My brain was telling me it is full only for an instant of time. Which is correct, but our eyes cannot tell the difference for 2-3 days

But it can’t be a full moon ALL weekend, my brain says.

(Yes, I know, but still)

This image is a satirical book cover created in the distinct watercolor and ink illustration style of the classic children's book series "Franklin the Turtle." The title at the top, in large, orange, friendly letters, reads "FRANKLIN SERVES JUSTICE." The central focus of the illustration is Franklin the Turtle, who is wearing his signature blue baseball cap and red neck scarf. He is walking on a dirt path, smiling, and holding a rope that is tied to the handcuffs of a man in a navy blue suit and a long red tie. The man is an unmistakable caricature of President Donald Trump, who is walking behind Franklin with a grumpy expression. They are walking towards a large, historic-looking building in the background, which is identified by a sign as "THE HAGUE - INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE." The building is a large, ornate brick structure with towers and a clock, representing the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands. On the grassy sidelines of the path, other familiar animal characters from the Franklin series, including Bear, Beaver, and Fox, are watching the procession with varied expressions. The overall tone is one of political satire rendered in a charming, innocent children's book aesthetic. The entire illustration is framed by a light blue border.

We Canadians can also play this game.
With apologies to Kids Can Press.

I gave my book to a small number of people to beta read. Waiting sucks, I want feedback RIGHT NOW! 🤣

I've never done this, any of this, before. I don't know what I'm doing.

#book #novel #writing

Seriously, fuck Bluesky
Move to the fediverse

I do think it is important to be precise in your statement because otherwise it sounds ableist. Because I know you, I KNOW that’s not your intention. But you know words and how they impact others matter, like mine were interpreted by you, without that being my intention.

So, my intention with “I think you mean” is: this is how I interpret what you are saying. Which is different from “You mean”, where I am *telling* you what YOU must think.

You have no need to dictate now, but that can change in a dime. I lost the ability to use my left arm for a week recently.

I think you mean: I will never let my computer act autonomously using an LLM prompted by my instructions.

Dictation, powered by modern speech to text models is excellent, and you can’t divorce one use of the tech from the other.

And I reserve the right to yell expletives at my computer.

I aim to please

This is just tall people talk. I can probably wear a top hat in some cars. 🤣

The image is a map showing a section of North Vancouver with a blue outlined route forming a large irregular loop. The route passes through neighbourhoods and green spaces, including the Lynn Valley area and Lynn Canyon Park.

Nice long walk around the neighborhood today. Just a bit under 13.5km.

If you want to understand what kind of person someone you know is, look at how they treat the people they don't know, especially when it's not face to face.

Some interactions this week reminded me that some people are just assholes and nothing you can do will teach them empathy.

So you just have to move on and enjoy the people you've surrounded yourself with that give you joy.

Just waiting to see if they send the troops to Portland anyway, defying two judges.

I guess my days on Bluesky are numbered unless there is a change of leadership

I can walk an hour in the trails behind Blueridge and gain more elevation than that 🤣

15 II. RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS WILL FACE STIGMA IF TRANSGENDER STATUS BECOMES A QUASI-SUSPECT CLASS. Legal risks are not the only problem. Adding transgender status to the equal protection between sex and gender.

No shit. If you are bigots you will be stigmatized.
Your freedom of religion does not give you the right to harm others. Treating a group of people as not deserving of the same rights that you have harms THEM.

So I have the right to say fuck your beliefs.

www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPD...

I ordered 1.25 kg of tea this morning 😬

A custom built SPA framework based on modern web APIs can be 80%-90% faster than React, with 50% the memory footprint. Only one runtime dependency (DOMPurify)

After years of wanting to do this I finally had a chance to build it with my coworkers. It is so good.

#webdev #react

Making punk rock protest songs about the week's news is cathartic

There is only one reason a government would designate anti fascist ideology a "terrorist organization."

#antifa

I'm pretty sure all the songs being played in this lobby are AI generated. They all have that same quality and Shazam recognizes none of them.

Opinion | I Look at This Country and I See a Stranger This is one of those moments in history.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/op...

A double negative cancels out. So you can either be antifa or fa

The choice is yours

#antifa

Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime (Published 1939) 5 entertainers expelled from Reich Culture Chamber for making jokes about Nazi regime

"in their public appearances they displayed a lack of any positive attitude toward National Socialism and therewith caused grave annoyance in public and especially to party comrades"

www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/ar...

Seriously, why is it that smoke alarms only act up in the middle of the night. 😡 🥱

Words that promote violence are violence

Shaking my head as Americans throw their freedom and democracy into a burning garbage bin more every day.

The moment they crossed the threshold between the phosphorescent glow and the absolute dark, everything stopped. No sound of footsteps, no engines, no whispers, no breathing buildings. Just silence so complete it felt like death. And somewhere in that silence, something that had been waiting since she spoke those words in the tunnel finally smiled.

Editing another chapter in between soccer drop-off and pickup.

#snippet #wipsnippet #writing #horror

The 9km hike today is a big win for me. Was able to do it without any foot pain and with lower risk of reinjury thanks to the ankle brace. New orthotics were not a problem.

I still have some hip issues I need to work on with my physio. Goal is to walk 25km without pain.

#hiking #injury #recovery