- Keep an unopened bar of your second favorite soap in the go bag. Not only is soap massively needed when the bag gets used, but the scent will be extremely welcome. People are scent based creatures; you WILL feel calmer when you open that bag somewhere unfamiliar and a familiar smell wafts out.

- Note I said second favorite. Whatever sensory stress relief things you turn to, such as scents or music playlists, may themselves become stress triggers in later years so choose wisely ones that will help but won't be terrible to find later associated with stress.

You deserve to be respected,

even when you aren't understood,

without being forced to explain.

Luck from broken mirrors I understand, but,

What am I supposed to make of a broken broomstick?

Other than that I need a new broom.

A special phenomenon of fedi is being grateful when someone allows me to read a window into their world.

Anyone got a current "don't be why your corp got pwned, and other configuration necessities" guide for new macbook and iphone users?

Or a "so you're a qubes/grapheneos kid; welcome to the apple tech universe" guide?

I trust myself to be competent at a lot of things. Using a computer system I haven't absorbed decades of second hand lore about isn't one of them.

I loved Prague in the rain too.

I have loved every city I walk in the rain.

It feels like the world is ending when somebody takes your assumptions to the cleaners, but you're really supposed to wash those.

Anyone got a lawyer-reviewed summary of the effects and timeline of this eu kids act... thing?

Those "horrible e-motos" are fine, it's the culture of the fools riding them that's the issue. They're just mopeds ffs. And they aren't "e-motorcycles", there are electric motorcycles and these aren't them.

We think of house plants as pampered or mild. Or, I used to. I'd scoff, "I refuse to be a houseplant," when faced with an excessive idea of comfort or constancy.

Houseplants are the hardiest varieties. Subject to inconsistent water, inadequate soil, mineral accumulation, low sunlight, artificial fertilizer or none at all. Alone... without community or even a fresh wind or rain.

Houseplants are survivors, who have lost their earth, except what could be carried with them. Who yearn at the windows, not for the harsh world that drove them inside, but the world it should have been.

Houseplants are our relentlessness. That we will grow, somehow, no matter what we lose. Use what little we have. And take with us what we can. So alright, yes, I'll be a houseplant. If I must.

Firefox tip: go to about:sessionrestore to restore session

Pulling on things is GREAT!

I need more ways to pull on things.

Preferably without that happening.

I don't recall getting stronger, but the resistance bands I had are next to useless.

Maybe all of them at once. Doubled over. That produces a decent row...

Except they have no handles and now half my finger joints needed putting back in line. Edit: And two toes.

Well it's a row at least. 😅

I think this will need work.

Looking up resistance band exercises.

"prevent the band from snapping back to position, which could potentially lead to contact to the face"

ranks for worst euphemistic description of getting your eyeball taken out by a whipcord.

Yes this implies the squid of cables has taken over the position of a bowl of fruit in our lives.

Accidental modern still-life.

Request for hashtags and accounts to follow:

I want fitness content. Martial artists. Gymbros. Heavy lifters. Runners. People attached to their smart watch stats, people who'd never wear one. Nutrition loggers and macro counters. People who laughed at the six day week post _when it happened_.

I want my timeline full of people complaining about DOMS and legs day and recovery times and VO2Max. I want to steep in the daily norms of people who love the burn. I want the flame threads to be about Smith machines (not even once) and free weights (home gym got no spotter tho).

Where do I find my people? Caveat: Trans-friendly. :boost_ok:

Cause of the question: An app I use that sources from it is showing some... implausible predictions. Yet, has been more accurate up to this point than any other source I know of. So I want to go to the origin and see if more information is available.

Anyone happen to know what sources open-meteo uses for air quality forecasting? I tried to understand the website but didn't succeed.

Upd. Got it... it's using CAMS and gives this link https://confluence.ecmwf.int/plugins/servlet/mobile?contentId=202173092#content/view/202173092

Me: finally, sleep...

Mosquito: I can fix that for you