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bettyw posting in

Last night a friend got on the bike path by the Lowell St stairs/bridge carrying a trumpet, and one of the valve slides (U-shaped silver metal) fell off as he headed towards Davis. If you find it please let me know and I'll put you in touch with the owner.

Thanks!

gingicat posting in

davis_square

My younger kiddo, a high school senior, is interested in studying aikido. Any recommendations? I may have more specific questions later.

Thanks!

forgotten_aria

I got my car back! (Yay!)

I think there might be over-spray on the windshield. (Boo!) More because it points to sloppiness, not that it's a unsolvable problem. I hope to fix it myself tomorrow. Until they it's a little unsafe to drive at night.

EDIT: they took it back apologetically and agreed with me it was over-spray.

EDIT2: they seem to have gotten most of it, but not all of it, especially on the plastics. I have the right stuff for that and me doing that small amount myself is not worth the spoons it would take the press the issue further. I still haven't had a chance to drive it on the highway to find out if the blind spot was fixed.

forgotten_aria

This week has been very busy.

Saturday my TKD demo team performed and did well enough. I was happy for them.

Monday I got my second shingles vaccine shot and it hit me hard. Learned the hard way don't eat a full meal before it takes effect. The symptoms passed in about 36 hours.

Our kitchen sink backed up. We tried to snake it ourselves, but it didn't work. We paid someone to come in and snake it. He seemed nice and seemed to be happy to explain how to make sure we don't need his services again.

The car guy didn't answer my email, so I had to phone him. He says he's waiting on a cosmetic piece, so if we need the car we can have it back without the piece until it comes in. we just need it before next Thursday.

My foot has started to feel a little better but I'm trying really hard not to aggravate it. I matched my bench press PR, and hung from the bar for a workout, but kip swings were bugging my shoulder a little bit, but it's almost better too.

My mom was stressed about getting her driver's license renewed because paperwork often goes poorly for her, but the appointment went well.

Kaylee's been peeing a lot more, so we might have to get her blood work again and see if the vet wants to adjust her subcu water.

The wasps are still coming in, but have slowed down a lot. I still have no clue where they are coming in.

The van threw some error about coolant and stopped the engine and required me to put it in park, turn it off and back on again. It was fine after that. I hope this is a fluke and it doesn't happen again.

firstfrost

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Hey, Americans! Look sharp, the Trump Administration is trying to play a head game on you about Covid vaccines, and it's apparently working, because I see nobody talking about this in the news or on social media.

There's a lot of complexity and chaos right now about what is available to whom and how to get it. Things are changing fast, especially on the state level. I hope to discuss it in another post, but there's one thing in particular I want to clarify for you.

As you've probably heard, week and a half ago, the FDA changed the authorization for the Covid vaccines, in a way which curtails access. The thing that people are hearing is that for people under 65 years old the Covid vaccines are not authorized with some exceptions.

That's technically correct, but badly misleading. A lot of people hear "not authorized" and stop really listening to the rest of the sentence. They hear "with some exceptions" and assume they're not likely to be one such, and won't qualify to get it, and tune right out.

To be cynical for a moment, you're meant to assume that.

But it turns out you're one of the exceptions. Probably. How can I know that?

The actual language from the FDA authorization just issued ( Read more [2,750 words] )

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benign_cremator posting in

davis_square

So I recently had a weird interaction with a local politician, Jack Perenick. After I mentioned that the Election Commission sent me a mail-it voting packet that did not include a ballot, he told me that was because I was declared an inactive voter and would need to apply to be reinstated. He then pulled out his phone, brought up an app, and stated that, of the listed voters I live with, two were not active. I was declared inactive a couple months ago, and one of my house mates, G___, had their voting address changed in the last month to an address they have not lived at in years. He then showed me their entry on the phone app that listed the old address. He then told me to not worry, that he would take care of everything. After that, he then fiddled with his phone a bit, touched the screen a few times, and then said 'There, done, I have take care of it, I have updated the election commission records. You and G___ can now vote again.'

So, when I looked into things, none of that was true. I was not declared inactive, G___ did not have their address changed to an old one within the previous month, and candidates can not update election commission records with a phone app**. All of it was a lie.

** There is a phone app that shows them the names, addresses, etc, but it only displays information, it does not have the ability to alter any of it.

Current Mood: aggravated

siderea

I don't know who needs to know about this, but:

I just discovered the Android app "Periodically". It's described as an "event logger". It's for keeping track of when a recurring thing has happened, and figuring out what the average time is between occurrences. You just keep it updated each time the event happens, and it will do the math for you to figure out the frequency, and even give you a notification when it predicts the event is likely to happen again. If you're tracking more than one thing, it will try to suss out correlations for you.

I mention because twenty five years ago or so, I needed exactly this functionality and could not find any application that would do what I needed, so I wrote a thing for myself, and since then a lot of people I've mentioned it to have wondered where they can get one like it. Mine was Mac/Palm Pilot, so not of much use to most people, especially these days.
Lo, somebody seems to have realized the need for this functionality, and brought it to the market. So I thought I'd mention.

Now, in this day and age, a lot of people, especially in the US, are concerned with security. Especially if they're tracking something to do with their health. This app is not specific to health, so nothing about it immediately reveals that it is storing health information on casual inspection; you could use some sort of other term for whatever health condition it is you are actually tracking. So, for instance, If you were tracking how often your migraines happened, you could call that "new box of cereal".

This app defaults to local-only data storage on your Android device, and the developer claims that it only collects "app activity" for analytics, and shares nothing with third parties. It outputs CSV and has an option to back up to Google Drive.

I haven't tried it myself, but it has a rating of 4.6 stars out of five on the Play Store.

Reviewers on the Play Store note that tracker apps that are specific to the kind of event – such as health- specific loggers – often have needless complexity, and often some weird ideas about graphic design. They praise this app for its clean, elegant look and simple, effective functionality.

In addition to its obvious applicability to episodic health conditions, it strikes me as potentially extremely useful in one of the trickier parts of prepping: figuring out one's burn rate of resources. I think I might trial it to help me figure out how often I should expect to have to buy a fresh bale of toilet paper and how long the big bottle of ibuprofen will last me.

rix_scaedu

So, here we are on Day 63. Decisions and preparations for packing are being made - there is no need to carry dirty laundry that far, so Anadrasata and Nais will not do so. (And we ask ourselves if the household would allow them to do so if they were so foolish as to try.)

This episode runs to 2,178 words and I hope that you enjoy it.

Index page.

Onnaday, 13 Deichen, 1893 C.E.
Sulese, 3 Kaalen, 2157 T.M.L.
11 Ueuekayonmatilistli, 18 Coatl, 6.11.2.1.8.3.19

Dear Journal,

There was some rain in the night, but it had finished and the clouds were clearing by the time I woke this morning. When Nais brought me up my warm water this morning I raised the issue of planning what I would wear over the next few days with her and the matter of pre-departure laundry. She brought up the matter of what clothes I would need to have available while onboard the airships. Her very valid point was that on my way here I only had a few clothes, what I had was all I had, whereas now I have a wardrobe worthy of the title. Nais and I agreed that we should consider my clothing options, and discuss this again when she has had a chance to consult with the laundresses and/or the housekeeper on what can be accommodated before I leave.

I reached the foyer as Miztli and Tekatl Umetlalliyaotl were putting on their coats to leave the house. Cousin Mizti was there too, finishing a conversation before the Jaguar Knights left the house. Before they left, and after they had finished talking to Cousin Mizti, Tekatl Umetlalliyaotl told me that he will be departing for home tomorrow afternoon - which fitted in with what I had understood of their conversation, which had been very quickly spoken and either in a dialect or simply involved a lot of vocabulary I don't have. Cousin Mizti escorted me into breakfast, and commented as he did so that my engagement was his acquaintance's loss. He settled me into a vacant seat next to him, and while Matlal dished up my breakfast, explained that someone in his althepetl was one of the men I could have found myself married to if I had learned "too much" from Great-uncle's journals. I asked if this had been discussed extensively before my arrival, and he confirmed that it had been - within a select group. Cuixtli heard enough to ask what we were talking about and while Cousin Miztli was quelling him, I said that when I left home believing myself to have no prospects and no portion, I would have welcomed their efforts on my behalf. Cousin Miztli ended the subject by saying that he would not now, in the current circumstances, promote such a match as, in his opinion, Lord Elnaith would be likely to enact targeted violence at a third party trying to terminate our engagement. I had nothing to say to that, such a thing not having occurred to me, but I understood from their reactions that my other male, adult cousins did not disagree with that assessment.

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