Her_Doing

eclectech, 5 days ago to animation

It's Friday! YAY!

It's getting increasingly difficult to fit all the dancers on to the screen & make loops that fit with ALL THE OTHER LOOPS (it totally stuffed the timing for this one) so next week will be the last, when I hit a year (!)

I like having a Friday Thing though, so will do #FridaySparklyDanceParty any week there are volunteers, & probably just random dancers on other weeks.

As ever, have a great weekend if you possibly can 😃

#FridaySparklyDancers #sillyScribbles #animation

Hand drawn animation loop. There are 51 simple figures each doing their own dance move. The main body of the screen is an orange starburst sky, with a rainbow framing the top. 48 dancers are on the lines of the rainbow, doing their thing. The new dancer for this week is larger, and centre stage on a cloud at the bottom, with a dancer either side for company.

AdaraAstin, 9 days ago (edited 9 days ago) to random

Re: the last boost

Is someone working on a global low/no-covid specific dating app?

Because if god willing there is ever a world where it's safe for me to leave the house again, I would really like to meet people who are:

• systems thinkers
• in solidarity with those who have less economic power
• fighting eugenics and ableism
• able to resist peer pressure
• resolved in their convictions
• thinking for the long term

Truly, I can think of nothing sexier and I mean that with my whole heart.

grammargirl, 15 days ago to random

We're the best!!! Grammar Girl just made the Writer's Digest list of 101 Best Websites for Writers! 🎉🎉🎉

We've been on the list before for the website, but this year is special because it's the first time we're on the list for the PODCAST. (Yes, the list of websites has a category for podcasts and YouTube channels.)

It means so much to me to know that people love and appreciate the show. Thank you to Writer's Digest and to all the people who listen! 1/2

vlrny, 19 days ago to coffee

Oh you know, just blinking slowly, singing James Blunt songs to my coffee, as one does...

What are the rest of ya'll up to?
@lonelinesscorps
#coffee #gratitude #slowMorning

vlrny, 1 month ago to lonelinesscorps

Ok folks! We have a plan.
Galaxy Quest watch party starting in 15mins. It's on internet archive if you don't have access elsewhere.
https://archive.org/details/galaxy-quest_DVD/GALAXY_QUEST.iso
We'll be chatting under #galaxyQuestToots join us if you can!
@lonelinesscorps #galaxyQuest #watchParty #internetArchiveMovieClub

grammargirl, 1 month ago to random

Do you dread small talk? Do you feel like you could do better when you meet new people?

If so, you'll enjoy this taste of my interview with Charles Duhigg, author of the new book "Supercommunicators," about questions to ask when you meet someone. The whole interview is filled with these kinds of practical insights that will help you communicate better, and the book has even more.

Check it out!

LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229

READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/duhigg/transcript

WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iYvJCo5Upc

kristiedegaris, 1 month ago to random

As part of the Covid memorial I am creating, my poem will be translated into seven languages. One of those is Urdu.

memory, stronger than stone

قوتِ سنگ سے جو قوی ہے یاد

Urdu was the language of my grandfather & I know there will be something profoundly affecting about seeing it carved into stone.

My family faced unimaginable racism, it tore us apart, and I can't quite put into words how much it will mean to see Urdu as an enduring part of Scotland's landscapes.

I get to place that stone.

kristiedegaris, 2 months ago to random

Today, I submitted my book 367 days after signing the contract. It has been an intense, exciting, boring, distressing, depressing, and uplifting process. A bit of everything over a year, but I'm so proud of myself for pushing through. The book will be out in 2025.

Now, to figure out what to do with my time and my hands...

#book #bookstodon #author

vlrny, 2 months ago to random

My soul is weary. TV-wise I have found myself down a rabbit hole of kindness - bender watching: dog rescue shows, Queen's Gambit, Queer Eye, even the Mister Rogers movie (which has a rather loving exploration of some dark feelings). I desperately need to see people finding paths through their difficulties, and the surprises of kindness that accelerate that.

Whatcha all watching to fill you up, give you a bit o hope for humanity?

@lonelinesscorps #lonelinessCorps

Her_Doing, 3 months ago to hiking

🚨 #PSA for outdoor people

Quick comment on that last boost (#GoOutsideForMe, where you can share simple videos (even no talking necessary) with people here who can't often go out due to disability or other factors) - if you are an outdoor person at all & this strikes you as interesting and something you can do - please read the comments for more ideas & information on how to do it & and how to boost.

Thank you! 🙏

#Hiking #Outdoors #LongCovid #MECFS #POTS #COPD #MS

eclectech, 4 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to animation

• I've got to do something about the Friday dancers. Adding one a week is chaos. There's either a mass of overlapping flailing limbs or the dancers are TINY.

• Ah. Shame. You going to archive the first thirty away & start a new one?

• [...]

• I said, are you going to...

• Yeah, yeah, we've been here before, I know what you said.

drum roll

WE'VE GONE TO SPACE! 🚀

Have a good weekend all!

#FridaySparklyDancers #sillyScribbles #animation #dance #sparkles #FridayFeeling #silly #drawing

vlrny, 5 months ago to random

#5thelementwatchparty as a general note, anybody else finding re-watching all these "futuristic apocalypse" movies a weird sort of reverse deja vu?

Like our current lives have waaaay too similar plotlines. On the brink of disaster... Battling evil... Quirky weirdos save the day (hopefully, irl)

vlrny, 5 months ago to random

Had a wee cry with my coffee this morning. I think I needed that. Both the coffee, and the moment to just let some stuff go. Sometimes the quiet moments aren't so quiet on the inside. Still good. ☕ #sitTogether

grrrr_shark, 5 months ago to random

Ok, I need some advice.
My daughter won't allow pictures to be taken of her - and this is her right.

However, it turns out that while it IS a privacy issue for her, it isn't about the pictures per se, it's that she doesn't want pictures taken with a phone. Good old normal non-networked digital cameras would be fine, she just doesn't want Google or Apple consuming her likeness.

Any recommendations for affordable decent digital cameras? I haven't owned one in almost a decade...

eclectech, 5 months ago to animation

Week 29 of adding a dancer a week & this is becoming absolute CHAOS. On reflection the hats & bells have not helped calm it down, but not to worry.

So time to wish everyone a very happy weekend, & if you celebrate Christmas I hope your festivities are exactly what you want, & if you don't celebrate I hope your non-festivities are exactly what you want.

Right. I'm off to jingle some bells.

#xmasScribbles #sillyScribbles #animation #dance #sparkles #FridayFeeling #silly #drawing

A hand drawn animation. There are three clouds on a teal backdrop. The front cloud has a single dancer with a red torso, tall fluffy Santa hat, and holding a golden bell in each hand. They are flanked by two Christmas trees, with small rainbows appearing and disappearing at their peak, and bells on their branches. The two clouds behind each contain more dancers, one from each week I've been doing this, each doing their own move. Each has a torso of a single rainbow colour. Some have leg warmers. One does the gangnam style with sunglasses on. For this festive edition a number of them wear different Santa hats, but one has picked a Viking helmet, another a brightly coloured clown wig, and another a top hat and bow tie. Got to embrace your own path.

gavi, 5 months ago to random

@proprietor Hey, does this instance have authorized fetch on? I wanna make sure if I decide to block threads it will be respected and just won't hide potential harassment.

EllieK, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to Help

I just had my first ever Be My Eyes call this morning.

What a feel-good way to start the day, helping someone who is visually impaired (to book a flight, in this case)! I feel as if I made a friend.

I have had the app for years but missed calls in the early days (didn't recognize the ring tone) , then changed phones and forgot to get signed in on it. So I'm up and running again now.

https://bemyeyes.com?utm_source=android_app&utm_campaign=sighted&utm_medium=share_app_settings

#beMyEyes #blind #visuallyImpaired #help #EllieKPosts

EllieK, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to Marriage

Happy 42nd Anniversary to Us!

t's hard to believe that this young couple is us, 42 years ago today. There's been a lot of water under all kinds of bridges since then, but we have sailed, paddled, rowed, poled and occasionally motored along them together all the way. Yes, we've had to use buckets to bail at times, but we always managed to stay afloat because we had each other. Thanks for all these wonderful years, @stevenkennard
Post:
https://www.elliekennard.ca/happy-anniversary-to-us/
#EllieKPosts #anniversary #wedding

Dave2022, 5 months ago to Birds

Hoots!

Tyto alba
Barn Owl

It was never going to be a technically great shot, getting dark, didn't have a big zoom lens, moving target, dog in other hand, but it's about what it means to me and the experience of watching an owl out hunting for dinner that counts.

#Birds #BirdWatching #Twitching #Nature #BirdsOfMastodon #Bird #Photo #Photography #BirdPhotography #Owl #Cumbria

DemocracySpot, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to photography

📷 #SilentSunday

#FediversalPictures #Photography #Abstract

Cetraria, 5 months ago to random

Talking to my cousin who I've only recently regained contact with, for the first time since we were little (40+ years ago). She's married with two little kids, healthy and active. There's something about the holidays that really highlights how much my life has diverged from "normal."

I haven't celebrated Xmas in ages, because this time of year holds too much baggage for me. In the space of a few years, in the time between Thanksgiving and Xmas, I lost both sets of grandparents, my younger brother and my first two LTR. My spouse isn't a fan either and generally chooses to work Xmas day, so it's become a very quiet, contemplative time rather than a busy and joyous time.

I just don't feel like the holidays are very neurospicy-friendly. Lights and bells and smells and socializing and so much overstimulation. I don't miss going into the new year feeling burnt out and raw from so many obligations.

This isn't something I can really talk about with most folks who'd ask me if I have any holiday plans. "No" as an answer goes over about as well as a fart in a spacesuit. I don't know if I'll ever come up with a good answer to that question.