Nina C.
@ninacdot.bsky.social
Educator, casual gamer, sometimes blogger and artist, fixer of things. {she/her} 🏳️🌈 I’m here to help!
Sometimes getting the ball rolling is the hardest part, so here's to hoping inertia keeps me blogging more regularly!
📺 The Disappearance of Shere Hite
🎶 The Fearless Flyers "Under the Sea / Flyers Drive"
👾 Coffee Talk
📺 The Disappearance of Shere Hite
🎶 The Fearless Flyers "Under the Sea / Flyers Drive"
👾 Coffee Talk
I set up this blog to be simple, then I got stuck overthinking
Dear Diary 01: Take that, task initiation paralysis!
www.ninacdot.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Sometimes getting the ball rolling is the hardest part, so here's to hoping inertia keeps me blogging more regularly!
📺 The Disappearance of Shere Hite
🎶 The Fearless Flyers "Under the Sea / Flyers Drive"
👾 Coffee Talk
📺 The Disappearance of Shere Hite
🎶 The Fearless Flyers "Under the Sea / Flyers Drive"
👾 Coffee Talk
Moving away from Signupgenius at work because it is the equivalent of standing in Times Square with all its ads, I decided to give Microsoft Bookings a shot. Ad-free! Integration with our calendars! Sounds ideal!
What an optimist I was to think a Microsoft product could be an ideal solution.
What an optimist I was to think a Microsoft product could be an ideal solution.
March 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Moving away from Signupgenius at work because it is the equivalent of standing in Times Square with all its ads, I decided to give Microsoft Bookings a shot. Ad-free! Integration with our calendars! Sounds ideal!
What an optimist I was to think a Microsoft product could be an ideal solution.
What an optimist I was to think a Microsoft product could be an ideal solution.
I love that my initial idea to move my blog off Substack has transformed into running a virtual private server and a home media server and I'm so deep in this rabbit hole
#AnotherWildFridayNight
#AnotherWildFridayNight
February 15, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I love that my initial idea to move my blog off Substack has transformed into running a virtual private server and a home media server and I'm so deep in this rabbit hole
#AnotherWildFridayNight
#AnotherWildFridayNight
can’t sleep, I learned about @jellyfin.bsky.social and @proxmox.bsky.social and arrs today and want to build a media server and also experiment with @home-assistant.io now, dangit
February 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
can’t sleep, I learned about @jellyfin.bsky.social and @proxmox.bsky.social and arrs today and want to build a media server and also experiment with @home-assistant.io now, dangit
was going to celebrate reconstructing my website, but nooooo, I gotta wait for DNS records to propagate
February 9, 2025 at 7:09 AM
was going to celebrate reconstructing my website, but nooooo, I gotta wait for DNS records to propagate
I’m in! I signed in with my bsky account but I see what they mean by creating a separate account for it if you want to somewhat recreate the IG experience instead of it being a media viewer for your existing bsky follows.
Interesting direction, looking forward to seeing how people use it!
Interesting direction, looking forward to seeing how people use it!
February 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I’m in! I signed in with my bsky account but I see what they mean by creating a separate account for it if you want to somewhat recreate the IG experience instead of it being a media viewer for your existing bsky follows.
Interesting direction, looking forward to seeing how people use it!
Interesting direction, looking forward to seeing how people use it!
Should I splurge for 2TB of cookies? Thinkin’ I’ll go for the Cyberpunk 2077 color.
February 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Should I splurge for 2TB of cookies? Thinkin’ I’ll go for the Cyberpunk 2077 color.
Reposted by Nina C.
"You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time."
- Angela Davis
- Angela Davis
February 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time."
- Angela Davis
- Angela Davis
Update: After hours of trying to figure this out, I'm happy to announce I haven't gotten it to work yet... but I ended up in a rabbit hole and decided to try my hand at managing a VPS for the first time.
Aren't hobbies fun?
Aren't hobbies fun?
And for my next trick, gonna see if I can self-host @ghost.org so I can move my blog off Substack and my self-hosted WordPress combo.
February 3, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Update: After hours of trying to figure this out, I'm happy to announce I haven't gotten it to work yet... but I ended up in a rabbit hole and decided to try my hand at managing a VPS for the first time.
Aren't hobbies fun?
Aren't hobbies fun?
Reposted by Nina C.
This might be the saddest thing that’s ever been commented on one of my videos.
February 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This might be the saddest thing that’s ever been commented on one of my videos.
And for my next trick, gonna see if I can self-host @ghost.org so I can move my blog off Substack and my self-hosted WordPress combo.
January 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
And for my next trick, gonna see if I can self-host @ghost.org so I can move my blog off Substack and my self-hosted WordPress combo.
I wrote about the pros and cons of leaving Meta and X/Twitter today and posted it on Substack... and now I gotta consider my presence on Substack, too, because the CEO reiterated his commitment to free speech / hate speech, ugh
Life without Meta and X/Twitter, Part 1: Should I stay, or should I go now?
If you're on the fence about leaving, you're not alone.
ninacdot.substack.com
January 30, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I wrote about the pros and cons of leaving Meta and X/Twitter today and posted it on Substack... and now I gotta consider my presence on Substack, too, because the CEO reiterated his commitment to free speech / hate speech, ugh
Reposted by Nina C.
"If just one lesbian, hidden in her hole somewhere in the deepest provinces, finds out through me that one can be a lesbian and still be happy, that there is neither shame, nor anguish, nor despair in our condition, then I will have won my challenge."
- Elula Perrin, "Women Prefer Women"
- Elula Perrin, "Women Prefer Women"
January 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"If just one lesbian, hidden in her hole somewhere in the deepest provinces, finds out through me that one can be a lesbian and still be happy, that there is neither shame, nor anguish, nor despair in our condition, then I will have won my challenge."
- Elula Perrin, "Women Prefer Women"
- Elula Perrin, "Women Prefer Women"
Ralph Fiennes' calming voice and my two snoring dogs after a hearty dinner is really making it hard to stay awake during Conclave
January 28, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Ralph Fiennes' calming voice and my two snoring dogs after a hearty dinner is really making it hard to stay awake during Conclave
Going through my apps and just now realizing Post News shut down last year. Who else needs to revisit the apps on their phone? 😅
Twitter alternative Post News is shutting down
Mastodon and Bluesky are still standing.
www.theverge.com
January 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Going through my apps and just now realizing Post News shut down last year. Who else needs to revisit the apps on their phone? 😅
Want to know how to make $3,000 from selling your data and opinions? See if I did it last year in my latest #BeerMoney Substack post 👇🏽
Nina's 2024 Year-End #BeerMoney Recap
Did I pocket $3,000 in 2024 for selling my data? 👀
ourinfodump.substack.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Want to know how to make $3,000 from selling your data and opinions? See if I did it last year in my latest #BeerMoney Substack post 👇🏽
Reposted by Nina C.
This is how cats lived before they were domesticated btw
January 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This is how cats lived before they were domesticated btw
Would you pass the U.S. naturalization exam? Here’s some sample questions: www.uscis.gov/citizenship/...
I missed a question about the Federalist Papers because I don’t even remember the last time I talked about that
I missed a question about the Federalist Papers because I don’t even remember the last time I talked about that
Welcome to the 2008 Civics Practice Test! | USCIS
www.uscis.gov
January 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Would you pass the U.S. naturalization exam? Here’s some sample questions: www.uscis.gov/citizenship/...
I missed a question about the Federalist Papers because I don’t even remember the last time I talked about that
I missed a question about the Federalist Papers because I don’t even remember the last time I talked about that
In case you don't have 45 mins to spare for this, at least skip to minute 12 to see how Meta has explicitly stated ways in which LGBTQ+ people are not protected on their platforms.
Glad I watched the entire video because the call to remain seen since representation is important is one to consider.
Glad I watched the entire video because the call to remain seen since representation is important is one to consider.
Facebook has updated its community guidelines to explicitly exclude LGBTQIA+ people from the protections afford to all other groups. I wish I was catastrophizing things, and I'll go over it all to show how messed up this.
youtu.be/xZUa0SdGZp8
youtu.be/xZUa0SdGZp8
Meta makes Facebook & Instagram unsafe for LGBTQ+ users
YouTube video by Council of Geeks
youtu.be
January 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
In case you don't have 45 mins to spare for this, at least skip to minute 12 to see how Meta has explicitly stated ways in which LGBTQ+ people are not protected on their platforms.
Glad I watched the entire video because the call to remain seen since representation is important is one to consider.
Glad I watched the entire video because the call to remain seen since representation is important is one to consider.
I had to look up what CBP One is and the fact that it shut down within moments of inauguration really makes it clear how bleak the next four years is going to be.
"CBP One's functionality was expanded to include unauthorized migrants seeking protection from violence, poverty, or persecution."
"CBP One's functionality was expanded to include unauthorized migrants seeking protection from violence, poverty, or persecution."
January 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I had to look up what CBP One is and the fact that it shut down within moments of inauguration really makes it clear how bleak the next four years is going to be.
"CBP One's functionality was expanded to include unauthorized migrants seeking protection from violence, poverty, or persecution."
"CBP One's functionality was expanded to include unauthorized migrants seeking protection from violence, poverty, or persecution."
Fondly remembering my morning ritual of getting to work and firing up Google Reader to catch up on news and other people's personal blogs. I never got back to it after Google shut it down.
Maybe it's time to revive this old ritual with a new RSS feeder?
Maybe it's time to revive this old ritual with a new RSS feeder?
Game changer:
Did you know every single bluesky account also has an RSS feed? Just add /rss to the end of it.
I plugged @reckless.bsky.social’s post RSS feed into the free app feeeed and now I can check in on what’s happening with the TikTok ban without the overhead of getting sucked into Bluesky
Did you know every single bluesky account also has an RSS feed? Just add /rss to the end of it.
I plugged @reckless.bsky.social’s post RSS feed into the free app feeeed and now I can check in on what’s happening with the TikTok ban without the overhead of getting sucked into Bluesky
January 20, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Fondly remembering my morning ritual of getting to work and firing up Google Reader to catch up on news and other people's personal blogs. I never got back to it after Google shut it down.
Maybe it's time to revive this old ritual with a new RSS feeder?
Maybe it's time to revive this old ritual with a new RSS feeder?
If you had to choose: Substack link? Or blog post link?
January 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
If you had to choose: Substack link? Or blog post link?
YouTube recommended this video to me even though I haven’t watched anime in a while and looks like I will be working on fixing that in 2025!
First 3 I want to watch from this video:
- Delicious in Dungeon
- Dandadan
- Girls Band Cry
First 3 I want to watch from this video:
- Delicious in Dungeon
- Dandadan
- Girls Band Cry
My first big year end video is finally done! This is the Best AND Trashiest Anime of 2024: youtu.be/ZtTYc14IUm8
2024's BEST and TRASHIEST Anime
YouTube video by Mother's Basement
youtu.be
December 23, 2024 at 8:31 AM
YouTube recommended this video to me even though I haven’t watched anime in a while and looks like I will be working on fixing that in 2025!
First 3 I want to watch from this video:
- Delicious in Dungeon
- Dandadan
- Girls Band Cry
First 3 I want to watch from this video:
- Delicious in Dungeon
- Dandadan
- Girls Band Cry