I feel like I’m just beating my head against a wall sometimes. I was TRYING to pick up where I left off last night when I was told to come back in 24 hours. It didn’t keep my prompt so I was glad I had a screenshot but that somehow triggered trust & safety. Looking at it I have no idea why either.

🤔 ok cool 😎

Verified on Eurosky@eurosky.bskycheck.com · 23h ago

@hilarybaumann.com has been verified by @philosophy.eurosky.social on the mu.social app

Back shortly - sidetracked by some vital paperwork

Ok, there's a chance this could be my new recipe manager ... a little more testing and check some things but this also brings things to a place where I really am starting to want / need to self host. Not today but ...

kich.io@kich.io · 5mo ago

Today we’re releasing the first version of kich.io 🎉 It’s a household app for pantry tracking, recipe management, and grocery planning. The focus is practical: less waste, less planning overhead, and knowing what you can cook at a glance.

Ok NOW I’m very awake. Just caught a wasp crawling across me. And I do meant caught as in I threw off the blanket, took the photo, threw a small bowl that was nearby on it and then got it into a mason jar.

Holy crap I forgot the moss feed is now over 3 years old? Wait … really? July 6 2023 yup 🫠

Failed at getting the 2011 Kindle paperwhite to feel less sticky (something that happens to certain “soft touch” plastics over time) so I wrapped it in a holographic vinyl. Wish this vinyl was stretchier like some so I could have gone to the corners but I can at least touch it to jailbreak it now.

Oh look, exactly the kind of thing I was talking about with someone on a call this afternoon:

Nick Gerakines@ngerakines.me · 2d ago

“The most important skill in prompting is expertise in the domain you’re prompting for.”

i have unmuted the group chat i have not adjusted my focus settings we shall see if this prompts me to fix my focus settings 😅

Can I just say that every single time I see WP mentioned in relationship to ATP I cringe & find it painful to read further? AND I tend to stop thinking about finishing whatever I thought I was going to finish & post. Is this a form of ptsd? Back to work to make $ to maybe buy some servers.

Apparently WAY too cryptic for my future self in this instance. I have no idea what this is for but it indicates there's a task?

Is it just me or can we no longer copy the alt text off of an existing post, even our own, in the iOS app for Bluesky? (This messes with a mobile workflow for me. I sometimes post elsewhere after I post on bluesky.)

The hydroponic greens are doing well. The bok choy when planted outside end up being eaten by insects practically before it reaches this point. Bok choy, chard and lettuce in there now. I want to figure out how to grow tomatoes over winter inside or something someday.

Got some of the garage door windows coated in mirror cling window film. Would have been 1 more but the fan folded the last one. I was going to have to buy more to finish that peoject anyway. Trying to actually DO some of these projects & repairs.🤪

Weird thing I'm messing with today: for some reason the indyweb tool says that my profile here does not link back and I think it's because the https:// info gets changed by bluesky? Anyone get the h-card rel=me for atproto right? indiewebify.me/validate-rel...

Group chats need a reminder when you’ve muted them. Or I need mute for _ hours because I need to not get these exact notifications… I need to configure a better work mode on my phone don’t I?

I have not forgotten the music playlists but I’ve had other things use my energy the last couple of weeks. Gotta get back to those.

Today's random PSA: August is a good month to prep your fall/winter boots Do any cleaning, oiling / waxing / waterproofing & replacing insoles that need to happen before the next season. Good to have dry time on some bits of this. My fav leather boots are now... 18 years old?

Five AI services with the same name but different urls and I’m trying to figure out which one someone was talking about having used so I can see if it’s capable of being given a better prompt if they want to keep using it. 🤔

I'm not surprised by this to be honest but still ... they're a popular item and you might want to check your winter warming devices for a recall:

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission@cpsc.gov · 6d ago

#Recall: OCOOPA Direct Recalls 1.5 Million Rechargeable Hand Warmers; One Death Reported. The lithium-ion battery in the recalled hand warmers can overheat and ignite. Get refund. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026...

I need to connect with more people who have pre-press / print production / print design skills & experience who: a) don't loath AI b) don't need to do ALL the design work themselves c) good communication skills & can work on a team If you know anyone like this, can you point me that direction?

It’s like I ate a waffle and my brain went into slow motion after that today. I have a feeling I needed some calories to start the workout recovery from yesterday?

Freezer prepped some waffles because I wanted one (yeah I don’t know who I am anymore awake at this hour making a pile of waffles.)

Pool time and a speed run of the giant grocery store. This makes up for almost not moving at all yesterday right?

I feel like someone’s “many of us are upset” is likely “I vented and my friends agreed with my anger” which is bit like doing heavily biased market research.

Click through for a good run down of the state of some things about the web. The advertising changes in particular might be less noticeable to people who aren’t on certain sides of the equation.

Drew Curtis@drewcurtis.bsky.social · last wk.

So with regards to what I said about how Fark won't survive this year without more TF subscribers, I wrote up a longer explanation about what we're all up against. Not just Fark, all of digital media.

I think it’s coffee time … yes the power stayed on last night and I slept fine after the storms but 🥱 Coffee ☕️

Totally normal amount of lightening right?

The storm made it to Kentucky - the power has flickered already. The generator is on standby. 🤷‍♀️

Hilary Baumann 💻 🥃@hilarybaumann.com · last wk.

That Chicago storm looks like it's going to hit Indianapolis and then head towards Kentucky next y'all. I'm looking at the radar and it looks like it's still growing in size.

Its time for a cocktail - New York sour (bourbon sour with a red wine float)