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It's Sunday 03/08/2026. Hey, What's Going On! (lemmy.world)
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Let do something today.

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[–] Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 4 points 3 weeks ago

I'm going to tidy some shelves so that I can get some seeds started!

[–] disregardable@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago

yesterday was my do something day. took a long walk around some trails with new date. it was fun. then I made a late night trip to whole foods and as usual spent about 5x more than I intended.

[–] kirakira666@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I'm gonna go out and play Pokemon Go today! I'm hoping to get a good Stakataka, I only have one and it's 2*. People might have gotten their raiding done yesterday though, so if I don't get it it's not a big deal either.

[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's a holiday today! (And also yesterday lol) :3 I kinda wanted to go, but I haven't yet