At the end of each week, I usually collate a lightly edited collection of recent comments I’ve made on social media, which I think of as my public scratch pad. I tag on what books I may have finished reading. Knowing I’ll revisit my social media posts, I’ve found, serves as a positive and mellowing influence on my online activity. I mostly hang out on Mastodon (at post.lurk.org/@disquiet), and I’m also trying out a few others. And I generally take weekends off social media.
▰ My go-to speech-to-text app transcribed “Disquiet Junto” as “Disquatento” and I’m like, “Do you even know me?”
▰ Dan dan noodles for lunch. Also, dumplings and a bao, but offscreen. Also, experimenting with filters.
▰ May the Force be with Bru’
▰ The appropriate way to celebrate May the 4th is to play the Mos Eisley Cantina music in 5/4
▰ Was discussing a new and still quite inexplicable piece of music gear with friends, and we were flummoxed by the contrast between its reported capabilities and its exceedingly minimal input interface. I found myself replying, “My money’s on neural chip implant or plant-based telepathy,” which is the most it’s-Friday thing I’ve said since … well, maybe last Friday. In any case, I took it as a sign to log off social media for the weekend. (Also, I think the input answer is that the screen is a touchscreen, and likely most of the scripting happens on a laptop, to be ported over.)