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emilynhoward skep

2 months ago

I got your letter today! Will reply as existential crises allow.

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skep 2 months ago

That's reasonable, I'll check the mailbox in a couple years

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emilynhoward updated The Bone Folder

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kolala 2 months ago

Late to your original question, but how about using labels to be as a safe space? For instance, I have my pronouns in my site even though it doesn't make a difference to me. I'm a cis woman, so the default she/her works. And even if someone misgenders me, I wouldn't care because I have never suffered from it.

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kolala 2 months ago

So in that case, rather than being a defensive thing, it's just to tell others that I'll respect their pronouns if they ever interacted with me. To try to make it safer for those who might be dealing with discrimination in other places. I rarely interact with others, but if there's a chance to make things a bit less hostile then it's worth it.

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kolala 2 months ago

Bonus reason: some blinkies and stuff are just cute ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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pixelglade 2 months ago

Agreed with Koala. Before I came out as trans, I didn't self-identify very much as anything online, in fact I preferred to hide it. But even coming against prejudice about being trans from even my own family and facing random abuse in public and online, self-identifying works as both indicating to others that I'm "in the know (e.g. about pronouns, etc)"/ am safe, and also practically works as a filter.

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pixelglade 2 months ago

Also, I've poked around on the old web on archives of geocities and others, there was quite a lot of self-identification especially in the LGBTQ community, much as there still is today. I haven't looked at other communities but I suspect your observation on race, nationality, etc, are the same. When there's so much information online, choosing who to follow or spend time with is important, labels help with that

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ghostscape 2 months ago

i think my thoughts are not comment-sized but: this topic is super interesting, your thoughts reflect a lot of my own feelings, and also the current comments are spot-on too. how I've felt about online labels over the years has maaassively changed and part of that is to do with the kind of privileges I have changing

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emilynhoward 2 months ago

@kolala Thanks for the perspective. Yeah, I think that different sites with different purposes use labels differently. For myself, I've had experiences where I thought I was a good ally and ended up causing harm, so I don't see myself as an expert on whether or not I'm a "safe" person. If someone is wondering if I am safe to approach, I would recommend that they read around my site a bit and decide for themselves.

emilynhoward 2 months ago

@pixelglade Several years ago, I got harrassed on the bus by someone claiming that they "couldn't tell" "what" I am. Shortly afterwards, I got some pride pins to put on my bag so nobody could claim to be confused about it and to take up space as a queer person. So I get that as a reason to self-label online. But to me there's a thin line between creating a community and creating an echo chamber in online spaces...

emilynhoward 2 months ago

...and that's the part that I'm still trying to figure out. I was not connected to the LGBTQ+ community in my early internet days, so I did not see the self-labeling happening there. My guess is that the practice started in small communities connecting around their identities and get got more mainstreamed over the years.

maggotgirl2002

2 months ago

ear reinfected. another round of antibiotics. im on an inhaler. been sick for 2 and a half weeks. going to try to update soon whenever i feel at least somewhat back to normal

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sanyation vetil

2 months ago

YOUR SITE IS ALREADY SO COOL!!!

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vetil 2 months ago

OM THANKS SO MUCH. Your website is my lead inspiration so this is very encouraging to hear!! :D

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hylas 2 months ago

the agony of the particular :))

balckwell 2 months ago

you've hit the nail on the head here. i would add that, due to the infinite variability inherent in translating ideas to writing, finding that perfect word or detail that brings it all together is a wonderful feeling. to continue your analogy, perhaps such euphoria is why God gave himself the seventh day to rest...

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pixelglade emilynhoward

2 months ago

Another blog I follow also got a typewriter recently for seemingly similar reasons (as far as I can tell). They didn't use alt text unfortunately but they took a photo of the page they wrote for a blog post: https://jamesg.blog/2025/10/19/growth

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pixelglade 2 months ago

The first post with the typewriter: https://jamesg.blog/2025/10/19/beginnings-type-written

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emilynhoward 2 months ago

Ooh, thanks for this! You can kind of see the starry-eyed wonder that typewriters invoke. I have so far decided not to post images of my typewriting because it would require both high-res images and lots of alt text. But maybe I will one day with short bits of text.

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pixelglade 2 months ago

It might be possible to simplify the process of converting full-length pages of typewriter text to alt text using OCR like tesseract or something else, but even in that case, smaller segments will probably be easier. Personally I'd like to see an example of the text your typewriter produces, out of curiosity for how the letterforms look

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emilynhoward 2 months ago

My experiments so far with OCR have not worked out well. You'd think it would be easy for a computer to render typewriting into text, but the program I was using actually couldn't parse several of the letters. I will consider uploading some examples of text, though. Thanks for the suggesion!

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humantooth thelifeofabug

2 months ago

criminally good design!

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thelifeofabug 2 months ago

<3 omg thanks! lots of inspo from other sites :)

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n-has-a-site 2 months ago

I have never heard of vsynth before, new genre unlocked.

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hylas 2 months ago

"The summer nights, lit alive, by the eyes of wondering" - such a great line, the sounds/rhtyhm are so good!

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birdtree

2 months ago

Play the SteamBOY Pocket in this blast-from-the-past region called Intervale! "As settlers came to the Land, they turned the alluvial plain they called "The Intervale" into a patchwork of fields and orchards." https://birdtree.land/intervale/

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