Notices by Anna e só (anna@friend.camp), page 15

A couple of days before we traveled back home, my spouse and I received an email from our airline encouraging us to sign up for CGH’s facial recognition pilot program. They were arguing that this would make accessing terminals “faster and safer”.

The instructions imply that glasses and other accessories would prevent it from working.

Tell me, how is it faster and safer if I’d be forced to remove my mask in the middle of a pandemic at an airport clearly operating close to or beyond capacity?

That’s not even touching privacy concerns I’m sure you are all tired of hearing about at this point.

I’d rather have my digital pass or printed ticket scanned, thank you.

Provei um monte de casacos para frio intenso ontem e todos eles têm o mesmo problema: o corte. Eu tenho um quadril largo e uma cintura fina, e não consegui encontrar um tamanho sequer que fosse confortável com as minhas proporções.

I added a comment to our hotel reservation saying that this is our honeymoon and they surprised us with… free chocolate and booze (we don’t drink, though).

@keylimepie tu te tornas eternamente responsável pelos fins que justificaram os meios

Others can talk about it in more detail, but I find it interesting when I see someone say they’d feel excluded seeing posts in languages other than English because honestly, exclusion is the default state for a lot non-English speaking countries, cultures, populations.

And I haven’t even mentioned more violent mechanisms of oppression, imperialism, and colonialism that aim to erase and extinct other languages and cultures.

A minha única esperança de tomar a quarta dose é nos Estados Unidos, pelo visto. https://g1.globo.com/saude/coronavirus/noticia/2023/01/26/ministerio-da-saude-divulga-plano-de-vacinacao-contra-covid-19-para-2023.ghtml

Os bolsonaristas presos—pessoas frequentemente antivacina—serem vacinados contra a COVID-19 é a cereja nesse bolo de desgraça.

Some weeks ago I’d be losing my mind over yesterday’s events. I’m happy to report I’m keeping my cool this time around.

I’m not going to lie, though—it is affecting me.

Eu gostaria de entender quais são as tais quatro linhas da Constituição das quais Jair Bolsonaro tanto fala.

I’m writing notes in Portuguese. I get a message from a teammate, reply in English, go back to my notes… after 10 minutes, I realize that while I’m reading slides in Portuguese, I’m still thinking and writing in English. My notes are now a bilingual mess. ?

“Yes, I want to get 2-4 advertising emails from your company every day” — Said no one ever

Caps Word is AMAZING. That's the kind of thing that makes it so worth it to build your own keyboard firmware: https://getreuer.info/posts/keyboards/caps-word/index.html

Breaking news: My brain works best with a tight routine and as many context clues I can get. I need time slots for self-care. I need reminders for drinking water. I need everything I need right in front of me or I’ll forget about it.

My Begonia maculata is recovering after a rough beginning—it wasn’t the happiest at the garden center and it lost a ton of leaves due to neglect.

@courtney brb packing my gardening supplies

Following Twitter’s situation at this point is almost like witnessing a car crash again… and again… and again… and that car is a Tesla.

Sometimes my social circles feel like a huge family party where I am That Unremarkable Cousin. I’m very happy for everyone and I’m glad I get to hang out with such a cool crowd, but it does create an internal pressure to be Good at Something.

I really appreciate that my sister and I started facilitating gift giving by asking each other, “Hey, what’s something you wanted but didn’t get because other things were more important?”