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mdlbearWelcome to global heating, and what's shaping up to be the hottest year on record. Excessive temperature warnings were up most of the week. Smoke started blowing our way today, with air quality ranging from "Unhealthy For Sensitive Groups" to just plain Unhealthy, and Hurricane Hilary is headed up Baja California on her way to San Diego. How's the climate where you are?
The week hasn't been bad for me personally, but that's not saying much. Ticia has been helping -- she's been extra cuddly lately. I don't know whether she misses Desti, or just senses that I need extra nuzzles and purring, but it doesn't matter.
Much of the week was taken up by an extra trip between South Seattle and the island, and much extra driving around, all to get our organizers, s' and g", settled in at Rainbow's End. In addition to room and board, they're getting a car -- we found a 2008 Subaru Outback (now called Sylvia) in decent shape; N and I split the cost. Considering how much my brother and I paid for the professional organizers who packed up Mom's apartment, we're getting off really cheap.
The guy who runs the dealership has a 23-year-old cat named Elvis. The office also has a TV and two parakeets, so Elvis has a good choice of channels.
Notes & links: 0813Su * up 7:45; S=6:48; exercises, Dutch; ... shower @ What Disney could learn from the success of Nimona (Official Trailer) -> Need to watch this -- looks like a blast @ The video call revolution is dead - The Verge " It’s great that things like custom backgrounds and emoji reactions are commonplace no matter which app you use. But when I hop on a video call, I’m still largely just staring at boxes of people, and the apps have mostly become utilities that I’m just not that excited to use. // Video was supposed to be the future. Instead, it’s just another way to pick up the phone. " @ The Short List Of Climate Actions That Will Work 1. electrify everything / 2. overbuild renewable generation / 3. build continent-scale electrical grids and markets / 4. build pumped hydro and other storage / 5. plant a lot of trees / 6. Change agricultural practices / 7. Fix concrete, steel and industrial processes / 7. Price carbon aggressively / 8. Shut down coal and gas generation aggressively / 9. Stop financing and subsidies for fossil fuel / 8. Eliminate HFCs in refrigeration / 9. Ignore distractions [dead ends] / 10. Pay attention to motivations @ Antarctica risks 'cascades of extreme events' as Earth warms, study says % lots and lots of sneezing * 4pm leave. * Drop N at RE and take g" and s' home from there 0814Mo * up 7ish; S=8:26; exercises, Dutch; ... (am)dishes % very stiff this am * walk: to park @ Mozilla Foundation - Slack Vs Microsoft Teams — Which Is Better For Your Privacy? @ San Francisco's North Beach streets clogged as a long line of Cruise robotaxis come to a standstill - Los Angeles Times @ 10 Signs of Heart Failure You Should Never Ignore, According to Doctors % noonish: eye care: wipe, drops @ The Fanfic Sex Trope That Caught a Plundering AI Red-Handed | WIRED @ Judge rules in favor of youths in landmark Montana climate trial - WaPo % 21:40 sleepy. just want to curl up. Itching doesn't help % aveeno moisturizer on arms and waistband area; might help, probably can't hurt 0815Tu * litter boxen * up 6am; S=7:32, BP=111.71, P=71; exercises, Dutch % less itching, but still some $ pay AX -> done 0810Th, 00824Mo @ Gravitational waves show black holes prefer certain masses before they collide The discovery of the gravitational wave background has scientists excited | Space * track down this year's insurance card -> have emailed PDF; paper on the way Added earthquake insurance 25%deductable $600/year -> EX6861229 * 12:30 car shopping with N and g" * text to Sam to set pickup time (roughly) tomorrow -> 3pm (via discord) * guitar: bad guys. fingertips really out of shape * charge Molly ~5:45...6:30 (73%; 26.35kWh, $12.48) * walk: around and near Northgate Station (formerly Mall) % hot, but not as hot as staying in the car would have been. * load drugs 0816We * up 5:55; S=7:18; (some)exercises, Dutch @ How Do I Cope with Anti-Autistic Bias? | by Devon Price | Aug, 2023 | Medium " when participants were told they were interacting with an Autistic person, their biases against us disappeared. Suddenly they liked their slightly awkward conversation partner, and expressed interest in getting to know them " @ ChatGPT comes up short when compared to Stack Overflow responses | CIO Dive * 10:40 leave for: 11:20 dentist - fillings -> should get out 12:20ish; back to RS ~1pm -> 12:38. from RE to Sam's is ~50min * leave 2pm to pick up s' ~3pm * drive up to RE -> long wait; probably on the 6pm boat -> 6:45ish -> ORCA card wonky. Website also wonky. check at home. Card#30570271 -> website wouldn't let me log in from Molly; worked fine at home. -> Told me there was only $14.25 on the card, and charged $2.90 on my USB debit card. ORCA site shows two charges of 11:35 ORCA fare and 2.90 E-purse on the card. % very stiff. L. arm tingling not improving much, though it comes and goes a little. & bought some Annie Chung's udon as an experiment -> don't bother Pasty, and bad broth % basically just collapsed into bed 0817Th & awake 5something % having a lot of trouble getting going. * up 6:50; S=5:40, W=194.4; Dutch; shower * ORCA regional call center 888-988-6722 M-F 8-5; WSF (206)464-6400 -> apparently the card is only able to charge the passenger a senior fare; the balance has to be paid separately. (New since the recent changes on the site) * schedule annual wellness exam after this date. Bloodwork. -> 0830 @ The OG Grumpy Feline, Pallas Cats, Found on Highest Mountain * took the weed-whacker to the parking area. Worried about catalytic converter possibly starting a fire. @ Same-day Virtual Primary Care | UW Medicine @ Canada in the Year 2060 - Macleans.ca * guitar: Band Played ... (2v) * another round of whacking (with a fresh battery) * */15 CPAP: change paper filter, wash tubs * 3pm drive down to RS; arrived 16:45 @ The Most Ambitious Project in SunVox – VOXCOM 1610 – Logickin – The Blog WarmPlace.ru. SunVox Modular Music Studio (via A Turing-Complete CPU In Sunvox? Why Not! | Hackaday @ also cool: Raspberry Pi Crazy Guitar Rig Turns You Into A Hard ‘N Heavy One-Man Band @ Introducing: The Vacheron Constantin Reference 57260 With 57 Complications (The Most Complicated Watch, Ever) - Hodinkee (via jwz: A Look At Horology's Easter Problem_ HODINKEE - Wristwatch News, Reviews, & Original Stories 0818Fr * litter boxen * up 6:45ish (in bed until 7:30); S=7:51; exercises (one set because twinges), Dutch % Having a _lot_ of trouble getting out of bed recently. I just lie there. : no E' ~ car shopping with g" -> Sat. * walk: Taqueria La Fondita via Linden * email Cathy about house status -> got reply % didn't seem very hungry at dinner time. Big lunch? Or something else? 0819Sa & awake 5am; S=6; & cancelled order for "cat amazing" toy; I'd missed the 24-hour window and in any case worried about how my elderly Ticia would respond to it. Stupid? Maybe. -> went back to bed 5:15ish but spent the next hour just cuddling Ticia, not sleeping -> re-ordered the wand, but not the pack of extra toys. We'll see how she likes it * up 6:30ish; S=6:50; exercises @ Twitter, now X, to remove blocking feature - Musk - BBC News @ James Webb telescope photo shows a question mark-shaped structure in deep space * walk: around park * guitar: Bad Guys. Attempting to tack on Wildwood Flower didn't work. @ AI-Generated Art Lacks Copyright Protection, D.C. Court Says @ Starting with version 116, #Firefox will drop support for macOS versions prior to 10.15 as well as Windows 7, 8 and 8.1. ... which is both macs and all windows partitions except the one on Sable's original disk @ ‘Knowledge is power’: new app helps US teens read books banned in school|Guardian @ Have you seen these dehumidifiers? Stop using them or you might die. - The Verge fire danger from recalled dehumidifiers sold under various brand names. Gree Dehumidifier Recall how to identify a recalled device (mine's probably ok) * noon expect g" and friend, for car shopping - split cost with N -> 2008 Subaru Outback "Sylvia" * add to insurance * add g" to insurance * order more boxes for Whidbey (to be delivered to RS _today_) * run dishwasher * 15min: organizing in notes.done % ~20:20 dazedly gazing at notes on laptop without doing much * update Chewy order to 1 litterbox * 3/wk = 1.5 bags/week = 4.5 bags/3wks. Round up.
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Date: 2023-08-21 11:48 am (UTC)Weather here is unseasonably cool actually... which given the state of the Gulf stream isn't surprising.
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Date: 2023-08-24 03:21 am (UTC)