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August shapes your CT garden’s next year. What to know https://www.allforgardening.com/1933898/august-shapes-your-ct-gardens-next-year-what-to-know/ #advice #connecticut #ct #flowers #garden #gardening #GardeningConnecticut #HartfordCourant #how? #MaxImagePreview #NextYear #Planning #plants #produce #ThingsToDo #UConn #UconnGardenCenter #vegetables #What #WhatOtKnow #when #where
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#StayInformed #FireVegetation #MareebaQld #QH23 #QLDFire #BushfireWarning. See https://www.fire.qld.gov.au/Current-Incidents for official warnings from the QFD. DO NOT RELY ON THIS SERVICE FOR TIMELY EMERGENCY WARNINGS.
STAY INFORMED - Mareeba - fire as at 6:49pm Sunday, 23 August 2026 (WARN-226)
Location: Between Brooks Road, Mulligan Highway, Fassio Road and Mareeba Dimbulah Road -16.9799668090535° latitude, 145.36090088803144° longitude, grid square QH23QA34
Map: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=14/-16.9799668090535/145.36090088803144
Incident Type: FIRE VEGETATION
Alert Level: Advice
Severity: Moderate
Action: Monitor
Expires: 2026-08-24T18:54:20.77+10:00A fire is burning between Springs Road and Adil Road. This fire could burn for days.
Stay informed because the situation could change.
- Check for warning updates often and listen to your local radio station.
- Decide what you will do if the bushfire gets closer.
- If the smoke is thick where you are, stay inside and close windows and doors.
- If you need medication to help you breathe keep it close. Smoke can make it hard to breathe.
- Do not fly drones around the fire as they affect firefighting.
- If you are in danger, call Triple Zero (000) now.
- https://www.fire.qld.gov.au/Current-Incidents ← Click here for current QFD incidents and warnings
- https://www.fire.qld.gov.au/prepare/bushfire/prepare-for-bushfire-season ← Click here for bushfire preparation tips
- https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/air-quality/#health_levels_info ← Click here for health advice and air quality information
- Follow QFD on https://www.facebook.com/qldfiredepartment ← Facebook and https://x.com/QldFireDept ← X.com
- https://qldtraffic.qld.gov.au ← Click here for road closure information or call 131940- See https://help.abc.net.au/hc/en-us/articles/5896732505103-How-can-I-find-ABC-TV-and-radio-frequencies-in-my-area for a listing of ABC Local Radio stations which may be broadcasting emergency information in your area. #StayInformed #MareebaQld #Advice #FireVegetation #QH23
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Jesus Is My Crutch
2COR129
As a “pandemic pastor” beginning ministry in 2020, to say I was a bit overwhelmed would be an understatement.
Even with the joy and support of co-pastoring with my spouse, the transition to a new place and vocation had its rough spots.
Ministry was not foreign to me. I have a deep love for the church and have been involved in a variety of ministries inside and outside the church since I was a child. Sunday school, Vacation Bible School, Bible studies, Agape Confrontation street ministry, The Navigators, Discipleship Coordinator, Presbyterian Youth Pastor, trustee, elder, worship team member….all helped form me and continue to inform my role as pastor.
It was during this time when, as is often the case, my creative side expressed visually much of what I was wrestling with internally. I realized very quickly early on that, in my life every day, but especially as a pastor, I could not do this on my own strength.
No amount of experience, knowledge, imagination, energy, or will would make me a good and effective pastor unless I was, as the old Gospel song says, “leaning on Jesus.”
I am not sure when the idea came to me, but one morning, in my office, I sat down and made the drawing that serves as the featured image for this post.
Along with my early ministry angst and inadequacies, I was reminded of one of my favorite verses:
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.'” 2 Corinthians 12:9.
The term “Jesus Is A Crutch” has been used as a way to somehow discredit those who have placed their faith in a Jewish carpenter who walked the earth 2000 years ago. It does sound rather ludicrous when you think about it. But then I guess I’ll keep choosing to be a fool for Christ.
You see, that day long ago at the beginning of my ministry, I embraced the idea of Jesus as my crutch. Because I realized that no matter how broken or weak or inadequate I was, if I was leaning on Jesus, that crutch would never break.
That was six years ago, and since that time, that illustration has sat on the top shelf of the bookcase in our pastors’ office facing our desk. I look up and see it multiple times when I am working on a sermon, listening to someone, or choosing a commentary or book. The picture is there, a kind of icon, to remind me that yeah, Jesus is my crutch. Hallelujah!
Recently, I got to wondering about using the image to create a t-shirt. The shirt arrived this week, which inspired me to put it on (smile) and write this reflection.
The shirt is available for purchase at https://www.stickermule.com/peacegrooves/item/21041075
Proceeds help support the work of PeaceGrooves and other creative projects.
Like the image that inspired it, the tee is a reminder to me, and hopefully for you as well, that every second of every day, we need to be “leaning on the everlasting arms.”
#Advice #Art #GodSStrength #iconography #jesuIsMyCrutch #leaningOnJesus #leaningOnTheEverlastingArms #Ministry #Pastoring #reflection #sacredArt #Trust #trystingGod #whenWeAreWeak #Wisdom -
💻 #TechTips & #Advice from @privacyguides
“🚨 This Week In Privacy ⌗67 will be live in 30 minutes, we'll be talking about how Microsoft’s Copilot had a one-click vulnerability that let attackers quietly exfiltrate data, no user interaction required beyond a sing…”
https://mastodon.neat.computer/@privacyguides/117135390146992423
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Sumo Dumbbell Squats 🏋️
Dumbbell sumo squats are a strong lower-body exercise for emphasizing the glutes, adductors (inner thighs), quads, and hamstrings, while also challenging your core and hip stability.
✅ Set your stance intentionally.
✅ Brace before you descend.
✅ Let your knees track with your toes.
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Speaking With Confidence With Cat Matson: Communication Coaching For Humble Leaders
This show is for humble leaders - public servants, corporate hippies and business owners - who want to speak up and be heard without sounding pushy or arrogant...Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/speaking-with-confidence/
#AusPods #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Education #HowTo #SelfDevelopment #Advice
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Thinking about doing a buzz cut (like a number 3 all over). Honestly, I absolutely hate having hair, and it's my biggest source of insecurity. I want to run in the wind, go swimming, jump in and out of a shower, dance in the rain, etc. without worries. My natural hair is *bullshit* - literally like a cross between German Shephard fur and a troll doll. It's very masculine textured, even after a decade of HRT.
But as a trans woman, a buzz cut feels pretty scary. Should I do it?
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https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/work-advisors-attached-to-mental-health-services-are-pushing-disabled-people-off-benefits-research-suggests/. "A flagship #Government scheme that links #NHS #therapy to #employment #advice is pushing #disabled people who are in #mental #distress & not in #work off the #benefits that provide them with a vital #income #lifeline, new #official #research suggests." See: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/mentalhealth/bulletins/theimpactofemploymentadvisorsinnhstalkingtherapiesonbenefitsreceiptengland/latest.
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The unbridled joy of printing your favorite photos
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.vox.com/advice/499981/best-photo-printing-service
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💻 #TechTips & #Advice from @privacyguides
“🚨 This Week In Privacy ⌗66 will be live in 30 minutes, we'll be talking about the new security upgrades on the Pixel 11 and whether it will support custom operating systems like GrapheneOS․👋 Come and watch and join th…”
https://mastodon.neat.computer/@privacyguides/117095755047944299
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It’s easy to spend our lives chasing what we don’t have instead of enjoying what we do.
#motivation #inspiration #truth #reality #psychology #philosophy #contentment #Life #advice #help #selfhelp #selfcare #photo #quote
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💻 #TechTips & #Advice from @privacyguides
“We'd like to extend our gratitude to Cape for becoming an organizational member of Privacy Guides․ Becoming a member is the best way to support our privacy advocacy work and protect privacy rights at a time when the wor…”
https://mastodon.neat.computer/@privacyguides/117090787178658754
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Successfully Balanced
The ultimate show for the ambitious girlies who want to go above and beyond and build their dream life while still enjoying the present moment...Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/successfully-balanced/
#AusPods #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Education #SelfDevelopment #Advice
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What Is The Greatest TV House Of All Time?
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://defector.com/what-is-the-greatest-tv-house-of-all-time
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Radical Acceptance, Journals, and Waiting for the Tide to Turn
Daily writing prompt How do you deal with uncertainty? View all responsesI don’t deal with it well whatsoever.
The amount of pain I’ve gone through, both self-inflicted and at the hands of many others, has left my identity with a very activated nervous system. Fireworks suspended by a rupture in spacetime. A dozen vipers sitting beneath some shadowy jungle ferns. A crescendo never ending from a phantom orchestra. A cursed locomotive always rattling across tracks during a forever midnight. All those frenetic and lurking images can describe my nervous system in one way or another.
Of course, having an severely triggered nervous system makes uncertainty absolutely awful to deal with, especially when having relationships with people, whether it is romantic, friends, or colleagues.
Therefore, I’ve had to hack my own brain to deal with uncertainty. I’ll gladly share what works for me. There is no magic bullet. No wondrous spear thrown by a demigod. One thing might work for a decade, but suddenly lose effectiveness. Life is dense, complicated, and elusive. Regardless, these are some things I’m currently doing to deal with uncertainty.
Hack One: Radical acceptance. I learned this in my DBT skills class back in therapy. Practicing radical acceptance for a specific goal can be helpful. In this case, I look at uncertainty and I radically accept that I cannot control every little thing out there in life, or what will happen to me. I accept the chaos of existence. I don’t argue about it. I don’t try and reason with it. I just try to let it exist in parallel to me. Reality is a permanently unfinished painting. Nobody knows what it’ll fully look like.
Hack Two: Journals. I hate to say it, but journals are a great way to flex into uncertainty, and not react to things that might bring on more uncertainty after you’ve been trying to avoid it. Write down all the gross frustrations and garbage that other humans aren’t fit to hear. Lean into the ridiculous. Go full tinfoil hate crazy on those pages. Get it out of you. Go full Jackson Pollock from the soul. I try to journal once a day, usually in the morning when my cortisol levels are bonkers. Great way to capture uncertainty and radically accept it. Through a controlled form of expulsion and madness.
Hack Two (Part Two): Journals again. I just wanted to share how important it is to write down when you’ve gone through something challenging. Not to immortalize it or be masochistic, but to remember that you did it. You survived. You made it through. Write down that you went through a bad breakup, got cheated on, lost a job, got rejected, whatever the case. Write down that you got through it. Look back at these moments when uncertainty paralyzes you. This written reminder tells you that you survived it. You continued. You made it through whatever haunted tunnel life decided to throw at you, or you decided to travel down. Yes, that is direct reference to Spirited Away.
Hack Three: Waiting for the Tide to Turn. This is simply a glittering term for just waiting for your response to level. Uncertainty triggers an emotional wave inside of you. Before you react to any of it, you simply try to get some time to pass between and before you make any decisions that might be truly damaging or ruled by emotion. The journal is of course a method to delay it, but going for a walk, working out, playing a game, anything to sort of delay that panic that uncertainty provokes is in my mind helpful. Now, I’m of course referring to situations that aren’t dangerous and don’t require immediate life saving reactions. Please don’t sit down and write in a journal if you’re currently being held at gunpoint.
That’s all I got. Hopefully these hacks help you out. Sometimes a very specific type of uncertainty can trigger you, that you didn’t know existed. It is unpredictable and borderline secretive. Having even a meager blueprint in how to deal with uncertainty I think is helpful.
#advice #blog #blogging #dailyprompt #dailyprompt2856 #mentalHealth #reading #uncertainty #wordpress #writing -
💻 #TechTips & #Advice from @privacyguides
“It’s time to take back our streets․ ✊Join the National Week of Action Against ALPRs from August 16–22, 2026․Find local camera maps, organize city council actions, or download our activism toolkit to start your own group…”
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Hey Fedi friends:
Does anyone know of any good resources or communities for caring for a cat after a full dental extraction? My big boy Benjen had his out a few weeks ago, and mostly it's going well, but I'm curious about things like recipes for nutritionally complete homemade soft food. I'm open to things like subreddits and Facebook groups too.
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💻 #TechTips & #Advice from @privacyguides
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#Rhetoric has always played a role in #diplomacy & #foreignpolicy, & ancient #history is replete with #advice. Maitreya Thakur (FCDO) discusses rhetorical #multilingualism in the #West & #India.
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💻 #TechTips & #Advice from @privacyguides
“🚨 If you drive in America, you’re being tracked in a giant dragnet․ 🚨Surveillance company 'Flock Safety' has quietly deployed over 100,000 automated license plate readers (ALPRs) across 10,000+ US communities․These ar…”
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Invasive or aggressive? Why difference matters in CT gardens https://www.allforgardening.com/1932184/invasive-or-aggressive-why-difference-matters-in-ct-gardens/ #advice #aggressive #column #connecticut #ct #CTNews #gardening #GardeningConnecticut #HartfordCourant #invasive #MaxImagePreview #UConn #UconnGardenCenter
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Plant Doctor: Hoping for hostas? Options are limited in Florida https://www.allforgardening.com/1931980/plant-doctor-hoping-for-hostas-options-are-limited-in-florida/ #advice #entertainment #florida #GardeningFlorida #HomeAndGarden #LakeCounty #LatestHeadlines #OrangeCounty #OsceolaCounty #SeminoleCounty #Social #SocialEntertainment #ThingsToDo #VolusiaCounty
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The Muscle Gain Cost of Inconsistent Training 📊
Your body needs repeated exposure to resistance training, consistent opportunities for progressive overload, and enough weekly training volume to create a reliable reason to adapt.
📈 You Lose Repeated Exposure to the Growth Stimulus
💪 Progressive Overload Becomes Harder to Track
📉 Technique and Exercise Efficiency Can Decline
🏋️ Your Training Volume Becomes Unpredictable
