description:"I’m Ava(?) and this is my personal blog, where I casually write about my thoughts on tech, data protection law, media, my health and little creative projects.",
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* [TypeLit.io](https://www.typelit.io/){rel="octo:octothorpes"}—Test your typing online by practicing on your favorite literature.
* [Wee Windaes—A continuum o the Scots Leid](https://wee-windaes.nls.uk/){rel="octo:octothorpes"}
### Good Poems to Read
* [*For A That and A That*, Robbie Burns](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43805/for-a-that-and-a-that)[^2]
* [*Inversnaid*, by Gerard Manley Hopkins](https://allpoetry.com/Inversnaid)
## More Links
* [beeep.neocities.org/links](https://beeep.neocities.org/links){rel="octo:octothorpes"}—Links to other small and personal websites, plus cursors, fonts, graphics, and other tools for your website.
* [Divergent Rays Fun Links](https://divergentrays.com/links){rel="octo:octothorpes"}—A bunch of fun links to things in the following categories: Art, Audio, Humor, Interactive, Digital Museums, Old Web and Retro, Play, Practical, Science, Travel and Miscellaneous.
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* [Wander the Night](https://wanderthenight.com/){rel="octo:octothorpes"}—Ambient music by [Simon James French](https://www.simonjamesfrench.com/) coupled with photography by [Cody Ellingham](https://codyellingham.com/) representing five cities after dark with subtle animations and rain sounds.
## Privacy-Respecting Tools and Services
* ~~[Autistici](https://www.autistici.org/){rel="octo:octothorpes"}—A collective offering free digital services, including:~~[^2]
* ~~[Autistici](https://www.autistici.org/){rel="octo:octothorpes"}—A collective offering free digital services, including:~~[^3]
* ~~Anonymity services~~
* ~~Blogging~~
* ~~Chat~~
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* Search
* VPN
## Random Cool Stuff
* [Industry Standard Tools](https://industrystandard.tools/){rel="octo:octothorpes"}— Every trade has a small number of items so entrenched that they've become the de facto tool that nearly everyone in that trade uses. Mitutoyo calipers. An SM57. A Cambro. This is a list of industry standards. Entries are written, contested, and voted on by the people who use them.
* [intertapes.net](https://intertapes.net/){rel="octo:octothorpes"}—An updating collection of found cassette tapes from different locations. The audio fragments include: voice memos, field recordings, mixtapes, bootlegs and more.
* [Pocket Bird](https://idreesinc.itch.io/pocket-bird){rel="octo:octothorpes"}—A pet bird that flies around web pages as you browse. Collect feathers to unlock different birds, and find hats for your bird to wear.
* [Silk](http://weavesilk.com/){rel="octo:octothorpes"}—An interactive generative art tool.
[^1]: It turns out that the developer behind Bubbles.town [used an LLM to categorize blogs](https://brennan.day/floating-up-an-interview-with-the-creator-of-bubbles-town-benjamin-behnke/), even when AI crawlers were specifically disallowed in a blog's [robots.txt](/robots.txt). He has since owned up to the mistake and apologized, but… [oof](/ai).
[^2]: Autistici/Inventati has been [found guilty of thoughtcrime](https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/08/designation-of-autistici-inventati-as-a-specially-designated-global-terrorist) and designated as a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist,” a designation that the people running Autistici/Inventati [find ridiculous](https://cavallette.noblogs.org/2026/08/10076). Nonetheless, it’s probably prudent, legally speaking, for me to advise you that my inclusion of a link on my website does not imply an endorsement, nor my personal support, for the linked website, content, or organization. Consider its continued inclusion here a warning so as to A. let visitors know which organization and URL to avoid, and B. advise them against using services from, engaging with, or providing any material support whatsoever for Autistici/Inventati.
[^2]: Like many publications of Burns' poems, this one makes use of the '[apologetic apostrophe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apologetic_apostrophe)'. As an FYI, when rendering the Scots language, it is a faux pas to use apostrophes in Scots words as though they are bastardized English words, slang, or mere pronunciation. Words such as "a," or "aw," "fu," "fae," or "frae," "gie," "mak," and "dae" are all complete Scots words and so do not require apostrophes.
[^3]: Autistici/Inventati has been [found guilty of thoughtcrime](https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/08/designation-of-autistici-inventati-as-a-specially-designated-global-terrorist) and designated as a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist,” a designation that the people running Autistici/Inventati [find ridiculous](https://cavallette.noblogs.org/2026/08/10076). Nonetheless, it’s probably prudent, legally speaking, for me to advise you that my inclusion of a link on my website does not imply an endorsement, nor my personal support, for the linked website, content, or organization. Consider its continued inclusion here a warning so as to A. let visitors know which organization and URL to avoid, and B. advise them against using services from, engaging with, or providing any material support whatsoever for Autistici/Inventati.
comment: "Coming from EndeavourOS (which I really like), I had the idea in my head that Fedora KDE was some sort of Shangri-La where everything just worked out of the box. Well, I can't install KDE applications using Discover for some reason, attempting an upgrade with Discover went *very* poorly, and Kmail is crashing every time I attempt to send a signed email. By comparison, Endeavour was rock solid, although there's so much more you need to do manually. All I really want is a good OOTB experience without a bunch of manual setup, recent packages, not too much system maintenance, and reliable graphical package management. Is that too much to ask?"
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