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· May 18
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A last-minute trip to Glasgow
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 vacation coming up, I decided to book a last-minute trip. As a chronically […]
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 vacation coming up, I decided to book a last-minute trip. As a chronically […]
For a couple of years now, I had the same toastie machine. A Tefal Croc Time. You just plug it in, the light is red, and it turns green when ready to use.
Last month it stopped working. Fine one day, dead the next one.
While browsing online today for a new one, I see the same model and I see […]
Last month it stopped working. Fine one day, dead the next one.
While browsing online today for a new one, I see the same model and I see […]
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January 6, 2026 at 3:25 PM
For a couple of years now, I had the same toastie machine. A Tefal Croc Time. You just plug it in, the light is red, and it turns green when ready to use.
Last month it stopped working. Fine one day, dead the next one.
While browsing online today for a new one, I see the same model and I see […]
Last month it stopped working. Fine one day, dead the next one.
While browsing online today for a new one, I see the same model and I see […]
The Dutch railway never saw snow, so my manager told me to go home early before all trains stops riding.
Now I'm warm and cosy at home, whereas at the office it was freezing cold.
Now I'm warm and cosy at home, whereas at the office it was freezing cold.
January 5, 2026 at 2:40 PM
The Dutch railway never saw snow, so my manager told me to go home early before all trains stops riding.
Now I'm warm and cosy at home, whereas at the office it was freezing cold.
Now I'm warm and cosy at home, whereas at the office it was freezing cold.
Trump started his attack on Venezuela in the middle of the night. Aruba's government had an crisis meeting as soon as word got out.
Video calling my mom now. I just got back from Aruba and Curaçao this Monday.
On the island, life itself went as usual, except for more sightings of Dutch […]
Video calling my mom now. I just got back from Aruba and Curaçao this Monday.
On the island, life itself went as usual, except for more sightings of Dutch […]
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January 3, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Trump started his attack on Venezuela in the middle of the night. Aruba's government had an crisis meeting as soon as word got out.
Video calling my mom now. I just got back from Aruba and Curaçao this Monday.
On the island, life itself went as usual, except for more sightings of Dutch […]
Video calling my mom now. I just got back from Aruba and Curaçao this Monday.
On the island, life itself went as usual, except for more sightings of Dutch […]
Oh my, Liquid Glass is fugly AF
December 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Oh my, Liquid Glass is fugly AF
Back in The Netherlands after a 3 week visit at my mom and aunts in Aruba/Curacao. It gets much harder saying good bye now that they are elderly.
December 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Back in The Netherlands after a 3 week visit at my mom and aunts in Aruba/Curacao. It gets much harder saying good bye now that they are elderly.
Almost 2026, I finally wrote down my top 5 favourite reads of 2025.
Writing it made me want to re-read some of these books again.
https://darice.org/books/my-favourite-reads-of-2025/
Writing it made me want to re-read some of these books again.
https://darice.org/books/my-favourite-reads-of-2025/
darice.org
December 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Almost 2026, I finally wrote down my top 5 favourite reads of 2025.
Writing it made me want to re-read some of these books again.
https://darice.org/books/my-favourite-reads-of-2025/
Writing it made me want to re-read some of these books again.
https://darice.org/books/my-favourite-reads-of-2025/
Elvin Tibideaux is now a grandfather. In a movie where Cher Horowitz is mother of two college aged kids.
Should have picked a true crime to watch instead.
Should have picked a true crime to watch instead.
December 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Elvin Tibideaux is now a grandfather. In a movie where Cher Horowitz is mother of two college aged kids.
Should have picked a true crime to watch instead.
Should have picked a true crime to watch instead.
I have a long travel day on Sunday, and I'm already stressed out. When are we getting teletransportation?
I'm the kind of person who can only chill out when the travelling has actually begun, and I'm on my way.
Also, this winter I'm more bothered by the early dark days than usually.
*end […]
I'm the kind of person who can only chill out when the travelling has actually begun, and I'm on my way.
Also, this winter I'm more bothered by the early dark days than usually.
*end […]
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December 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I have a long travel day on Sunday, and I'm already stressed out. When are we getting teletransportation?
I'm the kind of person who can only chill out when the travelling has actually begun, and I'm on my way.
Also, this winter I'm more bothered by the early dark days than usually.
*end […]
I'm the kind of person who can only chill out when the travelling has actually begun, and I'm on my way.
Also, this winter I'm more bothered by the early dark days than usually.
*end […]
I was recently interviewed for the Good Place podcast. Where host Robin has conversations with people on a bench about what makes a good place.
My conversation was about what it's like being late deaf, and how The Hague makes a good place for me.
It's available on YouTube, with captions, of […]
My conversation was about what it's like being late deaf, and how The Hague makes a good place for me.
It's available on YouTube, with captions, of […]
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December 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I was recently interviewed for the Good Place podcast. Where host Robin has conversations with people on a bench about what makes a good place.
My conversation was about what it's like being late deaf, and how The Hague makes a good place for me.
It's available on YouTube, with captions, of […]
My conversation was about what it's like being late deaf, and how The Hague makes a good place for me.
It's available on YouTube, with captions, of […]
And I thought Stranger Things couldn't get darker. That was only the first episode of the final season.
November 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
And I thought Stranger Things couldn't get darker. That was only the first episode of the final season.
My Vans shoe size 36 are starting to feel tight. Feet keeps growing while we get older? I bought a pair of size 36.5 and they are a bit loose.
Non issues, but annoying tho.
Yes, I have the day off, and I am thinking about this kind of thing.
Also, sock quality has gone down the hill. I walk […]
Non issues, but annoying tho.
Yes, I have the day off, and I am thinking about this kind of thing.
Also, sock quality has gone down the hill. I walk […]
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November 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
My Vans shoe size 36 are starting to feel tight. Feet keeps growing while we get older? I bought a pair of size 36.5 and they are a bit loose.
Non issues, but annoying tho.
Yes, I have the day off, and I am thinking about this kind of thing.
Also, sock quality has gone down the hill. I walk […]
Non issues, but annoying tho.
Yes, I have the day off, and I am thinking about this kind of thing.
Also, sock quality has gone down the hill. I walk […]
Apparently one of the Netherlands bigger banks will be firing 5000 employees and intends to replace many with AI.
I'm already mad at the prospect of the AI bubble possible bursting and these banks come asking for bail out money from taxpayers.
I say let them suffer.
I'm already mad at the prospect of the AI bubble possible bursting and these banks come asking for bail out money from taxpayers.
I say let them suffer.
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Apparently one of the Netherlands bigger banks will be firing 5000 employees and intends to replace many with AI.
I'm already mad at the prospect of the AI bubble possible bursting and these banks come asking for bail out money from taxpayers.
I say let them suffer.
I'm already mad at the prospect of the AI bubble possible bursting and these banks come asking for bail out money from taxpayers.
I say let them suffer.
How would one go about adding a "Listen to this article" function on a website? Specifically, a WordPress website.
#voiceover #wordpress
#voiceover #wordpress
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
How would one go about adding a "Listen to this article" function on a website? Specifically, a WordPress website.
#voiceover #wordpress
#voiceover #wordpress
My little ode to Andrea Gibsons and their documentary.
"I have never met Andrea Gibson, I haven't read all their work, but this person moved me deeply."
#andreagibson
https://darice.org/2025/11/20/come-see-me-in-the-good-light/
"I have never met Andrea Gibson, I haven't read all their work, but this person moved me deeply."
#andreagibson
https://darice.org/2025/11/20/come-see-me-in-the-good-light/
Come See Me In The Good Light / Darice de Cuba
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…
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November 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
My little ode to Andrea Gibsons and their documentary.
"I have never met Andrea Gibson, I haven't read all their work, but this person moved me deeply."
#andreagibson
https://darice.org/2025/11/20/come-see-me-in-the-good-light/
"I have never met Andrea Gibson, I haven't read all their work, but this person moved me deeply."
#andreagibson
https://darice.org/2025/11/20/come-see-me-in-the-good-light/
Someone made an account on Posthog, a service for engineers, using my gmail address. I expect this from people who still don't know how email addresses work, which are A LOT going by the amount of emails I get on my gmail.
But from someone who needs a service like Posthog? Or it's someone […]
But from someone who needs a service like Posthog? Or it's someone […]
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November 18, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Someone made an account on Posthog, a service for engineers, using my gmail address. I expect this from people who still don't know how email addresses work, which are A LOT going by the amount of emails I get on my gmail.
But from someone who needs a service like Posthog? Or it's someone […]
But from someone who needs a service like Posthog? Or it's someone […]
I have been binging Slow Horses these past days. It's good but pretty grim and sad. But this cracked me up 😂
Jackson Lamb: Now tell me one person who has a grudge against the penguins.
River Cartwright: Batman.
#SlowHorses
Jackson Lamb: Now tell me one person who has a grudge against the penguins.
River Cartwright: Batman.
#SlowHorses
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I have been binging Slow Horses these past days. It's good but pretty grim and sad. But this cracked me up 😂
Jackson Lamb: Now tell me one person who has a grudge against the penguins.
River Cartwright: Batman.
#SlowHorses
Jackson Lamb: Now tell me one person who has a grudge against the penguins.
River Cartwright: Batman.
#SlowHorses
It was about time for an update. Two new places added to 'The Hague Food Guide'.
I have another place, a cake shop. But I'm weary about sharing it and people finding out and cake selling out, leaving me with no cake.
Seems like my ego talking, but except for sharing the site here and on […]
I have another place, a cake shop. But I'm weary about sharing it and people finding out and cake selling out, leaving me with no cake.
Seems like my ego talking, but except for sharing the site here and on […]
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tech.lgbt
November 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It was about time for an update. Two new places added to 'The Hague Food Guide'.
I have another place, a cake shop. But I'm weary about sharing it and people finding out and cake selling out, leaving me with no cake.
Seems like my ego talking, but except for sharing the site here and on […]
I have another place, a cake shop. But I'm weary about sharing it and people finding out and cake selling out, leaving me with no cake.
Seems like my ego talking, but except for sharing the site here and on […]
I started watching a podcast on YouTube with auto captions and they use some curse words. But YouTube/Google censors the words and shows [____] instead of curse words.
This is ableism, and also I live in The Netherlands/EU, we are not puritanical here.
Why is Google applying US policy to EU […]
This is ableism, and also I live in The Netherlands/EU, we are not puritanical here.
Why is Google applying US policy to EU […]
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tech.lgbt
November 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I started watching a podcast on YouTube with auto captions and they use some curse words. But YouTube/Google censors the words and shows [____] instead of curse words.
This is ableism, and also I live in The Netherlands/EU, we are not puritanical here.
Why is Google applying US policy to EU […]
This is ableism, and also I live in The Netherlands/EU, we are not puritanical here.
Why is Google applying US policy to EU […]
I remember when I was a kid and thinking everyone is old. Just to grow up and realize my favourite English teacher was in her 40s.
Now that I’m in my 40s I love being "old", I love that I'm a kid of the 80s and 90s. Even tho I'm late deaf, that I recall songs in my head purely because those […]
Now that I’m in my 40s I love being "old", I love that I'm a kid of the 80s and 90s. Even tho I'm late deaf, that I recall songs in my head purely because those […]
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tech.lgbt
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I remember when I was a kid and thinking everyone is old. Just to grow up and realize my favourite English teacher was in her 40s.
Now that I’m in my 40s I love being "old", I love that I'm a kid of the 80s and 90s. Even tho I'm late deaf, that I recall songs in my head purely because those […]
Now that I’m in my 40s I love being "old", I love that I'm a kid of the 80s and 90s. Even tho I'm late deaf, that I recall songs in my head purely because those […]
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November 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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That tiny tiny tiny rage burn I get on the inside when I see graphics with unreadable text. Black text on dark purple, light gray text on light pink.
Most people don't understand that it's because that they know what the text says that they can read it clearly. That's just your brain fooling […]
Most people don't understand that it's because that they know what the text says that they can read it clearly. That's just your brain fooling […]
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tech.lgbt
November 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
That tiny tiny tiny rage burn I get on the inside when I see graphics with unreadable text. Black text on dark purple, light gray text on light pink.
Most people don't understand that it's because that they know what the text says that they can read it clearly. That's just your brain fooling […]
Most people don't understand that it's because that they know what the text says that they can read it clearly. That's just your brain fooling […]
Deleted IP's and emails from commenters again to adhere to the GDPR policies.
Got a message too from one of the IT security people that they scanned our WordPress website to test for leaks, but their ip address got banned. Not only that, they forgot to switch to an ip outside of our work […]
Got a message too from one of the IT security people that they scanned our WordPress website to test for leaks, but their ip address got banned. Not only that, they forgot to switch to an ip outside of our work […]
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tech.lgbt
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Deleted IP's and emails from commenters again to adhere to the GDPR policies.
Got a message too from one of the IT security people that they scanned our WordPress website to test for leaks, but their ip address got banned. Not only that, they forgot to switch to an ip outside of our work […]
Got a message too from one of the IT security people that they scanned our WordPress website to test for leaks, but their ip address got banned. Not only that, they forgot to switch to an ip outside of our work […]
I usually just catch some clips of the Handsome Podcast on Instagram. But a couple of months ago I sat down and watched one of their episode in which Tig Notaro discusses the recent loss of her friend Andrea Gibson. And just now I watched an episode in which they chat and Fortune Feimster gets […]
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tech.lgbt
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I usually just catch some clips of the Handsome Podcast on Instagram. But a couple of months ago I sat down and watched one of their episode in which Tig Notaro discusses the recent loss of her friend Andrea Gibson. And just now I watched an episode in which they chat and Fortune Feimster gets […]
Yesterday I was interviewed for a vlog/podcast. I talked about being late deaf and such. It left me with a high dose of vulnerability hangover.
And of course, my mind also keeps going over that one dumb/cringe joke I made.
I'll just have to keep reminding myself it can never be worse than the […]
And of course, my mind also keeps going over that one dumb/cringe joke I made.
I'll just have to keep reminding myself it can never be worse than the […]
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tech.lgbt
November 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Yesterday I was interviewed for a vlog/podcast. I talked about being late deaf and such. It left me with a high dose of vulnerability hangover.
And of course, my mind also keeps going over that one dumb/cringe joke I made.
I'll just have to keep reminding myself it can never be worse than the […]
And of course, my mind also keeps going over that one dumb/cringe joke I made.
I'll just have to keep reminding myself it can never be worse than the […]