"Have you ever seen water burn in sand I have seen this lifelong moan In the small inside of big gardens In one of the pots I have seen As if woken from a dream Perhaps a geranium raised me." - Edip Cansever, A passage from the poem Ben Ruhi Bey Nasılım (I Mr. Ruhi* How am I) #poem #poems #quote #quotes #literature #poetry #books *A Turkish name, meaning spiritual (a sort of)

Shortly before my Notesnook subscription was up for renewal, they doubled their fees. Since I don't have auto-renewal, I'm affected and renewing it is currently lower on my list of priorities. Maybe I'll find a better alternative. #Obsidian (linux and android) + local encryption for sensitive files (#gocryptfs) + #git for synchronization (Codeberg) + Droidfs to view encrypted files on mobile... What do you think? In this scenario, I'm not backing up images. My usage will be text-heavy, like notes, stories, and drafts. Obsidian's extensions also interest me. I've used it before for a while; you could say I took a break. #asknostr #askstr #notetaking #writing

GM #coffeechain, #plebchain! When I was a kid, I used to see people playing the kemençe and dancing the horon next door in skits and comedy movies/shows. Yesterday night, this absurd event happened to me personally. A lot of people in my next apartment tried to learn horon by watching videos on Youtube. A modern adaptation to understand horon:

I didn't check how many episodes there were in total. It was over in a flash! But it looks like they paved the way for another season. Of course, I started watching before sending the note; otherwise, it would have been too fast for me. :) View quoted note →

"That's how the madness of the world tries to colonize you: from the outside in, forcing you to live in its reality." - Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation #books #quotes #bookstr

I had no idea a new season of Alice in Borderland was coming out. I stumbled upon it, and I'm glad I did.