alexisbushnell

consumablejoy, 1 day ago to knitting

When you get out of control with organization even though you know it will only last a short time and soon you will have another abandoned tool sadly languishing. Exhibit: Notion workspace that initially had just Stash in it and now has become my full-blown mini-personal-Ravelry-esque repository of knitting data. #knitting #FiberArts @knitting (remove group in reply) #Notion

alexisbushnell, 2 days ago to bookstodon

I finished reading Turtles All The Way Down by John Green and how I wish I'd had that book as a kid. Such an honest account of mental illness, you can tell it's written by someone who actually gets it.

@bookstodon

alexisbushnell, 2 days ago to actuallyautistic

Any recommendations for Autistic coaches?

Ideally also:
A woman.
In the UK.
Queer.
Knowledgeable about trauma / cPTSD.

@actuallyautistic #ActuallyAutistic

eniko, 3 days ago to random

For my birthday, I'd really like it if my beloved fedi could spread word far and wide of Kitsune Tails. It's a platformer with a heartwarming story featuring queer main characters and personal discoveries in classic SMB3 style. You can find trailer, screenshots, and wishlist links here: https://kitsunegames.com/kitsunetails

It's coming out this year and the team and I have been working hard on it for several years now. Most of the team is queer in some form so by boosting you'd not only be making me happy on my birthday, but supporting a bunch of queer creators making queer art as well

yuzu kitsune tails, a purple haired fox girl, picks up samurai armor in a tower that's rapidly filling with lava. she jumps away from the rising lava and sticks her spear in the wall, doing a dashing twirl to get on top of it. she walks off the spear and into a new scene, fighting a ghost fox with armor and spear. it stabs and she jumps over, but is caught by a follow up stab. the ghost fox over extends and its ghostly powers wane, giving yuzu a chance to bop on its head

alexisbushnell, 4 days ago to random

Kicked off my day with #yoga. Sun salutation B followed by some freestyle - way more than 1 pose just it doesn't track unless I do a #Garmin workout. I also forgot to hit the button so missed the first 10 minutes!

Kept checking in with my knee as I work on healing my cruciate ligament.

Now icing it post - yoga to calm it down again.

alexisbushnell, 5 days ago to Facebook

Erm, so when I open #Facebook at the moment it tells me I'm not connected to the internet and my computer slows all the way down and starts overheating.

It is only on my personal Facebook account - client accounts work fine.
The site won't work at all for me.

I tried downloading the Facebook messenger app but it says my login details are wrong (they are not).

Any ideas?

#Meta

alexisbushnell, 5 days ago to makershour

A4 Literally everything I have created so far has been outside my skill set! lol!

#MakersHour @makershour

alexisbushnell, 5 days ago to makershour

A3 Mending clothes is a super useful skill.

I wouldn't say I have learned this skill, but I am trying to learn to be better at making mistakes, being bad at something, and fucking up. Definitely a work in progress that though!

#MakersHour @makershour

alexisbushnell, 5 days ago to makershour

A2 I'm a finisher by nature, so I'm actually more likely to obsess about one thing until it's finished than start a load of different things and not finish (not that that never happens, but it's not normal for me).
So I don't really have a strategy. Although for general focus and productivity I'm still loving this game I posted about: https://toot.wales/@alexisbushnell/112360529311058437 .

#MakersHour @makershour
https://toot.wales/@alexisbushnell/112360529311058437

alexisbushnell, 5 days ago to makershour

A1 Hi, I'm Lexi (she/her) and I delivered the hat I knitted to my stepdad, the scarf is still a work in progress.
Minimal making happening now because I'm in so much pain with my knee unfortunately.

#MakersHour @makershour

infinitesoleil, 9 days ago to bookstodon

#BookReview

4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This book was absolutely unhinged. That’s the best way I can describe it. The main character was unhinged, the way the book took a turn and nearly became a horror novel was unhinged. The way it ended was unhinged. I was getting so enraged at the main character’s behavior that I was live reacting as I read in a mutual’s DMs who had just finished reading the book the week prior.

Would I read this book again? Probably. Not anytime in the near future though. Aside from the insane plot line, this book touched on themes like interpersonal racism, discrimination, identity and authenticity, representation, cultural appropriation, and cancel culture.

#bookstodon @bookstodon

From: @infinitesoleil
https://federatedfandom.net/@infinitesoleil/112362438392855097

alexisbushnell, 10 days ago to running

Restarted #CouchTo5k today and my right knee and ankle and utterly fucked.

Left knee has healed and is doing well, just a bit stiff but that felt like a tendon from knee to hip issue.

My right knee feels like an ankle and knee issue and it's also the ankle I sprained quite badly last summer and has been weak since. And unlike the left knee, running on it has definitely made it worse. Also the inside of my knee feels bruised.

#running

LehtoriTuomo, 12 days ago to actuallyautistic

Someone asked whether I ever played Doom. No, not really. I told that I've never liked first person shooters and then it hit me. I never liked them as there's too much going on. In fact, I've never been a big fan of any types of shooters, the only exception being Cannon Fodder. Now, with the new-found autistic perspective, it makes perfect sense. Sensory overdrive all the time equals no fun. How about my fellow autistics, any fans of shooters?

#ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic

alexisbushnell, 12 days ago to makershour

Big thank you to #MakersHour @makershour attendees and special thanks to @Maker_of_Things for organising the chat and bringing together such a wonderful group of people to talk about awesome, creative stuff!

alexisbushnell, 12 days ago to makershour

A5 I think the giant mouse, but I'm not scared of horses. I used to have a horse and ride regularly, and I've lived around horses for most of my life too.

I don't have digital versions of the photos of me with Gene (my horse) but I can offer you me befriending a neighbour's horse and Morrie wanting to play with some horses at the horse breeder down the road from where I used to live.

#MakersHour @makershour

Alexis standing one side of an electric fence with a fat horse and donkey on the other side.

alexisbushnell, 12 days ago to makershour

A2 oooh good question. To be honest, I think most kids are crafty and creative by nature so the main solution is to stop shaming them out of it, and focus on encouraging them and giving them the opportunity to try things.

Outside of that though, I think giving them skills that empower them and make them more self sufficient is a good way in. Can't afford that super amazing outfit you want? Make it! Jealous of that cool decoration? Make it!

#MakersHour @makershour

alexisbushnell, 12 days ago to makershour

A1 Hi, I'm Lexi (she/her) and this week I've been taking up speed knitting to try and finish my stepdad's scarf in time for him visiting tomorrow!

Spirit City Lo-Fi is really helping me to do that actually, I raved about that some here: .

And this is the last progress pic, kindly modeled by Morrie: https://toot.wales/@alexisbushnell/112293764490425486 .

Also lots of gardening happening here. I've planted some apple seeds, avocados, herbs and flowers.

#MakersHour @makershour
https://toot.wales/@alexisbushnell/112362241461243677

alexisbushnell, 13 days ago to Notion

#Neurodivergent #Notion tip - don't overcomplicate it.

It's super common with Notion newbies to make a really complex system, maybe using several different templates, that seems great because it includes literally everything.

Trust me when I tell you, you don't actually need everything!

Start small and simple - it can be as simple as a blank page with a check list on it!

alexisbushnell, 14 days ago to ai

OMG it is so hard to avoid #AI music now.

Everything I choose to put on client videos turns out to be AI generated and I don't have the capacity to keep deleting and redoing the whole video because stolen music is infiltrating absolutely everything.

(They don't have the funds to work with a musician or pay brain blank the rates to rent music).

alexisbushnell, 14 days ago to running

Urgh. I slept so badly and so little that I've woken up with a headache.

Today should be a #running day but I'm not sure how sensible that is when my body is already completely drained from my period being due and now also from only getting 4 hours sleep.

alexisbushnell, 16 days ago to running

My knee continues to be completely fucked and the physio only accepts phone calls to book, so I'm going to have to wait until at least Friday to book because I'm not working then so I can afford to lose a load of the day to recovering from making a phone call.

I guess its compression, rest and anti-inflammatories in the meantime but I miss #running already, and actually running is the only time it doesn't hurt.