Simon Forman

@carapace
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Oddball, computer nerd, aspiring ecosystem co-creator, I've lead a strange and unlikely life. I dropped out of high school and was homeless for several years. During that time I learned Reiki, and how to operate and program Linux computers. I decided to get a job as a programmer, so I created a project and presented it at CodeCon 2004. That led to a career as a computer programmer. I'm now semi-retired and I've turned my attention to my other passion: gardening and ecology.

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CodeBerghttps://codeberg.org/sforman
See Alsohttps://ariadne.systems
Simon Forman4h ago
RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸6h ago
Why the fuck is #trump still president?
Simon Forman4h ago
Show threadデイヴ5h ago

For reference, this is what an attempt looks like…

Except:
1. distances are massively wrong (it barely respects relative positions)
2. the map extends to basically half of Japan (goes all the way to Ibaraki ffs)

Simon Forman5h ago
Valerie Roney9h ago

Ok, now that I've had a lil wee rant about it all, as per:

https://disabled.social/@vlrny/116591893236335923

Let's talk pragmatics.

#spoonie and other marginalized friends, drop suggestions below of what you wish your neighbourhood or community would do for you.

The rest of ya'll take some notes and brain storm what you can do in YOUR hood.

#community #disabilityJustice #teamApocalypse #neighbouring

Valerie Roney (@[email protected])

Ok, real talk here folks. If you're watching the world fall apart and feeling helpless, lost as to any meaningful action you could take, especially with your own limitations... 👉 Check in with your neighbours. Reach out into your community. And I mean frickin REACH. Every chronically ill, marginalized, disabled, housing insecure person I know is floundering. Mostly invisibly. We're exhausted. It takes so much energy to articulate a need, and too often... 🦗 We need community. 🧵

disabled.social
Simon Forman5h ago
Steven Hoefer7h ago
Anthropomorphize people.
Simon Forman8h ago
peter KIRN12h ago

Maggi Payne, photographing crystals, composing for Moog modular III, and generally being a legend.

Feels like just the combination of sonic imagination, scientific curiosity, and wonder we need right now. Thanks to the great Bob Moog Foundation folks for this one!

https://cdm.link/maggi-payne-crystal/

Simon Forman11h ago
Daniel Waxweiler13h ago
Support the creation of the Permaculture #Barcelona Hub with the following crowdfunding until tomorrow morning. Its founder Alfred Decker was one of my #permaculture teachers, whom I appreciate a lot. https://chuffed.org/project/permaculture-barcelona-hub
Help me to grow the Permaculture Barcelona Hub

 

Chuffed
Simon Forman11h ago
Ma Quest 13h ago

How to Grow A Tea Garden
https://www.almanac.com/grow-herb-tea-garden

#SolarPunkSunday #Herbs #HerbalTeas #Gardening #Gardens #HerbGardens #TeaGardens

How to Grow a Tea Garden (And 9 Herbs to Plant)

Discover how to grow herbs for tea at home, from mint to chamomile, plus easy herbal tea recipes and harvesting tips for a flavorful tea garden.

Almanac.com
Simon Forman11h ago
Ma Quest 13h ago

Grow Your Own Herbal Teas
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/grow-your-own/features/herbal-teas

#SolarPunkSunday #Herbs #HerbalTeas #Gardening #Gardens #HerbGardens #TeaGardens #RHS

Grow your own fresh herbal teas

RHS Horticultural Advisor Caroline Mazzey shares her favourite caffeine-free choices of ‘not-tea’, and how to grow them to enjoy inspiring infusions all year round

Simon Forman11h ago
amen zwa, esq.13h ago

There are two kinds of #complexity: natural and artificial.

Natural complexity often emerges from #simple components—life, mind, universe, the lot.

Artificial complexity erupts, quite expediently, from the confused mind of a lazy concoctor. Modern AI encourages lazy people to create expedient complexity, and gradually, AI itself is becoming a product of expedient complexity.

Simon Forman14h ago
amen zwa, esq.16h ago
There are seasoned IT practitioners, who did not need to work but stayed in the industry out of the love for the work. These people are retiring, out of disgust over the #AI #enshitification of #IT. And with them went the last reserves of knowledge, experience, skill, and professionalism.