Hello world..
..from 2026.
Yes, I'm starting a blog in 2026.
I know it's a pretty retro thing to do, but I was recently inspired to look into the small web (find a bunch of websites here) and a friend shared a well-formulated argument for blogging and I'm in!
A couple of things excite me about the idea:
- I want to share what I have learned + exchange ideas with others
- I hate social media + the attention economy, so I don't want to enrich their platforms with my data
- I'm into privacy + control over my own data
- If even just 2 people decide to regularly read my thoughts, that's amazing
So here it is.
About me
I'm a white, transfem nonbinary person from middle Europe and grew up in the middle class. I've been able to pursue a university education in physics and computer science, which together with my inherent interest in “nerdy” things shaped my current skills + areas of interest.
I consider myself a leftist person and an activist, trying to contribute to various progressive causes in whatever way currently is feasible and feels effective to me. As part of that and through my lived experience, I've spent countless hours debating (both in my head + with others) the nuances of gender in a patriarchal cis-binary-hetero-normative world and still enjoy doing that. At the same time, I don't want to let identity politics distract from the material conditions that shape our daily lives and struggles.
That will basically be the background and perspective informing what is written here.
About this blog
It's a WriteFreely instance for now, the minimalist approach to writing and publishing appealed to me. You can subscribe to the RSS feed here. I will write this blog in English, even though it isn't my first language, both to challenge me and make it accessible to more people.
I want to write about various things that interest me and that I either have knowledge about that is worth sharing or an opinion that I want to get out there. I love doing “deep dives” into random topics to try and empower myself or others to do things I couldn't before, like electronics repair, IT, micro electronics and other stuff.
Finally, I'm setting myself an ultimatum and will only publish this post if I write at least one other post, so if you're reading this that must have happened, feel free to go check that out!