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14 january 2026

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Hi there, I am brand new to tilde.town and using the terminal like this. It is so exciting! I am a writer, and I write a lot. At least 750 words a day. And that is either private journal writing or blog posts. And that is swell, but I think this is the sort of thing I've been looking for my whole life. This feels private and personal, but yet does have public access if you know how and where to look.

I'm turning 30 in a few months, and I love how much of a beginner I am to so many things. My life is rather excellent as of late. I've been able to make writing my full-time career and I have a lot of time for myself as a result. I've been reading more often, playing chess, trying to learn French (badly), and getting back into meditation. There is so much to life, there is so much richness. There is SO much I really just want to sink my teeth into. I want to promise to myself that I'll write here every day. I don't really know what. Just personal junk, really. I hope that's okays? I'm stoked to better figure things out as I go.

Alright, here's a little update. I have been wrestling with the CSS and styling this little weblog for about an hour now. It's pretty silly how difficult I manage to make stuff like this for myself, but I actually think it's all well worth it. Honestly, I love the idea of booting up my old ThinkPad x200, which can't really run a GUI browser anymore. And using that to surf tilde town and see how much of my screen time can be in terminal-only!~

I love the idea of writing poetry for everyone here. I am a poet but I don't know how good of one I am.

Tic-Tacs Above the A1065

The security guard’s coffee steams
against chain-link fence, thumbs scrolling,
scrolling, scrolling, until
a white pill-shape
hovers past the radar tower.

Under the Atlantic, the submarine’s sonar
pings & pings. The operator removes
his headphones, rubs his temples.
Heat signatures cluster & scatter like
schools of fish that glow
in colours fish have never been.

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