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Niko (Martin) :heart_ace:
@martinligabue@tsukihi.me
Niko (Martin) :heart_ace:
@martinligabue@tsukihi.me
Legends and Lotties
@Lottie@beige.party

Anxiety about writing "imperfect" Alt Text can result in less Alt Text, and honestly? That’s the only way to truly fail.
Accessibility isn't mysticism. It isn't a manifesto. It’s just generosity and common sense.
Don't let the fear of being unpoetic leave us in the dark.
bad alt text > no alt text.
imperfect description > silence.
#a11y #Tech #Design #Fediverse #Accessibility #Blind

Niko (Martin) :heart_ace:
@martinligabue@tsukihi.me
lianna
@lianna@micro.webgarden.click
CW: eulogy, suicide at 39c3

I am at a serious loss for words and yet I need to write something. A #eulogy, maybe.

Yesterday evening, here on Fedi, I read a #suicide note by @Crimekillz@xn--c8h.fm , my first girlfriend of eight years and one of my closest friends and soul mates for most of our lives.

This morning, I learned from her family that she had indeed passed away yesterday night after purposefully overdosing on medication near her home. As if for her, it started snowing here for the first time this winter just now.

I hardly know what to write at this moment, I'm sorry.

This appears as an immediate consequence of her being bullied at #39C3, but it follows a life of serious tragedy and hardships. Autism, ADHD, schizophrenia, DID; a broken home, child abuse, bullying, exclusion. Tons of unhealed trauma, and myriads of complex and contradictory personalities stacked on top of each other.

She was all that and one of the most wonderful and interesting people I ever met. She was the most important person in my life for most of my existence.

I met Jenny on the German Minecraft forums when I was 13 and she was a couple of years older than me. She was my first and only best friend. She made me realise I was queer, she was the first person I ever loved. We started dating on the 1st of March of 2015, and we were together for almost eight years. We went through the teenage years, through both our transitions, our political socialisation, our earliest life stages and experiences. We eventually moved and lived together as what we used to describe as soul mates. We wanted to build a family.

I can not overstate the absolute integral role she has played in my life, my self-discovery and journey in my identity, my teenage years and early adulthood.

While eventually we drifted apart due to different social circles and an unfortunate third-roommate situation making us move to separate apartments, we split up amicably and kept in regular contact til the very end.

Jenny was one of the most wonderful and interesting people I knew. There was no other person in my life I have had this deep of a connection to as her.

There is absolutely nothing I could write here that could possibly do her justice in any way, or all the moments we've shared together.

She was a complex person of many contradictions. She was a lifelong rebel, and a fragile, deeply vulnerable soul at heart. She was an anarchist and a nonconformist, a furry and therian, a philosopher, an agender woman, a great girlfriend and someone who would have found it rad to be called a gender terrorist, a punk and a psychonaut, a queer bean, a kind soul, a hacker and cybercriminal in the best possible sense.

I would like to extend my sincerest condolences to everyone else who knew her and most importabtly, did not contribute to her passing away.

I would like to extend a hearty fuck-you to the people in the #Chaosbubble who stood by willingly as she was excluded and bullied; to her abusers; to the enablers. To the people who gave not a single damn about her feelings, who pressured her into a life of overstimulation and constant restlessness, who excluded her for superficial reasons, who abused therapy speech and called her "problematic" for being who she was.

May she be dearly missed, and rest in power.

To quote her last public words:
"There is beauty in darkness, I want my funeral to be a celebration, make it a rave. Maybe Luna has time to DJ."

Niko (Martin) :heart_ace:
@martinligabue@tsukihi.me
Niko (Martin) :heart_ace:
@martinligabue@tsukihi.me
George Penney
@georgepenney@sunny.garden

#Spotted at the Beach on New Year's Day in Aotearoa New Zealand:

An entire huge family rushes en masse into a choppy sea. Shrieking, laughing, splashing, roaring. Half of them running straight back out again. Grins and goose bumps as they head for a big pile of towels and toys on the sand.

A man (20s?) has one hand wrapped around his partner's waist while he holds a metal detector in the other hand. Snuggling as they slowly walk down the beach, scanning for buried treasure.

A tiny human (1?) is being flipped upside down by his chuckling Mum. Mum's roaring, "Look at those little abs! I'M GONNA TICKLE 'EM!" While Tiny Human gurgles with laughter. Tickling is imminent!

Two men (teens?) are sitting side-by-side at a picnic table watching the surf. Boards on the grass nearby next to peeled off wetsuits. Bowls of cereal in front of them. It might be dinner time but they can have Coco Pops if they want to. The vibe is chill.

A weka* has spotted a MAGNIFICENT TREASURE! A picnic blanket unguarded! It's a bit ungainly, but this bird's determined to tug it back to its under-scrub lair, where there's already a snaffled cushion.
Maybe... just maybe... picnic blankets are edible. (Or at least cosy?)

Any typos spotted in this post are very relaxed apostrophes who had a delightful Christmas and New Year, punctuating all over the place. If typos spotted, please maybe politely enquire what they're planning on doing with the picnic blanket once they get it home.

(Continued below)

You're looking a view taken half way across a bridge of a river, marshlands and faintly visible mountains beyond. There are big low lying fluffy white clouds overhead that are reflected in the water, which is crystal calm. The mountains in the distance are shrouded by mist because they're demure and don't need to be flashy. We know they're there. They're always there. The marshland is brownish and silty but very pretty... not at all like the Dead Marshes in Lord of the Rings, but maybe a little reminiscent. And there is also a ridge of pine forest far in the distance to the right, pointing at the mountains so you don't forget they're there. The vibe is tranquil. This scene smells like salt water, fuggy greenery and a little bit of sulfur of decaying plant things. It sounds like distant crashing waves and evening birdsong. You're looking at a typical Kiwi scene here of a picnic table and bench chairs surrounded by the usual suspects. There's grass, a flax plant with big pointy leaves, scrub... and a brown woodhen looking like it most definitely hasn't been thwarted, standing with its back to the table, which incidentally holds a red wool plaid picnic blanket. This blanket was recently in this bird's possession and it will get it back... moments later in fact. The bird is about the size of a chicken. The blanket is the size of a single bed blanket. This bird is a tiny blanket stealing dinosaur. The sounds in this picture are of silent bird sneakiness, nearby waves crashing and a family laughing and shrieking as they run into the sea. The smell is petrichor after recent rain and the sea.
Niko (Martin) :heart_ace:
@martinligabue@tsukihi.me
Niko (Martin) :heart_ace:
@martinligabue@tsukihi.me
Niko (Martin) :heart_ace:
@martinligabue@tsukihi.me
Niko (Martin) :heart_ace:
@martinligabue@tsukihi.me
Niko (Martin) :heart_ace:
@martinligabue@tsukihi.me
q3k :blobcatcoffee:
@q3k@social.hackerspace.pl

What a great #39c3 ! This year's priority was to mingle with friends both old and new, and that worked really well. It was great talking to everyone, even on day 3 when I was too fatigued to string together a coherent sentence. Definitely a top 3 congress in the 13 years I've been attending.

Happy new year, and maybe see you at teardown tonight!

Photo of a tall entrance foyer at a fair. From the ceiling hangs a disco knot, spreading blue light from a spotlight ibto hundreds of little spots. A handful of tiny human silhouettes are scribbled over (I did not notice them when taking the photo).
Niko (Martin) :heart_ace:
@martinligabue@tsukihi.me