How asking for it in this day and age can be like a cancer diagnosis.
But we'll see what I can get done.
2026-05-31
Time for a vacation.
I'm owed many comp days for all the late evenings, overnights, and weekend work.
2026-05-30
Thank you Habs for a great 2025-26 NHL Season.
It went far beyond I think most expected. I'm very proud of the results.
They established themselves as a top team, and future Stanley Cup contenders.
Couple of tweaks (maybe trading for Conor McDavid?), and who knows where they'll be this time next year?
2026-05-28
So far I've managed to survive two overnight releases.
As well as many late evenings, early mornings, meetings that are driven by people with no sense of time, or any self-awareness, or run by all-and-out bullies.
It's a reminder that work (just like every other hierarchical structure) I've encountered is typically psychopathic in nature, and resorts to exerting some force of various kinds to get its owners' way.
In these situations, it's important to not lose my shit, think carefully about what comes out of my mouth before saying it, be reminded that one is being watched at all times, and do one's work honestly and to the best of one's ability.
Meanwhile the genocide of brown people by Euro-centric ones continues
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/27/israel-carries-out-sixth-consecutive-eid-massacre-in-gaza/
Israel carries out sixth consecutive Eid massacre in Gaza
The newly-appointed general commander of the Al-Qassam Brigades, Mohammed Odeh, was killed in the lethal strikes carried out on the eve of Eid al-Adha, less than two weeks after his predecessor was assassinated.
May 27, 2026 by Aseel Saleh
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/27/israel-kills-31-people-in-lebanon-on-the-eve-of-eid-al-adha/
Israel kills 31 people in Lebanon on the eve of Eid al-Adha
Another massacre was committed in Gaza on the same day, killing nine people, despite the US-brokered ceasefire deals in both Arab territories.
May 27, 2026 by Aseel Saleh
Crapitalism. Imperialism. Fascism. Colonialism. Mercantilism. They all have three basic things in common.
First is they all are hierarchical structures - with a few at the top, and the rest at the bottom.
Second is that those at the top are often rich and powerful.
And third ... is these systems are often racist in nature.
https://www.blackagendareport.com/making-america-whiter-again-white-supremacy-action
I honestly think it should be called MAWA, not MAGA.
2026-05-26
One of the reasons I continue to read articles online (whether I agree or not with some or all of it), is every now and then one finds comments worth noting.
In this case, it's this one -
"US AI Systems are failing consistently and dramatically.
To start with, much of the data fed into them was illegally scooped up from the Internet. This is why there are so many inconsistencies with the output, which include high levels of erroneous information being served up.
The second issue, which comes from the first one above, which is that the current designs of AI internals cannot easily scale, also leading to erroneous output as a result of what is called “overlapping”."
2026-05-25
Yet another work adventure tonight.
This is starting to be a trend I'm not enjoying.
If course, the alternatives are unemployed and under some bridge.
2026-05-22
After surviving another long night of work this past weekend ...
... get to do it all over again. This time on a holiday evening, no less.
Yay me.
We'll see how that goes.
2026-05-18
The Future.
https://thetricontinental.org/dossier-the-future/
A very worthwhile piece. Probably the most succinct summary of what people around the world need to do.
2026-05-17
Another work adventure tonight.
This hot on the heels of more layoffs, more moving of jobs to other time zones (both in the US and other countries).
As always, why do I do it? Because I have no real choice.
Let's hope I survive until tomorrow.
2026-05-15
'Sportswashing'.
https://fair.org/home/jules-boykoff-on-world-cup-and-sportswashing/
As if I don't have enough reasons to avoid it.
2026-05-14
Now playing in theaters of reality near you - > 'hyperimperialism'.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/13/trumps-state-visit-to-beijing-and-the-new-cold-war-on-asia/
Trump’s state visit to Beijing and the New Cold War on Asia
What is on display in Beijing this week is not a thaw, and the executives traveling with Trump are not a sign of moderation. The economic and military aggression against China are two halves of the same project of containment. This is hyperimperialism: an empire turning increasingly to force as its economic dominance erodes, with China and other Global South countries defending their sovereignty as the primary targets. Trump’s transactional style is not a departure from US imperialism but the form it takes when its economic instruments no longer deliver.
2026-05-13
2026-05-12
Sunrise on Mount Rainier and Downtown Seattle.
They literally happen everyday, but didn't want this moment to pass me by.
Why I don't really know, nor can I really say.
2026-05-08
Normally I don't post things from social media outlets.
Like many sites, LinkedIn has its share of cesspool and idiocy.
That being said, this came up, and it does reflect a lot of what I have both observed - 1) in the past, 2) and today.
Here are 8 signs burnout is a systems problem, not a people problem
0/ Constant urgency with no real priorities
1/ Too much work, not enough capacity
2/ Boundaries ignored once pressure hits
3/ No time to recover between pushes
4/ Success rewarded with more load
5/ Feedback up, pressure down
6/ Fixing people instead of fixing the process
7/ Leaders firefighting instead of redesigning work
In true fashion, LinkedIn doesn't make it easy to post outside their site (why would they; like all social media, their owners think the world revolves around them), so here's a screenshot -
2026-05-07
2026-05-06
The Petrodollar - replaced by the Petrogasdollar?
A very lengthy and critical analysis by Richard Medhurst.
An interesting (and perhaps telling) screenshot ...
... that says something about the 2026 NHL Playoffs - Round 2.
No teams that finished 2nd in their respective Division made it either.
2026-05-05
I have to admit, I always thought of this as incredible to have. But evidently it has its disadvantages.
A closer look at extraordinary memory
Some people, such as memory competition champions, do have extraordinary memories. They can memorize thousands of digits or entire decks of cards in minutes. Their feats are real, but they don’t come from a memory that takes mental snapshots.
Instead, these people rely on strategies – mental frameworks built through thousands of hours of deliberate practice to scaffold their memory in specific domains. Without these strategies and in other aspects of life, their recall looks pretty much like everyone else’s. Experts’ performance reflects better methods, not different machinery.
In the scientific literature, the ability that comes closest to photographic memory is eidetic imagery: a form of visual mental imagery in which people claim they can briefly continue to “see” pictures they carefully studied and that are then removed from view.
This ability is rare, is seen mostly in children, and usually disappears by adolescence. Even at its peak, however, it falls short of the Hollywood ideal. Eidetic images fade quickly and are not perfectly accurate. They can include distortions and even details that were not seen.
It’s exactly what you’d expect from a reconstructive memory system – and exactly what you would not expect from a literal recording.
2026-05-03
Well 4 down for the Habs.
12 more to go.
But as my brother said, they have taken great strides.
Buffalo Sabres up next.
2026-05-02
I hadn't spoken much about this.
Mostly because there are folks like Margaret Kimberley who do a far better job at it.
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