Microes
- Is there a best way to update a static blog from my phone?
Opening the blog repo in a text editor and pushing to git will definitely be too much friction for me to do regularly.
I want to just be able to just write text, save/send it somewhere, and have my home PC (I guess?) process it for me. - I've added my pronouns to my profile.
I hadn't before, because my pronouns weren't important to me. I've learned, though, that this is because I am privileged.
For many people, their pronouns are very important. And, unfortunately, there are many who are openly antagonistic towards these people. So it's important for people like me to be openly supportive, to balance the scales if you will.
"I support your rights to feel however you want to feel about yourself" feels like such a ridiculous thing to say. In a sane world we would never *need* to say that. But look around, guess what. We do need to say it, and we need to say it loudly. So I will. A good day to visit the strawberry farm.
- Goodness. I live on the other side of the planet, and the anxiety coming from America is palpable. My heart is with everybody who is in pain now.
- The Hayao Miyazaki art catalogue looks beautiful. Too bad it seems to be only available in the US now.
https://academymuseumstore.org/products/hayao-miyazaki-catalogue - An analogy:
I join a social network with the goal of building a space that I like, out of lego pieces.
The fediverse slowly gives me a few pieces at a time, and I choose what I want. I slowly build out a nice lego structure.
Networks with algorithmic feeds dump me in a room full of legos, and say I have my pick. Most pieces aren't what I want, and a good number are even broken. I spend most of my time sifting through pieces, looking for something I can work with. - I've been really enjoying the slow pace of joining the fediverse. Find a few interesting people to follow, see who they interact with and slowly branch out connections from there.
In networks with algorithmic feeds, you're presented first with EVERYTHING, and are tasked with filtering out what you don't want until you have a nice curated space. It's stimulating by design, but a little overwhelming. Conversely on the fediverse, you start with NOTHING and slowly add content you like.
Everything is a preference for sure, this just feels so refreshing to me. - Tontie is the reason I can still type numbers very quickly on a 10-key keypad. Anybody else play this?
https://www.eyezmaze.com/game/tontie.html - 📕 Finished The Haunting of Hill House.
First half was gripping and excellent, second half kind of lost me. Overall very good though! It made me appreciate that literature ages very well, and that scary stories will always be scary. - Next pet-project to tackle: Minimal-friction searchable archive of webpages I visit.
