gom (they/them) @hider@sonomu.club

A few friendly reminders when interacting w/ me.

1. My preferred pronouns are they/them. I understand people make mistakes, and that's fine. But to me, and many others, this actually matters. So, please try to keep it in mind.

2. I very much appreciate getting some kind of response in conversations. Silence, as it were, makes me very confused and often a bit anxious. Simply favourizing could be sufficient. Anything other than solid silence, really.

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An updated version of Zooming Out - a (provisional) list of Zoom replacements. Feel free to share and/or contribute. 💜

⭐ @greyor
⭐ @ethanyoo

https://adikos.net/blog/zooming-out/

A while back I made a little trip to the new place I'm moving to, to do some measuring etc. On the way there I stopped at a local thrift shop and found this Cinemax Super 8 camera for about 3 euros. I have no idea if it works or not, but little things like this makes me even more convinced I'm moving to the right place.

#5 Baltra - Fade Away

https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=0vl0t58iMkY

When I hold an Iphone in my hand I feel how smooth it is, and how nicely it fits in my hand. When I hold a #Fairphone in my hand, I feel its not-so-smooth back cover, and the rim around the screen bugs me.

Then I think about how two very different kinds of ethics are materialized in these devices. How neither would've looked like they do if we would've lived in a sane world. And then my heart gets filled with an equal amount of sorrow and hope.

(Ps. The IP is appalling; the FP is amazing.)

(Feel free to add songs! I might do so, too.)

#4 Bratmobile - Cool Schmool

https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=zug8C4KcGfQ

#3 Big Black - Kitty Empire

https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=Rw6e9gCpCdE

#2 GY!BE - Mladic

https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=RXdF9uhVrI0

#1 Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It

https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=tFuujExs03A

Btw, as much as I despise the system, this has, of course, little to do w/ the individual people owning and renting out properties. However, as an owner one might, so to speak, act more or less (socially and personally) damaging. My landlord is definitely at the "more" end of the spectruum, and that's why I'm doing this.

Sidenote: I make my worst grammar errors when I think too much. When it comes to language, I strongly believe instincts are more important than anything else. Granted, such instincts take time to develop (if you're not a child, that is). Trusting those instincts can be even harder.

With all of that said: At the end of the first paragraph, I originally wrote "is necessary", but later changed it. I know it should be "is necessary." But I had too much to think.

Like so many other #tenants, I've always been afraid to speak up to #landlords. As I'm moving soon, and not #renting for the first time in my life, I feel there's a window of opportunity for something real.

So, I've started to write emails to my landlord, a couple every week, telling them about all the things that are terrible about my apartment. Kind of a weekly report, if you will. I'm sure it won't change anything, but some things just needs to be done.

The one thing I still struggle with, is digital #drawing under Linux. #Krita is great, and I can make things work, for sure. But the whole experience is pretty subpar, which is not good for (my) creativity.

It might sound silly or like I'm ungrateful (I'm really not!), but I do want an experience similar to that of an Ipad. Something I can easily hold in my hand, a UI made for touch devices, and a fluid UX. Is that possible?