Future trend prediction: ai-sobriety. I predict that people will go braindead from mentally offloading every task and decision, and just like there was a wave of "how to stop procrastinating" YouTube content in 2010s, and "dopamine menu" tiktoks couple of years ago, gen beta (or whatever) content creators will spin it into a new "ai detox" trend and blame Gen z/A for being stupid and lazy.
iryna ๐บ๐ฆ
Ukrainian artist based in Indiana.
On a personal decolonization journey.
Scored a really cool find at the thrift store yesterday - a 75x80cm crocheted Virgin Mary in a frame - for $15! I can feel the finger and wrist pain of whoever made it just by looking at it. There is no way I was letting her go anywhere, but to a house that fully appreciates the craft (not so much the lore though)!
Texting with a friend yesterday. She was in her bathroom for 4 hours, and telling me how just a couple hours ago she was running with a panicked group of concert goers away from a shakhed drone to the nearest shelter.
It's like russians shit those missiles, every day there is more and more somehow.
And while their degenerate population gets poorer and poorer, they'll keep breeding more degenerates that will keep on pressing the missile buttons.
I come bearing the cutest news. A chipmunk that has long been using my entryway steps as his personal Shakespearian balcony every day for months HAS FOUND A DATE!
Just in! Two chipmunks munching on my roses on the most romantic rodent date I have ever seen!!!
#rodentsofmastodon #wildlife #flowers #roses
I really hope these news will heal the world
Not much thoughts in this head lately. Been struggling for 12 hours over a list of things to pack for the trip. 0 focus. Can't recall a thought past 5 seconds ago. I may have met my mental limit
iryna ๐บ๐ฆ boosted:
How about an intense dose of blue for your timeline today, courtesy of some cornflowers?
Miraculously, in 4 days, we've raised 3/5ths of the total of the fundraiser for the tourniquets and hemostatics. Yesterday, at our community event at the Art Center we raised $900.
I always feel very grateful for the trust people put in me.
If you would like to pitch in, even if a dollar or two - you can check out my spreadsheet with all of my data/reports/receipts. The links are on the upper right corner!
My partner is learning Ukrainian.
He learned
"ัััะธ" - to eat, and I just told him about the version
"ะฟะพัััะธ". He was so confused.
He has yet to learn the final evolution of this Pokemon -
"ะฟะพะฟะพัััะธ".
Had one of the most precious experiences. Some time ago we noticed a bird nest, and a robin on top of it. Few weeks later mama Robin started swooping down across the backyard, every time she came back to feed her three bald heads. Today we noticed this buddy on our deck. He was picking out down, poopin everywhere and trying to fly. Occasionally he would chirp and his mom would immediately be there with food for him.
Working from home is awesome.
So I am once again raising money to stuff my suitcase with high quality first aid and distribute it to family, friends, friends of friends and anyone who needs it. My family lost someone close this past year on the frontline. I know we can help someone come back alive to their family.
This year I am raising $2500. I keep all of my reporting incredibly tidy and up-to-date in a spreadsheet below - with receipts of all purchases! (Donation links there too)
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Every year before my trip home to Ukraine I do a fundraiser. This year is my most ambitious to date. For a good reason!
Today I got a word from a friend of a friend, whose unit we raised 900$ for some 25+ tourniquets in 2022.
This person distributed the tourniquets the day before unit's deployment. There, on the frontline, a 54yo man was wounded, had to wait for evac for almost 24 hours, and survived thanks to two tourniquets, on leg and arm.
I know we helped more.
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I just realized that people have been putting too much on my plate, and the moment I started pushing back and setting boundaries - I started feeling like everyone hates me again. Should remember this when I go back to therapy
People who call customer service or tech support at 16:59 are truly the most daft creatures in the world
@KrissyKat it's the most random things that sometimes hit the spot. To me, I am just amazed how often I use all three of these words in conversation
ะฆะฒัั , ัั ะพะดะธ, ะดัะฐะฑะธะฝะฐ are three Ukrainian words that I constantly forget in conversation. (Nail, stairs and ladder). Leaving them here in hopes to aid memorization
Had a housewarming party on Sunday. It was so much prep, but rewarding to see all of our friends gathering to celebrate our milestone
But in the middle of the party we did take a minute to go to the IAC, so I could embroider the number 1160 in memory of Ukrainian defenders. Every breath I take I owe to them, even though we are an ocean away
I am coming to the indy art center every day at 12:30 until May 23rd. Come check the exhibit out, talk, or just be silent with me
I was told that some of my posts are too cryptic to understand. ๐
It is still pretty painful to watch some of my friends and acquaintances still not grasping just how much russian disinformation has penetrated their perception of life. Some guy at my show opening came up to me and asked about "NATO borders" ๐ฉ
What can I say. Been there until 2022. Was a skeptic, didn't take the threats seriously. Everything IS a sophisticated soft power mind game. You just don't believe it until you tangibly lose something. Paid the ultimate price. Everyone will eventually.
iryna ๐บ๐ฆ boosted:
A third of Americans have fallen for Russian disinformation โ and for other false online claims.
Do you ever feel like you are managing a lot of projects well, and then someone brings a one new thing to the table and it immediately throws you off balance into having nausea under a blanket in your basement at 10 am on a work day?
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