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mdlbearI actually got a few things done. Go me? A little too down-to-the-wire on some things, so I'm frazzled and down on myself. I think they'll get done, though, which is the main thing. Several have already gotten done, thankfully, despite my habitual procrastination and easy distractability, so there's that. And I seem to have been pretty successful (finally!) at re-establishing my toothbrushing and exercise habits. Minimal, but still... I've let a lot of things go over the six -- no, seven -- months since we moved.
Some of the things accomplished have included a couple more medical appointments. I still worry, but not as much. I'll be getting a call later this week to schedule a CT scan. Another is switching my laptop over to Atkinson Hyperlegible fonts. (Still using Inconsolata for monospaced things like terminals and emacs.) I'm starting to work on my websites, as part of a general accessibility push. Hopefully there will be a detailed post about that when I get farther along.
There are a few bright points in the general gloom that is the US, for example Washington State Passes Bill To Cover Some Hormone Therapy Stockpiles. My advice is to stock up right away. And an increasing number of judges are ruling against the administration (which, however, is ignoring them). On this side of the pond, the EU fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M for breaking Europe’s digital rules
On the other hand, if you have travel planned either into or out of the US, here are some tips on How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US Border, and These are the most LGBTQ+ safe countries on Earth right now. If you're not ready to move just yet, Meet the new American refugees fleeing across state lines for safety.
On the gripping hand, here's another version of Three Kobolts (sic) In a Trench Coat -- this one has lyrics and chords in the description, along with a link to the (original?) animated version.
Notes & links: 0420Su Easter * sift litter boxen @ Easter - Wikipedia & awake 3:45ish; 05:15; down 6ish; got Ticia cuddle but no sleep * up 7:30; ; Dutch, kegels, dishes, ... laundry (too late to empty dryer) * drugs: first am 7:40; rest am 08:49; 2*coffee; 14:10 naproxen; pm 21:52 @ Judge Blocks Passport Ban For Plaintiffs, Citing Government Animus And Equal Protection (firecat) " reinforcing a growing judicial record that identifies inescapable anti-transgender animus in their design. That pattern may ultimately form the legal backbone for dismantling Trump’s broader agenda " @ Thousands of trans rights protesters on Edinburgh streets following court ruling @ Photos: Protesters gather for 'day of action' against Trump administration : NPR Anti-Trump protests build momentum in WA: ‘We’re just getting louder’ | Sea Times @ April 18, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson Paul Revere's (and others') Ride @ Washington State Passes Bill To Cover Some Hormone Therapy Stockpiles 6 months for T, 12 months for E @ 42 jaw-dropping James Webb Space Telescope images | Live Science @ Powerful Scenes From This Weekend’s Anti-Trump Protests – Mother Jones : worth noting that there's no excuse not to brush my teeth before I go to bed, so I ought to add that back to my bedtime routine. 0421Mo * sift litter boxen & awake 3:45? % dream somehow included attempts to terraform the moons of the outer planets, a large school building that resembled my first elementary school, and roasted lamb * up 8am; ; dishes, laundry (pickup) % wake-up time could have been 7:30 or earlier, but there were cats * drugs: first am 8:08; rest am 9:10; 2*coffee; pm & 15min: matzoh brie. Not too bad: 1 egg, 2 sheets; need to re-calibrate a bit. @ “Masking Is Life”: Experiences of Masking in Autistic and Nonautistic Adults - PMC @ Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88 | AP News Pope Francis has died at 88 : NPR Pope Francis @ Intro to the Web Revival #1: What is the Web Revival? | Melon's Thoughts (ysabetwordsmith) " The Web Revival is about reclaiming the technology in our lives and asking what we really want from the tools we use, and the digital experiences we share. " Intro to the Web Revival #2: Learn about Websites! | Melon's Thoughts IndieWeb " a people-focused alternative to the “corporate web”. " * Your content is yours * You are better connected * You are in control indie web manifesto @ How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US Border | WIRED @ Scientists Think They’ve Found the Region of the Brain That Regulates Conscious Perception | WIRED -> Human high-order thalamic nuclei gate conscious perception through the thalamofrontal loop | Science @ A Tragedy with No End | Science History Institute tragedy of the commons @ That Time Demons Possessed the Telegraph | Science History Institute * load drugs. Check to see which scrips still need renewal. @ How Students Built a 16th-Century Engineer's Book-Reading Machine - Atlas Obscura Bookwheel - Wikipedia @ Inside a Collection of 'Imaginary' Books - Atlas Obscura 0422Tu * sift litter boxen Earth Day @ Earth Day - Wikipedia Earth Day 2025 & awake 1:40ish * up 6:30ish; ; Dutch, exercises, dishes * drugs: first am 7ish; coffee; rest am 08:16; pm 19:28 @ Amateur Mathematicians Find Fifth ‘Busy Beaver’ Turing Machine | Quanta Magazine Amateurs Solve a Famous Computer Science Problem On Discord - YouTube @ Alan Turing’s Most Important Machine Was Never Built | Quanta Magazine * 10:45ish prepare to summon uber for 11:45 appointment at Haga * 11:45 Haga call number 1438; route B stage 2. QR code linked from text msg -> took blood sample; will call Friday pm about which type of CT scan I need. -> no obvious suspects for the anemia. Did not get to any of the questions (below) <- scrips needing renewal: bupropion, <- make sure info sharing on https://www.volgjezorg.nl/en enabled <- which PGO should I be using? digi.me looks very good, but a review says it doesn't connect with Haga @ The Literary Style of Alt-Text. The meditative art of describing images… the “Alt Text Hall of Fame”. @ Dragons are a Girl's Best Friend 🎵 Ginny Di, Anjali Bhimani, Whitney Avalon-YT * guitar: Ship, Mil-Dawn, Bad Guys. @ US student loans in default to be referred to debt collection problem. @ These are the most LGBTQ+ safe countries on Earth right now x 0422Tu-24Th 2025 Including Disability Global Summit – Including Disability 0423We * sift litter boxen @ World Book Day (ysabetwordsmith & awake 3:30 * up 06:00ish; ; Dutch, kegels, * drugs: first am 06:10; coffee; rest am 07:30; coffee; pm 21:03 @ Sumerian Words in English @ The Far Side comic strip by Gary Larson from Tuesday, April 22, 2025 " Editor's note: This is a special cartoon Gary drew for Earth Day 1990, as part of a project in which many cartoonists participated to bring more awareness to the state of the environment. " @ HHS Plans to Cut the National Suicide Hotline’s Program for LGBTQ Youth @ Three Kobolts In a Trench Coat (by Chase Noseworthy) with Kit and Felix - YT this version has chords and lyrics in the description, and links to the animation @ Quora: A malware distribution platform: tacit — LiveJournal " Quora is one of the favored black hat spam and malware distributors, thanks to a combination of weak technical defenses against spam, permissiveness toward repeat abusers, poor mechanisms to spot serial abusers, and weak moderation. " & checked further at ivido -- none of my institutions shares data, so fudge. @ RFK Jr. Set to Launch Disease Registry Tracking Autistic People | New Republic : Huh! Social Security gets paid on the third of the month if you move out of the US * regional tax assessment due eur607 due by 0531 NB: QR code link to an Ideal page; BUNQ couldn't make head nor tail of it. ~ tried to pay ENRA (insurance for Scarlett) but it actually looks like they'll send the invoice later. 0424Th * change litter boxen & awake 3:55ish * up 07:30; ; exercises(w\ kegels), dishes, Dutch, * drugs: first am 07:42; rest am 08:48; 2*coffee; pm 22:06 @ Egyptologist in Paris Discovers Secret Messages on the Luxor Obelisk @ Why Colorado’s artificial intelligence law is a big deal for the whole country @ Windows 10 LTSC – the version that won't expire for years • The Register needs an enterprise license, however. @ Windows 95 boot sound added to Library of Congress • The Register @ Government censorship comes to Bluesky, but not its third-party apps ... yet x N" has the flu. Maybe Monday @ First record of a living coelacanth from North Maluku, Indonesia | Sci. Reports @ Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s push to end DEI in K-12 public schools * guitar: life-cycle of flowers, nemesis, lock-keeper (which went predictably poorly) % 22:43 naproxen 440mg 0425Fr * sift litter boxen & awake 3ish * up 7:30; ; kegels, * drugs: first am 7:36; rest am 08:41; 2*coffee; pm 22:21 @ EU fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M for breaking Europe’s digital rules (andrewducker) @ Meet the new American refugees fleeing across state lines for safety (via ysabetwordsmith | American Refugees, which has links to resources) @ How The Incan Stone Walls Were Probably Built | Best Evidence So Far | 2024 Update * 15min: used the last 2 pieces of matzoh for matzoh brei. * pm expect call from H. Bergsma, Nurse Specialist, Internal Medicine -> they have ruled out a pulmonary embolism, so will call to schedule an _ordinary_ CT scan of heart, lungs, and abdomen. & lent N the large ChargeAsap charger. Where in heck are all my other chargers?? Did I abandon _all_ of them? : apparently I missed a FedEx delivery by being on headphones. Something has to be done -> realized later that "blauwe bak" on the card meant they'd left it in the blue bin @ The Guardian view on the IMF’s warning: Donald Trump could cost the world [$1T] $ paid Shurgard from USB checking; set up autopay * guitar: life-cycle, nemesis, paper-wings, wheelin, middle-sized-bear, ship-of-stone life-cycle, nemesis very rough partly because I don't remember the melody & research how to use Atkinson Hyperlegible fonts on my websites @ Atkinson Hyperlegible Font | David Lord @ Best Font Pairings For Atkinson Hyperlegible From Rebranding to Readability with Atkinson Hyperlegible - Material Design @ Draft2Digital (fayanora. OverDrive: Free ebooks, audiobooks & movies from your library. 0426Sa Koningsdag * sift litter boxen @ Koningsdag - Wikipedia % if N were here, we'd go off to Amsterdam and join the fun. But she's there with j & awake 3:30ish * up 6:45ish; ; exercises, Dutch % attempted sit-ups in bed. Failed. Should try every day. * drugs: first am 7ish; 2*coffee; rest am 08:14; pm 20:02 @ Fan Is A Tool-Using Animal—dConstruct Conference Talk tagging on del.icio.us " Fans are an example of real people using machines to talk to one another, rather than a manufactured and engineered attempt to graft social life onto a single website. " NOTE: also linked on 2018-12-06 @ Why Not Mars (Idle Words) " When you hold on to a belief so strongly that neither facts nor reason can change it, what you are doing is no longer science, but religion. So I’ve come to believe the best way to look at our Mars program is as a faith-based initiative. " ... " In what follows, I want to lay out the case against Mars in more technical detail than I’ve been able to find elsewhere. " The Shape of a Mars Mission (Idle Words) @ FBI arrests Wisconsin judge and accuses her of obstructing immigration officials : web/meta is _incredibly_ ancient; I shouldn't have used it for the internal website because I already had Local. Which is _also_ ancient. : There are drums, apparently somebody practicing. Maybe a band. Distracting AF. @ Filk Combines Music and Fantasy with Geekery - Rawckus Magazine (from 2017) @ See Bezos-backed EV maker’s ‘radically simple’ $20,000 electric truck | SeaTimes @ Autism Science Leader Reacts to RFK Jr.'s Misinformation | MedPage Today * guitar: band-played, bad-guys, desolation-row, QV (special attention to the coda)