do better, NYT
How the New York Times changed its coverage of trans people from The Dissident. Spoiler alert: it's not great. I mean - the article/research is excellent. The outcome isn't.
greedy mole eyes
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three directions at one
There's a tool called a stirrup hoe, which I only learned of in the last few years. Our raised bed garden was overtaken by weeds (the prior owners hadn't grown anything) and while I'd tried using the string trimmer, it was for naught. So, I tried solarization with plastic sheeting. The UV tore it up and plenty still grew, some poking out of the holes like a middle finger. Mulch, it seemed, was the…
let's recap
Today's been pretty good. Kinda rough start with tree people coming by early-ish, a slightly strange interaction but not horrible. Got the big maple fixed up (mostly) and then spent some time cleaning up things in the garage, voting my primary ballot, and then taking a long walk at Chatfield. I was pleasantly surprised to find the Rivian Waypoint charger was both open and free! It's 9.6kW, so…
it is now safe to look away
I had to remember, I stopped reading the Newsblur global shared feed for a reason. It's just bad fucking news like you'd get anywhere else, just usually better written. And, when you are spending time away from work, mostly in one room of your house, it makes things feel rather isolating and rather awful. In fact, just spending most of today away from home (post-op appointment, that goddamned…
smooth brain by design
So I got my brow and forehead shaved down, a "minor" FFS, and what's more, it's entirely covered by my insurance. Because my insurance (Kaiser Permanente Colorado) is fucking amazing. Surgery was a little less than a week ago, and I've been cooped up in the house since we got home. Same day. I was expecting at least a night in the hospital, but I guess it was no big deal to send me home, for which…
oh! it's fun to be wrong!
Back to back morning posts, lucky us. I was looking at a post from back in February where I mused about EVs and how a 15A 120V wouldn't be enough even with the limited amount I drive. So I was entirely wrong. I traded the Forester for a same model year Volvo XC40 Recharge, and having an EV is just so pleasant. Yes, it takes forever (~2.5 days) to charge 80% (from 10%) but I have also never had to…
dry as sand
Got up this morning knowing half the bed would be empty, poor Justy was too warm and went to sleep in the basement at some point in the night. I always like seeing him first thing in the morning, sleepy Justy is adorable. But I also woke up sorta aimless, sorta sad, sorta wishing we'd sell this place and move somewhere a bit further out with nicer views. Something we owned outright, maybe a bit…
another long winter
I'm looking out the bedroom window; it's early spring. Quite literally. Trees are blooming or leafing out months ahead of schedule. Grass is greening. Distractedly looking through old photos from the past several Marches and Aprils it's...still dead and brown. Snowpack is super low. And I've been traveling the past 3 weeks. It's the longest I've been away from home since probably 2016. It was at…
permabreakfast
so i used to be really into breakfast. i still am, but i used to be, too. though now it's less than before, i don't feel a need or really even a desire for a wild hashbrown bacon egg madness kinda dish. gimme a good eggs benedict, yes please, but beyond that my favorite breakfast? a bit of muesli with a scoop of nut-forward trail mix. it's so easy, consistent, soaks while the coffee brews, and…
gotta mind that health
so, i've lost about 15 pounds over the past few months, it has been a significant improvement in my well-being. from some old records, it looks like the lowest i've been is around 205 while i am currently around 225. so there is "more to do" probably. the thing that best worked for me was some really obvious advice from my doctor - to lose weight, you need to be hungry about 90% of the time. and i…