Kira, trans foxgirl 🦊

Hi, I'm Kira! 🌱 🍄 🦊

Soft trans girl in her 30s, trying to get to know faerself better & understand how the world works.

Friends, plants, gentleness, adventure & nature are really important to me. 🌿

Currently taking the summer to take care of myself & grow at my own pace.

Honourary corvid. 🥜

Solarpunk. Let's build in ways that work in harmony with nature and not exploit each other nor non-human animals. ☀️

Public Key

npub1dmpxvrqne0vrydwff86uyljp7hc7hlhx6cuf48p6n7rge8dkex7slz77de

NIP-05 Address

tty_at_sunbeam.city@mostr.pub

Profile Code

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2024-09-06 01:30:20

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@npub1qu5…4evr I think that's a good summary, yes! I definitely started to bring in the spec-brain stuff on top of the "all on one page" piece.

2024-09-06 00:44:47

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@npub1qu5…4evr Kind of! I was thinking more of a specification: the kind of document somebody knowing nothing about uxn could read, and implement a VM from scratch.

2024-08-12 22:55:20

Flax harvesting begiiiiiins. 😈
I tied the first bundle with synthetic string, and then realized... that that felt very wrong. I did the next using a stem of green flax. Much better. ☺️
https://sunbeam.city/system/media_attachments/files/112/951/511/588/696/948/original/fe23296692a86e72.jpg
https://sunbeam.city/system/media_attachments/files/112/951/511/685/016/808/original/2a2a01380a3a275a.jpg

2024-08-12 15:57:18

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@npub1qu5…4evr Welcome back! I hope you two can enjoy some warm days after all of that upper latitude time.

2024-08-12 02:16:22

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@npub1qu5…4evr Ha ha. That makes me think of this book:
https://sunbeam.city/system/media_attachments/files/112/946/640/417/234/496/original/579e40917a427e54.jpg

2024-08-12 02:08:28

Last night I watched The Perfect Storm (2000).
Tonight is All is Lost (2013).
Both are films about folx losing their lives at sea. @___@
Kira is in a Mood.

2024-08-04 17:19:29

In discussing solutions to the climate crisis, there is a solution that I think ought take up more space: having fewer humans on this planet.
There is no need, imo, to have 8.1 billion humans on Earth. Reducing the birth rate seems like a pretty humane way to improve things, and make more space for the other creatures of this world.
Is this a controversial opinion? I'm genuinely curious why, if so.

2024-08-03 17:21:44

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@npub1qu5…4evr That dish looks delish. Where did you source the soy beans?

2024-07-31 23:24:24

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@npub14me…dd5g I relate to the first two: I get a lot out of exploring "how can I do this basically for free" to decide if it's worth exploring further. I struggle with the third point, but want to grow along these lines.

2024-07-29 00:37:02

"Meet the First U.S. Species to Go Extinct from Sea-Level Rise"
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/first-u-s-species-to-go-extinct-from-rising-seas-is-the-key-largo-tree/

2024-07-10 01:41:46

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@npub1qu5…4evr Oh gosh, this is tempting. >:)
I'm playing Hyper Light Drifter right now and it does have me itching to try to make a lil Metroidvania.

2024-07-03 02:19:35

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@npub1qu5…4evr That's exciting! What was your first ever overnight like?

2024-06-23 00:09:19

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@npub14rw…w066 These are amazing!

2024-06-20 16:21:44

I'm trying to figure out if there's a term for this pattern (fallacy?):
It's when the person avoids stating a clear argument, and instead hints at it indirectly, relying on unstated assumptions.
Open to thoughts. 🤔

2024-06-17 02:18:11

Feeling very pleased about myself for this uxn hack I rigged up that allows for IF...THEN statements using self-rewriting code. ☺️
http://kira.eight45.net/pub/if-then.txt

2024-06-13 22:10:00

Three of the biggest fears that have been weighing on my mind these last few years, in no particular order:
1. Global climate change
2. COVID-19 and Long COVID
3. National trends toward right-wing political views
Each year they weigh a bit heavier. 😞 :blobcatmeltcry:

2024-06-11 16:51:41

What is your dish-washing routine or system?
Do you experience dishes piling up?
I do! I want to hear about how folx manage their dishes! 🧼 🥣

2024-06-10 23:24:13

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@npub1qu5…4evr Huh, do you need to fly the flag of the country your vessel is in?

2024-06-08 05:26:38

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@npub1qu5…4evr Why not take bread?

2024-06-07 00:01:27

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@npub1qu5…4evr It's been fun tracking y'all on local-first offline maps :)
https://sunbeam.city/system/media_attachments/files/112/572/397/867/124/584/original/ec4be57feec6790d.jpg

2024-06-06 23:56:11

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@npub1qu5…4evr Thank you 😭 I have not felt this rough in a while.
Any hints on where to find Snug Cove? It turns out this is a very popular cove name!

2024-06-06 23:41:26

I hate being sick. Just resting is... so... hard. 😖
So many cool (and pressing) things to do. 😞

2024-06-04 16:01:59

Is there a name for the bias that can occur when someone has invested into something, and becomes more prone to defend that thing?
Like, say, a politician who has lots of money tied up in oil investments, who feels compelled to defend and promote oil as a result. Or someone who has their identity wrapped up in xyz, so they feel a stronger need to defend xyz.

2024-05-31 03:55:03

An amazing ceramic technique I had never seen before, where grains of rice are added into the clay before baking it, creating little windows of translucency on the tea cup's surface.
https://sunbeam.city/system/media_attachments/files/112/533/674/880/306/528/original/160be9d147a29abc.jpg

2024-05-30 03:57:04

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@npub1qu5…4evr I was in disbelief when I learned that... wait.. you can just anchor *anywhere*? (!!!)
I'm paying $2000/month for a concrete shoebox and YOU CAN JUST PUT AN ANCHOR DOWN ANYWHERE!?

2024-05-15 15:53:41

TIL about the unit, the shaku (尺), an old Japanese measure derived from the distance between 2 growth nodes of a bamboo stem (about 30.30cm). 🎍
I happened to have a bit of bamboo lying around, and it is indeed 30cm. 🤯
https://sunbeam.city/system/media_attachments/files/112/443/434/322/495/907/original/0249fc18f5f44742.jpg

2024-05-01 17:33:03

I've started a page on my website, documenting my experiment this year of growing flax and turning it into linen cloth, using simple tools, and exploring how I can do so without harming environments or animals. 🌱 👗
http://kira.eight45.net/flax.html
:boost_ok:
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2024-04-09 23:46:52

I never even thought about this before! Fuck.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballast_water_discharge_and_the_environment

2024-03-23 17:57:32

I am doing my part to save the planet by not producing more humans. 🌏 ☺️

2023-12-24 05:04:28

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@npub1t8r…rvnw Similarly, I wish I could rate-limit boosts from people. I have boosts turned off for most people because they boost waaaay more than I'd like, though I end up in what feels like a less varied timeline.

2023-10-24 22:15:16

Ugh, they ruined jit.si 🤮
You can't create a room any more unless you make an account with them. And this whole "moderator" control structure.
Consider using https://meet.ffmuc.net which lets anyone operate a room.
https://sunbeam.city/system/media_attachments/files/111/292/005/887/488/136/original/4d326abae941f3f7.png

2023-06-16 01:33:06

"Before our white brothers came to civilize us we had no jails. Therefore we had no criminals. You can't have criminals without a jail. We had no locks or keys, and so we had no thieves. If a man was so poor that he had no horse, tipi or blanket, someone gave him these things. We were too uncivilized to set much value on personal belongings. We wanted to have things only in order to give them away. We had no money, and therefore a man's worth couldn't be measured by it. We had no written law, no attorneys or politicians, therefore we couldn't cheat. We really were in a bad way before the white men came, and I don't know how we managed to get along without these basic things which, we are told, are absolutely necessary to make a civilized society." -- Lame Deer

2023-06-05 16:18:48

Crow buddy shows up yesterday WITH AN ENTIRE RICE CAKE.
Tries to cram it into the tiny water cup to soak. 🥺
https://sunbeam.city/system/media_attachments/files/110/492/504/468/560/773/original/991ab215fc4a8d44.jpeg
https://sunbeam.city/system/media_attachments/files/110/492/506/737/911/184/original/0d183ec91d5506c9.jpeg

2023-06-02 17:48:59

Something I've been chewing on for a while.
Remember how instant messenger programs used to have "status"? You could specify if you were Available, Busy, AFK, or even mark yourself as Invisible (online, but appear as offline to others). Some even had a "Feeling Chatty" status!
I miss that, and I feel frustrated that tech companies took that away from us in order to create this illusion that everyone is "always online".
Something I really enjoyed about that era was how easy it was to see who was around, so we could strike up fairly real-time conversations. Now it feels like async is the expectation at all times, and it makes the internet feel, for me, lonelier.
I often just want to chat with a friend, but it's a total guess re: who is actually around, and it's not socially acceptable to just call someone up on the phone to chat any more, like in the 90s and 00s. 😮‍💨