Anyone up for #mayke again this year?

Ma(y)ke Manifesto
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Grasp the means of production
and
Make something, big or tiny, every day in May
unless
You want to slack off for the day.

There is no fayle, only mayke

(here's my #mayke -3 from yesterday - a titanium spoon, from the school of @jarkman sporks)

there are a pair of neighborhood crows nesting in my back yard. today, one of them found a dry old piece of bread somewhere down the alley and flew over to my lawn with it.

she looked around carefully and dropped it into the eavestrough drain, where some water pooled from an overnight shower.

she flew away for 5 minutes and just came back to eat once it was well soaked 😆

#urbanAnimals #birds #yeg

It is literally impossible to explain ADHD task avoidance to people who don't experience it, I think.

It has to sound absolutely insane to just sit around, filled with dread and anxiety, not doing a small thing you "could do any time" that really needs to get done. And to just continue that way for hours, days, weeks, months, even fucking years.

Like, who lives that way? How can anyone live that way? (I live that way, but I don't know how I survive)

Hey Fedi, so I had surgery at the beginning of the month to cut a 10cm lump out of my abdomen, and I'm about half way through the recovery; I currently work in warehousing so need a lot of time off because it's physical labour, so I return to work on 19 May, hopefully. Which means my first payday would be the 28th of May.

So I have a crowdfunder going to help me through till then. As it stands, if I don't buy any food (I am buying food), I still need about $400 in two weeks time for rent (covered), $150 the week after that for phone and internet (current goal), and another $500 the week after that for rent again.

I've raised a little, which combined with a tiny bit of savings has got me till now, but from here on is when it gets Really Tight... I'd really like to continue having food, shelter, and internet, so if you can help that would be most appreciated, and if not then please share the link around, both on here and anywhere else you are able.
Thanks.

On the other hand, if you know somewhere looking to hire a C developer, Unix Sysadmin, or something similar, I could start that remotely immediately. So point me at them or them at me, and then I can stop begging.

https://gogetfunding.com/help-me-recover-from-surgery/

#MutualAid #CrowdFund #RentHelp #Medical #MedicalAid

The van is dead.

Something catastrophic happened to the engine while crossing the Humber Bridge last night. Clattering, oil smoke, warning lights, loss of power, and today a really potent smell of fuel and a very wet fuel pump. Suspect it's destroyed the engine bearings, possibly due to a failed mechanical fuel pump putting fuel into the oil and washing the bores.

If you're in the UK and can collect it before the 11th of May, it's yours. I'm moving house, I can't sort this.

#WeirdCarMastodon