I'M BACK
GOT THE BLOG BACK most of the posts just have a default image from placekitten (it’s all the same one bc randomness in hugo templates is a hassle) but i put one back up for the morris ring post.
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What the shit is the Shadow DOM, anyway?
Shadow DOM: the next frontier in web development. Or something. Or not. Let’s get y’all up to speed. To start with: What the shit is the DOM anyway?
Why do we need the Shadow DOM when we have SASS?
n.b. if you’re not a web developer and aren’t interested in being one, this post may not be for you. lmk if you want a follow-up that’ll try to explain things accessibly!
Off-silo blog and social reach
As expected, when I started writing on a standalone blog instead of long facebook posts, interaction with things I said dropped. This is frustrating. I think that I’m saying better things than I was in long unedited Facebook posts.
Self-promotion
I hate self-promotion. It feels gross, and it feels like I should be letting people come to me, and it feels like a huge imposition on all of my friends.
Braindump on Contra Dancing
I’ve been in the contra scene since I was born; my parents met at a contra dance, and their main social community is based off of it, so it was kind of unavoidable.
The Morris Ring is Still an Anti-Feminist Institution
The Morris Ring. An organization that’s been irrelevant to any non-morris dancer, largely irrelevant to any side in the United States, and irrelevant to many dancers in the U.
controversial opinions, part 1
alright. friends. i’ve stayed publicly silent on this great debate for long enough. i can’t in good conscience stay silent any longer. i will warn you, though, my views may not match the black and white painting of the issue that you’re familiar with.
yet another explanation of Mastodon
The situation: you’ve seen people talking about Mastodon. Maybe you’re intrigued, maybe you’re not. Either way, when they’ve tried to explain it to you, you’ve been confused, turned off, or maybe even a little angry that they won’t shut up about it.
youth trad song weekend 2018
another yts, come and gone. i remember at the first couple of yts weekends, i went to workshops and led songs and generally participated a ton.
yts 2k18 - sound
jesus fuckin christ y’all i was so stressed on friday important note: i don’t wish to cast any blame or aspersions on the yts committee.
thoughts on the last jedi
or: since when do i cry at star wars movies (spoilers galore) the porgs were a delightful minor detail1. i cried in the first five minutes corrollary: carrie fisher appears in the first five minutes i really enjoyed this movie kylo ren: just another shirtless mediocre man yawn.
happy christmas!
love, rowan and nicki
mastodon and coops
or: why social.coop gets it right i write more about my relationship with mastodon here i am sure i’m not the first to write about how there’s a direct link between the federated social web and cooperative business ideologies.
why pylodon exists
first off: mastodon is amazing and i’m so impressed by @gargon’s tenacity and brilliance in bringing it to life that being said, the biggest weakness that i see with mastodon is how intertwined the frontend and backend are.
why I join Mastodon
I’ve joined Mastodon four times. The first was in October or November 2016, on mastodon.social, when @shel first joined and told all of her friends; I stuck around for a bit, but only had two or so friends on it (@shel and @ebeth), and I had a large social group on Twitter, so i went back to ‘birdsite’ (Twitter, per bits of the fediverse).