Els

@geekingthething

Queer nonbinary trans human | they/them | makes sql server and powerbi go brrrrrr | hoarder of books | me/cfs

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Els@geekingthething· Jun 23

Folio Society has a deal tomorrow (one free random book, with an order of two books), and I'm very very tempted.

Screenshot of a folio society webshop basket, with in it The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula leGuin, and Arctic which is edited by Fergus Fleming (and contains the history of Arctic exploration with many photos and pictures)

Els@geekingthething· Jun 12

Finally! For lunch I had ramen with coworkers. Not handmade by robots though (but handmade by humans). CC: @annaleen.bsky.social

Photo from the top of two yellow tables with multiple big bowls of ramen.

Els@geekingthething· Jun 10

Alle mensen die hier verbaasd over zijn, moeten eens wat vaker luisteren naar mensen uit gemarginaliseerde groepen. Ik ga m'n "I told you so"-dansje maar weer eens doen.

Screenshot van een nieuwsartikel van de nrc.
Achtergrond
Op dit WK was iederéén welkom, beloofde de FIFA. Die toezegging blijkt nu al niets waard

Grenscontroles Vrijwel de hele week verschijnen er al verhalen over buitenlandse WK-reizigers die niet worden toegelaten tot de Verenigde Staten. Het toont hoe beperkt de invloed van de FIFA is bij het toernooi dat de voetbalbond zelf organiseert.

Els@geekingthething· Jun 1

Gejat van reddit. Wel waar.

twee pikachu's met een progress pride vlag, en een pikachu met een stopbord, met een flowy regenboog gekleurde achtergrond. Daarbij de tekst: "het is juni. Hetero zijn is illegaal. Als je deze maand geen homoshit onderneemt zal Jetten je persoonlijk deporteren." Het heeft allemaal een hoog word-art gehalte.

Els@geekingthething· May 27

Magic, I tell you!

Felted slippers filled with bubblewrap for shaping, on top of a desk.

Els@geekingthething· May 26

Dooooone! I'll go felt these babies tomorrow in the washing machine 🫧

Two big floppy slippers in rainbow colors

Els@geekingthething· May 16

@ghostlyfelis.bsky.social... I feel this frug has picked up a weapon

Frug stuffie (green blobwith dark green spots, vaguely frog shaped) next to scissors with a blue/pink handle. They're on top of the side of a dark green couch, against an ochre wall.

Els@geekingthething· May 10

Folks, I set up my first knitting project in +10 years and it's amazing how muscle memory works, since this is still easy? Magic! (and yeah, the longer threads are part of the pattern, and I have a counting-thread every repeat of the thing)

The beginning of a scarf, knit with a pattern that purposefully creates longer threads between rows to create a wave-like pattern. The yarn is colour changing from pink to white to yellow to grey/white top blue to green. Some of the colors have glitters on them.

Els@geekingthething· Apr 29

Succes!

Selfie of white nonbinary person with purple glasses, who's just been to the hairdressers. Their black hair with more and more grey hair is long and messy on the top and short on the sides.

Els@geekingthething· Apr 24

The most recent meme in your photo roll describes your mental state. Y E S.

Quadrant of 4photos. Upper left is a 90ies furby in black and white with the word FURBY above it. Upper right is the same furby, but without the ice and with FUR. Lower left is the inside of the furby with BY. Lower right is the inside withiut the casing so you see the electric wiring and such with Y.

Els@geekingthething· Mar 22

Look, I made a thing! A bathmat out of freehand crochet with tshirtyarn. Never don't this again, since I had to frog so often to fix that it didn't bobble and was able to lay flat. Very happy about the look though. And functional!

A dark green irregular shaped crocheted rug on top of a grey tiled floor. Two white feet stand in a corner of the mat, showing it's about 1m by 2m.

Els@geekingthething· Mar 2

Mooie poster.

Poster van "vrouwen voor vrede" meer de tekst "in vredesnaam STOP met de kernwapens", met een aantal vrouwsymbolen met vuist, in wit en zwart oo een blauwe achtergrond. Met dat de stille fakkeltocht op 26november 19uur is, op het malieveld. Er staat geen jaartal bij, maar ik vermoed begin jaren 80.

Els@geekingthething· Feb 28

AAAAHHHHHH

Photo taken in an elevator of a wooden table loom, on its side, on top of a rollator. You see the loom mirrored in the elevator mirror, making it an even more confusing photo.

Els@geekingthething· Feb 27

Post something green

Els@geekingthething· Feb 12

Matcha latte en @debroervanroos.bsky.social

Photo of a glass of matcha latte with oatmilk with a long spoon next to it, and a book of Tim hofman titled "grappig jammer", which has the author (white dude with tattoos and black clothes) sorting crosslegged on a table, on the cover. These things are on a wooden table and behind it you see a big window where you vaguely see people walking.

Els@geekingthething· Feb 4

I made a Swedish mistake yesterday.... I thought I ordered a slice of a cinnamonbread. I got.... This:

A photo of a big braided cinnamon pull-bread with sugar sprinkled on top, about 35cm long, on top of a paper bag

Els@geekingthething· Jan 31

Hey #FOSDEM folks! I know they're not always comfy, but don't you all want to prevent covid, the flu, or just concrud? Way too little masks!

Photo of a very big and very full auditorium, with me in the left corner taking the selfie. I'm a white nonbinary person with short dark hair, purple glasses, and wearing a fabric Cambridge mask which is turquoise with tangerines on it.

Els@geekingthething· Jan 26

The oven is preheating 😎

Els@geekingthething· Dec 31

Lekker met de nonbinairen sneeuwballen gooien 😎

Oude plaat in potloodtekening, met wintertafreel, waarin er geschaatst wordt en sneeuwballen gegooid.

Els@geekingthething· Dec 20

LOOK AT MY CHRISTMAS LEGO TRAM, CHUGGING AWAY CALMLY AT ITS CIRCULAR TRACK!

Els@geekingthething· Dec 3

In Stockholm! First time in Sweden 🇸🇪 My discoveries so far: - why is the public transport signage so BAD? - it gets dark so early! It's not even 4pm and the sun is down -... A windmill? I thought I LEFT the Netherlands this morning?

Fuzzy photo of an old windmill. Brown. You see it from the back, and since the photo was taken from a distance, higher up, and with a road between us and the mill, you just see the upper half. In the foreground you see two white cars. In the background it's grey sky and a bit of a flat even further in the distance.

Els@geekingthething· Nov 30

Zo naar het #PAISprotest, als mens met #MEcfs, waarschijnlijk ontstaan na legionellagriep (pontiac fever) op m'n 17e. Ik ben nu 39 en heb de diagnose pas 5 jaar, maar had al zoveel langer "vage klachten"

Ene kant van een protestbord met de tekst "Me/cfs is een best wel vervelende aandoening vind ik persoon en er is minder onderzoek naar dan ik wenselijk acht"

Andere kant van het protestbord met de tekst "ziek moe door het gebrek aan behandeling"

Els@geekingthething· Nov 2

I was at a weaving workshop and it was SO AMAZING! Very cool. Less physically intense than I expected.

White nonbinary person with a blue shirt, sits in front of a wooden loom and moves a wooden ship between the threads. They have a piece of fabric of green and yellow already made.

Els@geekingthething· Nov 1

#TransOnTrains

Selfie of a white nonbinary person with short dark hair, purple glasses, big black headphones and a black coat. Behind their head you see the blue headrest of the trainseat. Sadly they still have a visible cold sore. They look tired but content.

Els@geekingthething· Oct 26

Klimaatmars!

Els@geekingthething· Oct 9

We're on our way to Berlin! #TransOnTrains Tomorrow I'll speak with @sqlclause.no at @datamoshpit.bsky.social 🤘 (tickets are free!) and this weekend I'll teach with my partner at @karada-house.de (tickets are sliding scale) 😎😍

Selfie in the train of two white humans. On the left is a man with a grey cap, glasses, and a stubble beard, with a grey sweater vest. He's sitting next to the window. On the right is a nonbinary person with short dark hair, purple glasses, and a black shirt. They're both smirking at the camera.

Els@geekingthething· Oct 1

V good meme. Reposting with alt text :

Screenshot of what seems to be tumblr:

meadovv

change your name and gender at least twice a year for security reasons

goodzillo

using a gender manager so I don't have to memorize what gender I'm currently using for which accounts

horriblehottakes

"Man" and "Woman" are commonly used genders. To make yourself more secure, try to come up with a unique gender that only you know.

Els@geekingthething· Oct 1

In a few days it's @datasaturdaynl.bsky.social time! (you can still get tickets, hope to see you all there!) so I am doing some last minute prep to my talk on gender. I decided to add a bit on politics and the current situation. This is my slide:

Black background, with white letters: Queer rights, politics and the world

TL;DR: aaahhhhhhhhhhhhh

Els@geekingthething· Sep 13

Recently I bought tshirt-yarn to create a bathmat. You could pick the main color, but not the precise shade, since the yarn is made from rest-material. I picked green. And the color turned out to be identical to my couch 😂

A photo of the side of a couch in a dark green velvet. A big spool of tshirtyarn lays on top of the side, with a strand falling down, and it's the exact same dark green. Behind it you see the ochre yellow wall.

Els@geekingthething· Sep 10

Oh man, apparently Hugh Laurie and Michelle Gomez will be in/on the audiobook too. And then Gomez' wiki page says: That's not how this works. Either you are pro trans rights, or you work for the main terf. You have to pick one.