I discovered that my daily reminder kept me from learning how to actually write and interact on Mastodon. I was an old tweeter before I started the reminder there.

So you'll have to bear with me. Until I learn how to be a working Mastodonian, the reminder stays dormant.

You still have millions of friends and allies in the EU.

#DailyReminder

This is your daily reminder that you have millions of friends and allies in the EU.

Also, as your memory grows longer, "contemporary" becomes a wider field. Today, I'm teaching Dorrit Cohn's "The Distinction of Fiction" (1999). To me, a contemporary masterpiece; to many of my students, a book published before they were born. So I'm interested to know whether they can see it as modern, or whether it's an antique to them.

#DailyReminder #IAmTeaching

https://mastodon.world/@SuneAuken/110015683483956250

This is your daily reminder that you have millions of friends and allies in the EU.

Also, stay mindful of who follows you. I just had a disinformation agent follow me, and it looked fairly innocuous at first. Always cut off their reach. Always block. Don't let yourself be used as a spring board for their bad intentions.

No, they can't even follow me. It's goodbye at once.

#DailyReminder

#ShrugAndBlock

https://mastodon.world/@SuneAuken/109994258572205546

This is your daily reminder that you have millions of friends and allies in the EU.

Also, criticising a sports presenter for calling out inhumanity but not the government for being inhuman makes it quite evident that yes, you are indeed client media.

This is coverage WITH fear and favour. It's subservient and servile. Also, it's not journalism.

Oh, how the mighty have fallen! Footmen and errant boys (M/F) the lot of 'em!!

#DailyReminder #BBC #GaryLineker

https://mastodon.world/@SuneAuken/109994258572205546

This is your daily reminder that you have millions of friends and allies in the EU.

Also, a short note to remind you that crossdressing was a given thing on the Shakepearean scene, and that ALL the female parts are played by men. If you don't like crossdressers, don't read Shakespare, but don't kid yourself that you represent traditional values. This IS a traditional value.

#DailyReminder

https://mastodon.world/@SuneAuken/109986914838332206

This is your daily reminder that you have millions of friends and allies in the EU.

Also, #InternationalWomensDay. Here's to the power and progress of women everywhere. I can't believe that progress towards gender equality remains so slow - and even moves backwards in places. Let's work for better days ahead.

#DailyReminder

https://mastodon.world/@SuneAuken/109981464273402539

This is your daily reminder that you have millions of friends and allies in the EU.

Also, I'm not sure I'm a terribly efficient Mastodon user just yet. I have a hard time learning the ropes around here, but I tell myself that #BabyElephantSteps can move you forward. I hope you enjoy your day of tusking and trunking.

#DailyReminder

https://mastodon.world/@SuneAuken/109975716328601180

This is your daily reminder that you have millions of friends and allies in the EU.

Also, #ClimateEmergency. As droughts hit Europe we need concerted and speedy action more than ever. Embrace societal change to address climate change; it is bound to be better than what the changes in nature will bring.

#DailyReminder

https://mastodon.world/@SuneAuken/109959559836870493

This is your daily reminder that you have millions of friends and allies in the EU.

Also, your regular reminder that though the world is often cruel and can feel dehumanizing, your value as a human being is immutable and cannot be reduced by anything at all. You are allowed life, love, and joy, and no amount of hate or belittling can touch your dignity. I see you.

#DailyReminder
#Dignity
#HumanValue

https://mastodon.world/@SuneAuken/109948086893457974

This is your daily reminder that you have millions of friends and allies in the EU.

Also, sometimes work just isn't deeply inspiring. That's ok too. Getting the job done, whether the job as long as it's honest, is a good way to spend a day. Carve in, take an extra cup of whatever you need a cup of, and take pride in doing something right. Not all days need drama and/or inspiration.

#DailyReminder

https://mastodon.world/@SuneAuken/109942432135916551

This is your daily reminder that you have millions of friends and allies in the EU.

Also, NI. I would love for NI to have a working deal, and I would love for it to be a success.

I would like even more for the UK to have one.

However, I'm not going to be angry with a positive development.

Brexit remains a horrible idea.

#DailyReminder #NorthernIreland
#Brexit

https://mastodon.world/@SuneAuken/109936775246825027

This is your daily reminder that you have millions of friends and allies in the EU.

Also, turnips. Do I really have to write a reminder about turnips? No, I refuse to write a reminder about turnips. Turnips is a non-topic. It should never be the subject of national and/or international debate. You may say tomato, but I refuse to say turnip.

#DailyReminder #NoTurnipNoCry

https://mastodon.world/@SuneAuken/109918940218892060

This is your daily reminder that you have millions of friends and allies in the EU.

Also, #UkraineWillWin #SlavaUkraini.

Ukraine has shown us that heroism really isn't something you go looking for. It's something you find in yourself when the world demands it. Much as I admire the Ukrainians, I wish them less need for heroism in the years ahead.

#EvilAnniversary
#DailyReminder

https://mastodon.world/@SuneAuken/109914302192465031

This is your daily reminder that you have millions of friends and allies in the EU.

Also, for too long it has been too easy to scapegoat the EU. Anything good: "We did that; look at us!", anything bad "The EU is to blame."

We need to assume responsibility.

The EU is the sum of what the members put in, plus the added reach from cooperation; nothing more, nothing less. This allows US to solve more problems and get more done.

#DailyReminder #WeAreEU

https://mastodon.world/@SuneAuken/109907426869427993

This is your daily reminder that you have millions of friends and allies in the EU.

Also, follow the anger. If somebody tells you that the US Republicans is doing this awful thing, and then blames The Democrats for not doing enough to oppose it, it's troll talk.

They want you to be angry with The Democrats which is allying you with the Republicans.

Don't let yourself be dragged into it.

#DailyReminder #ShrugAndBlock
#TrollTalk

https://mastodon.world/@SuneAuken/109901887771982018

This is your daily reminder that you have millions of friends and allies in the EU.

Also, the road to rejoin is long and it may not happen in our lifetimes, but the road to improved UK-EU relations is shorter; much shorter.

As soon as the Tories lose their grip on the UK - and they are more than slipping now - it is obvious that a closer cooperation is available.

Not enough, no, not by far, but much much better.

#DailyReminder #RejoinEU

https://mastodon.world/@SuneAuken/109896503372959787

This is your daily reminder that you have millions of friends and allies in the EU.

Also, the war in Ukraine is likely to leave Russia without an army and without an economy, but with a Putin. Talk about losing in all possible ways.

Anyway, this day rejoice for you are not Putin. Your life may be hard, but it has value and dignity.

#DailyReminder #SlavaUkraini

https://mastodon.world/@SuneAuken/109880423952438219

This is your daily reminder that you have millions of friends and allies in the EU.

Also, we all have either too much work or too little - and sometimes both. It is invariably oppressive. Try to find a breathing space to be human somewhere in your day. And, if you can, give others the same space. I don't know what's in your contracts (or lack thereof), but from a human perspective being human is always allowed.

#DailyReminder #Work #YoureAlllowed #StayHuman

https://mastodon.world/@SuneAuken/109840115058309337

This is your daily reminder that you have millions of friends and allies in the EU.

Also, the climate crisis is terribly scary. But you are not alone, and it's not yours to bear or solve alone. Reaching out I find so many intelligent, engaged people working to improve the world and avert disasters. They are there for you too.

Appreciate them and lend a hand wherever you can. If nothing else: keep talking, for talking leads to action.

#ClimateCrisis #DailyReminder

https://mastodon.world/@SuneAuken/109834297649973696

This is your daily reminder that you have millions of friends and allies in the EU.

Also, compliments - or just "saying nice things". I don't know how to look graceful when somebody I respect speaks well of me.

Irony? Gratefulness? Self-deprecation?

Anyway, even a completely bashful person such as I values kind words. If you have something nice to say, say it - and then help the praised person bear the awkwardness.

In other words, thank you again @Ruth_Mottram - you rock!

#DailyReminder