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srfirehorseart

@srfirehorseart@ohai.social

Arts, writing, health, community, accessibility & IT chat. Intersectional moth.

Making art about the urban landscape & contemporary life.

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Header: cropped urban sketch of trees & houses at sunset

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📍 England, UK.

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srfirehorseart, to 3goodthings
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@3goodthings

  • able to take it slow today because I finished my urgent admin yesterday
    :blobcatjustright:

  • a friend's appointment went well

  • had some more of the red lentil daal with fresh rice
    🍲

srfirehorseart, to 3goodthings
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@3goodthings

  • did some housework and put away some laundry
    🧹

  • made a red lentil dish to go with some leftover rice
    🍲

  • finished the annual admin task and can relax a bit
    :blobcatbusiness:

deborahh, to random

@Snowshadow
@JoePajak

This makes me want to scream: how is this not obvious and normal?! Gaahh!

As a person experiencing long covid effects, and reading about folks who are much worse off than I am, I ask: how can we not all be wearing masks in closed public spaces?

We know it can be spread by asymptomatic people. And that risk of severe increases with multiple exposures (whether you felt sick or not).

I wouldn't wish long covid on anyone. 😢

😷😷😷
https://mstdn.science/@JoePajak/111838348118679030

srfirehorseart,
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@deborahh @Snowshadow @JoePajak

That post seems to have gone.

Many countries relaxed their mask rules in 2022 and almost all by 2023.

However, masks have been reinstated in some places, such as hospitals and public transport.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/spain-facemasks-mandatory-hospitals-flu-covid-cases-surge

srfirehorseart,
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@deborahh @Snowshadow @JoePajak

Thanks! I saw the article link the first time I tried but got an error when I looked again.

I look forward to a time when public transport is safer again.

srfirehorseart, to 3goodthings
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@3goodthings

  • porridge for breakfast
    🥣

  • hanging up the rest of the latest laundry wash

  • today's weather was a bit more chilly than yesterday. This was fine, as it's dry, so I took a short walk at sunset.
    🚶🏽

srfirehorseart, to 3goodthings
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Another day indoors avoiding the rain and gusts of wind (to 42 mph this evening). :blobpartlysunny: 🌬️

  • a good start to the day - washed and dressed, porridge for breakfast and put a wash on for clean sheets

  • made lunch with the leftover chips from yesterday's trip to the local shop
    🍟

  • Safe and warm indoors, as I didn't have to go anywhere today. Got started on my annual quest to pay my NIC2.
    :blobcatbusiness:


@3goodthings

srfirehorseart, to 3goodthings
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@3goodthings

  • a relaxed day. Gave in and went back to bed after breakfast, as I felt cold and tired

  • friends helping me look for an app that might work on my phone. We didn't find one today but it was great to have the support
    :blobcathearts:

  • found that I can now stream Mr Robot and Supernatural for free, courtesy of one of our UK TV companies. Am still working my way through Bones, courtesy of another channel.
    🤖

srfirehorseart, to 3goodthings
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@3goodthings

  • my heating working on a frosty day. The temperature outside was -4°C when I checked this morning.

  • my first attempt at making garlic & lemon sauce went well, even though I had the pan a bit too hot.
    🍋

  • Caught up on some housework, put out bird food and went for a walk in the evening darkness. Some paths and parked cars were still covered in a sparkly frost from this morning. The stars and the moon shone brilliantly in the cold air.
    🌗✨

RickiTarr, to random
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Okay, I'm thinking about gift giving today. A little backstory about why:

Every year my Father-in-law attempts to get my Mother-in-law a gift. She is a bit of a shopper, and is notoriously difficult to shop for. Every year he gets her something he guesses a woman would like (perfume, sweater, jewelry), and every year she doesn't really like it, and ends up begrudgingly using it or returns it. They have been married over 30 years, and seem to have a pretty good marriage otherwise. It's like she wants him to magically understand what she wants, and he is sort of equally bad at the whole thing too. I will never understand why they don't just have a conversation about this. Just for extra fun, she is the most bizarre gift giver, also, to the point that it has become an annual tradition that I show my friends what she got us. A small list of things we have gotten:

A couch cover with grapes on it
A sexy nightgown
A painting of the house they live in
A gourd painted to look like a cat eating a bird
A package of tea that I would have absolutely loved, stuffed with cheap tea bags
Children's Lego sets
Toy trains
Underwear that didn't fit either of us
A wooden board covered in seashells that is supposed to hold a curling iron
A waterproof bed cover

I could go on and on. Just to clarify this doesn't bother me or my husband at all, we actually get a kick out of the weirdness. I don't personally care about presents much, I'm more of an experiences person.

SO, if you've managed to get this far, how do you feel about gift giving/getting? Feel free to elaborate and give examples!

srfirehorseart,
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@RickiTarr @sollat

Two friends of mine keep the cards I made for them. Probably because I draw & paint the art to match their interests.

Even my personalised shop cards and postcards go down well.
:blobcathearts:

I should probably do some in advance as making them at the last minute often means they arrive late.

srfirehorseart,
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@RickiTarr

My feeling is that I'd rather get something I've specifically asked for than a surprise gift. The problem is that I'm often unsure what I want until I see it for myself.

However one friend is impossible to buy for as they're a shopper and better at finding what what they want than I am. For their birthday this year, we settled on my taking them to lunch and giving them a card. I felt this wasn't much but they insisted they're very happy with that.

srfirehorseart, to 3goodthings
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@3goodthings

  • a lie in this morning and a nap after breakfast
  • catching up on housework
  • a walk just before sunset which took a new route
srfirehorseart, to 3goodthings
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@3goodthings

  • woke up earlier this morning but realised I still needed more rest, so I drank more water and went back to bed. I'm glad I listened to my body as I felt better for it later. A friend agreed with that approach when we had a phone chat.
    :blobcatsleep:

  • got washed and dressed while I had a pie in the oven. Heated up mash and veg to go with it.

  • put a wash on and hung up some, before getting an early night in some clean nightwear
    :blobsleeping:

srfirehorseart, to 3goodthings
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@3goodthings

  • had breakfast before midday, even though I felt like a lie in, because I'm moving my sleep schedule earlier again
    :blobcatsleepless:

  • had a protein-packed lunch as I've been feeling sluggish and thought I would eat differently to get my energy back

  • after a snooze and a snack, I watched part of a film and then went to bed early. If I'm right about needing more sleep, an early night could be the reset I need.
    :blobcatsleep:

ottaross, to random
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Avis car rentals are tenacious, I'll say that. They've been sending me my "0 miles" account statement for the 9yrs since I last used them.

When I last used them they pulled off something bizarre.

Rather than use the credit card I presented, they managed to process a charge to an AMEX corporate card that was cancelled 12 years earlier, and affiliated with a company that was also defunct. My home address hadn't changed, and so Amex processed it and sent me a bill!

srfirehorseart,
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@ottaross

This could also mean that there's a database that's in breach of the Canadian 'Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act' (PIPEDA).

In the EU/UK GDPR rules mean that old data should be deleted unless it's absolutely necessary to keep it.

srfirehorseart, to 3goodthings
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@3goodthings

  • the birds have been eating the seed I put out yesterday
    🕊️

  • reading the Mr Robot wiki and realising that it's ok that I didn't understand the clips I watched. The show really is and complex and includes real hacks that even some IT people have to read up on
    ::mastodon_oops:
    🤖

  • a biryani oven ready meal and Indian-style snacks for lunch
    🥘

srfirehorseart, to 3goodthings
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@3goodthings

  • had a worrying dream about a friend. Messaged and rang them to check they were well. They were fine but I had to wait for the reply as they'd slept late this morning.
    :blobcateyes:

  • got washed and dressed today, as I had a bit more energy in the afternoon.

  • emptied my vacuum and put out bird seed for the first time this year.
    🐦‍⬛🕊️

srfirehorseart, to 3goodthings
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@3goodthings

  • had a pajama day and mostly hibernated as I felt sleepy and it was cold out. Had my heating on all day, to make it bearable.
    :comfy:

  • a good food day, as putting a vegan pie in the oven warmed the (unheated) kitchen up and made for a tasty lunch with potatoes and cabbage
    🍲

  • watched the end of one fun film (Yesterday) and all of another (Last Christmas). Perfect for a relaxing pajama day.
    🎬 :blobcathearts:

jonny, to random
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PI wanted us to make some diagrams to show timelines for projects and i was like HOW ABOUT instead of a bunch of random powerpoint slides that we immediately throw away after lab meeting, why don't we use our SEMANTIC WIKI so we can logically encode relationships and timelines in project page metadata and then automatically generate these graphs as a byproduct of documenting our projects!???!?!

I don't know how labs do anything without a wiki, google docs is a plague! save urself!

Example wiki markup for creating links. Human-readable text is intermingled with semantic wikilinks allowing one to document in peace while still creating structured data! The text indicates that the page is part of "servers" and "earthseed" pages, and is related to "Mirror DANDI" and "Calcium Imaging Analysis" The rest of the text in the page: """ Or, more specifically, the Storinator Q30 enhanced. Also known as seedbank, and boy is she a mysterious one
Rendered text for the wiki page! just the same text except as normal font instead of monospace font with markup. The only difference is that "seedbank" is in a bright orange gradient block in comic sans!

srfirehorseart,
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@jonny

Wikis are great but I also like colourful visuals. Do both (I see you have).

I also love drawing because I'm a visual & kinetic learning person.

Years ago I realised that I learnt faster if I wrote things down. I also forget stuff once the job is done, so I think it's great that you're documenting as you go.

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@3goodthings

  • a good breakfast of porridge with chopped banana, a slice of toast with mushroom and thyme pate and tea
    🥣 :blobcatcoffee:

  • my friend had a good (tho chilly) trip home and I remembered to give them their card

  • seeing some light snow (which didn't settle) before receiving my grocery delivery (which had only 2 substitutions)
    ❄️ 🛒 🥕

suswatibasu, (edited ) to meta
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Meta AI chief under fire for saying authors should give books for free

"The lost revenue for authors would be small, and the benefits to society large by comparison."

What's your views on this?

https://howtobe247.com/meta-ai-chief-under-fire-for-saying-authors-should-give-books-for-free-yann-lecun/

srfirehorseart,
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@suswatibasu

That depends on how he sees "the benefits to society " working out.

On something like Universal Basic Income free stuff may be an option but how else does he expect creators to be supported?

srfirehorseart, to 3goodthings
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@3goodthings

  • a lie in 😴
  • missed a lot of Storm Heck by going out for a walk with a friend in the late afternoon. Even so, got blown about in the gusts of wind, my jeans soaked and light hail on the return trip. No photos from me as I was too busy leaning into the stormy squall and dodging puddles.
    🌬️ 🌧️🌿
  • fish, rice and greens for lunch/supper, followed by Xmas mint chocolates and tea. Plus a sandwich and crisps.
srfirehorseart, to 3goodthings
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@3goodthings

  • a long lie-in this morning
  • a NY day walk with a friend, despite the rain, to look at Xmas decorations and ducks. Spotted 2 swans.
  • a lovely lunch supper before an early night
andycarolan, to random
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Sorry that I've been a bit quieter than usual on here, but I've mostly been baking and spending time relaxing.

I will be returning slowly over the next few days!

srfirehorseart,
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@andycarolan

No need to apologize, it's not your job to entertain everyone on here.

Taking breaks before you burn out is important self care!

beach, to random
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I often wonder whether Mastodon’s civility is down to its small size and (relative) inaccessibility.

Is there anything innate to the platform that keeps us honest on here, or is it simply that the barriers to entry weed out most of the bad actors?

Been thinking a lot about this in light of the potential federation with Threads without reaching any conclusions.

srfirehorseart,
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@beach

I think that most instance moderators are doing a great job and that's why it appears civil here. Combined with limiting instance growth so they can keep on top of things.

It's a very different story on instances that go for unlimited growth and a free for all, or those that permit or advocate for hate speech as 'free speech'.

DemocracySpot, (edited ) to random
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📷 Rainy night impression at Circle K.

srfirehorseart,
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@VVitchy @DemocracySpot

We're history!

Clip in 4K
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FbYcu5NhtQ

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