Day 117: June Is Pride Month

2026-06-03

Hello! I had considered re-theming my website for the month with obnoxious rainbows and unreadable text, but I ultimately decided against it.

This isn't a photo of a pride event, although I later found out there was one nearby (it ended before I walked over there).

In the near future, I'll try to attend a pride parade. I only heard about the St. Patrick's day parade a day or two before they held the event, and so I didn't know what to expect. I think a pride parade or any community event hosted this month would interest a bunch of people, which would be great for a photograph.

For this photo, I've done the thing where everything is in monochrome while one object is in full color, to draw more attention to it and eliminate distractions on the edges. I think it worked well, even though the flag isn't flapping in the wind.

This was at the entrance to a local park that I had never been to before. I thought it was much bigger — the satellite maps from above show a big splotch of green with trees everywhere!

This is the 2021 Progress Pride flag, the latest of many inclusive flags as people argue on how to represent such a diverse group of people most effectively.

I remember reading a guide on how to be an ally for queer folks. It was this online PDF talking through multiple stages and common mistakes, but I can't find it anymore. I'll update this article once I've found it; it was written by a reputable organization, and there's not that many of them so my search shouldn't take long...

Finally, S is for soda. Jess Morrissette from the US is building a catalog of every soda vending machine built into video games. There haven't been any updates since 2021, probably because he's also busy being a PhD professor.

Cheers,
David