Shayne Lynch

In 1812, the USA had to make war on Britain (in the form of Canadian Territories) to get the White House damaged.

Now Trump is doing it himself!

The Memorial to the victims of the Gatton murders, 1898. Gatton cemetery, Queensland.

Apparently, I make the bed too slowly.

It is weird that I don't like needles, but feel sad that my doctor has stopped me donating blood for the next three months.

My regular blood donation place (Australian Red Cross Lifeblood) have warned me that my ferritin levels are getting low, so off to the doctor. A full set of blood tests later show my PSA score is slightly up, and my eGFR is low. But she has been monitoring it, so no worries.

"AI" originally was short for "Artificial Insemination".

I occasionally get the creepy shivers when I read about computer based AI.

False Spring is starting in Canberra. Daily temps are now around 16 celcius. Startled neighbourhood emerges to peer at the midday sun, before running inside before the evening chill.

Canberra's winter is a real hardship this year, with overnight temperatures around minus 5 Celsius. Morpheus and Apollo are glas we have heated throw-blankets.

Morpheus Cat is helping me make the bed.

Large tabby cat asleep in bed, partially under the blankets.

That is it. The catlapometer has broken down and is taking refuge in the bed. Morpheus (God of dreams) is tired of minus five degree nights.

Mountain Rosella wondering if I'm going to share that food....

Max Temperature today in southern Canberra was 5.4 degrees Celsius. But the apparent temperature only broke 3 degrees as the sun was setting...

It's feeling like a cruel winter.

The Cold is settling into Australia's mountain regions.The Cats are not happy. The Arthritis is not happy.

Australia returns the Labor Party to government, after the opposition expresses some level of admiration for Trump.

"Prince William and Donald Trump to be among guests at Pope's funeral on Saturday"

Well, That is going to cut into the Donald's golfing time.

Hmm. American Border Control is refusing entry to any foreign national that has expressed a negative opinion of the Trump Team.

Be nice, or tell the truth?

Not sure I'll be visiting my D-USA friends soon....

Well, that didn't last very long.

>poke< >poke<

The cloud pattern at the north pole of Saturn is a hexagon. A giant hexagon many times bigger than the earth.

This universe has a texture rendering problem.

Autumnal Equinox in a few hours. A welcome time of the year when the Cat sleeps through the night and feels no need to wake me up at 3am.

Donald Trump promised to "Make America Great Again". I guess he thinks that means he has to smash it into pieces first, before he can make it great.

Personally, I think he is making America Grate.

I'm getting really good at taping my knee to stop the patella from rolling around the side.

Bothers me that the tape looks like a Euro symbol, though.

I think Trump has discovered that Jackson and Buchanan are higher on the list of worst Presidents of the USA, and is determined not to be beaten by anybody.

Thank you to PC Mag and ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) for helping me to revert to Microsoft Office 365 Classic.

I hadn't asked Microsoft to upgrade me to the more expensive option of 'stuff I want' + AI, but I was presented with it anyway.

For the past 35 years I have studied pre-baroque fencing manuals. I have fenced competitively across Australia and in the USA.

Now I find that my long-term hobby has altered my musculature - my right patella rolls sideways when I walk. Physio, exercises, and body strapping to try to stop that.

The Trump Team have complained that Australian companies 'flooded' the USA market with Aluminium, contrary to an agreement. So Tariffs.

Rio Tinto now have evidence that USA ASKED for extra aluminium to create war munitions for Ukraine.

The Trump Team can't even Lie straight.

Weight is coming off now. Tons of visits to the toilet to pee it off.

So that is 13 Kg (28 Pounds USA) down since mid 2024.

Latest Covid booster taken two days ago. Sore arm, as usual. But I seem to be bloating as well (+2 Kg weight gain during calorie deficit)

Trump's government just installed 25% tariffs on Australia. I guess we are not buying American any more.

USAID programs have been cut. So the USA organised foreign aid that buys products from USA farmers to ship overseas has been stopped.

Short-term, I guess that there will be excess farm produce, driving grocery prices down. Later, I guess that there will be bankrupt Farmers in the USA.

Donald Trump is saying "...And the results will be spectacular!"

Oh, they are. I've never seen a dumpster fire quite like it.