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33. Also there are pretty people out here and that's nice. I'm still not 100% where I want to be on this but my ability to find people straightforwardly attractive without it being a big deal has improved dramatically over the last year.
34. I've read some good, interesting, and useful, books this year. Some were even all three!
35. There's a solid core of people on alt Twitter who I consider Actual Friends (many of whom I know IRL or at least know their real name) and it feels really nice being here doing this slightly ridiculous thing together - feels like a connection we'd have missed out on otherwise
(this includes some people who I consider honorary members of alt Twitter despite posting under their real name)
37. You, yes you, the person reading this tweet and smiling at it. You know who you are.
38. My work, professional and otherwise, genuinely seems to help people. Possibly quite a lot of people. Hard to judge numbers for reasons but I think it's fair to say that I've positively impacted thousands, probably tens of thousands, of people's lives.
39. Tired from my walk and temporarily out of inspiration so here are some capybara.pic.twitter.com/N6dKaIdlJW
40. I enjoy @eigenrobot's polls. They are, as @selentelechia puts it, literally the worst, but I basically reject all the premises so it's really funny watching everyone scream about them.
41. Semirelatedly, a really nice thing about having a bunch of followers on Twitter and minimal fucks to give is that I can use you all to do interesting research into how people work. Earlier research was interesting and surprising.https://twitter.com/GeniesLoki/status/1308650087053230080 …
42. Yeah I don't know if things are as "fixed" as I initially thought but I have definitely acquired substantially more chill over the last 24 hours than I previously possessed, and I think this is going to persist.
46. Super tired so going to call it a day on this thread and continue tomorrow. Here's a stack of kittens.pic.twitter.com/q9slfX1XIN
47. Gosh am I struggling with positivity today. Here are some ferrets.pic.twitter.com/02yNFXj4wz
48. I am struggling with positivity today because of a whole bunch of difficult emotions and conversations. The fact that I am able to trust all parties involved to have those conversations is extremely positive even if the individual conversations themselves are more mixed.
49. On the subject of emotions, my ongoing project of being better at feelings is very much working this year. It's been what... Three years since @nosilverv told me to pick up Focusing and read a bunch of phenomenology texts, and that was useful from day one but compounded well.
(Apparently I'm wrong about it being three years ago and it's more like two. But in my defence 2020 has been a decade long)
50. @m_ashcroft introducing me to Alexander technique a decade ago back in January has also had a very positive impact although somewhat interrupted due to the difficulty of in person classes what I've been able to do on my own and with reading has still been very useful
51. There have been no nice cats on this walk but there are a whole bunch of very cute ducks out right now.
52. Entirely by accident the last two novels I read had poly triad relationships in them, and it's turns out that representation really is nice to see.
53. I like Twitter polls, and I like the playful ways people use them.
54. I feel like I understand how people work far far better than I used to. People are still confusing but now they're confusing because people are complicated rather than because I don't understand them.
55. This is maybe a bit too dark when you think about it to put in a positivity thread but it made me smile.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/25/magawa-the-landmine-detection-rat-given-gold-medal-for-bravery?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other …
56. Every now and then I remember that the game "Socrates Jones: Pro Philosopher" exists and smile about it. http://socratesjones.com/ (I've played it through two or three times) I just learned that its makers also made Elsinore which is also a very good game.
57. I recently discovered that Tim Minchin made a groundhog day musical. I haven't yet seen it but I am happy that this is a thing that exists.
59. I'm really going to enjoy this thread.https://twitter.com/GeniesLoki/status/1309411888753762304 …
60. I had a very good Friday and everything I was worrying about this week seems to be turning up best-case scenario.
61. I am not feeling in need of more positive things to say today (in a good way), so here's an otter.https://youtu.be/a0r6Qvz3Eoo?t=7
62. I was reminded of this image earlier and it cracked me up.pic.twitter.com/YI1Y7oSjEE
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