Aaron "Gave Students Sugar" @theartguy@is.aaronbsmith.com

*"Follow-for-follow." Life's too short to clutter my timeline.

*Post, boost, or favorite profanities. Yes, even the ones included in super-insightful posts. My students can find me.

*Post, boost, or favorite copyright infringement or endorsements of the same. Copyright law needs reform, sure, but it is still used to protect artists. If you're punching down and up at the same time, You're still punching down.

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It's been a day.

Much for which praises may be sung.

Much that will require reflection and reteaching.

Much that has temporarily drained me of my motivation.

I am going to go home and play video games.

Hm, 3 accounts with no (or almost no) toots and extremely high follows:followers ratios followed me this morning.

Achievement unlocked, my single account instance is embedded enough into the fediverse for me to get spam follows.

Just spent an hour harvesting mint and preparing to dry it in the oven.

1. My peppermint fared much better than my spearmint, I suspect mostly because I waited too long.

2. My fingers smell wonderful!

3. Spiders. 🕷️

There is apparently a bot writing code for #SonicPi and some of it's kind of neat.

https://twitter.com/iamnotsonicpi

"Mr. Smith, your poor beard, it's turning gray!"

Article: Build a [THING]!

Me: Oh, wow! Yes, I'd like to build a [THING]! *clicks link*

Article: First, here's the 3D printer files.

Me: Well, that was nice for a little while *closes tab.*

🌿 Harvest & dry the spearmint and peppermint I've been growing.

🧣 Learn crochet. (Will have to buy hooks, gave my wife's away to my sister.)

Finish learning how to play Fate.

Huh. It also can't seem to make up its mind about what it should look like. Different art for Emoji selection, toot draft, and published toot.

I'm wondering how 🎃 got added into my "Frequently used" emoji category, considering this toot is the first time I'm using it.

... spooky.

After screaming into the void, the void politely asked if I could lower my volume a bit. Apparently too many people have been screaming of late.

I have apologized.

I'm at the point where I like all the things that we have planned but am not sure if I've bitten off more than I can chew.

I do know that at this point I certainly can't say yes to additional projects, but also that there's certain events in the future where my participation is not optional.

... So in a few weeks I may regret some decisions I've made. We'll see.

The internet: EVERYTHING IS HORRIBLE!

Also the internet: Here's a DIY electric skateboard for cats.

https://makezine.com/2018/09/19/building-your-cat-a-custom-electric-skateboard/

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