quintessence

quintessence, 4 months ago to random

I've been debating on writing a blog post on grief and how we don't deal with death in the US at all. Between my mother and fiancée passing so close together (and for unrelated reasons) I feel like I have a lot to say around You Thought American Healthcare Was Bad, But Wait There's More: Meet American Death Logistics.

quintessence, 4 months ago to random

Those who have had loss / significant loss in life - how'd y'all learn to move through the grief?

quintessence, 5 months ago to random

What are your favorite sources of keeping up with news in the tech industry?

quintessence, 5 months ago to random

You know what I miss from the c 2010s? Hyperbole and a Half. Just very relatable, all the time.

quintessence, 6 months ago to random

In a cPTSD engendering world, I wish more resources were in place to help kids+adults have A+ coping skills and available help at all levels.

Trying to learn anything, let along coping skills, when you're already going through the trauma isn't great.

quintessence, 6 months ago to random

Any web comic readers on here? If so which and what genre(s)?

quintessence, 6 months ago to random

Late night insomnia task:

Recategorize years of YNAB data to better categories.

quintessence, 6 months ago to random

What's your favorite new skill or fact or anything that you've done this year?

quintessence, 6 months ago to random

For anyone with Gather Town:

Amongst the Fall Items is a Baba Yaga house. You can make a little patch for your Baba Yaga house, make it a private area, and boom: all your 1:1s are in the Baba Yaga house.

You're welcome.

quintessence, 6 months ago to random

I randomly remembered a blog post and interactive map that I saw awhile ago now (apparently c 2018) about All Roads Leading to Rome. It's a lovely project and while some of the links may be inactive now the visuals are awesome

https://philippschmitt.com/archive/2018/work/roads-to-rome.html

Map nerds: what are your favorite data sets / visuals? :)

quintessence, 6 months ago to random

Hey there everyone! I'll be attending KubeCon Chicago this year if anyone would like to say hi while I'm out there ❤️ I'm going to try and bring a few copies of @nova 's book Hacking Capitalism as well for those interested.

quintessence, 7 months ago to random

If anyone wants fancy Icleandic salt for your salt game (I see you :transgender_pride_potion: ) 🧂

https://saltverk.com

quintessence, 7 months ago to random

'tis the season, another reminder to make sure to schedule your fall vaccines as needed: COVID 🦠, flu, and so on!

quintessence, 7 months ago to random

Has anyone ever made a family tree of their chosen family? 🤔

quintessence, 7 months ago to random

Periodic reminder to use the Library Extension if you want to see what books are available at your local library / libraries - not only using sites like GoodReads but also if you find yourself Amazon'ing.

This is not an ad, just a PSA for to help rekindle relationships with libraries and save :coin_animal_crossing:

:chrome_logo: + :firefox_logo:

Edit to add: you do not need to enter any data / library card info. It uses public search for whatever library you choose.

https://www.libraryextension.com

quintessence, 7 months ago to random

Verified previous post in the news - if you use a burner phone as part of a safety place be aware of the United States' testing of the Emergency Alert System on WEDNESDAY, 4 Oct 2023 @ 2:20 PM ET / 11:20 AM PT.

Post
https://hachyderm.io/@DaywalkingRedhead@toot.cat/111168076597014780

News
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/national-emergency-alert-test-cell-phone-wednesday-text-rcna118468

quintessence, 7 months ago to random

I dunno why but I just realized that Power BI has a "second" brand association :QueerCat_Bisexual:

quintessence, 7 months ago to random

Fellow penthusiasts there's apparently a whole-ass fountain pen instance 👀 🖋️

penfount.social

quintessence, 8 months ago to random

Thread to make space for grief. How are you all doing?

🖤 🕯️

quintessence, 9 months ago to random

The person I cherished more than any other, @nova , died unexpectedly late Wednesday in a climbing accident.

I have no words, only despair. The light in my soul is gone.

Joe Beda @jbeda and Nivenly are posting announcements. Others will also.

quintessence, 9 months ago to random

It is so weird to be in your 30s and still be staring at sentences to figure out if the conjunction you want is "and" or "but".

You would think this would be straightforward, and/but it happens all the time.

quintessence, 9 months ago to random

Relevant to my Too Many Tabs Friday complain post, something that I do that normally helps with this is Close All Tabs Friday.

Basically on Friday I force myself to either read or bookmark the damn thing, because if I haven't by Friday I won't. And if I'm keeping the tab for "research" then I should be saving it, not floating it on my screen.

It's one of those things that took a few cycles to train my brain around, but honestly it really helps.

Sharing in case this is useful to anyone ❤️

dataandpolitics, 9 months ago to random Spanish

Wut.