Done Since 2025-03-16

[mdlbear]

Something seems to have flipped my comfort reading switch this week. I guess looking into boxes full of books I haven't seen in months (and was neglecting for a long time before that) -- well, there went the week. Starting the week with Colleen's birthd may also have contributed to it.

I did get a couple of things done -- making a GP appointment, paying some bills, singing half a dozen songs during Eurofilk (see Thursday). Also got some back pain (boxes full of books? Right.), and a lot of late-night worries about taxes, which cat-cuddles only partially make up for. No idea what flips Bronx's cuddle switch.

See Friday for a little good news about steps taken, and some good links on getting your data the heck out of the US: How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To | WIRED, Linux-Is-Best/Outside_Us_Jurisdiction: Digital Service Providers outside the US.

Notes & links:
0316Su  Colleen: 74  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 3:30ish
  * up 7ish; S=7:50ish; 
  * drugs:  first am 7ish; rest am 08:12; pm
  % pain in lower back presumably from overuse; upper abs from last night's unpleasantness
  * 07:24 naproxen 440mg - next 19:30 if needed.
  : (irrelevant now of course) the luprolide (lupron) infusion was 6 months ago - 16 Sep
  @ Why Do Transit Agencies Keep Falling for the Hydrogen Bus Myth? - CleanTechnica
  * SL:  wet catfood (ordered from zooplus)
  @ A Sunday thought - Robert Reich
  @ (via andrewducker: Interesting Links for 16-03-2025)   
    What it's like in America if you're trans right now
    Is there no such thing as Italian cuisine? - BBC Travel
  @ Requiem for the voice that carried a nation’s conscience VOA silenced
  @ Seattle indie bookshops can now sell e-books. That’s a big deal | Seattle Times
  * 18:00 FotLR
  * set out cardboard and paper for pickup tomorrow

0317Mo  * change litter boxen (N")
  @ Saint Patrick's Day
  & awake 4ish
  * up 6ish; S=6:56;
    Night thoughts:  taxes, both mine and R's.  Obviously me paying his rent is more than
    the $600 or whatever limit, and probably more than the gift limit.  Problem.
  * drugs:  first am 06:30; 2*coffee; rest am 07:30; pm 17:58
  ~ [already restarted] abiraterone, prednisone
  - the Casio keyboard is broken.  Fails even with the correct power supply.  :P
  @ Signs of alien life may be hiding in these gases | ScienceDaily methyl halides
  @ When Config Becomes Code: The Hidden Trap | ITNEXT
    " Configuration should define settings, not behavior.
      If you’re writing conditionals in YAML, it might be time to rethink things.
      Just write the code. "
  @ What Google and Meta’s Leaked Internal Memos Reveal About Power, AI, and Control
  @ Android's native Linux Terminal app is live in Google's latest update
  : call from VGZ -- my forwarding of the last letter from SVB never arrived because I
    followed the preceeding email with reply instead of reply all.
    -> sent it direct this time.  Got the automatic reply.  I've been stupid.  as usual.
  & 15min:  kibbitzing G while he moved boxes.  Boxes moved from next to the door to
    supposedly more convenient places.  Stacked on some boxes that are now less accessible
  * pay energy bill  -> turned out to be for the time between when we moved in and when we
    got things set up, which makes sense.  -> paid via Bunq app's "scan invoice" feature.
  % 13:37 dry sobbing looking through the box with _Procedures in Experimental Physics_
    et. al.  -> who will love these books when I'm gone?  Who would even _want_ them?
  * pay Shurgard bill  -> they had my USBank Visa as payment method; not clear whether
    it's set up to pay automatically or not.  Tried to pay the invoice with Bunq but it
    couldn't scan successfully.  Just as well.
  * load drugs
  * Irish Coffee with G

0318Tu  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 3ish.  Ticia purring by my face, but had to get up and pee. :( :(
    % lots of pain in R QL.  No naproxen within reach that I know of
      no comfortable position to lie in; npw sitting in the white chair.
    % I have nneglected my exercises for way too long.  stupid lazy stupid stupid stupid
    % 04:08 1g tylenol.  next allowed dose in 6h (10am).  Movement also seems to help some
      14:05 500mg.  limit is 4g/24h = 1g/6h.  next allowed 20:05 
  * up 7:30ish; ;
    % both cats, Ticia next to my face and I think a little more cuddly than usual
  * drugs:  first am 08:08; rest am 09:14; pm 22:59
  @ Zuckerberg’s Social Trap — Gen X & Gen Z Didn’t Fall for It | Victoria Muggridge
  * 15:00 video (google meet?) meeting with bookkeepers
  @ Is our universe trapped inside a black hole? This James Webb Space Telescope
    discovery might blow your mind | Space galaxies have a preferred rotation direction
  * 18:00 - 19:30 (10am-11:30 PST) Healing Center Passages support grp - 1st, 3rd Tu
  @ Dutch parliament calls for end to dependence on US software companies | Reuters

0319We  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 4:30ish
  * up 06:50
  * drugs:  first am 06:56; 2*coffee; rest am 08:07; pm
  @ Social Security Administration to require in-person identity checks for new and
    existing recipients | The Seattle Times
  @ French official demands US give back Statue of Liberty after 140 years because
    America ‘despises her’ | The Independent
  @ NASA astronauts return from long Space Station stay prompted by Boeing problems
  & 15min:  try out several software synth programs.  So far amsynth is the only one that
    recognizes my little Korg USB keyboard out of the box.  There may be others, but that
    will do for singing practice.  Somewhere along the way Jackd seems to have started.
  * $2k to Greg for Mom's estate's 2020 taxes (from USB, after 1000 xfer from BECU)
  * finished "Thirteen Detectives" -- most of the stories, from other collections, I
    remember having read.  Others I don't, so I probably haven't read that one.
  * huisarts: install mijngezondheid (MyHealth).  Required changing my Google Play region.
    Who knows what other havoc will ensue.  Bunq and DigID still work.
  * 19:00 - 20:30 (11:00-12:30 PST) Virginia Mason Living w\ Cancer grp - 1st, 3rd We
    % with only a small number of people i was afraid it was going to be long and boring,
      but everyone checking in used up the whole hour and a half.  And good people.

0320Th  Northward Equinox  * sift litter boxen
  @ Equinox - Wikipedia
  & awake 2:30ish
    % Then Bronx kept me from sleeping; not clear whether I got any at all.
    % pain:  (R) inguinal hernia; later, R QL.  Couldn't find tylenol 
      -> which turned up in the cork-cloth dopp kit, in the morning.
  * up 07ish; ; dishes, ..., Dutch
  * drugs:  first am 07:24; rest am; pm 21:47
  % 07:27 1g acetaminophen; next 1330(6h)-1530(8h)
  @ "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a sta[tion wagon full of microSD cards]"
  * bring up clean catfud bowls
  * make GP appointment (Dr. Akram not available -- her schedule must have filled up)
  * 19:00 Eurofilk.  Plink's capo has gone missing.  Stole Flame's.  Weird.
    singing: Keep the Dream Alive, Eyes Like the Morning, Middle-Sized Bear,
    Middle-Aged Bear, World Inside the Crystal, Paper Wings (requested by Deirdre)
    % my voice started fading during Paoer Wings.  Not hydrated enough.
    : playing was way off on most songs, but improved after a verse or two
  % cold all day

0321Fr  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 3:30ish
  * up 7:30; ;
    : Bronx was really snuggly and nuzzly, taking Ticia's place by my head after she got
      up.  More active snuggling than Ticia, but very sweet.  Not sleep-inducing, though.
  * drugs:  first am 07:57; rest am 09:31; 2*coffee; lax 13:00; pm
  @ Tesla (TSLA) accounting raises red flags as report shows $1.4 billion missing
  @ meanwhile, Tesla Disaster As Cars Won't Charge in Freezing Cold - Newsweek
  @ The Democrats’ Biggest Mistake: Fighting the Wrong War (thisfinecrew)
  * 12:55 macrogol (13g + electrolytes; 1-3/day) + senna;
  @ Amazon Just Got Banned From the EU Parliament | WIRED
  @ MEPs unite to demand urgent action on e-commerce - Euractiv
  @ How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To | WIRED
    Linux-Is-Best/Outside_Us_Jurisdiction: Digital Service Providers outside the US.
  @ Video Game Workers Launch Industry-Wide Union with CWA
  : plastic doesn't seem to be being collected anymore!  WTF?
    -> according to G it was picked up yesterday as usual.  Glitch on the web page

0322Sa  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 1:30; give up 04ish; down 5ish
    % earworm: Thais
  * up 7am; ;
  * drugs:  first am 07:29; 2*coffee; rest am 8:30ish; pm 18:13
    1g Tylenol 07:29; 13.5g macrogol 17:15; 440mg naproxen 22:02 - next allowed 10am
  @ andrewducker | Interesting Links for 21-03-2025 ->
    EU sends Apple first DMA interoperability instructions for apps, connected devices
    We’ll deport you if we have evidence against you, and if we do not
    How Ben and Jerry’s exposed Trump’s free speech world
    Vivian Jenna Wilson on Being Elon Musk’s Estranged Daughter, Protecting Trans Youth
     and Taking on the Right Online | Teen Vogue
  @ Everything Owned by Nestlé  it's a lot (via minoanmiss)
  @ Registration for the 2025 Including Disability Global Summit is now open!
    (via access_fandom | Including Disability Global Summit 22-24 April 2025)
  @ Naomi Rivkis with Tempered Glass at Conflikt 2009
    life-cycle-of-flowers.mp3
  % 13:58 reading (grief support group)f(FW),  fell into rabbit hole of depression
    reinforced today's general feeling of apathy.  Getting next to no sleep doesn't help.
  & reading the GKC collection Seven Suspects.
  @ rydra_wong | Hey, I just found out that the Trans Rights Readathon is a thing
    (via minoanmiss)