Despite a list of filters two pages long, doom headlines are regularly hitting me in the gut. For someone in deep nervous system exhaustion and AuDHD burnout, this is a real problem. I'm going to try and be on Mastodon a lot less. Saving Sunday for #Monsterdon of course!
I have no idea if this will look any different to mufos - if I'm checking once a day vs many times, who will know or care? But I do value my connections very much. So if it seems like I'm interacting less, this is why. <3
Please please please stop telling new folks to join mastodon.social, there are so many problems with that instance and this advice. Excellent write-up on this from @FediTips@social.growyourown.services
https://fedi.tips/its-a-really-bad-idea-to-join-a-big-server/
I think as a kid I thought I’d normalize as an adult. This was definitely part kid logic (“I’ll just get taller and fit in better, obviously”) and part kid fantasy (“things will make more sense as I age and I’ll obviously get less odd and more normal as I learn how adults work”).
This was super wrong. I am getting so much weirder as I age. And caring so much less about said weirdness.
It’s kind of fun actually.
Blaugust Day 12 - Finally no longer craning my neck into the past, and it feels so good.
https://hollie.eilloh.net/blog/2025/08-12/
Setting up a new crafting thingy
Me: <spinning wingnut to take a thing apart> Why did they give me extra wingnuts, what, they think I'm going to lose a wingnut that's ALWAYS attached?
Me: <still spinning wingnut> Thanks to their overzealous wingnut-giving, I'll now have to figure out where to put these extra ones
Me: <wingnut spinning rapidly reaches top of screw> <wingnut flies out of my hand, into a pile of bins of yarn, totally out of sight>
Me: Oh.
Me: <reaches for extra wingnut...>
HOW ARE YOU LICHEN MY MOUSTACHE
#LichenSubscribe
I can’t believe he let me do this.
#DogsOfMastodon #corgis #CorgisOfMastodon
It really bugs me in these natural disaster or zombie/alien movies when no one has a decent backpack. Everyone’s running around with these useless purses or crappy little rucksacks that will give you blisters the second you load it up. Come on, people! If you can loot a grocery store you can loot an REI. The concept is the same. Get a freaking compass while you’re at it. Maybe a bike. You can outrun a lot of zombies on a bike. I assume. Grab a hat, too. The last thing you need now is a sunburn.
Hollie