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Trump vs. Minnesota: A Realization
Jan. 15th, 2026 09:34 pmAll this horror and heroism in Minneapolis-St. Paul of late...in the cities that gave us Charles Schulz of all people.
I'm shopping for a particular kind of font family. Looks close to Helvetica UCE, has multiple weights like Gravitica Compressed or Tungsten and has at least two character sets in addition to Latin. Greek and Cyrillic at least.
Can anyone here help me with this?
Can anyone here help me with this?
About Hey!Cafe?
Jan. 11th, 2026 12:31 pmIt's like Twitter-as-was, Bluesky-as-is, and the Mastodon-Fediverse network. Canadian-based - Penticton, BC, specifically - and Canadian-owned, though. If you're in Canada and want one more fallback option for short-form social media stuff, this might be useful to you at times.
https://hey.cafe/
Just putting it out here.
https://hey.cafe/
Just putting it out here.
About that Appointment Yesterday:
Jan. 10th, 2026 05:02 pmIt was with a job-search-support service specializing in helping neurodivergent job-seekers. I plan to keep in touch with them through my upcoming contract, because said contract is going to end when March does. So, planning has to be for at least the medium term.
Special weather statement for Ottawa-Gatineau today. 70-90 kph winds expected this afternoon. Rain all day, which has already arrived.
A Wish for 2026, However Late
Jan. 4th, 2026 01:27 pmMay we live - to our shared joy - in interesting times!
Checking In - 3 Jan. 2026
Jan. 3rd, 2026 10:00 am1. I spent some time this morning doing some activist writing about our network of public library branches in Orléans, my particular corner of the city of Ottawa. It's an issue that does not affect me personally and directly, and yet it still makes life more difficult than needed for some of my neighbours. I expect this will "go live" at some point in the next week or two, and I'll let you know when and where as soon as it does.
2. The news about Venezuela this morning is scary as Hell. The Vulgarian has yet again given the middle finger to international law as a whole. Carole Cadwalladr has thoughts about that, and you might want to have a look if you're not already subscribed to her newsletter.
3. The Trek fanfiction collective I've been doing map design with has a new thing out: Jayce's Fighting Ships of Wolf 359. It's a partner-work to We Have Engaged the Borg, which was created as an oral history-style retelling of the events of the Next Generation two-part episode, "The Best of Both Worlds".
4. More later.
2. The news about Venezuela this morning is scary as Hell. The Vulgarian has yet again given the middle finger to international law as a whole. Carole Cadwalladr has thoughts about that, and you might want to have a look if you're not already subscribed to her newsletter.
3. The Trek fanfiction collective I've been doing map design with has a new thing out: Jayce's Fighting Ships of Wolf 359. It's a partner-work to We Have Engaged the Borg, which was created as an oral history-style retelling of the events of the Next Generation two-part episode, "The Best of Both Worlds".
4. More later.
2026, Day One Almost Done
Jan. 1st, 2026 09:36 pmI'm mostly done with the first day of this year. Some good stuff, some scary stuff, some disgusting stuff. Already feeling tired. There was an idea of my saying something useful if not witty, and the idea has escaped my grasp for the time being.
Not Quite an Ice Storm in 2025, Then
Dec. 29th, 2025 09:52 pmSeems to have fizzled out by morning. Overnight winds tonight are bringing the chills back, though.
I wish I had more to say right now.
I wish I had more to say right now.
Weather: Yikes, Again
Dec. 28th, 2025 06:55 pmOttawa City Hall has declared a Significant Weather Event tonight.
Seasons' Greetings 2025 (Gregorian)
Dec. 24th, 2025 09:52 pmI think that I've said this elsewhere: whatever you're celebrating or otherwise observing at this time of year, I hope that the Occasion(s) will be kind to you and yours.
Leaving it at that for tonight.
Leaving it at that for tonight.
Ads For Subs in the Suburbs
Dec. 18th, 2025 09:26 pmSaw an interesting thing today for the second time: an ad on the back end of an OC Transpo bus for Hanhwa Ocean's KS-III submarines. Hanhwa Ocean is one of the firms competing for contracts to build submarines for the Canadian Navy. I'd expect to see the ads in the tunnel under MacKenzie King Bridge that connects the Rideau Centre with DND HQ. Not on a bus out in the eastern suburbs of Ottawa.
Job Search: Make No Assumptions
Dec. 17th, 2025 09:05 pmI found another job interesting enough to apply for. Just in case the thing I'm looking forward to falls through. I can't afford to leave it to chance, after all.
In case anyone else asks: I skipped the Vulgarian's speech tonight. I have what's left of my own mental health to think of, for one thing. For another, if anything really important comes out of that rant, I'll hear about it from multiple, reliable sources over the next day anyway.
In case anyone else asks: I skipped the Vulgarian's speech tonight. I have what's left of my own mental health to think of, for one thing. For another, if anything really important comes out of that rant, I'll hear about it from multiple, reliable sources over the next day anyway.
Checking In - 14 Dec. 2025
Dec. 14th, 2025 10:19 pmGot laundry done. Carried out some of my democratic duties as a registered member of a political party. Got shopping done. Did my weekly CPAP equipment-cleaning. Also, continuing with the star map projects and checked in with some of you, here and elsewhere.
A productive Sunday.
A productive Sunday.
About that "National Security Statement"?
Dec. 9th, 2025 05:27 pmLet me know if this is paywalled?
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About the Trek Writers' Rooms?
Dec. 9th, 2025 05:02 pmA suggestion to the people currently care-taking for the Star Trek franchise, one that Larry and David Ellison may well try to prevent the heeding of: the writing teams need people who have served in military or NGO contexts, or have survived as refugees and/or dissidents.
