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constantorbit

@constantorbit@hachyderm.io

The short bio (see pinned #introduction for longer)

#SoftwareDeveloper, #musician -- lifelong #choral #singer & just picked up #BassGuitar again. | wannabe #vegetarian, wannabe #buddhist, #uu | Cisgender, straight, #ally | Very #liberal / #progressive | #massachusetts right now but hope to go back to #california some day | #photography

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constantorbit, to random
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#silentSunday

constantorbit, to Health
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My next-door neighbor died yesterday after 4 weeks in the hospital. He was my age (although in far worse physical shape).

The short story:

All those warnings about not taking too much acetaminophen/tylenol?

They're not kidding around. Don't.

😢

constantorbit, to Bloomscrolling
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I have a new favorite word.

Vetch.

Apparently that's what this is in my apartment's front yard (according to iNaturalist).

I'm thrilled that so far my landlord has made no progress toward cleaning up the wildness of the yard -- so many volunteers, things growing willy-nilly, it's wonderful.

She apologized when I moved in but I made it ultra-clear, no, I LOVE it this way. Wild is good, in my book.

constantorbit,
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@msquebanh good eye! Yes, there are some remnants from when they lived here and apparently had the front yard much more "manicured". A couple of hostas in the mix.

constantorbit,
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@msquebanh Very cool. I did not know that! ty!

constantorbit, to movies
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Finished watching "The Breaking Point" last night (1950). Liked it much more than I expected, but I pretty much love all noir, so...

The last shot is heartbreaking.

The second film adaptation of 's To Have And Have Not -- the 1944 Bogart/Bacall is of course much more stylish.

I watched it on but it's apparently available at the -
https://archive.org/details/thebreakingpoint1950_202004

dannotdaniel, to random
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full self drive should not be a thing for me to have to worry about driving my car like a normal person

it makes me angry that they don't even force the flashers on so you have some clue that the driver is inconsiderate asshole putting you in immediate danger

constantorbit,
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@dannotdaniel I've been thinking this for a while. It should have been mandated that cars actively under the control of any kind of self-driving automation really need SOME sort of external indication to everyone else around. Flashing light on the roof with some distinctive color or something.

constantorbit,
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@dannotdaniel Brilliant. If I didn't loathe AI I would get one of those image generators to make me one with one of those loudspeakers strapped to a wankpanzer.

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constantorbit,
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@linguistgoneforeign This is gorgeous! Where is this, if you don't mind me asking?

constantorbit, to random
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#silentSunday

constantorbit, to random
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And of course, one for today.

I love this photo of my mother. This is exactly who she was, at her core. As a founder of one of the first pre-schools in Jakarta, that trained teachers, many of whom went on to start their own schools...

...she was a mother to so many.

#mothersDay

RickiTarr, to random
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Seriously heard someone saying they don't listen to many black artists, because they aren't really into rap. Bitch please, feel free to share songs from Black artists from any genre. Here is one of my favorites, if you like this song please check out her other work:

https://youtu.be/KovrJ8HXI1Q?si=HOYIG7YMuAUTsJz6

constantorbit,
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@RickiTarr Play them some Allison Russell. She's just utterly fantastic.

This whole album is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZRKj4Kt12U

constantorbit,
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@RickiTarr Yeah, she's amazing. I highly recommend her latest album. So much good stuff on it.

https://album.link/p6hcz76jw0mct

constantorbit, to random
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#silentSunday

constantorbit, to random
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#fensterFreitag

constantorbit, to random
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it's a little unsettling when I show up for daily standup and nobody... else... comes... 😨

#agile #scrum #softwareDevelopment

constantorbit,
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😆 I was in the wrong google meet...

constantorbit, to bass
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Stopping in at FB once every couple of months can sometimes be fun.

(yes, me on the far right)

And no, our band did not normally wear these wonderful polyester outfits; we were also in the glee club and served as the backing band.

constantorbit, to Marriage
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I've actually been having a pretty nice, quiet, mostly alone weekend, and I've been surprised that it's been okay--even good!--after feeling lonely and down during this past week.

But then this morning a wave of grief took me for a tumble.

I think because it's my adult daughter's birthday today--and she chooses not to interact with me.

It is what it is.

Doesn't mean it's not hard sometimes.

vlrny, to lonelinesscorps
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I don't have a solid plan yet but vaguely pitching watching something from the internet archive sometime after 4pm today (circa 6hrs from this toot).

Anybody interested? Movie choice TBD so you pitch yer vote for something fun.

@lonelinesscorps

constantorbit,
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@vlrny @MelodyWainscott

My absolutely favorite line from that movie. (must be read with Jeremy Irons voice, even in your head)

A GIF of Simba and Scar from the animated Lion King movie. Simba (a yellow smiling lion cub cocking his head) says "You're so weird" and Scar (an evil dark lion with a scar scross one eye) replies "You have no idea"

constantorbit, to random
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#silentSunday

CultureDesk, (edited ) to food
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Apparently it's now a thing for dinner party hosts to ask their guests for money to help with groceries. Eater reporter Amy McCarthy says that's not OK, and offers some suggestions for cutting costs if you want to host but can't afford to. What's your experience with this? Pick as many answers as apply and share any fun stories in the comments.

https://www.eater.com/24083611/is-it-okay-to-ask-dinner-party-guests-to-venmo-you

For more stories like this, follow @Eater's @eater Magazine.

constantorbit,
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@CultureDesk @Eater @eater

what an utterly bizarre headline and, I assume, article. No, I did not click through.

It's called "potluck", people.

Humans have been doing it for hundreds of years.

🙄

constantorbit, to random
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#silentSunday

constantorbit, to breakfast
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#breakfast #oatmeal #coffee #amReading #jennyOdell #howToDoNothing #books

visionsofnapa, to gardening
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Our Asian pear is slowly dying but it has not giving up yet. It’s made a few sickly flowers and I can see one tiny little pear.

constantorbit,
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@visionsofnapa I'm actually starting to think about maybe taking an airbnb (or some other arrangement) for a month in your next of the woods ... well, roughly -- thinking Petaluma... to try out living in the area, etc...

for various reasons, that might make more sense for me than going back to Santa Cruz.

Maybe in the fall... 🤔

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