#intermittentfasting — Public Fediverse posts

awaiting a reboot off spinning rust, I just wanna use this opportunity to say that this #intermittentfasting is total bullshit. today is a month since I've switched to one meal at the end of the day, copious amounts of biking and walking (well, limping is more like it) around of a pretty large dude and the grand total change is FUCKING ZERO.

most days are sub 1500 kcal and there are even trip-digit ones; should be imploding from calorie deficit, what do I fucking live off air?!

ROBIN MEETS THE #FEDIVERSE

ROBIN: So #Mastodon is not the fediverse?

GPT: No. Mastodon is one part of it.

ROBIN: One part of what?

GPT: A large network of independently run communities that can communicate with one another.

ROBIN: So my Mastodon #server is one #community

#GPT: Exactly. Your #account lives there. It has its own administrators, rules, #moderation #culture and general #atmosphere.

ROBIN: General atmosphere?

GPT: Some servers feel like #libraries. Some feel like university #common rooms. Some feel like #pubs where everyone has read one article and now considers themselves an #expert.

ROBIN: That sounds more like humanity.

GPT: It is disturbingly similar.

ROBIN: Who owns the fediverse?

GPT: No one.

ROBIN: Who is in charge?

GPT: Also, no one.

ROBIN: That sounds either very advanced or completely mad.

GPT: Both can be true.

ROBIN: So each server looks after its own patch?

GPT: Yes. It can make #rules, moderate its space and decide which other servers it will interact with.

ROBIN: But I can still follow people elsewhere?

GPT: Usually, yes. You can #follow, reply to and #boost people across server boundaries.

ROBIN: So it is more like email than #facebook ?

GPT: Precisely. #Gmail does not own #email. Mastodon does not own the fediverse.

ROBIN: Then why does my server matter?

GPT: Because it is your home base. It holds your account, your posts and your followers. It also gives you a local community and sets things such as the character limit.

ROBIN: Ah yes. Mastodon.social gives me 500 characters. Mastodon.au gives me 2,000. Aus.social gives me 3,000.

GPT: Different #villages. Different-sized noticeboards.

ROBIN: Is a larger server more widely seen?

GPT: Sometimes #locally, because more people may browse its community feed. But real reach still comes from #followers, replies, boosts and hashtags.

ROBIN: So moving to a bigger server does not #automatically make me famous?

GPT: #Tragically, no.

ROBIN: Can I have accounts on several servers?

GPT: #Certainly. One can be home, another a backup, and another an #emergency cottage when the village #electricity #fails.

ROBIN: Which it did today.

GPT: Yes. Mastodon.au disappeared behind a #Cloudflare #Error 522 for hours.

ROBIN: So the fediverse is not one vast #machine going down?

GPT: No. One village can lose power while the rest of the #country carries on.

ROBIN: That is reassuring.

GPT: And inconvenient.

ROBIN: Mostly inconvenient.

GPT: But you now know more about the #fediverse than you did this morning.

ROBIN: I learned that it is decentralised, #untidy, resilient, occasionally broken, and full of different #neighbourhoods, customs, friendships, arguments and difficult people.

GPT: Much like #human life.

ROBIN: And the #occasional village lunatic shouting across the fence.

GPT: Every #healthy community #needs one.

ROBIN: At last, a clear role for me.

#fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #breathwork #healing #pridemonth #intermittentfasting #AI

THE PEDESTAL & THE PITCHFORK

When harm appears, it should be named.

Sometimes a door must close.

Sometimes the truth must be spoken plainly.

Sometimes, consequences are necessary.

Forgiveness does not deny what happened.

It does not call harm love.

But condemnation is not clarity.

And worship is not love.

The one behaving badly is still a human being, not the sum of the harm.

The one called a saint does not become greater because others kneel before his image.

One is not a monster.

The other is not an idol.

The halo and the horns are both projections.

Harm can be stopped without hatred.

Goodness can be honoured without worship.

No one needs to be made more or less than human.

Just clear sight, firm boundaries, and a heart left free.

#harm #door #truth #plainly #deny #clarity #harm #condemnation #halo #saint #monster #halo #horns #idol #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI