New here, looking for my home on the fediverse. Interests include traditional musics from around the world, opera, Asian drama series and growing my own veg.
Decades of life with chronic illness. Brain often malfunctions. Whatever words I’ve gotten out have likely been a struggle. Please be kind.

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Cake day: Jun 09, 2023

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Back when I had a two bed flat I used to joke about hosting political escapees from the US. Best I can offer now is space in the back garden for a tent. The council insists on calling these cottages “amenities housing”, but that only works if you consider a walk in shower because there isn’t enough room for a tub an amenity [lolsob]

If you can manage a visa though, I’ll be your nana. Can you cook? I gave up on account of the number of pots I was ruining.


Need recommendations for a reliable mobile phone (UK)
This might not be the best place to ask this as you'll all be asking far more of your phones than I ever will, but I need to buy a mobile phone so friends can get a hold of me when we meet up in a different city next month. The battery on the mobile I bought when I moved two years ago won't take a charge now. I'm mostly housebound because of chronic illness and my life is very lonely, so even when I am out it's not like anyone is trying to reach me. Home internet with a laptop and tablet serves 99.999% of my needs. So I suppose the big criteria is that the bloody thing won't die when I don't manage to keep it charged. EDIT: I bought a replacement battery for £17. It should be here end of the week. What I need is a grandkid who can just tell me those sorts of things. Anyone want to adopt me? 🙃
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Thank you for the suggestion. This is another reason to get a better computer :)



This does sound very good. I’ll need something better than the weak laptop I’m using just now. Something to think about. Thanks for the suggestion.


Ad blockers are my best disability accommodation. The things they do with ads to capture attention f with my brain. I’m really going to struggle if this happens. And I’m dependent on the internet for so many things, from groceries to prescriptions to people.


Something with environmentalist and sustainability goals and principles rather than forms of destruction. I don’t want to kill things or chop down trees or blow stuff up. The world is difficult and I am tired.


Sitting at a bus stop near a stop light. Police car stops at the light. My brain’s first reaction is to think we should hijack it. Cause GTA of course.

I didn’t even play that much. It was just a good game to fail at. Spectacularly. Its police cars were especially useful in that regard.


Is youtube limiting video quality for alt front ends?
I've been using Piped (non-tracking alternative front end) and the video quality dropped a wee while ago. Just trying to work out where the problem is. Same video was much clearer on youtube than through Piped. Thought I would inquire here before I try a different Piped instance. edit: Further investigating I think I've figured out how to watch through a different instance, at least as a temporary work around, and without having to do a migration (if that's even possible) or make a new account. Anyway, the video quality there (so far) is what I'd expect (and good enough for my laptop). It also seems that in doing this I've inadvertently lost access to all of my playlists. F***
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