Strix Brevis

@strixbrevis.bsky.social

Geek, web developer, feminist, little person, writer (ish), fountain pen fan, quilter. Trans man; he/him.

Had horrible insomnia last night. Meant to work a couple hours today then take the rest off to rest, but that was foiled by a minor web crisis...then my A/C shit the bed. Maintenance came out, said it was a fried contact in the unit, which he replaced. Temp came down a couple degrees...then went up.

Looking at LinkedIn (ugh) for the first time in years because I'm thinking about job hunting (ugh) and seeing the exact former co-workers I would expecting being all-in about AI/LLMs. -_-

have a sneaking suspicion tonight's grocery delivery order is going pear-shaped. Several missing/substituted items and it's been sitting on "Driver picking up your items" for like half an hour.

Single, disabled, can't drive, they're talking about sending me out of town for spinal surgery, and my insurance probably won't cover transpo or lodging costs so fuck me, I guess. 🤷

Whenever someone asks me where I'm from, I ask how they're defining "from". Birth, early childhood, adolescence/college were all in different places, and I've lived in three other places since then! I do tend to identify more with the city I'm in than the state.

Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · last mo.

I'd be interested in some thoughts from Americans on here on an idea: Over the last 5 years, have you found yourself identifying more with your home state than the US as a whole over time?

I have a standing call with my brother, every Tuesday around 8:30 my time. We agreed that unless otherwise requested, he calls me, since he has more going on. He's frequently late, but then some weeks I'm sitting around waiting for 30+ min, and have to text him to find out what's going on. 1/?

Just got home from my city's Trans March & Rally (kicking off Pride Weekend, the big march is tomorrow). A good feeling to be reminded that while a lot of my state gov't are fuckheads, local gov't & community are holding the line.