Aw. Wasn't expecting a little cry this morning:
https://youtube.com/shorts/mnmxvLnQVQw
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Sara Joy 
@sarajw@front-end.social
mastodon 4.7.3Fronty-front-end dev and techy generalist, mum of 2, euro-mongrel (🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇸🇪), cyclist, lapsed swing dancer & DJ, erstwhile tall ship and dingy sailor, crocheter, lefty.
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Boosted by @neatnik@social.lol
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Some more (also for @maique@social.lol or rather @stickerspotter@social.lol)
Boosted by @trending@homestead.social
Recently renewed my subscription to Fastmail and realised I can offer 10% off the first year to other people (ofc if you sign up I get a little kickback too, full disclosure etc.)
https://join.fastmail.com/5a7bc1e2
If you're trying to escape GMail, and you heard some problematic news about Proton - try @fastmail@mastodon.social :)
Bristol boxkite pilot be like "heard you were talking shit"
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@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt I laughsnorted both because it is true and because the mental image of a layer of flailing, braying men all piled up on top of each other was just too funny
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I can't decide if they are really coming back, or if they never really went away - just that veneer was over it - the big platforms were getting our attention and we collectively forgot how to surf the web.
It's totally fine that platforms exist for those who aren't interested in building their own places on the web.
Maybe it is coming back some, because the current social media mess is helping a new generation to see beyond the feeds, and try their own hand at building the web.
Oh gah I really need to keep up with the CSS Joy applicants... Sorry to anyone who is waiting on me!
To everyone else, enjoy a browse:
(If you come across a broken site, or one with missing or unfindable webring links, let me know. I do occasionally do the round myself but don't always find the time!)
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@urlyman@mastodon.social hm, I think that's how I was taught to quote when I was at school in Britain in the 90s. I've never liked it, but that's how it works. It's the same with speech in books.
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@jake4480@c.im @tg@indieweb.social also a blog post, or a page on a website, doesn't have to be perfect or even finished on first posting. Make it a living document!
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This is where GDPR helps. The privacy system asks what country you're in, presumably to figure out whether they have to honour my request or not.
I realise this annoyance is nothing compared to the people needing help, who are using these services. As such, I'm glad they exist, and I know they need to find themselves too somehow.
Ugh just ugh let me donate without having yet another account or ghost account created. We should be making this easy.
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@bendaubney@social.lol oh squeeeeee
Young me is very jealous. They were my favourite animal.
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There are now a few 88x31px badges available on that page - but don't let that stop you making your own! 💜
I like this a lot!
https://youtu.be/9NGa5mz5cp0?si=sbrtfnEkt7XZVZYX
An ebike without a battery - but super-capacitors. Charges on easy flats and downhills, then will have enough to help you up the hills when you need it.
It might still not be enough for say, Bristol or a town in the Alps, especially if you need to go uphill immediately from home - but for lots of cities this would get people over the humps of "I want to cycle but oh no but hills, but sweaty, but battery charging/exploding" woes.
#eBikes #bikeTooter
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@mattwilcox@mstdn.social I agree, but I have also fully struggled with this all my life.
All the regrets I chalked up to my own personal failures, laziness, lack of diligence, carelessness - were always hard to forgive myself for. And every time I did it again meant more self-flagellation. Why do I never learn, etc.
Getting diagnosed with ADHD earlier this year has finally brought me some inner peace.
It's not an excuse. But gives me some compassion for my past self, given what I've had to push through.
RE: https://wandering.shop/@susankayequinn/116886490678196828
How many people do I know in Clacton who I can try to Binfluence?
Got an issue where a custom emoji from a font file isn't working in Firefox on MacOS, but we're not even seeing the normal OS emoji as fallback.
Any ideas?
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@alexandra@social.lol no, indeed. No sympathy for them in your case.
@hollie@social.coop
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@kagan@wandering.shop @markwyner@mas.to otherwise there's a https://stickerapp.com and I'm not keeping the rights to that sticker design :)
Attached is the PNG I used.
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@kagan@wandering.shop @markwyner@mas.to at this point (I've promised some more away) I can't send more for now as I'll need to keep them for conf time in June.
I'll see what I can do for if/when I order a new batch though! Of course I should have expected that posting about them excitedly would have people wanting some 😅
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@bencurthoys@mastodon.social it's hard! Our kids have access to tablets but the time they use them is very limited.
I sort of plan that as they get older, we have some family pool smartphones, that they can use when leaving the house for the things these phones do well - maps, location sharing (with their consent once they are older ofc) - and on those I think whatsapp etc will be there, but on the understanding that anyone in the family might see it.
Teenagerhood does need privacy too, so will have to see...
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@xdej@mamot.fr @tg@indieweb.social he does mention Mastodon as a quirky, "SMTP-shaped thing" :)
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@alexandra@social.lol yep.
I think a lot of it is overworked doctors too. Not having enough time to think carefully about a patient. Sometimes all they can do is skim notes and make snap decisions.
@hollie@social.coop
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@alexandra@social.lol I reckon it's a mess systemically (inherent sexism, racism) and also because of some older doctors not keeping up to date on stuff. Also they see so so so many people they often lean too hard on the most common likelihood - but yes it suuuuuucks.
@hollie@social.coop
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@mattwilcox@mstdn.social yep.
I try and chill my reactions out and imagine the asshole is having a bad day. We're all assholes on bad days. Or weeks, or years.
Sometimes for the protection of others you have to try and do something about the assholes though - like the one likely driving at 90+ km/h in a 30km/h residential zone, who served across a crossroads and nearly hit me and my children... The free pass and compassion goes away as soon as their actions can physically or mentally hurt someone else.
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@DJDarren@mendeddrum.org I'm definitely needing more light and having to turn the brightness up to focus the last year or so.
All related to age related long sightedness, I reckon.
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@jdlh@mstdn.ca reminds me a bit about the names part of this talk (from about 30 minutes in): https://youtu.be/4MBbRvFfwfc?t=29m21s
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@markwyner@mas.to I don't need the money - my limiting factors are memory and time 😅 will ping you
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@markwyner@mas.to currently only from me, but maybe I can just repeat the order and get it sent elsewhere...
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@zwol@masto.hackers.town done, refresh the page! But If you like making such things, I'm open to adding more...
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@binarydigit@social.lol @hollie@social.coop @cygnoir@social.lol Oooh. Does my site count? Definitely feeling the not posting enough guilt
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@echo@toot.cat thank you! Yes I bought some different keys for the arrows, because on that keyboard layout it is almost impossible to use them without looking - so I wanted them to be clearly different. You might be able to see I added little bumpy heart shaped nail stickers, so I could feel them too.
This was amusing: https://youtu.be/HTIESiyDNUQ
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@zersiax@cupoftea.social I think the name of the emoji is normally read out? These are just supplementary to the information already shown in text.