somewhat belated because we’ve been really busy again but! we have a docs page up and running, we have the email situation hopefully sorted out, and stuff is flowing again generally. things are going pretty good right now on the backend for Beehaw, i’d say, and hopefully that continues as the week progresses.
when things chill out i’m hoping to get back to finishing a few books which i was reading in May–this has been a full time gig basically, so i haven’t had any real downtime. i only just got in some Stardew Valley last night.
Not going well but I am not without hope either.
My mom didn’t get approved for social assistance so I’m crunching numbers on our budget for the next month or so.
Brought out the instant pot and made some nice black beans, which I turned into black bean burgers. 😋
Switched from Pop OS to Linux Mint, liking the experience so far. Not as cute as Pop OS was, but I like the interface and the battery alerts and sound effects. So it’s not bad.
One of my tech goals is getting switched to Linux Mint. But I’ve been a slacker, so we’ll see how that goes.
The creeping despair cloud has come for me.
Hang in there ❤️. The cloud will dissipate. Change is the only constant.
I’m sorry you’re feeling down but just wanted to say that the way you worded that is very cool. Very sci-fi almost
been really enjoying contributing and connecting on Beehaw and Lemmy in general. Trying to do some reading and playing through Diablo 4!
It’s going alright! Just been relaxing since I graduated and will start my full-time gig next month, pretty excited about that. I’m also just curating my RSS feed cause I didn’t realize how much I would love them so much lol. Loving Beehaw, lemmy and the lemmyverse in general!
Congrats on graduating and landing a full-time job! 🎉
As an RSS-enjoyer perhaps you can help me. I want to get better about using RSS to stay connected and updated with the world. Right now I’m using Feeder for Android and I’ve got some feeds from a couple news publications, some Rust dev feeds, and some of my favorite podcasts, but I find that I get little value out of this. Do you have any recommendations on how to squeeze the most out of RSS? How do you decide what’s worthwhile to subscribe to?
Thank you so much! Well I am also figuring that out myself. For me I think the best thing that would bring the most value is to subscribe to those feeds who you’re genuinely interested in like for me I love to keep up on AI/ML research so I have a lot of AI/ML blogs in my RSS feed including the latest news as well. I have also added the Hacker News Daily Digest as well. Link to where I got that one
I think it takes a while to get used to it like I understand where you’re coming from when you said that you get little value out of it. I think it is the matter of who you like to read up on and is in your interests too. If you’re interested in AI/ML, Science and Tech here’s the github link to that optml and you can use Feedly to import that file if you’re interested or just choose the ones you really want to read which is fine too! Github link to those RSS feeds
Edit: I just found out that you can convert your favorite community on Lemmy into an RSS link, just link on the RSS logo right beside the the question mark inside the circle.
It’s starting to get pretty hot where I live, gonna have to bust out the AC units soon at this rate.
I’ve had a great week, for the most part. Making progress on my mental health through very unconventional means, and feeling happier for a change. Possible job interview this coming Saturday, so we’ll see on that front. Health issues have prevented me from working for a while now, and I’m anxious about returning to the job market.
Hooray for unconventional means!
Pretty good! Started off with a morning at playcentre, afternoon doing a shift at the toy library, and finished off by giving a presentation at the community council meeting. Got my community garden proposal through to the next phase (regional council). Got overwhelming support from my presentation at the community council meeting and feeling really good about it. First structural edit meeting for the book I’ve been working on is Thursday and I’m really happy with how that’s all going too. Early stages of getting a library of tools/community workspace organised.
Just in a really good place right now and I feel like I’m actually getting somewhere with my goals.
Thank you for your work in advocating for public services. Libraries of things are so useful for the local community.
Fucking ugh. This week is just ugh. Our landlady has brain cancer (our rent is currently about half what apartments are going for in our city, they doubled during covid) and I’m not sure if she’s passed or not but her adult son has taken over the building with his wife and as of Tuesday have given us notice that at the end of the month we’ll get a letter giving us 60 days to move out (month to month lease). We just had a second child in January. They’re kicking us out with a five month old so they can renovate our apartment and charge double.
So instead of paying a ridiculous amount to rent somewhere again we’re attempting to buy a house, but the housing market up here is super tight and they’re all going way over asking price within days. I don’t know what we’re gonna do if we can’t find something suitable in the next week or two so we have time to get this all done in time to move. We do have really good credit and enough to close, but finding one that isn’t a failed flip or looks like it’s from the 70s or isn’t snatched up immediately is wearing on me.
Everything needs to line up and it’s just not right now. I haven’t cried yet so I guess that’s alright.
So sorry you’re going through this, sounds like a nightmare. Hope you find somewhere soon
It’s been a pretty decent week for me. I am enjoying that Beehaw is low enough traffic still that it’s quite possible to read through all the new local post titles as they come in. It’s fun watching the community grow. Reminds me a bit of early Twitter days when the entire global timeline was small.
Back in the real world, I got two days out at Lake Patoka over the weekend, and I’m off tomorrow morning for two days backpacking in the Shawnee NF. Gotta enjoy this good weather while I can!
I celebrated Juneteenth with a friend by going to the city, visiting a cool history exhibit, getting sandwiches and boba, and walking 11k steps!
Also played in a DnD session and GMed for another one, which was fun.
First week into rTMS treatment for depression. Been struggling a lot recently but know that I’ll start feeling better in 2-3 weeks, so there’s a light at the end of the tunnel (I’ve done this treatment 2x now, and know it really helps me… But only lasts 4-5 months).
Have a driving test tomorrow that would normally be a piece of cake, but I’m so depressed it’s difficult to drive. This is the last possible test before I lose my license… I kept on putting it off (because, depression). Hoping I pass!
Well Beehaw has been a lot of fun. though I dont feel like i fit in, I’m learning a bunch. Just in a weird place. Im learning Jetpack compose with kotlin and although im understanding everything. i feel like a loser, and imposter syndrom. there is no way Im smart enough to code and develop applications. Im pretty much only skilled at delivering bear minimum stuff. My wife and I decided to try for a baby, but so far we’ve only managed to argue about petty things that dont matter.
Things are just weird because theres so much uncertainty in the next few months of where we will be. I just need to lead with my head on strait.
I relate so much to that imposter feeling and just wanted to say I don’t think you’re a loser at all, I really admire your ambition! It sounds like you’re working towards a lot of awesome things to be proud of.
This very much gave me a smile. Thank you for the encouragement and kind words.
4 day work week starts tomorrow! Woo for short weeks!
Very jealous!
Halfway thru another philosophy post but a busy weekend pulled me away from it. Been thinking I might want to chill on it for a little though, with things slowing down and settling a bit nicer.
A person who is lovely and magical and moved away last year is coming down to visit, so I’ll be hosting and hopefully cuddling in just a few hours - I’m looking forward to spending what little time of theirs I’ll get when they’re around.
This last weekend I got out and danced twice, spent time with partners including one I haven’t seen in almost a month, finally got connected with the right person to discuss everything that went wrong with my 2 surgeries and care coordination, went to a show my nesting partner and her partner played, and some other stuff I probably forgot.
This week I’ll be moderating a panel speech, and then professionally speaking myself. This weekend is pride in SF, so it’s jam packed with shows and parties. I’m guessing I’ll probably be sick next week because I’ll be spending a lot of time partying and being around a lot of people in crowded spaces dancing and having fun.
What kind of music do you like dancing to??
Also sounds like you’re poly, is that the label you’d use? What’s a nesting partner? I’m really interested in it, I wish I’d discovered the concept of polyamoury before I settled into a relationship.
EDM, generally genre agnostic. I like and find myself drawn towards melodic elements in music and I enjoy it in different parts of music. Melodies can be more traditional and led by instruments like piano, guitar, etc. or they can be less traditional and come through in bass or electronic elements or through melodic break beats on the drums.
Yes, I am poly and that’s the label I use. My nesting partner is the partner that I live with. I use this term instead of anchor or primary because they are neither of these to me - the other partner (metamour) that I referenced is more akin to her primary or anchor (she doesn’t practice hierarchical polyamory but I feel like primary may in ways be more appropriate here because the two have codependency issues they’re working on).
I’m having (or am going to have) some pretty serious personal issues, so that’s pretty bad.
But on the bright side, I had fun playing DnD on the weekend and I opened my first ever open source PR on Lemmy
