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I spent an inordinate amount of time on banking this week.

First, I linked an external account to my <strike>name redacted</strike> US bank account. That bank then checked the name on the linked account, which — because the other institution uses an intermediary bank — did not show my name. My bank then helpfully put a ''hold'' on my account, which required me to call them. I did, and spent close to ''two hours'' on line with them. Why so long, you ask? Because my bank sucks the proverbial… well, you know.

This being the last of many straws, we decided to seek out another US bank to use. It turns out that if you are a non-resident citizen, you can just go screw yourself. Almost nobody wants to deal with you. The ones that ''are'' happy to deal with you, generally want you to keep a significant amount on deposit. Which, I must say, is not really in the cards for us.

So we tried a credit union: [https://www.sdfcu.org SDFCU], which is supposed to be ''perfect'' for expats. During the sign-up process we uploaded our passports, took photos, uploaded an electric bill (in Hebrew, because well, you know). After a relatively short delay, we got a “your application has been rejected” notice.

Rejected, because they “could not identify us electronically”. Despite having accepted our passports and validated our pictures using some biometric nonsense. So, not to worry: I emailed them to find out exactly ''why'' we had been rejected, and what could we do to get accepted. No go.

According to SD-FU, once the automated system rejects you, your only recourse is to ''show up in person'' at one of their six branches around Washington D.C. There is no human involved in the online process, and it can’t be overturned. So in the end, we’re staying with our crappy bank.

This is your future: the AIs are going to FU up.

Around the bend:
* [https://blackwinghq.com/blog/posts/a-touch-of-pwn-part-i/ Bypassing fingerprint] sensors on Windows, and [https://binarly.io/posts/The_Far_Reaching_Consequences_of_LogoFAIL/index.html subverting the system boot] using specially crafted images.
* Chris Cuomo [https://twitter.com/ChrisCuomo/status/1735473602806399155 viewed the Oct 7th] videos, and has his say.
* The Houthis (of Yemen) [https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/supply-chains-red-sea-blocked/?utm_source=recirc-desktop are maritime pirates]. They’re soon going to find out what the “find out” of “#FAFO” means.
* My friend’s blog: [https://penamacorrespondent.blog/means-and-ends/ “Means and Ends”].
* “Scummy privileged leftist highway protestors hate us” [https://www.adambcoleman.com/p/scummy-privileged-leftist-highway and I hate them too]. Also by him: [https://www.adambcoleman.com/p/insufferable-entitlement-behind-wus Wu’s insufferable entitlement]. He’s on a roll.
* And the director of one of the hospitals in Gaza admits [https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-778679 Hamas uses the hospitals] for terror purposes. I mean, we did know that; but the mountain of evidence keeps growing.

We’re looking forward, ''very much'', to our upcoming trip next week to visit the Grands and family! We’ll stay ''chez Daniela'' and take on the onerous burdens of “babysitting” and “playing with the kids” and “roughhousing”. I trust we’ll manage.

And we ''just'' started using the heating a bit. It’s getting cold (for us: 12C overnight lows), and the weather for ''shabbat'' should be chilly and perhaps rainy Saturday afternoon as well.

This ''shabbat'' we’re invited out for one meal. For the rest:
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homemade ''ḥallah'',
roasted chicken with potatoes and yams,
baked eggplant and ''ṭeḥina'',
various ''salatim'',
and fresh strawberries from the ''shuq''.

Until next time,<br>
''shabbat shalom''! <br>

Happy birthday, Daniela!

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