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Written by Dr Zoyander Street on 2025-01-29 at 15:42

I/we (still) need queer disabled online art: https://blog.zoyander.cc/2025/01/29/iwe-still-need-queer-disabled.html

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Written by Dr Zoyander Street on 2025-01-27 at 22:26

Feeling pretty miserable right now due to a flare up, but seeing $1 trillion if ill-gotten wealth get destroyed by open source software really takes the edge off. If only they could bottle this feeling.

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Written by Dr Zoyander Street on 2025-01-23 at 12:00

Freedom of format on the Fediverse and indie web: https://blog.zoyander.cc/2025/01/23/freedom-of-format-on-the.html

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Written by Dr Zoyander Street on 2025-01-17 at 00:44

Today @alexisbushnell shared jaz-michael king’s https://mastodon-near.me, which arranges local Mastodon instances on a map. I feel some bittersweet validation, as no city or region in the North of England is represented - could addressing this gap help local communities to organise, post-enshittification? https://www.patreon.com/posts/find-mastodon-by-119910371

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Written by Dr Zoyander Street on 2025-01-11 at 12:00

Can we finally get free of Facebook?: https://blog.zoyander.cc/2025/01/11/can-we-finally-get-free.html

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Written by Dr Zoyander Street on 2025-01-08 at 01:59

𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑲 𐑿𐑟𐑛 ·𐑛𐑪𐑑𐑜𐑮𐑦𐑛 𐑯 ·𐑦𐑙𐑒𐑕𐑒𐑱𐑐 𐑑 𐑥𐑱𐑒 𐑩 𐑐𐑨𐑑𐑼𐑯 𐑬𐑑 𐑝 𐑞 «𐑖𐑰𐑐» 𐑯 «𐑥𐑧𐑠𐑼» 𐑒𐑨𐑮𐑩𐑒𐑑𐑼𐑟 𐑓 𐑥𐑲 #𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 𐑑𐑮𐑨𐑯𐑕𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑚𐑤𐑪𐑜 𐑚𐑨𐑒𐑜𐑮𐑬𐑯𐑛. 𐑲 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑐𐑮𐑦𐑑𐑦 𐑒𐑿𐑑!

​Today I used Dotgrid and Inkscape to make a pattern out of the "sheep" and "measure" characters, for my #shavian transcription blog background. I think it's pretty cute!

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Written by Dr Zoyander Street on 2024-12-31 at 15:23

The obvious thing that comes to mind is Facebook events, 15+ years ago - in fact, this was the feature that broke me and made me create a Facebook account in the first place as an undergrad. That's not really functional or appealing anymore, for several reasons that we're all familiar with.

I've found some cool looking projects in the works such as @mobilizon and @gancio but I don't quite have the level of technical ability required to get an instance running.

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Written by Dr Zoyander Street on 2024-12-31 at 15:17

I feel like I need some kind of community calendar for online events. I only know about my friends' Zoom performances etc. if I see their own posts about it. There isn't a place I can go to specifically see a list of events created or shared by people I like. Seems like a very simple thing, am I missing something very obvious that serves this purpose?

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Written by Dr Zoyander Street on 2024-12-30 at 18:10

https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2024/12/27/netflix-tells-writers-to-have-characters-announce-what-theyre-doing-just-in-case-viewer-is-busy-doing-something-else

This is interesting from an accessibility perspective. I've been learning how to do integrated audio description in my writing, and it's super not easy. Sometimes the best way is to embrace its weirdness, rather than trying to blend it into the dialogue. Figuring out what conceit for AD best fits the voice and aesthetic of a show is a significant piece of work, but also a lot of fun!

Netflix does usually have an AD track available for visually impaired users, which happens to also helpful when multitasking. Imagine if they invested in quality and creativity of AD, and promoted its use to viewers who don't consider themselves to have an access need - what interesting new opportunities would that open up for writers, actors, and sound engineers?

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Written by Dr Zoyander Street on 2024-12-18 at 23:53

𐑚𐑲 ·𐑧𐑥𐑦𐑤𐑦 𐑛𐑦𐑒𐑦𐑯𐑕𐑩𐑯 | by Emily Dickinson (1890)

𐑞 𐑕𐑒𐑲 𐑦𐑟 𐑤𐑴 – 𐑞 𐑒𐑤𐑬𐑛𐑟 𐑸 𐑥𐑰𐑯

𐑩 𐑑𐑮𐑨𐑝𐑩𐑤𐑦𐑙 𐑓𐑤𐑱𐑒 𐑝 𐑕𐑯𐑴

𐑩𐑒𐑮𐑪𐑕 𐑩 𐑚𐑸𐑯 𐑹 𐑔𐑮𐑵 𐑩 𐑮𐑳𐑑

𐑛𐑦𐑚𐑱𐑑𐑕 𐑓 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑜𐑴 –

𐑩 𐑯𐑩𐑮𐑴 𐑢𐑦𐑯𐑛 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑯𐑟 𐑷𐑤 𐑛𐑱

𐑣𐑬 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑑𐑮𐑰𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑣𐑦𐑥

𐑯𐑱𐑗𐑼, 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑳𐑕, 𐑦𐑟 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑑𐑲𐑥𐑟 𐑒𐑹𐑑

𐑢𐑦𐑞𐑬𐑑 𐑣𐑻 𐑛𐑲𐑩𐑛𐑧𐑥

[#]shavian #𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯

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Written by Dr Zoyander Street on 2024-12-13 at 12:54

Yesterday was my graduation ceremony, a year after my Viva and just over ten years after I enrolled. I welled up a little when the Vice Chancellor said that a PhD means you have “done something that nobody else has ever done before”.

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Written by Dr Zoyander Street on 2024-12-08 at 01:30

«𐑐𐑲𐑤𐑩𐑑» 𐑢𐑧𐑤𐑒𐑳𐑥 𐑑 ·𐑯𐑲𐑑𐑝𐑱𐑤, ·𐑡𐑴𐑟𐑩𐑓 𐑓𐑦𐑙𐑒 | "Pilot" Welcome to Night Vale, Joseph Fink (2012): https://shavian.zoyander.cc/2024/12/08/pilot-welcome-to.html

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Written by Dr Zoyander Street on 2024-12-07 at 01:23

𐑞 𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑼, ·𐑡𐑱𐑥𐑟 𐑚𐑷𐑤𐑛𐑢𐑦𐑯 | James Baldwin, The Giver (2014)

𐑦𐑓 𐑞 𐑣𐑴𐑐 𐑝 𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑦𐑙

𐑦𐑟 𐑑 𐑤𐑳𐑝 𐑞 𐑤𐑦𐑝𐑦𐑙

𐑞 𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑼 𐑮𐑦𐑕𐑒𐑕 𐑥𐑨𐑛𐑯𐑩𐑕

𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑨𐑒𐑑 𐑝 𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑦𐑙

𐑕𐑳𐑥 𐑕𐑳𐑗 𐑤𐑧𐑕𐑩𐑯 𐑲 𐑕𐑰𐑥𐑛 𐑑 𐑕𐑰

𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑓𐑱𐑕𐑩𐑟 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑕𐑳𐑮𐑬𐑯𐑛𐑩𐑛 𐑥𐑰

𐑯𐑰𐑛𐑦 𐑯 𐑚𐑤𐑲𐑯𐑛, 𐑳𐑯𐑣𐑴𐑐𐑓𐑳𐑤, 𐑳𐑯𐑮𐑦𐑓𐑑𐑩𐑛,

𐑢𐑳𐑑 𐑜𐑦𐑓𐑑 𐑢𐑫𐑛 𐑜𐑦𐑝 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑞 𐑜𐑦𐑓𐑑 𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑜𐑦𐑓𐑑𐑩𐑛?

𐑞 𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑼 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑴 𐑤𐑧𐑕 𐑩𐑛𐑮𐑦𐑓𐑑

𐑞𐑨𐑯 𐑞𐑴𐑟 𐑣𐑵 𐑸 𐑒𐑤𐑨𐑥𐑼𐑦𐑙 𐑓 𐑞 𐑜𐑦𐑓𐑑

𐑦𐑓 𐑞𐑱 𐑒𐑨𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑒𐑤𐑱𐑥 𐑦𐑑, 𐑦𐑓 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑞𐑺,

𐑦𐑓 𐑞𐑺 𐑧𐑥𐑐𐑑𐑦 𐑓𐑦𐑙𐑜𐑼𐑟 𐑚𐑰𐑑 𐑞 𐑧𐑥𐑐𐑑𐑦 𐑺,

𐑯 𐑞 𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑼 𐑜𐑴𐑟 𐑛𐑬𐑯 𐑪𐑯 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑰𐑟 𐑦𐑯 𐑐𐑮𐑺,

𐑯𐑴𐑟 𐑟𐑨𐑑 𐑷𐑤 𐑝 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑦𐑙 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑚𐑰𐑯 𐑓 𐑯𐑷𐑑,

𐑯 𐑑𐑻𐑯𐑟 𐑦𐑯 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑜𐑦𐑤𐑑𐑦 𐑚𐑧𐑛 𐑑 𐑕𐑑𐑺

𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑕𐑑𐑸𐑝𐑦𐑙 𐑥𐑳𐑤𐑑𐑦𐑗𐑵𐑛𐑟 𐑕𐑑𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑦𐑙 𐑞𐑺

𐑯 𐑮𐑲𐑟𐑩𐑟 𐑓𐑮𐑪𐑥 𐑚𐑧𐑛 𐑑 𐑒𐑻𐑕 𐑨𐑑 𐑣𐑧𐑝𐑩𐑯,

𐑣𐑰 𐑥𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑘𐑧𐑑 𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼𐑕𐑑𐑨𐑯𐑛 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑑 𐑣𐑵𐑥 𐑥𐑳𐑗 𐑦𐑟 𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑩𐑯,

𐑥𐑳𐑗 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑚𐑰 𐑑𐑱𐑒𐑩𐑯, 𐑯 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑕𐑴;

𐑲 𐑒𐑨𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑑𐑧𐑥 𐑣𐑬 𐑥𐑳𐑗 𐑲 𐑴

Side by side with Latin script English: https://shavian.zoyander.cc/2024/12/07/james-baldwin-the.html

[#]shavian #𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯

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Written by Dr Zoyander Street on 2024-11-26 at 23:17

I've almost finished my first notebook for practising #shavian, and I think next I want to start a mini-site for transliterations of poems and prose excerpts (short, say <500 words). I'd like to have a bit of fun with styling, and I'd also like people to be able to subscribe through ActivityPub.

What's the right tool to use for this?

Extra challenge: I don't know how to self-host. I know how to install something in a VM terminal, but I don't understand how that becomes a website.

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Written by Dr Zoyander Street on 2024-11-20 at 11:05

I'm making an online interactive queer sci-fi show for folks who have limited access to in-person venues (e.g. because theatres aren't doing anything about COVID) and we have a performance tomorrow evening. I've been pretty lax about promoting it because I got sick, so we have very few registrations. I would be really grateful if you could share this with folks who might get something out of it. Personally, seeing live online art makes me feel a lot less alone, and I hope to offer that to others.

Info: http://intrapology.com/news/s01e02

Free registration: https://e.eventform.com/?eid=4QbludU3eskvxt3eDUwUg54Md%7CzwzL4%3BO

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Written by Dr Zoyander Street on 2024-11-19 at 00:05

[#]theWorkshop

Working towards the online performance on Thursday evening of "Is Society in the Room with us Now?" It's a rough and last-minute affair because a couple of us haven't been well, myself included (not to mention my good computer, which is totally unresponsive).

After an afternoon of meetings and correspondence, in a final stolen hour at 9pm, I finally managed to assemble some footage for a pre-recorded video segment. Tomorrow I hope to make some final additions to the script, and watch the recording of the rehearsal that I was too unwell to attend last week.

I also made marmalade, and one of the jars exploded. Thankfully I was out of the blast radius.

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Written by Dr Zoyander Street on 2024-10-04 at 12:39

I'm exploring the possibility of including livecoded audio and visuals in the next episode of @intrapology, but it's been a few years since I really engaged with the scene. I'd love to hear what's been exciting people recently. What should I be exploring?

@tidalcycles is my comfort zone, but I'm hoping to use something that does visuals at the same time - I'm sure I remember learning years ago about something that does this.

I'm already looking through this resource: https://github.com/toplap/awesome-livecoding

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Written by Dr Zoyander Street on 2024-09-30 at 17:54

I'm looking for a technical writer who can create clear and friendly documentation, to help artists use @intrapology's open-source software! Info here: https://intrapology.com/opportunities/technical-writer

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Written by Dr Zoyander Street on 2024-09-21 at 17:56

I'm running into an issue with my software / interface / web design being perceived as "retro", when that's not exactly what I'm going for. I want to imagine a future in which we make our existing devices run better, rather than replacing everything every few years. It's not about evoking the past, it's about imagining a more expansive present. It's frustrating to make anti-capitalist art, and then have it interpreted as nostalgia for old products of corporations.

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Written by Dr Zoyander Street on 2024-09-13 at 22:59

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/intrapology-assigned-earth-at-birth-tickets-1016657880087

Tickets just went live today for my interactive online show Assigned Earth at Birth - please share with anyone who you think might enjoy it!

26th September, 7pm UK time

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