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Written by Lydia Schoch on 2025-01-21 at 03:29

I’m looking for poetry and poet recommendations from the last decade if anyone has some. (Anything from this century is cool, too, if you know of something pre-2015).

I read a ton of nineteenth and twentieth century poetry as a kid and loved it.

I know almost nothing about the newer stuff.

You get bonus points if it’s humorous or about nature, but I’m happily open to other types as well so long as they’re not gory.

[#]Poetry #Poets #PoetsOfMastodon #Poem #AskFedi

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Written by Lydia Schoch on 2025-01-21 at 00:28

Zombie movies are such great distractions when you’re already experiencing negative emotions. Why not channel that energy into getting scared on purpose by something that can’t actually hurt you.

Now to think about more cheerful things so I hopefully do not dream about the undead tonight.

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Written by Lydia Schoch on 2025-01-21 at 00:21

I prefer 28 Days Later to 28 Weeks Later due to some really silly choices characters made in the sequel, but the latter does have a cool twist in it that I hope this series will continue to play around with when 28 Years Later Comes out.

(And, to be fair, some people have made equally silly and deadly choices these past five years. 😄🤦🏻‍♀️)

[#]DistractingStuff #28DaysLater #28WeeksLater #Horror #Zombies #HorrorCommunity #HorrorFam #28YearsLater

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Written by Lydia Schoch on 2025-01-20 at 22:56

The Burrowers was adorable and so peaceful. I highly recommend it if you like nature documentaries.

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Written by Lydia Schoch on 2025-01-20 at 19:19

Live puppy and kitten feed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICFiwn3-SOA

[#]DistractingStuff #JoyScrolling #DogsOfMastodon #CatsOfMastodon

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Written by Lydia Schoch on 2025-01-20 at 19:12

My follow recommendation for today is @MeanwhileinCanada.

Whether you know a lot, a little, or nothing about Canadian culture, their jokes work on multiple levels.

I love this account’s sense of humour. It kindly pokes fun at everyone and everything….even if it’s a beaver, a Canada Goose, and, on occasion, our southern neighbours, too. 🦫 🪿

[#]Fanuary #Humour #Canada #JoyScrolling #DistractingStuff

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Written by Lydia Schoch on 2025-01-20 at 15:02

The Burrowers: Animals Underground - Baby Rabbits is a nature documentary I’m planning to watch later on today because I look forward to seeing kits doing cute lagomorph things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5g7x8SVgE8

[#]DistractingStuff #JoyScrolling #RabbitsOfMastodon #Rabbits #Documentary #FilmMastodon #Filmstodon #Nature #Distractodon

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Written by Lydia Schoch on 2025-01-20 at 02:17

Welcome to everyone who came over from TikTok!

I look forward to seeing what you have to say here.

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Written by Lydia Schoch on 2025-01-20 at 01:51

Tomorrow I will be focusing on distracting topics and avoiding that thing so many of us are rightfully dreading.

I support whatever non-harmful coping mechanisms you will be using tomorrow and for the years to come.

It’s simply not healthy or sustainable for me to doomscroll more than occasionally.

So I will talk about animals, films, food, and other stuff instead.

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Written by Lydia Schoch on 2025-01-19 at 20:48

Cloudy winter days make me sleepy, but somewhere on Earth the sun is shining brightly.

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Written by Lydia Schoch on 2025-01-19 at 15:13

[#]SilentSunday

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Written by Lydia Schoch on 2025-01-19 at 13:06

Today’s recommendation is @patrickworld for his fantastic sense of humour.

[#]Fanuary

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Written by Lydia Schoch on 2025-01-19 at 02:45

Fellow Canadians, take note! There are a lot of companies on this list. https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/@cbccanada_mirror/113851926232946454

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Written by Lydia Schoch on 2025-01-19 at 02:41

When the weather is nice, I can go to the park for peace and quiet.

When it’s cold and wet and there’s a polar vortex on the way, not so much. 😄

But I wish quiet, peaceful places were valued more in North America. Not everything needs to be loud.

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Written by Lydia Schoch on 2025-01-19 at 02:36

I wish more stores had official quiet hours when they didn’t play background music, dimmed the lights just a little, etc.

There’s a store I otherwise really enjoy that always blares music uncomfortably loudly. I can only visit when I’m nowhere near the migraine cycle and even then I don’t linger there.

This seems like it would be bad for the workers’ hearing over the long term, too.

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