Notices by Coralie Mercier (koalie@mastodon.social)

Bruce Springsteen wrote "The Streets of #Minneapolis" Saturday, recorded it, and released it Wednesday.

“Citizens stood for justice
Their voices ringing through the night
And there were bloody footprints
Where mercy should have stood”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKSoxG1K7w&t=3s

#BruceSpringsteen #music

#3615MyLife
New year, new hair. I put some ruby red on a few strands of hair.

#3615MyLife
I put some blue dye in my hair AND some make up on my face!

@evan no, I don’t. It will be the second TPAC I miss in 25 years! This year I will be taking my then-18-year-old to Japan the month following TPAC, as a birthday present, and so to keep a reasonable carbon footprint, I’ll attend TPAC remotely.
@karlcow

@evan as far as I know, no VPN but someone here just suggested that the iPhone “private relay” being enabled might be a cause. I am definitely logged in with my account, though and see the 3 notifications attached to it (none of them about being blocked, actually).

@karlcow yes it did work when I did, per a suggestion in reply (that maybe you can’t see)!

https://mastodon.social/@koalie/115420358651776266

PS; I’m not going to Kobe.

@evan

I use #wikipedia daily and supported it financially many years because if I benefit I absolutely want to “give back” if I can. But a few years ago I became aware of how unfairly the cohort of maintainers behave. I continued to donate every now and then up till when I realized the management of this project was complicit so I drew the line.
The other day I wanted to fix a typo, and that’s when I noticed I couldn’t!
I have no idea what I did that triggered in 2023 a ban of 4 years and 1 month 🤨

If anyone who follows me or sees this understands any of the data I screenshotted from #wikipedia and can explain or show me where to look or what, I would be grateful. I’ve tried to understand and it’s been a source of frustration.

#caturday

The ritual.
This cat needs to be petted 4 or 5 times before he can eat.

What are the idiosyncrasies of your pets?

#cat #CatsOfMastodon #SiberianCat #MickeyRaccoon

@nicosomb anecdote : quand j'ai commencé le jogging en 2020 je l'emmenais sans laisse car il restait proche, jusqu'au jour où il est descendu du trottoir. Heureusement il n'y avait pas de voiture, sauf ... à 50 mètres derrière nous : une bagnole de la police municipale ! Gag. Je me suis fait remonter les bretelles, mon vieux ! Ils m'ont traitée d'inconsciente dangereuse et ne m'ont pas crue que c'était la première fois que Gizmo descendait du trottoir. La fois d'après j'avais la laisse !

@nicosomb présente o/
Gizmo, un labrador jaune de 10 ans m'accompagne (de moins en moins, rapport à son âge).
J'ai récupéré un harnais julius-k9 que quelqu'un donnait et j'ai acheté une laisse de cani-VTT pour chien de plus de 15kg (20 EUR à D4).
On fait 5 km sans problème sans trop de dénivelé et le soir à la fraîche (surtout l'été).
Avant on faisait 10K mais aujourd'hui il n'en est plus capable.
Je lui ai appris 2 nouveaux ordres : "devant !" et "côté !" (et il court devant moi, ou à côté.)

Si ça fait 71 ans, le steak doit être *bien cuit* ! 😝

@slothrop hah! Riiiiight.
Just like I can stop anytime getting new sneakers, or new backpacks.

FOUND IT!! \o/

and I suddenly remembered putting it there.

I also found the birthday candles I had put away (lost) two years ago.

#3615MyLife

I mislaid my coffee thermos some days ago and noticed this morning.
(I probably put it away somewhere which made sense when I did, but so far it's nowhere to be found. Hopefully it'll turn up in the coming weeks/months.)
Now, you'd think I would let go, move on. Nope!
My brain keeps interrupting repeatedly what it is I'm doing with the same kind of nudge. WHY?

Today I encountered for the first time not far from my house Acacia podalyriifolia, or Pearl acacia – a tree that looks like a hybrid between a regular mimosa tree and a eucalyptus.

> “native to Australia but also naturalised in Malaysia, Africa, India and South America”

AND southeast France! 😁

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_podalyriifolia

#florespondence #fleuristonfil #mimosa

> “When interacting with someone from another culture, try to watch more, listen more, and speak less. Listen before you speak and learn before you act.”

~ Erin Meyer, The culture map

#quote

> “If you go into every interaction assuming that culture doesn't matter, your default mechanism will be to view others through your own cultural lens and to judge or misjudge them accordingly.”

~ Erin Meyer, The culture map

#quote

> “The same (*) applies to many African cultures, including those found in Kenya and Zimbabwe, and to a lesser degree Latin American cultures (such as Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina) and Latin European cultures (such as Spain, Italy, Portugal) including France.”

~ Erin Meyer, The culture map

(*) https://mastodon.social/@koalie/113817357304028608

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> “in many Asian cultures, including India, China, Japan, and Indonesia, messages are often conveyed implicitly, requiring the listener to read between the lines. Good communication is subtle, layered, and may depend on copious subtext, with responsibility for transmission of the message shared between the one sending the message and the one receiving it.”

~ Erin Meyer, The culture map

#quote