Scratch Pad: Temptation(s), Earth, Tortoise

At the end of each week, I usually collate a lightly edited collection of recent comments I’ve made on social media, which I think of as my public scratch pad. I tag on what books I may have finished reading. Knowing I’ll revisit my social media posts, I’ve found, serves as a positive and mellowing influence on my online activity. I mostly hang out on Mastodon (at post.lurk.org/@disquiet), and I’m also trying out a few others. And I generally take weekends off social media. Been pretty low-level on social media since I got back from New York. ▰ Today in barbershop music: “Get Ready” by the Temptations. Usually there are more songs, but the barber who selects the music was on a lunch break for most of my time there, and the other barber enjoyed the temporary reprieve. ▰ Happy Earth Day. Open a window and listen. What do/did you hear? ▰ I usually read during lunch, but Tortoise on Amoeba’s What’s in My Bag? series on YouTube got 12 of my minutes immediately. ▰ Read a bunch, finished…