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I am home and it's 100 degrees in here. Literally. But, I mean, what did I expect? Have the windows open now. I am not seeing any obvious signs of heat damage, but also I unplugged things which may have helped. The porcelain in the bathroom is hotter than the ambient temp of the room, so this 100 degrees is the place already cooling off.

More trip posts to come. Man, that trip was a mixed bag. But, travel is an adventure? Overall, the trip was good and I am glad I got to visit Maine ... but also that trip was a mess.

Ah, I think it's starting to fall to the mid 90s in here.

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( Health and fitness stuff )

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I watched Millions of Dead Genders: A MOGAI Retrospective before I left on my trip and it's been going through my head a lot.

One thing the old tumblr approach did to identity was just make millions of them and assign them to people when they were at their starting points. Saying to someone who is just starting to explore identity that 'you feel x, here is your label, your flag, you are valid and don't tolerate people questioning that' kind of freezes people where they are. This video really clarified for me some of the ways I found 2010s tumblr, allegedly such a thriving center of LBGTIA+ community, baffling and aggro. As the video said, it's a very 'incurious' way to approach identity.

It's also not good for community building to atomize identity that much. Also, her ending points about the internet in general are very good. Anyway, it's a really good video on online queer community.

Photowalking: This Portland

I hadn't processed my last batch of images before I left. So, have some Left Coast Portland.




Keep walking, human.

( More pictures. More sidewalk. More other stuff. )