Masthash

#hunting

Tempest
6 days ago
Clayton Hove
2 weeks ago

Issues of Forest and Stream, Rod and Gun from 1878, 1879 and 1881. This was after Rod and Gun was folded into Forest and Stream, but half a century before Forest and Stream was swallowed up by Field and Stream. The final issue of Field and Stream was in 2015. #outdoors #hunting #fishing #vintage #antique #magazines #history

Mr. Robin just wanted to show off the lunch he got himself.

#Birds #Nature #Wildlife #Photography #Hunting

A north American robin standing at the edge of a platform attached to a feeder. The robin has a worm or a small brownish pinkish millipede in its beak, I'm not totally confident which.
Manc AvGeek
2 weeks ago

Bonus Photo of the Day 2 24th May 2023.
LX-JUL, Shorts SC-7 Skyvan 3M, Hunting Aviation, on static display at Fairford International Air Tattoo, 22nd July 1995.
#Fairford #FFD #InternationalAirTattoo #IAT #airshow #Shorts #SC7 #SkyVan #Hunting
#avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Front view of a high-winged, twin-tailed, twin propellor-engined cargo plane parked facing slightly off to the left of the camera. The plane is mostly white, with a light blue/dark blue/light blue stripe running along the body from the nose. There is a small sign giving a description of the plane on the ground by the nose in front of the left main wheel. In the background, a red helicopter is visible in front of trees on the left of the frame, while several green or white transport aircraft are visible on the right. Above and behind it all the sky is a gorgeous blue, with lots of fluffy white clouds here and there.
Mojo ♻️
2 weeks ago

#hunting would be banned in most of the area of the coastal lakes in #SouthAustralia south-east under a proposed management plan for the region

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-23/hunting-ban-under-south-east-coastal-lakes-plan/102380292

Dylan Bragg
2 weeks ago

#vss365 prompt: "Sonorous"

Deep down in my watery lair
I sing a song of sad despair,
For I’m endangered by your hand.
Though hunting me is mostly banned,
Each time I breathe I’m facing fear.
And in the dark depths, you can hear
Echoing through pelagic halls,
My sonorous, lamenting calls.

#riddlepoems #poetry #science #nature #marinebiology #ocean #fish #mammal #hunting #sonar #endangered #poetrycommunity

Holger
2 weeks ago

Nur wenige Meter neben der Schildkröte (Foto habe ich schon gepostet) stand dieser wunderschöne Graureiher.

#graureiher #birds #hunting #nature #photography #fotografie

Ein Graureiher, der am Rand von einem Teich, nach Beute Ausschau hielt.
Palm Oil Detectives
3 weeks ago

Apex predator and flying royalty of the jungle, Philippine #Eagles are critically endangered from: #climatechange #palmoil #timber and #cacao #deforestation and illegal #hunting. Help them and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/18/philippine-eagle-pithecophaga-jefferyi/ via @palmoildetect

Apex predator and flying royalty of the jungle, Philippine #Eagles are critically endangered from: #climatechange #palmoil #timber and #cacao #deforestation and illegal #hunting. Help them and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/18/philippine-eagle-pithecophaga-jefferyi/
JB405
3 weeks ago

#introduction

Hello Everyone

trying out #mastodon / #fediverse and was looking for a sort name server.

I have worked in technology for 25+ years mostly on the operations side

Interested in:
#music
#tech
#pwsh
#python
#pcgames
#films
#learning
#outdoors
#hunting

Rob Knell
3 weeks ago

Well researched, nuanced article about the complex issues around #hunting and #conservation in #Africa
https://www.biographic.com/africas-conservation-conundrum/

AutisticMumTo3 She/her 🌈
3 weeks ago

I just signed the petition "BBC: Chris Packham should NOT be silenced by hunters" and wanted to see if you could help by adding your name.

Our goal is to reach 35,000 signatures and we need more support. You can read more and sign the petition here:

https://chng.it/MWrNb8WsHC

Thanks!
#ChrisPackham
#Packham
#Hunters
#Hunting

Sent from my Galaxy

John Francis
3 weeks ago

A nice tom has moved in to take on the extra duties. 4 hens just out of frame.

#hunting

John Francis
3 weeks ago

Various training courses. Various arduous licensing processes. A variety of expensive equipment. A variety of distant trips and many unsuccessful attempts over years.

Finally a successful turkey harvest.

Hours of careful processing to produce a small quantity of The Most Expensive Turkey in the World™

The inedible portions get fed to the crows in the backyard.

The MOST EXPENSIVE CROWS IN THE WORLD™.

#hunting

Palm Oil Detectives
1 month ago

Bear Cuscus’ are found on #Sulawesi #Indonesia they are vulnerable due to #palmoil #deforestation and #hunting. Support this beautiful animal with your weekly shop #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/26/bear-cuscus-ailurops-ursinus/

Bear Cuscus’ are found on #Sulawesi #Indonesia they are vulnerable due to #palmoil #deforestation and #hunting. Support this beautiful animal with your weekly shop #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/26/bear-cuscus-ailurops-ursinus/
Bear Cuscus’ are found on #Sulawesi #Indonesia they are vulnerable due to #palmoil #deforestation and #hunting. Support this beautiful animal with your weekly shop #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/26/bear-cuscus-ailurops-ursinus/
Bear Cuscus’ are found on #Sulawesi #Indonesia they are vulnerable due to #palmoil #deforestation and #hunting. Support this beautiful animal with your weekly shop #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/26/bear-cuscus-ailurops-ursinus/
Bear Cuscus’ are found on #Sulawesi #Indonesia they are vulnerable due to #palmoil #deforestation and #hunting. Support this beautiful animal with your weekly shop #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/26/bear-cuscus-ailurops-ursinus/

The #Ontario Government is proposing amendments to the Fish and #Wildlife #Conservation Act to allow new licenses for facilities that use captive foxes, coyotes and rabbits as bait to train #hunting dogs.
There are currently 24 of these Train and Trial facilities in Ontario. In 1997 the decision was made not to allow any more to be created, however the Ontario government proposes to change this decision. Petition.

https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-ontario-from-encouraging-dogs-to-kill-wildlife-deadline-for-comments-may-18?recruiter=67954269&recruited_by_id=b6a0efcb-aa04-450d-921a-a45c0dc8b88d&share_bandit_exp=initial-36164050-en-CA

Ontario set to expand areas where dogs can learn to hunt live coyotes in penned areas
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-expand-dog-trialing-areas-1.6833693?cmp=rss
"Ontario wants to expand a licensing regime that allows residents to unleash dogs in an enclosed area to teach them how to hunt captive coyotes, foxes and rabbits.
Hunters say there is a growing demand for the dog sport, ... training and trialing, while animal advocates call it a cruel practice for the #captive prey(???)."
#Ontario #onpoli #Hunting #Coyotes #Foxes #Rabbits #Seriously???

John Francis
1 month ago

Fri-Sat turkey #hunting was a washout. All hens, no beards. I will try a different spot next time.

But lots of other interesting birds and sounds.

And a spectacular 20C temp swing, from hot'n'buggy, to cold, back to hot'n'buggy.

A few weeks left. Maybe #fishing will be better this year. High water and a cool May will be good for the Rideau and might keep some bass out of the rapids.

dracsfantastic
1 month ago

FOOD FAST EASY HUNTING HOW TO #vintagestory #hunting #survivalgame #howto https://youtu.be/P-Kwq9Hi1po via @YouTube

Sarah Dal
1 month ago

Study reveals excessive lead levels in raw dog food with pheasant - 77% of raw dog food with pheasant has excessive levels of lead.

https://www.wwt.org.uk/news-and-stories/news/lead-ammunition-campaign-latest-study-reveals-excessive-lead-levels-in-raw-dog-food-with-pheasant

From the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust campaign to ban lead ammunition in the UK

#Wildfowl #Hunting #Wetlands

griz grokz not
1 month ago

#itm #bpitu #noagenda #infowars #tuckercarlson

I really should apologize for saying if wouldn't want to have a beer with #Tucker because I would, but saying that wouldn't have allowed my story to flow.

I wouldn't want to have a beer with Tucker when he was on #crossfire but I'd jump at an opportunity to buy him one now lol.

I suspect I'm the one who's changed more than he has. Heard he was into #hunting n #fishing which is A Okay I'm my book.

Long as it's done respectfully

scandrof
1 month ago

"From Ansault pears to passenger pigeons, you’ll likely never find these delicacies from days past on a menu ever again." #food #history #extinction #AncientHistory #agriculture #sustainability #hunting

11 Extinct Foods From History https://getpocket.com/explore/item/11-extinct-foods-from-history

Photo of both sides of a coin depicting the now extinct Silphium plant, circa 480 to 435 BCE. Photo: Heritage Images/Getty Images

The ancient Greeks and Romans had many applications for this leek-flavored herb. Its stalks were cooked and eaten like a vegetable, while its sap was dried and grated over various dishes as seasoning. It had medicinal uses as well; it was apparently an effective form of birth control, and its heart-shaped seeds may be why we associate the shape with love today. Silphium only grew on a 125-by-35-mile strip of land in modern Libya, and it couldn't be farmed; demand for the precious herb quickly outpaced its natural supply. Pliny the Elder wrote that only one silphium plant was discovered during his lifetime, and it was gifted to the Roman emperor Nero sometime between 54 CE and 68 CE.
John Francis
1 month ago

A friend got his turkey on opening day right after I left. #hunting

Palm Oil Detectives
1 month ago

Regal forest-dwellers in #WestPapua, the #PapuanEagle’s main threats incl. #hunting #mining #timber and #palmoil #deforestation. They have no protections in place. Help them and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/28/papuan-eagle-harpyopsis-novaeguineae-2/ via @palmoildetect

Regal forest-dwellers in #WestPapua, the #PapuanEagle’s main threats incl. #hunting #mining #timber and #palmoil #deforestation. They have no protections in place. Help them and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/28/papuan-eagle-harpyopsis-novaeguineae-2/ via @palmoildetect
Regal forest-dwellers in #WestPapua, the #PapuanEagle’s main threats incl. #hunting #mining #timber and #palmoil #deforestation. They have no protections in place. Help them and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/28/papuan-eagle-harpyopsis-novaeguineae-2/ via @palmoildetect
Regal forest-dwellers in #WestPapua, the #PapuanEagle’s main threats incl. #hunting #mining #timber and #palmoil #deforestation. They have no protections in place. Help them and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/28/papuan-eagle-harpyopsis-novaeguineae-2/ via @palmoildetect
Regal forest-dwellers in #WestPapua, the #PapuanEagle’s main threats incl. #hunting #mining #timber and #palmoil #deforestation. They have no protections in place. Help them and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/28/papuan-eagle-harpyopsis-novaeguineae-2/ via @palmoildetect
G Kearney
2 months ago

Elk Mountain Ranch owner claims to control "air space" over Wyoming property #Wyoming #airspace #cornerjumping #hunting #cartoons

Deus
2 months ago

Skulls of #deer, #boar, and other animals adorn the hut of a ‘Pasal Tha’ (Good husband) or ‘Good hunter’ in a remote village in #Burma ( #Myanmar). A #tradition to show your status in society (and a good provider) back in the old days. On the right are dried #Maize to be eaten off season. 2021 click.

#Culture #Hunting #Travel #Photography #Fotographie #Fujifilm

In a remote village in Burma, a 'Pasal Tha' or 'Good Hunter' displays the skulls of animals he has hunted as a way of showcasing his status in society. The tradition dates back to the old days and is accompanied by the presence of dried maize, which is intended to be eaten during the off-season.

🌬 https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/a-kestrel-hovers-and-hunts-in-cornwall-a-quiet-3-minute-video

Kestrels are one of nature’s most skilled aviators, capable of hanging in the sky like a kite tethered to a string. Like hummingbirds and kingfishers, #kestrels have the advantage of a larger accessory optic system, a sort of superhero power that detects movement and helps keep their balance, enabling unparalleled #headstabilization while hovering.

#video #birds #wings #animals #nature #hunting #raptors

Simoto 🏴‍☠️
2 months ago

"Horrific fox hunting incidents through the roof, as the rich continue to break the law"

Eat the rich
​:solidarity:​

#uk #ukpolitics #hunting #rich #foxes #animalrights

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2023/04/18/horrific-fox-hunting-incidents-through-the-roof-as-the-rich-continue-to-break-the-law/

Palm Oil Detectives
2 months ago

With their bright hazel eyes and plump teddy-like bodies Bear Cuscus' are delightful. They are found on #Sulawesi #Indonesia they are vulnerable due to #palmoil #deforestation and #hunting. Support this beautiful animal with your weekly shop #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/26/bear-cuscus-ailurops-ursinus/

Bear Cuscus' are found on #Sulawesi #Indonesia they are vulnerable due to #palmoil #deforestation and #hunting. Support this beautiful animal with your weekly shop #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/26/bear-cuscus-ailurops-ursinus/
Bear Cuscus' are found on #Sulawesi #Indonesia they are vulnerable due to #palmoil #deforestation and #hunting. Support this beautiful animal with your weekly shop #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/26/bear-cuscus-ailurops-ursinus/
John Francis
2 months ago

Taking a pass on the OFAH's call to support more licensing of "dog training & trialling areas", since it looks largely about fox hunting.

To me, fox hunting is prolonged and cruel, nobody eats fox and that technique is not pest control.

Among the worst of #hunting traditions, except for the dogs.

Clayton Hove
2 months ago

Inside front cover of North Dakota Outdoors, October 1957 #magazines #vintage #northdakota #outdoors #hunting #guns

The #AR-15 is the best-selling rifle in the United States.
Almost every major gunmaker now produces its own version of the weapon, which dominates gun dealers’ walls and websites.

Critics claim that the military-style gun has no legitimate civilian use — yet about 1 in 20 Americans own one.

So who chooses to buy an AR-15, and why?
The Washington Post and Ipsos asked nearly 400 AR-15 owners to explain their reasons for having the weapon, what they use it for and how often they fire it.

Compared with Americans as a whole, AR-15 owners are significantly more likely to be #White, #male and between the ages 40 and 65. They’re also more likely to have #higher #incomes, to have served in the #military and to be #Republican.

And AR-15 owners are more likely to live in states former president Donald #Trump won in 2020 than adults overall.

#Self-#defense was the most popular reason for owning an AR-15. Other popular answers included #recreation, #target shooting and #hunting, while some pointed to owning an AR-15 as their #Second #Amendment right

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2023/american-ar-15-gun-owners/

Marcel Barelli
3 months ago

UNO STRANO PROCESSO (2018)
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/unostranoprocesso

"I have always wanted to make a film ABOUT hunting… that is… AGAINST hunting! But that’s not so easy when you come from a family of hunters."

#animal #hunting #dad #hunters #vegetarianism

Inex Code
3 months ago

Hi! We are looking for a #NixOS #DevOps engineer to join our team at https://selfprivacy.org.

We are developing open source software that allows you to easily deploy your own self-hosted services. We are an international and completely open project.

Responsibilities:
- Maintain our small fleet of NixOS servers. They host our internal services, CI/CD and repositories.
- Maintain Drone pipelines for our Flutter app, websites and python API.
- Develop integration tests that automatically deploy the server and test that all services are working correctly.
- Improve our NixOS configuration for client servers.
- Hardening the security of both internal and clients' servers.
- Update internal documentation.

Will be a plus:
- Interest in FOSS and Fediverse.
- Knowledge of NixOS flakes.
- Experience of contributing to nixpkgs.
- Technical writing skills.
- Some experience with Podman/Docker, only used in CI pipelines.
- Some experience with Grafana Loki, setting up alerts.
- Experience of maintaining any of these: Weblate, Gitea, SonarQube, Matrix Synapse, Mastodon, Email servers.

We do NixOS almost exclusively. Do not except to work with Docker-related DevOps stacks.

Completely remote. If you are interested, hit me up on Matrix (@inexcode:inex.rocks) or reply to this post.

Boosts appreciated.

#jobsinOpenSource #job #joboffer #hunting #getfedihired #remotework

Warmer winter temperatures cansed by climate change are affecting the ability of First Nations in Canada to hunt, fish, and forage for traditional foods. These foods are needed to ensure good nutrition and for combatting the high rate of food insecurity among tne many Indigenous people who live on reserves.

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#Algonquin #Anishinabe #FirstNations #Native#American #Canada #hunting #fishing #ClimateChange

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/warm-canadian-winter-threatens-algonquin-ice-fishing-traditions-2023-02-27/

Erebos
4 months ago

Bone #witchcraft post!

Do you feel humbled, coming across the #bones of a life that's gone by?

Life in the mountains means we have far more opportunity to see #death first-hand, to reach out and be taught by it.
Cities are too fast-paced for me- I do not have enough time to pull the pigeon from the road before the bus ravages its tiny body, nor to take the kitten that sickness claimed before the sanitary workers dispose of it like it was trash. I'm sure others who do #spiritwork thrive just fine there. Just not my style.

I much prefer the forest, because here, death lingers. The song thrush will melt into the earth that fed it, and its feathers may come to be the nest bed of a fresh clutch of eggs. The old fox will go to sleep in her den and wake in a different world, the snow covering her home's entrance until it's warm enough for the critters to nourish themselves on the body she left behind. We see death, sometimes invite it in- be it #hunting or culling livestock. We honour death and the life it brings.

This beautiful lady was a life. An ewe that likely bore several lives herself, before death took her. I have a special place in my heart for sheep. My people have lived alongside them for so long that maybe it's in our blood by now. She wanted to come home with me, to sit near me and the other unseen friends I keep. How could I say no?

I brought her home, meaning to dye her #skull with coffee to help the myriad textures of her bone steal the show with more contrast, but that's another post altogether.

#deathwork crew, this one's for you.

(This is a cross-post from Instagram)

A sheep skull, lit by the sun, is resting on snow.
Side profile of the same sheep skull, shaded and resting on snow.
it's kat!
4 months ago

tomorrow, the scottish parliament debates the hunting with dogs (scotland) bill. it's a good start, but there are too many loopholes. please sign the petition to tighten up the bill & end fox hunting in #scotland for good. #fox #hunting #parliament #greens
https://greens.scot/EndFoxHunting

טחינה
4 months ago

If you're doing something violent that doesn't have a necessity, the act itself cannot be justified. When there's no justification, it makes the act immoral.

If that description is too advanced, here's something a bit more easy. Would you want someone coming into your home and murdering you and your family?

Beat by Lexnour Beats . You're a genius bro on the sounds. Let's collab sometime.

Always a pleasure working with you Donell Bard at D.M.P Studios . Your production and mixing is something out of this world.

#huntingseason #hunting #huntinglife #hunt #hunter #deerhunting #outdoors #bowhunting #deerseason #deer #huntingdog #huntingislife #bestrapper #archery #whitetail #duckhunting #whatgetsyououtdoors #camo #chasse #whitetail #jagd #huntingphoto #hunters #femalerapper #huntingday #bowhunter #caza #caccia #huntinggear #huntresscosplay
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PC
5 months ago

@tf @walterscott

#Hunting is an #archaic #sport.

In my area, we have more land, and the duck hunting clubs help fund the west-coast #flyway. So, next to every #preserve are #hunting clubs.

We go out to watch the #cranes and #geese #migrate, which is vey cool, but in the background there’s always gunfire. Depressing.

The Well-read Naturalist
5 months ago

In our increasingly urbanized world, #hunting is something that is too easily misunderstood and even caricatured, particularly by those who never lived with it as part of their lives or communities; which is why I was so pleased to see that @themitpress has added a volume about it to their Essential Knowledge series.

#bookstodon @bookstodon #history #wildlifemanagement

https://www.wellreadnaturalist.com/2023/01/hunting/

Edinburgh Hunt Saboteurs stopping the Linlithgowshire Hunt, circa 1989.

The Linlithgowshire Hunt folded soon after. Supporter numbers dropped and more farmers refused to allow them on their land.

Photo taken and developed old-style at Edinburgh Unemployed Workers Centre.

#AnimalRights #Scotland #DirectAction #LandUse #Hunting #Edinburgh #Scotland

Hunt Saboteurs,  West Lothian
the PRSD
5 months ago

Figures from @LeagueACS show "Devon was in the top five of the 40 affected counties in Britain for suspected illegal hunting and hunt havoc" | #Devon #hunting

https://www.theprsd.co.uk/2022/11/18/new-figures-show-the-shocking-impact-of-fox-hunts-on-the-devon-countryside/

@PStyleOne1 This is the type of #hunting that I support.

Toastie
5 months ago

One of my personal faves: four hunters hopped a fence from one piece of public land to another, but they crossed at a corner, where two private parcels met the two public ones. Since a mathematically perfect zero-point crossing is impossible, one private landowner sued the hunters for tresspassing through private airspace.

This set in motion a zany courtroom drama over the course of @thatsMohrlikeit's subsequent reporting.

#Wyoming #hunting

🧵 9/11

https://www.hcn.org/issues/54.3/north-public-lands-why-four-hunters-in-wyoming-were-charged-with-trespassing-on-land-they-never-touched

Lost Cabin Press
5 months ago

#MastoArt #hunting #archery #womenoutdoors #bowhunting #Outdoors
The Huntress scanning the horizon at sunset, Great Basin and Range

A solitary lady that is standing on the ridge of an enormous open desert  valley as the sunsets over the far mountain range. The huntress contemplates her approach to the big game she seeks with only a bow and arrow as her weapon.

Seems like ages since the 'sinister, right-wing' Countryside Alliance came on my radar. Here it is again, in
it's old murderous ugliness.

#Hunting #BanTheHunt #CountrysideAlliance #AnimalRights #violence #Sussex

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-sussex-54481296

Glyn Moody
6 months ago

The Holocaust of Galgos - the torture and slaughter of hunting dogs in #spain (warning: this has very disturbing details and pictures of what spanish hunters do when they routinely "discard" their dogs) - http://podrozezpazurem.pl/2018/12/26/the-holocaust-of-galgos-mass-annihilation-of-dogs-in-spain/ #AnimalAbuse #hunting

Auschwitz Memorial
6 months ago

19 December 1942 | A hunt took place at the IG Farbenindustrie estate near the village of Dwory.

The participants included: director of the Fürsten coal mine Günther Falkenhahn, director of the Brzeszcze coal mine Otto Heine, the commandant of Auschwitz SS-Obersturmbannführer Rudolf Höss along with three other SS officers from the camp as well as 12 representatives of IG Werk Auschwitz.

...1/2

#Auschwitz #SS #timeoff #hunting #history #histodons #people #IGFarben @histodons @igf

UncleRickie
6 months ago

Red kite hunting in the winter sky

#RedKite #raptor #BirdOfPrey #bird #hunting #Flying

distant ⓥ shores
6 months ago

For generations, Grassy Narrows residents have used the land for hunting. Now, it’s in the middle of a lawsuit between Canadian mining corporations https://bit.ly/3PzPWfL #GrassyNarrows #FirstNations #Hunting #Mining #Lawsuit #onpoli @onpoli

Lorry
6 months ago

Strapline of the day:

"Far-right congresswoman praised son for killing unidentified animal which she subsequently overcooked"

#MTG #USpol #Hunting

Link in comments so I can content-warning it :)

Colby Moorberg
6 months ago

Hello all. Here's my #introduction. I'm a soil scientist studying hydric soils, #wetlands, & #roots. I'm an associate professor at Kansas State U. in a teaching & research position. I teach/coach intro #SoilScience, #soil & #water #conservation, & #SoilJudging. I am an #OpenTextbooks author & promoter of #OER. I am also a #cyclist & #BikeCommuter advocating for more pedestrian & bicycle friendly spaces. I also enjoy #DadLife, #camping, #fishing, #homebrewing, #hunting, #diy, & #homeimprovement.

Buttered Jorts
7 months ago

So, on that note, #introduction / #introductions time. Repurposing the one I wrote for mastodon.social with some minor edits. I’m not usually a hashtag type of person, but I’m told that they make it easier to connect with folks on other instances with common interests.

Hi, I’m Andrew, and I’m *bad* at #smalltalk. I like #dadjokes #badjokes and #puns. Fortunate enough to be from #Texas but not terribly happy with where my state is headed. #Parent to two difficult but wonderful toddlers.

#Computers and #tech are a both a hobby and a career, I work in #IT doing desktop support but am working towards #sysadmin / #infosec . Passably fluent with #windows #macos and #ubuntu, and a little bit of a lot of things running in my #homelab . I do a good bit of #3dprinting either toys for my kids or toys for me. Back burner hobbies include #hamradio (Amateur Extra that I need to retest for soon), #fishing #hunting and other #outdoors activities.

Hashtag list of things I might post about in no particular order:
#servicedesign
#userexperience
#innovation, #leadership, and #culture from a #design perspective (my MDF thesis topic)
#auspol (progressive)
#government and #publicsector (how it works, why it does what it does, Australian context vs. elsewhere, perspectives from a 30-year career in and around government)
#bushlife (we live on 100 acres 25km from the nearest town)
#offgrid (our journey towards it)
#outdoors and #survival (I'm a journeyman outdoors person)
#archery (both field - Olympic kind - and compound/hunting)
#righttorepair and #handyperson things
#conservation of environment and native species (including feral species management and using a wide range of approaches including ethical #hunting methods)
#biodiversity (particularly the animals and plants on our place)
#sustainability (waste, reuse, protection, shifts)
#gaming (especially old-school table top/board games)
#ttrpg (I played #DnD for the first time in 1980)
A wealth of random other stuff

Partying like it's 2006 on Twitter, here's my #introduction post:

Terminally online ex-pat #Tasmanian with a head removal scar to prove it. I've lived and travelled in a bunch of places.

I've spent the past 20 years as a service designer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_design) with expertise in #government and the #publicsector, #userexperience, #servicedesign, #orgdesign, #opengovernment, communications, #innovation, designful #leadership, and organisational #culture.

Presently, I'm on sabbatical (but hire me) from client work, living in the bush in Djiringanj Yuin country and running a B&B in the mountains of the Bega Valley (https://rocklily.com.au/) in a place called Brogo (NSW, Australia). We're 25km from the nearest town living on 100 acres of primarily remnant endangered forest (https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/profile.aspx?id=10110). You'll see posts from me about #bushlife, our journey to #offgrid, #conservation, #biodiversity and ethical feral species #hunting, the #outdoors, #sustainability, #righttorepair and #handyperson things.

I'm into #archery, being a husband, dad, and carer, #gaming (console, #RPG, and tabletop), and #progressive politics, particularly #auspol. I'm a fan of many sports, with a competitive background in #gymnastics (coaching), traditional #taekwondo (practitioner and instructor), and #powerlifting (elite masters competitor). I support the #Brumbies in Super Rugby, #Vikings in the NFL, and #FCStPauli in football.