That’s an interesting point. I have to imagine that everything on text was written and read aloud. Especially if it was a skill that seemed to be a rare occurrence at that time. It would be interesting to see how life would be if we had continued that tradition.
I’m not sure what you’re using it for, but I use an ebook reader called eBoox. It’s free with no ads, not sure if open-source. I had bookmarks but I don’t think annotations. I like it because it can open my epub, mobi, and pdf books, change the font and font size, sepia and night modes, has many options for how to change the page, and fairly simple UI. The creator markets it as a cutesy cat thing, but that is only present on the initial setup and then it’s just a regular e-reader app.
Like with most things, I’m cautiously optimistic. It will probably take longer than necessary, for sure. But businesses being able to get money another way might evoke some motivation to get it done. I just don’t know about the demand right now. I see a few electric cars around, but the cold reduces the distance, so I personally think that WI just won’t have as many electric cars. Maybe plug-in hybrids though.
And it’s a bit of a chicken and egg. Maybe more stations would encourage people to consider electric vehicles.
That sounds like a difficult situation and you sound like a very supportive partner. There never seems to be a “one size fits all” solution, but I’ll try to offer some of my experience.
I am a nurse and have given many many pain medications (obligatory: this is not medical advice). I have never had cancer, but have been told by patients that cancer pain and fatigue can be grueling. I have also given opioids to people that have used a few times and had been actively withdrawing. Their tolerance can sometimes be incredibly high, especially with heroin. Like, doses that would sedate or kill a large adult can barely change their perception of pain. It’s honestly a nightmare for treating their pain, because it’s a tight range for safety.
All that to say, absolutely talk to a pain management MD and include her history of heroin and cancer. There may be alternatives like ketoralac or cannabis that could give her actual relief. They will be familiar with navigating “managing the pain without getting them high.” From the context you gave, it sounds like she may have actually had unrelieved pain and resorted to what she knows works. Extreme stressors can be triggering that way.
She is acknowledging what happened and working with you, so that’s a good sign. The angriest and worst people I’ve ever dealt with were withdrawing from opioids, so the crankiness isn’t unexpected. Do your best not to take it personally and keep reassuring her that you’re going to do your best to be there for her.
Just be cautious not to enable. I had to think to myself what I truly would and would not do for my family member (eg, no lending of money, would not buy them drugs) and stick with those things no matter what. Because a craving will use literally any excuse or crack in the logic to get the relief they desire. The part you mention “enough not to be jonesing” and the irritably sound concerning and could honestly be excuses. But you also don’t want to belittle the person’s experience if they are actually having that pain. That’s where the pain management doc would probably help. And just point out to her that if she’s not getting the right pain management or not able to function with the rest of life, some help is needed.
And be careful not to emphasize to the point that it fatigues you. I am an empathetic person and found myself with no time or energy left because I gave my family member a “blank check” for support. Make sure you recharge yourself, how ever you do that.
I hope any of that helps. Feel free to message me if you’d like.
That makes a lot of sense. I’ll try that
Does anyone know an expert in bird law?
Oh man, I have many many written down. I quickly found out that there are many schools of thought for approaching woodworking, so it’s helpful to think about what you want to make and what you like or dislike as you try different things. I decided I wanted to go the sharpening route, as opposed to continually buying electro-hardened blades, and I wanted to use as simple as tools as I can learn how. This ends up being axes, chisels, saws, and I did get a hand-crank grinder from 1910 for those heavy grinding situations.
I almost always have the Mortise and Tenon podcast on as I’m doing things. Joshua and Mike’s discussions really resonate with me and the philosophical elements really prompt some introspection. Joshua has two books that I’ll probably get soon. Otherwise, I bought Sharpen This and the Anarchists’ Toolkit; anything from Lost Art Press is probably worth the money.
As far as channels, Matt Estlea has many great videos for the essentials of sharpening and good form for chiseling and sawing. He also has other videos that I would consider “optional” but I did end up making his sharpening block stop, because it makes sharpening quicker. I may try to do free hand honing though, since the heavy cambre is difficult with a honing guide.
Paul Sellers has so many great videos. I especially loved him making a bench without having a bench. So many people show you how to make things already having many other tools and setups.
James Wright (Wood by Wright) has some really good videos and offers honest opinions. Beavercraft has some nice simple ones for getting started with carving. I haven’t explored one for tool restoration yet; if you have any that you suggest, I’d be happy to hear them. I eventually want to just make my own wooden planes.
That sounds like a unique experience. When I had a running coach for a short while, he said I should curl my toe down as I pull my leg back. The lack of exercising that bottom foot muscle often contributes to flat-footedness. This wasn’t probably an issue when people walked barefoot because we naturally dug into the earth for traction.
Do your feet ever get sore?
I can relate with the passion for learning. I think that is so invigorating. Since you like physics and reading, if you haven’t already, I would highly recommend Project Hail Mary and Artemis, each by Andy Weir. He is an astrophysicist, so his works occur how they would likely physically happen as we understand physics currently. Super neat but different plots for each.
Thank you. I wholeheartedly agree, learning to work with nature such as wood, instead of imposing our will on it definitely gives me perspective on considering our connection with nature. In the modern era, much of how we connect with nature is removed or sterilized.
I’m really glad to hear you sing. There are so many ways music and rhythm weave through our lives. I expect a follow up post if you Snow White like 20 birds onto your arms!
I’ve enjoyed using Mango. It’s always been free but there’s a paid version now too. It dives right into useful conversation, but gives cultural context before, like formal/informal or when certain phrases are used. It has flash cards built between lessons to help with memorization and you can even record your pronunciation and hear/see the audio clip and how it compares to how you are saying it. It also has the ability to download lessons for offline use. I first used it because it was one of the only apps/websites that specifically taught the Levantine dialect of Arabic not found on other apps.
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Wow, I must not have used Arctic in a while, but some work was definitely put into this, so thank you. It is much more polished than I remember. I love the
Some requests I would love to see and would make it hands-down my favorite Lemmy app:
Seriously, thank you for the time and effort. Things like this make alternatives to commercialism possible, which hopefully puts the emphasis back on sharing and interacting with people (and not just about getting clicks and money).