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You know that gesture (at least in most of North America, to my knowledge) where you tap the side of your nose to say "yes,...

You know that gesture (at least in most of North America, to my knowledge) where you tap the side of your nose to say "yes, exactly"?

Why don't we have an emoji for that?

Anybody know what's going on with The Good Cloud this morning? I've had trouble connecting, as if their servers or internet is down....

Anybody know what's going on with The Good Cloud this morning? I've had trouble connecting, as if their servers or internet is down. #theGood #cloud

Forced myself to get up off my ass and go for a walk this evening. I've been sedentary for far too long. It was just warm enough to be...

Forced myself to get up off my ass and go for a walk this evening. I've been sedentary for far too long. It was just warm enough to be fairly comfortable, and foggy, which is nice. Got tired far too quickly. Must do this more.

If anybody finds that "Twenty lessons on tyranny by Snyder read by John Lithgow" somewhere other than on Substack, I'd like to...

If anybody finds that "Twenty lessons on tyranny by Snyder read by John Lithgow" somewhere other than on Substack, I'd like to hear about it.

Some years back, I bought a trimmer to start cutting my own hair. Pick the length shield, buzz buzz, leave just a bit a little longer at the...

Some years back, I bought a trimmer to start cutting my own hair. Pick the length shield, buzz buzz, leave just a bit a little longer at the front so that there's *something*, done. Most of my life, I'd checked my hair in any mirror I passed. From a Buddhist angle, I wanted to get rid of the attachment, no longer care what my hair looked like--it wasn't a necessary part of me being happy.

It worked decently well. I saved a lot of money for years. Maintaining it was a breeze--barely any shampoo, quick tousle when I get out of the shower to be dry, no styling product, no brush, no comb, never hat-head, never wind-blown, never had to think about it except monthly to trim again. This has worked for about ten years.

For a couple of weeks, it's been past time to do it. And I'd been thinking of going shorter this time, lose the little *something* up front, simplify. I'd had a number 4 shield on the trimmer, couldn't find the number 3 in the drawer, so dove in with the number 2.

Oh. My. 😬

I don't think I'd realized how much my hair was thinning. Not so much at the sides, but now the top is mostly scalp. Combined with my grey, I look like I just aged fifteen years in half an hour. My look just went from "shortish, deliberately unkempt style" to "rapidly balding and trying to hold onto the last scraps".

Additionally, I just went from "released from thinking about his hair, doesn't care how it looks" to "gonna be thinking about his hair pretty much constantly for at least a few weeks".

I am not happy. 😐

I replaced the toilet seat. ADHD made this ten minute job take weeks. The old plastic bolts were too stuck to remove, so eventually I had to...

I replaced the toilet seat. ADHD made this ten minute job take weeks. The old plastic bolts were too stuck to remove, so eventually I had to go in with a hacksaw blade and cut them off. It required kneeling and bending and awkwardness and pain, but I did it.

Eventually, one happy day, there will come some job around the house which can be done while I'm just sitting comfortably. And there will be much rejoicing. Until that day, there will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth. And swearing, lots of swearing.

Anyway, what I'm talking about is like this:

Anyway, what I'm talking about is like this:

On a whim, I just did an image search on "funeral sandwiches". It seems that everyone but my wife and I seem to use that term for...

On a whim, I just did an image search on "funeral sandwiches". It seems that everyone but my wife and I seem to use that term for a distinctly different thing. Wife says, "oh, if they're on buns, they're modern 'influencer' funeral sandwiches, and it's cheating".

I miss being able to go to the grocery deli counter and order a sandwich platter--you know, little triangles, four or five kinds, piled high...

I miss being able to go to the grocery deli counter and order a sandwich platter--you know, little triangles, four or five kinds, piled high on a platter? My wife calls them "funeral sandwiches".

If you can even find a place that does any such thing anymore, either it's all ciabatta and crap, or it's nothing but egg salad and ham.

Can't seem to get decent funeral sandwiches anymore. Outside of making friends with a church auxilliary who does their own, is there anywhere you can still get that?

Every now and then, I feel nostalgic for the old green LCD of the Palm Pilot. That whole aesthetic is calming to me, helps me think. I wish...

Every now and then, I feel nostalgic for the old green LCD of the Palm Pilot. That whole aesthetic is calming to me, helps me think. I wish I could find a custom Android launcher that looks like that.

Apparently at the Jays' home opener yesterday, Rogers Centre asked a guy to leave because he was wearing a "Canada is not for...

Apparently at the Jays' home opener yesterday, Rogers Centre asked a guy to leave because he was wearing a "Canada is not for sale" hat. They've since apologized, but What The Actual Maple-Flavoured Fuck?!?

I think tomorrow I'm going to set an alarm for 4am, just so I can shut it off and go back to bed. I think that would feel really good.

I think tomorrow I'm going to set an alarm for 4am, just so I can shut it off and go back to bed. I think that would feel really good.

Went down to my favourite candidate's campaign office on my way home from work today. Got myself a yard sign and some contact info,...

Went down to my favourite candidate's campaign office on my way home from work today. Got myself a yard sign and some contact info, because my wife is thinking of volunteering. My son wants to find out if he can get a t-shirt or something. I will not be working the polls for Elections Canada this time.

Does it count as a Constitutional Crisis if there's basically no Constitution anymore? Asking for a neighbour...

Does it count as a Constitutional Crisis if there's basically no Constitution anymore? Asking for a neighbour...

I think I need to start keeping a permanent list, a "grudges list", if you will.There are now just *so many* apps, websites,...

I think I need to start keeping a permanent list, a "grudges list", if you will.

There are now just *so many* apps, websites, products, companies that I will not longer employ. Union busting, bad data practices, AI scraping, doesn't work on my hardware, or at this moment, even "is an American company" might be enough.

Problem is, sometimes I can't remember the reason. "Hmm. Why is it I stopped using this app years ago? It might be just what I need now, but I know there was *some* reason..."

This one, but fix it up for me:

This one, but fix it up for me:

I want to see that Pete Hegseth gif from that Fox morning show where they're set up on the street and he's throwing axes, and...

I want to see that Pete Hegseth gif from that Fox morning show where they're set up on the street and he's throwing axes, and pitches it right over the target butt and hits a marching band guy setting up behind it--with labels added that track in the motion of the video, with idiot Hegseth labeled, the axe labeled "war plans", and the marching band guy labeled "The Atlantic".

If we won't cut In-Bed-With-The-Enemy USA out of Five Eyes, could we maybe cut Incompetent-As-Fuck USA out of Five Eyes?

If we won't cut In-Bed-With-The-Enemy USA out of Five Eyes, could we maybe cut Incompetent-As-Fuck USA out of Five Eyes?

I would like a website that lists other websites, apps, etc. and lists whether or not they are known to scrape for AI, or specifically allow...

I would like a website that lists other websites, apps, etc. and lists whether or not they are known to scrape for AI, or specifically allow their users' content to be scraped. Has anyone seen one?

There are a number of photographers who follow me, and a number who follow them. For those into #photography--as a pastime, for interest,...

There are a number of photographers who follow me, and a number who follow them. For those into #photography--as a pastime, for interest, not necessarily professionally--is there a camera you might recommend as a truly budget-friendly, basic digital SLR?

All I'm looking for is to take it with me on walks or holiday, so that I take photos with it instead of with my phone, am more mindful in my photo-taking, and by walking around with it in my hand or around my neck instead of just within the phone in my pocket, I might be paying more attention to what is visually interesting that I might wish to capture, or even sometimes go out with the *intention* of taking photos.

Budget-friendly, basic digital SLR recc's? I'm not completely new to photography, but I'm not that experienced, either. Some creativity options and also some automatic modes would be nice.

Thanks.