Mari 🌎US (Ohlone Territory) @bouncinglime@spanner.works

If anyone is interested in digital #library access, I am happy to trade #Overdrive login info with you! I have #LibraryCards at #SanFrancisco and #Berkeley to offer...

#books #sharing

(it does reveal email address for hold notifications, but I'm ok with that if you are)

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Things I like to discuss - #fibrearts #modernart #arthistory #linguistics #science #physics #chemistry #humor #mentalhealth #sociology #publictransit #food #cooking #fireart #crazyplans #tech #learning #machines #enviroment #waste #travel #nature #culture #life #books

Writing genres I like - #sff #scifi #fantasy #ya #youngadult #nonfiction #fiction #biography #speculativefiction #urbanfiction #magicalrealism (and probably a ton more that get terribly specific)

^_^

I've been on spanner.works for a while, so here's my #introduction :

Things I like / do for fun - #knitting #fibrearts #walking #birdsite #puns #chocolate #photography #art #museum #library #DIY #learning #volunteer #outdoors #fireart #machines #dance #swing #bluesdance #bluesmusic #hotjazz #blues #spreadsheets #details #rocks #dinosaurs #plants

Things I would like to be better at - #drawing #watercolours #art #writing #resistance #selfcare #WeGotThis #alone #makeup #adulting #ropedart

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If anyone is interested in digital #library access, I am happy to trade #Overdrive login info with you! I have #LibraryCards at #SanFrancisco and #Berkeley to offer...

#books #sharing

(it does reveal email address for hold notifications, but I'm ok with that if you are)

Really struggling to find peers (not-retired, no kids) in the #Livermore area. I don't suppose there's anyone else here who lives nearby? #Dublin #Pleasanton and #CastroValley are also acceptable! :p Please share; friends of friends, and folks not on Masto also welcome. ^_^

#California #CA #lookingfor #friends

@stjohn this seems extremely relevant to several of your interests https://twitter.com/GHeathWhyte/status/1175081067943997440

(aka I read this and thought of you but also why is there no emoji for clay tablets)

#AdviceWanted #NotGettingSick #health

ugh everyone on bart and in my office is suddenly sniffling and sneezing. :/ Send me your best and favorite work-appropriate preventative measures to avoid getting a cold!

I've got a water bottle, and am drinking as much as I can hold. Also just picked up zinc candies, washing hands obsessively, and wiped everything with hand sanitizer. (I don't like using it much, but this seems like the appropriate application.)

Any and all suggestions welcome! Thanks! 😷

Pretty sure I got the recommendation for _Servant of the Underworld_ by Ailette de Bodard from #sffbookclub - strongly recommend! A fun murder mystery and tangling with the gods, set in pre-invasion Aztec society.

My only hesitation is that all of the magic is blood-based; not all of it requires death of the giver, but I also have a memory of someone saying that aspect of Aztec worship is a colonialist exaggeration. I'd be curious to know how it holds up for folks of that heritage.

I can't tell if the two people having a picnic on the other side of the tree are on a first date, new coworkers, new friends, or having a therapy session.

Am I expecting too much from folks I don't interact with outside of break times? Is it too soon to tell that they give zero shits about temp workers?

I've worked in this awful office basement for two and a half weeks. My purple hair has been fading the whole time, to the point that my ends were blond. Granted, I don't see a lot of other coworkers, but there are several who I see daily. I re-dyed two days ago; it's now a rich, deep eggplant.

The only comment I got was from a random lady on the street as I was walking to bart at the end of the day. >_<

@datn just so you're aware that it is possible to opt out : https://mastodon.starrevolution.org/@Laurelai/102629872247732751

Seems worth just sending the message to this person that opt-out is not how fedi is happy.

I found a #knitting blog several years ago that I've since lost and been sad about that. It was by someone (female-presenting, I believe) who was knitting around-the-wrist swatches and wearing them for several days, to test blocking and wear and pilling and comfort.

If anyone can point me in the direction of it, I would be very grateful! I think of it often, and wish I'd bothered to bookmark it!

#searching #HelpMeFind #LookingFor

It's so hard to blow your nose lying on your back.

Hysterical sobbing in bed is frustrating.