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@pathfinder @autistics Nobody is actually independent, really; we live interlaced lives and rely on all kinds of community and infrastructure. What I think that old lady might have had which others don't is autonomy. People helped her to do the things she wanted to do, not constrained her. Absolutely lovely and I hope to achieve it myself, somehow.

@lacroixboi@beige.party Ah, Thumper.

@davidgerard Gosh I wonder what happened after they last did things pre-Global Financial Crisis style

@graydon @cstross @quinn "How to suppress women's [everything]"

@Phosphenes @futurebird @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla that's a big pea!

@toni@zug.network @futurebird@sauropods.win My current browser doesn't show the full URL in the URL bar, only the domain - so I see only "mendeddrum.org" and no http:// or /home/index.html or whatever. Those aren't obvious any more unless I look for them. And to younger people, that feels normal.

@tempusfelix Water is why I don't understand having dried foods as one's Prep. They need both fuel and water to make them edible. Canned things which are safe to eat cold are safer, and contain some fluid of their own, which reduces the strain on the water hoard.

@wyatt_h_knott @futurebird @bruce @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla Arent shoes measured in "barleycorn"?

@bruce @futurebird @ModestinoSycamore @benroyce @dgar @geckzilla depends on whether they prefer to eat Indian or Japanese food

@sinituulia A bee at a blackboard holding chalk. A bee with an old cube-shaped crt computer monitor. A bee with a peaked cap and a whistle.

@cherizilla @TeaKayB Just realised, one thing worth noting is that we all sync over WiFi through the household ebook server (household not personal because de-drm and share everything, like with real books) but can still access the Kobo shop and buy and download new things fine. It involved changing one line on the Kobo itself and then it was easy. It might be even easier if you're happy to use a wire and only have one person using the server.

@Martin_Whitworth Thanks for this, I'm listening now - abou t38 minutes in to https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172zssn5g0b00f

@farah@beige.party I'm so sorry. One of my children started very young too and it's so sad and difficult even when you ARE being supported, it must have been so hard for little you :( It's not young enough for puberty blockers unless you're under 8 though. Apparently.

@wikiyu @nschultz @kamstrup damn I'd have liked that more than conCATenate.

@rhelune @Troggie That gyno should be hunted through the streets with dogs. Wow.

@pathfinder It's not great in Ireland either; some people are lucky enough to have partners or children or neighbours who want to help and have the resources, and some... die in a puddle of wee in a mouldy flat.

@RolloTreadway It's even had Royal Assent, all the hoops are jumped the the dots are crossed, it's done! This is the best news I've heard in a long time. Thanks, I didn't see it anywhere else until you sparked me to look it up.

@sinituulia https://eu3-browse.startpage.com/av/anon-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2Fc8.alamy.com%2Fcomp%2F2RT8135%2Fcartoon-bee-workers-cute-bees-of-different-professions-diligent-workers-and-professionals-vector-illustration-set-2RT8135.jpg&sp=1777467536T1bea77d2066328b467689aa0df5adc699a547b39bab7a5a89829c475e502cd88

@Ivor@mstdn.social Yeah, we didn't tell people where, only that we'd seen them.

@Ivor@mstdn.social oh they're lovely. They grew in abundance in a couple of places on Inis Mór, Aran, too; awkward to get to so I didn't see them much but it was exciting to know.

@tempusfelix I do wonder what these people will do about sewerage.

@stevewfolds@mastodon.world @toni@zug.network @futurebird@sauropods.win yeah they're there if you look for them but not unless you know that's a thing

@Troggie they keep trying to do mine without a general anaesthetic and then giving up and doing it that way anyway. I'm hoping the next one we can skip all the Trying It This Way First.

@Landa@graz.social @eswag@dju.social @futurebird@sauropods.win @cabel@social.panic.com Irish Junior Cert History textbook from the 1990s

@stavvers@masto.ai this kind of works. If you're interested in babies there are loads of things about them to think about and talk about but they're details people who aren't interested in babies qua babies can't even distinguish, let alone understand, so you can't talk about them with most people.