Notices by Sini Tuulia (sinituulia@eldritch.cafe), page 2

@chicob I am all with you for the "recyclable" but do have to kind of question the convenience - how can it possibly be more convenient to unlock a car, get into it, drive it somewhere, interact with a human, drive away, park and lock the car again... Instead of just making a singular cup of coffee? 😅 If it's that difficult, there's also all kinds of ready made beverages you could have in the fridge and either drink cold or heat up!

@chicob "Small steps of convenience add up to complete nonsense." ✨
I feel like that describes most of the current tech industry!

And it was a comment on a post about Starbucks being terrible, their CEO being terrible, and them doing terrible union busting! And this... This is what someone chose to write as a JUSTIFICATION to get Starbucks even though they thought they probably shouldn't?

I am... Collapsing into a black hole. Just. Fuck.

@Ailbhe @renwillis They *could* be composted or recycled, but are not, because it would be expensive and fiddly and require much more work, and there's much more precious and time sensitive things to compost and recycle. It's just a marketing gimmick.

And I'd prefer they'd make some kind of basic cup of coffee at home, with some sweetener and blanching if they so please... And then pick up the fancy thing on their way to wherever they're actually going, instead of driving back and forth while half awake!

I have just read this sentence: "Usually I pick up Starbucks for my morning coffee because it's closer than my local coffee shop and I don't have to put on real clothes to drive through it..."

And I'm just. Staring into the distance in European. You DRIVE to get COFFEE before putting on your CLOTHES? You can't be bothered to put on clothes because you haven't had your morning coffee but you will DRIVE to a fully another location that isn't YOUR FUCKING HOUSE to get it??? You will operate. The machinery! On the roads, that you share with other people! To drive to a location?? When you could just make it at home??

I try not to judge but, dear reader, I am fucking judging 😶

@Jain The crops are mostly love and small crimes

Everything is terrible. Might I invite you to look at some cats in flower pots?
I used to grow chillies and the boys very much enjoyed them, especially for napping and havoc purposes.

#Cats

And here's a little image grid of The Boy, Karvinen, also. He did enjoy the plant pots quite a bit, though regrettably also for chewing purposes.

#Cats

Rest your gaze upon some double decker naps!

#Cats

Of further and important note is that you should complain an equal amount to how much you let other people complain. If someone hogs the complaining, that's rude. You're also supposed to briefly commiserate. And once all the complaints are out and aired, you set them aside and talk about other, possibly positive things.

I do also have a bunch of laundry tips and opinions in me, but unsure if there's an audience for that. 😂

More granular data:
There are some garment making processes that can be automated most or all the way through, like knitwear and socks, but most will still be finished, assembled and/or packed by hand. Crochet is always human work.
Wool is pretty good to wear and when certified and from a good source, can be pretty sustainable if you wear it until it stops existing. This can take decades. Yarn can be recycled, mending is great!
There are fabric recycling initiatives, but the best option is to not buy it if you don't need it. Secondhand is more expensive than it used to be, but you can find older, better quality garments than the crap of today!

Your periodical reminder that all clothing is hand made by humans, usually underpaid!
Polyester doesn't breathe and sheds microplastics when manufactured, worn and washed!
Cotton farming takes immense amounts of water and pesticides!
Viscose can be made from recycled fibres & waste cellulose, but it's a fairly toxic process!
Linen is more ecological to grow but expensive!

"But what do I wear then, Sini?"
The garments you already own, until they fall apart or someone else needs them!
#Sustainability #FastFashion #WorkersRights

When you build a nice pillow fort for your anxiety-riddled cat to hide in, but he disregards your attempts at architecture and squirms under the support structure (more pillows) instead.

Sir has concerns and sir thinks your pillow cave was too roomy!

#Cats

It cannot be said with absolute certainty if he knows what hugs are, but he's pretty good at them.

Have been feeling a bit under the weather with a tension headache and being bored of resting, today, but at least I have company.

#Cats

In lieu of anything else, here are some photos of my beautiful boys and how much they love the balcony: They've been sneaking onto it whenever I'm airing out my clothes and resolutely refuse to come back in. Every time I call them back in now they refuse, and every time I sigh, close the door because it's freezing, and they look at me like I've betrayed them by locking them outside.

#Cats #photography

Kind of a tangent, but honestly I'm so upset about US book stores refusing to let me buy even a digital copy of their book because they don't want to have to bother with international data, payment and tax laws. And why should they, people can just go on Amazon and buy it from there! 🙃
(And fuck Amazon!)

I'm fairly savvy, a quick reader, quite familiar with the intricacies of international shipping... And I once spent an hour trying to buy a book for a friend who lives in the US. Couldn't.

It's kind of sad and funny that several years ago the most reliable way to get a book in Finland that wasn't translated to Finnish, without touching Amazon with its myriad fuckeries... was going on a sketchy Russian warez site and going through the labyrinthine search mechanics in Cyrillic and tada, a DRM free completely legit copy of a book nobody let me fucking buy for real human money.

The twins and their twin feets.

#Cats

A big part of photography is the angle. 😂
Exact same subjects, here looking far more chonk and less aesthetic!

God the boys are so hecking large. That is not a small desk!