Posts by artsyhonker@sonomu.club
(DIR) Post #9s0YhIPmbyxSJDGN4y by artsyhonker@sonomu.club
2020-02-13T21:52:38Z
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@kravietz Mind you I also think everyone who is physically able to should cycle whenever possible. If everyone did, if this were just normal, the roads would be much safer.
(DIR) Post #9s0ZNNgJQ9Oyo03uYy by artsyhonker@sonomu.club
2020-02-13T22:02:19Z
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@kravietz as a Canadian who grew up with cold winters and hot summers, I strongly agree re: insulation in the UK. I am giving up motored public transport (including buses and trains) inside a certain area for Lent, to get back into the habit of cycling more. It will be... interesting.
(DIR) Post #9s0Zrxxv5A3Y1eskEq by artsyhonker@sonomu.club
2020-02-13T22:07:51Z
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@kravietz Yup.
(DIR) Post #9s0a8YYeneGK9HybDs by artsyhonker@sonomu.club
2020-02-13T22:07:38Z
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@kravietz When I was cycling a lot I didn't really think anything of it, but eventually I got out of the habit of using my bike for journeys I didn't know well, and then I had a bunch of health challenges that left me exhausted and only really cycled very short journeys. Then when one of the health things started getting better (plantar fasciitis), I started walking those short journeys instead. And suddenly I... wasn't cycling much any more at all. Oops.
(DIR) Post #9s0aZE6qw0ncY1gkW8 by artsyhonker@sonomu.club
2020-02-13T22:15:40Z
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@kravietz I have a bunch of chronic healthcrap which makes cycling more appropriate sometimes depending what my joints and energy levels are up to, but in general, yes, both is good.If I *don't* do a certain number of steps per day my walking mobility goes downhill pretty fast.
(DIR) Post #9s89WFRlVTNpSR5UHY by artsyhonker@sonomu.club
2020-02-17T13:49:30Z
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@sean Ratbags :-(
(DIR) Post #9s89tKtvOVBR2AGgLY by artsyhonker@sonomu.club
2020-02-17T13:51:27Z
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@sean I read this still thinking about bananas and was all "wait, you can smoke bananas?!" for just a moment
(DIR) Post #9szx5JURbrs32czl9U by artsyhonker@sonomu.club
2020-03-14T11:21:58Z
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A friend of mine put together this booklet for praying at home if you can't get to church:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZGrALL8wTwlsvJEUhFD2B35KH8pN0K4roAbCjE_rnz4/edit?usp=drivesdk
(DIR) Post #9tCxpXhdHE7EeBFn04 by artsyhonker@sonomu.club
2020-03-20T17:49:26Z
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So, I have a Bandcamp page with some old recordings on it:http://artsyhonker.bandcamp.comBut my brother's band is *also* there! COVID-19 stuff is hitting him pretty hard, both of his dayjobs have dwindled to almost nothing.http://ponytails.bandcamp.com
(DIR) Post #9tMBQM3GcvdRPLJkA4 by artsyhonker@sonomu.club
2020-03-25T05:48:22Z
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@sean maybe the fat there is less dense than it was but the skin takes longer to catch up with changes?
(DIR) Post #9viKcCJibrjllSdM7E by artsyhonker@sonomu.club
2020-06-03T17:07:37Z
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@masu This but for bicycle panniers. I don't really carry a purse/handbag since giving up skirts, dresses and trousers with no pockets, but my panniers are always full of assorted junk, some of it literally rubbish.
(DIR) Post #9vmyxAH6Agt8JJnhdQ by artsyhonker@sonomu.club
2020-06-05T11:35:08Z
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@SeventhMagpie I'm so sorry.
(DIR) Post #AI7y65SHItMPGN8nz6 by artsyhonker@sonomu.club
2019-07-31T17:35:01Z
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Hey, sometime after I finish my PhD......would anyone be interested in being in a Fediverse Virtual Choir to sing some of my work so I can put recordings online?Eric Whitacre did this (not on the Fediverse) and it worked super well. I... definitely don't have his resources, but I can probably film a conducting track that people can sing to.
(DIR) Post #APMmfvor3C8V7bFNSa by artsyhonker@sonomu.club
2022-11-07T16:52:39Z
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@pettter @sean Also, often these are people who had ten or twenty times that number of followers elsewhere. But engagement here, away from the algorithms, works a bit differently, and they will have to change the way they interact accordingly.It's going to be a bit weird here for a few weeks, I think.
(DIR) Post #APMnrg7NLxYNr14j56 by artsyhonker@sonomu.club
2022-11-07T17:01:00Z
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@dazego @pettter @sean So, what I see happening if the current rate of influx keeps up is simply that admins and servers can't keep up, and either close registration to new members, or get de-federated from the rest for harbouring nazis etc. And that in turn will make people who are heavily invested in their existing networks not want to be here, because it isn't "everybody".
(DIR) Post #APMnrh1NziMAejHSNs by artsyhonker@sonomu.club
2022-11-07T17:06:32Z
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@dazego @pettter @sean ...at which point the rest of us defederate from those and continue having a quiet life. *shrug*
(DIR) Post #APMnrny6AKt0CYnQjQ by artsyhonker@sonomu.club
2022-11-07T17:03:58Z
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@dazego @pettter @sean I'm already doing things like turning off boosts a lot of the time just to quiet things down. But boosts also drive discoverability etc, so if enough people turn them off, things slow down again.
(DIR) Post #APPHEUCcUxlEIk0Qvg by artsyhonker@sonomu.club
2021-06-21T11:22:48Z
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I am supposed to be working on PhD stuff but I am stuck on Rainy Fascism Plague Island and enough people are acting like This Is Fine that I feel permanently unsafe. Any actions that aren't about increasing my own and my household's safety and security are very, very difficult right now.
(DIR) Post #Ai24phdE5BsCA3wHq4 by artsyhonker@sonomu.club
2024-05-06T07:53:13Z
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I shall, I fear, be dark and coldWith all my fire and light;Yet when thou dost accept their gold,Lord, treasure up my mite.(John Mason, c. 1645-1694)
(DIR) Post #Am7ZSJEs1Ak6d8psm0 by artsyhonker@sonomu.club
2024-09-18T07:43:51Z
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@interfluidity ...I don't think we currently expect firms to "thrive or die on their own revenues" without any subsidy. We subsidise them through allowing below living wages. We subsidise them through not holding them fully accountable for the costs of environmental damage.