While idly admiring the artwork on some “Words of Encouragement” greeting cards at the store yesterday, I found myself thinking, “I should get one of these… for myself!”
Walking back to the car, I saw a novel bumper sticker that read “You Matter.”
The Chicago Board of Trade building anchors LaSalle Street in the financial district. It serves as headquarters for Bruce Wayne Enterprises in Batman:The Dark Knight.
Rendre visible et normal le handicap : le générateur d'avatar Lofi (Girl ou Boy) permet de choisir, parmi les écouteurs, des appareils auditifs. https://lofigirl.com/generator/
(On ne dirait pas, mais ça permet aussi de dédramatiser pour, par exemple, les enfants/ados qui ne veulent pas se faire appareiller parce que c'est moche et/ou « différent ».)
#mindfullness and #gratitude on a daily basis can be at odds with existential dread and fear for the future. It creates a good bit of cognitive dissonance.
At SFO heading back home after a week of meetings and conversations about #Mastodon and #Fediverse community and futures - sincere thanks to @mike and his team for being the best hosts for this visit. #gratitude
To borrow a phrase from a friend, my mind is “fizzing with ideas” and full of positive thoughts about the future of the open social web.
People who complain about wild #birds singing so hard in the morning - are not my friends. I'm DELIGHTED about early morning bird songs!
Their bird calls YellTell me - We are happy in our habitat here! It's another day we are alive!
Their early morning bird songs, remind me of the importance of feeling #gratitude of being able to enjoy another morning, another day, to relish in the fact I'm still alive & able to receive many opportunities that the dead no longer have.
For today's #ThankYouTuesday, I want to thank the people who still know how to listen to others. Those who don't always put themselves at the center of the universe, but can also understand others. Those who strive to be well and make others well, not constantly fighting to prevail, dominate, outdo, or crush.
My gratitude today goes to these increasingly rare individuals.
This place isn't perfect. It has its problems, flaws, and limitations. It's not immune to hatred or those who spread negativity.
Yet, here I've encountered incredible people, a marvelous community committed to bringing constructive engagement, dialogue, and social interaction back to the network.
Thank you, Fediverse.
Thank you, friends of the Fediverse.
For today's #ThankYouTuesday, I want to express my gratitude to someone I will refer to only by his first name, Gabriele. Many years ago, I was stuck in a job where I was exploited by my employer—the only one I had ever had. Gabriele, who attended one of my Linux courses about 20 years ago, saw my potential and offered me life-changing advice: 'You have a passion for what you do. Don't waste your time on someone who uses it only for their own profit. Start your own business, I'll help by introducing you to some of my clients, and we can offer the Open Source solutions that excite you so much. You're young enough to try.' I took the leap. It wasn't easy, but ultimately, I succeeded in doing the work I love and choosing the technical solutions I prefer. I'm not a great salesman and often charge too little, feeling almost guilty for asking people to pay for something I enjoy so much. But tonight, I want to say thank you to Gabriele. He might not read this, but my gratitude remains.
I have a huge amount of appreciation for the fact that Nautilus / #GNOMEFiles can seamlessly pattern-select, batch-rename and move files both from its treeview and from search results… all with keyboard shortcuts! Extremely useful to clean up filenames.
Today, in someone else's messy folders, I was able to cleanly rename everything and eliminate at least 40 duplicates in a directory that contained over 180 files, most of which were in the wrong locations.
Shoutout to Fina Wilke's Warp! Such a nice, self-contained way to just send stuff between devices. Works like a charm for both my 5GB music folder and that Markdown document I wanted to bring with me on my laptop to do some editing while away from my room. Take it for a spin and experience the magic for yourself!
Also, BIG #gratitude for my apartment, which lets me see 2 kinds of #CherryBlossoms out back & #city beauty out front even if I'm not well enough to go out 🙌🏽
I am grateful for the opportunity to walk around the base of Mount Maunganui (Mauao) on such a beautiful day. I was very lucky to visit this beautiful place with friends in the weekend.
Built in 1921 for $4M (almost $79M in today’s dollars). Literally every day that I walk past the Chicago Theater, there are tourists posing in front of this sign. Here’s a bit of history: