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Julian
@julianmka.bsky.social
Make things. Be kind. Take no shit.

Views and skeets are my own.
Thank you, I will share this!
December 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Thank you for boosting!
December 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Love these recs, thank you!
December 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I realize this is totally unsolicited feedback, but would you consider left-aligning the paragraphs on your website? Having big blocks of centered text is difficult to read.
December 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Of course! I'm not really in the Apple ecosystem so Tidal was an easy choice for me. It's been a bit of an adjustment (new UI and such) but I find that their recommendation algos are much better and less repetitive than Spotify.
December 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I'm a recent Tidal convert and it's also very easy to bring your playlists over there from Spotify!
December 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I am grateful for his friendship, and happy that I was able to tell him some of these things while he was was still here. At this streamed service, I am not alone in my grieving.
December 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
He lived through HIV and its complications, and 2 bouts of cancer, the last one fatal. Through it all, he shared stories, photos, and his wonder at the everyday.
December 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
As a Canadian, he could access those life-giving treatments because of the social health system.

Of course, Paul was so much more than a diagnosis. He was a gifted architect, a traveler, proud Leather man, a lover of color and texture. He had more friends in more places than I can name.
December 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Paul had a unique zest and appreciation for life. He was HIV+; his survival and later thriving were thanks to the absolute wonders of science and medicine that have reduced HIV from being a gaurantee of death to a livable conditon.
December 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I didn't have any other queer adults in my life. I'm positive that my hometown had queer folks in the 90s, but I didn't know them. Even though Paul was far away, my mom's full-hearted love for him eased my coming out a little.

As an adult, I got to know him better when I'd visit family around TO.
December 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I haven't really known how to talk about Paul and his death. He was so much to me, although I didn't know him as well as I wish.

I grew up in a small city, sheltered in an evangelical home. Learning that my mom had a gay friend who she treasured was a beacon of hope for me as a baby queer.
December 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
No one else I know in MN knew this friend and queer elder, Paul, except my mom (who's known him since the 70s). But since she's out of town, being able to join the service virtually feels less lonely in this grief.
December 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Costco has more spine than you do. Stop voting to advance the regime's nominees! Use your leverage and stand up for us for once!
December 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
And iOS doesn't even support toast natively!
November 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
It's the one redeeming factor when I have to fly through MDW.
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM