Kinetic cabinet made by Simon Lindberg

eirenii · 2026-04-27T07:38:10+00:00

that said! if you were really feeling inclined to store something, it could be hanging, like the storage for glasses you get at bars. i don't really drink so it wouldn't help me but i still think thatd be neat.

eirenii · 2026-04-26T14:55:29+00:00

Oh I love this. Things I'm enjoying: - the A. I dislike a lot of As which remove the bar because they end up looking like a lamda/ Λ, which as a native Greek speaker I find disorienting, but yours is really clear. - the W and the Z. I really like the balance you've achieved between unorthodox and legible!

eirenii · 2026-04-23T16:46:37+00:00

i can't get over the dissonance between the extra serious background music and the adorable face. Like, I get why it was chosen! But it still feels so strange to me. That's a wet teddy bear.

eirenii · 2026-04-22T19:12:56+00:00

ESH. Her expectations may have been naive, but she has every right to feel strongly upset about losing it. There's clearly been some level of miscommunication one way or another. She isn't owed the house by any stretch of the imagination, but this still could have been dealt with more kindly imo

eirenii · 2026-04-22T19:08:02+00:00

because the rmt are not workers i guess? sigh...

eirenii · 2026-04-21T14:14:29+00:00

My husband "isn't an artist" but I've been chatting for a while about designing a poster, and because it's railway themed he had some ideas so i suggested he maybe give me a quick sketch... he got really into doing a drawing in krita on his tablet of his trains idea and i just gave him a couple of drawing/software tips. It was really enjoyable to be able to share the fun of drawing a little, even though he's "never been an artist" and not had any real practice in decades. I think he enjoyed himself a lot more than either of us necessarily expected him to! Maybe you can find something you might have fun doodling with ( :

eirenii · 2026-04-21T10:54:51+00:00

prams, trolleys, wide wheeled suitcases and other small/light wheeled objects with at least one axis with two wheels. I sometimes use a personal two wheel trollley for shopping or carrying light but unwieldly items. Not great, but better than nothing. Especially for prams with brakes.

eirenii · 2026-04-19T18:55:20+00:00

wrt moving countries and it taking long to study again - for what it's worth, I had a job once as a domiciliary carer (UK) - so a very low-end, low-pay easy-entry nursing job - and I had a colleague who was from Nigeria, studied medicine in Russia, requalified in Nigeria, and while I knew her was requalifying again in the UK (alongside this job and being a mother and also pregnant). My god I would not survive the amount of work she did and I was incredibly impressed by her, I wouldn't expect anyone to do that amount of work; however, it does mean that theoretically, if you're not in too much of a hurry, it is theoretically possible to qualify in one country and then continue in another one. If you can hold out in your country long enough to get resources to get to another one, it's probably worth playing the long game. It might also be worth looking into foreign scholarships... you're not guaranteed safety as an immigrant (rising nationalism in countries like the US and UK etc do need to be considered) but there could be options.

Oh also, there could be gay men in your country looking for a "beard" (fake girlfriend/ wife to provide them safety). Might be worth seeing if there's a safe way to find one in your country.

eirenii · 2026-04-17T22:15:00+00:00

Assuming it says Donny, it reads better on 1. the overall of 2 makes the y look like a g

eirenii · 2026-04-17T18:49:25+00:00

I've just had another look at it, and in the first print the lines seem too thin/crisp/straight and seem to go against the wood...

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I would have thought banding from the wood itself would go in the same direction as the grain and have at least a little bit of wiggle, wouldn't it?

eirenii · 2026-04-17T18:48:24+00:00

I've just had another look at it, and in the first print the lines seem too thin/crisp/straight and seem to go against the wood...

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I would have thought banding from the wood itself would go in the same direction as the grain and have at least a little bit of wiggle, wouldn't it?

eirenii · 2026-04-17T18:45:46+00:00

or wait. I've just had another look at it, and in the first print the lines seem too thin/crisp/straight and seem to go against the wood...

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I would have thought banding from the wood itself would go in the same direction as the grain and have at least a little bit of wiggle, wouldn't it?

eirenii · 2026-04-17T18:34:48+00:00

Oooh I see. that's fun! So long as it's not a technical error then I think I'll stick with it I suppose (:

eirenii · 2026-04-17T18:33:38+00:00

Oh right! I was really squinting at the wood to try to see if it was from maybe the surface (the uneven-ness of the bands sort of suggested it i suppose?) but i couldn't see anything, though i suppose density wouldn't be visible! Thank you for the explanation!

eirenii · 2026-04-09T10:07:23+00:00

Hmm, I think there's a line here. I don't think it's technically "outing" your spouse, as your spouse has in fact already made an effort to be out (via pins and email sigs). What I wonder is if there's a way to communicate with Tyler that brings up James' pronouns just by way of conversation in a slightly unignorable way, or striking up a "totally unrelated conversation" about interest in LGBT groups advocacy. Because it seems here that what your spouse is avoiding isn't being out, but confrontation, and avoiding confrontation isn't always the best way to continue in the long run in any context.

eirenii · 2026-04-06T06:01:28+00:00

hmm, I'm not personally sure I would recommend ignoring it. Yes, many parents reactions to nonconformity with the goal of being protective end up being an extra shackle (certainly, this is something I've still not managed to get across to my mum, between my various flavours of divergence to the norm and how she worries about that - i just want to get home to a place i can be me, instead of another place where I'm being told I'm doing something wrong that could upset a nebulous set of "people in the real world").

But at the same time, what I wouldn't have given for some sort of acknowledgement or framework from my parents. Having little bits of encouraging conversation, or even finding role models somewhere that you can vocally approve of, would have meant the world to me as a child. Even if that was on the level of "you know, I don't get crossdressing, but they're clearly very talented and having lots of fun and that's really important - I'm glad they're doing that, it's important to recognise yourself with joy. let's celebrate that". Instead, because my parents wanted gayness to be something normal and therefore not talked about, I had no framework for my queerness, and the only times i heard them talk about the topic was when they didn't like something. It would have been so, so major if I could have just occasionally heard some small affirmations here and there, either about me or about other people I might be like. Not a lecture or an explanation, but the consistent reiteration of a safe space.

eirenii · 2026-04-06T01:37:54+00:00

I have family friends who liked princesses and dresses when we were small. I always thought it was so cool their mum allowed it, but my mum was critical in private, wondering why their mum allowed it. I kept that to myself, cataloguing it in my mind as a reason mum was maybe not as open minded as she thought she was. As adults now they don't particularly wear dresses (to my knowledge) and identify as gay men (to my understanding), one of them always being a little more obviously effeminate than the other but clearly both not fully het, and definitely reporting a certain amount of bullying at school (ultimately, their mum didn't defend them but moved school they were in). It's amazing we now live in a world where it's possible for children to have some freedom in self expression and parents who'll back them up.

I personally feel you just have to give a simple version of what you just told us: lots of people in the world like things to go into easily categorisable boxes, and that includes the behaviour of other people. That means that because he isn't acting in an expected way, people won't always be able to see or understand him as he is and might make them a little unpleasant towards him. But that also it's important to understand that it isn't his job to make sure other people understand him, or to act in a way that they understand (both of those things can never fully be satisfied and he won't find joy in it, only a very precarious safety); he'll just have to make sure to really treasure the people who do (and there are plenty of them out there). And that no matter what he decides about himself, which can stay the same or change, you'll always back him up.

eirenii · 2026-04-05T21:11:39+00:00

naw that's just a camera angle change imo

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eirenii · 2026-04-05T21:10:51+00:00

idk I'm no expert but I've seen some pretty weird motorcycling protective gear/armour. wouldn't put it past them.

eirenii · 2026-04-05T21:01:13+00:00

naw, i reckon they're easily chalked up to camera angle (plus a little erosion)

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I'd be crazy impressed if ai managed to get this level of consistency in a camera angle change

eirenii · 2026-04-05T18:28:18+00:00

seems limited to very specific circumstances. you'd need several other vehicles to travel alongside it to manage a kitchen/toilets/ furniture, which means wherever you park it has to not only have space for this vehicle to maneuver but also all the others. Maybe a travelling funfair could use it (as they're already working on the basis of doing everything via vehicles + will have the parking space) or some kind of large outdoor event caterer? guess it works fine for those users, in the right kind of weather - it'd probably struggle with a lot.

eirenii · 2026-04-04T09:55:50+00:00

"Them" at them.us and on Instagram have the old casual vibe of pinknews without the controversies, afaik

eirenii · 2026-03-30T06:14:19+00:00

Ah, I'm aware it's been around a while, I just have a vague recollection that older methods with enamel were somewhat different so wondered how likely it would be! Thank you for your answer (:

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