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My name is gRegor Morrill, a.k.a. gRegorLove. I live in San Diego, enjoy tinkering on the web, and try to make people laugh. Yes, “Gregor is a weird name,” and I know gRegor is a weird capitalization. More about me

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Community Care Affirmations

A while back I came across AJ Hawkins on TikTok. I really enjoyed how she talked about accessibility and community care in the context of the Kalma shop they opened in Port Townsend, WA. The staff wears masks, they purify the air, they invite/encourage guests to mask, and they provide free masks at the entrance. They were also intentionally making it a third space with community gatherings.

I really like their Values page and recommend reading it in full. A good summary, in part:

“WE ARE BUILDING A MORE CARING WORLD. We pursue equality by pursuing equal access to joy. Equal access to joy requires equal access to safety, community, opportunity, play, creativity, expression, self-determination, and the natural world.”

I was reminded of this today when another of her videos came across my feed. She talked about using affirmative language for our values since it communicates better who we are and can provide a roadmap for what living out those values looks like. A quote from it that is an evergreen reminder for me:

“My husband recently reminded me of the quote, ‘Hating my neighbor's oppressor is not the same thing as loving my neighbor.’ I wonder what our protest looks like when it’s no longer rooted in a hatred for the way that things are, but in a love for the way that things could be.”

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#communitycare

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Purity Ring on stage with spinning LED lights that show video of a pink/purple-y spiral, caught mid-spin Purity Ring on stage with spinning LED lights that show video of four faces Purity Ring on stage with spinning LED lights that show video of blue sparkles flying out

Purity Ring last night was such a good show and refreshing in multiple ways. The production was awesome, with several spinning LED “fans” that showed video, making the video look like it’s hanging in the air in the space around them. There were several of those in front of and behind them, plus a large screen at the back of the stage, so it was a really cool 3D effect. Photos don’t quite do it justice since they pause the spinning, but they still came out pretty cool.

I was also excited for this show because the band requested fans wear a respirator mask and provided them if anyone needed them. I was even more impressed when I learned that they invited mask blocs from each city to table at the event, so my Fan Favorite SD buddies were there and I got to meet a few new people!

The band talked about it briefly, thanking everyone who masked and stressing its importance as an act of community care. 💛😷

As the Mandalorians say, “This is the way.”

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#music #CovidConscious

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gRegor Morrill

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Notes

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For today’s IndieWeb Create Day, I finally updated the layout on my article permalinks. Several years ago, I started updating non-homepage pages to use a streamlined template with a smaller header logo and navigation links beside it. I kept putting off the article permalinks because a lot of messy, custom code piled up in it over the years. The end visual result is not a huge difference, but it will make maintenance a lot easier going forward.

I improved some of the layout in the article footer while I was at it. I moved my author card to the very bottom of the page, instead of putting it between the article footer and responses. That let me remove the links to jump to the response, which was kind of a weird experience before. I also set the metadata (published date, tags, syndication links) to be right-aligned, matching the layout on the rest of my posts.

Here is what it looks like now:

screenshot of the current footer on my article permalinks

Contrasted with how it looked before:

screenshot of the previous footer on my article permalinks

#site-updates

gRegor Morrill

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Go Google, give us nothing!

Reference: Know Your Meme

#indieweb #memes

gRegor Morrill

Want to read: Year of the Tiger by Alice Wong (ISBN 9780593315392)

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Hey Portland, just saw that starting November 1, Heretic Coffee is offering free breakfast to anyone losing SNAP benefits. No proof needed and no questions asked.

via Instagram

#Portland #MutualAid

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gRegor Morrill

I quite enjoyed KPop Demon Hunters. Loved the animation style, quite funny, and some good bops. It’s one I probably wouldn’t have considered without a friend’s recommendation, so I’m passing it along.

#movies #music

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