Logan @logan_life@octodon.social

@LeftCoast wait, i can mute entire instances?

super happy to be getting #married in 5 weeks AND ALSO slightly ashamed to say i'm also happy that the process of planning and throwing a #wedding will also be over in 5 weeks tbh

@whiskeykitten inasmuch as the NE is wet, yep. not too bad though. compared to NM though, positively rainforest-like.

also i'm not a ferner and NM may as well be on the moon for all i know of it, so back atcha

@whiskeykitten oof. sounds like some srs work, don't forget the elbows!

Philadelphia here, so our indigenous lotion needs mostly invove our necks when we get whiplash from seeing budget allocations skyrocket for police departments while public schools are disaster zones

politicspoliticspolitics

#indigenouslotionneeds is a halfway decent bandname

also i apparently need to lotion my thumbs

who knew

not gonna lie v excited to wear this #temporarytattoo i just found on my desk

looks like this #dinosaur just read something RATHER SPICY in the society pages and cannot WAIT to tell their bestie Sharon about it all

@FoloGnorri very helpful, thank you!!!

@GinnyMcQueen @dumpling @Laurelai

okay so if I may ask - I'd love it if my federated timeline was like, a little bit slower, and was filled with stuff that is more relevant to my interest areas, e.g. books, dragons, queer stuff, comp sci stuff, etc so that I could use it to find cool new folks to follow. Also would love less like, weird (to me) quasi-porny anime stuff.

do I need to start my own instance to do that, ya think?

@offby1 hmm thanks for the advice - sounds like it's working as intended and I'm not missing something, and perhaps just need to adjust my expectations.

Would love a #mastodon pro to explain to me how to use the #federatedtimeline because I just don't get it. I open that thing and it's like super speedy scrolling and so much stuff is kinda not my thing like a bunch of young anime girls?

i just keep that timeline closed but surely it must be intended for some particular use....

@MissSnarkerson boooo! I hope the sun comes back soon.

...aaand it’s Spring, finally!

I am going to unashamedly attend a performance of 3 of #Beethoven 's 16 quartet cycle this evening. It is at my workplace (UPenn) and being performed by what I understand is a very talented, well-regarded ensemble called the Daedalus Quartet.

Unashamedly because listening to classical music in a library on a University campus is an activity that is apparently anathema to many in this country. I don't care though. I need a reminder that there is beauty in art, and it's okay to like learning.

@generica heck yeah it sure is nice!

So I follow the ongoing disintegration of the Republic pretty fucking closely and yesterday was AN HISTORIC day in the uncovering of the venal corrupt evil people running our government but you know what?

i ain't even gonna dig into that here on mastodon.

just doesn't feel right.

i like it here. i like seeing all you weirdos post your weird stuffs and art and feelings and the Cheeto has no place here for me.

that is all

somehow my musings on using the term "nuking" to describe microwaving something turned into a very depressing exploration of various #nuclear detonation simulators and their potential effects on the city in which i live

so my weekend was a mixed bag.

https://www.metafilter.com/173436/What-would-happen-if-a-nuclear-bomb-went-off-in-your-backyard

#metafilter

tfw you know some people in your life that have written off social media cause of the dumpster fires that are #fb and #birdsite and you know they would like #mastodon more but you can't talk them down from the rightfully horrified reaction they have to the whole thing thanks to jack and zuck

SO let's talk about the phrase:

"A diamond in the rough"

Today I and no fewer than FIVE of my co-workers realized we have been using that incorrectly FOREVER.

i always thought it meant like, hey here's this awesome thing in a place I didn't expect to. Like, that super good Ethiopian joint in West Philly sure is a diamond in the rough.

BUT NO. That's like, not what it means at all. We all loudly stood our ground, and then google set us straight.

It was devastating.

why yes i am re-skilling into #compsci stuff @ age 34 at an ivy league and am terrified of 18 year olds why do you ask

#sendhelp

@sparcipx i fully support this motivation and in 44 days will be able to do the same /salute