One of the downsides of getting older is I can't process as much caffeine as I used to. I've been exploring decaf coffee beans for a year or so and I'm happy to say that there are some pretty good ones. Good ones: almost as good as regular coffee from a good coffee roaster! It's my […]

Spooky season puppet cuteness https://youtu.be/eujd4SOF_zI #31minutos #video

Speaking for others 🧵 | another in my series of "if I had the energy I'd write more about this" | I saw someone link to invidious & someone else said that they were depriving creators of the rewards they are due. I came here direct from a video that I stopped watching at the ad break. I wondered […]

I finally finished Murderbot season 1. I watched it while house sitting somewhere with Apple TV, but my gig ended days before the last episode aired. I enjoyed it nearly as much as the books. I really hope they make more. #marthawells #murderbot

What's currently a good way to generate transcripts from long video/audio files? I tried using the speechrecognition python library and crashed my computer 😂

Speaking for others 🧵 | another in my series of "if I had the energy I'd write more about this" | I saw someone link to invidious & someone else said that they were depriving creators of the rewards they are due. I came here direct from a video that I stopped watching at the ad break. I wondered […]

What to do When you Don't feel ok Rest or push Either way experience tells me that I won't feel ok I read a parenting suggestion that a crying baby often stops when taken outside because the large change in environmental stimuli alters their senses. Accordingly I think I'll try taking a steamy […]

Andor is on my mind again because I just rewatched it all the way through as my boyfriend wanted to see it for his first time. I really enjoyed this video interview with Denise Gough on Mehdi Hasan's Zeteo: https://youtu.be/V-gdodXHv4U Warning: major Andor spoilers #andor

D'Angelo & The Soultronics The 2000-07-16 North Sea Jazz Festival https://archive.org/details/dangelo-2000-07-16

Something I never thought I'd say: I like when my bed companion snores. I find it reassuring that my tossing and turning isn't inhibiting their rest.

Global temperature rise may feel like it’s gradual, but the changes it brings can turn out to be sudden, massive, and self-reinforcing. A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. Is it too late to save them? Maybe not. Read more from […]

Is it the pain? | "My pain" / "the pain" — it's so much a part of my life I refer to it in generality. Maybe I'll say "chronic (lower) back pain" sometimes, but among those who know me it’s unnecessary. During this time I am learning. I absorb information, often difficult information. I need […]

I made a thing called Wellness Ping because someone I care about went silent and it took too long for anyone to notice. You get regular check-ins via email. If you don't respond, your emergency contacts get notified. Built it for anyone who might go missing and needs someone to notice […]

Still warm from the kiln, covered in warm earth tones—I’m so relieved this piece came out successfully on the other side of firing. I worked on it over the course of a month and remembered to document moments of process which I think I’ll share in a thread […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

It's Halloween and I forgot to buy candy [dream I just woke up from]

One of the reasons why I vastly prefer local legends to fairy tales is that the former are often set in recognizable real world locations which are fascinating in their own right. For example, I am currently researching a tale about a #dragon , and I just learned that in its #cave there were […]

New #introduction since there are so many awesome new people here! I’m Michelle! My account is mainly for my #poetry, though I’m occasionally funny. -I write at least a poem a day, and have 3 volumes of poetry available at nihtgengapress.com -I’m an enrolled citizen of The Mvskoke (Creek) […]

Nonverbal phases. Pain levels interfering with desire to communicate. Minor communication feels unnecessary. I'm visiting my bf. Fortunately he accepts my variability. This visit he's been immersed in his interests & I love that. He showed me a streamer he enjoys. I thought the streamer talked […]

One of the most difficult parts in a relationship, I've found, is knowing when to wake someone up when they're sleeping well. Most of the time the answer is NO but sometimes you let them sleep too long & that causes problems. This decision is difficult because it requires interfering with their […]

Hey fediverse, today is the World Sight Day! How about, as a small gift for the blind and visually impaired folks on here, we step up our alt text game! Visit https://alttexthalloffame.org to learn why this is important. #alttext #imagedescriptions #accessibility #worldsightday

The MMR shot is safe and effective, and there is no credible evidence otherwise. Breaking MMR into three shots means 3x more copays at the doctor’s office, 3x more hours of missed work, 3x more bummed out kiddos, and probably more than 3x as many kids who aren’t fully vaccinated.

There is a map In you that I Follow back To find myself. #poetry

Etymonline is one of the most underappreciated sole-curator resources on the internet. Its not made by a company, just a very wonderfully lyrical person who does it as a labor of love. https://www.etymonline.com/columns/post/bio

Nonverbal phases. Pain levels interfering with desire to communicate. Minor communication feels unnecessary. I'm visiting my bf. Fortunately he accepts my variability. This visit he's been immersed in his interests & I love that. He showed me a streamer he enjoys. I thought the streamer talked […]

#scribesandmakers Oct 7 — How often do you go to art galleries? Zero. A non-essential mingling with people is not something I do often. It would require something irresistible or an invitation from my small social circle. My world is home, 4 grocery stores, 3 restaurants, and 1 pet store […]

Hey! I'm talking about Mastodon and the Fediverse at #empoderalive on Wednesday. Sadly, I do not speak Spanish, and I'm not very familiar with Spanish-language Fedi spaces. Can you lovely people recommend me some servers to look up & suggest to folks? Gracias!

#scribesandmakers 6 September: How do you listen to music? Why do you choose to listen that way? Streaming platforms? Physical media? Live? Due to my age, finances & principles I've never had a paid music streaming subscription. Yet I admit that I've copied many songs without paying in my life […]

Today I saw someone toot, in dismay, people are posting their everyday life to Mastodon when they could simply buy a diary for $1.99. I can't stop thinking about this. What if this is all they have? What if they're isolated with or without people in their life? What if the only kind word they […]

"There are currently one to two Starlink satellites falling back to Earth every day ... Soon, McDowell told us, there will be up to 5 satellite reentries per day." 😳

100%! I would also object, decline and reject such actions. #weird #signs #humor #humour

I watched 2001: A Space Odyssey yesterday. I've seen it many times; it was my boyfriend's first time. Here's my current take: When HAL cites "human error" he's actually correct. The human errors include turning over control to AI, & training that AI to lie. Heywood Floyd represents the villain […]

Beautiful colourful Mexico City! (From last weekend) #dascdmx #travel #travelphotography

I'm an amateur, at this point would-be writer. I don't know how others do it. I'm coming to believe that I can't write at a keyboard. When I sit down "to write" my focus changes to production. I can easily start generating what I'd almost call "automatic writing"—clichés, saying things I don't […]

Do You Feel Lost? I feel short-term lost but it’s better than when I felt long-term lost—even though short-term lost includes my daily activities, health, and where I sleep. I know who I am, therefore I'm not lost. Coincidentally I found this video relevant: https://youtu.be/yVS10nrdWu8

Finished watching Reservation Dogs. Can’t recommend the series highly enough. Really brilliant magical realist take on rez life. The characters remind me so much of the students I taught in Bernalillo NM - Pueblo kids, mostly - with indomitable humor and grace in the face of tough circumstances.

I've been feeling bad & posting embarrassing thoughts

I've been playing a lot of this game at https://squaredle.app/ I want to quit but others might enjoy it I first found it from a post here I tend to play word games, crosswords They're usually the least ad-soaked, least addictive, most conducive to my brain & computing capacity Daily games are […]

There's international fame & then there's...

Found all the cables needed to use the projector, watching Superman.

Just passed a church sign that read: A family altar can altar a family. ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ Seems like if your message depends on wordplay that you'd be certain of what you're saying!

oh cool @pluralistic is on my podcast, the majority report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQW6UxY144Q

I think we should treat people who get scammed and come out and talk about it like heroes. And this is important: no matter how "obvious" the scam might seem in retrospect or from the outside of the community it prey'd on. The more I look at scams the more I think this is major factor in how […]

2 ways I use Mastodon | 1. A safe social space. I've enjoyed many life-buoying interactions. 2. I rattle off ideas that I do not have the available concentration to develop into longer writing yet. I have the habit of later embedding & growing my own toots into blog posts at […]

#scribesandmakers 29. What is your proudest or best moment with your creative endeavor this month? I finished the embroidery I've been working on since July! I'm now working on making it into a bag. I'm super happy with the embroidery. It has been a learning experience and (mostly) a joy to make.

Attacking science, education, facts, knowledge, truth is necessary for millions of people to choose illogical policies. What ties it all together is money. The politicians & pundits of the Right are foremost entertainers. They're rewarded in our system. Left figures are most comparable to […]

2/special purpose.] Cognitive dissonance is the opposite of peace of mind. I believe that cognitive dissonance is existentially painful; reduction of or distraction from cognitive dissonance is essential. The notion of white supremacy was invented to legitimize […] [Original post on mastodon.art]

Blink and it's Sunday. It was Friday.

I watched Dog Day Afternoon for the first time yesterday & it was not what I expected at all! Still thinking about it. #movies