Aaron *MOVED TO @crash* @theartguy@is.aaronbsmith.com

I am going to use the "Move to a different account" feature to move to my current account, @crash.

I'm pinning this toot so as to hopefully mitigate confusion should anyone see they are following a username and avatar that they have not seen before.

Hopefully this won't break anything, as both accounts in question are admin accounts for this instance....

I apologize for the inconvenience.

1. I have no idea who you are, AND one of the following...

2. Your account does not have enough content for me to have a sense for the kind of person you are.

3. Your account has enough content for me to get a sense of who you are, but our interests do not align at all, making me think you decided to follow me by accident.

#Introduction / #Introductions

I'm Aaron, a Media Arts / Technology teacher for a K-8 Creative & Performing Arts Academy.

Before I did this, I was a Visual Arts teacher.

I'm very much into #DIY, #STEM, #STEAM, #DnD, #photography, the #Maker movement, and the idea that artists should be fairly compensated for the work they do (vs reposting said work without even attribution).

My politics lean left, but I don't talk about that much here.

I'm a widower.

I talk about games on @Crash.

*"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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I am going to use the "Move to a different account" feature to move to my current account, @crash.

I'm pinning this toot so as to hopefully mitigate confusion should anyone see they are following a username and avatar that they have not seen before.

Hopefully this won't break anything, as both accounts in question are admin accounts for this instance....

I apologize for the inconvenience.

This is just to confirm that @crash is, in fact, me.

I'm playing around with having a 2nd account on this instance.

Today I hooked a Raspberry Pi up to a $20 Thrift Store TV (Purchased before the lockdown, I assure you...) for the sole purpose of playing hours long videos of static cameras pointing at bird feeders.

It's the first time in over a month that I've managed to record a lesson for my students without having my cat interrupt me mid-recording.

When do people who work from home have time to be lazy?

Because today was our first day of real "Distance Learning," and I assure you that time was not in evidence.

Could it be that I was lied to?

"I am not upset at this because of this."

LB: Woah I didn't think about it until just now but yeah, that's a mood.

Even introverts have their isolation limits.

I will admit to checking a calendar before posting the above toot.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but it's Thursday.

I've been holding myself to using an under-the-desk cycling machine (purchased from a thrift store for $8 some time ago) for 30 min every day.

Every day is leg day.

I have regrets.

Good morning,

It's the first day of Spring Break and I spent all my spoons on an unexpected-but-needed-to-be-done assignment for an administrator whom I greatly respect.

I don't even have yet.

I should get some.

LBs: Boosting my other account because I don't know who needs to hear it but I am much less likely to wish pain on others than I was four years ago.

Not because I feel righteous and above others, but because I was brought low.