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I have the Ploopy Classic trackball and the Trackpad. Both are top notch products. 3D prints are excellent.

The firmware is open-source so I was able to flash my own layout for my own workflow. It's QMK, used in mechanical keyboards. You don't need to touch the firmware if you don't have the inclination, it works out of the box.

There's a small community of modders that have done wild things to the hardware too.

Locally grown is not always the best for the environment. Eating California rice in California is worse for CO2 than Thai rice, because California rice needs more inputs. Same with growing tomatoes in a natural-gas heated greenhouse in cold climates vs. trucked in from where they grow in the field. Transportation is a very small part of the CO2 footprint of food.

Yes, it's used to make oilcloth but as far as I know, you'd have to leave the garment to dry somewhere with ventilation for a week or more. However I've not done it so if that isn't the case please correct me.

A cheap solution is to wax some thrift store or old trousers. Beeswax and paraffin, there are different ratios to experiment with, and premade bars you can buy. You rub some on and heat with a hair dryer or clothes iron (with parchment paper so the iron doesn't get wax on it). It'll darken the cloth. The more you put on the more waterproof and wind-resistant it'll get. For bike pants you could focus on the front of the upper thigh and coat the rest less, leaving some breathability on the back.

Meanwhile in Trudeau's socialist nightmare, where eggs are under ~~kolkhoz~~ supply management, I pay $5.25 USD... for 18 eggs.

That's all you can do yourself. Forget about the cultists, find those who you can get along with and help each other out. It's gonna be a long time to get through this for any non-fascist Americans.

Be the change. If you're American, take your money out of big tech, big corpo. Buy from local producers and family farms. Buy from coops. Buy from companies that didn't bow down to the anti-DEI diktats.

Coffee from a Canadian roaster, made at home.

I signed up for a CSA from a local farm finally. I'll have fresh veggies grown a stone's throw away for all this summer and fall. Meanwhile, I'm not buying American produce.

Keeping my money away from Loblaws and other Canadian oligopolies as much as I can, too.

Everyone was doubting that Russia would invade Ukraine right until it happened.

When an idiot is in charge, prepare for idiocy.

Nice rock you live under.

Trump's been threatening to Anschluss Canada as the 51st state and been planning on tariffs and other fuckery to harm Canada. So a lot of Canadians are cancelling services provided by US-based companies and pirating entertainment instead.