evilstevie @evilstevie@mastod1.ddns.net

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“The signal is repeating! We’ve got the whole thing.”

“How many bits?”

“Almost 500k. 454,957 bits”

“I got a hunch, factorize that number”

“Bingo, seven fifty seven times six oh one. Think it could be a rectangular bitmap?”.

“It’s what we used to do back before those assholes let Arecibo fall down. Try bm2png.pl in my bin dir.”

“That worked. Holy shit I know that image. It’s the Pioneer plaque. That diagram from Pioneer 11 of human figures, and a map to Earth.”

“What, thats impossible, it’s only been, what, 70 odd years. That probe would still be in our own Kuiper Belt.”

“Outside it, actually, it’d be about one sixty AU out. They lost contact in the mid 90s. Still basically in our backyard but.”

“It’s too soon! If someone’s found it now, that would mean. Shit. They’re. Already. Here. Inside the Solar system.”

“And all they’ve got to say, is ‘Hi, we liked ur meme’.?”

“Maybe not, can you bring up an image of the original plaque? Are the images identical?”

“I’ll do a layer subtraction. Hey, there /is/ a difference. In the map of the planets. They’ve omitted Pluto from their copy.”

“Fucking hell. Little green reply guys.”

#Tootfic #MicroFiction

🎶 got my first real crack pipe
bought it at the 5 and dime
smoked it till my eyes bled
it was the summer of 420 69 🎶

The cutest of the cute for day 20 of fluffy advent (don't worry, it gets a bit odd again tomorrow)

#xmasScribbles #festive #photoshop #fluffyAdvent #guineaPigs

🎶 If you're blue, and you don't know where to go to
Why don't you go where fashion sits?🎶

(if your Mastodon only shows you landscape images you need to click to see the awful, awful pun)

#xmasScribbles #sillyScribbles #animation #dance #pun #puddinOnTheRitz #sorryNotSorry

szczygieł / goldfinch / Carduelis carduelis
#ptaki #birds #birdwatching #nature #wildlife

'tis the season for us to hold this timeless message close to our hearts.

Fluffy advent day 18 & it's time for a Christmas quacker (sorry)

#xmasScribbles #festive #photoshop #fluffyAdvent #oddCreature

You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I’m telling you why:

Toxic masculinity forbids displays of emotion

It is important, I think, to be able to party in the right place, with the right people.

#sillyScribbles #animation #dance #Scotland #landscape #photography

Been off doing Festive Family Things for the weekend, nearly forgot my fluffy advent post. Hope everyone has had / is having a good one.

#xmasScribbles #festive #photoshop #fluffyAdvent #oddCreature

I…. huh. 😒

Lovely write-up in this week’s Radio Times on Mythical Creatures (the show I’m hosting) which starts on Monday Dec 18th on BBC Radio 4 at 1.45pm and runs daily for 10 episodes. It will also be available as a boxset on BBC Sounds and RSS for listeners outside the U.K.

I'm not playing this game!

I know that I shouldn't have a folder on my computer that is the equivalent of a mouldy dumpster, full of random data. But I do, and no more so when I'm trying to get everything done on a Saturday 🗑️