It's a screenshot of a thing I made in Google Sheets to draft tweets in and have it change colours when I've hit the character limit. The Sheet name is "tweet drafter" In the address bar I've temporarily pasted a sample formula so I could reference the structure. The column headings are text, characters, ok ?, and word count. the word count column is just a plain numerical counter. The first column contains things like lorem ipsum "posts on Bluesky can now be 299 characters long!" and "testing 1 2 3", "I believe in miracles do ya do ya do ya, wow I achieved literally 1 goal this year π that's amazing girl β€οΈβπ₯ that's progress β€οΈβπ©Ή I love you :))), I'm actually so proud. I think I really need to learn more about INCUP wait fuck now I need to learn how to auto carry formulae nah bro it's no worries I nailed it immediately π hehe I didn't but at least i got it working as a proof of concept of both the Sheets function that I'm attempting to learn* and of the person I'm trying to be π₯Ί. now I just want to test if a certain filter kicks in." The character count column gradually gets redder and redder as a warning as the test text approaches the 299 character limit. the "ok?" column is also colour coded but in a prettier purple colour and has quantitative ratings of the character count, i.e. "lovely π" "fine β€οΈ" "consider splitting β€οΈβπ₯" "won't fit π" "babe maybe take a breath for a sec π§"
Quotes from Rob Macfarlane- Despair is a luxury. Hope is a practice
Rob Macfarlane talking at Stroud Book Festival 2025. He spoke of how in Is A River Alive? He hasnβt quite got an idea of how to think of futures. #HopeIsAPractice
So yeah, weβre vulnerable. And thatβs not weakness. Thatβs how we float. ππ
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Hopes fuels resistance. Hope gets us up when we don't think we can make it any further. From the little things to the big.
What is it that drives your hope?
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So the next time someone says βnot in my backyardββ¦ ask: What if we shared the backyard? What if hope floated, and you let it in? ππ
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