Done Since 2022-12-25

[mdlbear]

I've been having a hard time getting out of bed lately. Typical symptom of depression and anxiety, but having a cat purring on my lap makes it even harder. It also makes it harder to use my laptop.

The 28th was a bad day all around. Southwest Airlines Has Meltdown In Denver, Declares Emergency, Twitter users report global outage with many unable to log into website, and there was a Twitter Data Breach: 400 Million Users Affected. It would have been my mom's 102nd birthday. The 27th wasn't all that great if you've been using LastPass.

The fact that today is Public Domain Day 2023 may brighten things up a little. See today's music.

And have a happy New Year -- here's hoping! (But I'm pessimistic.)

Notes & links:
1225Su Newton's Birthday / last day of Hanukkah / Christmas
  & awake 3:50; S=4.9; some cuddling from Desti; down 5:30ish, gave up 6am
    % very dry mouth -- had not re-filled humidifier (and couldn't find the jug of
      distilled water).  Also hadn't put in my bite guard -- I've been missing both of
      those things more often than not.
  * up 6am; ; exercises
    % _very_ (mentally) difficult to get out of bed.  depression, probably
  @ 10 Awesome GNOME Apps to Improve your Desktop Experience [Part 5]
    has links to parts 1-4; some might be useful.
  @ Using the wrong USB-C cable can damage your tech. Here's how to avoid that
  @ tea.xyz is a feature-rich, delightful unified package
    manager that will revolutionize open-source development
    teaxyz/cli: the unified package manager (brew2)
  * 3pm party.  My gifts were all well-received (excapt for k's -- it wasn't here due to
    anxiety, so will get them Friday)
  @ Everyone Is Using Google Photos Wrong | WIRED  -> Delete most of them
    Lots of potential privacy and security problems.

1226Mo  Babbage's Birthday  * litter boxen
  * Up 6:35; S=8:11, W=197; exercises
  : raining
  " Today is the first day of Kwanzaa; the second day of Christmas (Western and
    new-calendar Orthodox), Boxing Day, Wren Day, Feast of St. Stephen, and Mummer's Day;
    the sixth day of Yule; and the eighth day of Chanukah (which ends at nightfall). It's
    also the 231st anniversary of the birth of Charles Babbage " (eftychia | QotD])
  @ 10 travel ideas we’re excited about in 2023 - Lonely Planet
  : 10:36 a couple of very brief power glitches.  We'll see.  -> 2:30 okay so far
  * load drugs

1227Tu
  * up 6:45; S=7:17; change bed
  * 10am Healing Center Memory Keepers grief support group.
  : High wind warning: 1pm -> tomorrow 1am.  Uncertain whether to go up.  -> no
  x noon go up to RE; come back Friday am -> tomorrow if no outages
  " QOTD: me:  I have a 65 million milliamp-hour storage battery parked on the street. "
    -> actually only 13M = 65kWh / 5V.
  @ It's Not Cool to Overreact: How Normalcy Bias Will Define Our Future
  @ We're Having a Fit of Collective Amnesia
    " Alessandra Tanesini ... writes “Communities often respond to traumatic events in their histories by
      destroying objects that would cue memories of a past they wish to forget.” "
  @ You're Not a Fearmonger. You Have Sentinel Intelligence.
    " In Aeschylus’s tragedy Agamemnon, you get Cassandra’s full story. In some ways, the
      Trojan War is really about a bunch of dudes who don’t listen to a woman, and it
      leads straight to the collapse of their civilization. "
  @ Improving Ourselves to Death: Self-Help in The Age of Unraveling
    " When you look at the self-help industry, you find a legacy of con artists and
      grifters. You also find an ideology steeped in privilege, entitlement, elitism,
      racism, and misogyny. "
  @ Jeremi M Gosney - why I recommend ditching LastPass - Infosec Exchange
    What’s in a PR statement: LastPass breach explained | Almost Secure
    " Note how LastPass admits not encrypting website URLs but doesn’t group it under
      “sensitive fields.” But website URLs are very much sensitive data. "
  @ Password Managers. tl;dr:
    " If you want to use an online password manager, I would recommend using the one
      already built into your browser. They provide the same functionality, and can
      sidestep these fundamental problems with extensions. "
    " I use Chrome, but the other major browsers like Edge or Firefox are fine too.  They
      can isolate their trusted UI from websites, they don’t break the sandbox security
      model, they have world-class security teams, and they couldn’t be easier to use. "
  @ The Most Hilarious Programmer T-shirts | by The Secret Developer | Medium
  & laundry
  : 5:30 well, so far it looks like I could have gone up to Whidbey and at least gotten my
    laundry done and Molly recharged.  But anyway.
  * working on disassembling Starshine to get at the power connector.  Not going well.
    Finally got keyboard out.  Something brown and sticky appears to have been spilled
    into it; possibly coke.
  & order 24-cell in purple plastic from Shapeways, following this comment
  % meloxicam with pm meds
  @ How to Network When You Don’t Know Anyone | FlexJobs

1228We  Mom's birthday
  & awake 5ish; Ticia kept me awake
  * up 6am; S=6.3;
  * check for outages: -> none.  So okay to drive up
  @ The USA has the worst companies and regulations of all rich nations: airline
    edition tl;dr Southwest (andrewducker)
    Southwest Airlines Has Meltdown In Denver, Declares Emergency
  * noon go up to RE; come back Friday am
  * SL: TJ:  Brie, bread, ginger chunks;  x orange slices (out of stock, perhaps forever)
  * SL: Payless: fish, pepperoni
  * Back on Whidbey:  let N know that I'm home.
  * after arrival:  ~ water orchids  * sort mail
  : 5:15 Birdland goes down; seems to be back up (for me) ~6:30  #TwitterDown trending
    @ Twitter users report global outage with many unable to log into website
      Musk Responds to Major Twitter Outage, Saying Platform 'Works for Me'
  * Change birdsite password following breech:
    @ Twitter Data Breach: 400 Million Users Affected, A Hacker Claimed - Dataconomy
  % went out to unplug Molly; slipped, probably on the charging cable.
    caught myself; no injuries but it was a close call.
  @ Public Domain Day 2023 | Duke University School of Law
    Sherlock Holmes will finally escape copyright this weekend - The Verge
  * singing:  Bigger on the Inside, For Amy.  Printed out the album lyrics for here.
  % meloxicam with pm drugs

1228Th
  & Awake 2:30; S=3:30; -> down 3:40
    % can't find the pair of blue-blocker glasses that I know is in the house
    -> read Science magazine under orange light.  Might help.
  * Up 7ish; S=6:41, W=199; exercises, shower
  @ Top 30 Meditation Apps (for iPhone and Android) - Top Counseling Schools
    13 Meditation Apps to Help You Fight Anxiety and Stress | PCMag
    (via ysabetwordsmith | Content notes for "The Basic Source of Peace"); see also my comment linking to  myNoise and Purrli)
  @ First "virovore" discovered: An organism that eats viruses
  % put diclofenac gel on the L. hip -- can't hurt, and if it's a soft-tissue thing it
    might help.
  * singing:  The Stuff that Dreams are Made Of.  (Snuggles)  Can't remember how I used to
    play the guitar part.  -> arpeggiated.  Travis pick?
    The Stolen Child.  ?? s/he/she/ in last chorus?
  @ Greta Thunberg Epically Owns Troll Andrew Tate On Twitter
  @ Twitter is shutting down Sacramento data center, downsizing Atlanta facility
  * singing:  The River, The Toolmakers - no problems remembering the guitar part on those
  % 5pm diclofenac sodium topical gel, on hip.  2/4 per day.  Probably a little early.
  * singing:  Riverheart
  * load:  chargers, batteries, inverter, space blankets - into Molly to be at both ends
  * pack:  laptop charger for backpack;
  * pack:  litter box scoop  * spray cleaner
  * pack:  hacksaw (not at RS currently) -> that will enable shortening the purple cane
  * pack:  bedpad (for litter box changing.  Have one but could use another)
  % meloxicam with pm drugs
  * 15min:  random cleanup.  Take out several bags of garbage from kitchen
  % picked up the spotted cat; sat down and cuddled with it for a while, close to tears
    I'll take it with me tomorrow.
  * 10pm hot bath
  * 11pm diclofenac 3/4 per day; 6 hours since last dose at 5pm
    % less hip pain than before.  Might be working.  Or might be placebo.  I'll take it.

1230Fr  * litter boxen
  * up 7am; S=7:30; exercises
    % some hip pain p~=3.5-4;
  % 9:45am diclofenac 1/4; next at 3:45
  * singing:  QV
  * before leaving RE turn down heat, turn off fireplace; take garbage up to street
  * pack:  slippers;
  * pack:  more books -> the TBR box, which goes to the lair; -pet- odor killer (tiny jar)
  : caught the 11:35 ferry and arrived at RE somewhere around 1pm
  * finished The Last Days of the Dinosaurs - Wikipedia by Riley Black
  @ 11 Things Every Solo Traveler Should Take With Them
    first aid kit / emergency contact card / copies of documents / reading material /
    safety whistle or alarm / portable charger / clothesline and detergent /
    towel (for hostels) / blank notecards / journal / tiny mementos

1231Sa  New Year's Eve
  & awake 12:28am; no mask; computer in lap.  As usual.  give up 1:10am
    % politics + house worries + Ticia's claws.
  * up 7:50ish; S=7:16; cat cuddle; Desti on lap
  " QOTD:  I need 2023 to come in, sit down, shut up, and not touch anything. (ysabetwordsmith) 
  * make a payment or do other paperwork ... see below
  * mail out charity contribs in the morning so they'll get picked up
    $ C $75 National Wildlife Federation
    $ C $100 MSF
  * work on GS theme -- seems to work best based on Hansen
  % didn't join the NYE filk circle.  :P  Because self-destructive, I suppose
  % post Was That the Year that Was?
  % How the fsck does it get to be New Year's Eve?  Where did 2022 go?  Will I stay up??
  * upgrade Panther.  Still running after midnight

Comments

[spiffyvoxel]

Thanks for the links, I saved several of them to read later.

I moved my mum's passwords out of LastPass and into Bitwarden last week, my sister has already moved to Bitwarden.

I use iCloud for my photo library, I need to make sure I go through and clean out anything that shouldn't be in there. Adding to the pile of ongoing digital clean-up tasks for this month, I'm reorganising my password vault ahead of writing up the after-I'm-gone document for my sister and also cleaning up my email archives.

Andrew Tate... I watched that 'clap back' video of his and cringed. What's truly sad is that there are probably hundreds, maybe thousands more like him online and out in the wild, with the same mentality towards women.

I've been poking around a bit on Mastodon, and I finally have a handle on how to use it without getting overwhelmed or losing time to it. The best thing so far is #catsofmastodon which I have as a pinned tab. :)

I'm going to keep an eye on how tea progresses, as someone who uses brew to manage various command line tools. The web3 mentions make me a little twitchy, maybe they should just stick to saying it's blockchain and avoid the hype trap.

[mdlbear]

Yeah, the web3 thing is a little weird. As you say, it'll be interesting to watch. And to see whether, as a Linux user, I'd have any use for it.