My fave look: Mutton dressed as sham. Cobalt Studios in Newcastle last night was crazily good. Call Super, the producer, awesome super dooper trooper. He made the bass & boy it was bangin. A set chock full of variety & a real journey. Absolute class. Unexpected PSB track melted my brain.

We need to do much better than we're doing to each other folks. Judging others for not going full medical, not being fem enough, being atypical, daring to speak up about inappropriate behaviour, you name it. Just stop. We should have each other's backs, not be trying to get one over one another.

Finally achieved the 'involved in car accident while presenting F' badge on Wednesday. It's a bit crap tbh. I'm fine - not at fault either but my car's written off. £200 damage in used parts but meh. Time to get something newer.

How judgy people assess folk they meet for the first time:
"So how long have you been full time?"
It's not a back-handed compliment. They're fishing to see if you're worthy.

Basic disco bish vibing at Homoelectric 23.08.25. it got frickin EPIC.
Choker: 3D print & LED tape. ESP32 with WLED powered by 18650 cell

Being a basic disco bish doing a bank holiday bender at Homoelectric in Manchester last Saturday. It went off the hook!

But you love the place so much you're going anyway damnit. Yep. And now you hope nobody thinks you're snubbing them when it's just you being absolutely bloody minded.

No YOU feel a bit daft that you blindly bought a ticket to an event without checking friends are going, YOU feel awkward asking - not because they'd want you to feel awkward but feel awkward anyway because your social skills are a bit crap. Only a bit?

Oh you! You're a silly sausage aren't you?

Last bank holiday Sunday between 2.30pm & 4am. What an absolute riot, with people who are the best kind of crazy. 45,000 steps in comfy footwear & 2 hours sleep in 26 hours.

When you look at the damage from Friday's bar spend & not only was it not the catastrophe you feared, but a £4.75 transaction suddenly reminds you the barmaid gave you discount because "you look FIRE". DAMN. Seriously DAMN!

I used to think it's probably better than the alternative - thinking you're god's gift & being a pain in the arse ego tripper. That's the wrong way to look at it entirely.

If it comes as surprise folk you meet are so down to earth, magnanimous & lovely you miiiight just have got a little cynical. Chin up bish & pay attention - you really are deserving of people being so nice.
It bothers me I have to be reminded of this so often.

If Friday night wasn't just the tonic I needed to perk me up I dunno what would be. Met a gorgeous crew who were absolutely amazingly lush & went clubbing at Hidden in Manchester. Went to bed the wrong side of 6.30am. Not a brag, just a statement pointing out how I didn't want it to end.

Go to bed when the sun comes up like you used to in your 20s & reap the consequences.

My sneaky wife only went & booked me tickets to go see the Pet Shop Boys in August. Sneaky! I've wanted to see them live for longer than I can remember but things just never worked out. Until now!

Yeah I've made an NRF24 to MQTT gateway. It's for a thing (wireless sensor network).

One of the zips was never even broken. It has two sliders! Urgh 😂

Do not stomp on your own
sparkle.

Nerd news. Bought a couple of Bluetooth temperature sensors yesterday mistakenly believing I could just make them work in my HomeAssistant setup. No they don't advertise readings & have to be polled in a very obsfurcated manner. But thanks to somebody else's work & openness I got them working yay!

Throwback to last October when a good friend came up & we did THE TOON & went to a Folamour gig at NX. So many friendly locals, which is more than you can say for the reception we got at the pink triangle 😁

When an admin of a trans+ social group you're in sees fit to comment on your personal profile wall. Is this what you call supportive Katie? I think you need to work on your not being so harsh & that's putting it nicely LOL

NGL once I turned 50 & stopped giving a damn what 'people' think I've been so much happier. Body positivity FTW!

Shocking behaviour. Absolutely shocking 🤣

Poured $25 down the drain the other day becoming an android developer. I missed the small print that an individual dev account in the Play Store gets their legal name listed. Whoops.
Faceless corporations: publish away!
Individual developers: DOX YOURSELF.
Cheers, Google

I considered this then remembered Netflix was involved.

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Not that I actually watch television, but... Could Freeview just STOP updating their channel lineup for 5 minutes?! Seems like every other week our telly at home pops up a message saying we need to rescan. Reading rxtv.info they say this is the last monthly update of the year. WTAF, monthly update!

Here's part 1 of the JT End of Year Review
It's been another rollercoaster of fun, but among the standout highs and lows was everyone's favourite tran crash, Sparkle. If you thought it was a shambles as an attendee, try being a performer 🤣
At least it didn't get flooded this year eh

Gigging tonight. A round table Christmas party from the Dales. Could be fun!

I can never see this number without getting an Azealia Banks earworm..

"Imma ruin you.....":

Currently on a slight hiatus (booooo!) so here's a highlight from my last big night out. He/She/They at NX Newcastle with @folamour.bsky.social who btw played an incredible set. Need more nights like this!!