danielle 🏳️‍🌈

I'm doing a neon thing next weekend, and starting to plan out my pattern already... gonna try making my flameworking torch and as much as I have simplified it already... ooof this is gonna be a lot of bending glass xD

Someone on this tram is drinking coffee out of a jam jar 😂

I haven’t been properly inside a tech office since before the pandemic and thus I am feeling weirdly anxious about going to one next week.

What do you mean I’m going to be inside a building that needs me to have a badge and I need to wear uncomfortable clothes and be “professional”

ugggh getting a bunch of password reset emails for a couple of services. Happy Credential Rotate A Bunch Of Things Day To Me 🙃

getting covid jabbed tomorrow and I'm mad that that and the flu jab are things you have to pay for privately this year :(

Bullet for my Valentine are playing in Berlin in February 👀👀👀👀

Getting sick on the same day as getting vaccinated means my body is going through hell and I hate this 🥲

But I did have a reaaaally great three hour nap?

I need to go to Munich (well Garching) for ~4 hours, on less than a weeks notice, and trying to do this without spending a night in Munich is proving to be a fun logistical challenge and a lot of hopes for no ICE delays 🥲

Getting vaccinated into a muscle with a bunch of scar tissue is an _interesting_ experience 🥲

I miss when the average engineer seemed to actually enjoy the process of engineering.

I get that the pandemic and state of the world made everything suck, but JFC it’s wild to me that people no longer enjoy the act of making and instead enjoy the act of middle managing more.

Physio today was the “do the thing until it fails” kind of physio and I learnt new ways that muscles can hurt but the fact that I learnt them in the process of “lifting my arm” is scary actually.

OTOH more progress which is good?

Life can’t give me a break right now. Got hit by a cyclist while getting off a tram 😢

(Thankfully they slammed on the brakes so I didn’t go down and mess up my arm more… but… seriously?!)

My quest for “I want to sell physical goods on the internet without breaking the law or losing money because of the complexities of shipping without giving Tobias Lütke money” is continuing to suck.

And even run it yourself shit like WooCommerce is barely viable for low volume stuff because basically every useful feature requires a subscription for a plugin 🙃

nothing new to see here at all 🙈

https://daniellelancashire.com

A bankrupt shoe company… is now an ai compute company… because 2026 is a totally reasonable year
https://ir.allbirds.com/news-releases/news-release-details/allbirds-inc-executes-50m-convertible-financing-facility/

Hooked my arm up to an electric stimulation machine for the first time in the hope it helps with swelling but jfc it’s so weird to just have your arm be lightly electrocuted at constantly changing intervals

A (German/italian/English speaking) glass friend is looking for a (guest?) room in #Munich from April-July, 1 night a week (Weds-Thurs - because they lecture at one of the universities)

They only have a small budget, but can give you glass 😅

Let me know if you know of anything and I’ll pass it on to them/put you in touch.

The “electrocute my muscles” machine is so weird

In someways I’m very thankful to live in a country that gives you free* access to “cutting edge” medical interventions for things (the style of thing in my arm is only 10 years old, and so much more expensive than shittier techniques that the UK/US don’t use it yet)

but it also sucks that outside of papers (which focus on the recovery of people >60) that I can’t find other peoples recovery processes to compare to/understand 😭

The weirdest part about this stupid fucking broken shoulder is just how much all of life comes crashing to a halt in an instant.

And now I’m in “recovery” having no idea how long until it can start again

On the plus side I can open a bottle of water now

On the downside it takes an hour and a lot of crying in pain when already in need of a pain killer 🙃

Does anyone know of a queer friendly, English speaking #therapist in #Berlin who is good with trauma and ptsd?

My neighbors are currently discussing destroying or throwing away a bike that happens to be parked in the basement area because why be normal about anything when you can casually discuss committing crimes instead

Oh god today is the first time I feel the bone more than the muscle and that is a horrible feeling

Berlin 🚆 Munich

I’m maybe free for dinner tonight if anyone I know in Munich is free (I’ll just have to lug myself to/from Garching 🥲)