Dept. of Fare thee well, Democracy

Jul. 3rd, 2025 01:33 pm
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They Did It

I mean, there was no way it wasn't going to pass, but it's still like a knife twist, like salt in the wound that knife left, like the laughter of the people who brought knives and salt to the scene.

Motherfuckers. Murderers. 


Rebuilding journal search again

Jun. 30th, 2025 03:18 pm
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We're having to rebuild the search server again (previously, previously). It will take a few days to reindex all the content.

Meanwhile search services should be running, but probably returning no results or incomplete results for most queries.

Dept. of Dreams

Jun. 29th, 2025 03:44 pm
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I Try to Save the World in My Sleep

I don't dream nearly as much as I used to, or at least I don't remember the dreams I probably have. I think most people have that experience, especially as they grow older. But there are dreams I remember, and they are almost always of a type. 

In all of them, I'm trying to save someone, or many someones. I'm always so very slow, my limbs sticky with dream physics, but I keep trying, even though sometimes I know that what I can do isn't nearly enough. 

Dreams underneath )

book group

Jun. 28th, 2025 12:10 pm
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I hosted book group last Sunday and I'm only just feeling recovered today. We read How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community, by Mia Birdsong, which is a very timely book about weaving the web of connections that we all need to survive the current omnidisaster. Eight people showed up at my house!

I made broccoli & tofu with peanut sauce, a tomato-lentil dish, spiced nuts (sweet and not sweet), and served salad, bread, cheese and crackers. My friend Karen made mojitos.

I also had door prizes: a stack of books. Six of them went home with someone.

pics )

Dept. of Success

Jun. 27th, 2025 05:30 pm
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Got Through to the IRS

Huzzah!

I don't have to say much about it, but yes, I managed to complete my IRS account, and got approved for a timed repayment plan. Huzzah indeed!

Dept. of Kafkaland

Jun. 26th, 2025 12:07 pm
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Humans? Hah! The IRS Needs No Humans!

Ol' Franz would have blanched at the IRS )

Dept. of Surfacing

Jun. 23rd, 2025 03:35 pm
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It's Not the Heat, It's the Humidity ...

... which is, of course, a rank lie, at least here in Chicago and a fair amount of the American Midwest. *checks weather site* It is currently 98F, with a heat index of 108F, thanks to the aforementioned humidity. This is the third day, and I imagine I should be grateful that the heat index wasn't up at 117F, as it was yesterday and the day before. 

Griping, etc. under here )

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