david wolfpawĀ Ā Ā ā¢Ā Ā Ā 30 Oct 2024Ā Ā Ā ā¢Ā Ā Ā Reading time: 6 minscan’t sleep waking up and being unable to determine if lack of sleep is stress caffeine work dogs naps fatigue overactive brain ormaybesomeswirlingcombinationofthemall
So I’ve been dealing with insomnia again. It’s not like it’s new to me, but it’s been a bit of a frustration. I have been trying a few methods to stay asleep, but honestly I just love my iced espressos and midday naps too much. Tradeoffs.
Stress to me generally feels like a heavy weight upon my shoulders, not nearly as comforting as a weighted blanket might be to sleep under. The worst for me is how much of it feels self-made. If I only did this differently, or if I only made that decision over the other one, things would be rolling smoothly. At least, that’s what I can convince myself to ensure that guilt is just as heavy upon me as that stress that it’s wrapped itself up around.
There’s no real thesis here. I’m rambling and venting because this feels like a reasonable place to do so. I know that these feelings are not unique, and I just want to feel a sense of community with the rest of you. I’m doing my best to manage stress, and care for myself and those around me. I want to have chats with any of yall who are posting through it as well.
On a positive note, I want to very gratefully thank Lisa, Alex, and Hexxy for being my first Patreon supporters! It still feels weird to me to have a personal one, but I’m looking forward to more regimented production of things to share too. Thank you all! 
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It’d be nicer to have federal legislation that just fully legalized being able to do what you want with the things that you own, but I guess we can celebrate the fact that some carve-outs are happening? Gimme more.
A qualitative study on marginalized communities on Mastodon, and the positives of smaller, decentralized spaces. But also the struggles that come with doing so. A full research paper has been released and will be presented next month.
But for some reason workers don’t have a first amendment right to unionize. Hmmmm…
I’ve closed two of my plugins that were on the WordPress repo. I still have a theme and two plugins up there that I am not too worried about since they are not very used. But yeah, when Matt Mullenweg is threatening to steal more plugins from their owners, no one is safe.
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Cute! And queer, as all things should be.
Honestly, there’s plenty of drama that hasn’t even been touched upon here. But still, this is a wild ride.
Social media isn’t itself killing Democracy, but it sure aint helping
Unhinged in all the right ways for an internet horror lover like myself.
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Now this’ll be in my head more than the original Bloody Mary
One of these days I’m gonna have to get one of these skeletons to dress up and make gay.
Both parts already released, and telling a story as old as time, aka listening to history repeat itself.
I wish that they talked moderation a bit, but I’m glad that the head of community at Patreon clearly seems to love community.
If you made it this far, why not share this newsletter with a friend? Or share with me some of the things that you found that you liked this week. Either way, I’m thrilled!