Scratch Pad: Jazz, Gabriel, Age

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 serves, I’ve found, as a positive and mellowing influence on my online activity. Some items show up on disquiet.com before this post, in which case I don’t repeat them. 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. ▰ The more that everyday life and work get digitally mediated, the more I listen to live jazz ▰ Good dual way to start the week: (1) Received an invitation to write for the first time for a publication I have long admired. (2) Managed to get the emptied garbage, compost, and recycle bins inside the garage on trash day before someone put their trash in them. ▰ I love how Wikipedia’s template depicts the sequence of Peter…