i was able to get some cleaning done this morning in the kitchen and in the bedroom. vacuuming the closet was a small but key thing to do, as i'll have to move everything on the floor into the closet before i can scrub it. getting the compost bags in the kitchen meant i was able to get the items in the fridge separated, which means i can get the kitchen cleaned up and set up. i was able to scrub out the freezer and put a bunch of the bulk items away, then get the green bin items and the garbage back in the freezer, while getting the cans and other recyclables in the blue and red bins, and separating the plastics bags into reusable and recycable, and then get everything off the counter and even do some dishes. i still need to scrub the bottom tray of the stove out so i can get some extra dishes in there, to get some more space in the cabinet. it's a necessarily slow process, especially considering that i need to spend extra time cleaning myself right now because these retards won't go away and fucking kill themselves off.

does canada have the lowest living standards in the world? clearly not, no.

does canada have the lowest living standards in the developed world? parts of it might, sure.

my plan to get my disposable income back on track is working out as intended.

my odsp is going up 2.8% on july 1st, which i won't get until my august 1st check. i think. that's what it was last year. that will amount to about $40.

conversely, as inflation has been hovering around 1% from june 2024 to may 2025, my rent increase on june 1, 2026 should only be about 1%, which will be about $12. the immediate $40/month bump will only be taken down by $10 or so on june 1st next year, and that $40/month will definitely help. a lot. when you're poor, small amounts make a big difference, they're not throwaway pocket change. 

i should be able to convince my doctor to fill out the disability forms for an extra $200/month, although i'm being cautious about this. this amount was supposed to be more widely distributed and for a much higher amount, but the randians in the liberal party got their hands on the legislation and largely ruined it. it's being approached the way it was intended to be by doctors, who are purposefully abusing it in order to react to the financial realities facing disability recipients in this country. we need the cash. that should be within a few months, max. the problem is that the forms are pretty intense, in terms of what you're asking a doctor to fill out. i don't have difficulty dressing myself or eating by myself, but i do have a lot of problems with ptsd-linked trauma, and i may be able to play that angle. am i being stalked or am i hearing things?

i don't think i've been drugged for a few weeks, and i haven't heard the male voices in that time period, although the female seems to still be here. i have blood recs and am waiting until i think they get me again before i go to the blood lab. the key indicator is stomach hair (i have never grown any hair on my stomach at all previously, before or after hormones, and it thankfully immediately clears up when their drugs metabolize. it's just about the most revoltingly disgusting thing imaginable, regardless of gender identity decisions. there is no possible explanation for this disgusting, unwanted change other than that i've been drugged with steroids or testosterone.), which i haven't noticed. as soon as i do notice stomach hair, i'm off to the blood lab to get the key evidence to convict these fucking losers with.

i could tell the last time i talked to him that he's having difficulty processing what i'm telling him, which i understand. i need the physical evidence to convince people. if we were to switch places, i'd be just as skeptical. the cops should be willing to investigate on a complaint and generate evidence, but a doctor needs to get the evidence and needs to be evidence based and should be skeptical about entertaining fantasies without evidence. the blood rec is extremely important, but i have to wait until they drug me again first, if i want to catch them, and they seem to understand what's going on and are waiting. if i can use that to get the doctor to fill out the disability forms, great. in the short run, it's in my self-interest to have him think i'm crazy.

that would also wipe out my remaining student loan, if he filled them out.

inflation should go up soon as well, as a result of the tariffs. i saw orange juice at the store yesterday for $12/jug, which is 100% inflation, due to tariffs. tropicana had better figure something out, because that's not going to sell. if the inflation rate for june 2025-may 2026 is in the 3-4% range overall, the increase on july 1, 2026 should be in the 5% range, which would be about $70. my odsp increases are not capped by legislation.

rent increases are capped by legislation; the rent inflation for 2027 will likely be capped at 2.5% by legislation, which would be about $30 on june 1, 2027. so that $70/month bump on aug 1, 2026 will only be taken down by $30 on june 1, 2027, leaving me with a remaining $40 + whatever the increase is on july 1, 2027, which should be 3%ish minimum and over $40 minimum, meaning i'll get it back almost immediately, and then some, at least another $10 and probably more than that.

however, i'm not going to predict inflation in 2027 at this point. i'll just point out that, year over year, rent goes up by 2.5% max, and odsp will go up by 2.5% min. the minimal inflation this year still resulted in a 2.8% boost. that means my disposable income increases every year i'm here, until i sign a new lease, which i hope ends up being for less (and will be if the tariffs devastate southern ontario).

a lot of disability advocates might not fully understand how powerful this is, but i do. it is true that it doesn't help right now and a lot of people need help right now, but it will balance out over time for people that can stabilize their housing. i've been explaining for years that the major problem is rent, and the solution is to lower rent or stabilize rent costs. the rest will work itself out, if you can actually get disabled people in stable housing and keep them there.

the assholes that bought my house to throw me out and got lucky with horrible and corrupt judges are facing a number of legal actions that they're going to need to pay for, as well. they are refusing to settle, which is just going to hike their costs in the long run. they think they got away with something, but they didn't, they just increased their own bills in the long run. i'll be better off in the new apartment in the long run, as i have more space and it's closer to downtown, which is where i want to be.

that said, the fact that i was paying $800/month in the previous apartment and might be looking at a monthly income of close to $1700/month by the fall is something to ponder. that $900/month for groceries, gear and concerts would have been great, if i wasn't dealing with asshole stalkers that need to go to jail and shithead landlords that need to pay me out. the best scenario is that i stay here and they pay me what it cost to get me here, and that could very well happen in the next few weeks, via one action or another.

there's a t2 in motion that asks for my rent back because they spent two years harassing me to leave; this amounts to about $20,000. the eviction is in appeal, and awaiting case management direction, which essentially has to determine if the possibility of compensation is substantive or not (and it clearly is), given that i'm not moving back into the old apartment. if i win this, they should be ordered to pay me what it cost to move, which would be about $6500, and possibly also pay me a year or two worth of the difference in rent, which would be upwards of another $10,000. there is a t5 coming in the next few days, which would be for the rent difference, and upwards of $10,000. altogether, it could run close to $50,000, but t probably won't. i should aim for $10,000 each, for a max of $30,000. 

yes, they deserve to be ordered to pay this kind of compensation, as the eviction had no legitimate legal basis to it, but was ordered by a retarded religious person operating strictly on jewish moral principles, which have no legal force in this country. i do not intend to allow myself to have some judeo-christian moral principles enforced on me, as i reject them thoroughly, and expect the court system to uphold my right to live in a christian-free society, in the end, even if i have to take it to a few levels up to get there. canada is a secular society and people have the right to live free of religion within it. i demand the courts uphold that right, and they will in the end.

i think i cleaned the physical external button and that it's aligned well, but the internal button itself is kind of rusted and not responding well to being pushed. i was not able to turn it on by pushing it in with a screwdriver.

something i noticed before it stopped working was that the machine would turn on when i plugged it in, without pushing the button, indicating it may have been stuck in the on mode and having difficulty turning off.

i could in theory use anything for the external button. it's just a piece of plastic; i could even rip it out and just turn it on with a screwdriver or a knife. however, if the internal button is broken, it needs to be replaced.

let me let it sit for a few hours, and i'll make the decision a little past sunrise. i will take the walmart bike out for a spin this afternoon to get a coffee machine of some sort, one way or another.

yeah, it's totally dried out and it's just not turning on at all.

i believe the problem is that the contact on the switch is broken. there are no wires or anything on this switch, it just works via pressure. have you ever taken apart a laptop? the switch is more like that - it's a certain distance away from a button on the inside of the coffee maker. if this comes out of alignment or gets bent at all, your machine won't turn back on. ever.

i see no signs of damage - nothing frayed, nothing split, nothing bent. there's some rust and some dirt, which i've tried to clean out, but i just don't think the button is engaging properly.

i'm going to try to get it back in line the best i think i can, put it back together and let it sit plugged into the wall for the night, in the hopes that the electricity "finds it's way through the circuit". we understand electricity pretty well...except the parts that are totally mysterious. there's still an aspect of magic to how these electrons really flow. electronic devices will do weird things. i've had devices "heal" by leaving them plugged in, which i can only explain by the idea that electrons like to find each other and like to solve puzzles, like lab rats.

if i can't turn it on in the morning, i'll have to buy a new one. unfortunately.

google tells me the answer to the question is "it depends".

all i can do is thoroughly dry it and test it. i don't see any circuit boards in the device. it looks pretty simple - just basic wiring. either the water is creating an electrical storm, which might be salvageable, or it corroded something, but i don't see any obvious damage.

i couldn't get the proprietary screw off the single serve coffee maker, but i was able to get the plate out of the way by removing the other screw and spinning it around. i didn't notice an obvious short, but i did learn that there was quite a bit of water in there. so, i'm going to leave the plate off for a bit and let it dry. i do remember washing the coffee machine out before i packed it, and it might have gotten a little too wet, although it was already demonstrating signs of a short (you had to fidget with the cord to get it to turn on).

i don't know the answer to this question: if an electronic circuit is water damaged, is drying it out enough to fix it, or is it permanently destroyed?

if i can't find a clear answer as to the cause, i should replace it, as it might be a fire hazard.

many weeks ago, i wondered out loud what exactly musk had on trump. he must have been blackmailing him with something or other in order to get such overwhelming compliance on issues of no importance, particularly the south african themed policies, which i would expect will now evaporate. everything else aside, the united states should be prioritizing a solid relationship with south africa, as a chinese military base in the horn of africa would be disastrous for long term american shipping interests, especially considering what's going on in yemen. right now, the chinese are winning this fight for global shipping supremacy, and the americans don't seem to even understand what's going on.

it is now clear that the answer is trump's presence in the epstein files, although it's not clear what the lingering concern about it is. he's already been convicted for soliciting a porn star, and he seems to have benefited from it, but he can't run for office again.

musk probably learned this from non-government sources. he probably doesn't have a mole in the fbi, he probably just knows people that know people that know that trump was there. 

but, now that it's out, musk probably has no further leverage over trump and this sad and twisted situation, which we haven't seen in the united states since the 19th century (when rockefellers and carnegies had immense power behind the scenes), is now over.

what trump is focusing on is trying to help the republicans win the 2026 election for california governor, and framing it as a choice between law and colloquial anarchy is the best chance he's got. it worked in the upper midwest after the shooting of george floyd.

if the republicans can swing california, they won't need to rely on dwindling support in other regions. 

the rule against collective punishment, like all rules, has limitations and exceptions.

israel is a collectivized culture. they don't live in kibbutzes right now, but they are a people with an extreme level of collective culture and identity. an attack on one jew is an attack on all jews, and you will get a response from all jews if you attack one jew. they don't operate on this level of rugged individualism inherent in the western european rule against collective punishment.

this is brutal and hard to interact with and vicious and terrible, but it's real life and the message it sends is crystal clear - if you attack any of us individually, we will respond collectively. that is the right message to send and the palestinians need to understand it and adjust to it. they need to be traumatized and frightened and abused to the point that they will not do this again.

there is only one way to end the impasse, and it is for hamas to immediately release the hostages. it must understand that this response is intentionally a collective response, and that it is correct that it is a collective response.

there are still no reports of actual famine; unlike hamas, israel is keeping it's hostages alive, if barely. two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a response in the real world, where right and wrong is not of much importance, in the face of years of bad behaviour by everybody that cannot be undone, but only be mitigated and moved on from.

it's hamas' choice how this ends.

It is misleading to suggest that these limited aid distributions are enough for more than two million Palestinians enduring Israel’s military siege and total blockade for months. Far more must be done to meet even the most basic humanitarian needs.

so, release the hostages, then.

it's a double standard.

i hope that the israeli government gets the aid (as meagre as it may be) from the boat that it correctly redirected to it's intended destination, or matches it with it's own contributions. the likelihood that there are weapons on board is vanishingly low, which is exactly why a thorough search is necessary.