I made a little html document loop with the Umbrellino prayer for technology:

Machine Prayer

A while ago I made a bash script of the prayer (https://techpriesthub.xyz/forgejo/terrantechpriest/prayer) and ever since wanted to make something easier to access. Exciting thing for me is the html docs and the pixel art amount to no more than 45 kB, so it's incredibly lightweight, and that's with two color themes! #catholic

A little #solarpunk sharing on this beautiful morning. Been following Way Out West's channel on Youtube for a while (unfortunately they don't seem to have a website or any presense off Youtube), and have found their projects incredibly interesting: a human-sized railway around their farm for hauling stuff, a peddle car, an induction heater, and various engines, including plans for a windmill. If you're interested in a break from the doom and gloom, their latest video is about making a cart for their railroad to help with the garlic harvest:

Hand #sewing nerd thing: finally figured out how to splice thread, and having potentially never-ending thread on a project is giving me so much joy! This video is what made it click for me: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Iacr1totn8A I believe it's only really possible for me because I use thicker thread, and I really can't wait until I can try it out next time I do sashiko.

This is about as patriotic as I can get today. "My country 'tis of thee, dark land of slavery..."

Rail Yard Ghosts

My Country, by Rail Yard Ghosts

from the album Terrorist Union #63

I wrote a mini essay on my adventures in making my own clothes: https://davidbaunach.com/writings/a-soft-rebellion.txt In particular, I'm proud of the minimalist illustration on how to put together the Japanese farmers pants: https://davidbaunach.com/images/farmer-pants.txt

# What I'm Listening To Found some new (and/or new to me) music over the last few days. Quite different from my typical fare, but they're all fun in their own right. Happened across this one first: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=xKH3Hj4lqLs Was shared on a dumbphone forum I peruse on occasion. Some of the lines hit pretty darn close to home, particularly "Watch the bombs go off paid for by your taxes." The second song: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=es9-YEgzcVI Is from the singer who played the influencer in the vid above. A true earworm. Which lead to the third song: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=thupOV0MUFk Because I was thinking about other earworms, and recalled Beauty and a Beat by Bieber, and wondered if there were any cool covers of it. Turns out there was, and it led me to... The fourth and final song: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=xXZO4uZmo7E Which I got to by a convoluted path from the previous song that is too difficult to explain. In a few days I'll probably be back to playing Available in All Colours by One Minute Silence non-stop, but until then, this has been a nice bit of variety. --- Also, Youtube has been being a jerk about Invidius recently, so here's the Youtube links if the above don't work for you:

Wrote a short essay about my frustration with the pop culture appreciation of Pope Francis: https://davidbaunach.com/writings/pope-woes.txt