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Sylvia

sylvia@social.lol

<p>blogger, doodler, poet, diarist, avid reader and website tinkerer.</p><p>Chronic list maker. </p><p>Passionate about pro cycling, and probably won&#39;t shut up about it during the season. </p><p>Lives in the Netherlands with her husband and two cats.</p><p>----<br />Most posts self destruct in a month</p><p>avatar and header by me!</p>

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    #3GoodThings I&#39;m currently in denial of getting a cold, so it&#39;s good to focus on good things! 1. the sun streaming into the bedroom. 2. the way the light turns her fur almost brown, despite looking black otherwise. 3. stardew valley is such a delightful distraction

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    #3GoodThings 1. Insomnia isn’t a good thing, but starting to build a html/css website from scratch in the middle of the night really is. 2. Cat sleeping on my leg, snoring 3. Making wonky doodles and posting them without worry

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    #3GoodThings 1. Got my Covid jab today 2. Had an epic nap afterwards 3. Woke up with a cat face right in front of me. He immediately rolled on his back and curled up his paws

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    #3GoodThings 1. I&#39;ve once again proven that coffee really helps me manage the fatigue side effects of my meds. I&#39;m so happy! 2. I finally own Hollywood, Ending by John Green. 3. Being in the heart of Amsterdam again was the greatest joy of all of yesterday. My husband had to go there for work and I hitched a ride :)

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    #3GoodThings 1. Coffee is the nectar of the gods and it helps me manage the constant fatigue so much better (this alone is worth a blog post!) 2. I&#39;m SO happy that I&#39;m a natural list maker. I&#39;m planning our first airplane trip in many many years and everry time I get anxiety about it I can dive into my lists and know I have everything under control! 3. I&#39;m so happy I found more wool to fuel my nålebinding experimentations!

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    new on my blog: How I broke through fear today https://sylvia.studio/posts/how-i-broke-through-fear-today #

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    #SilentSunday #horses

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    #3GoodThings 1. my cats KNOW when I&#39;m anxious. They curl up next to me :) 2. knitting is such a good thing. I make sure to always put it down when I feel good about it. Somehow that makes me feel good when picking it up again. 3. I&#39;m so proud of 1.5 months of constant blogging!

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    #3GoodThings 1. Having a delightful visit to a thrift store. Didn’t buy anything but saw so many cute things. 2. Mint tea is the best. 3. It’s getting colder and that means snuggly kitties.

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    #3GoodThings 1. bought some new jigsaw puzzles for a winter of puzzling. I discovered I had done all the puzzles on my shelf except one :) 2. did some yoga despite having a bit of an off day 3. am still keeping up with daily blog posts

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    it&#39;s bandcamp Friday! The perfect day to buy indie music! All proceeds will go to the artists. Here are two of my posts with recommendations: https://pika.page/posts/bandcamp-friday-recommendations https://sylvia.studio/posts/bandcamp-friday-recommendations-part-2 I will respond with the album (or albums) I&#39;m buying today! #BandcampFriday

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    #3GoodThings 1. writing a little on my new novel-ish project, longhand because that felt less challenging than writing on my laptop 2. coffee. Delicious coffee 3. my husband making me cheesy things as my afternoon snack. Yum.

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    #3GoodThings 1. just had some amazing tea my sister gave me. It&#39;s brilliant 2. started to knit some candy colour fingerless gloves. Wear those things so often in winter that I like to have a choice :) 3. the wild meows of our cat when my husband comes home. I swear she starts meowing even before he puts his key in the lock.

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    This post by Kurzgesagt is so disturbing. They make videos without AI, yet an AI moderator marked their video as slop, and has stopped showing the video to subscribers. This is so worrying. Every time I look at the sidebar of YouTube videos, I see videos with thousands of views from vague channels that look very slop-y and those videos get recommended while those by real creators seem to get shadowbanned. My doom-thinking mind can&#39;t help but think that it won&#39;t be long before AI cre...

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    The sweetest #cats https://pixelfed.social/p/sylviastudio/987687139524249240

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    😴 Yoga was FANTASTIC. Did some shopping after. Then came home and collapsed and slept for 3 hours I think. Now playing with what could become a new hobby: punch needling!

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    I have a new favourite craft. This is supposed to be two hearts in yin/yang but it doesn&amp;#39;t look like hearts at all! Did have fun though, that&amp;#39;s most important! #crafting #NeedlePunching https://pixelfed.social/p/sylviastudio/987757029481537065

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    I think getting better at this 😀 #punchneedle #crafts

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    So sad at hearing of Glen Hansard&amp;#39;s passing. Feels right to share the tiny desk concert (which was where I first fell in love with his music, I think) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IFlMFVwgIQI

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    it&amp;#39;s a really hot day, and I&amp;#39;m sitting at the aircooler, resting because we&amp;#39;re going to see Spidey tonight :)

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    🕸️ Home from watching Spider-Man brand new day in a full cinema. Loved it! So much.

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    This is my favourite of the bunch! Only two more to go 😀 after this I&amp;#39;m going to make my own designs 😀 #crafts #needlepunching

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    I won&amp;#39;t stop being angry about AI companies destroying books https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwnTmkDH1Ns

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    holy shit. Saw something similar cross my timeline the other day, and it&#39;s set me off on a tailspin. They are gobbling up all our creativity and knowledge and then DESTROY the books!!! It must be their wet dream that they own all the knowledge and then get us to pay for the priviledge of learning. https://www.techspot.com/news/113277-ai-firms-quietly-buying-destroying-millions-printed-books.html

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    when life overwhelms look for the beauty the joy in the bright colour of a newly opened flower the breeze playing with the leaves of a tall tree the clouds floating in a bright blue sky the bird soaring, diving into life #poetry

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    Being awake in the middle of the night apparently makes me good at playing smush. Only had one character left too! hankgreen.com/smush · 16 Jul 406 pts · ★ pangram · no hints 🥞🟨🥞 🥞⭐🥞 🥞🥞🥞

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    Just found this old poem in my notes. It made me smile so I share it in hopes it does the same for you. — finding what to create is as easy as doing nothing watching thoughts zip by until your mind lets go and allows your soul to whisper #poetry

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    You cannot make billions of dollars without hurting lots of people. And you can’t hurt lots of people without, in some sense, believing that they’re not really people. Cory Doctorow (from https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/24/cory-doctorow-on-elon-musk-ai-bubble-bosses-cruel-fantasies) #quote

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    I&#39;ve spent most of my day in front of my air cooler. Just saw that the temperature outside is 38, but feels like 40. Inside it&#39;s 32, and 77 percent humidity. I&#39;m in bed, only moving if I have to go to the loo, otherwise I&#39;m not moving, and having a loving husband occasionally supplying me with food and tea :) Tomorrow the temperature will be 31 degrees, and then in the evening they predict wild thunderstorms. After that the temperature will go to a niiiiiiiice 21 degrees ave...

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    Almost all good news from the oncologist on my blood tests. Phew! Do need an extra blood test for the kidneys but drinking more should give better levels at a new test in two weeks. If not my meds need adjusting (they mess with the kidneys)