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Weird af: when I speak Dutch I can’t just instantly switch to Spanish. English: yes, French: yes, German: yes, but Spanish is like a closed door I bang my head against it. Happened now 3x that my colleagues looked at me expectantly for my brain to switch. I needed to listen to someone else speak Spanish for 30 seconds for the switch to happen. Weirdly I understood everything they said.

What everyone in crypto does daily…. The euro sleeper is an interesting irl infrastructure project. It’s run as a cooperative (ie DAO without a safe). I’m annoyed that the Barcelona Brussels line is still not open, but that’s because SNCF (French train company). This points to the risk of this investment: They don’t own the rails

worth to invest? https://www.europeansleeper.eu/invest

If I’d be in the US and attending Farcon Rome, I’d take this flight. 1. It’s cheap 2. Passport checks in Dublin in the return flight. This means you land in Chicago and can just walk out (unless of course the agreement is cancelled)

Fighting with your kids? I got the solution. Make the numbers 6 and 7 appear randomly somewhere (stove maybe) or include it in your speech (you will be grounded for 6 or 7 hours/days) and the situation will diffuse automatically.

By accident I left the kids at home without Wi-Fi. They’ll survive.

The sanctions: Trump’s ICC decree freezes the assets of targeted individuals in the US and bans them and their immediate family members from entering the country. Even if she has no assets in the US and would not have to travel to the US (for work), this move by the US stinks. https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-12-28/the-complicated-life-of-francesca-albanese-a-rising-figure-in-italy-but-barred-from-every-bank-by-trumps-sanctions.html

I speak … German with a Westfällischen/ Ruhrgebiet accent Dutch with a Maastricht accent English with a German-Irish accent (do r ask me what that is) Spanish with a French accent French with a I don’t know what accent. nobody yet identified it My kids speak English with an Irish accent and Spanish with a Canarian accent and German with Spanish accent 🤯

Kid#3 asks me to read Maze Runner and the short chapters annoy me

kid#4 is teaching herself CHRISTMAS songs on guitar 🤪

Maybe my reaction should have been amazement about how she’s using technology. I haven’t set up a greeting in years

kid#3 voicemail greeting is a plea to me to loosen parental control Me like an idiot started talking to her getting annoyed that she doesn’t even say hi how are you 😂

Amazing week this will be

@naomii you like this article https://www.codastory.com/surveillance-and-control/the-digital-exiles-why-people-are-abandoning-their-smartphones

Someone isn't updating their database properly. Yes Yugoslavia still exists in it. I had to check

Eat cake. Whenever and however the fuck you want. Especially if your mom made it (aka me) and you are sharing it with your kids in the kitchen all digging into it

Not gonna come close to last week’s distance. But still starting a new streak on Recipes Use my code TZIVFI to get 100 points after your first workout! https://invite.receipts.xyz/r?code=TZIVFI

Ok rethinking it. If I want it to be a goddess that flies down my arm like a fury, an Morrigan might be better. She came to Ireland over the ocean with the Tuathe de Danaan, now known as the fairy folks. She is the goddess of war and destruction and transforms into a crow diving into battles and spreading terror. But there are fewer depiction on her. And Christianity has distorted much of Celtic myths. Maybe turn the whole right arm into pissed of ancient goddesses? Which would play on the bible’s verse that Jesus, God’s help, is on his right hand https://i.pinimg.com/736x/90/76/61/907661313e061552a5f5af80346bef3b.jpg

I thought I was lazy today after watching several shows with kid#4. Kid#3 even laughed when coming home that we haven’t moved. But I was surprised to see I did 6000 steps. Turns out I did most *before* I went to bed. Happy New Year to all parents who survived today no matter how sleep deprived or hang over you are.