Weird thing about ”celebrity X is a horrible person” news is that when you go to the comments you always find that also celebrities Y and Z are awful. Depressing
Not prompted by anything recent, reading about long gone incident involving an actor making fun of someone’s death. I can’t believe some people can’t hide their terribleness even in public. I hope that never happens to me
In retrospect, making screenshots available to normies was a terrible mistake. It could have been a power user only feature forever
Mouse climbed into my shoe at our garden (my feet were not in them but still). I may have not demonstrated my bravest side when that happened
Currently reading: Star Trek: Assignment Earth by John Byrne 📚
Finished reading: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Fools Gold by Scott Tipton 📚
Ok, very fast. Familiar, not too complicated memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star…
Currently reading: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Fools Gold by Scott Tipton 📚
First of many!
My four week summer holiday starts today. Or as the gen Z calls it: mini-retirement. Planning to do as little as possible (in reality my long holiday to-do grows every minute)
I’ve locked myself out of social media until Monday the 18th of August, try to spend as much time I can on the stuff I choose to do: writing my journal, playing piano, enjoy the company of herons and egrets by the sea, and upkeep my garden.
As I have focused on creating stuff myself 2025, I’ve neglected reading books altogether. I am planning to read as much comics I can over the holiday. I have a pile of Star Trek comics waiting and when I am done with that I will read something else
Considering the recent ad changes in Netflix offering I more and more think that it should be illegal to add advertising to services and devices consumer pays for. “I already paid for this” directive surely is being prepared somewhere in European Commission?
So, what is the current best practice of favicons. PNG, SVG, and needed meta-tags? Is there a definite blog post somewhere?
My breakfast this morning. Leftover mashed potatoes, a cup of terrible coffee and an energy drink. My body is a temple of some forgotten, lesser god
Currently reading: Imperium by Robert Harris 📚
Now. I need a book recommendation. I know my next book will be heavy, so something light and sci-fi or fantasy
Finished reading: Conclave by Robert Harris 📚
Fun, quick read that tells the story of papal conclave. If you like books by Robert Harris, you will like this
As I am reading Conclave, I realize I would like to read a pre-analysis of the real conclave. Not like some lazy journalist list of front-runners but some specific kind of nerd who spent decades analyzing the Vatican. Are there equivalent of sports data analysts for Catholic Church?
Imagine voting for measles and polio. Or for climate crisis. Or genital checks at kids’ sports
And then thinking ”well, at least I don’t need to go through that 90 minute DEI training”
I am looking for a list of prompts for journalling. Preferably it would be a web page and preferably not ad-infested. Any ideas where to start?
Trying to build up routine that I write first something in the morning before I can start doom-scrolling. But would it be possible to just not doom-scroll at all?
Currently reading: Conclave by Robert Harris 📚
Very topical now. First the book, then the real thing and then the movie
Finished reading: Wild Swans by Jung Chang 📚
Finally got through this. Life has been busy but I didn’t want abandon this. Fine book of interesting time in Chinese history from Japanese occupation to Cultural revolution to Mao’s passing all tied to family history
Today’s DIY or rather do it with dad project was to cut and clean up the ends of these rebars. Working with dad makes me understand a bit too much about myself and how I handle small disappointments 😰
