She's a complicated, engaging, empathetic, and wildly intelligent person that I've had the privilege to know for going on a decade.

She was a core reason why Play Vicious was what it was, and as much as I value my role in founding it, she breathed life into it and helped to shape its culture down to the bones.

The fedi is exceptionally fortunate that she is still here, giving her insights because she believes this place can be more than it has shown.

Happy birthday @CaribenxMarciaX@scholar.social

Your best days are still ahead of you, homie.

I love moss and I love frogs and I just discovered the cutest thing in existence: the Vietnamese moss frog 🤗

#mosstodon

@dnorman At the start of my defence, one of my examiners gave me some great advice: "Don't be nervous. This is one of the only times that five other people will spend hours discussing your work. So enjoy it."

You'll be great. Take the time to enjoy!

@mahtheyzhawey 🤩 Wow! I *love* how the both the grass colours and bead direction change. Absolutely beautiful.

@nixkelley
Sending good thoughts. May you take care of you while feeling your way through!

@bouncinglime That is always the hope!

@jimgroom

Thanks Jim. I learned some things to do better next time - and two other kids now wanting a pair.

One kamik… two kamiik! Not perfect, but wearable so I’m sending my boy back to school with the gift of warm feet capable of moving easily through the snow.

@MerlinJStar

Happy to hear it! Sending good thoughts for a wonderful move to somewhere amazing. :_gaysparkle:

If you haven't noticed, I'm big on common courtesy.

The little things like introducing yourself to people you don't know before assailing them with questions, asking about and respecting people's boundaries, respecting pronouns, apologizing when you're wrong, etc.

We often forget we really don't know each in this space, so we take courtesy for granted. But those small things build trust that eventually blooms into a community.

We're all people looking for some kind of connection, and finding those connections is so much easier when we have a baseline respect for our shared humanity.

Don't take the small things for granted. They are the bricks that build bridges between our wildly different experiences and backgrounds.

@yetiinabox
Good to know! And I agree that we have much to do in terms of creating vibrant online communities. All the best.

@Are0h

After a to undo-redo, I have made progress!! One kamik is now formed (and size approved by the wearer). Next we need to figure out fabric for the duffle (any suggestions welcome, lol).

@yetiinabox

As you ask these questions, I highly recommend following the work of @Are0h
who has spent more time than most not only thinking but actively working to build something different within the fedi.

@funnymonkey

Haha! I just saw this and thought of @cogdog right away!

I spent New Years Eve drinking tea and sewing. Design is an absolute experiment and combo of styles…

@cmenzies I was shocked while working at a university how much they trended to opacity in terms of decision making while *at the same time* ceding individual privacy to big tech companies.

I so wish that the notion of academic freedom was used to push back!