[৽…৽] < ȟ̴͇͕͇͈̜͗͛ẹ̷̣͙̺̣͎̐̀̕͝l̶̹̲̜̙̽̈́̾̓̈̐̀̕͘͝ĺ̵̢̺̟̝͔̘̩̝̣̯͈̞͖̍́̏̋̔͜͝ō̵͙̤̫̰̘͕̹̜̦̭̿̊̀͒͆̓͌̀̀̔ͅ ) 🌞 https://spalmanac.surge.sh/ 🌱 https://robotameri.ca/logbook/poetics-of-digital-gardens/ 📚 https://lithub.com/hypergraphia-on-prolific-writers-and-the-persistent-need-to-produce/ ≔=========================≕ 🅻🅾🅶🅱🅾🅾🅺 ≔=========================≕ 7.25.2025 the botanero culture of méxico is slowly dying. cantinas and bars are slowly being gentrified and the humble botanero is slipping away from the working class. i am sitting in a cantina now. each beer comes with a botana (or snack). prawn stew, a tostada with chicken salad on it, a pork taco. yum. i've made life long friends in these cantinas, i feel at home in them. each time one closes it's doors, or changes into a fancy gastrobar is a huge loss for mexico and mexican culture. if you need me, i'll be here with my lager and my taquito. 7.22.2025 entering 🐌 mode. breathe, read, learn. festina lente. 7.21.2025 first full day back at work. strange how three weeks off can hamper your workflow efficiency. trying not to dwell on the fact that, due to trump, my job and industry (throughout north america) is now at risk. 7.17.2025 arrived home safe. glad to be back. top three things i need to do immediately: 1. drink a ton of coffee 2. eat tacos for breakfast 3. go to the market 7.14.2025 vacation time is quickly running out. head back to xalapa on wednesday. it has been a great trip. a bit of culture shock being reminded what lives of excess folk live up here. 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲... find an archive of my special fish logbook at https://robotamerica.surge.sh ≔=========================≕ 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗮𝗸𝗮 𝗸𝗺.𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮 ≔=========================≕ 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 educator, ecologist, geographer, mapmaker, systems thinker, poet, photographer, printer 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 radical pedagogy, vernacular technologies, solarpunk design, community building, decolonisation 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 xalapa, veracruz, mexico 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 leaflet.js, astro, vscode, pen & paper, mimeography, letterpress, olympic pen ep-5, canon sl1