Done Since 2025-10-05

[mdlbear]

A couple of good things happened, but I also procrastinated way too much, which increases the stress level for this week. So does that make it a good week or a bad week? Maybe not.

So let's start with the good stuff for a change: N's book, The World as It Ought To Be, has been published! The eBook can be had right now from Smashwords, which has a free sample you can read online. My signal boost post from yesterday lists more sellers. Go take a look -- it's hopepunk, solarpunk, protopian gentle fiction, and if you're a fan of ysabetwordsmith's ​Terramagne poems, you'll probably like it.

Also, according to pv magazine International, Solar tops [the] EU power mix in June with [a] record 22% share. And I got my flu and pneumonia jabs, to go with CCOVID last week.

Somewhere in between, I had a gastroscopy Wednesday -- I'll find out the results this coming Friday. I don't expect really bad news, but they sent me away with a prescription for a proton pump inhibitor.

On the down side, I've procrastinated a whole lot, with the result that the HyperSpace Express website needed some fast work, and needs more this week. So do my US federal income taxes. Our plans for the Kaleidofolk studio album are slightly up in the air at this point, only in part because I haven't been practicing enough. And I still don't have a medical alarm pendant.

If time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once, it's not working! And I'm not helping.

And on the way down side, of course, the US is still in the hands of a fascist regime led by a convicted felon and his gang of thugs and unindicted traitors, and I'm extremely worried about my friends and family members who are still there. Not to mention the planet.

Notes & links:
1005Su  * change litter boxen  Mom died 5 years ago today
  & awake ?5ish
  * up 6ish
  * drugs:  am1 6:50; am2 -missed-; pm 21:10
  * walk: 10:01 last bridge; 1km, 8hp, 24mm, 23m, 1900st
    % could have gone farther, but was starting to rain.  _not_ wiped out when I got home
  @ How to use discussion groups on Mastodon and the Fediverse | Fedi.Tips -> FediGroups
  @ pv magazine International: Solar tops EU power mix in June with record 22% share.
  @ Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs | Verge
  @ Second U.S. appeals court rejects Trump's order curtailing birthright citizenship
  @ I finally found the free open source document scanner on Android and I can't stop
    raving about it OSS Document Scanner - Apps on Google Play
  * 11-14 or whenever kf work session:  Breathing
    . get HSX income/expense paperwork filed with bookkeeper
      * still needed - N's new laptop

1006Mo  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 2ush?
  * up 6ish; ; Dutch; kegels
  * drugs:  am1 6:36; am2 07:30ish; 2*coffee; pm 22ish
  * get HSX income/expense paperwork filed with bookkeeper -> trivial.
    just had to hit submit; all of the data entry done yesterday.  (meaning I didn't miss
    any of it this time)
  * walk:  9:14 far end of Simon Vestdijkstraat loop, .6km, 17mm, 17min, 2hp, 1600st,
  @ WinBoat - Run Windows Apps on Linux with Seamless Integration
  @ wiki dive starting at Turtle Island; passing through Turtles all the way down
  @ Mastodon.social
    is not a good way to join Mastodon. If you’re already on it, you might want to move
    your account to a different Mastodon server. | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide
  @ The Funniest Computer Songs (1989) via Vintage Filk Preservation - YouTube
  @ freq_tweakicians  Rename! was Musicians
  @ Chicago And The End Of American Liberty. | Techdirt
  ~ 11-14 or whenever kf work session
    work on chords fr Things We Did Not Choose, using looping and labels in Audacity
  @ Abbott authorizes Trump to deploy Texas Guard to other states | The Texas Tribune
    Newsom joins Oregon’s suit after Trump sends California National Guard to Oregon
    Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: ‘I
    feel defeated’ - WBEZ Chicago
    State Terror, American Style - Paul Krugman

1007Tu  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 6ish
  * up 6:30
  * drugs:  am1 06:40; coffee; am2 08:36; pm (no aspirin) 22:00
  * walk: 9am Erasmusweg 1.2km,
    % maybe took the first half too fast; leaned on things a couple times coming back
  @ Microsoft once again blocks online account bypass on Windows 11 | Windows Central
  @ Heidi Li Feldman: "I finally have finished reading…" - Mastodon
    " the 69 page complaint and multiple exhibits filed by the state of Illinois and City
      of Chicago against Trump, Noem, Hegseth etc., seeking to prohibit them deploying
      federalized National Guard troops in #Chicago. "
  % there was also a Columbae live/zoom event Sunday, which I _also_ dropped on the floor.
    ! feeling very down on myself just now
  @ Delusions of a Protocol first of two parts explaining why bsky is centralized
    Jay Graber Confuses the Gas and Brake Pedals | Azhdarchid
  @ Hollywood Burbank Airport without air traffic controllers Monday night due to
    staffing shortages - CBS Los Angeles because of the fed shutdown
  @ NIRS fire destroys government's cloud storage system, no backups available
  * check/secure HSX$PP (s@t) do s@s later.
  ~ 11-14 or whenever kf work session
    October Country, 
  x call Task to find out difference between the two GPS alarms (PIP and PEP)
    -> looked good until we found out that they don't have a call center in NL
    -> send email to a couple of likely-looking local orgs:
       info@hwwzorg.nl   servicebureau@respectzorg.nl
       servicepuntXL has live chat, form but no email address
       https://servicepuntxl.nl/vragen/senior/ik-wil-gebruik-maken-van-personenalarmering/
  ~ pm phone appointment with Haga (internal med) -> postponed to Fri Oct. 17
  * 19:00 - 20:30 (10am-11:30 PST) Healing Center Passages support grp - 1st, 3rd Tu
  o load drugs -- no aspirin until weekend
  
1008We  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 3:30ish
  * up 7ish; ;
  * drugs:  am1 7:ish; am2 12:00ish; ~2*coffee; pm
  * clear liquids okay until 8am; NPO after that
  * bring CPAP (not needed), clean underwear (also not needed because I found my last
    Depends.  It's comfortable and absorbant -- I should keep some around.)
  * 8:45ish summon uber for 09:30 gastroscopy
    % went very well.  minimal discomfort.  Conscious the whole time, I think.  sort of.
    % could probably have skipped the sedation, but then I might have missed the snacks
      afterward in recovery:  raisin bread roll, gingerbread (both with butter),
      applejuice, and a double espresso.
    -> new scrip -  PANTOPRAZOL TABL MSR 40MG.
  * 15:00 Berenstein flu, pneumonia shots - went with G; got back before 3 :)
  @ Python 3.14.0 (final) is here! - Core Development AKA PIE-thon
  @ Former Russian newspaper publisher dies after falling from window: Newsweek
    " While there is no confirmation of the cause of Leontyev’s death, The Moscow Times
      noted he was the latest top Russian businessman or official to die in mysterious
      circumstances since February 2022, the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of
      Ukraine... Many deaths involve defenestration—falling from windows or balconies. "
  @ The Best Beginner CNC Router? ...  Genmitsu Cubiko Full Review - YouTube
  * respond to email about my personal alarm questions.  I think I only sent one.
  @ The World As It Ought to Be
    IT'S ALIVE!!
  @ Amsterdam's Map, Explained-YT

1009Th  x sift litter boxen
  & awake 5ish
  : tried to pull the CPAP close enough to turn off, and broke the damned hose.  Have a
    spare, thankfully.
  * up 7ish; ; Dutch
  * drugs:  am1 07:30ish; am2 08:42; coffee; pm 22:ish
  @ The World As It Ought to Be
    N's book, finally ready to buy -- at least in ebook form.
    * Of course I did
  * top up Bunq
  * pick up new scrip (Pantoprazol); € 150 from machine
  ~ 11-14 or whenever kf work session
    * N's book goes live -> make sure hyperspace-express.com/Books/ points to it!
    * add cover and blurb to HSX books page
    ~ format still needs work.  Does TWaiOtB need its own page?  Or wait for sequel?
  * 19:30 - 20:30 (just me) coaching
  % barely managed to get a strip of flypaper up above the catbox.  I couldn't get on top
    of it to stand, and it made my knee hurt.

1010Fr  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 5ish, 6ish
  % extremely dry throat
  * up 7:50ish; ; 
  : the flypaper isn't there anymore.  no idea where it got cat-dragged to
  * drugs:  am1 8am; am2 9ish; 2*coffee; pm 21:32
  * take out cat litter from room  % dicey going downstairs  * out to bin on Lizzy
  % somewhat out of it all morning
  @ Nobel Peace Prize 2025 María Corina Machado
    All Nobel Prizes 2025 - NobelPrize.org
  * 11-14 or whenever hsx/kf work session
    -> discussion of whether to go direct to $A or  ->use Draft2Digital
    -> struggling all day with book page formatting
  @ Scientists develop 'bamboo bioplastic' that breaks down in 50 days (ysabetwordsmith)
  @ The Day Humanity Found Us (fayanora)
  
1011Sa  * change litter boxen (D")
  & awake 6ish
  * up 6:15; ; ..., Dutch
  * drugs:  am1 6:30ish; am2 7:30ish; 2*coffee; pm 20:18
  * 9am Dewi
  & N helped me look for the missing fly paper.  Which of course was right below where it
    had been taped to the wall -- I just hadn't leaned over far enough to see it.  Whew!
  @ A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size \ Anthropic [see paper]    
    Data quantity doesn't matter when poisoning an LLM • The Register
    Anthropic Says It's Trivially Easy To Poison LLMs Into Spitting Out Gibberish - /.
  ~ 11-14 or whenever -kf- _hsx_ work session
    @ posted Signal Boost: The World as It Ought To Be
  @ Rebellion, Activism, Imagination: Why We Need Witches More Than Ever - Reactor

Comments

[madfilkentist]

I don't know what a "proton pump inhibitor" is, but it sounds wonderfully SF-y.

[mdlbear]

It does, at that! Actually, it's just an antacid -- suppresses acid production in the stomach.

[freyjaw]

I'm on it, and it is wonderful.

[mdlbear]

I've never thought I needed a PPI, but they handed me a prescription for it after my gastroscopy, so they must have something for which it was indicated.

[freyjaw]

Likely. I haven't noticed side effects, so I hope it's as easy for you as it is for me.