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FriendlyMoose

@friendlymoose

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FriendlyMoose
@friendlymoose Aug 30, 2026, 6:40 AM UTC

Taking a step back from Hive

I've been active on Hive for a lot of years now. A couple of days ago I received a reply from Hivebuzz celebrating me with my 6th Hive birthday. Boy, time really does fly when you're having fun. Imme…

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FriendlyMoose
@friendlymoose Jul 31, 2026, 12:05 PM UTC

Vacation mode: activated

For the next three weeks, I will take a break from Hive and from being online. I will be travelling abroad with my family and there will be quite a few places where the internet connection is either…

200 upvotes 7 replies $1.47
FriendlyMoose
@friendlymoose Jul 28, 2026, 1:14 PM UTC

Choosing new euro banknotes: Birds or famous people?

(pictures in this blog are from the site of the ECB) I must admit, I hardly use cash money anymore these days. I don't even use my bank card anymore. I pay almost everything with my bank card via NFC…

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FriendlyMoose
@friendlymoose Jul 27, 2026, 1:01 PM UTC

The art of lines in photography

That is the subject for the Qurator photo contest this week is LINES. Well, you can go a couple of different ways with this subject. You can take ite literally by photograph lines, but also patterns…

792 upvotes 14 replies $4.42
FriendlyMoose
@friendlymoose Jul 25, 2026, 1:10 PM UTC

Welcome to Hive: a short guide for new users!

# Welcome to Hive! If you are reading this, you have probably just joined Hive. Maybe you have followed a link in a reply on your introduction post. While writing this post I have been active on Hive…

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FriendlyMoose
@friendlymoose Jul 24, 2026, 2:59 PM UTC

Supporting Hive projects through #hiveproject

Two days ago I wrote a blog about the growing amount of Hive that is being send out through exchanges. Every week there is more Hive being powered down than powered up. That is a trend that isn't ver…

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FriendlyMoose
@friendlymoose Jul 23, 2026, 12:45 PM UTC

59K: Almost an orca...

Ever since I started my journey on Hive, at this moment almost 6 years ago, I've been growing my account. I've kept blogging and commenting through the years and invested earnings I made with other g…

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FriendlyMoose
@friendlymoose Jul 21, 2026, 2:45 PM UTC

Reducing the mass extraction of Hive!

# Power downs In the last months I've seen a clear and worrying trend on Hive. It is a structural pattern that we can see in the weekly reports from @hivetoday. Every week there is more power down th…

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FriendlyMoose
@friendlymoose Jul 17, 2026, 6:19 PM UTC

(Bumble) bees visiting my garden this summer!

It is summer and my garden is full of life again. I see many bees and many bumble bees flying around. It always makes me happy to see them in my backyard. Insects are having a hard time in The Nether…

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FriendlyMoose
@friendlymoose Jul 15, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC

Moments of emptiness

Empty; that is the subject for the @Qurator Photo Quest for this week. I like emptiness. As artists say; less is often more. Making photographs with so-called negative space can be quite interesting.…

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