I'm not big on tattoos on my own body, but it's a feeling that I think comes from the wrong place; it comes from a lack of love for my body - something that is slowly changing for the better as I age.

Tattoos have always been a 'for others to see' thing, at least, in the sleeves and the full backs and such. I know they're much more than that, that they are symbols, and symbols have meaning but the other issue is that the Crack Team of Goblins That Run My Brain don't get attached long-term to many things, and those that they do, often aren't things I want to carry with me the rest of my life. It's hard to sum up extremely complex ideas or thoughts into symbols that fit on a canvas as unruly and uncertain as a meat robot.

But I've had an absolute brainworm for about a week now, and it... Might stick. Moreover, I think I want it to stick. I want those thoughts, those lessons, to come back to me, to be reminded, to sink in, to be... Part of me. They mean something to me.

So I'll sit on it for a while. But it's definitely there.

EDIT: Since I happen to be wandering past, ~10 months later, tiny update: never bothered to get it. Exact problem expected was encountered: long term attachment wasn't even close to long enough to allow for getting the tattoo. ADHD strikes again.

clearly the natural enemy of eggman is eggbug

(despite looking like this was put together in 5 minutes, this took me half an hour cause i have no idea how drawing works. but i had an idea and i executed on it and that is what matters)

My friend who works in crisis response was lamenting twitter's death because twitter is literally used as a primary source that is far quicker and more reliable than infrastructural sources.

People like her and @MxSelfDestruct (whose post led me to think more on this) are rightly looking for a replacement.

Albeit as someone not super versed in emergercy response, here are platform features that I think are required for the same kind of community reporting twitter uses:

• widespread usability in a public, globally centralized source (or at least source where localities can shift in size and spread - local-to-nyc vs local-to-queens vs local-to-lower-west-side vs local-to-area-around-george-washingon-bridge not being mutually exclusive/requiring multiple instances...on a global scale)

❌ mastodon ❌ discord ❌ facebook ❌ snapchat

• lightning-fast reporting and updating on said reports that is accessible via that shifting location-based area

many platforms can theoretically post quickly, but not all encourage this like twitter. ❌ however instagram has no sharing feature like the others.

• instantaneous sharing of said reports along with their updates - i.e, resharing one person's report thread carries the rest of their reports along automatically

❌ tumblr ❌ cohost

• an algorithm that detects which tags/reports are "trending" globally and in your area and aggregates them in a tab you can freely browse and contribute to with the correct tag

????

If people can think of anything else such a platform would need, or any platform that fits these requirements, feel free to comment. All my friend could think of was NextDoor 😬

Theoretically a crisis response platform with all these features could be coded without needing to also be a Social Media site, but getting people to use it is another thing.