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I hate my sudden attack of dizziness, it is very very unpleasant. 😵

#sofiaflorina #ソフィアフロリナ #myhealth #health #dizziness #dizzy #unpleasant #unpleasantness #sick #sickness

A Bluesky Flame and the Case for Anonymity

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In the golden age of social media I went from tweeting with a pseudonym to tweeting with my own name. This was as true on Twitter as on Facebook. There was a sense of community that meant that we were safe to use our own names, rather than nicknames.

That age ended in 2020 when normal people, isolated by lockdowns, became familiar with Twitter and other social networks. In 2020 I was flamed more than once on Twitter, and eventually became private, after using a pseudonym. I was also flamed more than once on Mastodon instances and dumped them too.

Yesterday I was flamed on Bluesky and I looked to see if I could delete the troll but couldn't so I blocked one account, and a second, and a third, and then I pressed the big red button metaphorically and deactivated my account.

Someone had posted that they were crying regularly so I suggested CBT, not as a troll but because it's a technique I use on myself. I also clarified that as I don't know the person I can't offer personal advice. I did nothing wrong.

Although I don't like Threads because of who it is owned by when people ask for help with something, and I offer advice and help they actually thank me. They are not so complexed that they start a flame war against me.

By now flame wars are part and parcel of social media so I don't worry about being flamed. I worry about being flamed under my actual name. My fear, yesterday, was related to the reputation damage that these trolls could do.If they misread what I wrote, and what I meant, and defame me in their comments, then there is little to nothing I can do, except deactivate the account for a few days, or even a few weeks.

I have two main accounts on the Fediverse, one as myself, and one as a nickname. I try to post via the nickname so that if I am flamed, it only affects that account, not my identity.

And Finally

Social media is no longer fun. It stopped being fun years ago.

#bluesky #community #flame #media #social #troll #unpleasant

#Pleasant, e.g., spending time with a loved one translates into moving towards that experience and person. #Unpleasant, e.g., fear from a passing car, translates into us moving away from the car and experience.
In that sense, human beings are like amoeba, single-celled organisms that optimize their existence by moving towards pleasant and away from unpleasant states. The joy of being #human is that we have more #complexity layered onto this basic process. 🧠🔄

"Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies; they are ready enough to tell them." — Oliver Wendell Holmes — — — #OliverWendellHolmes #quote #quotes #quip #friends #unpleasant #enemies #enemy #telling

An #unpleasant #experience with #AmericanAirlines

#Gay #Journalist was likely #bumped from #firstclass #flight for #GOP #Rep. #JimJordan.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Travel #PinkTourism

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/02/29/opinion-american-airlines-bumped-flight/

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A Cold Walk

Yesterday I went out for my daily walk but within minutes I noticed that my legs felt cold and that I really did need the scarf that I wore. It’s exceptional for me to wear a scarf. My fleece and my inner coat both have neck protection built in so I usually feel fine. Yesterday was unusually cold so I was happy to add the scarf to really keep my neck warmer. I removed it for a few minutes because it felt itchy but I soon put it back on.

PhotoPrism is Still Indexing

In the meantime PhotoPrism has been chugging away, indexing tens of thousands of files and adding location information as well as other metadata. It has indexed 60,000 files of which 20,000 are videos. Most of the video files are junk though, stuff I saved that has no personal value. I’m marking the video files as private and I will probably delete them as they take teraybtes of space without having much value.

Migrating to a Linux Machine

I also experimented with migrating my blog writing from this mac to a Linux machine. I managed to gh clone the blog files from github to my local linux machine but struggled a little with uploading the test file from the linux machine to the web server. While writing this blog post I was reminded of the solution that should work.

My mac is old and I suspect that at some point the battery will fail and I will lose access to it. I already had to swap the battery once and soon it will die again, and that’s when I will stop using it.
I considered swapping the battery a second time but I saw that Apple is about to stop support for it. If I can use a Linux machine instead, then I save money.

And Finally

Walking in challenging weather is good. It requires us to equip ourselves better, to remain comfortable, whether it’s cold, rainy, windy, or a heatwave. By migrating from Google Photos to PhotoPrism I can keep photos and videos locally rather than in the cloud, and access them with ease, as well as slide from the cheapest service to the cheapest service without investing days or weeks in the effort.

Sliding from Mac to Linux is about learning, and cutting costs, but mainly about experimentation and learing about a different OS. It’s good to be comfortable on Windows, Linux and Mac. At least now if, and when, the mac fails I will be ready to slide from one device to the other.

https://www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/photoprism-walks-in-cold-weather-and-migrating-to-linux/

#cold #freezing #indexing #laborious #photoprism #unpleasant #weather #wind

Did some more backyard work with the self-propelled battery mower. I’m not able to cope with a plain push mower now. Even then, I overdid it. Now dealing with sciatica.
#Unpleasant

ICYMI: #dogladysden #mobilephoto
The geese have returned to Coronation Park and with them, a proliferation of poop! 😧 They had disappeared over the spring and summer and it was so nice, not having to walk through a minefield.
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They don't fly south for the winter as much anymore, either.
🦆🦤🦆🦤🦆
#geese #goosepoop #goosepoopeverywhere #yuck #minefield #dogwalking #unpleasant #mobilephotography #SamsungA10 #canadianproblems #raw_canada #SouthernOntario https://www.instagram.com/p/CxcTww6OW31/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #DogladysDen

#dogladysden #mobilephoto
The geese have returned to Coronation Park and with them, a proliferation of poop! 😧 They had disappeared over the spring and summer and it was so nice, not having to walk through a minefield.
🦆🦤🦆🦤🦆
They don't fly south for the winter as much anymore, either.
🦆🦤🦆🦤🦆
#geese #goosepoop #goosepoopeverywhere #yuck #minefield #dogwalking #unpleasant #mobilephotography #SamsungA10 #canadianproblems #raw_canada #SouthernOntario https://www.instagram.com/p/CxcTww6OW31/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #DogladysDen

@princesaballena And that’s what counts! #unpleasant

The term “#new #normal" has become a #cliche used to #normalize #unpleasant #situations that should not be accepted as permanent. It originated after 9/11 but is now commonly used to refer to #climate #disasters. Merely #adapting to these disasters without addressing their #root #cause in #fossil #fuel #consumption will only make the #problems worse.

"My unpleasant past has given me wisdom to build a pleasant future." — Sheldon Pereira — — — #SheldonPereira #quote #quotes #past #future #wisdom #pleasant #unpleasant

Ads so intrusive
Scrolling made unpleasant
A necessary evil

#ads #digital #unpleasant #haiku #poetry

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/11/technology/bad-digital-ads.html

The #Greenbelt investigation is a political #nightmare for the #Tories. https://www.tvo.org/article/the-greenbelt-investigation-is-a-political-nightmare-for-the-tories
"OPINION: Even if nothing is found, the search alone will be #lengthy, #awkward, and #unpleasant for the government." #Ontario #TVO #DougFord #onpoli #NotUnpleasant enough - the #Conservatives will stay in power and do more stuff like this.

@RosethornRangerTTV

#Work doesn't have to be #unpleasant. Here's an example of a #culture where it is #play.

"hunter-gatherers do not have a concept of #toil. When they do, it derives apparently from their contact with #outsiders. They may learn a word for toil to refer to the work of their neighboring farmers, miners, or road construction workers, but they do not apply it to their own work. Their own work is simply an extension of children's #play."
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-to-learn/200907/play-makes-us-human-v-why-hunter-gatherers-work-is-play

#Work doesn't have to be #unpleasant. An example of a #culture where it is not. May have implications for a future #society.

hunter-gatherers do not have a concept of #toil. When they do, it derives apparently from their contact with #outsiders. They may learn a word for toil to refer to the work of their neighboring farmers, miners, or road construction workers, but they do not apply it to their own work. Their own work is simply an extension of children's #play.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-to-learn/200907/play-makes-us-human-v-why-hunter-gatherers-work-is-play