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Sysadmin/SysEng Generalist/Wearer of Too Many Hats, Opinions/views mine. (He/him/Q)

Shaver of burning yaks.

Star Trek Minus Context 7h ago

misc 🦌Dec 31, 2023

spaghetti has a lot to say #OrangeCat #ThreeLeggedCat #CatsOfMastodon

Deep Space 90210 1d ago

Garak: I’m on vacation in spirit but not in this lifetime

The reaction to bigotry, particularly if you're just overhearing it directed at someone else, really should be "EW! THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!".

millennial falcon 3d ago

a question hydra is when you ask a question and every answer engenders two more questions

ErrantScience 3d ago

This is a cartoon we made for someone that cares a great deal about FAIR data

remember kids, just say “ask again later” to drugs

nixCraft 🐧4d ago

What is the biggest bait and switch tactic you have seen in the tech industry?

Brent Toderian 4d ago

This is an INSANE decision by the E.U.

“By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the U.S., the E.U. has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice that puts trade convenience ahead of saving lives.”

This will kill people.
https://etsc.eu/etsc-mutual-recognition-deal-with-u-s-will-cost-lives-on-europes-roads/

ETSC: Mutual recognition deal with U.S. will cost lives on Europe’s roads

By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the United States, the European Union has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice…

ETSC

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Ms. Que Banh Aug 17

Good morning, fedizens / fedifriends / masto-mateys 🌅

A reminder on the real #luxuries in life 🙌💞

SeaFury 🦜🍉Aug 17

@PhoenixSerenity I love these! ❤️❤️🥰

Ms. Que Banh Aug 17

@SeaFury These all spark joyful feels 🥰

Wrenasaurus Tex

@PhoenixSerenity
Good morning Que.
May you have at least a few of these today. ☺️

Ms. Que Banh Aug 17

@WrenArcher Good morning, Wren. I'm sure to relish in more than one of those today 😀 I hope you can too!

@PhoenixSerenity

"Any amount of health amplified or preserved, no matter how small" is something I'd add to this excellent list.

johnniesan 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇲🇽Aug 17

@PhoenixSerenity @aktbar All good arguments for retirement.

Ms. Que Banh Aug 17

@johnniesan @aktbar Or how to soft resist the capitalist hamster wheel of productivity at all other costs.

Allanon 🇮🇹

@PhoenixSerenity Great list! Right now I have slow mornings, listening to birds, home-cooked meal and day naps 💖

Ms. Que Banh Aug 17

@allanon 👏Joyful contentment 🙂

@PhoenixSerenity 🤎

Michele Adduci Aug 17

@PhoenixSerenity wow, I don't do 12 of 12 of those activities...

Ms. Que Banh Aug 17

@madduci Condolences.

@PhoenixSerenity I'm retired & have the good fortune of enjoying them all with regularity. 🤗

Ms. Que Banh Aug 17

@sgt1372 Blessed be 💞

Reiner Jung Aug 17

@PhoenixSerenity I want to add: Hanging out in the backyard with the neighbors.

@PhoenixSerenity
day nap, check

Ms. Que Banh Aug 17

@Joe_von_Saporski 👏🛌

@PhoenixSerenity
Allow me to add "clean water" and a "hot shower" 🖖🏻

Ms. Que Banh Aug 17

@grootinside Worthy additions 👍

@PhoenixSerenity ability to freely express yourself = setting everything ablaze

Le Néandertal sous benzo Aug 17

@PhoenixSerenity is intended as a reminder that we have none of these?

Ms. Que Banh Aug 17

@HydrePrever No.

Le Néandertal sous benzo Aug 18

@PhoenixSerenity 😭

@PhoenixSerenity currently raising little children, so most if not all the list will be off limits for a while.

Ms. Que Banh Aug 17

@Nux Luckily, there's a few things on this that you can enjoy doing with young kids. My nephew's Mom is a nature teacher for preschoolers. She also helps busy parents learn how to give themselves these kind of simple but very soul rewarding luxuries too. Being a parent is a hard job upon itself 💞

Kinene⭐🐻Aug 17

@PhoenixSerenity Having a slow morning with the companionship of Hezekiah the Cockatiel, who is sitting on my chest, getting head scritchies and making happy sounds.🦜

Ms. Que Banh Aug 17

@c_merriweather That sounds very therapeutic.

JuanPa ☀️🟨☘️🟫💧 Agroecología Aug 17

@PhoenixSerenity In these cases, I always find our political and social involvement lacking. I would add:

- Being able to integrate into a cooperative community.

- Being able to contribute to the decisions and processes of that community.

Ms. Que Banh Aug 17

@HorcaDobleMango For me these luxuries are part of my essential self care toolbox. I can't contribute well to myself, my family, my community & world at large - if I continually burn myself out & don't make time to invest in these non-capitalist luxuries. These are the luxuries that help me to stay focused on meaningful work, to rejuvenate my spirit, to connect more offline & remember what I'm fighting for.

JuanPa ☀️🟨☘️🟫💧 Agroecología Aug 17

@PhoenixSerenity Of course, normal. Don't take it personally. We all need moments like you say, and they're important. I just wanted to say that in our time, it's only self-care that's identified with luxury, with freedom. If everyone helps themselves, who helps others? Un saludo desde España

Ms. Que Banh Aug 17

@HorcaDobleMango If we don't take care of ourselves, we aren't able to help others as well & it can harm communities too. A lot of newbie activists have had to learn that lesson. We need rest to be able to contribute better.

The Saners Aug 17

@PhoenixSerenity

https://youtu.be/in-hvqJW6Qw?si=PWO_sH47GRQK7apC

Saners Video - Enough!

YouTube

Ms. Que Banh Aug 17

@wearesaners Love this.

Simon Brooke Aug 17

@PhoenixSerenity See, I have lots of all of those things. I don't have a lot of things other people think of as necessities, but I think I come out well from the deal.

I'd add 'good friends'.

@PhoenixSerenity 👍🏻👍🏻 👏🏻

Judi Anderson Aug 17

@PhoenixSerenity
Senior citizen stamp of approval.
✅

Magical Cat Aug 17

@PhoenixSerenity This can be reduced to single luxury: "free time".

Ms. Que Banh Aug 17

@koteisaev My former workaholic past life used to believe that. I've changed my mindset over the decades. I now make the time for these luxuries. I only have one guaranteed life.

Magical Cat Aug 17

@PhoenixSerenity Yes, I understand it. I just noticed what is common with these pleasures. All of them need extra time, free time you can use as you prefer.
Some people have to work a lot because their salary too low.
Other work too much because got trapped into some "Status" requirements and it bloated the unnecessary expenses.
Take long walks. It require a few hours of free time (or at least 1-2), to get there and return back.
It does not require an expensive equipment. _Just_ free time.

Ms. Que Banh Aug 17

@koteisaev Yeah - I get all of that & lived it. It was costing me too much in other ways when I didn't make much time for my own needs.

I had to change how I managed my own time & reprioritized for improved well-being🙌

Magical Cat Aug 17

@PhoenixSerenity I think I come through this via "going from bottom upwards". Get own apartment was actually a "game changer". Now, even with just a bit of increase of salary, I can afford to work "just 40 hours", and have time for some relaxing and interesting stuff, and 2 vacations within EU (while I live outside EU).
If we don't have to care about making osme pension savings, I could work even less. But I may be in privileged position compared to 90% of people living here.

Ms. Que Banh Aug 17

@koteisaev I'm disabled working poor (supporting a parent). Investing time for these luxuries is also part of my personal survival 🙌

julieb53 Aug 17

@PhoenixSerenity I agree with all of these but I might add eating a sun ripened tomato from the garden

Ms. Que Banh Aug 17

@julieb53 Delicious. Homegrown tomatoes are tastier than grocery ones.

Peter 💙 Stevens Aug 17

@PhoenixSerenity

Ahem! Soft toilet paper.

Ms. Que Banh Aug 17

@PhilthyPierre In the forest - you can use huge thimbleberry leaves - super soft & velvety feel. To keep the list free of needing to buy anything👌

@PhoenixSerenity being healthy

Ms. Que Banh Aug 17

@Robo Health is true wealth.

@PhoenixSerenity

#Wonderful !
That's what #Life really is about.

Rai Aren 🖖✨📚🇺🇦Aug 17

@PhoenixSerenity I love that! So true ❤️ 🙏

@PhoenixSerenity @blogdiva Masto-mateys. Hee!

Ms. Que Banh Aug 18

@JamesK @blogdiva Aye!

TheNovemberFella ✊🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦☸️🛰️🚀Aug 18

@PhoenixSerenity 👍💯👍

Ainiriand Aug 18

@PhoenixSerenity I am truly blessed as I have all of those, plus a 1yo baby daughter to fill my days with joy. <3

plantago Aug 18

@PhoenixSerenity Love this reminder. Yes to all of these. And also— fresh ripe fruit 😋

Ms. Que Banh Aug 18

@plantago This week, I'm harvesting apples, plums & Asian pears from our backyard 😊

@PhoenixSerenity

Not luxuries, rather a basic set of rights.

Ms. Que Banh Aug 18

@cyclotopie
Yes. Yet, in a crapitalist world, our basic human rights are commodified by evil people who lack humanity.
Hence, we can redefine what wealth means to us, as the citizens of the world. In same veins as, health is wealth - the above are golden luxuries & soft resistance options to current global hellscape. Hard resistance actions are necessary too. Both are necessary for humanity to survive this shit we're living in.

🍉🌻Tiny Dot in the Universe🚀

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@PhoenixSerenity i cant afford these luxuries these days

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