Nice pig head 😄

Is your name a Disco Elysium reference? Such a great game.

I had a fairphone 2 years back. Had the battery replaced once, otherwise it worked fine. It was a bit clunky, a bit slow, the camera wasn’t that great, it felt a bit out of date overall, but I’m not crazy about this sort of thing, I just need a basic smartphone. For me the environmental and fair trade aspect was the selling point, not the technical stats, so I can’t really speak on that. It was … a phone, lol. It worked fine. Friend of mine is using a newer one (not sure which one) and says they’ve done a good job to bring it up-to-date and especially make the battery last longer. I don’t think they aim for super high perfomance cutting edge phones, so don’t expect that. Oh, because you can take them apart, they are obviously not waterproof. Just something to know.

I’ve had terrible insomnia for pretty much my entire life. I’ve done it all … the only thing that “works” is radical acceptance. I sleep, when/where/how I can sleep - time of day, place, other plans, doesn’t matter. Or I’ll just be tired, I’m used to that, I’ve stopped seeing it as a problem.

I used to sleep sitting in a chair in the kitchen for a while, because that’s just what worked. Head down on the table, like I just dropped dead. Gave my daughter a good scare a couple of times, when she was getting up in the middle of the night to get some water, lol. But usually I get the most sleep throughout the day via little naps. It is what it is, there’s worse problems one could have. :)

This face scan age verification stuff is so funny to me (except for the potential horrible consequences and complete loss of anonymity). It’s like - behold, we’ve found a way to create a digital version of a mildy stoned gas station clerk!!1 lamo Older brothers just got useful again.

Ich glaube, dieser Mann wollte sich selbst als Pionier und genialen Erfinder sehen - als jemanden, der den technischen Fortschritt furchtlos vorantreibt. Aber am Ende war er einfach nur geldgierig. So viel an dem ganzen Unterfangen war darauf ausgelegt, so schnell wie möglich so viel Geld wie möglich zu machen, dass ich ihm seine Reden über Innovation und Forscherdrang einfach nicht abkaufen kann.

Ich finde die Erfinder:innen der Geschichte, die so sehr an ihre Ideen geglaubt haben, dass sie den Fortschritt ihrer jeweiligen Disziplinen auf Kosten des eigenen Leib und Lebens vorangetrieben haben, immer faszinierend. Oder die Testpiloten, die in wahnsinnige neue Flugzeuge eingestiegen und bis an und über die Grenzen aller Vernunft, allem, was damals möglich schien, gegangen sind. Das ist irgendwas zwischen menschlicher Größe und komplettem Wahnsinn. Aber die haben eben keine Tickets dafür verkauft …

Still working on my Twin Peaks original design cross stitch - what kind of madman made it so big …?! 😩 😆

Came back from a rave on Monday - I still feel out of this world, lol, it was such a wonderful time. Can’t wait till next year!!

Ich denke, es ist vielleicht etwas kurz gefasst, in Angriffen auf queere Menschen nur ein Problem mit Männlichkeit zu sehen. Das ist sicherlich ein Teil davon! Rechtsextremismus baut stark auf toxische Männlichkeitsmythen - dennoch ist das nur ein Ausdruck einer grundsätzlichen Ablehnung alles “anderen”. Da mögen als erstes wir Schwule dran sein, aber am Ende liegt dem eine grundsätzliche Menschenfeindlichkeit zu Grunde, die sich auf alles und jeden stürzen wird, der als abweichend von der eigenen Norm wahrgenommen wird.

„Gemeinsam gegen den CSD-Terror und der [sic!] Identitätsstörung“

lmao

Sollen sie kommen. Wir tanzen sie weg. 💪

I just started reading an incredible book about various first ascents on the tallest mountains of our world. It’s fascinating what the human body can withstand and how much mental fortitude our minds can muster - it has also again reinforced my conviction to never do serious mountaineering. Other than that, I’m just chilling and waiting for the days when my partner has time off.

Well, look at the bright side: now you have a travel pillow! That’s a handy thing to have.

The human brain doesn’t like change. That is true regarding the big things, but also the small things. Changing anything requires effort, and this effort can feel very different depending on you mindset that day, that moment. I find myself quite often wanting to do “thing”, but not wanting to do all the stuff I have to do before. I want to be under the shower, but I don’t want to take off my clothes, get wet, etc. Kind of like the dog in this little comic, who wants you to throw the ball, but not take it away from him. 😄

I can only get myself through this with (loving) self-discipline - telling myself, come on, you know it’s going to be good once you’re at it. I also try to make the hurdles I have to jump over as small as possible. Maybe that’s an option for you as well? Maybe you don’t have to take off all your gear or get completely out of the water, canoe etc.

Looks good on first glance. Here in Germany, the new government did the ministry shuffle and created a wholly new one, which was - and still is - pretty disruptive to the stafe-funded scientific organisations. It also came with budget cuts, so maybe the new EU programme at least will relief some of the burden.

When I was a kid I asked my mother what I would have to be to be outside all day. I love nature and caring for plants, spending time outside … she told me I could be a forester, so for a long time that’s what I wanted to be. People always laughed at me when I said that, I come from a very career-driven family and people assumed I would naturally study for a business degree and probably work at my fathers company. I did not become a forester, but I did study music and become a dirty hippie, so I think my childhood-me would be pretty okay with that. 😁

Fiskars is mainly known for gardening tools (at least that’s how I know them), but they also make cookware and cutlery.