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I cut my own hair yesterday. First I watched a tutorial (with plenty of skipping) and then another and then I said, screw it, it’s just hair. I am not amputating an arm. So I just kind of went for it. It looks quite nice, actually. I hadn’t had a layered cut in ages. Luckily my hair is very wavy, so it’s quite forgiving.
Anyhow, I read some sad news this morning, so if you don’t want to be sad maybe don’t read the rest.
There’s a YouTube channel called SaveaFox, which is about a sanctuary that rescues foxes from fur farms. The owner of the channel is a young woman who absolutely loves the foxes and is very dedicated to the cause. One of those places where if you are sad or frustrated, you can go watch a video or two and be happy that there are good people in the world. Well, I learned that the owner lady took her own life after facing tons of abuse and harassment both online but also from other rescue people for a long time. I won’t go into detail, you can read about it if you like. It’s just insane. She was such a kind person.
Time to go on with the day, I suppose.
I was hit with one of youtube’s mandatory updates (the one where the app just has a blank grey screen and a message telling you to update). So, I did. I generally don’t update it, because they just keep making the thing worse. It is honestly impressive how they keep sinking lower with every go. For example, this time the micro player is a box that takes up half the bloody screen instead of being a simple little bar at the bottom. It won’t reopen the video when you click on the box and it won’t let you swipe down to end the video. And half the time, it just freezes the video when you minimise it. Google has turned their enshittigication into a fucking science at this point. Guess I’m gonna use browser from now on
My mum is on a low-carb diet, a while ago she ate a pizza and she puked it, today she ate a croissant and she said it’ll take her the entire week to digest it. I keep telling her that I think it’s too extremez but she keeps saying that she’s feeling so much better both physically and mentally. I do believe that a lower amount of carbs is good, but not his low, could it be placebo?