Yesterday I stumbled upon dfos.com and I’m super excited. It really feels like the early internet, full of strange homepages, niche forums, HTML art, “under construction” GIFs. The idea of private communities is nothing new, but I like the implementation. The UX is weird, but in a pleasant way.
Yes, I have all the usual questions: who pays for this, and what happens when they run out of money or interest? Who has access to the data? What are their policies, can I be banned because I have the wrong passport or speak the wrong language (because I do)? And so on.
These are fair questions, but very sad ones, because they made me realize how far we’ve drifted from the free internet of the 90s, how far I’ve drifted from that naive 90s girl.
But nevertheless, I love the idea, and I’m really tempted to build something there, some community around the real-life experiences I miss so much.
And here comes another question: is it even possible to build a community on a marginal platform in 2026, when everyone is sick and tired, nobody trusts anybody, and nobody has the attention span for yet another internet place. But still, maybe I’ll try.
This #collage feels too nice, I want something really wild and rough, but I can’t do it properly yet
I’m 46 and I’m still struggling with “You are not your job” thing
That was a lazy #collage session. Just wanted to calm my mind
Yes, I have this type of shot on every #film: very shallow depth of field, no plot, just some plant or something like that. I know there’s nothing new in it but still I really love this thingness. I like that you can sink into this grain and these textures. I miss this feeling in my everyday life.
In this #collage I explored two of my recent discoveries further: layering paper tissues with matte gel and trembling linework
Watched: La Haine 🍿 Almost perfect except last spoken words. Don’t think this movie needs to explain itself
Another #film that sat in my camera for almost a year, so I forgot what I shot. I’m not good at shooting landscapes in bw, but I like these two shots
Some shots from #Almaty #subway
Sitting on a bench with this view for half an hour, doing nothing, thinking nothing, just sitting, listening to the sounds, looking around.
I used to be very strict about the usage of time. One mustn’t lose time, you must be effective, you must use every second with some useful outcome: work, learn, train, read. Was it really so effective?
Now I think that time itself has a value. Just sitting here, feeling time passing - it’s precious in its own right.
Nature is full of details you can dive in deeper and deeper. Perfect #escape way
#dailyphoto
The best cure for every worry
hot day at ski resort #dailyphoto
Visited #Almaty Museum of Arts today
That airport #light #dailyphoto
Recently I stumbled upon so much content about how 40+ women must not be ashamed of finding new hobbies and trying new things that I’m starting to be ashamed of not being ashamed of it. Maybe there’s something wrong with me? Maybe I don’t suffer enough as a 40+ woman and don’t deserve it (whatever “it” is).
I was testing how a white pen and #watercolor markers work with #acrylic paint. Not very well, obviously!
My favorite page these days is indieblog.page/. I spend about 20 minutes every evening browsing random blog posts from random people and it feels so great to read about real humans' lives, hobbies, mundane things
These two pages are half-baked, I wanted to explore a couple of ideas but didn’t spend more than one before-work 30-min session on each. I don’t like the outcomes, but there’s an interesting observation on how the system or rules of this particular #collage emerge from the complete freedom of the blank slate as you add more and more pieces
