Started strong the beginning of the year, but I slowed down considerably in November and December. I have been sitting on a half read 'The Impossible Fortune' (The Thursday Murder Club book #5) for over a month. I read the other 4 books in days. I did read some great books again his year, my most favourite non-fiction one, a Dutch one, by Lieke Marsman, 'Op Een Andere Planeet Kunnen Ze Me Redden'.

Social media gets a lot of bad rep, most of it deserved. For me, social media, specifically Instagram, is a way to meet people and find connection and meaning. Being late deaf has isolated me a lot from society, but thanks to Instagram I can keep in touch with people I meet in real life, while out and about. I also have connected with strangers over shared interests.

My resolve to keep my iPhone Mini 13 until it dies is crumbling. I still love the small form factor, but the battery capacity and small screen are becoming more and more of a hinder. Putting in a new battery won't make things much better, as the iPhone Mini is known for less battery capacity. Currently, I need to charge my phone twice a day if I use social media apps (Instagram, Ivory, Voyager), and with no social media use I have less than 20% at the end of a normal day.

De Keniaanse atlete Ruth Chepngetich is voor drie jaar geschorst. De wereldrecordhoudster op de marathon heeft toegegeven dat ze een verboden middel heeft gebruikt.

This late morning while drinking a glass of water after waking up to rehydrate, I was of course scrolling social media and saw a post about Julia Roberts mentioning Morrissey, cancel culture and art. Besides thinking, I see her point, I thought about that one girl whose blog I used to read 22 years ago who was a huge Morrissey and The Smiths fan.

Three years ago, I bought my first smartwatch after convincing myself it would make life easier. I wrote two posts about the Apple Watch and how it helps me with deaf accessibility. Before getting an Apple Watch, I wore an analogue or digital watch since I was 10-years old. I can't leave the house without wearing a watch. Since early this year, I started wearing the Apple Watch less and less.

Toen mijn neefje het jeugdjournaal begon te kijken, besloot ik de Instagram-account van het jeugdjournaal te volgen om te weten wat hij allemaal binnenkrijgt aan nieuws. Handig om te weten wat een 9- of 10-jarige allemaal al weet van de wereld. Dat ging prima, leuk account ook om snel nieuws binnen te krijgen. Alle video's en reels hadden ondertiteling, dus voor mij als dove helemaal toegankelijk.

Thanks to a random YouTube street photographer vlogger whom I happened upon just as they started vlogging, I picked up analogue photography again. He was on a trip to Japan and went to one of those tiny second-hand camera shops where he purchased a Yashica T5. He then proceeded to take most of his Tokyo photos with the Yashica with Portra 400 film instead of with his Leica Q2 Monochrom.

Every birthday I get to celebrate is kind of a big deal to me considering I have a rare chronic illness consisting among other of a transplant kidney. To still be healthy enough to work, albeit part time, to travel and just to be able to walk to the grocery store. Never underestimate the privilege of being able to walk to the grocery store, buy food and carry it back home.

This year, I was able to attend CSS Day 2025 again. A yearly two-day congress with 14 talks related to CSS and the web. I missed the past two years due to reasons. But this year, the organization managed to arrange live captions, so it was a no-brainer for me to attend. This is the second congress I have attended where captions were provided, both times by…

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April was busy with doctor’s appointments, medical tests, getting results of the tests, and I still had to go to work. My stress level was above the chart, and when I realised I had a week’s …