One of my favorite fun things about playing word games like Scrabble and the NY Times spelling bee is making up words that ought to be real. Today's was "olfiction", as in, do you smell something burning or is it just me? I suppose I am just following in the footsteps of Sniglets here.
Excited to be joining of the organizing group for the Support Driven Aspire mentorship program (it's free!). Do you work/want to work in Customer Service and want to grow your skills or share your knowledge? Apply to join before 28 Feb: www.supportdriven.com/aspire
With all our free time, @indivisible.org has been quietly working over the last several months on a total overhaul of our website. It's just better in basically every way. Hope it helps you and your local community find good ways to organize and take action! indivisible.org
A thing that felt inspiring today: henry.codes/writing/a-we... . Maybe we can take back the web? h/t @whitep4nth3r.com whose actual website and human writings I highly recommend!
it's not just burnout. You deserve to be you! Some suggestions and encouragement in rediscovering your why: brilliantcrank.com/eject-disk/ - h/t @whitep4nth3r.com
"one day, you will die, and your legacy will be washed away when someone forgets to renew the DNS." (I wonder if you'll enjoy the journal I read that from as much as I did: stillness.digital)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t99K...
The world can be much better. This article is somewhere north of hopepunk - maybe just hopeful or even promising? Maybe it'll cheer you up in a constructive way, too: ourworldindata.org/much-better-.... H/T @whitep4nth3r.com whose newsletter (buttondown.com/weirdwideweb...) is always tasty.
"Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words." - Ursula K. Le Guin
Did you know Amazon is turning off "download-ability" of the content you've purchased from them, starting tomorrow?
(cf news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4307...) It's not too late to back up what you've bought! This is the tool I used: github.com/treetrum/ama... (h/t @calavera.dev ).
I lost the game
Portland! If you're interested in bicycle touring, a few others and I are giving presentations about past adventures tonight (Thurs 20 Feb) at Migration on North Williams. I'll speak first, at 630p. Hope to see you there!
12 hours into civilization 7 and it's twice now crashed and lost hours of work each time. Really pretty, but really poor quality experience on the PlayStation overall. Will I learn to save more often, or will I learn it's not worth my time to keep playing?
Gently at Gmail if you want to email it
Happy to give it a looksee too! Real suggestion: I often delivered mine to my team - since I was usually talking about us anyway - before submitting (on the rare occasion I had it ready before the deadline which was...well, darn rare). Helped keep me honest as a bonus ;)
No bot makes waffles as good and loving as yours, my friend.
spent a couple weeks riding up and down the central California valley, and now you can read along if you want to: foolishtravels.com/vsummary
for those who believe nothing can get better: you don't have to get in the way of those who do
In that vein, you may like "saving us" by Katharine Hayhoe.
The books and the movie both made me cry. Loved em!
My touring bike leaning against a welcome to Sacramento sign on the boardwalk
Back on the road again, a couple weeks in so-far sunny central California. You can follow along at foolishtravels.com
has anyone ever sold their twitter handle to a stranger, and if so, how did you handle the handoff (so you got your money and they got their handle)? I think I'm ready!
Give yourself a Christmas present and just delete some stressful old email you don't want to respond to. Kudos to my therapist for that gift!
It was a privilege to be a small but early part of this revolution. Thanks so much for all of the safety, @letsencrypt.bsky.social !
The holiday movie we've all been waiting for: James Bond on cargo bikes
Bike fun is for everyone — including all the fine folks on #bsky! Head to the year-round Shift calendar to find out about all of the bike fun happening in the Portland area, or post and lead your own ride!
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#pdxBikes #bikeFun #shift2bikes
I felt suddenly, last-minute compelled to apply - thanks for the nudge! Love the idea regardless of whether I make the cut or not, thanks for inspiring me to stretch a lil beyond my comfort zone.
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Shoutout to all the softies still striving to become the best possible version of themselves while the people who gleefully embrace hatred and greed are rewarded with ever-increasing power. Being gentle and kind will never be a weakness.
Don't forget to laugh out loud sometime. Even in dark times, there is still some funny ha-ha amidst the funny uh-oh, and laughter has power to move your mind to a place where you can see a brighter future, and help you carry on.
