Mastodawn

The state of the digital world today is really bumming me out. As a programmer & a lifelong technologist it's necessitating a shift in my priorities & where my energy is going, for my mental health & to align with my values.

- I mostly stopped listening to #programming & #PHP podcasts - the ones I loved have become shills for #AI or their own US commercial activities.

- My hobbies are shifting more into low-tech interests - reading, #handiwork, #numismatics, #BoardGames.

Antonio Fernández Feb 3, 2025

Workbench at a Nubian village, in Aswan.

#egypt #egyptissafe #aswan #nile #rivernile #nileriver #nubia #nubian #work #workbench #old #handiwork #manuallabor #dusty #oldfashioned #simple #simplicity #travelphotography #travel #sony #a7iii #sonyalpha7iii #tamron

Road Not Taken Feb 12, 2023

#GiftArticle about #Crafters #aroundTheWorld who #finishProjects started by folks who have #died or become #incapacitated #illness

#LooseEnds

#knitting #crocheting #quilting #unfinishedProjects #UFOs #lovedOnes #handiwork #laborOfLove #goodGuys #DoTheRightThing

https://wapo.st/3Xoct1i via @washingtonpost

They died leaving labors of love undone. Strangers complete their work.

More than 1,000 volunteers across the world complete unfinished projects, like blankets and sweaters, for grieving loved ones.

The Washington Post

damian entwistle Jan 22, 2023

Today's poem:

Sailing to Byzantium
- by William Butler Yates

https://at.tumblr.com/ukdamo/sailing-to-byzantium/f8fxaz67tkn7

#poetry #byzantium #old age #spirit #soul #timelessness #fashioning #handiwork #god #WilliamButlerYates #decline #death #transformation

Jennifer Ebeling Nov 18, 2022

Have you seen at #Autumn Time
Green beads and red beads
Threaded on a #Vine?

Is there any #Handiwork
Prettier than mine?"

- Cicely Mary Barker, The Song of the White Bryony #Fairy

#Autumn #Poetry #Gardening #Garden #Gardeningpodcast #GardenPoem #GardenPoetry #GardenPoet #November #Wintergarden #Nature #Trees #Poem #Poetry #GardenersofMastodon
#FollowFriday #FollowBackFriday

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Derek Mayne Nov 17, 2022

@ldodds Depends what genre floats your boat, but my most recent games that I’d recommend are: MÖRK BORG for some dark OSE style fantasy, Coriolis:The third horizon for some space opera style Sci-fi, both from #free-league. a|state for some grim dystopian future adventures #handiwork-games, Sins for a bit of fantasy horror at #nightfall-games, or Fallout from #Modiphius for anyone who has ever played the console games it’s an excellent #ttrpg