Gemini* and Gopher

• Personal/Opinions

  • Travelling to Van

    Today was spent flying to Istanbul and from there on to Van. We arrived late, at at the hotel and now we’re ready for bed. Claudia is reading about the things we are going to see tomorrow.

  • the silence between words

    to have my lover hold my face 
    as if it was the most precious thing 
    he's ever known on this earth
    

• Politics and World Events

  • Despite appearances, British people aren't all racist

    I woke this morning to the deeply unwelcome news that British local council elections had returned an overwhelming victory for the Reform party.

    For those not familiar with UK politics, Reform pursues an anti-immigration, isolationist agenda, and continually has to deflect charges of racism. That's not to say that the party's official policy is racist; in fact, its leadership is quick to deny this. It's true, in principle, that being opposed to immigration is not the same as being opposed to people of colour as individuals, and the party has often acted to distance itself from activists who are overtly racist.

    Still, the fact that Reform has so often to say "We're _not_ racists -- honestly!" is cause for concern. Despite its many faults, this isn't a thing the Liberal Democrat party, to take one example, ever has to say.

• Technology and Free Software

  • Is darkmode a fad? ⬛

    I agree, and I'm puzzled why it's so popular. The first GUI I used was Win 3.0 at the beginning of the 90s, and colour scheme options included light-on-dark. No one used that because it was awful. The option was available in every subsequent GUI, and everyone carried on ignoring it.

    Maybe about ten years ago it began to appear occasionally among devs. It seemed to me like a geek badge, not a real usability thing, and I ignored it. Now it's the norm for devs, and continues to be ignored by everyone else.

  • Internet/Gemini

    • feedback

      just a small post, i'm trying to find ways to make it easier to reply to my posts. i've included my misfin email address and my profile on bubble in all my future posts (including this one) at the end.