jacky!

Social computer toucher at @olamaelcu.net (also web @ @divine.video) + other things. I write (and record) things. ⓘ Mwen pa zanmi ou e li plis pase ou

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I'm Sisyphus and my website is my (worry)stone

I don't want a static site anymore because it doesn't do or provide what I want anyore. But I also can't find what I'm looking for off the shelf.

Jun 4·3 min read·566 words

Being nice for free is a bad idea

The only obligations I have are to be good to my people and to my community.

Jun 3·3 min read·436 words

A realignment of things

Closing accounts, making backups and making choices.

Jun 2·4 min read·632 words

Where I'm going with the work I'm leaning into now

First Olamaelcu. Next the neighborhood.

May 13·5 min read·875 words

An exploration on what could be a leftist position on generative AI

As a Black software engineer and leftist in the United States, I contend with the notion that generative artifical intelligence can be used in a materialistic way that moves the needle forward for pro…

Oct 27·23 min read·4556 words

What I'd like to do with my website (and with the Internet as a whole)

It used to be fun to write and publish for the Internet, if not a bit fulfilling. Now that we've collectively normalized the vacuuming of information for the sake of profit of a select few companies, …

Oct 15·4 min read·686 words

Adherence to societal norms as a form of acceptable self harm

Oct 11·4 min read·649 words

Destacked: Why I Avoid Substack As Much as Possible

From Substack LLC's attempt to capture the concept of a newsletter as a verb to their overt encouragement and support for Neo-Nazi content, don't expect me to post anything on that platform. I explain…

Aug 4·7 min read·1340 words

Black August

We return to the time of memorialization in those we've lost to the prison industrial complex and work on personal growth to become more useful to the abolitionist movement.

Aug 2·2 min read·289 words

Clocking My Autochattering in Relation to it All

Jun 2·9 min read·1610 words

What's Supposed to be Different about Livtet?

It's been about half a year since I've "started" working on Livtet and I couldn't tell you what I'm doing with it.

Apr 25·2 min read·379 words

Focusing on Livtet Yet Again

Finding myself in need of a way to manage my book collection and my reference material, I've decided to revisit my ambitions with Livtet.

Mar 14·3 min read·463 words

Nation Sovereignity Only Matters When it's a Colonial One

Mar 11·4 min read·643 words

Nah, Y'all Got It

Collective ignorance around the nature of American fascism — a multi-century tradition of domestic and foreign policy — will keep it as the cobblestone of operations in the nation.

Mar 11·2 min read·340 words

Left, Right and Center: A Reference

Mar 4·3 min read·419 words

Mozilla Needs to Fall Apart to Make Space for Others

Mozilla had its time. Its executives have decided that it's best to cosplay as a small department with Google's ecosystem instead of doubling down on what its alleged mission was about. Let it fall.

Mar 2·6 min read·1099 words

Tech Contractors Need to Recognize Class

Mar 1·3 min read·547 words

Why and how do I blog?

Mar 1·6 min read·1073 words

Creating with Intention

It's more important to make things that communicate the worlds that we want to see.

Nov 24·4 min read·695 words

An Erosion of my trust in the Web

I deactivated my accounts and will be deactivated more.

Oct 24·4 min read·677 words

In the Dark of the Night

Some of the thoughts and experiences I had during Hurricane Milton.

Oct 14·6 min read·1036 words

Dropping the 'Vegan' Label from my Political Banner

Oct 1·10 min read·1867 words

My Mumblings on Reading, Writing and the Field of Literature with Media

Is it possible for multimedia adaptions of literature to take people away from the act of literary engagement itself? I wrestle with this idea from some experiences I have and other books I've read.

Sep 28·7 min read·1371 words

One's Place in the Open Social Web

Given that places like X/Twitter, Meta/Threads/Instagram and the like are fully cemented in upholding the vices of capital and technology; how do people envision the open social Web to support the pot…

Sep 24·2 min read·360 words

The Potential Case against Microblogging

Sep 22·6 min read·1169 words

Protocol Bickering is Going to Wreck the Open Web

Sep 22·3 min read·401 words

My (Subtle Want to Engage in a) Divestment from the Open/Social/IndieWeb/Small Web

Sep 20·7 min read·1210 words

People Need to be More Critical of their Tech Environment

Sep 3·4 min read·797 words

My Experience Observing Black August

Some reflection on how I went about observing Black August, what I'd like to do differently and what I learned.

Sep 1·6 min read·1029 words

I Decided to Invest a Bit More in RSS

After some want to pull away from the rivers that make up my timelines across so many social networking sites

Aug 30·3 min read·461 words

Bringing back Bookmarks

Aug 24·2 min read·258 words

The Wrong Ideas about the Wrong Things

A bit of self-criticism and self-reflection on how I engage people in my personal life and circles around technoactivism, abolition and what it is that I need to do next.

Aug 21·18 min read·3557 words

The Wrong Ideas

Thoughts on how I try to approach a decolonialist lens to working in the tech industry, what's worked (and hasn't) and what I want to do going forward.

Aug 19·17 min read·3396 words

Incorporating Lua with Livtet

How Livtet's integration of Lua helps allow for more library collections to appear with little change to the core library experience.

Aug 17·3 min read·515 words

Making Livtet: A Project for Book Lovers

Aug 12·4 min read·697 words

Slowly Pulling out from the Fediverse

Thinking more about why and where I'm putting my thoughts and what I should be spending my online time on.

Aug 7·2 min read·353 words

Electoral Politics Online isn't Helping My Soul

A want to regulate my expectations and a need for grounding.

Aug 6·5 min read·891 words

I Read 'The Tech Resume Inside Out' and Updated My Resume

After getting a free copy of the book for laid off folks, I decided to write about what I learned, my findings and what I managed to take away from the book.

Aug 5·9 min read·1621 words

Why do I continue to post on social media?

What is it that I'm trying to get out of using social media? How does my past experiences and that of others influnece these decisions?

Aug 3·9 min read·1719 words

Black August

My plans for observing Black August this year.

Aug 1·5 min read·803 words

Find me at (my) home (server)

Jul 31·2 min read·364 words

I'm Not Bothering with Electoral Politics Online Anymore

Like do we want change or do we want to be on America's Next Top Commander?

Jul 28·6 min read·1003 words

The Job Hunt is Driving me Mad

Jul 24·8 min read·1554 words

Making A Place for My Reading and Research

Jul 15·6 min read·1009 words

Do I Regret Focusing on 'Just Being' A Software Engineer?

Jun 29·19 min read·3775 words

When People with Privilege Don't Use It

Jun 22·8 min read·1480 words

Boxing Up Common Parts of an App

Jun 13·5 min read·890 words

A Question on Domain Names in the IndieWeb

Jun 11·5 min read·870 words

Hard Reset

Jun 9·4 min read·642 words