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Resources for Minnesota after Murder of Renee Good

Sat, 10 Jan 2026 19:10:02 +0000

If you can’t make it to protests, here is a list of resources to participate virtually or support via donations!

Live Protest Coverage:

Key Local Resources:

Local Donations:

Other Lists:

Kobo Sync with BookLore

Sun, 04 Jan 2026 21:29:07 +0000

Goal: to be able to sync my existing eBook library with my new Kobo Libra Colour

Status: Partially successful

Tailscale on Kobo

This part was not too difficult. I was away from home, staying with family when I received my Kobo Libra Color and while I could have simply plugged the new device into my laptop and copied the .epub files over from my NAS at home…I knew long term I was going to want to be able to sync with the library. I run Tailscale on a lot of my devices so I can access my NAS or home gaming PC from anywhere¹.

On January

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 22:42:42 +0000

There’s a common sensibility that January, being the beginning of a new year, is a time for change. Certainly we have the culture of New Year’s Resolutions, but I suspect that tradition is the result of a feeling - a chance at new beginnings, a hope that this time I will do better. It’s an opportunity to reflect on both successes and mistakes, aligned with the spinning rock we live on and all the cycles that come with that. The attempt to grow is to me a necessary part of being human, and if you find that statement a bit of a stretch then it is at least a very admirable goal.

No encounters in 2025

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 17:03:36 +0000

No encounters

Despite constant vigilance, any alien beings I may have witnessed passed me by without recognition. I remain optimistic that this year, I may see one (or two) aliens.

Other

Read 29 books
Started playing Magic: The Gathering
Built a Discord bot for my book club
Spent too much money on Magic: The Gathering
Ran my first TTRPG session