disappearing posts - thu aug 06 2026
posting just to post again :3 i said this in a tiny update to the [newsletter](https://comradery.co/aloe) but im moving like 1300 miles in like freaking, four weeks ! haha. so
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the open door - emily zhou
¶ [link to article](https://anecdata.substack.com/p/the-open-door) ¶ a short, heartfelt reflection regarding "the senseless murder of nineteen-year-old Juniper Blessing, a trans student at the University of Washington in Seattle." found my thoughts
Pokopia: The end of history? - Hy Libre, 2026
¶ [link to post](https://lightsforcats.com/pokopia/) ¶ i love this whole blog, the writing is just so excellent .. another short fav is the explanation of its title, [lights for cats](https://lightsforcats.com/title/)
if you try to hurt any of my sisters ill fucking kill you
song for trans women. or, you know, its about being a warrior nun or whatever. bye
prior panic april 9th @ as220
## with kevin holliday and choo choo (ny) ¶  ¶ doors 7pm ¶
Marx was not a “statist” - Jonas Čeika
¶ [link to article](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/jonas-ceika-marx-was-not-a-statist?v=1756314770) ¶ posting the last thing i posted in here made me realize i can just post stuff without writing a whole lot about it, and in
somethin
i put the guitar thing that goes with "in the morning" in the wrong place ... i had to be done with it though, ill fix it in the album version
Polly Wants a Better Argument: The “Stochastic Parrot” Argument is Both Wrong and Actively Harmful
¶ ## SE Gyges, Mar 16, 2026 ¶ [link to article](https://www.verysane.ai/p/polly-wants-a-better-argument?utm_source=activity_item) ¶ this gave me a lot to think about. i think ill wana write more later but rn i
assorted gearlist thoughts
¶ (this was previously posted as a [disappearing post](/ephemerals), but i decided i liked it enough to let it hang around .) ¶ ok so i just redid a
starshine
did anyone see the fry scream coming ? like, did you figure id start doing this eventually ? im curious cause i did *not* see it coming but now that i tried
prior panic jan 23 2026 @ as220
## with the orrs (nh) and psycho tropics ¶  ¶ doors 7pm, music 8:00 ¶ $10, all ages
curse diver
this is something i wrote back in april or may when i was just coming out of a really hard time. i originally was like this one's just for me for processing
simple orchiectomy
![The gallus \[ancient trans priestess of Cybele\] throws off her clothes, rushes to the center with a great shout and takes up a sword, which, I believe has stood there for
moonfucker
this ones about being a paleolithic werewolf or something. idk im just trying shit
prior panic (cancelled) dec 4 @ news cafe
## with lewis & lachance, space cowboy newt, ratsnake ¶ prior panic cancelled due to illness :( ¶  ¶ 8 PM, 21+, $10 ¶
beaded curtains
you know what, i just wanted to do one of these really fast, so i did this one really fast. back to basics babey. excuse the dad rock. (its *dog rock,* actually...)
monster
> if you're fighting monsters ¶ > take good care ¶ > that you too become a monster ¶ > shimmering scales ¶ >
krk rokit 5 amp repair
i fixed a loudass buzz on my powered speakers ! ive had these (they're gen 2's i think) forever and theyre really solid little monitors imo. they're only 5 inches so
prior panic nov 14 @ lost bag
## with anna altman (ny,) time thief & portal rental ¶  ¶ doors 7:30 ¶ $10-15 NOTAFLOF ¶
prior panic nov 4 @ daisy cutter (pvd)
## with como qué wao, joe degeorge sax machine & izzy true ¶  ¶
Liberalism, ultraleftism or mass action - Peter Camejo, 1970
[link to article](https://www.marxists.org/archive/camejo/1970/ultraleftismormassaction.htm) (marxists.org, ~7700 words) ¶ you know what, here, let me just ... ¶  ¶ image transcription ¶ on bluesky, a
polytrainer 0.2
[](/polytrainer) ¶ ## 1: hello ¶ hey check it out: i fixed up that [polyrhythm toy](/polytrainer) from last month a bit. plus i gave the whole
prior panic show feed
short posts to announce things ! im telling you. its the new wave. ¶ the new thing is a [page](/priorpanic/shows/) on the site, where i'm putting up each [prior
prior panic aug 23 @ slanty shanty (ri)
## with jake blount & youngest sun ¶  ¶ doors 8pm, music 8:30 ¶ $15-20 suggested, PWYC
aloe's polyrhythm trainer v0.1
another short[^1] blog post to just announce and link to something ! i honestly dig the style . i think im in a moment right now where its short posts or
newsletter launch day
its **newsletter launch day!** im launching a newsletter, today. it's called *moon in review* and you can read it on [comradery](https://comradery.co/aloe), which is "like patreon but a worker co-op." and
setting up linux on a surface pro 8
this is just what it sounds like, a blog post walking through the process of setting up linux on my [surface tablet](/gearlist/mytablet). **debian 12** with **kde plasma**, specifically! it is
reposts or "the ringblog"
hey, check this out, a post on the aloe dot gay project log. been a minute ! just a quick one here to announce a new section on the site - the
Who are we talking to when we talk to these bots? - Colin Fraser
¶ [link to article](https://medium.com/@colin.fraser/who-are-we-talking-to-when-we-talk-to-these-bots-9a7e673f8525) (medium.com, "34 minute read") ¶ this article is really good , i learned a lot reading it myself and its also something id recommend to
living room piano number one
¶ living room piano number one ¶ yup ! its the piano songie. right here in tapes ! it's a
a year of aloe.gay
if you scroll alll the way back on the [list of all pages](/tags/all/), the oldest one is "[my bass guitar](/gearlist/bantam)," dated 5/4/24; followed by the [first post](post1)
emergences
like, things that are emergent. things that emerge(d). anyway ¶ i wanted to do a whole **blog post** instead of just updating the now page ! its nice how those are
intro to rhodochrosite
> its like, if a website was a chair, and metalsmith was all the tools in a woodshop but in boxes and a big empty room, rhodochrosite is a woodshop thats
we try
¶ > we try not to wander down ¶ > certain hallways in our minds ¶ > turn around
init
ok no this does need its own project page. and here we are ! this is the first post in the project page for **rhodochrosite,** which is what i decided to name
map making
so this little #update i just wanted to write up because its funny and kind of a peek into my *process ~*. so i recently added this [map](/map/) page to
more drawings & work changes
been a sec since i used the blog proper, huh ! all the #update entries lately have been in individual [project logs](/projects/) or new pages. this one felt like a
galleries
soo remember [last time](subtags) when i said i was gonna extract my drawings tag from my cohost export and post it here and use the subtags to index it by
subtags
subtags ! its subtags ! here look ¶ - item ¶ - ##subtag1 ##subtag2 ¶ - item two ¶ - ##subtag1 again ¶ - and
texturizing
site #update ! **YOU ARE HERE:** [website project log](../). im decorating ! check out this background! im getting ahead of myself ! ¶ ## the background :) ¶ ok i
butterfly
surprise new followers , this is a music blog ! i dont even write about websites on here anymore. im *way* more of a musician than a computer toucher. welcome to the
new links
hello blog on this autumnal equinox. *ah,* as the winds do cool, and so too how cooleth within us the poster's heart .. ¶ i feel compelled. nay, *obligated.* to address
audhd etc
what is this post even. its scattered to the four freakin winds in my head. i had this idea slow-cooking that this entry was going to be titled audhd, and somehow address
new life
without further ado, heres the next one! it is of course that one in 7 i was talking about last time. im gonna be real, this one almost did me in. but
first vocals
i went back in there today and yesterday and was working on this overcomplicated thing in alternating 7/8 and 7/4 (i do love to go "big seven little seven") but my
first sketches
these are the first couple sketches that led me to start this project log! they're just videos i took with my phone of the tape i recorded on playing back out of
tooling
theres a couple little new bits of writing scattered around here since the last entry, so i thought id post a low key little #update. life has been very active and in
shifting hallways of the mind palace
i like just wrote **"shifting hallways of the mind palace"** in [tags](/tags/) and i think thats kind of cool. grouping the same material in multiple ways kind of gives a
rss feeds
ok hey hi hello check it out! the site has a single [rss feed](/feed.xml) now. it's just the #update tag, as featured on the home page ! i think that's
a writing project
this interesting thing just happened with the site here where i was just kind of clicking around to see what goes where and how it feels and stuff, and i wound up