Noomsh

@noomsh
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Woman, Life, Freedom

speaking in broken languages and unfinished thoughts

she/her

A message for this year's approaching antiauthoritarian New Year, Newroz, from the "Free Life Party of [Eastern, Iran-held part of] Kurdistan" (PJAK) in a rough translation.

Keep in mind that usually in this context the word "nation" and derivatives are used in their original meaning of a people with shared history, culture, etc, which can and do very much overlap without any fundamental issues and is not related to be being declared a citizen (or not) of any exclusionary exclusivist State which is instead a declaration of State-ownership while original meaning nationalities are beyond any States' control.

Also keep in mind that the entire foundation of Newroz (and Nowruz) is literally celebration of the people overthrowing a tyranny, which is obviously why tyrannies are terrified every year.

No tracking, no metrics or “engagement” stats. How liberating.
How weird is this need to write, share, be heard, or be seen.. A friend sent me a backup of one of the many blogs I had over the years. Reading my own words from ~20 years ago was deeply cringey. You’d think that is enough to stop me from doing this again.
Yet here I am. Smh, humans are weird.
"I know people, I know towns, farms, hills and rivers and rocks, I know how the sun at sunset in autumn falls on the side of a certain plowland in the hills; but what is the sense of giving a boundary to all that, of giving it a name and ceasing to love where the name ceases to apply? What is love of one's country; is it hate of one's uncountry? Then it's not a good thing."
-Estraven
#TheLeftHandOfDarkness #UrsulaKLeGuin
Me: it’s almost gardening season and everything is going to be better soon 🌱
Also me:

I have a tragic love-hate relationship with sleep.

I chase it all day
and fear it all night.
Because sleep means dreams.
And dreams don’t ask
who you’re ready to see.

Imma say my exceptionally bad mood is due to #fridaythe13th but my cute boys are definitely helping #CatsOfMastodon
Trying to keep a healthy war-life balance like everyone recommends
LLM code is the lead pipe of our generation of software engineers. They’re going to be replacing it for decades and wondering how we were so foolish