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It seems like there's less smoke in the air this morning. I can't smell it, but I still can't see the west side of Seneca Lake.
We're hoping to pour concrete on Tuesday, weather permitting. Backup is Thursday. Meetings on Tuesday about lighting and the deck and porch.
Making some progress on the HVAC design. Hope to have something soon to shop around to some plumbing and heating contractors in the area.
I received the demo kit for the CleanLife LED low-voltage DC lighting the other day. I put it together yesterday morning and played with it. I was wondering about the range of the kinetic wireless switches, so I took it out into the garage and I was able to switch the lights on and off from out there, so I'm pretty confident they'll work in the house.
The switch doesn't have the same tactile feeling of a regular light switch. It's a rocker, so when you release pressure, it returns to its neutral position. It does have a stiff action and a pronounced click, but it's definitely a different experience than a regular light switch.
You can control the temperature and brightness of the lights with the switch, though again, it's a different experience than using a push-button dimmer, or a slider. After turning the lights on, pressing and holding the top of the switch will change the brightness, pressing and holding the bottom of the switch controls the color temperature. That can also be controlled from an app as well.
I may get a 110vac puck LED from the hardware store and wire it up and compare the power draw.
I may not, as well.
The beat goes on...
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17:21 Friday, 17 July 2026
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Last night was another episode in the ongoing public humiliation of the United States of America.
I think I'm past the point of being dumbfounded. I guess it's just his commitment to the bit, or maybe it is dementia. I know the people around him blow smoke up his ass as they're kissing it every minute of every day; but I have to wonder just how much he believes his own bullshit about America being respected ("as never before").
I know he lies as reflexively as breathing, but does he think anyone else is believing his bullshit?
I also know there is roughly about a third of the electorate who will believe him no matter what he says, and every Republican in office, but these people are fools. Which seems to be just about enough to destroy democracy. It's supposed to be "majority rule," but not so much, as it turns out.
It's embarrassing.
He sounded like an incoherent, two-bit huckster. He's become a caricature of a caricature. He's a prop used by the cynical opportunists who are really running the government. Forget "the deep state," it's criminals and fraudsters who are calling the shots.
It's certain that he and his lickspittle sycophants will do everything they can to try and thwart the will of the people in November. We'll see what happens.
If the courts can stop the worst of his efforts, perhaps we can stop the bleeding. If they roll over and enable outright autocracy, then I'm afraid of what comes next.
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