RSS feed changes

Hey,

I am migrating this blog (aeryn.me) to a new platform soon. And all existing RSS feeds will break.

I have set up a feed redirect on the current platform. If you would like to continue to follow my blog, please subscribe this new URL.

The new feed URL will be: https://aeryn.me/feed/

This URL will be the Atom feed address on the new platform, and should be a valid redirect until I complete the move. But I’m not sure all RSS feed clients will happily ‘subscribe’ to a redirect, or not.

So, if you subscribe and you don’t hear anything within a couple of weeks, please check my blog again. I’ll be posting RSS/Atom feed options on the new platform once I’ve moved over.

A wide angle view of some bare-branch trees lit by sunlight with deep blue sky behind.

The sun is out in the park and I have hot cacao. 😋 📷

I’ve been watching videos about David Lynch recently on YouTube. Just clips mainly. And I’ve saved a couple of longform videos to watch about him later.

I was never really interested in him as a person whilst he was alive, but rather the art that he made. So I just didn’t really know much about him other than he’s just some director.

But the more I watch about him, the more I find him to be a very endearing soul. And the more I find myself falling in love with him.

I’m looking forward to diving into more of his work and getting to know him.

I started Coffee Talk yesterday. Really cozy 🎮 👍

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It’s not very Summery today

I’m on a break from this blog.

Experiencing overwhelming mental health issues.

Back soon.

I am bad at Fortnite https://youtu.be/KoaoyHjVaLw 🎮

A thumbnail from a YouTube video featuring a grey squirrel eating a nut whilst a hand reaches out to touch its tail

https://youtu.be/Xtgh6WGbOXc

goals

Today

was strange. But good.

Part of my support system is going away. Sad face.

I stepped out of my comfort zone a couple of times.

I feel like my stamina is beginning to improve nicely after a recent illnesss.

I want to have more evening energy.

I want to be more healthy generally.

A paid membership community I’m in just suddenly ended.

Tapestry and Micro.blog: does anyone know how to get an item to open the Micro.blog feed item rather than the hosted blog post? Like Reeder does.

I’ve hardly played Fortnite this season and it shows. Today I’ve played about 8 games and I didn’t last more than 4 or 5 miniutes in any of them. Except the last one….. 🎮

A still from the end of the film Koyaanisqatsi (1982) reading- Translation of the Hopi Prophecies sung in the film. If we dig precious things from the land we will invite disaster. Near the Day of Purification, there will be cobwebs spun back and forth in the sky. A container of ashes might one day be thrown from the sky, which could burn the land and boil the oceans.

I just watched Koyaanisqatsi (1982) 🎥. An intensely beautiful film. I’m just blown away and have no words to describe the journey I’ve been on for the last 90 minutes. I feel like I need to be quiet for a few days to take it all in.

Sometimes art can change your life. This might be that.

I've been on Micro.blog for just over a year and it's time to renew for another

I have successfully downgraded my Micro.blog account to the standard plan. It was pretty seamless and easy and will take affect in a few days.

Reasons are nothing to do with the recent micro drama but mainly because I realised I just don’t really need all those features, particularly. And the standard plan represents great value.

I do believe this is a great platform, and an extremely valuable part of the Internet. But I’ve found at times it’s just a bit too glitchy and chaotic for me.

I would love to see Micro.blog become a solid, stable platform. But in my perspective, it isn’t really that at the moment. And I don’t think it’s for casual users at all. Although maybe Micro.one is.

Then again, I have no idea what it takes to keep something like this going. I can appreciate that it must be incredibly hard work.

So thanks to Manton and everyone else working behind the scenes and contributing to the platform in various ways.

I’ve really enjoyed getting to know some people a little, and beginning to feel like I’m a part of an online community again after leaving the socials behind. And I’m really glad some of the more uncomfortable features and behaviours of social media are not present here.

Here’s to another year.. 🍻

I really love how much writing I can get done with my voice. My devices provide a friction-free experience of getting thoughts onto ‘paper’, in real time.

It could be better, but this is the best it’s ever been.

I do have to be alone for this to work effectively, otherwise it’s socially weird.

Things that spike anxiety- appointments that are later in the day. Basically anything not in the first half of the morning

😩

Aaah. I love Billy Connolly. I just watched Made in Scotland. So good. So heartwarming. He’s part of my culture. I remember watching him at various times all through my life, pretty much. He truly has the soul of an artist. Very inspiring.

Pika users: For you, does the new lightbox thingy have arrows to move to the next photo? If so, do I need to publish my photos as a grid or doesn’t it matter?

Or are there no Next/Previous arrows?

I want to feel safe.

The amount of work I’ve needed to put in to this benefits change over has been crazy. I’m so tired of it. It’s exhausting. I spent hours today trying to figure out my money. And I have an unexpected telephone appointment with them tomorrow. I thought it was all done.

Been thinking about that micro.blog situation and how it all went suddenly, magically quiet

Very weird. 💿

I’m glad to still be here. Tho I am downgrading my account for completely unrelated reasons.

Lessons learned for me. Might write about that some time.

Gotta get my own house in order

(and thanks all who messaged me or replied last week, it’s really nice to feel heard, and part of a community 💜)