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Cake day: June 17th, 2023

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  • Sometimes asking if their private conversations (about spouse or kids) conversation would be different with an active observer in the room. Or if they are OK with a stranger at each window watching you. But some see that as paranoia, so it is fruitless.

    The real issue is things like: how ICE is requesting records without subpoenas from telecom industries and they comply. Which lets them target protestors, and arrest them an trumped up charges. That’s the slide into 1984 distopia. But it still comes off as paranoid.



  • As a white immigrant who went to speech classes to match the Canadian Accent, I blend in perfectly. Because of the blending in, some white folk openly share if they are racist.

    There have been times when a coworker has mutter something about immigrants stealing our jobs, and I say " Like me, you mean?".

    And they are confused, so I offer that I’m not Canadian.

    They are like “whaaat? But you sound Canadian”. So I say " yeah speech classes"…then comes the “Well its OK, you’re you know…”











  • I can be out in 30 seconds. My wife hates it, LOL. Especially because I can self check and give her an accurate prediction of when I will be tired enough for sleep.

    I.e. she might say “what do you want to do tonight? And I’ll say " we can watch a short episode of a show or a quick board game, because I have 45 minutes before I’ll be asleep”

    Main things are routine:

    • I eat a balanced diet of protein, fats, carbs. And I don’t often snack on sugary foods.
    • I don’t go to bed unless I’m actually tired.
    • I wake up about the same time every day. Usually with the sunrise.
    • I don’t have worry, or anxiety, that would keep my brain busy at night. Everything can be tomorrow’s problem.
    • if my body is tired out, but my mind isn’t, I’ll put in earbuds and listen to a podcast in bed , but with everything set for sleeping. Lights out, eyes shut, comfortable in the covers.