I made home safely and fell asleep on the couch Oh well time to head for bed.

You know seeing my home the town I grew up, where I learned and lived for so many years this happy and colorful was so comforting to me. Especially with all the bad news one gets its nice to get reminded that not everything is shit and that there are people out there giving their best for others every day.

I have gone to Kindergarten and almost every school (university being the exception). I owe this city so much tbh. Even he simple things in life like language and education.

They taught me german in kindergarten and school since frankly my mom could not. They and my family (especially my brother as well) helped me to reach higher education. I am proud of what I acconplished and it also gives me means to give back atleast a little and even if its only a monetary gesture. Time is hard for me to give up.

I had a blissful day talking to some people which even included the bookseller where I have bought my manga and books for many many years by now.

I really wish this maybe can help for the people in town reach a bit of an understand and tolerance of people how are a little different maybe but deserve all the love and respect for sure.

I did feel yesterday that the general vibe is different from my new home for sure. But well Freiburg and all around it is rather the outlier not the norm here. Like its not actively hostile or anything but pretty I got some sideeyes and snarky comments yesterday as well. 😅

Atleast that nazi-demo at the train station was small and pathetic. It was seven (!) people. Still too many but some antifas got to work in making sure nobody heard what they were saying

I just really hope that the queers in town gained some visability at least and that something can grow from this. The town itself always proclamed their support for diversity seeing its a town composed of many people like me that came from a german heritage somehow ended up in the sowjetunion and were allowed back here after that broke.

Though these people are kinda prude, conservative and maybe even a little susceptable to far-right narratives. I hope that this will change again. And that things like this Pride will have a part in that. So that maybe everyone can be themselves without fear. (Still can't wrap my head around why one would vote far-right as basically a migrant with a history of being expelled but there is a democratic movement inside them as well)

The motto of the town is "Vielfalt im Quadrat" (Diversity in a square) is not for nothing after all. They do offer spaces for intetration work and even have a Bunter Treff (rainbow meet) organized by volunteers but in facilities offered by the town.

I will see that I can get some small donation their way or something each month as well as that other verein maybe.

And for you fedi stay happy, queer and awesome!

@quad long titles will continue until morale improves (never)

@snow Not the cottagecore they meant. But cheese is good

TRANSFORMATION EP is out. Five tracks, seamless, one piece from front to back.

💾 https://revengeday.bandcamp.com/album/transformation-ep

It's free. I finished it a good while ago and just let it sit, saving it for something I honestly wasn't sure would ever happen. This year it did, on Bandcamp, where all of this started.

Without you I'd have packed it in at some point, no exaggeration. This past year was rough and there were moments I came close. The reason I'm still sitting here is the people in this server.

001 // ROHLING
002 // ZUSAMMENSTELLUNG
003 // TRANSFORMATION
004 // ENERGIE
005 // WIEDERGEBURT

Play it all the way through, loud, no skipping. And tell me what you think after - always curious.

Thank you, really!

#Music #FediMusic #DrumAndBass #Techno #Cyberpunk

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Well another pride for me today 3 out of 4 this year.

This time going back to my old home for over 20 years. I lived there, I learned there and worked there.

I hope to able to share some photos of me in front of Storchenturm maybe? we will see.

The City itself may be considered conservative maybe? Lots of migrants living there. Russian-German and people of turkish-heritage. All a little dependant which neighborhood you go to.

So I just hope all will go well. Not that I am afraid. Just a little weary tbh. The safety concept seems good and we can even celebrate on the towns square which is kind of an honor for me but yeah its used often for stuff like this

The Demo-Route also now is shorter but I think better as well as it leads through the historic core of the city. Though maybe not the wheelchair friendliest thing with all its cobblestone. I will be fine though. I tested the boots on such terrain before.

Today outfit is the same one as last time but today I make the choice for the long boots and sweat my legs of in them I guess xD.

You know I did contemplate to go there in a normal outfit alot but I kinda think I really wanna go like this... Out and Proud and stuff. For others who maybe cannot.

Happy Pride fedi as always And be yourself!

@mametsuko Sounds good mame. Enjoy your comfy time

@mametsuko All the things kinda.

excited, sleepy, slightly anxious? Pride again today

How are you mame?

@mametsuko Morni Mame

@kura just as an aside. Most E-Book reader generally can read adobe e-books just need an account. Its pretty mucb the same thing libraries use. They will still be DRMed

Good luck with first aid

If you wanna know more just message me

@kura It has a table of contents.

The (updated) TL:DR for you.

I usually use kobo for my english stuff. Though the de-DRM for it does not work 100% on win 11 for a component missing in there.

You can usually use any service that provides downloads of Adobe files that you can claim and de-DRM for now.

@kura The article is 5 years old but the general gist is kinda the same

@kura For german stuff I usually use thalia.

For english stuff gets a little more complicated...

https://lightnovel-dungeon.de/artikel/alternativen-zu-amazon-fuer-den-light-novel-kaeufer/

See here. I usually use kobo in combo with de-DRM (which is. sadly working less and less)

@kura Any other store tbh. Bookwalker has such draconic DRM. I hate them so much.

@kura why bookwalker though

@weebdeluxe I mean I can easily get prints but... I will think about it. Seeing some proper fantasy sounds nice

@weebdeluxe It sounds interesting for sure 👀 Tbh I would love an E-Book but oh well.

Will see if I get it maybe

morni @aetios

@oook I can confirm that as well but under windows I have Moza Pithouse which allows for better control than boxflat under Linux.

Though tbh boxflat is quite nice already.

Yeah I had a weird thing I needed to setup under windows. Though thats more to fact that Pithouse does not have a proper Profile for AMS2.

Under Linux though gets even weirder for me. It turns the wheel either full lock to the right or left once ingame. I decided not to further investigate...