physical update

Oct. 16th, 2025 10:03 am
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I still haven't full recovered from the COVID I had mid-September. Cardio tends to be rough.

I still have most of my strength though and I'm starting to regain some stuff I lost to the foot and shoulder.

The plantar faciitis still isn't quite healed, but I can now to Olympic lifts again. I'm still not running, jumping, or doing anything that requires bouncing on the ball of my foot. It is healing, just very slowly.

Fast squats are causing my calves to tighten up. Given all the other issues I've had with tendonitis and alike, I think I have weak calves and I should work on that.

I can kick up into a handstand again, which has been nice. I can swing from the bar again too, though my shoulder still hurts at night.

I had the smoothest set of wall balls in a very long time yesterday. These challenge my knees, ankles, shoulders, back, and a few other things, so having a good set means a lot of things are working well.
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Content Advisory: US government classified and controlled unclassified info leaked to news outlets, within.

[Previously: The Essequibo (Buddy-ta-na-na, We Are Somebody, Oh): Part 1]

Now, when looking at these strikes being carried out in the Caribbean, shockingly, I think there's not been a ton of coverage on this. CNN, for one, their Pentagon reporters, have been some of the only ones consistently covering what's happening in Venezuela. CNN and the New York Times right now, I would say, are the two that are kind of all over this and have been for a while. I don't know why it's getting so little coverage elsewhere, but it is. So, normally I would like to look at these, uh, these reports and source them from multiple different outlets and we just don't have that because there's so limited coverage around US military operations in SOUTHCOM right now.

— Preston Stewart [PrestonStewart on YT], 2025 Oct 15, "American Bombers Send A Message To Venezuela"


[...] I know that the people of the United States are attentive observers and the people of the United States are very aware of what is being attempted against Venezuela is armed aggression to impose regime change.

— Nicolás Maduro, 2025 Oct 3, via Times of India via AP via VTV, "Venezuela Deploys Army & Tanks After Another Deadly U.S Attack, Fighter Jet action"


I am still desperately trying to pull together Part 2 of this series, but in the meanwhile, more things keep happening. I keep checking in with my focus group, aka, Mr. Bostoniensis, about what he is seeing in the news, because my own algorithms are, uh, rather peculiarly trained at this point, and the answer seems "rock all", so I thought I'd post a news round-up of some of the developments over the last couple of weeks. (Holy crap it's been two weeks.)

October 2nd


It comes out that the Trump administration has literalized the 'War on Drugs'. [CW: 'controlled but unclassified'] )

US terminates diplomatic relations with Venezuela )

October 3rd


Fourth US strike on a boat in Venezuelan waters is announced by Trump admin )

October 6th


Venezuela announces it foiled a false-flag plot against the US Embassy in Venezuela )

October 8th


Democrats in Senate try to limit Trump's war powers but fail )

October 9th


The Venezuelan opposition leader wins the Nobel Peace prize )

Venezuela requests emergency intervention from the UN Security Council )

The US asks Grenada, 100 miles off Venezuela's coast, to allow US military installation )

October 10th


The Nobel Peace Prize winner dedicates the prize to Trump, confusing a lot of people who haven't been keeping score )

It comes out that Maduro had been trying to negotiate his way out of US demands for his outster by offering up 'a dominant stake in Venezuela's oil' )

UN Security Council has emergency meeting per Venezuela's request )

October 13th


Maduro closes Venezuela's embassies in Norway and Australia )

Venezuelan activist and political consultant in exile in Colombia were shot )

October 14th


US bombs fifth boat off Venezuela, six killed )

US announces Admiral in charge of US SOUTHCOM visiting Antigua and Barbuda and Grenada )

Which brings us to today. (Well, it was today when I started writing this.)

October 15th


Trump has authorized covert CIA operations in Venezuela [CW: 'highly classified'] )

Three US Air Force B-52 bombers buzzed Venezuela for four hours; Venezeula scrambles an F-16 in response )

It comes out that the boat of Colombians bombed in September was not bombed by mistake, but was deliberate )

Nobel Laureate Machado exhorts Trump to rescue Venezuela from Maduro )

Trump is musing aloud to the press about airstrikes on Venezuela )

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Mirror Lake

Oct. 6th, 2025 10:22 am
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When driving to my mom's house in Shirley, Ma, there was a sign that said "Mirror Lake." We looked into it and it is a swimming lake. The summer got away from us, so when I saw it was going to be 80 degrees this Sunday, I suggested we check it out. During the season it is $10 per person. They still allow swimming at your own risk off season and the parking lot was still open. We parked, walked down, and it was lovely. There were just enough people there to assure us it was fine and we went wading. The water was cool enough we didn't go in very fast. The sand also ended in some moss or plant that we didn't feel like stepping on, so we were limited by how far in we wanted to go. We both, very briefly, actually swam.

It was really nice to go when it was no cost and not crowded. There was low expectation. I don't think we'll go during the season for a few reasons, but it is nice to know what's there and that it is there.

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