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Here you'll find my 'microblog': 19 snippets too short for a dedicated place on my site, but still worth sharing, for your interest, and for my records. (Ordered reverse chronologically.)

2025

Wrote a poem about the internet today, during a Homebrew Website Club meeting today. My first attempt at rhyming in...countless years.

Death Shall Not Claim You

Tell me something you've never told anyone else before

A story of the worlds before the supposed end times, before the beginning of the war

Your tale is one everyone thinks they know

It's incredible to think it began almost forty years ago

Everyone's life changed because of you

You've brought about new lives, seen so many creative things through

Billions benefit from your vastness, every single day

Yet they mourn the loss as if you've died, as if there's only one way

For this to end, and for that to be in flames

Woe betide those who are naive, the doomsdayer proclaims

So be it, I shall claim the side of those led astray

Because the internet is not dying. Not now, not ever, and not today

poetry indieweb

Finally watched What's Up Doc, this month's pick for the IndieWeb Movie Club, chosen by Joe Crawford. Described as a romantic screwball comedy... Exactly as written. The best way to go into this film is knowing nothing about it except the above. I will spoil it a little by saying it was a delight to watch.

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This is my entry for the February 2025 Indieweb Blog Carnival, hosted by Joe Crawford. The theme is: affirmations. If you have a site, why not also participate?

While much gets written about affirmations and their positive benefits... It's never made it passed my intense skepticism. Why should I repeat to myself things which might not be true?

I always thought they had more impact if they came from others, but depending on the outside world to receive them... It's out of your hands. Writing and reciting your own is a way of taking back control. Besides, isn't it akin to a gratitude list or journal?

Call it trite, overly positive, unrealistic, or strange...

At its heart, it's just one of a thousand ways of cultivating joy.

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Zachary Kai is a space fantasy writer, offbeat queer, traveler, zinester, and avowed generalist. The internet is his livelihood and lifeline.