let me try to get the loose ends done before i eat, which will be setting up one of these cube shelving systems (unlike my closet organizer, which i had to abandon because it was flimsy, these structures are made of metal inserts and will be very sturdy) and swapping out the door knobs, before i get some more cardboard up on the wall.
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Tuesday, June 16, 2026
ok, so i have caught up on the loose ends on the computer caused by the crash at the zoom site, which i must avoid going to completely, and now need to finish what i was doing with the insulation & wiring in the bedroom and laundry, do some loose ends in the bathroom and laundry and then get back to pushing through the coffee table book, including setting up some of these shelves. and, as i'm at about 151.5, it should be time to eat again soon, too.
yeah, i'm probably going to get more of what i want from a linux mini pc than an android tablet. and it may be cheaper to buy it with windows 11, and even use it for a bit until i have to replace it. can i find one that won't break in six months? although this device will also be used less than my devices are and will be in a sturdy place.
it might not be so bad in terms of longevity. can you swap parts on a mini pc or are the boards soldered?
the specialized hardware i want to run will work with windows 11 out of the box, but i might have to tolerate adware. i can always install linux if i hate it.
there are reasons why i want to use a tablet for this; they're engineered to do this. it should be the best user experience. but the access restrictions on android are frustrating, the cost to get around it with windows isn't worth it and the apples are absurdly overpriced. the mini pc is probably the best answer.
but, as mentioned, i can use an inexpensive android tablet, regardless, so i should start there and see if it works. if it works, great. if it doesn't, i'll move it to the bedroom and get the mini pc, which i'm certain will work.
there's a lesson in israel right now for the entire world: donald trump is an unreliable ally and a fair weather friend.
it's going to be up to the administration to go around him.
and, as he becomes lamer and lamer, that will become the more dominant norm. by the end of this, he'll be lamer than his tv show was.
the rest of the world needs to be prepared for when the americans come back and finish this, as nothing was resolved. this isn't over. it won't be very long. the democrats might even have to do it. it's non-negotiable and inevitable and imminent, and it's now going to be harder than it would have been, otherwise, but there is no alternative outcome.
the problem is just that trump couldn't get what he wanted, so he gave up, but that's not real life. real life is that if you punch an ape in the nose, you have to fight it, even if you don't want to do it.
if you look at the inflation data carefully, it tells you something else - it's less that food is too expensive (it's not that bad, relatively speaking) and it's more that wages are too low. employers have done the usual scam job on us, in hiking prices faster than wages. so, real wages have fallen relative to inflation, and that's really what the issue is.
we don't solve these problems with stupid commissions on competition. that's retarded.
we solve these problems by organizing, marching and striking for higher pay.
so, in a stupid attempt to save money, they're going to waste millions on a study, which may suggest they enforce expensive policies that will certainly increase prices.
i learned in first year economics that competition is wasteful and that the food industry, which is highly oligopolistic, strenuously avoids competition because it would lead to higher prices in the long run, after the costs for the competitive behaviour (including advertising) are fully accounted for. i'm not sure what our fuhrer mr carney learned about competition in school, but it would seem to be something else entirely, and something less correct.
the law is blatantly unconstitutional in several ways and overtly fascistic. the fascist idiot stephen harper passed almost the same law, and it was already ripped down by the court. this law will be ripped down by the court as well.
i would call on the judiciary to immediately refuse to enforce the law.
i am hovering around 152, which is perhaps where i was sitting a few months ago. it's still a little much. i'd be ok with 152 after a meal, but i'd rather see numbers like 148 after a meal. it does mean i've lost well over ten pounds, closer to 15. i'm starting to notice my pores open back up and the acne clear up. this isn't what i want, but if i keep the weight very low for a few months, their drugs will have no effect on me at all. it's a less bad outcome and one i might have to accept until 'm sure they've gone the fuck away.
i got sucked back into kitchen stuff last night when i started doing groceries and i just want to make a short list of things i'm still looking at:
- my glass bowls got cancelled by the seller, so i'm looking for three 25 ounce and three 75 ounce glass bowls, the former for cereal and prep and the latter for meals. i eat some meals on plates, sure. but i mostly eat meal-sized salads, including fruit salads and salsas, so i like the gigantic salad bowls and will often have to put it away for later, although these are not absurdly gigantic. i've seen bigger.
- i'm looking at a sodastream. yeah, well, i'm being comprehensive, i said that. i have two coffee makers and four blenders (a big one for soup, a small one for smoothies, a food processor for some vegetables i like chopped closely and a herb grinder for marijuana), so why not a pop maker? i will sometimes drink very large amounts of mt dew or dr pepper, especially when i'm also drinking vodka. it could save me money in the long run.
- i'm looking at a mini dishwasher. do i need a dishwasher? no, i don't. however, if i'm moving to all glass dishes, it makes sense to get one, because they clean glass better, specifically. the mini dishwashers do not require hose hookups and can take about a meal's worth of dishes from me. great. it's a bit expensive, but then i have one. can i get one for under $150? can i get one that's the right size? then i probably will.
- i'm also looking at some brushes for the skinny glasses, which is a lot cheaper, to put it mildly
- i need to replace my old plastic brita with a glass pitcher
- i'm looking at a whiteboard for the fridge, which currently has scrawled over pieces of paper taped to it
- i need to update the chromebook in the kitchen so it can access my diet blog, as well as the koala oversight committee, and also be used to make grocery lists and buy groceries
- i have a fair amount of shelving to put on the wall and under the sink.
- i have a light fixture to install over the stove
- i'm looking at getting shelving in for pots over the stove and over the fridge. i'm trying to avoid installing hooks.
- the console table on the side will have some overflow kitchen storage
- aluminum paneling. probably. the kitchen and living room might not be the best place for it. i might be better off in the halls first, trying to reflect heat back in, and in the garage, trying to keep heat in.
so, i still have a lot of things to do in the kitchen.
as mentioned, i need to do the following to update the laundry:
- rat wiring
- carpet cleaning
- door knob switch
- panels
- i still need to fix the hole in the back
and the following to update the bathroom:
- door knob switch
- paneling
- plank over toilet
- fix some broken items
- take note of things done
i'm now caught up with the computer things and can get a start on this
remember this fact: at the point where the fighting gets real, the russians and the british always find themselves on the same side.
thus, when the war against china comes, the russians will be on america's side. you can plan on that. you can bet on it. if trump has accomplished nothing else, let us hope he has reminded the russians what side they are on in the larger war, the real war.
the canadian policy is dumb. it's ignorant. it's going to get us killed.
canadians should feel extremely unsettled by our government's decision to align itself, in fact to increasingly align itself, with far right actors in germany, in italy and in ukraine, and, by extension, to align itself with an axis of international fascism that is developing right down the middle of the modern world.
we are signing up to be on the wrong side of history, and we are going to get bludgeoned for it.