I hate dating apps but I think I convinced myself at some point that it was just enough effort to use them so I didn’t have to try irl but just hopeless enough that I’d never have to worry about actually getting into a relationship.
I went on a date recently that went really well and we’re going on another tomorrow
Its been about 8 years since my last serious relationship, and that only lasted a couple months. So I’m going to try and take these next steps slowly and carefully…
Dear Friends of the other side, ☯️
As we may know traffic wardens/cops are human #beings. #Strange but #true. Yesterday I came across one of these lost #souls. They are employed by Wandsworth council. Yes it really is named Wands ... but that is another story. Ahem ...
back to the traffic warden who was issuing a violation ticket to a petrol death dealer (or 'Kar' as I believe #muggles call them). The offending kar was #parked on double yellow line on a busy #corner. I #congratulated the traffic warden and pointed out the vehicle also had one #wheel on the pavement/sidewalk. Also naughty. I think his work was appreciated and made him happy. On previous occasions I have suggested to traffic wardens:
- They should be issued with tasers
- One of my muggle siblings was driving a red SUV #hybrid and should be penalised if caught ...
I have other #potential #powers for traffic wardens
- The option to remove #air from tires whilst the tow truck removal for multiple offenders, arrives.
- Confiscated 'Gas guzzlers' (preferably from political car pools) given to each refugee going to Rwanda ...
- All removed vehicles #replaced with a #Street #bike to reach the fine paying depot with a #route #map
Dear Friends of #fishing,
On #Tooting #Common this morning just as I rounded a corner by the #pond, I heard several loud retorts, like gunshots. Carried on walking and there was a man with a large stick and a rather battered metal sign. I assumed he had been hitting the sign very hard. I asked if he did not like the sign and was told he was frightening away the #cormorants, "... because they eat the #fish?," I inquired, giving him a wave as I passed.
"That's right," he assured me.
Anyway the load bangs stopped. The cormorants circled the pond and maybe went elsewhere ...
Some people take their fishing very seriously.
Dear Friends of Tooting,
Was on the common this morning visiting the other cafe:
https://www.thewoodfield.org/
There was a woodpecker in the tree above it. Some great events and some wonderful community art projects. Vibrant ...
The King Arthur Giant Cinnamon Roll, but gianter https://www.diningandcooking.com/1099932/the-king-arthur-giant-cinnamon-roll-but-gianter/
Dear Friends of GNU,
I was in #Thunderbird when I came across the option to change my search engine. Included was adding an #Opensearch search engine. When I looked at my search options, they included the usual horrible data miners, Google, Bing, etc,
Normally I use #Startpage or #SearX if I can
Then up popped an option #Opensearch
https://opensearch.org
This seems to be operated by Amazon, the well known buy everything ubiquitous company.
Haven't got a clue if I need this or why I need a #SearchEngine in an #email client anyway?
As usual, I am drowning above my depth. Any #advice welcome. HELP!
Going to redo the #introduction I wrote earlier, giving it the tag that seems more important here...
Hi, I'm Izabela or Iza if you want to save keystrokes. My life has undergone some changes since June 2016. Took a while for me to start living. A closet can do that to you. The masks of undiagnosed neurodivergence as well.
I try to use my love for language and languages and my wandering autistic ADHD mind to create spaces in my mind that I pull poems from.
Dear #Blessed Friends,
As we may #know, we '#live in #interesting #times'. As such I offer a #secular (for those so stiffened) and #religious (for those so deluded)
series of #Blessings ...
- #Secular: May you be #kinder each day to more of your #connections
- X-Mas: May you be blessed by an #absence of x-twitter and an #abundance of #reality
- #Penguins: May you BeSD ... eh #BSD knot ... I'm getting to it ... Be #Blessed by the #Spirit of #GNU and St #Ignatius. Wear a Red Hat if you must ...
Back in my #Hometown 🌃 and time for some much needed late night snack!!
There's nothing like coming home to #ComfortFood! 🍜❤
First Principles of Instruction
https://hackscience.education/2018/11/14/first-principles-of-instruction/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
> _“Like Hannah Arendt and George Orwell, Klemperer understood that the #totalitarianism of the right and the totalitarianism of the left had fundamentally similar characteristics. In particular, they loved to impose #newspeak on those they subjugated.”_
https://www.thefp.com/p/niall-ferguson-treason-intellectuals-third-reich
Dear Friends of the #cyberverse,
#Today ... oh #yesterday #now, or #tomorrow if you are #counting #backwards through time:
- My #skull #mala melted. Don't worry more available ...
- I am so #glad I am a #penguin (and a wer-lobster)
- I was #granted new #superior #powers (mostly secret)
You are probably #interested in my superior powers:
- I do not #play games. I AM GAME!
- #Thunderbird is go! Because I am a penguin I am #learning and consolidating my #email accounts using the most #excellent freeware #Thunderbird #program. If you use it (across #platforms) and have the means and need, #Support them
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-GB/features/
- I was able to use my #emergencies only #phone to 'phone a fiend' ... eh sorry #friendly #relative. Having #relatives is a #blessing. Being #blessed is one of my superior powers. All #blessings can be sent to lobster AND the #whole #Gaia. (Not necessarily in that order)
If your local timeline looks worse than your federated timeline, you probably need to switch instances.
If you’re upset with what you see on your home timeline, try following new folks.
#Heretical #Buddhist, a wer-lobster living in #London. Main practice at the #moment is finding fish …
Glad to be here or anywhere …
#Truth #Integrity #Kindness #Understanding #Wisdom #Calming #Environment #Nature #Trees #Solutions #Urban #Change #Witches #Contemplation
#FOSS #Linux #Peace #Zen #Humor #Freedom
#Yogini #Daka #Dakini #Metta #Voluntary #Simplicity #CombatTaiChi #Being #Well #TrueNature #NewBuddhist #AugmentedReality #NeoAlchemy
#Mind #Body
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