FailForward @FailForward@qoto.org

@hellquist Oooh. These issues are driving me nuts too. Where I live it's shared scooters. For some reason, people drive, then just stop often without even moving out of the way and leave. As a pedestrian, I'd sometimes kick these things. But then I don't 😐 .

## BABYMETAL - Monochrome - Piano ver. / THE FIRST TAKE

https://youtu.be/h-hPGRSjgms

And also the original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmeSVzP948Y


@z_428 Very sixties. To me: a "PanAm look" (https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=panam+advertisement&tbs=imgo:1)

@Ulrich_the_Elder@mastodon.social

https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/11m6isp/median_household_income_in_uscanada_and_europe/

Click on the map and zoom in, it's very readable.

[via Google images reverse search]

@onlmaps

@trinsec Does not look "handy" from him.

Spring is here, friends are coming, life is ok.

@hob #cake #cakeposting

@piggo normal for me. Though the dynamics is typically: 1) start watching with some hopes/interest; 2) do chores while watching; 3) when chores are done, switch off the thing; 4) never come back to it again because it only worked as a screensaver, but didn't fulfill those hopes/interests.

@pony On the keysmash topic, later in the evening I was helping a young member of the family with a school assignment. This word occurred there quite a bit: "Langnekslangenhalsschildpad"

But I guess the other way round people would look similarly puzzled at words like "zmrzlina", or "třistatřicet ...".

@pony just that you know, the thing there reads "corporatelawyers.nl" 😄

@pony I see. Thanks. Maybe 1) I am too old to get it right away 🙂 , and 2) am very much used to these kinds of inscriptions around.

@pony ? bottom, bedrijf?

btw, read "bedrajf" in CZ.

I am just curious about what's the joke...

@TheStrugglingScientists I am not sure who advised this (Stephen King has a lot of useful advice on writing), but what worked always for me to overcome the procrastination/writer's block/however-you-call-it was to
1. set aside a consistent time every single day - say 2 hours of time
2. lock myself in the dept.'s library (or any other separate work room would do - not your office, nor home!)
3. disconnect from the Internet and phone, food and all other distractions
4. stare at the wall and see what happens

The idea is that writing is not only "writing", it's the whole context. And you need to spend time "writing". Whether you are really typing/scribbling/etc. is irrelevant, you can as well spend that time just staring at the wall, no problem, as far as that time is allocated to your thesis. My experience is clear: after a while of staring at the wall, you get so bored that writing the thesis actually feels like relief. So a bit by bit you start really writing. And once you start, it gets easier.

And also, one shouldn't strain themselves. 2 hours a day is just fine as far as you are consistent. Don't overdo, that would lead to this feeling of being invincible, which is exactly why we tend to leave important things for the last minute (because of the "hey, I've been there and done that" attitude).

Anyway, writing a book is difficult at first. And then it gets easier...

Good luck!.

@academicalnerd It's not childish.

@pony 🤦‍♂️ good one...