Notices by Alda Vigdís (alda@topspicy.social)

I wonder if dentists ever accept appointments at half past two.

A month later and it's just "Cutting off my family to live under a bridge was the best choice I ever made. Yesterday I stole five car radios and even found a camera bag in the back seat of one car to pay for what I'd like to call 'tokens'".

The LinkedIn feed is basically just people with titles like "senior expert staff deep-learning cloud marketing consultant" going like this:

"Before forming a strong opinion about heroine, I recommend giving it an honest try and seeing whether you can get the same results people are talking about. I say that as someone who has repeatedly resisted change and now I can't even get out of bed without the thought of having one more hit."

I buy most of my clothes online. Here's what I absolutely don't want or need:

1. A low resolution video of a model wearing the specific clothing article that replaces the main image when I click it.

2. Some vector calculation nonsense that figures if something is my style or not.

Here's what I do want:

1. Models that use size 40/12 or maybe a size more

2. Close-up or macro shots of the seams or other details

3. A picture of the washing label

4. What the article looks like from the back

Some pictures from the memorial in Berlin today. Please PM for media licencing.

@skinnylatte I have one twist on this.

In some countries, only the cheapest fare is deductible, so if you want to fly on business class, you would need a separate line on your invoice (or a separate invoice) before your auditor starts asking questions.

@Infoseepage Playing D&D with you must be really interesting.

@Infoseepage To make the exercise simple, this is in a vacuum at 20°C and G is equal to 9,81 m/s^2.

@Infoseepage It's at room temperature.

@skinnylatte There's a McSpicy?

@chris I guess this is one of perks of self employment.

But honestly, separating work, play and personal stuff between devices and even rooms has become an important factor for maintaining my own mental health, just like the good-old "no laptop in bed" rule. :)

@chris I bought my Android tablet for this kind of context switching and occasional work sessions on the train, cafés and such as my ThinkPad is more of a luggable workstation than a laptop.

Over time, I have resorted to using different Firefox profiles for work and personal purposes while the tablet is used by my parter to watch movies in bed.

@mahmoodhamod991 @aral That is the main dilemma that I have had. But having worked for UNRWA in Lebanon and seeing news and obituaries about former coworkers, this is currently how I choose to donate.

Even if UNRWA is not able to bring in supplies to Gaza and has been technically expelled by Israeli authorities, I am well aware of how that money is being spent in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan.

@mahmoodhamod991 @aral I am fully aware that this sounds harsh to you but I cannot individualise to a personal level beyond how things already are or my mental health and capacity to provide for myself will slip.

I have friends who live in Ain al-Hilweh and Dahieh over in Lebanon and this is how I choose to donate.

@mahmoodhamod991 @aral I completely agree with you there and this is why I'm very sceptical about any "3rd party" projects og NGOs from the outside or with little experience in Gaza or the West Bank being able to operate.

Let alone organisations that I have never heard of calling themselves "the premier NGO operating in Palestine".

This is why I have been recommending either UNRWA or Islamic Aid for those who don't think that supporting individuals directly is the way to go.

@aral My take on this, if I may, has been that if anyone is overwhelmed by multiple Gaza Verified individuals asking for direct contributions, then donating to UNRWA or your local UNRWA committee is an acceptable alternative.

@simon_brooke @raphaellakay @aral UNRWA keeps operating within Gaza despite supplies and international staff being blocked from entering.

This is why I am extremely sceptical about any other organisations and projects being able to deliver.

Furthermore, UNRWA operates in Palestine camps and settlements in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan and maintains the genealogical information that would be super important in case of return being enabled.

@mahmoodhamod991 @HeatherMJ @simon_brooke @nusher @raphaellakay @aral This is what I fear is happening.

@dalias @futurebird As a former (specific language) Wikipedia bureaucrat who has since then attempted to contribute to things like OpenStreetMap only to have things overwritten by a bot within hours, I can tell you that this is a lot of people's first impression of the open source community.

@chris Honestly, I think titles in the software industry would be more grounded if everyone has had at least one or two jobs with a union-negotiated compensation matrix with your seniority (in years) on the x axis and your title on the y axis. :)