https://wildroot.io/c/personal/Today’s top posts about Personal, ranked by Wildroot’s own model.enThu, 08 Oct 2026 10:29:06 +0000https://bsky.app/profile/bagagwaa.bsky.social/post/3mxdcfdaadk2wat://did:plc:3ez6aj6laoqla4lu4z45yu2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdcfdaadk2w@bagagwaa.bsky.socialPersonalThu, 08 Oct 2026 01:24:07 +0000Haven’t had a day off in four weeks but I let myself leave work at noon today so I finally got my hair all cleaned up, got a massage at a very fancy place, had a simple but perfect dinner and glass of wine, and got a ridiculous but fun little dessert on my way home.https://hachyderm.io/@skinnylatte/117399012008431348https://hachyderm.io/users/skinnylatte/statuses/117399012008431348@skinnylatte@hachyderm.ioPersonalWed, 07 Oct 2026 09:52:40 +0000I'm 41 today. It sounds like a big year. It sort of is, but after 40, who cares? I'm just so incredibly happy to be here, so thankful to be alive, to be able to see the world, meet all the people in it, eat all the food, do all the things. I can't wait for more. The women in my family are long-lived, and I'm looking forward to it because I feel like I am going to be curiously and voraciously in love with the world forever. Since I was a child I have always looked forward to being '40 something'. In my mind, I had no doubt that I was going to be where I want to be, doing what I want. I am. --- I'm in Kathmandu, Nepal: two years ago, one of my oldest friends told me that he was going to gift me a birthday gift to his home city the moment I was able to travel again. Once I got word that I could, we made plans. I've known him for more than 20 years. My wife noted yesterday that I've known many of my friends for 10 - 29 years. I feel immensely lucky to have old friends everywhere who I've kept in touch with. I may not be the sort of person who goes out very frequently with friends, given that many of my friends live in different cities or countries, but I feel like I've been able to just pick up on old friendships by talking from time to time, and visiting sometimes. I feel like I'm in a new season of life. One in which exploration, adventure, and abundance are back in my life. I am surrounded by friends and family I love and trust, and I have so much joy to share. It wasn't always this way, including when I was very ill and depressed for a very long time, so this is especially special.https://bsky.app/profile/kevinwilson42.bsky.social/post/3mxd3rr5d3s2oat://did:plc:6glqilsudhgnabbifelvwq3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxd3rr5d3s2o@kevinwilson42.bsky.socialPersonalWed, 07 Oct 2026 23:25:49 +0000Had the carbon monoxide alarm go off, much to my startlement, so I stepped outside and then looked up what the beep pattern meant to see if I needed to warn the neighbors, but it was just its "end of life" warning, so I put in a maintenance request to replace it and took out the battery.https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/117399404605780835https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/117399404605780835@futurebird@sauropods.winPersonalWed, 07 Oct 2026 11:32:30 +0000I didn't expect my 5th grade students to be very interested in the collection of "mathematical patterns in nature" photos I have. They will design a pattern for the end papers of the book they are binding. The book is about how information is stored and includes an explanation of how it was bound, encryption, hexadecimal, and other projects from this fun class I get to teach. But they really loved looking at the photos and trying to identify what they were and how they related to math.https://bsky.app/profile/rickgregory59.bsky.social/post/3mxbxsmklz22aat://did:plc:stcddwsnjsgvhrtnvl45iico/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxbxsmklz22a@rickgregory59.bsky.socialPersonalWed, 07 Oct 2026 12:42:03 +0000Over the years, I’ve walked my dogs on all the sidewalks of the University by my house. I’ve met most of the grounds and facility staff, police officers and bus drivers. Usually with a wave, smile and ‘beautiful dogs’. Amazing the people I meet who bring me joy and I don’t even know their name.https://hachyderm.io/@narthur/117403058217821750https://hachyderm.io/ap/users/115878478723365796/statuses/117403058217821750@narthur@hachyderm.ioPersonalThu, 08 Oct 2026 03:01:40 +0000Ha! On my fourth try, I finally found the right aerator size for this bathroom faucet in our Airbnb! (I know, I should have had the owner do it. But it seemed easier to do it myself. And then I didn’t want to turn back. Sometimes you just don’t have the spoons to give up.)https://bsky.app/profile/angrywolfnoises.bsky.social/post/3mxdeyfdtks2gat://did:plc:hr4wuxdo7e6nm6w7wrntjhzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdeyfdtks2g@angrywolfnoises.bsky.socialPersonalThu, 08 Oct 2026 02:10:35 +0000bought a new heat bulb for my bearded dragon earlier this evening cause his burned out and also picked up some food for me and the husband on the way back and when walking back to the apartment I fumbled with my keys and the food and the bulb when soaring out of my hands and shattered on the asphalthttps://cyberplace.social/@matt303/117404285402490019https://cyberplace.social/users/matt303/statuses/117404285402490019@matt303@cyberplace.socialPersonalThu, 08 Oct 2026 08:13:45 +0000Morning wander around the estate done, first proper chilly one of the season, heating in the house came within 0.1C of turning on at 19C but house is warming up from the sun now so will probably not come on until tomorrow.https://bsky.app/profile/egerod.bsky.social/post/3mxc7qygdnc2lat://did:plc:ax5dxqeing4a5xa5ach7k2kk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxc7qygdnc2l@egerod.bsky.socialPersonalWed, 07 Oct 2026 15:04:18 +0000Break day today in Osaka, so we went to the Universal Theme Park as they had a Frieren Collab (my travel partner is a huge Frieren fan). Had a blast at the park, turned out they also had a One Piece Collab, as well as a huge Halloween event with zombies roaming the park after darkhttps://social.vivaldi.net/@brucelawson/117398351719369273https://social.vivaldi.net/users/brucelawson/statuses/117398351719369273@brucelawson@social.vivaldi.netPersonalWed, 07 Oct 2026 07:04:45 +0000Your valiant boy about to head into the European commission to meet a Big Tech Gatekeeper about the insane request by European commie users to run software they choose on devices they own.https://bsky.app/profile/ovrdrmaticntrue.swifties.social/post/3mxcnq6ucec23at://did:plc:b4cvr4y3fewffpqiyllubh6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxcnq6ucec23@ovrdrmaticntrue.swifties.socialPersonalWed, 07 Oct 2026 19:14:23 +0000my partner filled my Opalite spray bottle with all purpose cleaner and now uses it to clean because they “feel whimsical” and i love them so muchhttps://swiss.social/@pacman/117398935100524397https://swiss.social/users/pacman/statuses/117398935100524397@pacman@swiss.socialPersonalWed, 07 Oct 2026 09:33:06 +0000Groaning under the chores this morning I throw the clothes into the washing machine and hit the button and turn to the next chore. As I do so I suddenly think of my great-grandmother who lived on a simple little farm and had to wash the clothes by hand and with water carried from a nearby stream. Suddenly I stop groaning as I realise how easy I have it. I kick myself in my butt and straighten up and the sun starts shining and the day looks dead easy.https://bsky.app/profile/starstar.bsky.social/post/3mxdx7m75bs2zat://did:plc:3sczr6k6642eslsiervj272y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdx7m75bs2z@starstar.bsky.socialPersonalThu, 08 Oct 2026 07:36:44 +0000We leave Iceland today—4yo is completely miserable about it and does NOT want to leave. He made a deal with one of his friends that he could sleep under the other’s bed and then let me know that I could fly home by myself because he would prefer to stay in Iceland 😢https://theblower.au/@frogglin/117402532804280350https://theblower.au/users/frogglin/statuses/117402532804280350@frogglin@theblower.auPersonalThu, 08 Oct 2026 00:48:03 +0000Good Morning Tiny Dancers. Late start for work today so I decided to do something different and went for a coffee. Also a chunk of the "cinnamon scroll slab" which is under the counter for the staff to dip into. Poor BFF got into a "not all men" argument where I got a bit shouty. Anyway, chemist run, IGA run forgot biscuits nevermind. Tomorrow is another day, perhaps one where I will remember to buy biscuits.https://bsky.app/profile/bairdlytrying.games/post/3mxclo4pmmk2cat://did:plc:yv7o36kucjix76rdictsugrt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxclo4pmmk2c@bairdlytrying.gamesPersonalWed, 07 Oct 2026 18:37:27 +0000Took the week off of work. So far I have had 2 walks, visited 1 small park with historic buildings to take pictures of, visited an indie book/vinyl shop, and had a lunch date with my spouse. I won't be recovered from workplace burnout by next week. But it'll be better.https://mastodon.ie/@urbanfoxe/117400080909494356https://mastodon.ie/users/urbanfoxe/statuses/117400080909494356@urbanfoxe@mastodon.iePersonalWed, 07 Oct 2026 14:24:30 +0000Accidentally ended up at the principals' PD. Just enough time to grab pastries and coffee before I realized I was in the wrong room and moved to the teachers' one, where breakfast is not being served. FTW.https://bsky.app/profile/caroleu.bsky.social/post/3mxdncdqstk2eat://did:plc:jdww4zxbqiotssjkjlxgns2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdncdqstk2e@caroleu.bsky.socialPersonalThu, 08 Oct 2026 04:39:18 +0000Back in lockdown, I bought myself a broom for my birthday and put it aside until the day mostly as a joke. But when my birthday came (a week or two later) I couldn’t find it. To this day I have no idea what happened. I think about it sometimes just to feel stupid. Who loses a whole broom? Me. I did.https://hachyderm.io/@robdaemon/117402443917331171https://hachyderm.io/ap/users/115629854937926501/statuses/117402443917331171@robdaemon@hachyderm.ioPersonalThu, 08 Oct 2026 00:25:27 +0000so I officially establish residency here in California for the purposes of college at the end of February I have to figure out what the hell I want to do for the rest of my life because I can't do this anymore I just can't my life is copy/paste from Jira into ChatGPT, yell at ChatGPT because it's a piece of shit, rinse repeat over and over and over there's no creativity, there's nothing left it's all fucking gone soullesshttps://bsky.app/profile/beturpin.bsky.social/post/3mxdmd7kkds24at://did:plc:nxux3jvlfhwpbdel4ctg7xem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdmd7kkds24@beturpin.bsky.socialPersonalThu, 08 Oct 2026 04:21:54 +0000I'm currently visiting Whidbey Island in Washington state. It was foggy for much of our time here but then it cleared off just in time for sunset... and luckily I caught it, no enhancements. Heading back to Seattle tomorrow then on home to Texas. I will be back for sure.https://tootr.co/@repeattofade/117398912085652474https://tootr.co/users/repeattofade/statuses/117398912085652474@repeattofade@tootr.coPersonalWed, 07 Oct 2026 09:27:15 +0000staying in a hotel in italy but ended up speaking enough spanish to be understoodhttps://bsky.app/profile/plentyblush.bsky.social/post/3mxdgalgjr22eat://did:plc:kgv5eyci3kue4m64k52x5ulv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdgalgjr22e@plentyblush.bsky.socialPersonalThu, 08 Oct 2026 02:33:03 +0000Completely ate shit tonight after tripping over my own shoes while crossing the street and was saved by my Haurchefant plushie keychain, he cushioned my bag enough when I fell that it prevented me from smacking my head against a pole...Haurchefant...thank you...https://mas.to/@famousblueben/117399937213876878https://mas.to/users/famousblueben/statuses/117399937213876878@famousblueben@mas.toPersonalWed, 07 Oct 2026 13:47:57 +0000I knew I was exhausted after running some errands for my ailing neighbor last night that had me running over the neighborhood on top of my usual walking routine, but I didn't think I would sleep until 9:30 when I had to leave for school at 10 AMhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaye.zone/post/3mxdvrcn46s2gat://did:plc:psvjbw6ahzr6hnuf3fjfb3ia/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdvrcn46s2g@kaye.zonePersonalThu, 08 Oct 2026 07:10:51 +0000Nobody tells you what you’ll need ahead of time before you go do something official. If you try to ask, they’ll get weirded out that you’re grilling them and not tell you, but when you show up you’re always missing something. Anyway I went back and forth across town like six or seven times today.https://social.coop/@CommonMugwort/117403614049610461https://social.coop/users/CommonMugwort/statuses/117403614049610461@CommonMugwort@social.coopPersonalThu, 08 Oct 2026 05:23:01 +0000I work on freelance projects from home and in theory I could wake up whenever I want but in practice the woman upstairs turns on her tv at 6:30,and the builders next door start at 8.https://bsky.app/profile/chrisgescribe.bsky.social/post/3mxdbjnxcx222at://did:plc:nk7cihgpvb3ogks4fowzikda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdbjnxcx222@chrisgescribe.bsky.socialPersonalThu, 08 Oct 2026 01:08:39 +0000Sitting in a Japanese restaurant in my (adopted) hometown and this four year old kid and his mother came in. He brought his own pillow with him and honestly same.https://mastodonapp.uk/@anthonybearles/117399685406924438https://mastodonapp.uk/users/anthonybearles/statuses/117399685406924438@anthonybearles@mastodonapp.ukPersonalWed, 07 Oct 2026 12:43:55 +0000I'm not implying that I'm getting old, but I've just been doing a jigsaw whilst awaiting the delivery of some new slippers.https://bsky.app/profile/thecamilarowe.bsky.social/post/3mxchqcpzc22aat://did:plc:yh6uvrchittpdwpb4wsb23na/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxchqcpzc22a@thecamilarowe.bsky.socialPersonalWed, 07 Oct 2026 17:27:05 +0000Remembered I have free will. Went to my fav croissant bakery, my fav coffee shop and now enjoying the view by the waterfront. It’s the simple things in life. I love living in Seattle. I’d like to move while I’m still young but I’m not sure where I’d go…https://corteximplant.com/@shockwaver/117399995013278471https://corteximplant.com/users/shockwaver/statuses/117399995013278471@shockwaver@corteximplant.comPersonalWed, 07 Oct 2026 14:02:39 +0000Knocked my full glass of water over on my desk as I was sitting down to start work. This fucking week...https://caneandable.social/@EdenLinnea/117400399525263318https://caneandable.social/users/EdenLinnea/statuses/117400399525263318@EdenLinnea@caneandable.socialPersonalWed, 07 Oct 2026 15:45:32 +0000It feels weird to be working today. My jobs have been short or no order lately. The next three days look a little longer. The money will be good, but I've been enjoying loafing.https://fosstodon.org/@Gina/117403821377585483https://fosstodon.org/users/Gina/statuses/117403821377585483@Gina@fosstodon.orgPersonalThu, 08 Oct 2026 06:15:45 +0000[04:51 am]: my last 2 braincells and I at a random gas station in southern Germany, ordering kaffee in my best German. 🗣"Sind Sie Niederländer??" 🗣 [04:52 am]: singing happy birthday in Dutch into the gas station lady's phone because her neighbors sister's brother in law (?) is Dutch and it's their birthday.https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@circyn/117400154836079756https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/circyn/statuses/117400154836079756@circyn@mastodon.gamedev.placePersonalWed, 07 Oct 2026 14:43:18 +0000Spent all day doing maths for the day job. This displeases me. Time for a tea and brain reset.https://mastodon.nz/@lucky/117401714470568462https://mastodon.nz/users/lucky/statuses/117401714470568462@lucky@mastodon.nzPersonalWed, 07 Oct 2026 21:19:56 +0000this writing workshop i don't want to attend is starting in ten minutes and there's nobody here yet so i'm really getting my hopes up that it's been cancelledhttps://beige.party/@TheEddieShow/117402050042416825https://beige.party/users/TheEddieShow/statuses/117402050042416825@TheEddieShow@beige.partyPersonalWed, 07 Oct 2026 22:45:17 +0000It's clear and 66° F on the mountain, a half-hour before sunset. Slept most of the day after watching LOST until sunrise. Rested.https://mastodon.au/@andyb/117404638993422932https://mastodon.au/users/andyb/statuses/117404638993422932@andyb@mastodon.auPersonalThu, 08 Oct 2026 09:43:41 +0000I have booked flights for my Perth trip. Now I just have to figure out what to do in Perth for 6 days.