I woke up this morning with a burst blood vessel in my eye and it doesn't hurt or anything but it looks so gnarly that I don't want anyone to have to look at it. (I wore glasses during tele-therapy because it hid it a little so I didn't have to look at it.)
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People’s own lives and social moments. The 485 best posts of this kind today, picked from every post that passed our filters, one per person and spread across topics, only where the model is sure what the author is doing.
I'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. ---
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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.
Thanks to @tommykrasker.bsky.social and @ctmillion.bsky.social for hosting this screening of "The Lost Weekend." I was distracted due the news of notable person's passing, but I'll re-watch later. Until next week fellow noir fans, be safe and make it a good one. #TheNoirCollective #TheLostWeekend
Good evening everyone 🌆 It's been a mad busy day at work and I didn't even get time to wish you all a lovely day, so wishing you a lovely evening (or other time) now 💖
iiiii really want to finish this fic but i really want to lay down and rest my tired arms after slamming a hammer into a chisel into some plaster for 4 hours today but i wanna draw something tomorrow... i can do both... i dont have homework... i can just relax for now. idek what i wanna draw yet.
So effects to cut my caffeine by mixing 1/3 decaf in are not working. After an excessively long day yesterday followed by 'too over hyped to sleep' for hours my usual one morning mug had no impact on my tenancy to trip and fall this morning. Two near misses with mild bruising, then I made a second mug. About to have a third mug. In volume this is double the amount I'd usually drink by this time. Yet my brain can't do the maths on caffeine intake .. As for the rest of the week ... I have zoom meetings today and also people coming to collect two bookcases this evening. Safeguarding meeting tomorrow and then two trustee meetings Friday (first with IT people to try again to conquer MS as their authentication app won't actually authenticate me.) I'm fairly sure I need to be awake for the meetings?
Congrats to our former PhD student @alejandrofabregastejeda.com!! 🥳🤗
Good morning from Ryazan, Russia, where Ukraine attacked the Sasta machine tool plant which is housed right next to the Yandex data center, and both are now wondering if war with Ukraine was ever a good idea. Have an excellent day in the free world. 🌞
I'm reading 3 clefs on the next concert. alto, tenor, and bass, and some cues in treble so 4 clefs. every wrong note I played at rehearsal was my brain slipping to the wrong clef 😅 ok ok there was a D# but it's not my fault B major is unreasonable
I've been kinda obsessed with carabiners lately. I've put together this over-the-shoulder lanyard to hold my keys, my phone, and potentially my water bottle on occasion (for when both my hands are carrying things). I've been trying out different carabiners for this and other things. I was showing my gf a new large carabiner I got for my water bottle and she face palmed and informed me that I'm turning into a "carabiner lesbian". That's a thing apparently. #trans #lesbian
A bit belated but thank you all for reaching out, your feedback was much appreciated! I considered opening these this month but I’m in the middle of packing up my apartment and prepping for midterms so I’m planning to open these up by nov/dec when I’m not so busy instead :)
Sakura jumped up onto the bed for dinner tonight and knocked off the cat food can (We feed food to her in chunks the size she can manage, and she gets 1/2 pill with evening meal.) I grabbed at the cat food can, caught it and realized a few seconds later that I'd sliced one knuckle on it. Bleh.
Got my first rejection from a literary agent -- which is good, because no response at all is the expectation #writing #writingcommunity
sorry peeps. D&D did cancel today but i had no energy to stream. ill see y'all tomorrow!
All flavors welcome!
thinking about how my 8 1/2 year old dog still probably thinks of me by my deadname, because he used to react to people calling it before I fully came out a little while ago. not very woke of him
It has been rainy for some time now. The brooks and ditches have been full. The forest by the lake has been under water for weeks. Wondering if the water recedes before freezing. Six km run today between work. A windy day, 13-14 m/s in gusts, 9-10°C. #running
Good evening to all of you and welcome to another #FiresideFriends meetup. Tonight we're rejuvenating with teas and cakes, stories and foot-soaks at the wading pools for those who wish to join in. Be welcome to the Banyan Teahouse and enjoy a relaxing night with us. 🎶 youtu.be/ZF-w2ihkgp8?... 🎶
Stream over, thanks for coming We've made it through the first qualifier, and met some interesting people
THRILLING NEWS: My company now has an office dog. One of my coworkers got surprised with a puppy as a gift, which I have many eyebrow-raising feelings about, but it's 9 weeks old and can't be left at home all day alone. Today was his first day and he's employee of the month already.
I haven't used a #fixie for about 4 years, and all the muscle memory required to ride one successfully is mostly gone. So, doing some urban rides in the last two days got me white knuckling my new orange bar tape to the level that I feel it in my fingers when typing on my keyboard. :D #biketooter
Good morning from the extremely wise cat.
I died a little bit today when I sent a message in group chat at work letting others know my two officemates were gone for the day, accompanied by a link to Eric Carmen singing All By Myself, and one of the people I work with said, "Who's the dude singing that Celine Dion song my mother loves?" #music #genx #1970s
I rarely buy from Amazon - it's a place of last resort. This list appears to have been populated because I bought a naked portafilter and a can of La Tourangelle Pistachio Oil (I couldn't find either locally). Amazon doesn't know much more about me, and I plan to keep it that way. Duck Duck Go FTW.
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Screenshot of my Amazon "About You" profile. It reads as follows - Product Preferences: Prioritizes commercial-grade equipment for home use.
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Interests & Hobbies: Likely makes espresso and specialty coffee. Departments: Coffee equipment. Product Preferences: Likely favors La Tourangelle brand for specialty oils. Departments: Specialty cooking oils.
I am having a very rare “I don’t feel like eating” day, so I’ve had to bribe myself with some pastry so that I actually eat something.
i have now read 241 entries which is half of all toxic yuri vn jam 2 entries, and with that, my reading for the jam has concluded. there will still be time before the others are done with their reading and more still while we deliberate, but until we're ready, thank you all for submitting, truly
I helped my mum with applying for a bonus for her new electric car. You could only do so online and it was … not easy. The most aggravating “feature” was getting logged out (*without* saving what we had already typed in) because we took some time to figure out a correct answer. After that, I regularly checked and unchecked one of the checkboxes further down and that prevented the auto-logout. 😬
I cycle around because I have a lot to work on & staying on one thing too long makes me lose interest but every time I go back to AWA I think "I really like the Major Leagues of Professional Wrestling." Outside of 2/3 fall squash matches from the studio era, it never wastes my time.
Pica, my cat is sick. My husband will stay with her today and that means a lot to me. I THINK I can go to work. Her thyroid is getting worse and the vets say to increase the dose of her thyroid medicine.
Good morning my lovely friends. I hope you have an otterly 🦦great, wanker free, Thursday 🐾🐾🦦🦦❤️❤️ This greeting excludes all Trump/Musk/Tory/Reform/Netanyahu illegal warmongers! #FarRightFail #MyBodyMyChoice #StrongerTogether #TrumpIsACriminal #NetanyahuTerrorist
Taking some notes on what assets I am probably going to need for my game, I think I should try to make it a practice to create at least one object in Blender every day. Even if it's just a desk lamp or flower pot. Hopefully I will have everything together in two years. 😅 #hobbydev #IridiumMoons
One thing most people probably don't understand about science is that there is a researcher for every question –– I was just searching for someone to provide insight on a story I'm writing and found somebody who studies the exact thing I'm writing about, in exactly the same region I'm writing about
I was going to set 100 MCMC runs going earlier in the week but I forgot after loading the data into R. I only realised this morning that I hadn't set them running! Now it is on run 1 out of 100. It's going to take a couple of days, based on the other sets I've done already. #rstats #science #bayesian #palaeontology #palaeobiology #zoology #evolutionaryBiology #evolution #phylogeny
@muellershewrote.com I'm sorry for tonight cause I love your work but I also love the Milwaukee Brewers and I hope you at least had a wonderful night.
My company has been downgrading our 401k to a worse and worse provider every year. The newest company charges a substantial fee and tried to invest my money with blackrock, so I decided to choose my funds myself. I have no knowledge, I just looked at graphs. And I have high risk tolerance. 6% into US bonds 75% vanguard total stock 19% fidelity intl sustainability Literally no idea if i'll be losing money or not. Choices vibes based
During a quiet moment in work last night I caught the glorious sight of the setting sun shooting down shards of white light through the clouds & down onto the hills in the background & the sea in the foreground. Nature never fails me. 💚 #sunset #eastcoastkin #wellbeing #clouds #livingonthecoast
I haven't drawn with a tablet in like ~5 years lol, this is harder to do than I remember.
Happy green morning to you all
So I did a round of “AI annotator” freelance work. It’s a pretty bleak thing to put your time into. It’s the perfect storm of incompetence with people management, technical incompetence, ridiculously specific and thankless work, and hordes of people clamoring for said work. Getting a few bucks for my trouble is fine, but I would hate myself if I was forced to do this.
We took friends to our favorite local winery and a Belgian couple was there buying wine. They quickly figured I was American and asked us about trump. Their question was how trump got elected after his disastrous first term, and I never have an answer to that. We're asked that very often.
Told my boss I was going to see "Night of the Living Dead" and commented that it had a shocking ending. She says: Don't spoil it! Me: It came out in 1968, you've had time to see it.
Thanks Jeff Bezos. I will now refer to it as 'intelligence-lite' or IL
Essentially, my plan is to do the computer equivalent of moving to a cabin in the woods with a solar panel and a well I dug myself. Additionally, and for entirely unrelated reasons, I have also been considering literally moving to a literal cabin in the literal woods with a literal solar panel and well. However, I would not dig the literal well myself. That seems like the kind of thing you want an experienced person who is aware of relevant Ontario regulations to do.
Today feels a little monumental. I was diagnosed with breast cancer 3 years ago. This has been really really hard. It was really hard because I’ve been raw dogging menopause. Today I get to start taking some stuff to help with that.
Ever since I have gotten myself a camera I have practically brought it with me wherever to capture things that capture my attention. On Monday morning I got up early for work and it had rained not too long ago, making the barely lit pathways and leaves look so otherworldly~ Autumn really makes everything so pretty~ #photography
happy birthday Buzz Burbank @buzzburbank.bsky.social i miss you on the @bobcesca.bsky.social show -- please come back soon, and bring another great monologue
I voted in #Indiana yesterday, and my ballot kinda looked like this: 🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦.
Re-learning how to draw heads for the billionth time because applied skill retention is not in my brain's skillset. Feels like it doesn't to matter how much I practice, if I don't do something for a week suddenly I can't do it anymore lol
I 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.
