly always swerved away and hit the places people fled to. So, will the Magical Protection Bubble hold this time?
If Milton lands south of Tampa, it'll drain the bay and flooding won't be an issue. If it lands north of the bay, it could bury the city in several feet of water.
Still safe in my neighborhood (GO ZONE X!) but a lot of ppl are in danger again. (fin)

2024-10-05 22:14:58

- reply

Unfortunately people are still putting ruined goods by the street. If the county doesn't pick it up by Monday, Milton fling it all over the neighborhood. So mom has to decide if she wants to pay Handy-Men $300 to put up her hurricane shutters (and another $300 to take them down).
We discovered our new car starter doesn't have USB ports & so have ordered a couple more battery packs, just in case we lose power for longer this time. (2/)

2024-10-05 22:10:58

Milton became a named storm today & is expected to make landfall in Tampa as a Cat 3 on Wednesday morning.
Mom's neighborhood is taking it seriously this time, many people are looking to get outta dodge. Mom already gave me her important documents, she'll pack up & come over herself on Tuesday. I now have a camping cot for her to sleep on. We put 5 gallons of water in her freezer to hopefully keep everything cold if she loses power again, and we're packing the freezer with water here too. (1/)

2024-09-29 23:29:40

- reply

She did get power back this afternoon, thankfully! I brought back all the stuff she'd stored in our freezer, and moved her ruined carpets and furniture to the curb. She's seeing what help she can get from FEMA to replace what's needed. But I'm so glad she has power, it's miserable right now without AC!!

2024-09-29 02:51:43

- reply

Not yet. The HOA leader spoke to someone at Duke Energy and apparently they're not scheduled for repairs until Monday. !!! Fingers crossed it's sooner!

2024-09-28 21:46:50

- reply

Mom spent the afternoon over here so she could recharge all her devices and spend some time in the AC. She just recently left, I assume she'll text me if there's power when she gets home. I just checked Duke Energy's outage map and her neighborhood is now clear, so maybe she'll be good to go! I hope so!!
Edit: Nope, still no power at her place. Just a tow-truck taking away two of the ruined cars. :\

2024-09-28 14:19:05

- reply

Thoughtful. Possibly thinking "how do I make this person see reason?"

2024-09-28 14:16:04

- reply

My mom's power is still out too. I keep refreshing Duke Energy's outage map. They've been working hard! Went from 390k customers out yesterday morning to 200k this morning.
I wondered if it was better to send out all repair crews immediately and have them work as long as they can, or if it's better to save some in reserve so they can start working when the first crew has to go to bed. I assume they went with the former since no repairs happened overnight.

2024-09-28 14:12:34

- reply

Caring.
It looks like he's explaining something very morally important, and being patient about it.

2024-09-13 15:12:59

Got my COVID booster yesterday. This shot has definitely been less severe as far as side effects. My arm hurts, but not so bad I can't lie on that side. My whole body aches, but not so badly that I'm rocking back and forth moaning. There were only a few jolts of severe pain last night. and I haven't felt nauseous at all. So that's nice. I AM deliriously tired though so I'll need a nap later. Glad I took the day off work.

2024-09-10 14:49:37

- reply

That's been typical of politicians for ages though, he just takes it to a new extreme. It's exceptionally rare for ANY politician to give a straight answer in plain English.

2024-09-06 17:10:28

IMO we need a Patients' Bill of Rights like for air travel. If your flight gets cancelled, the airline has to put you in a hotel, etc.
If I'm late to a doctor's appointment, they can cancel the appointment and charge me a no-show fee. But I can sit in the exam room for a half hour, hour, or more past my appointment time with no recourse. I'm lucky my job is flexible; I feel bad for people under (perfectly normal) time constraints.
*Checks watch* *taps foot* *continues playing Bejeweled*

2024-09-03 14:44:24

It's been a while since I did anything other than solid colors on my nails, since the gel keeps coming off so fast. But I've been wanting to do something fun, so I did. I'll clean up my cuticles again later. Glitter gets everywhere!
#nails #NailPolish #NailDesign
https://cdn.masto.host/darkfriendsocial/media_attachments/files/113/074/147/579/551/109/original/56ab149d1c431ab2.jpg

2024-09-02 18:16:09

- reply

"Are you passing approval privileges over to my team, then?"
Yeesh.

2024-08-30 18:08:01

- reply

I've said many times, there are certain industries that IMO should not be permitted to be for-profit. This includes banking, healthcare, education, and utilities.
Capitalism and competition are great for consumer goods, but toxic for literal life necessities.

2024-08-26 13:53:37

- reply

I'm not sure whether to think this is funny or unhealthy. We need the right to unplug!!

2024-08-22 17:00:48

- reply

Of course, because level of attractiveness has literally anything to do with leadership capabilities.
The orange menace is so dumb. I can't wait until we never have to hear from or about him again.

2024-08-20 14:28:12

- reply

EVERY ACCUSATION IS A CONFESSION.
(Edit for clarity:)
"She cheats!" says the cheater.
"She lies!" says the liar.
"She fakes!" says the dude sporting a spray-on tan.

2024-08-13 21:08:10

- reply

Yay!! What server? I have a super group on Everlasting and my husband and I play most days.

2024-08-12 15:39:54

- reply

There's no doubt in my mind that he (and Biden, both) are showing increased effects of dimensia or similar. Trump doesn't have the excuse of a stutter, either. My dad didn't have very bad dimensia but there were definitely moments where we could tell he wasn't firing on all thrusters. It was terrifying when it happened while he was driving, sometimes he'd just start drifting off the road into the median. Shouldn't have been driving. Let alone leading a country!!

2024-08-12 13:36:22

- reply

He has been totally divorced from reality since before his first term.

2024-08-11 02:44:21

- reply

:( Perpetua needs to take a hike!

2024-08-09 02:12:19

- reply

What MMO?
You can always join us in City of Heroes (homecoming)!

2024-08-07 03:32:33

#ferrets are my happy pills
https://cdn.masto.host/darkfriendsocial/media_attachments/files/112/918/617/390/480/311/original/09826611f41e20bd.jpg
https://cdn.masto.host/darkfriendsocial/media_attachments/files/112/918/617/415/397/828/original/d09a516ccd32bbaa.jpg
https://cdn.masto.host/darkfriendsocial/media_attachments/files/112/918/621/660/125/564/original/00d01e4acd4b66cf.jpg
https://cdn.masto.host/darkfriendsocial/media_attachments/files/112/918/621/670/120/160/original/9c14d53366f4e32a.jpg

2024-08-06 14:29:50

At my neurologist's direction I took prescribed migraine abortive (sumatriptan) for my headaches (not migraines). Unfortunately each time this has caused extreme nausea and hot flashes within 30-45 minutes. Severe enough that I'm forced to lie down. I think I'll stick with aspirin from now on. At least if it fails and I get the headache, I can still keep working through it. The nausea has me laid flat!!

2024-08-04 14:13:55

Here are the most recent #watercolor #painting I did from the workbook. I was not looking forward to the last one with all that detail, and was ready to be done with it so I didn't add a background wash.
https://cdn.masto.host/darkfriendsocial/media_attachments/files/112/904/158/008/592/616/original/94b4028d5920b60e.jpg
https://cdn.masto.host/darkfriendsocial/media_attachments/files/112/904/158/160/478/419/original/098e8d537e282998.jpg
https://cdn.masto.host/darkfriendsocial/media_attachments/files/112/904/158/112/369/134/original/103c744639125af2.jpg
https://cdn.masto.host/darkfriendsocial/media_attachments/files/112/904/158/140/343/170/original/7b65baea06881d6d.jpg

2024-07-14 15:16:12

- reply

THANK YOU. I've added this to my shopping list. My old copy of Photoshop CS5 still works but I'm guessing they'll eventually make it stop functioning to force me to get something new, just like Microsoft did with Office.

2024-07-13 23:28:34

- reply

OH. Microsoft disabled this registry hack back in 2022. So all the websites still popping up in search results have been wrong for two years. Now, we have to download a third-party tool to force Windows 11 to use the Windows 10 Start Menu. BRILLIANT. :C

2024-07-03 15:46:15

- reply

I'll poke around Google's suite and see if it lets me do what I want to do. Thank you for the suggestion!

2024-07-03 15:04:54

Please suggest an #Office suite that's as good as Microsoft but reasonably priced?
I tried #OpenOffice years ago & found it lacking. I'm now using #LibreOffice and am consistently annoyed by it. What's a better alternative?
Example annoyances:
Libre Calc recognizes a new row was added to the table but doesn't extend conditional formatting, which must be manually updated.
I fought with Writer for hours to move a differently formatted section from end to front, fixed it in <5 minutes in Word.

2024-06-30 05:03:55

Check out this amazing #Dinosaur dictionary for #Pathfinder! They already have a D&D5E version but are publishing a second edition using Pathfinder 2E.
The book includes (accurate!) Mesozoic creatures and alternate magical rules, NPCs, plants, ancestries, 2 archetypes and a druidic order, environments, backgrounds, items, plot hooks, and gorgeous artwork.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/palaeogames/pathfinder-second-ed-dr-dhrolins-dictionary-of-dinosaurs?ref=thanks-copy

2024-06-29 14:46:18

- reply

But there are use cases for photo over screen shot?
- I want to share content from my desktop via text message. (I do this a LOT.)
- content is protected from being captured. (Amazon player)
- computer is protected & difficult to get content off of. (I take a photo of my work calendar so I dont have to email myself the screencap.)
- I also want to include myself, pointer movement, or something else not on the computer in the image.