artsyhonker / Kathryn @artsyhonker@sonomu.club

I forgot to add: although the scheme is run by Walkers, you can recycle crisp packets of ANY brand. But they do have to be normal crisp packets, so no Pringles tubes or packets from things like pork scratchings or pretzels.

British crisp-lovers: did you know it IS possible to recycle crisp packets even though you can't put them in the normal household recycling?

Walkers Crisps have formed a partnership with Terracycle to create a network of recycling points. Since I discovered this last summer, I've been shoving all my crisp packets in a box and taking them to my nearest recycling point when I'm going to be in the area anyway.

If you scroll down on the webpage, there's a map that lets you find your nearest point. Apparently 80% of households are within 4 miles of one.

https://walkers.co.uk/recycle

The usual caveats apply: not everybody will have a recycling point nearby, not everybody will be able to get there or the space to store dozens of crisp packets in their home, individuals cannot compensate for structural failures like the inability of kerbside recycling to take these items. So don't feel guilt if this isn't possible for you.

Gratitude lists not working for you? You're not the problem.

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/a45386/gratitude-lists-dont-work/

This essay said some things I needed to hear at a time when I really needed to hear them. I'm putting this out there in case someone else needs to hear them, too.

I'm thinking of writing a short blog post from the brief talk i gave about bias. Part of unlearning bias is to learn about talented, interesting people in the groups one is unconsciously biased against.

So I'm looking for examples of people for music tech students - this means people like Wendy Carlos, Laurie Spiegel, Pamela Z and so forth. I have a few gaps.

Can anyone suggest some fat role models? What about trans men? Middle Eastern (descent or resident) or Arab women?

Fediverse, what is the sound you make when you want to summon a cat?

If you don't see your option listed, pls reply and boost

After I submit this dissertation, I need to spend some time -- maybe a couple of years -- focusing pretty hard on turning many streams of my work into streams that bear income (or more income).

I would like to be reasonably open about this process, but I'm also a little wary of putting people off.

Should I talk about this:

honestly, given the reactions that the phrase "OK, Boomer" have been getting in the media, you'd think packs of teens have been systematically targeting elderly people for brutal street muggings or something. but, no... it's just a phrase, and a mild one at that. why is it so upsetting?

because it's not rebellious or confrontational, which are things older people are used to getting from younger people. it's straight-up *dismissive*. and it's not something we, GenX, the first-generation children of the Boomers, ever had the chance to express.

our rebellion was taken away, repackaged, and sold back to us when we were too young to know what it was for or why it could be powerful. we grew up feeling helpless and hopeless, trapped in a world where we had nothing meaningful to say and nothing useful to do because Doom was Nigh--the ozone layer, nuclear war, the Y2K bug, politicians that hated us sending us off to wars for blatant lies. Boomers got to have their Swinging 60s--we grew up under the specter of AIDS. we were isolated from each other, so we never realized that we weren't alone. and when we were finally able to get our own voice out into the popular culture, we spoke obliquely of isolation, depression, inward-turned knives.

Some songs I wrote for open chords and some for power chords. I wanna make them both sound good

Specifically: I have a Strat, please explain how the knobs and the lever affect the sound so I can make informed decisions about how to set them for each song, rather than guessing and futzing around
Context: I've played acoustic for a whiiile but I'm liking my Strat so much more

One - time only opportunity!! Dudes, line up: Somebody please teach me about my electric guitar as if I don't know how it works (I don't).