Brutkey

NilaJones
@NilaJones@zeroes.ca
NilaJones
@NilaJones@zeroes.ca

I woke from a beautiful dream, this morning

I don't know if it was pre- All This, or magically post-, or in an alternate universe where the pandemic and the coup never happened

But I was not so sick, and travel was possible, and everything was so beautiful

I was in a small California town, visiting a friend

Golden sunlight on conifers. Thinking of taking up painting

A small wildfire that was just about out, and clean air blown in

Catching a ride with my friend, leaning my head on the glass and looking out the window, looking at the scenery and interesting things (a swing set designed for disabled adults). Literally purring to myself, I was so happy

Tiny smalltown library, with parking lot where they gave out the town mail, plus a few people selling swap meet / bake sale type items

I was wearing a mask, because immune compromised. But no one else was, and I wasn't afraid for them, only slightly concerned

A lost world

NilaJones
@NilaJones@zeroes.ca

I am starting a Positive Futures zoom book club! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰β˜€β˜€οΈβ›΅β›΅πŸ„πŸ„πŸš πŸš πŸš€πŸš€πŸŒ³πŸŒ³

We will read fictional depictions of positive future societies, and talk about what we like and don't like in them, and how we get there from here
βš’βš’οΈπŸ”§πŸ”§

1st book is A Psalm for the Wild-Built, a short and cheery novel by Becky Chambers. Non-binary main character! Tree houses! Bicycle powered camper vans! Tea!

Please let me know if you want to join us
😊😊

How often would you want to meet? Weekly, twice a month, monthly? I'm thinking Thursday afternoon or evening Pacific time, if that works for people. Maybe starting in January?!

Updates:

I lost internet for a couple weeks, and have been relying on my very limited cell phone data, which slowed down implementation of this plan. Internet is now bac,k but not completely stable. Working on it!

I have medical stuff in the a.m., Pacific time, 7 days a week. I'm not available before 3pm Pacific
😌😌

I would love to have an asynchronous chat component! Maybe when we meet on zoom someone would be willing to take notes, and then we could continue the conversation on Mastodon?

NilaJones
@NilaJones@zeroes.ca

@socprof@masto.ai
@moggie@mstdn.ca

"One person with the measles virusβ€”a standout among infectious microbesβ€”might infect 15 others within 12 days. But [with] Omicron... a single case [can infect] 216 cases after 12 days"

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/omicrons-surprising-anatomy-explains-why-it-is-wildly-contagious/

NilaJones
@NilaJones@zeroes.ca

I dreamed last night of huge oak trees, trunks 20 feet or more in diameter

And an aerial tram that went all the way from Arcata to Yosemite, and a zipline across the central valley

#PositiveFuture #solarpunk #hopepunk