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1. :trans_heart: Kira 🦊 (tty@sunbeam.city)'s status on Saturday, 18-May-2024 20:00:28 JST :trans_heart: Kira 🦊

   It feels so meaningful to me when I see some dangerous debris on the bike path, and I slow down & stop, and take the time to move it off the path, so future cyclists don't need to worry about it.

   I think about how important and undervalued maintenance is in the dominant culture. Building new things gets all of the glory, when it's the maintainers and acts of service that are what truly, imo, make this world work.

   • Jake Rayson (natureworks@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 18-May-2024 20:00:24 JST Jake Rayson

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     • Kate Bowles

     @kate
     And someone working on a garden I helped plant has put in little stick steps leading down a steep section. Just a little touch but helpful
     @tty

     Aral Balkan repeated this.
   • Kate Bowles (kate@aus.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-May-2024 20:00:24 JST Kate Bowles

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     • Jake Rayson

     @natureworks @tty I shared this one recently. It’s a creek outlet that constantly shifts position on a busy dog beach. Every day someone takes a moment to make a new little creek crossing for other dog walkers. So in this case there’s also a sense of working with impermanence. I love this aspect.

   • Jake Rayson (natureworks@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 18-May-2024 20:00:25 JST Jake Rayson

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     • Kate Bowles

     @kate
     A few days ago, someone had built an arch over the tributary. I added a couple of stones. Today, there's a bridge!
     @tty

   • Kate Bowles (kate@aus.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-May-2024 20:00:26 JST Kate Bowles

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     • Jake Rayson

     @tty @natureworks Oh I love this. It happens on informal bush paths around where I walk — people clear overhanging branches and put stepping stones across muddy patches. These small anonymous fixes on a path where you never meet anyone are all time gifts.