2026-05-16T02:11:58+02:00 https://nostr.ae Dr Alice Violett https://nostr.ae/npub1zvnqr4erp7ccj9tjl3cdykschcrdyt9lgy0vwa56p8fhmzx7pjhsntmygc https://files.ohai.social/accounts/avatars/109/370/867/095/640/564/original/819f6556a20b53be.png https://files.ohai.social/accounts/avatars/109/370/867/095/640/564/original/819f6556a20b53be.png https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2l675f9zjawlasfewl4nk5trahjhynltman2wcangneamrlydmhczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27msunl7 *sees event page for a &#39;sensory walk&#39; of an area of Colchester that is sometimes quite unfragrant*<br/><br/>Um. 2026-04-11T12:45:17+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsplkad60ch96sky49ggeysg73na0sc7unja7xksln6vtcnfe87exczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx272wvw6l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp94200050qtt8xsahq0at4dejkexhn6rf228ydk80rwgr005p88gh6vvqf'>nevent1q…vvqf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>😊 Wispwood okay with everyone? It&#39;s in beta, but I&#39;ve played it a few times without issue! 2026-04-08T14:39:10+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstdyesfkz7ekkrf5x5ssz3vdsl7lk7jrjd453z8mhn0dsrd44hw4szyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27hy3hpf Playing Dark Souls TCG. In Britain, we call this a letter opener 😉 #BoardGames<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/116/358/431/973/841/175/original/24b7d09b763a5886.jpg"> <br/> 2026-04-06T17:19:43+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9lelvk2n46gt0vuqdk65qaf63rgy025yg3x9w2jff00ekk8ruylqzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27jslcm5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgeatrt6t63uv4dc3k9ce8lsgd042h504hxx804kp9pu3dsm02swg60mm7f'>nevent1q…mm7f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Back then, my main motivation for going to writing workshops was that I was horribly lonely and needed whatever form of human interaction I could get.<br/><br/>Now I sign up for them in the hope I might still have some achievements to come in my life :-/ 2026-03-26T17:20:07+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgeatrt6t63uv4dc3k9ce8lsgd042h504hxx804kp9pu3dsm02swgzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27hpultp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs22z9h3fupq83878k0kncxyumxquudhyt0es7agflmkrmn689pzcqvryfqw'>nevent1q…yfqw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In 2021, they did a few writing workshops online that would have been too much of a trek for me if they&#39;d been able to run them face-to-face.<br/><br/>Tbf I&#39;m proud for even getting myself to the online ones, considering how mentally ill I was at that time. 2026-03-26T16:56:40+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs22z9h3fupq83878k0kncxyumxquudhyt0es7agflmkrmn689pzcqzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx273alj7l The Essex Book Festival is a weird one because I&#39;ll see an event I&#39;m interested in, and it&#39;ll be either just up the road from me or at the other end of the fucking county. 2026-03-26T16:37:07+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswuk9j3zwnxyw939xl8uzeqkv8fu9vngs5ruhwx8wqlmwsa9n3guczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27w6shf3 Me, my whole life: if I draw as little attention to myself as possible, nobody will have any reason to yell at or bully me.<br/>Also me, when people make me feel invisible: :pika: 2026-03-25T18:27:19+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstqlcjd0drh6z89p4nrc3aq73zswfk764exv2dtm0rgyyx8505s0qzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27jdwj72 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2p3m3hsfxmdquek990zp5u44zh86uzsewtrfh2t4vfa09cd0scmgk2s86v'>nevent1q…s86v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it&#39;s... not on the list of must-see places for visitors 😅 2026-03-20T01:02:49+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgxrxh0jeftkvmzklth94zpmqdc8vhsdytsml3d50wmf6jjejqkdgzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27h0j3a5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszw6qw5jhqh8p090z9g8jz5j5e3kqyrwflme4ja2gd79qcku2gdzce7xww0'>nevent1q…xww0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Doncaster 😨 (I say that, I&#39;m meant to be going there for a family gathering sometime in September 😅) 2026-03-19T23:02:16+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsragdlaagphev6lfekg0dy8hmhvyha6rruzk2xtm5s4x8sjykx7lszyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27mae06c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs08u37gy86ad94vav7fknn6pk22lqj8q86vxwasm386ufu095k4csuanrk8'>nevent1q…nrk8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>pahaha I don&#39;t know much about Edinburgh (but would like to visit myself it one day!) except to avoid it during August because the festival means the place is rammed full and the price of accommodation goes through the roof 😅 2026-03-19T18:16:49+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdm649th07ev6mfkvez2nj9xu3jkq7g2teq4g32d8qazdst0t65wgzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx2794czxu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2yn7rlzta2ut6zp2aq89lh4dux7lwtpplhgnr0yjryn9fjh59quqqq4fd8'>nevent1q…4fd8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>as has been said, you could easily fill the time with London alone 😁 not that I&#39;m biased, but Colchester is an hour from London on the train and has a cool modern art gallery, a really old castle museum, and a games café 😉 2026-03-19T17:49:51+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9ptjqxn5vj8pqwf3886xc30wlfw62c7840xlkjlly330jg2ykykczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27mdpskh This box has Seen Some Things #pareidolia<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/116/194/184/999/947/018/original/c40b107fef7f61b6.jpg"> <br/> 2026-03-08T16:09:22+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszl39l9vlqw59rugz0mh25k0df6gs0a6nccmqq9pvaz0p5uzcgcvczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx279udeth Nothing like office chat to remind me I can&#39;t relate to 99% of humanity. 2026-02-24T09:55:35+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdfrwh8c0delrz6a402a2t7azlrnzampvghyuhvf76gm6nqj9377gzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27dyfkcp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv9n29nr6h6hu9nfsrscxgsdhrdr7wllhr5555tz66gxnvqc4r4acm9j3eq'>nevent1q…j3eq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>absolutely 😊 2026-02-23T17:22:35+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0uk7hpjkdqwtl56577rjax6rzkqp946cm0777ynpqpkn2au64vugzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx2777jx4k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs88aexfulq0vqzqvznyvsy0fav4ccecj0n9fl7je4hr2k7cjruj8cplqx97'>nevent1q…qx97</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yup - first ones that come to mind are a local synthpop/post-punk band whose singer died way too young; the band of a guy my dad worked with whose CD I was lent to review and copy to tape when I was 12 (they were also stopped by an untimely death); and the odd MySpace artist whose song I downloaded and still have on a hard drive somewhere. 2026-02-22T11:40:36+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq2zm6ggc42ftu33dtsz0g4fuk44vdjtr8h04quaeryj0ad92fkzszyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27e8ghnd Quite aside from anything else, it&#39;s hard to see the point of AI music when there are so many real artists I want to try out or listen to more of, but there are only so many hours in a day. 2026-02-21T21:45:28+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs23990vg3tesvr38w8ss7dh6tlgevmmk6dwagyf4nca06hxytnhwqzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27836cke Accidental honesty on a webpage Dad was looking at about a holiday cottage:<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/116/091/878/953/586/573/original/781f93ad8e8c96cd.jpg"> <br/> 2026-02-18T14:32:07+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy0u3v3s0wuufal6l96m7el3pwumg0e5zx7zm59k67k7p25m93grgzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27uj6prz Creepy: scrolling through stock images of eyes.<br/>Even creepier: when you rest your mouse on one and it starts moving because it&#39;s actually stock video. 2026-02-04T10:58:54+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxdldjwwphn2vuyrpal5hlmknzkjllk2ajwzy8n2ld28qseqp6w3szyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx275e2yy3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsttra3h808l6nj3xcp74m465puszuj9tqyugdlm6zcwhj5wvu9g8cd8jxyr'>nevent1q…jxyr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that... sounds like something you&#39;d need to do to a fluffy cat after they&#39;ve been to the litter tray. 2026-01-31T16:58:00+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstupudw39gn7n6eka6j8mc2hycs3xes9306frq8suk0wnsrt70jjqzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27van9tm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8vw48ke25y58llhkh5cwxnjcp30jtld5m5vthymrru2f25tycgeskea0gu'>nevent1q…a0gu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Toby is surprisingly chill, which makes me wonder if he&#39;s going a little deaf in his old age.<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/115/977/921/789/591/471/original/f4744b8394276ef4.jpg"> <br/> 2026-01-29T11:31:00+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8vw48ke25y58llhkh5cwxnjcp30jtld5m5vthymrru2f25tycgeszyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx275q7qed In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqy8ttnxxg4s0ml97fcnv4p4mq4kycgyqwt7vk32yc7jkw2a2fjagxfzhtk'>nevent1q…zhtk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I would quite like the roofers to take a tea break, so I can get a shower without feeling Perceived. 2026-01-29T11:18:05+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqy8ttnxxg4s0ml97fcnv4p4mq4kycgyqwt7vk32yc7jkw2a2fjagzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27nhmus6 Awake before 8am on a day off because there are MEN CLONKING* outside my window.<br/><br/>*unexpected roofers on the scaffolding. 2026-01-29T08:52:22+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfvptfdupgjmtxdgx7lpe9e3vq3vvshwct2nmrge0gk08ecujy35szyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27w6xs2c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqnqd9umem7rs4dx6744yy4v6tlwvef74f5wkr7yxpz0278sg2z6ck7dunx'>nevent1q…dunx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>abandon all hope ye who enter here... have you definitely abandoned all your hope? Is there a forgotten bit left in your pocket? Something&#39;s setting the scanner off. 2026-01-28T14:34:04+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8ngj7f0ckdpa9l20q3u0vmdkmqfta3hhuverae2w035nk3j74daqzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27pduhdj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs99gsqsz9tcmxrrl83cp2h4l5vqxly3x4z5nr0xxh4xjarh4jsc9sr6dggh'>nevent1q…dggh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>can&#39;t be disappointed if I&#39;m expecting to be disappointed 👍🫠 2026-01-28T14:23:49+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx0frm3wr9lcj7m9kytmrzepuewcmwh5ryf52f26f7w7n5qyw50rczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27py57td In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswtycthhvsgax0sfn8ly6jkcxlrypxgpgqhlhu2cy4e36j8xzxgvq3nf8ha'>nevent1q…f8ha</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Pre-emptively breaking my own heart as a lifelong protective mechanism. 2026-01-28T14:09:47+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswtycthhvsgax0sfn8ly6jkcxlrypxgpgqhlhu2cy4e36j8xzxgvqzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx272xj423 Hmm, AFI are doing a festival in France. Does this mean they might deign to come to the UK? But then I&#39;d also have to hope for a) a non-festival show (or, at least, a festival in London/the south-east), and b) someone to go with. Seems like a lot to ask 😔 2026-01-28T14:00:26+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswe3p53363npe04tjx4ccaf5vv97jexuwt69xfe53uchjsu7g4ldgzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27f6k2ck Random memory: flummoxing my dad when I was five by asking &#39;why am I me?&#39; <br/><br/>What I was getting at was, how come I saw through my eyes, what was happening in my house in the evening, rather than having the POV of one of my classmates in their houses?<br/><br/>Baby&#39;s first existential crisis. 2026-01-24T01:39:57+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8e0je0mhs2acplec3uxwlnwr00y0lnly9cyswws95n9eh66qzy9qzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx2789h9fu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw90s6n86mu7nwvr8ysharmuh5j7lanmxxmqp74v27tvmcgvacwrsdxxzsp'>nevent1q…xzsp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>fed up of manspreaders getting all up in her personal space, she decided two could play at that game. 2026-01-23T09:15:10+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstu45xrphc2j9csq3zzxzjhu66ztf6z4acldcx6v2e5h0w5s5ywtczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27gpxgd2 Meta lost $77bn on VR? I guess it just didn&#39;t have legs. 2026-01-18T22:31:35+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyrrgnlscuc97l0at6qys3jncvl2d3xz4fv6sc5c7fhr8d23emh8gzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27z6r4ay In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspajwfkfl0lujc5um5f8j79f0e3pf4k78m5e66n7ga545d2xj0rqg8fqrsn'>nevent1q…qrsn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it also serves as a handy &#39;administer chin rubs here&#39; mark 😁 2026-01-16T01:49:07+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgm4w4edyajp069d5376yqdccyhm6ts8xwxkr3tc22a50u8lq9maszyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27zteyvz Magnificat. #CatsOfMastodon #catstodon<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/115/899/286/067/308/147/original/2cb889184679a98f.jpg"> <br/> 2026-01-15T14:12:39+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst4rh366df55wyf3njdp9cmkvamxacf0phzqzyn0fwj2ypamsnrpczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27qzxv3d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvprkxzwx229z487nwcrg2n8mj98mak7apykxacn6s37xmhydr3yg4ngxzq'>nevent1q…gxzq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>reminded of the post that was going around where someone&#39;s cat alerted them to an outage because their internet-connected feeder didn&#39;t go off 😁 2026-01-05T21:12:53+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw3rdflhx2k8efzc0mrt2xllg7r8ssx72w5t4u2yems8p4c6qzxeczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx275vcd93 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrewwusvwk7mwpzdasjma6lqtg4a7wwullz8r20lgreu2cld7mzrgp7mwj0'>nevent1q…mwj0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I swear they laced that box with catnip. Toby used it as a bed for WEEKS.<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/115/821/623/418/756/677/original/bc527521c70a2d24.jpg"> <br/> 2026-01-01T21:02:27+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2dhfeguqpzd5cxfdzl3acygwytljcmh2u5rlh7fay0a87skdelhszyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27nc42us Same. #CatsOfMastodon #catstodon<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/115/741/920/019/162/215/original/6f60f5b449bf60a2.jpg"> <br/> 2025-12-18T19:12:44+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf72c6q25n0wcyetdwzttyr5ejmmvnvfg5pfj3ej9njc2eqkwd46qzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27me50xu &#39;Do you want to make this file a Trusted Document?&#39;<br/><br/>This document I created and worked on myself, and saved into my OneDrive, that only I have access to? Nah, don&#39;t trust it, mate. 2025-12-15T15:38:33+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszqp9tcdj6mdgeyca9xm7ct279vdjdmxjq3v36hs98wkxntd5z6jqzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27rpalvn Sent off some tokens from cereal boxes and now I&#39;ve got a peace prize on the way 😌 2025-12-06T18:06:17+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8ndn726ct6lverajt2a7t74cz37j24vqnk240eg9cdrlfct6vvwszyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27vm2et9 Dad: there&#39;s a film on at 8 o&#39;clock.<br/>Mum: what&#39;s that?<br/>Dad: it&#39;s kind of like a long programme.<br/><br/>In case anyone was wondering where I get it from. 2025-12-05T20:24:36+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw7uashhnrak53erlf229um2s57uq7mvczncejz484usmwrdyxayczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27fzh4e5 Me: my social battery is depleted, I&#39;m gonna go home and get into my bed.<br/>Toby: the fuck you are.<br/><br/>#catstodon #CatsOfMastodon<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/115/663/744/566/651/931/original/e2b40cf8dae2a797.jpg"> <br/> 2025-12-04T23:51:50+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqwwyuw8geel3ksp4k63zksrnp2w0hzl9ss27sdzmtr00cw69swuczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27rftjme Back to the Fresh Hell Machine this morning nooooooooooo. 2025-12-01T09:12:38+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf5uk0zlals2scqs7u9ztaznpux59ej5rw9qlvex3scekegtjh7kszyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27wge3hs I put my presents down for A MINUTE #BoardGames #catstodon #CatsOfMastodon<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/115/640/152/424/529/263/original/3638368b9fa42fa4.jpg"> <br/> 2025-11-30T19:52:20+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswaduqtq5753yn3ecr7efefqw8cdkgnlqe8d3httkll6eatdkaqygzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27k3shmh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvu6na7hllgptcl0h257z9888jrhjcyarhjcsezzjj9t3gguzpsuc8z88ye'>nevent1q…88ye</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>5/4 (sorry) more recently, in secondary education at least, there&#39;s been a shift from coursework to exams to avoid cheating (plagiarism, AI).<br/><br/>As I mention above, for my first two years of uni, I got respectable marks in exams by stuffing my head with information, but my coursework marks were consistently better because I had the time and headspace to think creatively and read widely, whereas the exam room was like &#39;panic panic panic, limited time to show I&#39;ve been listening all year!!!&#39; 2025-11-23T11:38:55+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvu6na7hllgptcl0h257z9888jrhjcyarhjcsezzjj9t3gguzpsuczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27wa2swz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsplep4yw0t99eyehf3zg7gmqjc8vffufn36dtuf28qxsmputf9x0c0pv6we'>nevent1q…v6we</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m as anti-AI as anyone else here. But cases like this crack wide open the &#39;assume students know what you&#39;re asking of them from the off&#39;*, &#39;make or break&#39; culture that&#39;s evolved in education over the past however many years. 4/4<br/><br/>*I was in my final year of undergraduate before I stopped learning stuff by rote, changed revision tactics to reading additional material rather than going over and over stuff I&#39;d already learned in order to parrot it, and actually thought creatively in an exam. 2025-11-23T11:27:52+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsplep4yw0t99eyehf3zg7gmqjc8vffufn36dtuf28qxsmputf9x0czyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27cs4f0a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx5xzufhdt8768s3vp5c77rfjzx2d87pz265wsuclmz5f99p9n9uglaqnkg'>nevent1q…qnkg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The fear you haven&#39;t gained knowledge everyone else has (did the students who referred to Marx assume he had come up in class but gone over their heads?)? The feeling that everyone else is really passionate about the subject and knows a) what critical thinking is, and b) what it involves?<br/><br/>Do some of them have less time to work on essays due to work/caring commitments/other things going on in their personal lives? 3/? 2025-11-23T11:20:46+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx5xzufhdt8768s3vp5c77rfjzx2d87pz265wsuclmz5f99p9n9ugzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx2799h5uv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw7ely3f3wae7zlxy3ztfml0h9m5wh4e4fyaned52xm9lmwc6nhfsk7wxah'>nevent1q…wxah</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Buuuuut he might have delved deeper into their reasons for using it. He gets that they&#39;re afraid to fail, but has he forgotten/never known the adolescent fear that doing badly on one essay -&gt; failing your whole course -&gt; not getting a good job -&gt; your whole life being ruined forever? Failing feels like the end of the world rather than a learning opportunity in that headspace. 2/? 2025-11-23T11:19:37+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw7ely3f3wae7zlxy3ztfml0h9m5wh4e4fyaned52xm9lmwc6nhfszyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx278pswne The Huffpost AI Trojan horse history lecturer... I&#39;m in two minds. Like, I agree with him that university is about learning to think critically, and that young people are being told AI is the future, so why wouldn&#39;t they assume they can use it for assignments. Heck, I have a history doctorate and the thing about my thesis I&#39;m proudest of is the amount of thought I put in. I really struggled with teaching disengaged first-years on a compulsory survey course. 1/? 2025-11-23T11:19:14+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszsskh965cvmmxsxxdwcnfacf3d2zaqadzn0muzf7lqlxw6c5e0fszyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27d4vjk2 The Offal Fest poster crossed my stream *squints* it&#39;s like a magic eye image. I&#39;m pretty sure that logo on the bottom right is just some TV static cropped into a funky shape 😅 I bet my metalhead friends can recognise all of them!<br/><br/>Bit disappointed they didn&#39;t put &#39;TBC&#39; in a metal font tbh.<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/115/588/490/038/967/997/original/52a4cf68f0105a56.jpg"> <br/> 2025-11-21T16:57:36+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgpydsrvd8ga46pjxv6u76uwuckxv30hvvxwlj9ta4zxjpy9wzfagzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx277a58f0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdxw9gtmyhguwxks48ke5cp4seqdgp38kuhv9f7d5f3w4xmvgp42c8x4545'>nevent1q…4545</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah, I&#39;ve said to them I&#39;m happy to pay shipping again. Just have to wait for them to get back to me :blobcatohno: 2025-11-19T19:51:59+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxv4cautt9k3n85k7u5pv3pk6zvp3yxwauudaqfueyqepa8vd3n5qzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27s7dkup Gah, I ordered a once-it&#39;s-gone-it&#39;s-gone t-shirt I really wanted and somehow put my address in as just [road name] instead of [house number, road name], so it got returned to sender.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve emailed them and really hope they can resend it, to my actual address this time 😭 all these years of buying things online and this is the first time I&#39;ve fucked up like this. 2025-11-19T19:42:44+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrt5w6pee8pnkw2erg29va9agu66679dvf3sgg0lv6l4p50s02nqqzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx277ua5m8 Feeling personally attacked that it&#39;s only Wednesday tbh. 2025-11-12T08:25:13+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgdr4gxgz93hsmfct5g8ccwmyspxlwd8g94zwg02zfapk7um5d9vgzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27rrlkxu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsye2sapyzjm98eeg5kqcyexjfuehwy478hxvem7rsqvlrghfm3hsqkk2xx2'>nevent1q…2xx2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/115/491/187/307/379/198/original/e13325f9485c93f6.jpg"> <br/> 2025-11-04T12:29:44+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs98rg9nwpk8de5tkza2s8fhgpgp3m3cx9t55fw8lkzgh2aa0u5nhqzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx272v7wfl #caturday #CatsOfMastodon #catstodon<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/115/473/778/698/883/017/original/9898eea1a03e4415.jpg"> <br/> 2025-11-01T10:40:39+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspus5cav6nr3wqjufqeqfhzd7gt09y29ld80s6vy842d4jg4ryqlgzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx272qs7j5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfxujte5n2jfaxl70xw6rnrhx9mkflww972jehhfncjk0nsnefgesp9muc0'>nevent1q…muc0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ahaha, between home, my bag (I&#39;m usually carrying Sea Salt &amp; Paper 😅) and my boyfriend&#39;s place, I have a pleasing collection! (This makes it look like I don&#39;t play them, but I just can&#39;t be bothered to log plays, just keep track of what I have!)<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/115/469/834/888/875/467/original/5581d4f21284dc4c.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/115/469/841/135/679/550/original/d043cf646ef2eb3e.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/115/469/848/296/027/685/original/9d7df5191595667b.jpg"> <br/> 2025-10-31T18:03:36+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs23ut72efg7j035r5mlnrpcnah8djysqnsx8smst8nst5z2fn4pzqzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx275jspq5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsryga84pdufanj3j5le8qmula83jy4eez8ys44xend9zs3hssx35c52qha3'>nevent1q…qha3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it&#39;s my mum, so she thinks it&#39;s her god-given right to criticise/just be outright hurtful to me 🫠 2025-10-31T17:44:12+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf9u47pzqz6lqrpahctx76w9sueqeeckx9gqdzz87rnpgh727yuxgzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27uec949 &#39;You must spend quite a lot on games, I hope you play them.&#39;<br/><br/>You must spend quite a lot on ornaments, I hope you look at them 🤨<br/><br/>(This shit is why I have to keep fighting the internalised need to &#39;justify&#39; every nice thing I buy, even now I&#39;m an adult with my own money to spend on things that bring me joy.) 2025-10-31T17:36:21+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszq9u4c6p7qpajfsnxwjg5jaqy7whuk2dpm0jv34mrkz4h8akz49szyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27mh2uhl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgmar2ufuq8mn7ucaa43cxmcjhj5eylaqn5fx97a7lfsa2vn70jaqp59uuc'>nevent1q…9uuc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Monday: writing group<br/>Tuesday: see a Fringe play<br/>Wednesday-Friday: work<br/>Thursday evening: see a Fringe play<br/>Friday evening: board games<br/>Saturday: goth market<br/>Sunday: probably more board games 😁 2025-10-26T14:02:26+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8uc9ljwxqurw84kxj96w6p89anz04qn476qg2246w2uyf0s2ynlgzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27uqqjkc Something something sleeping on the sofa because the bed is offline something something 2025-10-22T01:19:52+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8pxt7637p3amscfp0y9wgsju8wxnypxhjqnl5ruug4y8shz5g49szyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27h7j2dk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswyzlh2uunh9fx82v57y03jar5ewydpcl563sju26tspng03mp3rqjrzdwc'>nevent1q…zdwc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><a href="https://gamefound.com/en/projects/unstable-games/mystic-moon">https://gamefound.com/en/projects/unstable-games/mystic-moon</a> :blobcataww: 2025-10-20T19:49:20+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2kqv0s8f8ds3f8f27fw3exyjc0klrqhwzq36une7v743phhxvelqzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27ahnjgs Must... resist... Kickstarter... game... the postage cost almost as much as the game last time! 2025-10-20T19:46:22+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdrgfca8wfzsy0h9x6zzmfxv6ezwcmz6n34thkmjarjltn407ngdszyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27e3h53u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz773g08kr3fn6hqx90q8y3t3rheyflmrapgh543jll3q5et09hccf43952'>nevent1q…3952</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And thanks to everyone who&#39;s wished me happy birthday since this morning too 😁 now heading home to my book after dinner and pub. 2025-10-16T22:41:02+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz773g08kr3fn6hqx90q8y3t3rheyflmrapgh543jll3q5et09hcczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx276qzsqn Went for a shower and came back to too many mentions to reply to! Thanks everyone :blobcataww: 2025-10-16T10:10:20+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxlq98qmcj7ecfhfnya9dx9yrwrfc50llf2kdddk2lxhydmucam8qzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27cewp9s So, this is 37. 2025-10-16T09:07:05+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv7ujxucnesqds08pqx79pkqgfrg72460ww5v835ykv6ey5s0680qzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27f3fjja In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg7v8c0sv0wsxpyfkspx0qx2u5sah95vz2eus8affxtmwth428v8quay92g'>nevent1q…y92g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>hmmm Forest Shuffle: Dartmoor? 2025-10-15T22:20:43+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs86cyy4j2ymvk3cwwdck7k8cd5jdxr7t5w06caq2hznp5njydrqdqzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27q25cwj The timeline aligned [@Erased_Citizen](<a href="https://cupoftea.social/@Erased_Citizen">https://cupoftea.social/@Erased_Citizen</a> ) <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1eh4cjj07k5cuc3eslp5ehff7qtx2s2pf8h6ehwnyq87mj0apx24sl53h5l" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>famous bog body</span> (<span class="italic">npub1eh4…3h5l</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1xprwer8mh5qaj5xcaawl4759sn5z5mlhufjssqal5yfghfqf2xdqdawfz0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>S.T.E.F.A.N.</span> (<span class="italic">npub1xpr…wfz0</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/115/365/872/110/585/162/original/28fb19ce6f0f4def.jpg"> <br/> 2025-10-13T10:20:35+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrg7ytd7wus73ynaccj72k2n5dr6x76d787v3m2wzav43cxd5df9gzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27a2y08y Putting the &#39;ache&#39; into &#39;awake&#39;. Or something. 2025-10-13T09:10:17+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8gaxeyhuyeh4fst39nmkaxdfdafx05e0nvhf509a5h0jt48gn39czyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27z4ngwf What doesn&#39;t kill you gives you a ton more helpful knowledge of yourself and psychology, but you refuse to be glad of the experience, because fuck that it was awful. 2025-10-11T14:05:28+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2562w7k6fl4mjctzcct5ar9c2yffldyjqelc8ywdzl39pg4ckypszyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx276754t4 For #caturday, a really nice photo my dad took of Toby the other day. #CatsOfMastodon #catstodon<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/115/354/729/010/292/715/original/86528ebe291b2982.jpg"> <br/> 2025-10-11T11:05:58+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyg2uwtz49p6kj2zq337e7u7zghkjay0suv8udj70d6a3gr2en7cczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27k9ckxp Pretty sure I just used the word &#39;rhombus&#39; for the first time in my adult life, trying to write alt text for an abstract image at work 🫤 2025-10-06T12:24:44+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgafwrys3xxxsa3ha9zd46ek7y9g3tht466d575kl7yft75yk60pczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27ds3r0p By Liz Climo.<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/115/250/722/280/207/651/original/65dd6f31ce1420d5.jpg"> <br/> 2025-09-23T02:16:39+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd26yr33kffr85qpm3d4p58tc69rqsm4egc3wmv2trylzwn4p2t0czyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx272zcf3g Not sure about the new BGA logo, it&#39;s giving &#39;club night for university students in 2008&#39; #BoardGames 2025-09-17T17:29:00+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8nz24q3u92mu0r4efl5x9cyh039f034ec83mdt4tja2mmt5u9sxszyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27t4330k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0qclxkfls83gqtc9zpvhl7glx8xsg6tz0682qh70kc0n0m0g62eqx6aysg'>nevent1q…aysg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>not really, exactly the same mechanics, but different sub/species, and new habitats (moors) and effects 😊 2025-09-13T00:45:05+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0zn99smm640nna0jplfwhqq0pdueggtz96wuxcyrmvufav3r49rczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx276xel4n Played Forest Shuffle Dartmoor on BGA for the first time and it&#39;s so pretty, I neeeed to own it when it comes out IRL :blobcataww: #BoardGames 2025-09-13T00:10:25+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswtx29q2c2v9x6kgl0jtxhppk9sutdmtcf9kswldjm2jdeg8s775czyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27ce4mcm My fiction is in the new issue of The Kleksograph :blobcatdance:<br/><br/>You can give my Gothic short story, Two Dreams, a read here (with apologies for PDF accessibility shortcomings!): <a href="https://www.kleksograph.be/">https://www.kleksograph.be/</a> #ShortStories #ShortStory #Gothic #WritersOfMastodon<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/115/145/348/229/867/814/original/04e93e18a7449506.jpg"> <br/> 2025-09-04T11:37:31+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvynpwcekexzc82njn985hzpmheajrcer8dnkjxdtkv9mj272ngdszyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27ym6l4j Had a totally free day at home and lost most of it napping due to an unshiftable headache. Grrrrr. 2025-08-30T19:58:15+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvrtvnt04e45dpk9lhm92r9xld3lcq3wwwmz3sk4v94n88mcnj2uszyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27xf6c8m #SilentSunday #ITookThisYesterdayButShh<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/115/082/427/479/545/537/original/e723d12a92b79726.jpg"> <br/> 2025-08-24T08:55:52+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxzlylt8c34qgkplkh5w343pkf6wj6q9tv88v60rccdr8ymtl87zczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27gtn342 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfwu90afzatjxhcajrrxg5yx3y0e2730mp9a3n4jh2fzhtwuw787q2tez0e'>nevent1q…ez0e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I played my friend&#39;s copy and :blobcataww: <a href="https://ohai.social/@alicemcalicepants/114994967143821054">https://ohai.social/@alicemcalicepants/114994967143821054</a> 2025-08-19T17:44:43+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg9rnzenxe78usvxdawvyck0l50t9knz068nkf7hnyqcl5k4uqk0szyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx2793xmmz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs222fwqlvstkn57cnr4hz07lxckmnyyv9mhgsuu68wfc6dfanvvxcjzrlgm'>nevent1q…rlgm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Harmonies, but you already know that one 😁 uhh Parks, A Place For All My Books, and Flamecraft are all pretty and/or cute!<br/><br/>(I&#39;m also going to a con on Saturday - RIP my bank account 😅) 2025-08-18T21:16:55+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyrctu3s0k9qjzc3ysxe4uh9tu7rgxeuaghutthr6hqah66scpuwszyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx278nrs59 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyvlrhef8f3hj6e98dwp6usq32q5c49yxd63k8g4kc3naxtt3gg9qxulz4l'>nevent1q…lz4l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>hope you&#39;re feeling better now xx 2025-08-06T19:37:33+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8w2v700gqtzjhs3354pszpqvkqwa0czhtg7qqx66qkj9pm5y9ewszyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27995y8w Really interesting, although I wish they&#39;d come up with a word other than &#39;knob&#39; to describe the differences between the jellyfish, because I am 12 😅<br/><br/>Scientists Found a Mysterious Barrier in The Ocean That Jellyfish Won&#39;t Cross<br/><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-found-a-mysterious-barrier-in-the-ocean-that-jellyfish-wont-cross">https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-found-a-mysterious-barrier-in-the-ocean-that-jellyfish-wont-cross</a> 2025-08-03T11:04:56+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp5epfz0y3sl46gc0rtxnmac9hskd3j3vawcsnynrhdysn90r7c5szyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27nh34ck It&#39;s a meeting I voluntarily signed up for because I wanted to have a say, but still...<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/114/952/518/733/716/439/original/9b824f7b40bdffd7.jpg"> <br/> 2025-08-01T10:18:05+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszrml2m3gwxzxvt6uhjxcxuyvqktdz8fepnp95rmatgd44yw5v0egzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27gl9erh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg0ya8lg4xjeqcdwk3m0v5xwf7wtm75eucvl5ar6aypt67sn6chfqgjk0gd'>nevent1q…k0gd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ahaha that&#39;s the one album I do know, ripped my friend&#39;s copy in 2006 😁 2025-07-31T16:06:42+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw0lqtkd2n9h9cgqwgvz8jqs85q9lrpv83pfmfuaqknn5fu06r7kczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27k6lyhg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgvktezjf6xnruthqc3l20qalj38kk4fhwv3wsj2jul0cl3v98h5gjq8t7u'>nevent1q…8t7u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>hehe thanks 🤓 2025-07-31T16:00:43+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9tgz0a3qtu7ng7pp50pst7rjpcwuwpefuq26dgasn5tkg830lm8szyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27yftumj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf9q0wl69455j4h4d4uq8k5yp89rxs7zcqj3vdgf2fh02g0n9m8qqmcsj2n'>nevent1q…sj2n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>nothing worse than being like 😶 while the crowd around you goes wild for a really famous song!<br/><br/>PS I posted that story on my website: <a href="https://www.draliceviolett.com/an-unscheduled-stop/">https://www.draliceviolett.com/an-unscheduled-stop/</a> 2025-07-31T15:35:02+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvyn9kceu80n8f9jajrzpek6faftp57wlegp44p32j5egp63pc4pszyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27qz7962 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgj6r028kzw65f949f96qunnm98m9hf0uw9jul4yqzvvczgynwkhcefks50'>nevent1q…ks50</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Cramming by listening to Apple Music&#39;s Smashing Pumpkins Essentials playlist rather than sitting through a bunch of albums of variable quality. 2025-07-31T15:22:01+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8y6g70ved9rx39fx6ek5hl4r3pj37el7jtupag3xlszcdq35fnlgzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27c95hkx Is &#39;first experience of pizza&#39; a particular &#34;thing&#34; for boomers/silent generation-ers? My grandparents always referred to how my aunt was the first person in our family to have pizza, like it was a landmark in family lore. They didn&#39;t even like it that much when they tried it themselves. 2025-07-23T14:26:49+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs83qqwef92n59djdhnqeg900hukpwrqz4snh6unenxxxyz066u3xqzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27yd6fal Thousands of years from now... humans have long since left a depleted Earth, and much of what we know about it is forgotten or confused.<br/><br/>But the arts are thriving, and two drama graduates find something unexpected when they make a pit stop to find parts to fix their tea machine...<br/><br/>An Unscheduled Stop: a short story inspired by Orford Ness<br/><a href="https://www.draliceviolett.com/an-unscheduled-stop/">https://www.draliceviolett.com/an-unscheduled-stop/</a><br/><br/>#ShortStory #WritersOfMastodon #SciFi #Hopepunk<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/114/890/213/867/511/134/original/664843f474db5882.jpg"> <br/> 2025-07-21T10:13:11+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9pz0rtua427wfuzzf3l7xa4uw5avj9nxkz4ntlset4n0l6n4nnjczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27k02c6g Might put the short hopepunk sci-fi story I wrote on my website next week. 2025-07-19T21:29:50+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqc52vsa76m5z3yz2tfacjn7eg72nky27ds98mpdam78jdvg782pczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27047hk5 Mum giving me a running commentary of disinfecting Dad&#39;s hankies in a bucket, just in case I decide to take up with a man who&#39;s, like, 100 years old. 2025-07-17T20:15:56+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf5qu6zp20z76jzxerz0ghzd2g42yxsa9t6mp4j0p6dpqc44rtr3gzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27hmhh2k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfu6tg5kl5hhzclh5wvm94c5u4keafwr606jr45cmmukf7x05e56cyu6xk2'>nevent1q…6xk2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ll certainly give it a try sometime in the next month 😃 2025-07-14T15:18:27+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgj6r028kzw65f949f96qunnm98m9hf0uw9jul4yqzvvczgynwkhczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx272s9nne Seeing Smashing Pumpkins, Skunk Anansie and White Lies a month today. Should probably familiarise myself with non-Mellon Collie SP, and White Lies in general. You can tell who we particularly got the tickets to see 😆 2025-07-14T14:49:26+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsddgzxe0424yn4g7rvf4lsk5gk9e4c3tyksh8xfku9d7nw0nt2e2qzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx272d8s04 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxhlclvz56pkg8vvdhugw34aqkl6n5w3dnydf36h7yrd690mm4mys587zs5'>nevent1q…7zs5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it&#39;s not bad by any means, just wasn&#39;t love at first listen 😊 2025-07-11T15:51:28+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyfq45f9pppu5vmzanmmhx2lf6kerer7d4ev3cpv2lkpkkv8ral7qzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx275dtsjs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy7zsgzt2cv7v9z3pc7u5tajeqkgw6nd744t9awmdu9hfk254lfpq27hpjm'>nevent1q…hpjm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hmm. New Wet Leg album is fine, only felt compelled to heart a couple of songs on first listen, though.<br/><br/>Split Chain has grabbed me more already, and I&#39;m only on track 2. 2025-07-11T10:56:56+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy7zsgzt2cv7v9z3pc7u5tajeqkgw6nd744t9awmdu9hfk254lfpqzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx275hcjum In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9jmzl06xl0xlt39y229dcx3ndf9jl0d5z5wnr2v5a90g63pmfv4q6dlugl'>nevent1q…lugl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The new Wolf Alice song is vair good, the new Halestorm song is better than the previous one.<br/><br/>Split Chain and Wet Leg can wait until the morning because it&#39;s time to change my bedsheet (with Toby Cat&#39;s &#39;help&#39;) and go to bed. 2025-07-11T01:34:46+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9jmzl06xl0xlt39y229dcx3ndf9jl0d5z5wnr2v5a90g63pmfv4qzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27f3h5c5 When you&#39;re up past midnight on a Thursday night and Apple Music is like &#39;a new album just arrived! A new album just arrived! A new song just arrived! A new song just arrived!&#39; :blobcatgamer: (in the absence of the listening-to-music blobcat) 2025-07-11T01:27:45+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswe4pesg7uawnukyaz2twdaykryesgdqx6gq0h07n7r66p2gcexcqzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27gkhx2h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx6z4373c28g9u52c3r0nnws4sfc3mra9jcmk0eufek07dt88axwqxymvms'>nevent1q…mvms</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>thanks, the win was a surprise to me as I didn&#39;t do so well on goals 😅 2025-07-07T17:57:49+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs06cq36n60rzkv2lnhpk7xth2f9n3ud3u4q43zlh7q0p7zsxgcspqzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27sqwejn How dare it be Monday, I wasn&#39;t done with the weekend yet. 2025-07-07T09:03:01+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszvqfjamkkhqrhnn0q9kg2xtfzscvrsrmkl84kunjq7tvmp57edqczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27ud35rx #SilentSunday<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/114/808/072/842/595/116/original/b9c8a5e95af4897c.jpg"> <br/> 2025-07-06T22:02:47+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz7gz6a7kwf6z2tpzxvaksw9tgvpzhmcgwh99et5m7ucmxth579mszyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27yutkvv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp43tu7szxexxcm4vxl6q65l5g7ud8vy9qc0tjwxtn2v9a4032wcgn2ftsq'>nevent1q…ftsq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ooh, good question!<br/><br/>Becky Chambers - A Closed and Common Orbit (I&#39;ve read all but two of her books this year and they&#39;re all great, but this was the best)<br/><br/>Alix E. Harrow - The Ten Thousand Doors of January<br/><br/>Sue Dawes - The Mune<br/><br/>Miki Berenyi - Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success<br/><br/>Natasha Pulley - The Hymn to Dionysus 2025-07-03T21:57:48+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspu9ereevnpsag6g20ukgmat0s7f6qjm8svpcr9pwhffjmumg7ksgzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27fsulwp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr66qe6gz8eyl73h2vrhg666r45htpfwzeke78v4rlkqu6ylmuzwcnetmsa'>nevent1q…tmsa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>hahaha I had no idea it wasn&#39;t universal 😅 basically a way of raising money for charity by getting people to sponsor you to not speak for a set amount of time, usually a day. 2025-06-28T00:40:45+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2uzexx52fntdqy2nrm2vkfmlfpq0q5zp2tsa29nj99r7c838ry9szyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27fkdgqm A conversation about sponsored silences reminded me of the time in year 7 when my friend was doing one and I was her &#39;helper&#39;. During geography, she wrote me an irate note along the lines of &#39;you&#39;re supposed to put your hand up when the teacher asks a question&#39;. There&#39;s a reason nobody has ever suggested I do a sponsored silence 😅 2025-06-27T22:32:46+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqy75pdenh26hvfvck7hspuxkc4vr0p76fa0q254xrkpq70ntnwlczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27tz9srr #JukeboxFridayNight #BodyParts going with my initial thought, but with a twist 😅<br/><br/>Alanis Morissette - My Humps<br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJg4rwDkkBA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJg4rwDkkBA</a> 2025-06-27T08:40:24+02:00