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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻

Day 18 cont 🍻🍻🍺🍻🍻🍻🍻🍺

“It’s not a #Leaders #Debate, it’s a *group hug* as they take us further into housing hell.

Here’s a #DrinkingGame: have a shot every time they mention #NegativeGearing reform, #dental, stopping #coal [and] #gas or taxing #BigCorporations.

You’ll stay #sober as a judge.” — #AdamBandt 🤣🤪☺️

#AusPol / #PoliticalReality / #leadership / #greens <theguardian.com/australia-news>

the Guardian · Australia election 2025 live: Sukkar touts Coalition housing policy after O’Neil dubs it ‘melange of weird things’; Greens candidate withdraws due to dual citizenshipFollow live
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small cypress

Ok I'm making a new intro post to try to find more of "my" people out here.

I like the #indieweb, #aquarium keeping, #printmaking and other #art, I'm in #arteducation in various capacities (higher ed, hospitals, schools), force-free #dogtraining and #americanhistory (esp the #civilwar).

I am moving to #baltimore in two weeks after years of planning and trying to make friends :) Social and outdoorsy. #sober and a little #woo after #longcovid recovery.

𓆞 𓆝 𓆟𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟𓆝 𓆟 𓆞

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Carsten

After buying a new PC and switching to #linux I've toyed with the idea of migrating the whole family to linux.

Switched the 13-year-old over the other day, and today I finished migrating my old desktop for the 10-year-old.

I'm not saying it's problem free, it definitely helps if you enjoy the process of getting everything right, but it's absolutely doable.

Shoutout to #Steam and #Sober for making it easy peasy to game on linux, even Roblox!

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stroz (he/him)

Before the awful festivities of tomorrow's holiday, I wanted to take a moment to reflect, as it will mark 17 years of #sobriety for me, personally.

It's been a tough road, and 45/47 definitely has made the past decade rough as all hell. But I keep showing up, one day at a time.

My health has declined since the first COVID infection in 2022, but even with these symptoms, it's a world of difference being sober. My liver and kidneys aren't constantly filtering poison from my body, and after 17 years of time off, maybe they're doing pretty great. Take a look at the before and after photos below...70 extra lbs is a lot to carry!

If you are questioning whether you need to stop drinking, or picking up that drug of choice: Don't lie to yourself. It's incredibly easy to lie to yourself, very difficult and admirable to reject lying to yourself in this moment.

If I can do this, you can do this. Stay strong. Stay alive.

Here's to tomorrow's challenges, which I will face like I did today's: With effort, but also resolve

A photo of an obese man holding a child (whose face is redacted). Standing in front of a tourist trap "Castle" in New England, wearing an "All your base are belong to us" t-shirt
A selfie of a smiling, healthy-looking man with a beard and blue hair
#OneDayAtATime#SoberInCyber#Sober
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Robert Roy Britt

Plenty of stories explain how to quit alcohol and why, given it's well-known #health effects. There's less advice on how to then stay #sober which, as this writer explains, is really, really hard. The hurdles go well beyond any physical cravings. One must also deal with relationships and activities that were based on #alcohol, wholly or in part. That means making new friends, finding new joys. OK, people. You can do this. She can help.

medium.com/wise-well/how-i-nav

Wise & Well · How I Navigate the Giant Challenges of Sobriety - Wise & Well - MediumBy Gillian May
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Pinky

Time for an #Introduction post. I’m a #liveaboard #sailor (www.svloka.com) and full time #nomad who is also a #creative #artist. I play #guitar, #crochet, paint (#watercolor & #acrylic), and draw #penandink. I love #yoga and use #meditation to manage my #anxiety. Got #sober in 2020.

I am a recovering #softwareengineer (#programmer) and #ITmanager. I focused a lot on #leadership & effective #communication, and I still enjoy #mentoring people on those topics. I still tinker with tech on occasion.

A curly haired woman wearing sunglasses and a red shirt is steering a sailboat with hands on the helm. The cockpit of the boat is visible, featuring a navigation screen and various controls. Clear blue water can be seen through the windows.
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HK

Thanks to the idiotic decision from Roblox of not supporting Linux, and given that these days not even Sober is working due to the "anti-cheat" enforcement, I've ended up cooking a non-optimal but (hopefully) feasible solution:

I've installed Waydroid on the Steam Deck (thanks to pimylifeup.com/steam-deck-wayd for the walkthrough over the simple steps), and then installed the Android version of Roblox. I've tested it briefly myself, and it seems to work, but I'll have to wait for the verdict from my kids, who will be putting it to the test tomorrow.

Pi My Life Up · Installing Waydroid on the Steam Deck
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#Roblox#Sober
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Ryan

Today's been a hard day for a whole lot of unrelated reasons. First time I wanted to drink in a long time.

But I didn't. And I haven't for almost 8 years. And that's something to be proud of. IWNDWYTD

#sober#IWNDWYTD
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