Notices by Tellio (tellio@mastodon.social), page 22

Reminder that unlike on Twitter, Mastodon allows for Content Warnings (CW). These let others decide if they have the mental energy to deal with certain topics (politics, current events, bigotry, etc.) rather than you deciding for them.

You don't have to refrain from talking about those subjects here, but please make frequent use of CWs for those of us who use Mastodon as a refuge.

They're also good for hiding spoilers, joke punchlines, and long rambles, but don't forget their primary usage.

The office is hot, too hot. The air-con not working again. My brain feels fuzzled, yep, fuzzled and I can't seem to concentrate on work. I sip hot tea. Hoping that it will focus my thoughts.

No good.

I stare at my to do list but it blurs and bounces at the back of my eyeballs. I pickup my glasses and head to the library. It's always cool there.
#smallstories

@tellio
I opened the door of our small tin shed in the backyard. He had moved one of my storage tubs into the shed and it was angled, oddly, on top of other things. Inside I saw the outline of written music.

Many memories flooded back. Music played, sessions with others, learning, teachers, scales, emotions, sharing music with others. I wondered why I kept the cello music. I no longer had that instrument now.

I could not throw it out.
I softly closed and locked the tin door.
#smallstories

"Conservatively, American lawns take up three times as much space as irrigated corn. The authors mapped the entirety of the nation's turf grass, below. You'll notice that it's basically a population density map of the U.S."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/08/04/lawns-are-a-soul-crushing-timesuck-and-most-of-us-would-be-better-off-without-them/ https://mastodon.social/media/hV7JKZ17qMe4UCdynos

There's been some discussion about custom emojis on Mastodon, and some people are worried about copyright, attribution and so on.

IMO, it's a fools mission. Whenever there's a scenario where something cannot be controlled or enforced, I think it's silly to try. Educate, if you want, but don't expect technical solutions to impossible problems.

I went into it a little more here:

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/5239#issuecomment-334985503

@dogtrax this messing about and mixing around and dwelling closely with the 'text' (whatever modes that is) are what writers do. It is what writers are. We try to get into our own skins and then we breathe in and out via the instructions of other writers in how to breathe. That's called 'text'. Or so it has always seemed to me. So let us get together by being aware of what we are doing, share, remix etc. for a week or so, then get together for a Hangout? A podcast? Finally?@Algot

@Algot @dogtrax Algot, you may not have seen this, but this was preceded by a previous cycle: HTTPS://GOO.GL/GDLVBV and here: HTTPS://BOARD.NET/P/NO%2C_I_A and here: https://youtu.be/BqOnfF5UYgE

This cycle is part of a longer social capital feedback and feedforward loop. I rejoice in the back and forth, the oscillation, the share, the riff. In fact, let's start a podcast called "The Riff" where we play back and forth for a couple of weeks on an agreed upon 'theme' or somesuch.

@Algot All musicians are thieves---just like mockingbirds.