Follow me through time? https://1-1.hjalmer.com/2025/02/08/follow-me-through-time/
I learned of my genetic ties to a part of the UK where only as recently as this year did we learn was the strongest evidence in Europe of matrilineal society.
I think I may finally understand what the erasure actually is, how deep it goes, and what we have been pretending it was about.
Savor. Savor the good things. Seek them.
That feeling when I have to reset the password I just reset because somehow it didn’t stick or what I thought I typed and confirmed isn’t what I thought I typed and confirmed.
I was going to write a long post, but the gist is that I’m no longer waiting for the Journal app to appear on my iPad or Mac. Notes is the way. I’m already there.
Sommer brought home coffee infused with lavender. I was not prepared for how much I would enjoy it.
When your first few hours of PTO include communication with co-workers to coordinate support, and a vendor who means well but didn’t quite email the correct folks.
But I am sitting in my home office sipping coffee wife my wife. So I have that going for me, which is nice. Which is nice.
Not a moment too soon, I’ve got my recurring meetings re-established at work for the coming year and have made a mirror in my personal calendar. I’m not adept at organization or systems but I’m not letting that stop me.
Sometimes, when an alternative is needed, it appears:
Bookshop.org is now selling ebooks https://www.engadget.com/mobile/tablets/bookshoporg-is-now-selling-ebooks-113033975.html?src=rss
Well, after being outside this morning at -18F, walking with the dogs in windy 5F evening was almost pleasant!
How can you tell an Apple device is nearing end of support? When you have to offload apps and data to install an OS update or upgrade.
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Life is a sacred text. https://www.lifeisasacredtext.com/
The more things change, the more I am sure that POSSE is the way. When we can figure out to how make communities just as resilient, we will really have something. https://indieweb.org/POSSE
Gobsmacked. The house I grew up in was torn down and a new house was built. The sale price was more than 10 times what my parents sold for in the late 1990s.
An Open Call for Pragmatic Meliorism
"Meliorism (Latin melior, better): the idea that progress is a real concept and humans can interfere with natural processes to improve the world."
What would it look like to embrace pragmatic meliorism instead of cynicism?
Acknowledging problems while focusing on solutions
Learning from history without being imprisoned by it
Maintaining high standards while accepting incremental progress
Combining skeptical analysis with constructive action
This is harder than cynicism by orders of magnitude. It takes nuance, effort, and (critically) emotional risk. But it’s al... 1-1.hjalmer.com https://1-1.hjalmer.com/2025/01/17/an-open-call-for-pragmatic.html
My Instagram feed is about 70% David Lynch, on this the day of his passing.
Gil Scott Heron The Revolution Will Not Be Televised https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-revolution-will-not-be-televised/1253197241?i=1253197244
The disadvantage of a clever lockscreen wallpaper like this is that you must fight the urge to actually use the scroll wheel.
I have owned at least three iPods. 