Mastodawn

Bec May 31

Found this on a product description. I think it also describes me. That "probably' is doing a lot of work.

Bec May 18

Sunday morning cat shenanigans are respite from contemplating the horrors upon opening any social media

Bec Apr 10

The long afterwards

Death is an end. Except it isn't. Of course it's not. Traffic keeps flowing, the sun rises and sets, and the world continues. My own personal grief is another thing that began before the death and continues after the moment. Every day is different. There is bereftness, and occasions where I catch myself thinking I need to tell, I need to get, I need to go, I need - then I remember.

http://writingbec.com/2025/04/10/the-long-afterwards/

The long afterwards

Death is an end. Except it isn’t. Of course it’s not. Traffic keeps flowing, the sun rises and sets, and the world continues. My own personal grief is another thing that began before th…

Writing Bec

Bec Mar 22

rogueclassicist ~ davidmeadows Mar 18

Anti-plague amulets and IOUs: the excavation that brings Roman London thundering back to life | Museums | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/mar/18/excavation-roman-museum-of-london

Anti-plague amulets and IOUs: the excavation that brings Roman London thundering back to life

With sandals that look fresher than last year’s Birkenstocks, gossipy messages recovered from writing tablets and 73,000 shards of pottery, London Museum’s new collection is like falling head-first into the first century

The Guardian

Bec Mar 8

Happy #iwd to all international women*.

*Local women not included, see your area for specific rules, greetings, and updates.

Bec Mar 4

End Israeli Apartheid Mar 4

Israel has cut off power to two desalination plants in the Deir Al-Balah area of central Gaza, depriving thousands of Palestinians of water, the local municipality has said.

In a statement, the Deir Al-Balah Municipality announced that the South Sea Desalination Plant and the Basra Desalination Plant ceased operations after Israeli occupation forces cut off the electricity supply.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250304-israel-cuts-off-power-to-2-desalination-plants-in-gaza/

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#Gaza #Palestine

Bec Feb 13

Me imagining diplomatic talks right now.
Commonwealth: the beacons are lit, Canada calls for aid.
NZ: And NZ will answer!
Maori: Hhhmm? (Performs iconic Haka)
Aotearoa: And Aotearoa will answer!
Australia: muster the Raygun!
Jamaica: Assemble the members. (Scoffs in Gulf of Murica).
India: As many as all 2.7b of us in alliance. (First XL warms up).
All: For free trade! For Poutine!
UK: For colonial hegemony!
First Nations: (Deep sighs). No UK. Just. No.
UK: For Queen and Timbits!
Samoa: You have a king. (Rugby team warms up).
UK: (Pouting from British Museum)
Tonga: it's just not cricket UK. (Rugby team warms up).
UK (reluctantly): for free trade & Poutine.
Pakistan: there you go UK. You're finally getting it. (First XL warms up).
Australia (awkwardly avoiding the topic of colonialism): we'll just get ready then (First XL, Sam Kerr, & the Ruby team warms up).

Bec Jan 28

I'd like to thank the palliative nurses and other professionals who educate via social media. I didn't know what I needed to know, and then I gained the knowledge, then I was suddenly helping to care for and spend time with someone with cancer who is dying.

Bec Jan 16

Geoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Jan 15

"The records clearly state that AI ended their civilization."

"But that's ridiculous, the technology was nowhere near AI. They only had the most basic quantum computers, they were centuries away from that kind of capability."

"Yes - a student of mine suggests they simply *thought* they had developed AI."

"So? That can't have destroyed a civilization?"

"The thesis is that it can, if people actually believed it."

"No civilization would be that daft."

#MicroSF

Bec Jan 15

My auditory processing be like:

Them: mumble, mumble, resolving into words I understand.

Me: Sorry. I missed that.

Them repeating the last bit: words I understand.

Me: Ah. Yes. I heard that bit. I missed what you first said, can you repeat that.

Them but slower: last words I understand.

Me almost in tears: please repeat the first words you said. Not the last bit.

Them ad infinitum. Words I understand.

Me shrugs in forever: I guess I'll never know.

Much later: consequences.