SRHuston Dot Net

Dangit, I really want to go sit outside by the fire pit with some number of the children (whomever wants to join)… but the NWS alert from this morning is reminding me that fire danger is high, and while I may have a hose near me and know how to properly put things out at the end of the night, I don’t want to be the next one shown as arrested after a multi-kiloacre wildfire. Even though that wouldn’t happen here. Meh.

Getting late. Not tired. Hand isn’t aching but I’m not pushing it. Oh yeah, the left started feeling “left” out and now it’s hurting worse than the right. Yay. Laundry just went in, everyone else is in bed or close to it. Guess I’ll sit here with some crosswords, music, and incense and wait until my shirts are dry.

Hands have been needing a rest from typing, so I haven’t been. Plus I’ve been playing Assassin’s Creed Shadows since it came out. But reading a couple things today has me thinking, I really should generate new GPG keys since the ones I have are many years old and probably out of date in terms of security practices (even though I trust none of them have been compromised).

First, I’m trying the “Aside” format on here. I’m not sure what that means or how it’ll look, but.. well there it is. There’s also the “Status” format, which I assume is also good for a quick thing, maybe I’ll try that sometime soon too. Anyway, my thought: some time ago, I walked away from a community where it felt like suddenly a bunch of people jumped down my throat without showing that compassion they supposedly say people lack. Then someone, who hadn’t ever posted anything in that group since they joined months before, decided this was their opportunity to make their first ever post, and basically call me a petulant child. It took a lot of restraint when I saw that not to call them out for breaking Wheaton’s Law and telling them to eat a Bag ‘o Dicks. Around the same time, I stopped coming onto Facebook nearly as often as I used to, and tried to call on the meditation practices I started with and whenever I reached for a FB tab, instead think about what it is I’m trying to accomplish and if this is the right way to do it. And ya know what? I still see the same things from people when I do check in a couple times a day, and I feel like I have more time during the day since I’m not spending it going to various social media platforms just to see “what’s new I can consume?” I still need to find better channels for some things, but … this feels like an upgrade.