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Sometimes I get into little worm holes. There was a time I was obsessively into conspiracy theories (I find myself still very susceptible to conspiracy theories and I have to force metaphorical ice water onto my limbic system to remind myself that we are too chaotic to collectively plan doomsday together), another time I was obsessively into ARGs on youtube, then another time where all I watched were tiny home tours (my era of tiny home content consumption is re-emerging after my husband started a show on amazon prime about various air bnbs) but the latest worm hole I have gotten into should be more accurately termed a rabbit hole, as in, an alice-in-wonderland rabbit hole where it's a whole other world down there. I have discovered the realm of neocities and have been browsing so many different sites, so much indie-user content, it;s honestly a little overwhelming but one thing I am realizing so far is the common theme, among all of them, of breaking away from mainstream social media with it's dangers of data harvesting and ad revenue where you are the product as well as maintaining privacy where you are not peer-pressured into giving away details about yourself simply to be relevant on the platform you are using, and instead you can just be as you are, post what you like, create your little space on the web outside the confines of the social media spaces that exist today which are designed to create hostile interactions because that generates more revenue, more data, more surveillance---------- and here I go on my conspiracy theory era again...
Jul 12, 2024
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i am sure many people do this but i love to fall down internet rabbit holes about my favorite subjects and compile information and scholarly articles and books about my silly interests. my biggest one currently is on monsters as metaphor/horror as expression and the monstrous feminine!
Jan 25, 2024
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I tend to go down various rabbit holes about many topics. I figured this would be a cutie place to save and bookmark the things I find. Enjoy <3
Jan 4, 2025
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It's hard to waste time online happily now, but you can still do it on are.na. I can both be surprised by what I see and carve out a sense of place on it. Kind of like adult, quieter Tumblr. I use it for general aggregation (clothing, images, posters, reading material) and for moodboarding creative projects.
Feb 22, 2024
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there was a perfect platform i could start writing on more frequently.
or i could just pick back up on blogger. or mailchimp. or whatever other platforms ive accumulated. not instagram tho. not instagram....
Jun 19, 2024
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because i have a child and i want him to be 10x the creative that i am
a few instagram reels have gotten me onto this tangent
- paper making. because the mail is always clogged up with useless junk that I don't like throwing away. this will be such a good alternative. i plan on using some of the dyes I have at home (unfortunately, all of my dyes are food related dyes, so I have yellow turmeric and then typical desi red-orange food dyes for biryani, and then the forever favorite, coffee!) the only thing I will have to buy is the frame for making the paper. I am thinking the best size would be a5.
- flower pressing. not planning on buying anything for that, I already have a heck ton of heavy medicine books that will suffice, but i do need flowers to start with, one of these days i would like for us to go out to some kind of u pick farm for that, i think my little spawn would like that very much.
- glass jar design. will have to buy mod-podge or whatever that is to make cute designs on jars. we have a LOT of jars, it's the only way to get the instant coffee crystals that I buy and consume daily so I have too many now and they are clogging my window sill. again, mod-podge and will have to think about what design to put on them so they all look like a matched set (although the pressed flowers would be absolutely delightful). I am thinking about using them for aesthetically storing tea bags and drink mixes.
- little plant cans, cause i buy fairly big cans of tomato puree (im trying to get my husband to plant actual tomatoes and not cherry tomatoes in the backyard so I don't have to keep buying tomato puree from the store) and putting little compost items in the bottoms (i am thinking egg shells, coffee grounds and other kitchen waste), some soil on top and then putting in green onions and harvesting as much as possible before it all becomes a compost tin for the next larger plant pot (for green onions, I cut as much as possible, chop what I get and freeze them for use whenever needed)
Jun 22, 2024
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there's a ruhafza pink shopping bag in the car, a large mixed media journal and some oil pastel gel pens i spontaneously bought from walmart last week - from a splurge shop to make myself feel better and less alone - always for those split second moments of spontaneous art, and today happened to be that day. i drew the child in the park. the child is now asleep in his crib. good night.
Jun 14, 2024