Iyah May y'all!

Never heard of her before this, but first impressions are positive! Seems like she may be on a path to becoming a Tom MacDonald of Pop, sort of... Her record label wouldn't release this, so she left the label! Respect.

I may not agree with the video direction, with odd/old-looking filters, styles, and suboptimal color contrasts in red and blue, but the message! Oh yeah. Hopefully we're headed into a revolution of sorts, of awareness, where the old and self-gratifying ways of pandering and profiteering at the expense of not just us but the world for all future generations begone.

Speaking of karma (relevantly tied to a site with the official iconic car carnage classic Carmageddon), don't miss the recent GOG giveaway.
One good old game free to play for days and days straight!

And shout out Iyah May eh! Pray we change ways with insane pace. It's the rage age. When the common day is cray cray. Keep the faith mate. In humanity. In these great apes.

It ain't too late.

AKA Göteborg!

I've been there now! To the city of... well I really don't know much about what this city is about. I haven't read up on its history at all, but I know it's a seaside city, of historical stature, with a big port and stone buildings, that I roamed around for a day yesterday.

It seemed to be a nice place.

Most restaurants had a lunch alternative with fish fresh off the market too, which Stockholm does not! I tried Bror & Bord (Brother & Table - though in meaning it's more like 'good friend and place to sit'), and would recommend it warmly. Affordable yet great food, generous servings, fresh salad, bread, butter and coffee. Chocolate too. And the cleanest bathrooms I've maybe ever seen in a restaurant! Plus hospitable staff.

One thing you commonly hear here about Gothenburg is how kind and courteous the people there are - to the point they've had issues with crime and violence, since they've welcomed in basically anyone, and it's true!

The welcoming part, I mean.

You might run into some pretty tough-looking guys on the streets, and so many redheads I'm wondering if this particular port is where most of our Viking descendants assimilated, yet if you happen to interact with them you get all but the cold and callous call-outs you'd expect. They're nice. Don't judge manners by the banners, as they say.

Though I assume I also fortunately didn't run into the wrong people.

I get the impression Stockholm's still way worse, but what do I know after but a day here. People did seem to be staring at their cellphones unusually much though, walking around without looking up at all, that surprised... considering how social they seem to be otherwise even with strangers.

The sidewalks were different too. Almost all were in cobblestone, with lines of larger, smoother rock in the middle. Oldskool, yet with a flare for the ergonomic, modern and more easily walkable.

I bought home some locally brewed Två Feta Grisar (Two Fat Pigs) beer as a souvenir (for my parents - I'm not a fan of bitter brews), made good use of the free WiFi on the VR trains - first time traveling with them too, and had a good five and a half hours to eat and explore the city.

Here's a glimpse:

Read on...

Doopiidoo y'all!

Some say this AI thing's a threat but... ain't it a blessing really?

I think I'm getting a bit addicted to these.

Went shopping today... well hey!

Not mine! Bryn Johnson's.

This is the guy I hope to post more about, and pick up some advice and inspiration from this year.

I'm not implementing all of this into my own protocol for a better life - longevity irrelevant. Thus far I've been doing only the regular computer breaks. Light exercise throughout the day.

I've been trying to move around more for roughly a week now, and though the time between breaks so far does vary greatly - I don't want to set a timer as that quickly just becomes a source of annoyance, and detracts from the fun and benefit of the routine - I do feel better.

A few dumbbell lifts, a few squats, a run down and back up the stairs, the plank for half a minute or so... those are the types of break activities I'm currently varying. And looking out the windows a bit before I sit down again, as to exercise my eyes while I'm at it; hopefully reduce myopic progression. The 20-20-20 regime I ought be following (twenty second breaks every twenty minutes for... I'm not sure what that last twenty stood for anymore) seems just impossible to uphold, but coupled with regular exercise breaks? It's not! It's so much easier.

Unlike eye exercises you actually feel a direct benefit from actual physical exercise, and that's motivating, so they're easy to combine. And more regular physical exercise = more discipline! So far so good.

I mean I've actually been writing my diary on a daily basis so far. Brushing my teeth. Doing eye exercises in the mirror while I do. Taking long walks with regularity; sometimes multiple in a day. All the little things.

Discipline overall feels strong.

I'm still not sleeping enough at all, but movement seems to keep the sense of hopelessness in resolving said sleep issues at bay too.

If I only get 5-6 hours in a night I can get by on a few powernaps during the day instead. Optimism's the big resource. Keep it up; keep going; minor inconveniences shall sort themselves out.

I do need to start working a bit with my diet too, and morning care's important... more protocol implementations TBC!

Water molecules ain't the way they once were anymore...

This might not make much sense without a translation but... WTH! Google if you wish to pursue more info dude. It's a blurb about how water molecules have changed since the age of the dinosaurs.

The screenshot above's taken from a random Swedish company website that deals with water, and the circulation or filtration of ditto.

Pretty cool way to showcase their expertise.