This little page is my home for Junited, a project by Robert Birming. I will try to add to it every day, no promises.
June 1
- Animorphs: the Reread by Ragman // a revisit of the seminal young adult series to see how it holds up (it does!) They are on book 7.
June 3
- Am I allowed to be angry about having diabetes? by Laura Michet // "You can rely on other people and on social systems to keep you safe. You can and you should. And when they fail you, you can and should get mad at them."
June 4
- An Ode to Fresh Bed Sheets by A Ray from the Inner Realm // fresh sheets have saved me so many times from dark places. Written by Ela, who uses their bearblog to process a spiritual path.
June 5
- This How to Display Footnotes on Hover Without JavaScript post by Aether Anne does exactly what it says on the tin :)
June 8
Hands Up to Practice by So! Azy // on the degradation of skills and how to sharpen them back
Dear Margo Wildman by Filipa MV // on a transgender sonic lineage and hyperpop
June 9
- Breaking Up with Obsidian by ajazz // A self-described Workflow Guy (and fellow ADHDer) talks when and how to break up with a habit stack after years of sticking with it (and the optimization trap of building new systems)
June 11
- The Jqwik Anti-AI Affair by Johannes Link // the fallout of a single "disregard previous instructions" line in open source software causing a bunch of AI boosters to lose their goddamn minds
June 13
I made a thing by Kedara // The process of composing a collage by a "non-artist" - and your sign to make something
Yes, Buy Them a Coffee: Support and Mutual Aid on the IndieWeb by Brennan // This feels like the last word on the "coffee question" floating around the blogosphere
June 18
- Done with Self-Improvement by Scattered Thoughts // Very relatable as a person who has done a ton of this work since I got sober 5 years ago. I heard someone else in recovery talk about "the violence of self-improvement" and that tracks. No recovery talk here, just musings on how to know when you're "done".