When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.

Inkventpocalypse Day 8 is up at Inkygeek. Today' ink was less unpleasant than the last one, thankfully. It did give me some melancholy about my Dad (miss him a lot this time of year). Also some much needed sparkle in the paint & the potential for sparkle in the tea. www.inkygeek.com/inkventpocal...

Betty Reid Soskin, one of the nation's most iconic park rangers, died peacefully at her home in Richmond on Sun., Dec. 21, 2025. She was 104.

Random anecdote re: the AI discourse happening rn & as an example of how … insidious it is. I was whining at my fairly offline BFF about struggling writing for my Inkvent posts & it feeling like a chore sometimes. She suggested I use AI to *write my fully self inflicted blog*. I am still baffled.

Gen AI used up more water this year than people consumed globally. ...I don't think you understand... YOUR STUPID HAHA FUNNY CHAT GPT, AI FILTERS AND IMAGE GENERATORS USED UP MORE WATER WITHIN THE SPAN OF A CALENDAR YEAR THAN THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE DID G L O B A L L Y !!! Wake up you stupid cunts

Do you need a purple pen? Alternatively, Q has payment links in bio and could use a bit of a hand.

Hello, I’m selling my Leonardo Momento Zero fountain pen with a steel nib in Lilac Nuvola. It’s a medium nib, I think. Either a medium or fine; I don’t have any other sizes. I need to check. I can mail it first thing after the move. I’ll sell it for $80. That’s about half price. Rose gold findings.

Just FYI in case anyone's interested, when you put a bunch of emojis after your screen name it makes it unnecessarily challenging for people who use screen readers to read your posts and follow you. The screen reader will read out every single emoji description every time you pop up in their feed.

Day 7 Inkventpocalypse is up! It's been a slog today to write it all up, as it's been rainy & gloomy. I also was dreading writing about the Diamine ink. You'll just have to read to see why. www.inkygeek.com/inkventpocal...

Day 7 Inkventpocalypse is up! It's been a slog today to write it all up, as it's been rainy & gloomy. I also was dreading writing about the Diamine ink. You'll just have to read to see why. www.inkygeek.com/inkventpocal...

I am in awe. The folks at ReBoot ReWind have done something astonishing. A remarkable feat of engineering, ingenuity and love. Check it out and give them some ReBooty love in return. youtu.be/L00jx-GH2w8?...

Fighting the not wanting to be perceived or around other people feeling with the desire for felt (& to fondle fabric in person) to make an Undie Mouse tomorrow.

Waterproof chelsea boots, an INDULGENTly absurd watercolour palette & a bunch of music off Bandcamp (both physical & digital).

Day 6 has been published late, as I had some issues with the hosting service, but it's up now & I don't think I forgot anything. A pretty ink, a boring ink, a sparkly ink, a wonky reindeer and some tasty tea in this day's Inkventpocalypse - take a look! www.inkygeek.com/inkventpocal...

Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking across a microscopic slide. 🫧🐻🧪

We're getting into a rhythm! Day 5 of Inkventpocalypse is up! It's very purple! I also didn't have any sensory issues with anything, thankfully. However, I learned a lot of new to me things. I got hungry researching the inks. Shout out to a tasty @fridaytea.com www.inkygeek.com/inkventpocal...

Ok so if you're not into things like "experimental inuit throat singing" then I'm not sure why you're following me in the first place but holy *shit* this album (and everything else!) is so good. Thanks to @neuronaraka.bsky.social's great top 25 list for pointing out this and other good stuff!

I haven’t listened to KMFDM in probably decade(s) & I can’t believe I did so much as a teen. It’s way heavier (guitar-wise) than anything else I listened to. I still remember all the words & samples on ANGST. It’s hits very differently at 46 than it did at 16, for sure.

Oh whoops, I forgot to share that Inkventpocalypse Day 4 is up on the inkygeek blog. I attempt to cope with some overwhelm & unpleasant sensory experiences in this instalment. I don’t do well with hibiscus. Or scented inks. www.inkygeek.com/inkventpocal...

Found the coolest website that takes random found cassette tapes people submit and digitizes them. I’m listening to an NYC hip hop station from 1994: intertapes.net

So. We’re doing alt text discourse again. COOL. Welcome to a primer.🧵 If you're unfamiliar with what alt text is, what it means, and how it's used around here, the following may be helpful. Although it's still a very underused feature, users can add "alt text" to any image 🧵 [1 of 9]

The shelter that rescued Drunk Raccoon is selling hoodies. 🦝 🍺 @ewacat.bsky.social

Ahhhh anxiety! I just published Inkventpocalypse Day 3 and had it sent to site subscribers, too. It’s a different colour scheme for now but it’s out. If you’ve signed up, let me know if you got it in your email? Here’s the page on the site, you can sign up too! www.inkygeek.com/inkventpocal...

Respect Alice Wong’s call here: “When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”

Adding #inkvent and #fountainpen tags because I don’t think it shows up in the fountain pen feed otherwise.

Ahhhh anxiety! I just published Inkventpocalypse Day 3 and had it sent to site subscribers, too. It’s a different colour scheme for now but it’s out. If you’ve signed up, let me know if you got it in your email? Here’s the page on the site, you can sign up too! www.inkygeek.com/inkventpocal...

🪱🪱🪱Wirm is out right now!!!🪱🪱🪱 Please enjoy this new trailer voiced by my 2-year-old son, then go buy the game on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/1934870/...

Inkygeek.com blog is taking an inkvent break for tonight, more backend nonsense & a really busy, heavy day means no brains left. I’ve got day 3 done & photographed, just can’t make the words happen. Will make it exactly a week behind (which works out in my head.)

*kicks down the door like Big Bird in that one gif* VISIT YOUR LIBRARY WE'VE GOT DVDS WE'VE GOT CDS WE'VE GOT BOOKS ON CD WE'VE GOT THAT TONIES THING FOR YOUR KID YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS AT WORK

AND THEY WON'T TELL ANYONE THAT YOU TOOK OUT SOMETHING REALLY DUMB LIKE 5 NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S BECAUSE YOU'RE TOO MUCH OF A BABY TO WATCH REAL HORROR.

Wahoo, I might actually have a blog going! I still have no idea what I'm doing (I made the links/supplies page a post not a page so that is going to have to get fixed). I'm a week "behind" but Day 2 Inkventpocalypse 2025 is up! Next hurdle is a newsletter. www.inkygeek.com/inkventpocal...

Oooof. So much productive procrastination. I really dislike writing, I'm discovering. I can talk a lot, but writing in a coherent & directed way is a big ole nope. Learning things about myself with this blog. Anyway, I've gotten the inkvent link post up (go look). www.inkygeek.com/inkvent-supp...

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.

Well, I guess I have a single (actual) post up on the very sparse & very new blog. Wanna go read it? It's inkvent day 1 www.inkygeek.com/inkventpocal... (I have no idea what I'm doing, please be nice. I don't have a newsletter up yet, but am going to work on it. One thing at a time)

Look it's an @inkygeek.com

Well, I guess I have a single (actual) post up on the very sparse & very new blog. Wanna go read it? It's inkvent day 1 www.inkygeek.com/inkventpocal... (I have no idea what I'm doing, please be nice. I don't have a newsletter up yet, but am going to work on it. One thing at a time)

Okay, so whomever decided to give me all the migraines for this week can seriously stop it. And take them back. Do not want. No idea what I'm doing today other than staring into the scintillating aura void. (That's two auras/migraines in 3 days. I'm so exhausted/annoyed.)

More inkventpocalypse brain melting. I'm finally getting a blog set up so I don't have to worry about posting solely here & copying everything to instagram. Learning new everything. I should have started this last week, but, well, I didn't know how much I'd hate updates to IG. Teaser in thread.

They should do MyChart Wrapped

free advice: don't get mad at a sick person w/ an unreliable body for not being able to do something the sick person is probs already pretty mad at themselves (really at their body, but internalized ableism is a helluva drug) and managing a mountain of grief from all the other things they can't do

Reminder: It's never too late to start wearing a mask again

It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.

Okay so I have inkventpocalypse day 1 swatched, painted & consumed, have typed up most of it (Instagram, for now) but not sure how I’m going to format it. I’m still working on the writeups & photos (+alt text) for the watercolour & teavent (since those are a new addition). Still a lil migrainey.

Whelp. Not sure what to do about inkvent / teavent / watercolourvent Have had to cancel 1 of 2 appts today (& possibly the second one, too) due to migraine & vestibular stuff. Took meds, had soup. Not sure how to string words together (aphasia). Will try to catch up after therapy (if it happens).

ditching adobe is really hard when every alternative is either Flunkly™️ which is *almost* feature complete except for that one thing you do in Photoshop every single day or G.R.O.N.K., a FOSS app with the worst fucking UX you have ever seen in your life and no support for JPEGs for ethical reasons

So after calling my Mom it's nearly 9pm PST, I've been up since 8am & I'm only half done with photos, not gotten to swatching. I also didn't plan that there is a tiny amount of caffeine in the tea. I ... will not finish tonight. However! I am very busy tomorrow, too! Oh yay! *melting face emoji*

I'm going to be up all night. I should have at least unpacked the *vents I did have yesterday as WOW the Colorverse inkvent is super heavy & I have no place to put anything. I'm going to be spiralling until I get this set up figured out. It's always like this, though. #inkventpocalypse

The watercolour advent has arrived and the swatching is integrated into the packaging/reveal, so that was unneeded anxiety. I will be posting tonight (have an appt. soon) after I get everything unpacked & set up. Already losing light, so will be artificial. Anyway, happy almost inkventpocalypse!

Reposting for the rest of the world & insomniacs. Inkventpocalypse begins tomorrow evening PST (PST is GMT -8 I think?)