16 august 2026
Hi again! I'm trying to figure out how the CSS on this thing works.
This is a very long line, it keeps getting longer, I have no idea what to put in here, it's not actually that long honestly I just want to see how this wraps, is this enough? Who knows. I'll keep going for a bit longer. Isn't this fun actually? I miss writing.
This is a block quote. I have no idea how it will render at this point. I'm hoping that this won't stretch and/or go beyond the border. If you see this and it looks fine, know that I probably fixed it after writing this.
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22 april 2026
(I made this back in 2021. It follows me on every platform I join.)
There, down the hill, I saw a human. I waved an arm at her, in the manner of
their species, but she did not respond. Making my way over to her, I realized
why: she was dead, and had been for a long time.
I knew humans tended to be uncomfortable with the handling of dead bodies, but I
was curious and figured that no one was around to complain. I wiped some of the
thick layer of dust that covered her flat elytra, revealing the familiar dark
tint of old semiconductor leaves; she must have been some sort of exploration
drone, from back when humans were uncomfortable sending their organic caste off-
planet.
Taking a step back, I looked at the human's wheels and noticed that some of them
were sunken into the ground somewhat deeper than others. I cautiously probed
that patch of soil with a leg which, sure enough, immediately sank into a hidden
sand trap. I understood what had happened: that poor human must have gotten
stuck and, unable to move to a windier area to clean herself, presumably starved
to death the next winter.
As I marked coordinates and kept moving, I wondered how she must have felt.
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13 april 2026
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* 2026-04-13 💮 *
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* We've been trying to figure out how to do this in HTML. *
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* It should be easy, right? Arguably one could literally just use plain-text, *
* as we are doing here. *
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* Thing is, this is probably **horrendous** on screen readers. And we don't *
* wanna subject anyone to that any further than we need to prove our point. *
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* We might just end up compromising on this look and going with some regular *
* borders. idk. *
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29 march 2026
The last time we were on anything like this some girl at a lesbian hackerspace
(Incredible concept btw. I know someone who met a girl there who was looking
into an obscure biopolymer for DIY HRT compounding, and I also met a girl there
who was looking into another obscure biopolymer for DIY HRT compounding, and
they weren't the same person)
(the hackerspace no longer exists, though the lesbian bar that hosted it does)
was doing a 'let's set up an email server' workshop. Honestly I had no idea
what I was doing, and I still don't. Was fun though.
Anyway I'm discovering that our Unix is rusty enough and our current job is
fresh enough that my thought process inevitably goes something like this:
'Brain! We are looking at some sort of colorful text-based interface on a
terminal window. How do we go back to the previous screen?'
And that's how we keep using ISPF keyboard shortcuts.
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