slowest storm 🌬

#queerswholift they play jackson5 this morning and it’s really fun 😄

I made myself a new diary/journal and decided not to bother too much with the cover, and I just used a carton package from frozen food and it looks quite good. I used the fact that commercial/industrial packaging is really sophisticated, the logo is embossed and the surface is shiny. #upcycling #diy #bookbinding

Ready to go to today’s demo i would say.

Today I had a really good day in the gym. I worked out with a nice person I'd met at Stretch festival and now I want to: sow me summery pants, make and eat food, and go to the demo against the racist weaponization of the Berlin pride attack.

#queersWhoLift

I gave a baking workshop yesterday and there were 12 really nice straight cis people of all ages. (they came in the shape of couples, mostly) and the guys who had the wood fired oven were also really non-queer, and really nice.

it was all super nice, only that I was the only person telling ppl my pronouns in the introduction circle, and was getting misnamed anyway bc ppl had misremembered my name and made it into a female name.. and other than that ppl just tried hard to avoid any pronoun or sign of gendering me, so to not misgender me, but.. it was also very non-affirming and I felt no acknowledgement of what I had told them about my gender.

and later I hung out with a friend and a random old dude passed by and started to talk to us, rather, he talked to my cis passing friend, and mentioned several times how he didn't know how to address me and talk to me without being "politically incorrect" and my friend tried to joke to get through that awkward situation, and we let it go bc he was so old..

#queerswholift at the gym

I just dressed so trans that they didn’t dare to address me in a gendered way in the neurologists office 😂😂 #transLevelUnlocked

a friend gave me a package of "Kaba Banane" and it consists of sugar and banana aroma. So I made a chocolate cake, added much less cocoa powder, and instead of the sugar I used the Kaba. And I added a sliced banana. It turned out looking really good. Now I need to see how it tastes! :D

#cyclingtour Vienna surprised me with nice bike infrastructure. It looks like literally every European city I went to is better at it than Berlin. Not that I know many. I was also surprised how much road biking with sporty bikes is a thing in Austria. Everyone is showing off their steely calf muscles. They’re using their loud rear wheel hubs instead of a bell to let you know they’re going to pass you. 😂 I am a bit annoyed that the hubs are so loud these days.

for those who still use instagram #tcrno12 updates by sherry.cycling are the best!

#cyclingtour it was cold at night, and so many stars! But I slept really well and we had a nice breakfast at the lake. This spot is amazing and so quiet and hidden. Today is cloudy but not cold.

@syhr@mastodon.art I think my hearing is fine but I have auditory processing disorder (not diagnosed, but it is my observation).

#cyclingtour ended. Arriving in Berlin was Rough. It’s like people here don’t respect traffic rules and the cycling infra sucks. People aren’t cycling as much das in Vienna. Car drivers clog the crossroads every time the light turns red. And then the next ones can’t go. Random people on drugs are yelling at passers by. And past me hadn’t cleaned the flat enough before leaving 🥴

hm so maybe it is time to jailbreak that super old kindle I still have and use. (with calibre)
this article here says I won't even lose the few books I bought on amazon: https://www.pocket-lint.com/things-i-wish-everyone-knew-about-jailbreaking-a-kindle/

I was at a little plenum that I went to through the bakery and oh, it is good to hang out with anarchists sometimes. not even bc of anything specific, just to meet the tribe where you don't have to explain some things.

#cyclingtour is almost over. I’m on the train back home. Today it became a bit rainy in the afternoon, and we ate good ice cream in the town of Neuruppin.

I'm gay

here's my opinion, the same as last year:

let women have womens day. It doesn't have to be "all genders oppressed by cis men" day or "feminism day for everybody".

happy belated womens day from me to you, ladies! :fist_hmn_g1:

i wished that german speaking people would learn just 1 neopronoun (speak and declinate) fluently.

bc sometimes I think misgendering by accident happens solely for the reason that they're not fluent with any nonbinary pronoun.

And I assume nonbinary people would prefer to be referred to by a neutral pronoun that isn't their fave, to being reffered to by their assigned gender pronoun or the other traditional binary pronoun.

weigh in if my assumption is wrong please :balloon_smile:

yesterday I got a rice cooker and I'm really excited about it! It's so helpful and motivates me to cook for myself.
right now it's rice and a lentil stew!

right now: #tea and #knitting 💜

Oh I just saw that in the current mastodon version you can quote toots. I always thought that this was left out intentionally.

I personally never liked quote toots, because I've seen it used far to much for arrogance, and to shame people. And if people don't reply to each other and constantly quote each other instead, it makes a conversation that is impossible to read.

And I hate the german words for quote toots "Drüko" which means "comment on top" instead of "comment below" which is "Druko" and I refuse to use these two terms with a passion.

hm I've been washing my butt after pooping since forever, using a plastic bottle with water that I pour down my crack, and only learned today that people use toilet douches and portable ass douches in order to be able to rinse stuff off without touching their butthole. Water pressure is doing the job that your left hand would do. 💡 :thaenkin:

I’m not far into the book but she suggests asking people “are you unsafe” instead of “are you being abused”. I think that’s not too helpful, bc there’s emotional abuse, psychological abuse, financial abuse. All of them will probably exploit someone and wear them down but not make them feel physically unsafe. Anyone read this book? What’s your take on this?

First spring day outside of the city yesterday! The public transport ticket that includes zone C is now 5€ and 3,30€ for the bike, one way. Going to the countryside is now only possible for wealthy people. 😬

has anyone made a map for dotwatching for #tcr #tcrno12 that's more easy on old computers? I think there used to be.. do you know of something?