Done Since 2020-11-15
The week started, more or less, with Monday's announcement by Governor Inslee of four weeks of statewide restrictions. It should help damp down a Thanksgiving holiday of superspreading, though probably not completely. We'll be staying home, thanks, and sharing our feast over Zoom. Slightly complicated by the fact that our turkey, acquired on Thursday, didn't fit in the freezer. That means that we should cook it Tuesday at the latest, so Thursday's shared feast may well feature turkey and dumplings. Or re-heated turkey and stuffing, which would be almost the same as the usual except that all of the crispy skin will have been eaten on Tuesday.
It ended with my s4s post about the Dumped Trump AND!!!.
In between, a lot of my non-web reading time was spent with A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet by Raj Patel. The publisher's blurb reads:
Nature, money, work, care, food, energy, and lives: these are the seven things that have made our world and will shape its future. In making these things cheap, modern commerce has transformed, governed, and devastated Earth. In A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, Raj Patel and Jason W. Moore present a new approach to analyzing today's planetary emergencies. Bringing the latest ecological research together with histories of colonialism, indigenous struggles, slave revolts, and other rebellions and uprisings, Patel and Moore demonstrate that throughout history, crises have always prompted fresh strategies to make the world cheap and safe for capitalism. At a time of crisis in all seven cheap things, innovative and systemic thinking is urgently required. This book proposes a radical new way of understanding--and reclaiming--the planet in the turbulent twenty-first century.
I'm not familiar enough with either economics or history to be able to offer meaningful commentary on that analysis, except to note that the radical changes suggested in the conclusion may involve boiling an ocean or two. (This article in Forbes sugggests that that could be the only approach that has a chance of working, but...)
Notes & links:
1115Su * litter boxen scooped & Awake 3:10; election worries as usual; back to bed ~5am -> did not get back to sleep. anxiety attacks; despair * up 6:15; S=5:37, W=193.8; shower @ Things That Sometimes Help If You Have Depression | Slate Star Codex * */15 CPAP: change paper filter, ~ wash tub */{1,15} * */15 pay AX card, Molly from BECU * AX Platinum payment due 12/3 500 from BECU / cleanup; 1100ml in bag 1116Mo & awake 3:24, S=5.6; first thoughts I can remember were about politics. Of course. @ Opinion | Trump or No Trump, Religious Authoritarianism Is Here to Stay - NYT * deposit check @ Gov. Inslee orders sweeping restrictions on indoor gatherings, restaurants, bars, gyms as COVID-19 cases surge in Washington state | The Seattle Times Inslee announces statewide restrictions for four-weeks | by WA Governor’s Office | Washington State Governor's Office | Nov, 2020 | Medium [Press Release] restrictions(PDF)] 11:59pm Nov. 16 (restaurants 12:01am Nov 18) through Dec. 14 proclamation [PDF] * post PSA (see above, also the high wind warning for tomorrow) @ Bolt EV Recall (Chevrolet Bolt Recall for Fire Risk | Consumer Alert | NHTSA ) GM recalls 68,667 Chevy Bolt EVs ('17-'19) citing unlikely potential fire risk * 12:30ish (HH nurse)Diane for a catheter change * set Molly to "hill top reserve" charging mode (80%) until the recall service Apparently Bolts can catch fire if you top them off -- 5 instances to date. HCF? * call to reschedule dentist * 1:40 leave for appointment * 2pm Dr. Dixon -- transfer of care; * flu shot. -> 3 month follow-up scheduled for 02-16t10:15 % meloxicam, I think 1117Tu & awake 3:30ish; S=4:22 % back pain -- left QL -> heat -> try to go back to bed ~5:15 * up 7:15ish; S=5:37; % dream involved a leak in the attic that had left the bedroom inches deep in water % earworm a combination of The Boxer and Jeff's parody of it, The Actor : High wind warning 10am-6pm -- gusts to 60mph : 9:40 the wind has picked up noticably * fill the large water jugs at the hydrant ~ 1:20 me and Colleen dentist -> rescheduled for 1207 @ A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet by Raj Patel | LibraryThing (purchased today on Kindle) " Nature, money, work, care, food, energy, and lives: these are the seven things that have made our world and will shape its future. In making these things cheap, modern commerce has transformed, governed, and devastated Earth. In A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, Raj Patel and Jason W. Moore present a new approach to analyzing today's planetary emergencies. Bringing the latest ecological research together with histories of colonialism, indigenous struggles, slave revolts, and other rebellions and uprisings, Patel and Moore demonstrate that throughout history, crises have always prompted fresh strategies to make the world cheap and safe for capitalism. At a time of crisis in all seven cheap things, innovative and systemic thinking is urgently required. This book proposes a radical new way of understanding--and reclaiming--the planet in the turbulent twenty-first century. " (publisher's blurb) / 1200ml in bag 1118We * Up 4:30ish; S=5:28; exercises, cuddle * probably need to order inositol hexanicotinate capsules @ FAQ: How to get coronavirus exposure notifications on your phone not in WA yet @ The World, The Flesh And The Devil : J.D. Bernal : Internet Archive / catheter leaking. Flush 2x. We'll see.n -> nope * pay L from RE checking * curbside pickup at Rite-Aid for S @ Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates * started new bottle of Gordon's gin (1118) * * print (new) notary form on copy of DL and AX card * get it notarized * upload needs both DL, and a credit card with all but the last 4 digits blacked out Kirsten (again) -> btw. 7:45 - 8pm % drained -- possibly because of phone calls. See today's post. / 9pm major cleanup. Still leaking? 1119Th % awake 1ish...2:30 try to sleep * up 8am; S=7:44; % left QL pain -> naproxen / cleanup. still leaking apparently, but maybe 200 ml more in bag @ Standing up for developers: youtube-dl is back - The GitHub Blog dmca/2020-11-16-RIAA-reversal-effletter.pdf at master · github/dmca * 11ish (HH nurse)Maria to change catheter * V came by 11ish with the loot from Good Cheer, incl. 11lb turkey. Thaw 24 hours/4lb, so 2.5-3d -- use within 2 days according to How to Safely Thaw a Turkey | USDA. Butterball says 4, but... % 10:30ish meloxicam / 1200ml in bag 1120Fr Transgender Day of Remembrance * Up 5:20ish; S=6:14; @ Transgender Day of Remembrance - Wikipedia eftychia e- QotD Transgender Day Of Remembrance 2020: Murdered, Suffocated And Burned Alive - 350 Transgender People Killed In 2020 New Report Shows Where It’s Illegal To Be Transgender In 2020 @ North Dakota COVID Mortality Rate Highest in the World, With 1 in Every 1,000 Residents Dead (siderea) / 11am 1300ml in bag ~ tried booting Blackbird from a GPT USB drive (VenToy) to see if it recognized it. -> no change in BIOS config options, and it apparently booted in BIOS mode. ~ Called SWAC; left message -> Monday. Split appointments. * make vet appointment for Desti - needs rabies shot, bloodwork * make vet appointment for Ticia @ linode.com potential writing gig * order CPAP supplies https://myresupply.resmed.com/home / 10:30ish-11ish 800ml in bag. Vomiting. 1121Sa & awake 3ish; / vomiting -> back to bed 3:15ish; gave up 3:45ish; tried again 5ish * up 8am; S=7:06; / 11:50 major cleanup. Stomach feeling better. Suspects the soup from last night. ~ curbside pick up C's prescription at Rite Aid. Call ahead -> not doing it today -> but the scrip is for an antibiotic, so I'll put on masks and go in for it. * also: tums (2 mint, 1 berry), simethicone, bite guard, hand sanitizer, @ Dumped Trump AND!!! - YouTube. Sequel to Dump Trump AND!!! meta: Dump Trump AND!!! Singing Across the Generation Gap for a 21st-Century Revolution @ Cape Cod Soft Molasses Cookies | King Arthur Baking / 800ml in bag
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