Nostr notes by Nege 🌨

I'm going to start explaining being nonbinary the way people ...

2024-10-15T21:15:21Z

I'm going to start explaining being nonbinary the way people justify owning a truck.

"I need the extra genders for work sometimes."
"Oh, you know, it's a lifestyle thing, with all the outdoor gender exploring I do."

Thinking of taking home old computer games even though I ...

2024-10-13T17:14:36Z

Thinking of taking home old computer games even though I don't have space to store the giant boxes nor a 3.5" floppy drive to play them. #RetroGaming

If you could teleport yourself as far as across the room, where ...

2024-10-04T00:47:36Z

If you could teleport yourself as far as across the room, where would you go?

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2024-10-03T20:30:34Z

I am at the weed shoppe with the pneumatic tube.

are you migrating with all your followers, or starting anew?

2024-09-29T14:19:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…jtrh
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are you migrating with all your followers, or starting anew?

that would too, yeah. I've seen this used in both ways.

2024-09-27T12:13:41Z

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that would too, yeah. I've seen this used in both ways.

it doesn't need to be a full u-turn, just a pivot to a ...

2024-09-27T12:02:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…vjyp
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it doesn't need to be a full u-turn, just a pivot to a different goal

Another note about Elk: sometimes it tends to freeze and not ...

2024-09-26T20:35:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…dsrm
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Another note about Elk: sometimes it tends to freeze and not notify of new posts to load, so I have to refresh the page. This is not a full demerit point, though, because it would probably marginally reduce doomscrolling.

I'm thinking of switching between Elk and Statuzer according ...

2024-09-26T15:30:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…t80c
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I'm thinking of switching between Elk and Statuzer according to the usefulness of their features.

Okay, I've tried a few web clients in place of the default ...

2024-09-26T15:25:53Z

Okay, I've tried a few web clients in place of the default site for new potential instances.
**Mastodeck** - I can't figure out how to add multiple accounts. Default text size and column width are small but adjustable. No emoji options in text box. Not inclined to keep trying this one.
**Elk** - No columns, only one page at a time. I'm neutral about that, I guess. I do like columns, but I can live without it. Elk does have the correct character count for the specific instance you're on. It seems pretty easy to switch between accounts. New posts come up as "Show # new items" instead of loading automatically, which is useful for managing what you're looking at.
**Statuzer** - Multiple columns, to the point you can be viewing multiple accounts at once. It's a bit confusing to make sure you're posting from the right one (but just a bit). The emoji menu is wider so it's easier to scroll through. However, it only has 500 characters for all instances, so it's harder to post from.

You're not alone in feeling this way, if that helps.

2024-09-26T15:11:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…0xkc
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You're not alone in feeling this way, if that helps.

I'm testing it now! I prefer the multiple columns thing, so ...

2024-09-26T14:50:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…q3kf
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I'm testing it now! I prefer the multiple columns thing, so this might not be for me, but I'll still give it a try for a while.

I was just looking at their site to consider such options, ...

2024-09-26T14:38:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…0wdl
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I was just looking at their site to consider such options, coincidentally.

Do you use it? How do you find it? Do you have multiple accounts in it?

But I'll be using this more often on my phone than on a ...

2024-09-26T14:33:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…5daa
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But I'll be using this more often on my phone than on a computer, so I won't see these visuals all the time. And their emoji set seems pretty good.

It's just hard to find the perfect place, you know?

So, I'm testing beige party out a bit before deciding to ...

2024-09-26T14:28:54Z

So, I'm testing beige party out a bit before deciding to migrate, and...the UI is hideous, both intentionally (the cartoon mastodon in the bottom left corner has been replaced with a drinking bird in a sloppy way; the scroll bars are turquoise, which is distracting) and unintentionally (the columns are narrower so it's harder to read, and combined with the turquoise it's hard to get used to). These, as far as I can tell, can't be changed at the user level.

So I don't know if I want to move there. But these things take signing up to test out, which is more effort than I want to put into things right now. Sigh.

it's reasonable to be done with US election season too.

2024-09-26T13:20:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…ru7j
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it's reasonable to be done with US election season too.

oh my god that makes me so angry

2024-09-25T19:57:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…dau7
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oh my god that makes me so angry

You know what else annoys me? When people who have not been ...

2024-09-25T19:38:51Z

You know what else annoys me? When people who have not been trying to live a sustainable lifestyle pat themselves on the back for something like switching to reusable food containers in TWENTY TWENTY-FOUR and having the gall to ask me "What's something *you* can change in your life to reduce your impact on the environment?"

This fucking myth of "it's okay to take baby steps" and "better late than never" tied in with virtue-signalling influencer brain...what a fucking world.

Thought: self-identification and -diagnosis is important to ...

2024-09-24T16:58:54Z

Thought: self-identification and -diagnosis is important to respect, because people without formal recognition of a disability or condition can have their opinions and experiences dismissed because it "doesn't apply" to them.

If you base a community or a cause around a formal medical diagnosis, you are placing medical practitioners at the center and strengthening their control.

We need self-identification so more of us can say "This is my business. This is my concern. This is my problem."

A white person saying "I see you as white, so you can't ...

2024-09-24T15:10:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…ncrj
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A white person saying "I see you as white, so you can't tell me I'm racist" when a person's whole lived experience and family history has been built around facing anti-Black racism is intended to discredit them. The white person can, whenever they choose, decide the person is Black again. They can keep saying they think the person is white but still treat them more harshly based on unspoken racism. It's just a thin veil.

Calling a Black person "white passing" is a special kind ...

2024-09-24T15:05:23Z

Calling a Black person "white passing" is a special kind of racism where you're wielding a weapon and asking "so am I going to hit the right side of your head or the left side?" as an intimidation tactic.

who's playing Jesus? Or Judas for that matter?

2024-09-24T14:02:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…elf5
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who's playing Jesus? Or Judas for that matter?

I also refer to it on my website's faq

2024-09-23T20:15:02Z

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I also refer to it on my website's faq

When I switch instances, should I keep the same username? Or ...

2024-09-23T17:23:21Z

When I switch instances, should I keep the same username? Or change it to something weirder?

If I had the time and technical skills I might create my own ...

2024-09-23T12:20:51Z

If I had the time and technical skills I might create my own instance called something like shitpost.lgbt and only invite friends. But that's not a likely outcome for all sorts of reasons.

mine doesn't look like either of theirs 😂 My mom was ...

2024-09-18T11:53:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…ufuu
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mine doesn't look like either of theirs 😂 My mom was always so careful when writing and I scribble like the Tasmanian devil cartoon.

Remember handwriting analysis as a personality test? If there was ...

2024-09-17T22:34:02Z

Remember handwriting analysis as a personality test? If there was any validity to that it would've screamed "nonbinary AuDHD" at me much earlier.

Settlers' notions of land are just fundamentally rooted in ...

2024-09-15T14:48:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…lvn4
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Settlers' notions of land are just fundamentally rooted in ownership and exploitation, and we cannot rely on ourselves to break that foundation.
Undoing the damage to the land requires undoing the claim to the land.
(Most) individuals aren't going to lose their homes when "private property" is dismantled as a concept.
People won't go starving when their industries are dismantled or their work hours are reduced.
We're just going to plan by "what is needed" instead of "what makes these numbers go up".

Degrowth must come from decolonization. Decolonization must ...

2024-09-15T14:43:30Z

Degrowth must come from decolonization.
Decolonization must include degrowth.
Both of these start with Land Back.

I had this thought while high last night and thinking of ...

2024-09-15T14:13:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…hj5r
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I had this thought while high last night and thinking of governors of colonized islands who remained loyal to whatever monarch claimed them, when the freedom of piracy was right there.

I think about pirate-related things a lot.

I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the idea of ...

2024-09-15T00:54:53Z

I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the idea of someone being *loyal* to a *monarch*.

shoveling from the shovel of giants (because giants will have ...

2024-09-09T13:12:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…un7m
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shoveling from the shovel of giants (because giants will have already shoveled a hole proportionate to their side based on their overall sense of space)

There needs to be an opposite of "x walked so y could ...

2024-09-09T12:14:12Z

There needs to be an opposite of "x walked so y could run" as a phrase. Like "x fell so y could tumble" or something.

thank you for justifying what I was going to do anyway.

2024-09-08T23:07:03Z

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thank you for justifying what I was going to do anyway.

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2024-09-08T23:00:26Z

Should I go get ice cream? First answer wins.

I would guess until Wednesday, but possibly late on Tuesday

2024-09-07T13:34:55Z

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I would guess until Wednesday, but possibly late on Tuesday

I'm moving back home today but can't take the dog with me ...

2024-09-07T13:33:52Z

I'm moving back home today but can't take the dog with me as there are construction supplies everywhere. I'm going to miss her so much. 😭

Virgin shaming is not cool. Someone being a douchebag all strung ...

2024-09-06T14:28:36Z

Virgin shaming is not cool. Someone being a douchebag all strung up and mad at people? Then the issue is that they're a douchebag, which is not related to the status of their sexual experience.

Life can be lived with joy and enriching experiences without sex. People can have sex-positive attitudes and know a lot about it without having had sex themselves. Whether they've had sex, or how much they've had, doesn't affect their worth or their wisdom.

Also people don't need to try it to know whether or not they want it. They can if they're curious or compelled to give it a shot, but they don't need to do so to know they're asexual.

(Virginity is a bullshit concept anyway, historically used to treat girls and women as commodities to be traded. Pursuing sexual experiences is a deeply personal choice, and it's perfectly fine to opt out entirely.)

¯I_(ツ)_/¯

2024-09-06T10:56:20Z

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¯I_(ツ)_/¯

humpty fucking dumpty

2024-09-06T02:13:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…luu0
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humpty fucking dumpty

Fuck around (try to replace your laptop battery because it's ...

2024-09-06T02:12:34Z

Fuck around (try to replace your laptop battery because it's maxing out at 80% and sometimes diving down to 10%) and find out (your laptop case falls apart).

fact checkers say this is true

2024-09-05T22:10:52Z

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fact checkers say this is true

Wait am I living my life wrong by not making all of my posts ...

2024-09-05T20:42:00Z

Wait am I living my life wrong by not making all of my posts public?

In recognition of bisexual awareness month, I'm sitting weird ...

2024-09-04T18:16:15Z

In recognition of bisexual awareness month, I'm sitting weird and pointing finger guns at people.

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2024-09-02T20:55:57Z

Guess I can't post things right now...

that is fucking outrageous, I am so sorry and angry on your ...

2024-08-30T13:17:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…knh5
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that is fucking outrageous, I am so sorry and angry on your behalf and in general about this long covid bullshit

I get that a lot of people don't look back fondly on their ...

2024-08-30T13:01:34Z

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I get that a lot of people don't look back fondly on their teenage years, and they may be suspicious of people who do. This memory sticks out to me because I had traumatic experiences of social rejection that made me doubt if I was actively considered a friend by many people, including this person, despite a long history and frequent hangouts, which my insecurity attributed to boredom/convenience. Her picking me up first was a touching moment, evidence that my insecurity was wrong.

So I'll remember the day. I'll remember the song. And I'll remember the brief existence of Sunset Beach.

The video for this song is of the band driving on the highway in ...

2024-08-30T12:56:23Z

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The video for this song is of the band driving on the highway in a convertible. Not quite the same as driving in a sedan in the city, but close enough that it seemed especially appropriate.

This is why I ended up buying the album. I sold it at some point, as I did with most of my CDs but I still hear the song on streaming services and think back to this day every time.

When I was staying with my parents prior to this trip, they were watching the closing ceremonies of the Paris Olympics, which included performances in LA as a handover for the 2028 Olympics. This included a performance by the RHCP. My dad made some kind of comment about they haven't been relevant since the 1984 Olympics in LA, to which I replied with a more accurate timeline of their popularity. I felt the need to link them to this moment in my personal history, to both correct my dad and to make him feel old knowing it's been 25 years since his youngest's friends could drive. (And to embrace overexplaining.)

I had no film for my camera to take pictures (as I had used up ...

2024-08-30T12:44:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…kue7
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I had no film for my camera to take pictures (as I had used up three whole rolls at her party that Saturday) so my memories are the only record I have. There were three other friends who were picked up, as her mom's sedan only had five seats, who lived various distances away. But I was first. I got the front seat. We were all giddy and excited. It was the best way to end the summer, like a party on wheels.

This car didn't have a tape deck or cd player. All we had was the radio. The friend driving was always quick to change the station if she didn't like the song. I can vividly remember her shouting and laughing while aggressively pressing the button for a different pre-programmed station.

There was one song that kept coming up on different stations. In the five or so hours we were getting lost throughout the city, this song came on about eight times: Scar Tissue, by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the first single from their album Californication.

Personal story time! Twenty-five years ago today was a very ...

2024-08-30T12:34:36Z

Personal story time!

Twenty-five years ago today was a very memorable day. It was a Monday. It was the day before school started again. It was also two days after my friend's 16th birthday. Her actual birthday was a Saturday, so Monday, August 30, 1999 was the earliest day she could schedule her driver's test. Her mom drove her to the DMV and left the car there, having confidence she would pass and be able to drive herself home (as this was before graduated licensing).

She did pass. This was before cell phones were common, and she didn't feel like going home first (why do that if she now had license to go wherever she wanted?) so she just showed up at my door. My mom answered the door and called for me. I was in the basement watching Sunset Beach, a terrible soap opera set to be cancelled in the fall. Since this was the last day of summer it would be the last episode I'd ever watch.

Which was fine; as I said, it was terrible.

ah yes, the "I got mine" approach where something only ...

2024-08-07T10:10:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…ns8d
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ah yes, the "I got mine" approach where something only matters when it's directly affecting a person (or in this case, a Belgium).

I'd imagine it depends greatly on the nation's ...

2024-08-07T10:01:29Z

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I'd imagine it depends greatly on the nation's involvement, as you'd probably learn more about periods of occupation than when a war was declared. I was taught 1939 because Canada was roped in as soon as the UK declared war. A lot of Americans probably think of 1941, when Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan.

The sense of being in a war is very dependent on propaganda and very deliberate media messages, so it's a good example of that bias and relative perspective.

Now, do I actually want this acknowledgement? No, not really, ...

2024-08-07T08:54:30Z

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Now, do I *actually* want this acknowledgement? No, not really, but I like to develop weird rants to go on to make actually good points about people's biases and understanding of humanity based on very specifically designed curricula of history, from when they're very young. And it's not that simple to just "learn more"; you gotta unlearn a whole way of seeing.

Like, I know why they didn't, but I'd appreciate ...

2024-08-07T08:51:58Z

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Like, I know *why* they didn't, but I'd appreciate acknowledgement from whoever was the Manitoba Minister of Education in the 90s that children were intentionally taught a narrative that oversold the impressiveness of European "civilization" not only at the absolutely oppressive expense of First Nations societies, but every nation south of Egypt and east of the fertile crescent (and even those boundaries were redrawn after the Roman Empire (or rather their western wing, since we were told it fell in 476 despite the Byzantines)).

I think it's fucked up how little the school system taught me ...

2024-08-07T08:46:52Z

I think it's fucked up how little the school system taught me about the ancient history of central Asia.

thank you! I believe it might have been one, but I didn't ...

2024-08-02T11:52:17Z

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thank you! I believe it might have been one, but I didn't survey the whole stadium.

I'm at a stadium with 30,000 seats. How many people at this ...

2024-08-01T23:55:52Z

I'm at a stadium with 30,000 seats. How many people at this football game will be wearing masks, do you think? (ec)

New #introduction, just because. Nege, they/them, queer aro ace ...

2024-07-11T00:30:35Z

New #introduction, just because.

Nege, they/them, queer aro ace enby, AuDHD & other flavours of neurological disability, but I get by. I live in a densely populated urban neighbourhood with a pretty cool dog working a poorly defined job where I get to use my analytical skills all day. I have built a lifestyle for myself where I can walk home for lunch and run most of my errands on foot as well. I do not drive, will not drive, and I hate cars. (Leftist, can you tell?)

In my free time I've undertaken a variety of creative pursuits, like photography (film + digital), writing, drawing, and poetry, which I post here and on my website (https://thisnege.xyz). I walk outside a lot (alt Nege :VeryQueer: (npub19h2…mt5p)) and I'm terrible at remembering sunscreen, so that's why I look so poorly aged.

My mind is in a constant state of satire, so I make a lot of jokes and shitposts. Sorry!

And now, the chorus of hashtags:

#queer #asexual #aromantic #nonbinary #urbanism #neurodivergent #Winnipeg #walking #shitpost