Posts by skye@mastodon.lol
(DIR) Post #APl7X9jYDkQ1mFGDCq by skye@mastodon.lol
2022-11-18T21:21:23Z
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so in short- sleep when you want, as much as you want- different sleep times are a normal human variation- too much sleep isn't bad for you- naps are good - sleep is THE most important factor for keeping your brain functional- doctors are full of shit and reproduce social stigmatisation of normal differences- sleep time variations are artificially pathologised- they turn into real disabilities because they deviate from the supported norm, see: social model of disability
(DIR) Post #APl7XBMaA7EapaWtgO by skye@mastodon.lol
2022-11-18T22:22:10Z
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if you have kids: allow them to skip school to catch up on sleepif you're an adult: allow yourself to take sick days to catch up on sleep (I know it's not always possible but it SHOULD BE because it is NECESSARY)if you can't get the sleep you need at night: allow yourself to take copious napsif you find yourself pushed to the fringes of society by unusual sleep needs or patterns: it's not your fault. I shall talk about temporal accessibility another time
(DIR) Post #APl7XCssVWf7Y2eCf2 by skye@mastodon.lol
2022-11-18T22:47:55Z
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our society is set up in a way that favours people whose natural circadian rhythm includes an early sleep time.they are the people who end up in positions of power and influence. everyone else is too sleep deprived to keep up and/or has to carve out spaces in odd jobs that work for them.so the doctors who end up defining what's "healthy" end up being people who sleep early.the bosses that define work times too.the politicians making laws for time management too.self-reinforcing system
(DIR) Post #APl7XEaAC4seoZuHlg by skye@mastodon.lol
2022-11-18T23:23:59Z
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PS the AMOUNT of sleep a person needs is individually variable as well. usually I've seen it said that something between 6-10 hours is normal, but when illnesses, stress, medications etc are present, it can be more. of course there's a point at which narcolepsy / hypersomnia / apnea etc need to be considered... but if you feel good after 12 hours and tests are fine, maybe that's simply the amount of sleep you need.we are not all the same and we should stop expecting everyone to be
(DIR) Post #APuCxtwNGC2rjQIdqS by skye@mastodon.lol
2022-11-23T11:55:07Z
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I have not presented to mastodon yet the fact that my cat knows to ring a bell whenever she has an urgent need that I must fulfill! #MagicalMinka I taught her to do it because her previous way of notifying me was pulling any paper out of my shelves and destroying it. this is much less destructive.she used to ring for all kinds of things, but ever since she's chosen my roommate over me she only returns to my room to ring when she's hungry or to complain that my roommate's door is closed.
(DIR) Post #APuCxva79vQaoxttQW by skye@mastodon.lol
2022-11-23T19:48:03Z
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FAQ: how did you teach her? aren't cats hard to train?they are NOT hard to train at all! look into clicker training. it's super great cognitive stimulation especially for indoor cats and even if you just teach them a couple tricks your relationship will be all the better for it!she already knew how to ring the bell from training a few years prior, so I just forced her to ring it before feeding her, reducing my prompts until she had to do it without suggestion. she figured it out.
(DIR) Post #AQFFGex3UdZEyRqhqi by skye@mastodon.lol
2022-12-03T14:55:10Z
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honestly the reason I am leaving twitter (as it is a process that's my finished yet) isn't that Elon took over, or that it has started openly catering to nazis rather than covering that fact with fig leaves...it's that finally a critical mass of people with sufficiently diverse backgrounds was moving to a place I like better.that's it. I haven't enjoyed my time on twitter for years. it has been bad and dangerous for marginalised people this whole time.it's just that people were there.
(DIR) Post #AQFFGga5R0No1n7OKG by skye@mastodon.lol
2022-12-03T14:57:58Z
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it was more usable than the alternatives, and it was easy to find a variety of people from all over the world, covering every conceivable topic.this hasn't been the case for mastodon, and isn't now, not really, but NOW I think there's a chance it may actually turn into that.so that's why I'm here, and that's why I'm leaving twitter. I don't need to pretend that I am coming or going for anything other than people
(DIR) Post #AQFFGi9ZaYMYu8jFHE by skye@mastodon.lol
2022-12-03T20:40:24Z
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it's funny how everyone is welcoming me to mastodon when I made my first mastodon account in... maybe 2017? I made a few over the years, it was just never enough to stick around
(DIR) Post #AQFFGk2uYIDqm3cxAe by skye@mastodon.lol
2022-12-03T22:48:57Z
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I also never know what to answer when people say how long have you been on mastodon. you mean how long it's been since I've come here the first time and started giving people stink for not having proper light mode support and not having the ability to display image descriptions? (those are accessibly features I depend on.) or how long since I've been actually using it regularly? because these are two very different numbers
(DIR) Post #AQH3rcesAj5pRU7gzA by skye@mastodon.lol
2022-12-04T20:23:03Z
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@miosety ROBE omg.
(DIR) Post #AQLA1XH0QNxPzhuRdI by skye@mastodon.lol
2022-12-06T14:55:01Z
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this whole "7 sick days" thing is so absolutely weird to me as a german. before I was on English language social media I just assumed that it was normal to have as many sick days as you need. when I got sick, I got some 600 paid sick days, and then got first unemployment and then disability pension. this is normal. 7 sick days! demand 365
(DIR) Post #AQZstC1al5hdvVXD3A by skye@mastodon.lol
2022-12-13T22:08:10Z
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@apps @cberetta I just mute "twitter.com" but with the whole word checkbox unchecked so it just removes everything that directly links there
(DIR) Post #AQe5XXvUixEFWEWxxg by skye@mastodon.lol
2022-12-15T23:06:28Z
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omg what if the virus has evolved to infiltrate our brains and make us think that everything is alright and it's definitely not a big deal
(DIR) Post #AQqho1wJ22U1OJiUd6 by skye@mastodon.lol
2022-12-22T01:05:11Z
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@deutschlandfunk ?????? Ich habe so viele Fragen
(DIR) Post #AR8YrHol3JG37lMqfY by skye@mastodon.lol
2022-12-30T15:57:45Z
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@josemanuel @mxk @naunihal ??? no, tusky shows the link and a short preview same as for any other link
(DIR) Post #AR8tRvF3wvREu9Pz5E by skye@mastodon.lol
2022-12-30T19:48:29Z
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@josemanuel @mxk @naunihal there must be something very weird going on because I use this a lot and it works just fine, and I see other people's linked quotes several times a day too
(DIR) Post #ARFHmTRo2zU2dCTGU4 by skye@mastodon.lol
2023-01-02T21:40:50Z
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I would like to get up but my cat is asleep and if I move I'll wake them
(DIR) Post #ARqgHwEfBAmHcCci9I by skye@mastodon.lol
2023-01-20T21:26:44Z
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are there any GOOD movies on Netflix? idc about genre as long as its not kids' movies it just needs to be GOOD
(DIR) Post #ARqgHyW6hHv4gsnfcG by skye@mastodon.lol
2023-01-20T22:19:53Z
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it's kinda urgent because I have a 13 hour bus drive ahead of me and I need to prepare some downloads to pass the time so please send me recommendations