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Aug 1st

Geekdom Lane update: here’s the lamp assembly working. The control bits are being fiddly, I didn’t finish them. The housing for the lamp and bits is ready, but the support mechanism isn’t. Next week, B”H!

Esther’s been walking in the mornings with her friend; I’m abashed that I’ve done virtually no walking. Now that her friend is outside the country, I’ll try to pick up the slack.

The big news this week, apparently, is that a company rediscovered the fact that attractive people are better at getting us to buy merchandise than, well, those who aren’t. This incredibly obvious point is causing meltdowns amongst the Good People™, and antisemitism (yes, really) amongst the Bad People™. They’re often the Same People, you know?

I’m pleased that a quite clever ad campaign is top of the news cycle, rather than our little cauldron of conflicts.

Dumb and dumber:

France has decided to cement its reputation as the foremost “Surrender Monkey Republic”, by deciding to recognize “Palestine” shortly. That said, formerly Great Britain, and Canada as well, are vying for the title. The Netherlands is trying hard, but they haven’t beat the other guys in centuries.
Israelis who spy for the enemy, especially during wartime, must be executed. Why aren’t we doing that?
A thread on the “Jews were expelled from 109 countries” that the antisemites continually state.
Another thread from Cheryl: I Spy With My Little Eye - Part Two: Operation SIG, the KGB, and the War Against America.
A fascinating (to me, at least) discussion about America’s next stealth fighter. Why is it needed? etc.
Walsh weighs in on Sweeney’s Good Jeans.

I made yet another release of 8th this week. Then I had to fix a bug or two, but such is life. I worked on the lamp project, as mentioned; to do that, I purchased a nice little electric drill/screwdriver thing that looks like a pug, but does a surprisingly nice job.

We met my most distant relatives (so far), who live just a few blocks from us, my fourth-cousin (and her descendants) via my mother’s father’s father’s father’s brother! We only found out about them a few weeks ago, so that was pretty cool.

We’ve finally left the heat-wave behind, and are looking forward to pleasant weather over shabbat (and even for the fast of 9Av coming up far too soon).

This shabbat, we’ve guests; they (and we) will enjoy:
homemade sourdough ḥalla, chicken, chicken soup, chicken salad potatoes, pashtida, various salatim, fruit, and brownies.

Until next time,
shabbat shalom!
(and have a fruitful fast, if you’re fasting!)

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