Junited 2026
I received a kind shout-out from Juhis Santala this morning, mentioning my previous blog post regarding the tilde (~) movement key in vi/nvi/vim, and how I tweaked it.
Reading his blog post, I discovered the "Junited" blogging theme, a way of bringing bloggers together for the month of June, which was created by Robert Birming.
I've not been much of a "linkdumper," but I must admit those kinds of posts can be a goldmine for interesting info. Here's some stuff I've discovered just looking around so far (which I will be updating as I'm able throughout the month):
June 5th
- https://justsketch.me/
- This is an interesting interactive web app of a poseable doll which can be used by artists to create realistic poses that they would like to draw
- https://michal.sapka.pl/weblog/2026/onigiri/
- MichaΕ's story of making Onigiri takes me back nearly a quarter century to the last time I tried making it. (Hint: you either buy a silicone Onigiri mold, or try shaping it into a vaguely rounded-triangle shape with your hands, but (IIRC) wet your hands first, so the rice doesn't stick to them.) It's a fun read :)
- https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/2026-w21/
- Joel's a good FediFriend, and his weeknotes are always interesting. I might say I'm impressed that he remembers his weeks at all, my short-term memory is kind of futzed π
- More to come (hopefully) daily! π Check back here for more
June 6th
- cobbles β The Stepford AI
- This metaphor and analysis of A.I. Psychosis-with-a-misogynistic-twist behavior is very informative, and chilling. Rather than humanizing the role of the A.I. (as the title might cause you to expect), the author is revealing the same kind of male dynamic between the fictional Stepford Wives and A.I., namely, the male desire for a perfectly malleable companion, whether human, robotic, or purely virtual. The ramifications of this are pretty horrifying, and I think we can expect only a further degradation of humanity as people give in to their basest wishes. Sorry if I'm not more cheery on this subject.
- Andreas / 82MHz's photos page
- I was going to link to one of Andreas' recent blog posts, but I happened to click on his photos page out of curiosity, and my breath was taken away. There are some really beautiful pics here!
- Hyde / Lazybear β June Vim Carnival
- Ironically linking to the blog post that started this all. I saw Hyde's fedi post about the "Vim Carnival," got interested, posted my own blog post about vi/nvi/vim, which got Juhis' attention and mention, which then drew my attention to Junited, and around and around the world spins! π
Vim Carnival Entry: "The Motion that Changed Everything."
Fedifriend and fellow vim-addict Hyde is hosting what's called a "Vim Carnival", where someone sets a topic and encourages others to blog about the subject at hand concerning vim.
With permission, I'm going to slightly modify the subject to apply to nvi, but the option I will be explain also β¦
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Quasi-Lucid Ravings
I don't understand time.
I don't understand this weird 80-year period of life, bracketed by glory.
I don't understand squinting and sweating under the sun, waiting for our Rescue.
I don't understand the Creator's insistence of running the simulation of humanity on such a flawed and cantankerous scratch file.
I β¦
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Don't Go Back There
Content warning: discussion of religion and politics. If those subjects are triggers for you, I fully understand, and offer instead this lighthearted post instead.
Note: this post is in some ways a continuation of this one from 2024, but you don't need to read that first.
There's a phrase found β¦
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A New Socratic Sign, or: Writer's Block as a Work of Grace
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I wrote previously about my experience of a "Socratic Sign" as a student: how my experience of wonder and exhilaration in my studies kept me going through the relative stress and β¦
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Mind the Shards
Photo source: Marika Vinkmann
I was listening to one of my new favorite podcasts, Don't Listen to Us with Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody (his wife). As I mentioned in a recent post, Mandy is one of my favorite actors, nay, favorite humans on the planet. I can't get into β¦
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Package Manager Tier List
I was thinking about Arch's pacman this morning, mentally noting once again how insanely fast it is compared to all of the other package managers I've used.
So, I thought I'd put out an informal package manager tier list, based primarily on speed, and just going on my own β¦
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Breakfast at Der Waffle Haus
Disclaimer 1: A heavy "[sic]" is implied on all intentional butchering of the German language in the references (and URLs) in this post
Disclaimer 2: This post deals with issues of grieving, but in a lighthearted manner
Disclaimer 3: This post may be best enjoyed while listening to this track β¦
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Re-thinking Sci-Fi Space Battles
I don't watch a lot of YouTube anymore, and I'm trying to bring my TV watching down by a lot and read more.
But one of my guilty pleasures is Retro Badger Gaming. This guy uses variants of the Bridge Commander series of games/mods to put together intriguing, insane β¦
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My Mirror is Surely Alive
By Dorkface Rickens
Ready or not, the future is here! This evening, I installed a new technology in my bathroom called a "mirror."
I was excited to see what this could do, and skeptical of the claims that mirrors merely reflect the light coming in.
Imagine my astonishment when I β¦
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