Rainy Lisbon

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London bridge

I can see my house! #newwest

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. “Did you make this with AI?”

Seeya, YVR.

Hullo

We are almost there.

Post court ride on brand new skytrain!

Family court sucks.

Court proceedings sure use a LOT of paper.

Relaxing before a stressy week

Working late tonight. Vibe is

Don’t throw yourself into a relationship and make it your job to make it work. Decide what you and the other person need and want from it. Draw boundaries and stick to them, even when those people are dear to you. People change. You’ll change. Your job is not to prolong a status quo that’s over.

What if our belief that time moves forward is just a weird perception quirk and we are actually getting younger? We materialize in fires or boxes underground and proceed to become babies and get absorbed by our parents, eventually leading to the original two. Anyway, I’ve been having some déjà vu.

Behind the scenes

Jake Bryans is my kinda guy

Eldest making a new friend.

Rules for victory Acceptance = neglect Hope = harassment Care = control Gift = undesired obligation Ask = assault Understanding = infringement Expectation = judgement Commitment = shame Familiarity = stagnation Clarity = threat Wrap in curated aesthetic, drag those who see the math, be relentless.

No one should use Windows. techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/m...

Freedom isn’t the absence of rules; it’s living under collective constraints that prevent domination. Chaos doesn’t free individuals, it exposes them.

I don't understand all the people applauding Carney's speech at the big capitalist convention. Daniel's thread sums up my read perfectly. It's admission that capitalism is a lie, and that Carney was an informed yet willing participant.

Btw, this is not a "normal re-adjustment" or "politics" of a new administration with different priorities. This is a fascist movement systematically destroying, subverting and corrupting science because science is a guardrail to power and a necessity in the epistemic integrity of democracy.

“Use AI to code faster but you’re still responsible for quality” is just “we’d like to ship bugs faster and blame you for them.” Outsourcing attention during development just makes review take longer. Bye bye speed gains.

The moment when the passport office asks for two non-family references who’ve known you for two years

I keep reflecting on the surrealness of Mark Carney, former Governor of the Bank of England and Bank of Canada, invoking an anti-communist essay by Vaclav Havel to declare at Davos that the American-led neoliberal capitalist world order is a “lie”

Mark Carney needs to be thrown out over this. A billion-dollar Mar-A-Lago membership is not looking out for Canada.

The landlord’s minions showed up to ravage the yard today. Goodbye flower buds for the spring. Hope you all enjoyed working in the hard frost, jerks!

Nice day up.

On baby watch. Gonna be an uncle shortly!

I regret B.C.’s decision to end its decriminalization pilot and am disappointed the province has not released an independent evaluation. When governments change course on life-and-death issues, Canadians deserve to see the evidence. See more 👇

It should not be 10 degrees in January. We have not had a proper week of cold this winter. This is bullshit.

" I have such judgy thoughts about your so-called salvation..." Two of my prose poems in the Winter Issue of Westchester Review; here's one -- Issue here: www.westchesterreview.com/winter-2026-...

Recovering from a sprained calf, my foot is full of drained fluid and looks like it's been beaten with a bag of rocks. Can I just poke a hole and let the evil spirits out?

Looking towards Mordor from White Rock.

As governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney blocked Venezuela from accessing $1 billion of its own gold after coordinated pressure from Washington and the far-right Venezuelan opposition, directly aiding a US-led regime change effort and worsening a humanitarian crisis.

I sure would hate to be an oil-rich country whose sovereignty the US doesn't recognize within easy striking distance of US soil. That would be scary!

Oh ship

Made seitan. Hail seitan!

A boundary is being crossed here: from journalism as an institution that scrutinizes national myths to journalism that publicly affirms one. Disgusting.

Eldest son working for his turns ❤️

Day out

2025 in a nutshell.

Today I replaced a coolant return line in my older car, diagnosed the flickering headlight (new hid bulb time, not ballast!), got my laptop to talk to the car systems, fixed the headlight leveling settings, and changed the oil and filter. Gabriel’s Garage is now open. Bring me your VWs and Audis!

“Asset Class” the language of valuation deforms what it tries to measure For #poemsabout #money @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #poem

Quietest Christmas Eve in recent memory. Kids with their mom, friends all out of town. I’m going to ski until I drop and then celebrate with my parents.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year

Happy solstice everybody! Time to climb back up to the light again.