u/The3DBanker

So, I recently started reading the first Silo book… and at the bottom of page 48 is this bit:

>!« That’s three decent candidates, » Marnes said. « Just like you asked for. Be happy to work with any of them. Juliette, I think she’s in the middle there, would be my first pick. Works down in Mechanical. Don’t come up much, but me and Holston… » Marnes paused and cleared his throat.!<

So, yeah. Clearly a much different attitude towards Juliette than in the show.

Seriously, these morons think they can tariff away the impacts of climate change, but who the fuck are they going to blame when Florida and Louisana get gobbled up by the Gulf of Mexico?

So, I wound up getting a bathroom scale and this morning, I did my first home weigh in on this journey. 149.94 kg, 78.42kg of lean mass, BMI at 50.3.

My weight loss journey hasn’t officially started yet (I will consider the start to be when I’ve got shit locked in, but right now? I’m trying to lock in as much as I can).

So, I spoke to a lawyer today about applying for a Canadian certificate of identity. For those who don't know, it is a travel document for non-Canadians, and the certificate of identity is specifically for permanent residents of Canada who are either stateless or are otherwise unable to obtain a national passport. I fall into the latter category. Specifically because I'm a trans person and I'm not about to cross an international border with a false passport.

The lawyer went over my documents and even though he's not an immigration lawyer, he thinks I have a pretty solid, legally cognizable argument. While I won't repost my ENTIRE letter, here are the highlights:

1. IRCC has previously issued a Certificate of Identity to a permanent resident whose country of nationality would, in a strictly technical sense, have issued her a passport — but where the act of obtaining it would have exposed her to serious harm. Specifically, Guldana Salimjan who obtained a certificate of identity because of the nature of her research about her home country, China.
2. I cannot obtain a legally usable US passport that accurately identifies me.
3. According to the 2022 U.S. Transgender Survey, 22% of trans people reported harassment, assault, or denial of services when their identification did not match their gender expression.
4. The Orr v. Trump case.
5. The misrepresentation risk under s. 40 of the IRPA. And yes, the IRB confirms that this IS a risk where intent means fuckall (or, in their words, "While misrepresentations relating to marital status and dependants are common, the Appeal Division has considered a wide range of misrepresentations to be material, including [...] misrepresentation of identity" and

So, I think I have a decent-ish shot of getting a Certificate of Identity.

So, I moved back to the Yukon back at the beginning of April and over the past couple of days, I’ve been getting ads from the UCP lying about the job they’re doing to fuck up Alberta. Like… why?

I know I have more employment opportunities here in the Yukon than I did in Alberta. I know how the UCP has been using the notwithstanding clause to fuck over teachers and trans people. Why are they spending so much money to lie to people who don’t live in Alberta?

So, on Monday, I had a pretty good workout… to a degree where it’s kicking my ass even now. Add to that the fact that I started a physical job and honestly, I’m wondering if the ache dulls over time. Like, how long should I wait for my back to get the memo that I’m living a more active life now and it needs to quit bitching at me?

I swear to god, when will people stand up to this hateful, racist bullshit and stop pretending like America is an equal, good-faith partner as it consistently seeks to prove that it refuses to be that?

So, my narcissistic mother lasted almost five whole days before deciding that this message I sent her:

« Fine. We’ll do it your way. I need you to stop contacting me. Your messages constitute criminal harassment under section 264(2)(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada and section 42.07 of the Penal Code of Texas and I am asking you clearly and in writing to cease all contact immediately. If you continue to contact me after this message, I will report it to the RCMP. »

Wasn’t really important or somehow unserious. So, I got off the phone with the non-emergency number at the RCMP detachment in town. And what was so important that she felt the need to break my boundaries again and contact me against my consent? This:

« You are so consumed in your life that you don't think about anyone else »

Which she shortly followed up with:

« Because life does go on when you are not in it. But all you are and ever have been about you »

Needless to say, I’m sick of her shit. So, I only had one thing to say to her:

« Calling the cops. »

… which did take a moment because I had to look up the non-emergency number for the detachment. She responded with:

« For God's sake think about the world around you because you don't rule it »

And then with « Call »

I made it clear, « I told you to stop harassing me. »

And of course, she decided to respond with a threat « I will let them read everything... everything » and then told me « You have done it before », which is true. I called the cops before when she cut my hand with garden shears, something which left a scar that lasted even to this day, more than 20 years later.

And after I got off the phone, I told her this: « I just got off the phone with the RCMP detachment, a member will be calling me shortly to report it officially. I will reiterate: LEAVE. ME. ALONE. »

Why can’t she just leave me alone? I literally moved the length of a continent and across international borders to get away from her.

Hello!

I need to file a divorce at the court next week and have it served outside of the Yukon (specifically, in Alberta). Do process service have to be a specific profession or on a register of process servers or could they be any adult?

So, at my doctor’s appointment on Tuesday, I weighed in at 154 kg (which means my BMI is 52.1), I have around 90-92 kg to lose to get to a healthy weight for the first time in my adult life and after leaving an abusive husband and starting CPAP therapy almost a month ago. My goals for the month of June is as follows:

1. Quit pop, 100%.
2. Start tracking my macro nutrient values and daily caloric intake.
3. Get connected with Weight Wise to get post-bariatric support.
4. Start swimming 5x per week again, at 1 hour per swim.
5. Get a scale for my home.
6. Start getting more water in.

I have a medical appointment scheduled towards the end of the month so let’s see if I can drop some serious kilos. My hope is that once I’m in full force, I will be 4kg lighter by the end of next month. :)

The Steam Deck is available once again, after months of not being available, and here in Canada, the price is $1,129 for the 512gb OLED and $1,349 for the 1TB OLED. For reference, when I got mine a couple of years ago, I think I paid $849 for my 1TB OLED.

So, for all the pro-AI simps lurking here, fuck you for making gaming hardware much more expensive. Fuck you for fucking up the Steam Machine. Fuck you for doubling the price of the Framework laptop I’ve been saving for to replace my MacBook Pro. You and your shitty AI chatbots have fucked over PC gamers and console gamers aren’t too far away from being fucked over.