Notes for September 13-20

It’s a bit insane that we’re past mid-September and my living room is still sitting at 29oC at 7AM, but such is life in the late Holocene, I guess. Regardless, the shift towards Autumn is starting to show, and I’ve had a couple of days where I suddenly realized I was working “late” into the evening and the lights started coming on automatically (never a good sign unless you’re having fun). I have had to split my free time between a bit of stress at work and working on my health (neck, posture, back, exercise and other things). Yet, things keep happening. Social Cleanup Halfway through the week I decided (again) to do a couple of minor interventions and remove more social media apps from my machines–I have not been using Bluesky, Threads or Reddit at all for months, so those were easy decisions, but I am somewhat besmirched that I can’t really use Mastodon (i.e., Ivory) for anything meaningful (and yet am paying a subscription for Ivory because it is the best iOS experience) and that…