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Question for #gemini users – is there a consensus on the best way to handle photo galleries?

Question for #gemini users – is there a consensus on the best way to handle photo galleries? Browsing around I’ve mostly seen just index pages with links, which I suppose works, but it feels like the old days of Twitter when you had to click on a link to twitpic or yfrog or wherever and there was no preview to give you any hint unless the author posted a good description in the tweet.

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I do like the way Lagrange handles that case, though, loading the linked image inline when you click on the link. It helps to avoid losing the context of where you are.

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Covid adjacent, office

It’s now been a year since I’ve been to the office.

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Weirdly enough I kind of miss the commute. Not having to do it every day, but the excuse to get out, and having a physical separation between work and home mentalities.

They’re planning to keep most of the dev team remote once in person offices are a thing again. Just bring us in for meetings and stuff. Which will work better once the kid is back in physical school, too, because JFC the whining…

Probably ought to ask if they want the card keys & parking pass back for the old office.

covid-adjacent, mh, parenting

Local schools are bringing grades 4-5 back starting tomorrow, divided into two cohorts so that only half the students will be on campus (more to the point, in a classroom) on a given day. Got a text reminding parents to “dress your child for the weather” and I’m like — well, ok, it’s not like we’ve been spending a lot of time outdoors. Checked the forecast just in case and HOLY CRAP THEY’RE ACTUALLY EXPECTING RAIN TOMORROW

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I’m torn between
AAAH! CROWDS! SUPER-SPREADER POTENTIAL
and
OK, studies seem to show that schools, with proper precautions, don’t spread any more than the communities they’re in
and
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME
and
JFC THIS KID NEEDS TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE ONCE IN A WHILE

Anyway, he’s not in tomorrow’s cohort and we’re still sorting out how this fits with his IEP but I’m so fucking tired of everything. I miss the days when my social anxiety was unfounded

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Scientists with allergies

Interesting story about scientists who develop allergies to their subject of research through repeated exposure. Studying ragweed pollen and developing hay fever is one thing. Developing anaphylaxis to snake venom – even venom that’s normally harmless to humans – is another.

I think my favorite was the butterfly researcher who developed severe asthma when exposed to sulphur butterflies, so he switched to killer bees.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/scientist-allergies-research

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