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I’ve been reading The Cunning Man by William Robertson Davies. Interesting it doesn’t show on Micro.blog so I added it…

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I Saw the TV Glow, 2024 - ★★★★

I can already tell it's one of those movies I need to watch more than once. I don't think I can give it an honest review, not just yet, because there's still so much I'm digesting - and I love it when movies do that to me, when they make me think about identity and question reality as I know it.

The movie should be called The Pink Opaque (not really a spoiler) as the common thread that connects the main characters and identities. What is the Pink Opaque? I'd say you need to watch to understand, but it's more likely you'd finish watching the movie asking this question. I feel this question is part of the point, at least for me.

What I've learned is that for transpeople, gender identity is gender and identity. It's not just about gender, but also about their identity as a person. As a being. And questioning it can happen when you're a kid, when you reach puberty, or when you're a 40 year old working for some local arcade and have a family, or... it can never happen. Maybe everything will always just fit out of sync or a bit odd. For some, the disturbance in their identity might mean their life as they know it is unbearable, while to others, it's "fine, everything is fine," at least for while, and yet, for others, it's just a minor annoyance. From that perspective, in a sense, we are all trans beings - somewhere on the spectrum between two absolutes that were never meant to be absolutes. The binary of gender is illusion. And while I'm personally comfortable with my gender (or I think I do? Hmm), it doesn't mean I don't question my identity, and part of my identity is my gender, which means I'm not comfortable with my gender...?

That's the sort of whirlpool of though I'm in right now, and that's just one layer of this movie, which is why I should watch it again at some point. Good stuff.

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Yeah… I don’t think I’m going anywhere.

A view of the snow outside from a closed windows. We can see snow on top of a walking rail, and a large amount of snow in the background which is covering a rock completely. There are naked branches also covered in white snow.
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Not much to say today, so I went to my old blog to grab an old post and bring it here. The merge I’m talking about is still, in many ways, incomplete, and that desire to write documents has not diminished.

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Going out quickly before the snow buries us here in NYC. How much does a shoe cobbler charge to fix a heel of a flat shoe where you live?

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Doctorow on POSSE and AI usage

Cory Doctorow reflects on his blogging experience and advocates for embracing technology like AI, despite its controversial origins

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I love how Microsoft makes its products less and less useful.

In Teams chats, there used to be a tab for the chat itself, and then Shared for files (it used to be called Files, which makes more sense, but whatever).

Now we have Chat, Recap, Attendance, Breakout Rooms, Q&A, and Meeting Whiteboard, none of which are removable.

I’m glad I have an Ultra Wide screen, because my project layout in Excel is all the way to the right, shoved out of view, while the default tabs above are empty and useless.

A computer interface displays options for managing a tab, including opening it in a new window and adjusting settings, and importantly, *removing* it.
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At Gregory’s for some coffee after a quick doctor appointment. Working from coffee shops is fun, though it’s not always doable.

Auto-generated description: A cozy coffee shop counter features hanging light bulbs, red coffee machines, and various coffee supplies.
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About living in Madhattan

A year ago, we moved to this apartment. Time to reflect and assure you all that I’m crazy.

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Switched to emacs-plus to try it again for a few days. Darwin version is now up to date. Let’s see what the differences are, if there are indeed any - and of course, if things keep crashing.