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Aug 2 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
my favorite type of parent is the ones who are like
“screen time?
yeah unlimited screen time …
on our own server + the Linux machine, and they can just access anki, PowerPoint, and anything else they can figure out how to access by the CLI.”
there are a whole genre of completely earnest computer nerds explaining their kids setup in this style
If anyone can find one of them please link below
Feb 19 • 22 tweets • 4 min read
On being gen z in the middle of incredible institutional and economic volatility (which Kyla details):
I feel strongly that the two highest yield things you can do are this:
1) Treat being a human like it’s your job
2) Subject yourself to intense rejection and get used to it
We live in a world where anyone can isolate themselves into a wormhole of the internet that no one else experiences exactly the same.
Your job, should you choose to fight insanity, is to get in touch with being a regular human again.
Jan 23 • 24 tweets • 4 min read
I am fairly convinced a large part of expanding my toddlers palette with him at this developmental moment is just lightly coaching him to ease into a Wild West of sensory experience
Have you ever gone to grab a glass of milk that was actually water and spat it out because the expected difference in taste was so shocking you felt disgusted?
I’m fairly sure being a toddler is just a ton of this
Jan 7 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
Respectfully, what am I supposed to do when the literal only path for me to get me + an infant/toddler from below ground on the subway to above ground is an elevator that a crazy person is clearly posted up in and not leaving?
Most NYC crazy people + child in the environment situations are navigable with more time, which can be frustrating but resolved
But this genuinely can prevent children and their parents from traveling / literally being able to leave the subway
Dec 2, 2024 • 22 tweets • 4 min read
I volunteer a few times a week at NSCChurch which primarily serves the homeless & or addicted / formerly addicted population of Brooklyn, New York.
The desk I work at helps people get government funded phone service, emails, food stamps, social security, rehab, housing, etc.
Each of the individuals that come in let us into their lives as we problem solve together.
“I keep trying to get a phone but they say I don’t qualify even though I meet the requirements.”
“I know I have $x amount of food stamps a month but it’s saying I have $0.”
If you are someone who grew up in a dysfunctional household in one way or another, I cannot recommend highly enough finding some way to regularly spend time with another healthy family with adults a generation older than you
ideally they have children who are also around, ideally you are really seeing this family in real action
maybe finding a way to serve them / do something they need doing, coming over to help them with a reoccuring chore while chatting, etc
