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hollie

@hollie@social.coop

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Enthusiastic about nature, kindness, puns, tea, personal websites, lichen, bags, space, hobbits, social justice, ending climate change, naps, reading, watercolors, laughing, bookbinding, bicycling, paddling, vegan cooking, sewing, and ham radio.

Living w/ fibro & MECFS, MCAS, anxiety, ADHD.

GenX, happily married to https://social.coop/@gregtitus for 29 yrs, mom of two adult kids (one hard-of-hearing, one autistic trans). Wears heart on sleeve. Trans rights are human rights.

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hollie, to random
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BIKE RIDE! :D Glorious! Easy 7 miles on my electric bike. Hung out at one end of the park for awhile, saw good things: A very fit, very nervous woman (in her 50’s?), waiting for someone - he showed up! A talking-a-mile-a-minute guy, obviously bonkers for her, they set out down a path, nearly holding hands (I bet they are by the end). A little boy learning to ride his bike, awww! Gaggle of teens walking by, speaking rapid Spanish, laughing SO hard. A bee rolling around in a flower. Many dogs! :)

Vertical metal support of a guard rail over the river, someone has spray-painted white strawberries on it, three, stacked.
Yellow flower with a bright orange center, there's a bee rolling around in the middle.
A blue bike on a cement bridge overlooking a river that has the I5 bridge going over it in the distance. Blue skies, whispy clouds.

hollie,
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Also I don't see a lot of conversations on here around somatic work for trauma and nervous system healing, but FYI if anyone's interested, I stopped the ride three times to sit with my bod and just listen to it. If you've been detached from your body because of anxiety/trauma, this can be really helpful. It's taken me a long time to sort of dial in my practice but it's working really well now. Should I write about this more often? Can't tell if anyone else is into this stuff.

hollie, to random
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Greg and I are at the park, I’m laying in the grass (see selfie) with my hat over my face, legs baking in the hot sun. Two kids just started playing a game involving “zaps” and “took 5 points of damage,” and I’m smiling at their conversation when I hear the dad, still unpacking the car, yell, “Hey! Boys? Can you stand away from the only two people around? Maybe try not to hit them with that stick you’re swinging with impunity?” Laughing so hard I had to sit up.

hollie, to random
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I'm putting together a collection of women-and-the sea songs, and there is an Ingrid Michaelson song I love called Far Away I can't find. The album version is rubbish (no offense Ingrid lol), but there's a really beautiful live version on Apple Music and I no longer have access to that. I think maybe it's from an Apple event but I'm not sure? Is there anyway to BUY Apple-owned music? When I do a search on Apple Music it just shows me the album recording.

hollie, to random
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A laudable contribution to the bear/man discussion. I loved it.

“There is nothing wrong with men. Men are lovable people with the same capacity for empathy, agency, and growth as any other human on the gender spectrum. But when men are socialized to identify their humanness as masculinity and to associate masculinity with power, we get some real problems. These are the problems of patriarchy.”

https://bikepacking.com/plog/man-or-bear-debate/

hollie, to random
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One of my favorite movies of all time, and I can’t believe I didn’t know there was a CONSTELLATION IN THE POPCORN!

The bathroom mirror shot is amazing and I’ve always wondered how they filmed that. I also didn’t realize that they mirrored the stairs. How many times have I watched that and not noticed? It’s like the blue rag in The Abyss.

https://youtu.be/HQRu9cz5L9E?si=AMarBtK9wY1XwRAa

hollie, to random
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Alt text question!

Should alt text be a complete sentence, like a period at the end? Like exactly the way you'd normally write it on a page? I notice some folks make it very short, no period at end. Wondering if I'm doing it right.

Also a lot of times I have quote marks in alt text and it breaks the photo on the blog page (though it doesn't break anything Mastodon), so I'm working on avoiding that.

hollie, to random
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Greg shared this with me and I love it, it's helpful! We had one long beach convo about my feeling so vulnerable to messages of doom (Greg is much less so). Mastodon used to help, but after the big migration a year and a half ago, it's doom 24/7 here, too. I'm trying to just check less and mute folks who don't CW doom, and it's helping, but I need to actively cultivate a sense of hope in myself about the world.

https://balloon-juice.com/2024/05/18/open-thread-against-doomerism/

Whole UU talk also worth a read: https://freeandresponsible.blogspot.com/2024/05/hope-denial-and-healthy-relationship.html

MsHearthWitch, to random
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Weeeeee, my son is HOOOOOME. I've missed that lil punk <3 <3

hollie,
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@MsHearthWitch Yay!! Have fun!! Jupes is home this weekend too!

<HAPPY PARENT HIGH FIVE>

hollie, to books
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I can't wait to see this! I watched Reading Rainbow as a kid, and then later would watch it as a teen after my high school classes, just to relax and feel good about the world. I know a lot of folks feel lovely and warm about this show, I'm so happy they're doing a documentary on it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHpl1mmE-rk

@bookstodon

hollie, to random
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We were discussing the differences between sandy and rocky beaches and I took this photo of the very pretty pebbly and shell-y sand at the base of the rocks we were sitting on, and then cracked up.

Greg: What’s so funny

Me: It looks like you’ve just been murdered and I’m focused on the gravel

Greg: <laughs> “Will THESE rocks be enough to cover my husband’s lifeless corpse?”

Me: “Hmmmm…I don’t know, the wind could blow these right off the body…”

hollie, to random
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Okay I want to go on a road trip with somebody where all we do is find cute little towns and then scope out their indie bookstores. When the car is half full of books is when we know it’s time to loop back around home. Also there should be a good deal of finding the best cafes, too.

hollie, to random
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Happy Mother’s Day to moms, weird Aunts, and other caregivers, and massive loads of love and empathy for folks for whom this is a difficult holiday. 💜 My day has been quiet and nice, chatted with both kids earlier, and Jupes sent me this illustration of Finnegan based on a photo I took. I love it! I’ve never had a pet who had this much fan art - drawn by me, Jupes, a friend, another friend, and Greg had a joke oil painting of him made. Quite the furry celeb. :)

sanguish, to random
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Well, Framer may not be the first first for some people because it lacks RSS. But Squarespace doesn’t allow code that automatically stylizes swift.

I could use some third part RSS tool to generate it, but that seems like more work.

Ideally Id like to find something that does all in one.

Allows blockquotes (how can a blog now allow block quotes?!?!?)
A resume
A portfolio
And a blog with swift code blocks in it.

So far Framer is easiest.

hollie,
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@sanguish Have you looked at Ghost?

flancian, to random
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Testing @cwg :)

hollie,
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@flancian @cwg I see it! :)

hollie, to random
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I stayed up until 2:30 am binging a show. Oops. Haven't done that in awhile.

I just woke up (so that's 6 whole hours of sleep) and I feel soooo awful, lol. Today will be fun! :D <involuntary zombie noises>

hollie,
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@andycarolan @dyani It was 3 Body Problem on Netflix! I haven't read the books but I really enjoyed the show! :)

hollie,
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@andycarolan @Helen It was so good, I was impressed with how well they juggled the bigger alien story with the smaller relationship/human stories.

MsHearthWitch, to Japan
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Celebrating a new house, new job, and a new chapter of my life with a new Traveller's Notebook.

Snagged this gorgeous limited edition one by setting MANY alarms. It was sold out 2 min after going live.

Bringing a semblance of order and peace to my life via bullet journaling.

hollie,
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@MsHearthWitch Ooooo very nice! I freaking love those. Even though I'm in a Hobonichi at the moment, the Travelers will always have a piece of my heart.

hollie,
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@MsHearthWitch I love that you can make your own booklets, too, that just scratches an itch I've had with planners for ages. I like making watercolor booklets.

hollie, to random
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My feed might become nothing but cute Cal photos.

TheBreadmonkey, to random
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If I was on the news covering the election results, I would simply stand up and shout "STOP! You've said all of the words. It's DONE!"

I just think at some point you have to recognise all of the words have been said and anything further would be devoid of meaning. From that point on, anyone that says 'deliver/ed/ing' should have to go to prison.

hollie,
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@TheBreadmonkey @purplepadma Sometime I think, "Okay, I'm only going to read Mastodon until I laugh out loud," and sometimes that's like ten seconds in.

Matt_Noyes, to random
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@emi @sam @flancian @dphiffer @ansate @hollie @django @katanova

CWG ops team meeting tomorrow morning at the usual time (7pt, 8mt, 10et, 16cet), but we do need to find a time that works for everyone.

I will post an agenda in Loomio. The basics are:
>check-ins,
>compensation log,
>reports and registration issues (we can talk about onboarding here)
>Ops team elections
>updates from TWG and OC
>other issues
> task list

hollie,
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@Matt_Noyes @emi @sam @flancian @dphiffer @ansate @django @katanova I won't be able to make it but look forward to notes! My only question was going to be about shifts and knowing when I'm scheduled and how that works.

hollie, to random
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When you yourself are not healthy enough to protest (i.e. you know you'd be a big liability) but wish that you could, what are good ways to support the folks getting out there?

hollie, to random
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Hello from me and Finn!

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