I've been using AI to extend my 100 Days of Music sketches into full length songs and it's been super fun! I upload the song I wrote and tell it to extend it, give it some guidance, then piece it back together in Logic Pro. I've finished 25 songs so far!
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"text": "I've been using AI to extend my 100 Days of Music sketches into full length songs and it's been super fun! I upload the song I wrote and tell it to extend it, give it some guidance, then piece it back together in Logic Pro. I've finished 25 songs so far!"
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"text": "Last night I started feeling significant pain whenever I inhaled too deeply, telling me there was either pleurisy or another embolism happening. I gave it several hours to try to resolve on its own, and it just got worse and worse, so this morning, I headed to the ER.\n\nAnd there I waited, and waited, and waited, and then after around four hours of nothing happening while just sitting in the waiting room in agony, the pain had resolved itself, and I could breathe normally again.\n\nSo I asked about being discharged early, and was told to wait, and wait, and wait, and it was another hour or so before I was able to leave.\n\nAnyway I\u2019m back home now, and hopefully this is the last of the COVID drama in my life for a little while.",
"html": "<p>Last night I started feeling significant pain whenever I inhaled too deeply, telling me there was either <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurisy\">pleurisy</a> or another embolism happening. I gave it several hours to try to resolve on its own, and it just got worse and worse, so this morning, I headed to the ER.</p><p>And there I waited, and waited, and waited, and then after around four hours of nothing happening while just sitting in the waiting room in agony, the pain had resolved itself, and I could breathe normally again.</p><p>So I asked about being discharged early, and was told to wait, and wait, and wait, and it was another hour or so before I was able to leave.</p><p>Anyway I\u2019m back home now, and hopefully this is the last of the COVID drama in my life for a little while.</p>"
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"text": "I hate how every time I get sick, be it with COVID or anything else, I spend so much time feeling worthless and like I\u2019m in limbo and like everything is passing me by.\n\nI\u2019ve got stuff to do but I\u2019m feeling way too tired to do any of it and I\u2019m full of depression right now. Post-COVID everything just feels so pointless, and I also feel so alone.\n\nI\u2019m supposed to be getting my set together for Song Fight! Live, but I\u2019m just full of negative self-talk and a feeling that nobody gives a shit about me or my music. I hustle so much trying to find anyone who wants to work with me on anything and the best I can find is endless unpaid work for exposure which never amounts to anything.\n\nI forced myself to take a walk today and it was nice to get out of the house but I still just felt so alone with my thoughts, and those thoughts weren\u2019t great to listen to.\n\nSometimes it sucks to live alone.",
"html": "<p>I hate how every time I get sick, be it with COVID or anything else, I spend so much time feeling worthless and like I\u2019m in limbo and like everything is passing me by.</p><p>I\u2019ve got stuff to do but I\u2019m feeling way too tired to do any of it and I\u2019m full of depression right now. Post-COVID everything just feels so pointless, and I also feel so alone.</p><p>I\u2019m supposed to be getting my set together for Song Fight! Live, but I\u2019m just full of negative self-talk and a feeling that nobody gives a shit about me or my music. I hustle so much trying to find anyone who wants to work with me on anything and the best I can find is endless unpaid work for exposure which never amounts to anything.</p><p>I forced myself to take a walk today and it was nice to get out of the house but I still just felt so alone with my thoughts, and those thoughts weren\u2019t great to listen to.</p><p>Sometimes it sucks to live alone.</p>"
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"text": "I\u2019m about to go to a covid-cautious board game meetup for the first time. I\u2019m so excited: games and keeping each other safer? My people! \ud83d\ude03",
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"text": "I finally understand why \nRambaldi \nmay have hidden so many inventions.\n\nForecast\n\nWhen you invent something, you should forecast the impact of your invention in the current cultural (social, political, economic, belief systems) context, and if it\n poses non trivial existential risk\n or is likely to cause more harm than good\nShoulds\n\nThen you should stop, and:\n\n encrypt your work for a potentially better future context\n or destroy your notes, ideally in a way that minimizes risk of detection of their deliberate destruction\n and avoid any or any detectable use of your invention, because even the mere use of it may provide enough information for someone else to reinvent it who may not be as responsible. \nIn Addition\n\nInsights and new knowledge are included in this meaning of \u201cinvention\u201d and the guidance above.\n\n\nForecasting should consider both whether your invention could directly cause risk or more harm, or if it could be incorporated as a building block with other (perhaps yet to be invented) technologies to create risk or more harm.\n\nInstead\n\nInstead of continuing work on such inventions, shift your focus to:\n\n work on other inventions\n and document & understand how & why that current cultural context would contribute to existential risk or more harm than good\n and work to improve, evolve that cultural context to reduce or eliminate its contribution to existential risk, and or its aspects that would (or already do) cause more harm than good\nDa Vinci\n\nThe \nShould (1) \nprovides a plausible explanation for why \nDa Vinci \n\u201cencrypted\u201d his writings in \nmirror script, \ndeliberately making it difficult for others to read (and thus remember or reproduce). \nPer \nShould (2) \nhe also wrote in paper mediums of the time that were all destroyable, \nand he may have been successful in destroying without detection, \nsince no one has found any evidence thereof, although such a lack of evidence is purely circumstantial and he may just as likely never destroyed any invention notes.\n\nMethods & Precautions\n\nLearning from Da Vinci\u2019s example within the context of the \nShoulds, we can infer additional methods and precautions to take when developing inventions:\n\n do not write initial invention notes where others (people or bots) may read them (e.g. most online services) because their ability to transcribe or make copies prevents \nShould (2). \nInstead use something like paper notes which can presumably be shredded or burned if necessary, or keep your notes in your head.\n do not use bound notebooks for initial invention notes because tearing out a page to destroy may be detectable by the bound remains left behind. \ninstead use individual sheets of paper organized into folders. perhaps eventually bind your papers into a notebook. Which apparently \nDa Vinci did! \n\u201cThese notebooks \u2013 originally loose papers of different types and sizes\u2026\u201d\n\n consider developing a simple unique cipher you can actively use when writing which will at least inconvenience, reduce, or slow the readability of your notes. even better if you can develop a \nsteganographic \ncipher, where an obvious reading of your invention writings provides a plausible but alternative meaning, thus hiding your actual invention writings in plain sight.\n\nDream\n\nMany of these insights came to me in a dream this morning, so clearly that I immediately wrote them down upon waking up, and continued writing extrapolations from the initial insights.\n\nAdditional Reading\n\nAfter writing down the above while it (and subsequent thoughts & deductions) were fresh in mind, and typing it up, I did a web search for \u201cresponsible inventing\u201d for prior similar, related, or possibly of interest works and found:\n\nIEEE Spectrum: \nWhat Does \u201cResponsible Innovation\u201d Mean?\n\nResearchGate paper: \nWhat Is \u201cResponsible\u201d about Responsible Innovation? Understanding the Ethical Issues\n\nScienceDirect paper: \nDeveloping a framework for responsible innovation\n\nInvent The Future\n\nWhile this post encourages forecasting and other methods for avoiding unintended harmful impacts of inventions, I want to close by placing those precautions within an active positive context.\n\n\nI believe it is the ultimate responsibility of an inventor to contribute, encourage, and actively create a positive vision of the future through their inventions. As \nAlan Kay said:\n\n\n\u201cThe best way to predict the future is to invent it.\u201d",
"html": "<p>\nI finally understand why \n<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo_Rambaldi\">Rambaldi</a> \nmay have hidden so many inventions.\n</p>\n<h2>Forecast</h2>\n<p>\nWhen you invent something, you should forecast the impact of your invention in the current cultural (social, political, economic, belief systems) context, and if it</p>\n<ul><li> poses non trivial existential risk</li>\n<li> or is likely to cause more harm than good</li>\n</ul><h2>Shoulds</h2>\n<p>\nThen you <strong>should</strong> stop, and:\n</p>\n<ol><li> encrypt your work for a potentially better future context</li>\n<li> or destroy your notes, ideally in a way that minimizes risk of detection of their deliberate destruction</li>\n<li> and avoid any or any detectable use of your invention, because even the mere use of it may provide enough information for someone else to reinvent it who may not be as responsible. </li>\n</ol><h2>In Addition</h2>\n<p>\nInsights and new knowledge are included in this meaning of \u201cinvention\u201d and the guidance above.\n</p>\n<p>\nForecasting should consider both whether your invention could directly cause risk or more harm, or if it could be incorporated as a building block with other (perhaps yet to be invented) technologies to create risk or more harm.\n</p>\n<h2>Instead</h2>\n<p>\nInstead of continuing work on such inventions, shift your focus to:\n</p>\n<ol><li> work on other inventions</li>\n<li> and document & understand how & why that current cultural context would contribute to existential risk or more harm than good</li>\n<li> and work to improve, evolve that cultural context to reduce or eliminate its contribution to existential risk, and or its aspects that would (or already do) cause more harm than good</li>\n</ol><h2>Da Vinci</h2>\n<p>\nThe \n<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#ri-should-encrypt\">Should (1)</a> \nprovides a plausible explanation for why \n<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci\">Da Vinci</a> \n\u201cencrypted\u201d his writings in \n<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_writing#Notable_examples\">mirror script</a>, \ndeliberately making it difficult for others to read (and thus remember or reproduce). \nPer \n<a href=\"https://tantek.com/ri-should-shred\">Should (2)</a> \nhe also wrote in paper mediums of the time that were all destroyable, \nand he may have been successful in destroying without detection, \nsince no one has found any evidence thereof, although such a lack of evidence is purely circumstantial and he may just as likely never destroyed any invention notes.\n</p>\n<h2>Methods & Precautions</h2>\n<p>\nLearning from Da Vinci\u2019s example within the context of the \n<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#ri-shoulds\">Shoulds</a>, we can infer additional methods and precautions to take when developing inventions:\n</p>\n<ul><li> do not write initial invention notes where others (people or bots) may read them (e.g. most online services) because their ability to transcribe or make copies prevents \n<a href=\"https://tantek.com/ri-should-shred\">Should (2)</a>. \nInstead use something like paper notes which can presumably be shredded or burned if necessary, or keep your notes in your head.</li>\n<li> do not use bound notebooks for initial invention notes because tearing out a page to destroy may be detectable by the bound remains left behind. \ninstead use individual sheets of paper organized into folders. perhaps eventually bind your papers into a notebook. Which apparently \n<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci#Journals_and_notes\">Da Vinci did!</a> \n<blockquote>\u201cThese notebooks \u2013 originally loose papers of different types and sizes\u2026\u201d</blockquote>\n</li>\n<li> consider developing a simple unique cipher you can actively use when writing which will at least inconvenience, reduce, or slow the readability of your notes. even better if you can develop a \n<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography\">steganographic</a> \ncipher, where an obvious reading of your invention writings provides a plausible but alternative meaning, thus hiding your actual invention writings in plain sight.\n</li>\n</ul><h2>Dream</h2>\n<p>\nMany of these insights came to me in a dream this morning, so clearly that I immediately wrote them down upon waking up, and continued writing extrapolations from the initial insights.\n</p>\n<h2>Additional Reading</h2>\n<p>\nAfter writing down the above while it (and subsequent thoughts & deductions) were fresh in mind, and typing it up, I did a web search for \u201cresponsible inventing\u201d for prior similar, related, or possibly of interest works and found:\n</p>\n<ul><li>IEEE Spectrum: \n<a href=\"https://spectrum.ieee.org/what-does-responsible-innovation-mean\">What Does \u201cResponsible Innovation\u201d Mean?</a>\n</li>\n<li>ResearchGate paper: \n<a href=\"https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262864436_What_Is_Responsible_about_Responsible_Innovation_Understanding_the_Ethical_Issues\">What Is \u201cResponsible\u201d about Responsible Innovation? Understanding the Ethical Issues</a>\n</li>\n<li>ScienceDirect paper: \n<a href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048733313000930\">Developing a framework for responsible innovation</a>\n</li>\n</ul><h2>Invent The Future</h2>\n<p>\nWhile this post encourages forecasting and other methods for avoiding unintended harmful impacts of inventions, I want to close by placing those precautions within an active positive context.\n</p>\n<p>\nI believe it is the ultimate responsibility of an inventor to contribute, encourage, and actively create a positive vision of the future through their inventions. As \n<a href=\"https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alan_Kay#1970s\">Alan Kay said</a>:\n</p>\n<blockquote>\n\u201cThe best way to predict the future is to invent it.\u201d\n</blockquote>\n<a href=\"https://fed.brid.gy/\"></a>"
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COVID-related anxiety disorder affects many locals
“About 238,000 adults in San Diego County suffer from a serious anxiety disorder resulting from their experience of the COVID pandemic. These cases have occurred entirely due to the pandemic, and are in addition to those who suffered from generalized anxiety disorder prior.
Anxiety was a reasonable response at the peak of the pandemic, but for reasons of personal vulnerability, individuals in this group have continued to experience crippling levels of anxiety after the pandemic ended. This is similar to the way post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms remain long after exposure.
This group particularly needs services because they may be unaware of the source of their symptoms and that effective treatments do exist. I call on treatment centers and individual therapists with expertise in treating anxiety disorders to reach out to this group.”
— David Mills, San Diego
I wondered where such a number came from. I emailed the paper to see if they had a citation and they pointed me to covid19ptsd.com, specifically the June newsletter. The newsletters were pretty thin and didn't include that number, but did cite some other news articles. From what I can tell, I think the number is extrapolated. The current percent of Americans experiencing anxiety symptoms (self-reported) minus the pre-pandemic percent is about 9%. I think they took the number of adults in San Diego County and multiplied by 9% to get that number.
The phrasing in the letter also bugged me. “entirely”? “reasonable”? “crippling”? The headings on that site at the time included “The Pandemic Has Ended, But Negative Consequences Remain” (more on that below). It all seemed so condescending. I decided to send my own letter to the editor in response:
COVID is still with us
Re: Mr. Mills’ letter on June 8, I take issue with framing the pandemic as something in the past. Despite government officials and our bosses telling us the pandemic has “ended,” the virus continues to spread and mutate almost entirely unmitigated, causing long-term health issues, disabling, and killing people. We just had the second largest wave of transmission this past winter based on wastewater data (see pmc19.com/data). The dangers of C19 have not changed much; the powers that be just decided to put all of the burden on individuals and end the emergency response.
I also object to the implication that anxiety around the ongoing pandemic is “unreasonable.” There are plenty of reasons to be anxious about C19, not least of which is the fact that so few are willing to take easy, well-known precautions like wearing a mask to protect each others’ health.
— Gregor Morrill, San Diego
That covid19ptsd site seemed fishy when I first saw it. The headline was “Celebrate The End Of The COVID Pandemic” and listed the date September 15, 2024. That seemed to imply an event, but there were no other details. It also acknowledged Long Covid, which made the “ended” language even more odd. There was a very generic call to donate without details of what the funds are for. “Help our organization by donating today! All donations go directly to making a difference for our cause.” Currently it shows they’ve raised $215 out of a $10,000 goal.
As I was writing this post, I looked over the site again. I was surprised that the tone had changed. Now the headline is “The COVID Pandemic Has Not Completely Ended.” That’s a positive improvement, at least. The September date is gone, though, and the ambiguous prompt to donate is still there. Thanks to the Internet Archive, we can compare the changes.
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"text": "The San Diego Union-Tribune printed this letter to the editor (archived) June 8:\n\n\nCOVID-related anxiety disorder affects many locals\n\n\n\u201cAbout 238,000 adults in San Diego County suffer from a serious anxiety disorder resulting from their experience of the COVID pandemic. These cases have occurred entirely due to the pandemic, and are in addition to those who suffered from generalized anxiety disorder prior.\n\nAnxiety was a reasonable response at the peak of the pandemic, but for reasons of personal vulnerability, individuals in this group have continued to experience crippling levels of anxiety after the pandemic ended. This is similar to the way post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms remain long after exposure.\n\nThis group particularly needs services because they may be unaware of the source of their symptoms and that effective treatments do exist. I call on treatment centers and individual therapists with expertise in treating anxiety disorders to reach out to this group.\u201d\n\n\n\u2014 David Mills, San Diego\n\n\nI wondered where such a number came from. I emailed the paper to see if they had a citation and they pointed me to covid19ptsd.com, specifically the June newsletter. The newsletters were pretty thin and didn't include that number, but did cite some other news articles. From what I can tell, I think the number is extrapolated. The current percent of Americans experiencing anxiety symptoms (self-reported) minus the pre-pandemic percent is about 9%. I think they took the number of adults in San Diego County and multiplied by 9% to get that number.\n\nThe phrasing in the letter also bugged me. \u201centirely\u201d? \u201creasonable\u201d? \u201ccrippling\u201d? The headings on that site at the time included \u201cThe Pandemic Has Ended, But Negative Consequences Remain\u201d (more on that below). It all seemed so condescending. I decided to send my own letter to the editor in response:\n\nCOVID is still with us\n\nRe: Mr. Mills\u2019 letter on June 8, I take issue with framing the pandemic as something in the past. Despite government officials and our bosses telling us the pandemic has \u201cended,\u201d the virus continues to spread and mutate almost entirely unmitigated, causing long-term health issues, disabling, and killing people. We just had the second largest wave of transmission this past winter based on wastewater data (see pmc19.com/data). The dangers of C19 have not changed much; the powers that be just decided to put all of the burden on individuals and end the emergency response.\n\nI also object to the implication that anxiety around the ongoing pandemic is \u201cunreasonable.\u201d There are plenty of reasons to be anxious about C19, not least of which is the fact that so few are willing to take easy, well-known precautions like wearing a mask to protect each others\u2019 health.\n\n\u2014 Gregor Morrill, San Diego\n\nThat covid19ptsd site seemed fishy when I first saw it. The headline was \u201cCelebrate The End Of The COVID Pandemic\u201d and listed the date September 15, 2024. That seemed to imply an event, but there were no other details. It also acknowledged Long Covid, which made the \u201cended\u201d language even more odd. There was a very generic call to donate without details of what the funds are for. \u201cHelp our organization by donating today! All donations go directly to making a difference for our cause.\u201d Currently it shows they\u2019ve raised $215 out of a $10,000 goal.\n\nAs I was writing this post, I looked over the site again. I was surprised that the tone had changed. Now the headline is \u201cThe COVID Pandemic Has Not Completely Ended.\u201d That\u2019s a positive improvement, at least. The September date is gone, though, and the ambiguous prompt to donate is still there. Thanks to the Internet Archive, we can compare the changes.",
"html": "<p>The San Diego Union-Tribune printed this <a href=\"https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/06/12/many-in-san-diego-county-still-suffer-from-covid-related-anxiety/\">letter to the editor</a> (<a href=\"http://web.archive.org/web/20240627224325/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/06/12/many-in-san-diego-county-still-suffer-from-covid-related-anxiety/\">archived</a>) June 8:</p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"h-cite\">\n<p class=\"p-name\"><b>COVID-related anxiety disorder affects many locals</b></p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cAbout 238,000 adults in San Diego County suffer from a serious anxiety disorder resulting from their experience of the COVID pandemic. These cases have occurred entirely due to the pandemic, and are in addition to those who suffered from generalized anxiety disorder prior.</p>\n\n<p>Anxiety was a reasonable response at the peak of the pandemic, but for reasons of personal vulnerability, individuals in this group have continued to experience crippling levels of anxiety after the pandemic ended. This is similar to the way post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms remain long after exposure.</p>\n\n<p>This group particularly needs services because they may be unaware of the source of their symptoms and that effective treatments do exist. I call on treatment centers and individual therapists with expertise in treating anxiety disorders to reach out to this group.\u201d</p>\n\n\n<p>\u2014 David Mills, San Diego</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>I wondered where such a number came from. I emailed the paper to see if they had a citation and they pointed me to <a href=\"https://covid19ptsd.com/\">covid19ptsd.com</a>, specifically the June newsletter. The newsletters were pretty thin and didn't include that number, but did cite some other news articles. From what I can tell, I think the number is extrapolated. The current percent of Americans experiencing anxiety symptoms (self-reported) minus the pre-pandemic percent is about 9%. I think they took the number of adults in San Diego County and multiplied by 9% to get that number.</p>\n\n<p>The phrasing in the letter also bugged me. <em>\u201centirely\u201d</em>? <em>\u201creasonable\u201d</em>? <em>\u201ccrippling\u201d</em>? The headings on that site at the time included \u201cThe Pandemic Has Ended, But Negative Consequences Remain\u201d (more on that below). It all seemed so condescending. I decided to send my own letter to the editor in response:</p>\n\n<p><b>COVID is still with us</b></p>\n\n<p>Re: Mr. Mills\u2019 letter on June 8, I take issue with framing the pandemic as something in the past. Despite government officials and our bosses telling us the pandemic has \u201cended,\u201d the virus continues to spread and mutate almost entirely unmitigated, causing long-term health issues, disabling, and killing people. We just had the second largest wave of transmission this past winter based on wastewater data (see <a href=\"https://pmc19.com/data\">pmc19.com/data</a>). The dangers of C19 have not changed much; the powers that be just decided to put all of the burden on individuals and end the emergency response.</p>\n\n<p>I also object to the implication that anxiety around the ongoing pandemic is \u201cunreasonable.\u201d There are plenty of reasons to be anxious about C19, not least of which is the fact that so few are willing to take easy, well-known precautions like wearing a mask to protect each others\u2019 health.</p>\n\n<p>\u2014 Gregor Morrill, San Diego</p>\n\n<p>That covid19ptsd site seemed fishy when I first saw it. The headline was \u201cCelebrate The End Of The COVID Pandemic\u201d and listed the date September 15, 2024. That seemed to imply an event, but there were no other details. It also acknowledged Long Covid, which made the \u201cended\u201d language even more odd. There was a very generic call to donate without details of what the funds are for. \u201cHelp our organization by donating today! All donations go directly to making a difference for our cause.\u201d Currently it shows they\u2019ve raised $215 out of a $10,000 goal.</p>\n\n<p>As I was writing this post, I looked over the site again. I was surprised that the tone had changed. Now the headline is \u201cThe COVID Pandemic Has Not Completely Ended.\u201d That\u2019s a positive improvement, at least. The September date is gone, though, and the ambiguous prompt to donate is still there. Thanks to the Internet Archive, we can <a href=\"http://web.archive.org/web/20240613082217/https://covid19ptsd.com/\">compare the changes</a>.</p>"
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Feeling discouraged and angry about all the mask ban talk. How quickly people moved from “wear a mask to take care of each other” to “disabled people should just stay home forever.” It was always just empathy theater for most of these people.
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"text": "Feeling discouraged and angry about all the mask ban talk. How quickly people moved from \u201cwear a mask to take care of each other\u201d to \u201cdisabled people should just stay home forever.\u201d It was always just empathy theater for most of these people.",
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"text": "I seem to have made it through the worst of the COVID. My fever\u2019s mostly gone, and my cough is way less severe (which is good because oh my god does it hurt to cough anymore). I\u2019ve lost five pounds since Friday but also I\u2019m finally getting my appetite back so hopefully I can cushion some of that.\n\nBecause of the current surge, the antivirals are all super out of stock, including Molnupiravir which I\u2019d gotten a prescription for (unfortunately Paxlovid isn\u2019t safe for me to take due to my blood thinners). I had a followup with my GP yesterday and we decided that based on my progress I don\u2019t really need it anyway. (She also doesn\u2019t think the nodules they found on Sunday need a followup.)\n\nAs usual I seem to have a secondary bacterial infection in my lungs, judging by the phlegm I\u2019ve been coughing up, but hopefully that\u2019ll clear up in a few days and I won\u2019t need antibiotics for it. For now I\u2019m just taking pseudoephedrine and guaifenisin which is my usual \u201csit it out\u201d protocol, since I\u2019m allergic to most antibiotics and am super worried about antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains (and anyway Washington State guidance is to wait a week if possible before prescribing antibiotics for lung and sinus infections).\n\nUsually when I get COVID I use QFC\u2019s overpriced grocery delivery service (which is really just Kroger-branded Instacart), but lately I\u2019ve been shopping at Safeway more so I figured I\u2019d try theirs out instead, and wow, it was way cheaper, just $4 + tip for my whole order. We\u2019ll see if the ice cream survives.\n\nI am super fatigued right now and that\u2019s making it even less feasible for me to work right now. It hasn\u2019t even been a week since I was exposed, much less the onset of symptoms, so I have to remind myself that it\u2019s totally normal to feel this way after an illness, especially COVID which usually wipes me out for months afterwards. I\u2019m just hoping that given how quickly the disease progressed this time, so will the post-infection fatigue.\n\nI feel super guilty about this but I\u2019ve started up a gofundme to help defray some of my ongoing financial issues. I\u2019m hoping I can ramp up on freelance stuff soon (not that I\u2019d been having much luck with it before this, anyway) but at this point I\u2019m mostly just hoping to carry things forward until I can finally get on disability. I do want to genuinely thank everyone who\u2019s contributed so far, even though I feel really weird about accepting the money. I\u2019d rather be getting it from random rich people and not, like, people I know, who I feel could probably use the money more than me? If that makes any sense? Gah.\n\nThis outbreak has been pretty devastating to the choir; at least 15% of us are sick, probably more. A lot of us are disabled or immunocompromised. I hope we\u2019re going to see a return to our old masking+testing policies; they\u2019d been relaxed this season in keeping with King County infection statistics, and we were caught totally off-guard by this surge. It\u2019s a very hard lesson learned for the future.\n\nIn some positive news, my parents (who were visiting for the choir show) are not testing positive, and I\u2019m glad they were here when I needed them most.",
"html": "<p>I seem to have made it through the worst of the COVID. My fever\u2019s mostly gone, and my cough is way less severe (which is good because oh my god does it hurt to cough anymore). I\u2019ve lost five pounds since Friday but also I\u2019m finally getting my appetite back so hopefully I can cushion some of that.</p><p>Because of the current surge, the antivirals are all super out of stock, including Molnupiravir which I\u2019d gotten a prescription for (unfortunately Paxlovid isn\u2019t safe for me to take due to my blood thinners). I had a followup with my GP yesterday and we decided that based on my progress I don\u2019t really need it anyway. (She also doesn\u2019t think the nodules they found on Sunday need a followup.)</p><p>As usual I seem to have a secondary bacterial infection in my lungs, judging by the phlegm I\u2019ve been coughing up, but hopefully that\u2019ll clear up in a few days and I won\u2019t need antibiotics for it. For now I\u2019m just taking pseudoephedrine and guaifenisin which is my usual \u201csit it out\u201d protocol, since I\u2019m allergic to most antibiotics and am super worried about antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains (and anyway Washington State guidance is to wait a week if possible before prescribing antibiotics for lung and sinus infections).</p><p>Usually when I get COVID I use QFC\u2019s overpriced grocery delivery service (which is really just Kroger-branded Instacart), but lately I\u2019ve been shopping at Safeway more so I figured I\u2019d try theirs out instead, and wow, it was <em>way</em> cheaper, just $4 + tip for my whole order. We\u2019ll see if the ice cream survives.</p><p>I am super fatigued right now and that\u2019s making it even less feasible for me to work right now. It hasn\u2019t even been a week since I was exposed, much less the onset of symptoms, so I have to remind myself that it\u2019s totally normal to feel this way after an illness, <em>especially</em> COVID which usually wipes me out for <em>months</em> afterwards. I\u2019m just hoping that given how quickly the disease progressed this time, so will the post-infection fatigue.</p><p>I feel super guilty about this but I\u2019ve started up a <a href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-a-nonbinary-trans-gals-covid-recovery\">gofundme</a> to help defray some of my ongoing financial issues. I\u2019m <em>hoping</em> I can ramp up on freelance stuff soon (not that I\u2019d been having much luck with it before this, anyway) but at this point I\u2019m mostly just hoping to carry things forward until I can finally get on disability. I do want to genuinely thank everyone who\u2019s contributed so far, even though I feel really weird about accepting the money. I\u2019d rather be getting it from random rich people and not, like, people I know, who I feel could probably use the money more than me? If that makes any sense? Gah.</p><p>This outbreak has been pretty devastating to the choir; at least 15% of us are sick, probably more. A lot of us are disabled or immunocompromised. I hope we\u2019re going to see a return to our old masking+testing policies; they\u2019d been relaxed this season in keeping with King County infection statistics, and we were caught totally off-guard by this surge. It\u2019s a very hard lesson learned for the future.</p><p>In some positive news, my parents (who were visiting for the choir show) are not testing positive, and I\u2019m glad they were here when I needed them most.</p>"
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Finished my second Broken Arrow #Skyrace 23k¹ yesterday in 6:52:44! #RingDasBell
This year’s #BrokenArrowSkyrace² 23k was actually that distance! I ran 23.3km with 4557' vertical climb! In contrast, last year’s "23k" race³ was rerouted (due to weather conditions) last minute to two laps of the 11k course, where my actual distance was 18.87km with 4905' vert.
I have been looking forward to this all year, to climbing the infamous "Stairway to Heaven" ladder to the top of Washeshu Peak (8885'/2692m elevation) for the first time (since last years’s race had to skip it).
This year’s Broken Arrow is the start of the Mountain Running World Cup⁴. It’s a rare sports event opportunity to compete with the best in the sport, to literally run the same trails they do, on the same day, with the same start (there are no waves), and finish line.
Lots to write-up, for now, I’m grateful for the experience and accomplishment.
Super grateful for everyone who came out to cheer and especially my coach whose training and guidance got me here.
A few notes:
Great lining up with so many friends.
Hot day. Filled my ice bandana at the first aid station (Snow King) which made the rest possible.
Steady hydration & fueling.
Fueling timeline notes (times are my H:MM race clock times from the start)
0:00 start 1:45 ate Picky Bar 2:00 finished Tailwind in 500ml bottle 2:08 Snow King aid station, refilled bottles one with water and the other with mandarin Tailwind, filled ice bandana with ice, picked up a few Spring Energy gels 3:15 ate Awesome Sauce gel 3:45 ate Awesome Sauce gel ~4:30 left Siberia aid station with refilled ice bandana, bottles, a few Spring Snacks, ate potato chips, a watermelon slice, salt+nuun add to one water bottle, mandarin Tailwind in the other 5:05 ate Awesome Sauce gel 5:35 (-13:39) left Julia aid station with another Spring Energy gel 6:03 ate Awesome Sauce gel 6:52:44 finish
Lots of incredible views along the way. The air was clean and quite breathable even nearing 9000'. Felt a bit slower but kept going within my capacity.
Kept an eye on the time remaining before cut-off compared to my distance and vert climbing remaining and pushed steadily when I could.
Finished with just over 7 minutes to spare before the official cut-off, to friends cheering on all sides. Saw and hugged my coach after ringing the bell at the finish.
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"text": "Finished my second Broken Arrow #Skyrace 23k\u00b9 yesterday in 6:52:44! #RingDasBell\n\nThis year\u2019s #BrokenArrowSkyrace\u00b2 23k was actually that distance! I ran 23.3km with 4557' vertical climb! In contrast, last year\u2019s \"23k\" race\u00b3 was rerouted (due to weather conditions) last minute to two laps of the 11k course, where my actual distance was 18.87km with 4905' vert.\n\nI have been looking forward to this all year, to climbing the infamous \"Stairway to Heaven\" ladder to the top of Washeshu Peak (8885'/2692m elevation) for the first time (since last years\u2019s race had to skip it).\n\nThis year\u2019s Broken Arrow is the start of the Mountain Running World Cup\u2074. It\u2019s a rare sports event opportunity to compete with the best in the sport, to literally run the same trails they do, on the same day, with the same start (there are no waves), and finish line.\n\nLots to write-up, for now, I\u2019m grateful for the experience and accomplishment.\n\nSuper grateful for everyone who came out to cheer and especially my coach whose training and guidance got me here.\n\nA few notes:\n\nGreat lining up with so many friends. \n\nHot day. Filled my ice bandana at the first aid station (Snow King) which made the rest possible. \n\nSteady hydration & fueling.\n\nFueling timeline notes (times are my H:MM race clock times from the start)\n\n0:00 start\n1:45 ate Picky Bar\n2:00 finished Tailwind in 500ml bottle\n2:08 Snow King aid station, refilled bottles one with water and the other with mandarin Tailwind, filled ice bandana with ice, picked up a few Spring Energy gels\n3:15 ate Awesome Sauce gel\n3:45 ate Awesome Sauce gel\n~4:30 left Siberia aid station with refilled ice bandana, bottles, a few Spring Snacks, ate potato chips, a watermelon slice, salt+nuun add to one water bottle, mandarin Tailwind in the other\n5:05 ate Awesome Sauce gel \n5:35 (-13:39) left Julia aid station with another Spring Energy gel\n6:03 ate Awesome Sauce gel\n6:52:44 finish\n\nLots of incredible views along the way. The air was clean and quite breathable even nearing 9000'. Felt a bit slower but kept going within my capacity. \n\nKept an eye on the time remaining before cut-off compared to my distance and vert climbing remaining and pushed steadily when I could.\n\nFinished with just over 7 minutes to spare before the official cut-off, to friends cheering on all sides. Saw and hugged my coach after ringing the bell at the finish.\n\nWhat an experience.\n\n#BrokenArrowSkyrace #trailRace #trailRun #trailRunner #runner #running #trailRunning\n\n\u00b9 https://www.brokenarrowskyrace.com/23k\n\u00b2 https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=106489\n\u00b3 https://tantek.com/2023/178/t1/june-trailrunner-ultrarunner\n\u2074 https://worldathletics.org/news/preview/mountain-running-world-cup-2024-opens-broken-arrow",
"html": "Finished my second Broken Arrow #<span class=\"p-category\">Skyrace</span> 23k<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5Xd1_note-1\">\u00b9</a> yesterday in 6:52:44! #<span class=\"p-category\">RingDasBell</span><br /><br />This year\u2019s #<span class=\"p-category\">BrokenArrowSkyrace</span><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5Xd1_note-2\">\u00b2</a> 23k was actually that distance! I ran 23.3km with 4557' vertical climb! In contrast, last year\u2019s \"23k\" race<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5Xd1_note-3\">\u00b3</a> was rerouted (due to weather conditions) last minute to two laps of the 11k course, where my actual distance was 18.87km with 4905' vert.<br /><br />I have been looking forward to this all year, to climbing the infamous \"Stairway to Heaven\" ladder to the top of Washeshu Peak (8885'/2692m elevation) for the first time (since last years\u2019s race had to skip it).<br /><br />This year\u2019s Broken Arrow is the start of the Mountain Running World Cup<a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5Xd1_note-4\">\u2074</a>. It\u2019s a rare sports event opportunity to compete with the best in the sport, to literally run the same trails they do, on the same day, with the same start (there are no waves), and finish line.<br /><br />Lots to write-up, for now, I\u2019m grateful for the experience and accomplishment.<br /><br />Super grateful for everyone who came out to cheer and especially my coach whose training and guidance got me here.<br /><br />A few notes:<br /><br />Great lining up with so many friends. <br /><br />Hot day. Filled my ice bandana at the first aid station (Snow King) which made the rest possible. <br /><br />Steady hydration & fueling.<br /><br />Fueling timeline notes (times are my H:MM race clock times from the start)<br /><br />0:00 start<br />1:45 ate Picky Bar<br />2:00 finished Tailwind in 500ml bottle<br />2:08 Snow King aid station, refilled bottles one with water and the other with mandarin Tailwind, filled ice bandana with ice, picked up a few Spring Energy gels<br />3:15 ate Awesome Sauce gel<br />3:45 ate Awesome Sauce gel<br />~4:30 left Siberia aid station with refilled ice bandana, bottles, a few Spring Snacks, ate potato chips, a watermelon slice, salt+nuun add to one water bottle, mandarin Tailwind in the other<br />5:05 ate Awesome Sauce gel <br />5:35 (-13:39) left Julia aid station with another Spring Energy gel<br />6:03 ate Awesome Sauce gel<br />6:52:44 finish<br /><br />Lots of incredible views along the way. The air was clean and quite breathable even nearing 9000'. Felt a bit slower but kept going within my capacity. <br /><br />Kept an eye on the time remaining before cut-off compared to my distance and vert climbing remaining and pushed steadily when I could.<br /><br />Finished with just over 7 minutes to spare before the official cut-off, to friends cheering on all sides. Saw and hugged my coach after ringing the bell at the finish.<br /><br />What an experience.<br /><br />#<span class=\"p-category\">BrokenArrowSkyrace</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">trailRace</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">trailRun</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">trailRunner</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">runner</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">running</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">trailRunning</span><br /><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5Xd1_ref-1\">\u00b9</a> <a href=\"https://www.brokenarrowskyrace.com/23k\">https://www.brokenarrowskyrace.com/23k</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5Xd1_ref-2\">\u00b2</a> <a href=\"https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=106489\">https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=106489</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5Xd1_ref-3\">\u00b3</a> <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/178/t1/june-trailrunner-ultrarunner\">https://tantek.com/2023/178/t1/june-trailrunner-ultrarunner</a><br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/#t5Xd1_ref-4\">\u2074</a> <a href=\"https://worldathletics.org/news/preview/mountain-running-world-cup-2024-opens-broken-arrow\">https://worldathletics.org/news/preview/mountain-running-world-cup-2024-opens-broken-arrow</a>"
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"text": "Oh you know, just a rollerblader on a four-lane road, turning left directly beside a cop. At least he had a helmet and pads on, but what.\n\nMore like roader-blader.",
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Had a (fireball) blast running Joel and Andy of the Silver Linings Playback Podcast through some loosey goosey Dungeons & Dragons as we discussed the loosey goosey 2000 film adaptation Dungeons & Dragons.
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"text": "Had a (fireball) blast running Joel and Andy of the Silver Linings Playback Podcast through some loosey goosey Dungeons & Dragons as we discussed the loosey goosey 2000 film adaptation Dungeons & Dragons.\nhttps://www.hobotrashcan.com/2024/06/24/silver-linings-playback-213-dungeons-dragons-ft-marty-mcguire/",
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"text": "Are you a member of the \ud83d\udd78\ufe0f\ud83d\udc8d IndieWeb Webring? Perhaps one of many who noticed that the \"previous\" and \"next\" links were actually going to random active member sites in the ring?\nI'm pleased to announce that the \"next\" and \"previous\" links between webring member sites should now be, more or less, deterministic! For example, if you visit gRegor's site, scroll to the webring links at the bottom, and click \"next\", you'll be taken to a site like mine! (at this moment, it is mine!) From my site, if you click the \"previous\" link, you'll be taken back to gRegor's site! This should m-\nWait, did you say \"more or less\"?\nWell, uh, yeah, good spot. At a high level, the update works like this:\nEach active member site gets a pseudo-random \"sorting\" number. For a given site, the \"next\" site is the one with the next highest sorting order, and the \"previous\" is the one with the next lowest.\nWhen you click on a \"next\" or \"previous\" webring link from a member site, your browser tells* the webring where you're coming from with a \"referrer\" header. If the webring recognizes the referer as an active member site, it'll look up the next - or previous - site in the ring to redirect you.\nWoah, woah, I see that asterisk\nWay to stay sharp! Referrer headers can leak potentially sensitive information, so over time browsers have added ways to restrict how and when referrer headers are sent between sites.\nMost of the time, the webring will only see the referring URL up to the first slash after the domain. For folks whose site on the webring has a path component, the webring won't be able to match it against most referrers.\nIt's also possible that your site is configured to not send referrer headers at all - in that case, the webring has nothing to go on to figure out that the visitor came from your site.\nIf the webring can't figure out where a visitor came from, they'll just get directed to a random active site.\nThat feels kinda broken if you ask me\nWell, it's no worse than before!\nIsn't there a way to improve it?\nThere is! Or... was. The first version of the webring included unique identifiers in the webring \"next\" and \"previous\" links for each member site. These unique IDs would have made it straightforward to figure out where a visitor is coming from.\nOh, don't tell me-\n\n Yeah, I removed that feature last year. \ud83d\ude05\n \n\nThe emoji-based IDs were hard to manage, added messy unintended meaning, and made it easy to mess up the webring links (or spoof someone else's) when copy-pasting!\nYou're going to link us to some code, aren't you?\nYou bet! You can find today's updates to the code here on my git hosting.\nThanks, I guess. So, what's next?\nI'm not sure! I feel like this update has the webring in a pretty good place. It's simple enough that I understand it and it works. I might look into some updates for the directory or the site layout, or help surface more information about member sites, like whether they advertise RSS feeds.\nOkay that's it, for now! Thanks for reading, imaginary interlocutor! As always, feel free to reply to this post on your own site, or feel free to drop me a line in the #indieweb chat (I\u2019m schmarty there)!",
"html": "<p>Are you a member of the <a href=\"https://xn--sr8hvo.ws/\">\ud83d\udd78\ufe0f\ud83d\udc8d IndieWeb Webring</a>? Perhaps one of many who <a href=\"https://github.com/martymcguire/indiewebring.ws/issues/17\">noticed that the \"previous\" and \"next\" links were actually going to random active member sites</a> in the ring?</p>\n<p>I'm pleased to announce that the \"next\" and \"previous\" links between webring member sites should now be, more or less, deterministic! For example, if you visit <a href=\"https://gregorlove.com/\">gRegor's site</a>, scroll to the webring links at the bottom, and click \"next\", you'll be taken to a site like mine! (at this moment, it <i>is</i> mine!) From my site, if you click the \"previous\" link, you'll be taken back to gRegor's site! This should m-</p>\n<h2>Wait, did you say \"more or less\"?</h2>\n<p>Well, uh, yeah, good spot. At a high level, the update works like this:</p>\n<p>Each active member site gets a pseudo-random \"sorting\" number. For a given site, the \"next\" site is the one with the next highest sorting order, and the \"previous\" is the one with the next lowest.</p>\n<p>When you click on a \"next\" or \"previous\" webring link from a member site, your browser tells* the webring where you're coming from with a \"referrer\" header. If the webring recognizes the referer as an active member site, it'll look up the next - or previous - site in the ring to redirect you.</p>\n<h2>Woah, woah, I see that asterisk</h2>\n<p>Way to stay sharp! Referrer headers can leak potentially sensitive information, so over time browsers have added ways to <a href=\"https://web.dev/articles/referrer-best-practices\">restrict how and when referrer headers are sent between sites</a>.</p>\n<p>Most of the time, the webring will only see the referring URL up to the first slash after the domain. For folks whose site on the webring has a path component, the webring won't be able to match it against most referrers.</p>\n<p>It's also possible that your site is configured to not send referrer headers <i>at all</i> - in that case, the webring has nothing to go on to figure out that the visitor came from your site.</p>\n<p>If the webring can't figure out where a visitor came from, they'll just get directed to a random active site.</p>\n<h2>That feels kinda broken if you ask me</h2>\n<p>Well, it's no worse than before!</p>\n<h2>Isn't there a way to improve it?</h2>\n<p>There is! Or... was. The first version of the webring included unique identifiers in the webring \"next\" and \"previous\" links for each member site. These unique IDs would have made it straightforward to figure out where a visitor is coming from.</p>\n<h2>Oh, don't tell me-</h2>\n<p>\n Yeah, I <a href=\"https://martymcgui.re/2023/05/20/rebooting--an-indieweb-webring/\">removed that feature last year</a>. \ud83d\ude05\n <br /></p>\n<p>The emoji-based IDs were hard to manage, added messy unintended meaning, and made it easy to mess up the webring links (or spoof someone else's) when copy-pasting!</p>\n<h2>You're going to link us to some code, aren't you?</h2>\n<p>You bet! You can find <a href=\"https://git.schmarty.net/schmarty/gem-diamond/compare/d0ed04...38ac424507\">today's updates to the code here on my git hosting</a>.</p>\n<h2>Thanks, I guess. So, what's next?</h2>\n<p>I'm not sure! I feel like this update has the webring in a pretty good place. It's simple enough that I understand it and it works. I might look into some updates for the directory or the site layout, or help surface more information about member sites, like whether they advertise RSS feeds.</p>\n<p>Okay that's it, for now! Thanks for reading, imaginary interlocutor! As always, feel free to <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/reply\">reply</a> to this post on your own site, or feel free to drop me a line in the <a href=\"https://chat.indieweb.org/\">#indieweb chat</a> (I\u2019m <code>schmarty</code> there)!</p>"
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