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A different sort of Pride
I’ve been to two Prides as Novice Wye in as many weeks. Pride in Edinburgh was as big as you’d expect, but the one a week before that in East Kilbride was the polar opposite. ... [More] -
A quick primer on the Order of Perpetual Indulgence
(Again, a reminder that this is my personal blog, so these are my personal views, and I’m not speaking on behalf of the OPI.) As I’ve mentioned on my “About” page, I’m active as a member of the Order of Perpetual Indulgence, but who are they, and what are they about? ... [More] -
Why we still need Pride
Livejournal was the first blog I was openly queer on, and it’s hard to express how much of a change it made in terms of my online presence. Before I had used early LGBT+ social media websites. (Well, mostly G- the online options for the other letters were very poor in the early 2000s.) Sites like Gaydar, Out in the UK (Later OutEverywhere), and then the very excellent Thingbox, with friendly users and lively forums, which enabled me to make a sort of social home on the online LGBT+ community, and connect with other people who were both like me, but also quite different. Learning from other’s experiences in this way was an important part of my education as a queer person, because it basically was the only major option. ... [More] -
About Deadjournal, and why it's not on Livejournal
Once I ran a blog on Livejournal, almost a decade ago. Then I forgot about it. Then Livejournal got bought by a Russian company, but the servers stayed in the West. Then, at some unspecified point in 2016, the servers moved to Russia before anyone noticed. Why is this important? Well, there’s obviously a bit of a problem having your data on servers in a country known to have a record of cyber warfare. There is also a more personal reason. ... [More] -
'I Can Talk to the Animals' ... Or can You?
The recent death of Cheetah from the Tarzan movies (outliving his co-star Johnny Weissmuller by almost 20 years) got me thinking about one of the many weird things about these movies that always got shown on TV on school holiday mornings in my youth. ... [More] -
Time for a new Godwin's Law
This one seems to aged rather well! I notice even Mike Godwin's noticed something like this, and given people permission to move beyond his law... Godwin's Law ("As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.") was relevant in 1989 when it was first coined by Mike Godwin, but has since become redundant in US politics as the Overton Window gracelessly lumbers rightward, and needs to be updated. ... [More] -
Why Al Gore should hoof off (For the moment)
You know, I really do want to see a proper debate on climate change. Honestly. And not just whether it's happening, as I do think that when you're still able to wear flip-flops in October in Scotland, there is something going on. I want a debate on what could happen in the future, and what to do about it now. That's happening on the fringes, but not front-and-centre, which is madness for a global issue that could potentially affect every one of us. ... [More] -
Listening to Mountain "Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin)"
For no apparent reason, this tune's been been playing in my head the past week. ... [More] -
Writer's Block- Solo Traveller
Solo Traveller Do you find it very hard to open up to people? Why or why not? What are the benefits and disadvantages of being emotionally guarded? This is a very difficult question in a sense. I suppose the immediately answer the first question is: yes I do find it very hard to open up to others. You could say I'm a shy person, but the fact is more that I'm not even open to myself, so I don't even know if I'm really opening up to others as I don't know if what I'm saying is genuinely myself or just saying something in reaction to others. ... [More] -
Writer's Block- Pet Talk
Pet Talk If your pet could talk, what is the first thing s/he would say to you? I've got two cats, Oscar and Ellie. Ellie's the boss, and Oscar's the "shy" one. I put "shy" in quotes because he's not too shy around me. ... [More]
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