I've been struggling with this myself, so I thought I'd repeat it for other people that might be dealing with the same thing:

Not every hobby needs to be a project. Not everything needs to be a whole *thing* with a goal and an endpoint. It's okay to not finish something. It's okay to pick up something for a bit, explore it, start making something, and then drop it without making any "progress".

Productivity is capitalist bullshit that doesn't need to infect your free time too. Have some fun

this is your reminder that not every person will like you and, conversely, you will not like every single person.

and this is your reminder that that's okay. you don't have to. these are in no way requirements.

are they nice to have? sure. but once you realize that these aren't obligations or necessities, it frees you up to just be yourself for the sake of your own self and love who it is you are. the right folks will see your shine and will love you for it.

fuck the haters.

#beyourself
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Free Gifts for the Poet on Your List:

1. Request their work at your local library
2. Read a passage aloud to someone you love
3. Write a few lines on your body, in Sharpie™
4. Hack Goodreads & give it 19 stars
5. Dress the book in doll clothes & refer to it as your child

Fuck capitalism for not giving me the time and space to truly rest. And fuck it for telling me that being tired is not an indication of good physical and emotional work done, but a weakness that limits my future productivity.

#tips for #actors (I need something to show my worth as a member of society, and my other skills have become moribund and out of date)

1) Take the Note - it’s 10:30 - 11pm. The cast is huddled in a circle, pens tapping papers (god help me if you’re not ready to write things down). The director calls your name, and offers a critique or a change.

Don’t #apologize , don’t explain, don’t defend. Don’t ask for clarity. Just take the note.

#sleep on the note. Before #rehearsal , then ask.

@Ciaraioch I agree. I’d much prefer if everyone did a bit of art and made their own imperfect human pictures. I’m not very good but it brings me such joy to draw and paint. Outscourcing it to machines because ‘they’re better at it than me’ is depressing. The practice of art is what makes you better at it and I’m convinced it’s good for our brains.

Every pro-AI image generation using the work of artists who didn't consent to having their work used like this argument I've seen either misunderstands how AI image generation works, or how artists learn and create, or places no value on the human life behind creative work, or assumes a utopian version of reality rather than the current, existing one where artists do need to actually sell their work to both live and continue to make it. All of it just makes me sad. It's a bleak way to view art.

It’s just so hard, fighting the urge to post clips of the past of the #songs I’ve written and sung, the #poems I used to make, in a pathetic attempt to seek validation. Just feels like #socialmedia demands you produce content - be it humor or news or photography or even NSFW pics.

And I have nothing to give right now. Going on 3-4 hours of sleep a night because the #baby cries themselves awake seeking food and comfort. Still trying to pull 18 hours of overtime a week.

The people going on strike at the moment are not enemies of the general public.

They are the general public, and they deserve to be paid enough to heat their homes as well as to put food on the table.

Reproductive rights are human rights. Reproductive decisions belong to women and not governments and medical care providers. Yet, the attempts at genocide continue.

"Thousands of women in Greenland, including some as young as 12, had a contraceptive device implanted in their womb - often without consent - as part of a Danish campaign to control Greenland's growing Inuit population in the 60s and 70s.

The Danish government has announced an independent investigation into this so-called "Coil Campaign".

But the BBC has gathered accounts from women about recent involuntary contraception, amid growing calls for the investigation to go further."

I wish there was someone in my life who would introduce me to strangers the way people introduce thier dogs.

"She's very friendly. Starting to get up there in years and can't see very well. A little chunky (they pat my belly and chuckle) but such a good girl."

I've collected some #Mastodon 🦣 #instances to help with the #TwitterMigration focused in #inclusion, #accessibility and #minorities. They look like safe spaces for most of us. I'd appreciate the boost and new recommendations to add to the list:

🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://ableism.rip/about - space to fight ableism
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://disabled.social/about - for disabled people
🔗🇬🇧🇩🇪 https://fedisabled.social/about - for all disabled people
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://neurodifferent.me/about - neurodiversity and neurominorities
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://mentalhealth.social/about - focus on mental health and help
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://iaccessibility.social/about - interest in assistive technology
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://a11y.info/about - Acessibility and digital inclusion
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://indg.club/about - by and for indigenous people from North America and worldwide. All First Nation people welcome
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://blacktwitter.io/about - history and voices for black people
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://babka.social/about - A community for Jewish people of all kinds and their allies, safe from antisemitism
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://lgbt.io/about - for LGBT+ and allies
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 http://queer.party/about - queer-oriented instance
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://autistics.life/about - space by autistics for autistcs
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://ehr.scot/about - Equality and Human Rights defenders, advocates and organizations
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://tech.lgbt/about - for tech workers, academics, students, and others interested in tech who are LGBTQIA+ or Allies
🔗🇧🇷🇪🇸 https://ursal.zone/about - antifascist, feminist, antiracist, anticolinialist, accesible, and trans-and-nb-inclusive, in Latin America
🔗🇧🇷🇵🇹 https://bantu.social/about - non-white portuguese speaking people
🔗🇧🇷🇵🇹 https://colorid.es/about - queer/LGBTQIAPN+ people

Please boost to reach more people!

The edifice of fascism rests on the three legged stool of patriarchy, racism, and Calvinist work ethic. Those at the bottom are separated, made to blame themselves, and identify with those at the top; while those at the top are conscripted in the promotion of these memes, bribed by the attractive story that they have earned their place, and threatened with losing it.

Today’s Google Doodle honors Jerry Lawson, the black video game pioneer that worked on the Fairchild Channel F (1976)

He would have been 82 today (1940-2011). The Doodle lets you play a neat Mario Maker-style game

I interviewed Lawson in 2009: https://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/545/vcg-interview-jerry-lawson-black-video-game-pioneer

me: aw stardew valley is such a sweet, relaxing game
5 minutes later: EAT SHIT SKELETON ARMY, GET SOME GET SOOOOME

Reblog if you agree #trans girls are cute ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜.

The most important kind of antifascism you can do, is everyday antifascism; maybe you can't go around punching nazis, but there's no law that says you have to be nice to them, tolerate them in your spaces, engage with them like they someone worthy of respect, kindness, and sympathy.

Antifascism is about making it hard to be a fascist, every day, and in every way. You are not powerless even if your circumstances prevent you from fighting back. You do not have to accept normalized fascism in life

“A shout out to everyone who is trying right now.
Trying to do the right thing. Trying to stay open. Trying to keep going. Trying to hold on. Trying to let go. Trying to find their flow. Trying to stay afloat. Trying to meet each new day. Trying to find their balance. Trying to love themselves. Trying new things and new ways.
I see you. I’m there too. We’re in this together.”
~S.C Lourie

Me, then: I would never lie to my children. I’m better than that.

Me, now: I just texted Santa, and for every minute you’re out of bed he’s going to beat a reindeer to death with a five iron.

The Senate just passed bipartisan legislation protect same-sex marriage

Or, as I like to call it, marriage.