Husband and wife accused of using spycam and earpieces to win almost £600k at Australian casino
Nov. 30th, 2025 02:42 pmemotional support fiber
Nov. 30th, 2025 08:53 pm
Tension management is a mess with this (experimental, non-destructive) setup but I figured I'd at least weave this warp, write this off as a learning experience (I did learn a lot) + disaster-mode "weaving" art therapy, and move on. :)
I also learned that I strongly dislike making very "loose," airy weaves structurally, so that's good to know about myself. I sometimes like them in fabrics made by machines/other people but I don't enjoy weaving them, so I'll avoid in the future!
Why 2026 will be a year like no other for India's Sun mission
Dec. 1st, 2025 01:13 amBooks finished in 2025, early December edition
Dec. 1st, 2025 01:14 amGot through another 8 books since the last update.
- ( earlier books )
- Katabasis by RF Kuang
- Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
- Mr Villain's Day Off volume 1 (manga) by Yuu Morikawa
- Born With Teeth (play script) by Liz Duffy Adams
- A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
- A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
- Doctor Who Tales of Terror (short story anthology)
- Crossroads of Twilight (Wheel of Time book 10) by Robert Jordan
Of the newly finished books, Katabasis was a lot of fun, with a dark journey into the Underworld, but not as good as RF Kuang's superb Babel or even Yellowface for me. Carmilla was a book club read, and frankly disappointing, and a struggle to read. Though Hammer made a good stab at filming a better version in the early 1970s. Mr Villain's Day Off was a chance find in Angus libraries catalogue, so borrowed that way. Fun manga, but I wasn't inspired to read other volumes. Born With Teeth, the Marlowe/Shakespeare play performed recently on stage by Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemel, was a brilliant read, though it would be better to see it performed in person. Yes, I did my usual Roger Zelazny pre-Halloween reread of A Night in the Lonesome October. Still love it. T. Kingfisher's A Wizard's Guide to Contemporary Baking was fun, but a bit unevenly paced, and younger than I'd usually read. It also took too long to get to dangerous fighting gingerbread men. Doctor Who Tales of Terror is a fun spooky anthology collection, with short stories by multiple authors for each of Doctors 1-12. A bit uneven, but overall fun. Wheel of Time book 10 was the slog that I expected, though still fun in many parts. But I needed a very specific approach to reading to get through it successfully. But things should be better again in the remaining books. Book 10 is generally regarded by readers of the whole series as the worst by a long way.
WW1 toxic compound sprayed on Georgian protesters, BBC evidence suggests
Dec. 1st, 2025 12:19 amGreek sheep and goat cull raises fears of feta cheese shortage
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Nov. 30th, 2025 10:41 pmBenjamin Netanyahu seeks pardon from Israel's president
Nov. 30th, 2025 11:49 amAnalytic Idealism In A Nutshell
Nov. 30th, 2025 05:54 pm- Ch.1 What Is This Book About: Intro, and view that Enlightenment philosophers (e.g., René Descartes, Bishop Berkeley) did what they could to separate material/physical world from Psyche so that the Church wouldn't come down on them like a hammer; we're not messing with soul stuff, just the natural world!
- Ch.2 What You See Is What You Get: Pilot cockpit analogy: All we see are the representations of the world; we don't directly perceive reality. Subjective experience. Claim that physicalists mistake the map for the territory.
- Ch.3 How Physicalism Gets It Wrong: View that Quantum entanglement Nobel winning experiment (Alice's observation of one property of a particle affects another property of a different, far away particle Bob is watching) disproves physicalism; it's different views of the same entangled stuff that cannot be reduced to quantifiable definite objects. Also on to modern cognitive science and then to information theory (Claude Shannon) as counter to physicalism. Information (Shannon sense; capital I, data?) v. information (Colloquial sense -- has meaning, but little Information in Shannon's sense), claim that physicalists mix these up.
- Ch.4 How Does Physicalism Survive:
- Ch. 5: The Remedy Is Worse Than the Disease:
- Ch. 6: Analytic Idealism: will I find out this is in contract to Platonic idealism? Is that why it's called analytic idealism? Sure I could try looking it up, but I'm patiently waiting.
- Ch. 7: Circumambulation:
- Ch. 8: Time, Space, Identity, and Structure:
- Ch. 9: Wrap-Up and Outlook:
Ukraine talks 'productive' but more work needed, Rubio says
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Nov. 30th, 2025 07:10 pmForget not
Nov. 30th, 2025 09:56 pmToday my online pal Ri, in the Netherlands, said
My sister is going to the MECFS protest in Den Haag today, on my behalf. She has a piece of cartbord and is asking me what to write on it.
Any ideas?
I suggested "Don't forget the people you don't see."
(I think about this a lot, at every protest I'm at.)
Their sister chose this from the suggestions Ri made. They shared a photo their sister took. Written on the cardboard is:
Vergeet de mensen die je niet ziet niet.
- Ri, ME sinds 2012, bedbound sinds 2021
Ri also gave the English translation:
Don't forget the people you don't see.
- Ri, ME since 2012, bedbound since 2021.Vergeet and Niet (forgot and not) are bolder and bigger than the other words.
signed up for a 2026 Medicare plan
Nov. 30th, 2025 04:35 pmNow, it should just be a matter of telling various doctors and pharmacies that my insurance has changed as of Jan. 1st, and maybe dealing with a new mail-order pharmacy for the Kesimpta.
They gave me a confirmation number, and if I don't hear from the company in the next few days I will call. (Normal open enrollment ends Dec. 7, but I have a "special election period" that runs through February.)
Culinary
Nov. 30th, 2025 07:39 pmLast week's bread almost held out - lasted pretty well, but not quite to the end of the week.
Friday night supper: penne with bottled sliced artichoke hearts.
Saturday breakfast rolls: Tassajarra method, approx 50:50% Marriage's Light Spelt and Golden Wholegrain, maple syrup, raisins, turned out rather well.
Today's lunch: partridge breasts with a rub of salt, 5-pepper blend, coriander seeds and thyme, panfried in butter and olive oil, deglazed with white wine; served with kasha, buttered spinach and sugar snap peas stirfried with garlic.