Kevin Lossner
@kslossner.bsky.social
Writer, technology teacher, translator, scientist, and martial artist. Retired to the Portuguese countryside in the borderlands with Spain.
Chapter 17 so far, and loving it. Matters related to the Trojan war from the perspective of the women.
February 4, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Chapter 17 so far, and loving it. Matters related to the Trojan war from the perspective of the women.
Hoy me lo he pasado muy bien practicando esgrima en La Galera. Era publicidad para el segundo torneo de esgrima de la ciudad de Badajoz, que se celebrará el 1 de marzo.
January 31, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Hoy me lo he pasado muy bien practicando esgrima en La Galera. Era publicidad para el segundo torneo de esgrima de la ciudad de Badajoz, que se celebrará el 1 de marzo.
This is why we need specialists!
January 31, 2026 at 8:49 AM
This is why we need specialists!
My favorite plug adapter for travel: it covers all the countries I've visited except Switzerland, which is an atavistic backwater I hope never to see again anyway.
January 29, 2026 at 2:03 PM
My favorite plug adapter for travel: it covers all the countries I've visited except Switzerland, which is an atavistic backwater I hope never to see again anyway.
Recent windstorms have destroyed or damaged quite a few trees in our cork forest, reminding me of all the animals and people I have known who have been injured or killed from falling limbs and trees. I wonder if the custom of pollarding was inspired at least in part by this danger.
January 29, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Recent windstorms have destroyed or damaged quite a few trees in our cork forest, reminding me of all the animals and people I have known who have been injured or killed from falling limbs and trees. I wonder if the custom of pollarding was inspired at least in part by this danger.
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Eyes on ICE: Document and Record · No Kings
On Saturday, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in...
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January 26, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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So it appears. You can get the same flavor of fascist shit served up from a menu in English, German and Portuguese, among other options, these days.
January 26, 2026 at 1:54 PM
So it appears. You can get the same flavor of fascist shit served up from a menu in English, German and Portuguese, among other options, these days.
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The president should be impeached and convicted, as should everyone responsible for these outrages. ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries.
We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
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Lies and Lawlessness
The Camps, the Executions, and the Future
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January 25, 2026 at 10:25 PM
The president should be impeached and convicted, as should everyone responsible for these outrages. ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries.
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Gov. Tim Walz: "Thank God we have video, because according to DHS, these seven heroic guys took an onslaught of a battalion against them or something. It's nonsense, people. It's nonsense and it is lies."
January 24, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Gov. Tim Walz: "Thank God we have video, because according to DHS, these seven heroic guys took an onslaught of a battalion against them or something. It's nonsense, people. It's nonsense and it is lies."
And now a third 1.5 kg "krautchi" batch with four kinds of cabbage and lots of garlic and piri piri peppers! Fermenting foods is fun and healthy.
January 24, 2026 at 8:34 PM
And now a third 1.5 kg "krautchi" batch with four kinds of cabbage and lots of garlic and piri piri peppers! Fermenting foods is fun and healthy.
The second City of Badajoz fencing tournament for epée will be held on March 1st, 2025. All fencers and fans are welcome!
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Academia de Esgrima de Badajoz (AEBA) on Instagram: "¡Saludos, tiradores!
📣¡SE HACE SABER! Que la Academia de Esgrima de Badajoz (AEBA) convoca el II Torneo de Esgrima Deportiva 'CIVDAD DE BADAJOZ'. ...
31 likes, 4 comments - aeba_badajoz on January 23, 2026: "¡Saludos, tiradores!
📣¡SE HACE SABER! Que la Academia de Esgrima de Badajoz (AEBA) convoca el II Torneo de Esgrima Deportiva 'CIVDAD DE BADAJ...
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January 23, 2026 at 5:34 PM
The second City of Badajoz fencing tournament for epée will be held on March 1st, 2025. All fencers and fans are welcome!
www.instagram.com/p/DT2WeF7iMp...
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One of my Polish translation technology collaborators has used Payhip to distribute (sell) his software guides for years. It's certainly better than "e-junkie" that I used years ago and Lulu.
January 22, 2026 at 8:18 PM
One of my Polish translation technology collaborators has used Payhip to distribute (sell) his software guides for years. It's certainly better than "e-junkie" that I used years ago and Lulu.
Great for traveling too. Years ago my mother called me before she and dad flew across the Pond to visit, because she feared excess luggage charges for all the books he would pack. Problem solved with an e-book reader, and now he has an electronic library of thousands.
January 22, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Great for traveling too. Years ago my mother called me before she and dad flew across the Pond to visit, because she feared excess luggage charges for all the books he would pack. Problem solved with an e-book reader, and now he has an electronic library of thousands.
In other words, Stephen Miller.
January 22, 2026 at 1:08 PM
In other words, Stephen Miller.
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NATO was created after WWII to block Russian aggression in Europe.
Every Russian leader in the past 75 years has tried to destroy NATO.
Putin is finally succeeding by making Trump his bitch.
As a bonus Trump is bankrupting America.
Putin is laughing his ass off.
Every Russian leader in the past 75 years has tried to destroy NATO.
Putin is finally succeeding by making Trump his bitch.
As a bonus Trump is bankrupting America.
Putin is laughing his ass off.
January 21, 2026 at 10:05 AM
NATO was created after WWII to block Russian aggression in Europe.
Every Russian leader in the past 75 years has tried to destroy NATO.
Putin is finally succeeding by making Trump his bitch.
As a bonus Trump is bankrupting America.
Putin is laughing his ass off.
Every Russian leader in the past 75 years has tried to destroy NATO.
Putin is finally succeeding by making Trump his bitch.
As a bonus Trump is bankrupting America.
Putin is laughing his ass off.
I found Robert Reich's summary at the end of his most recent kaffeeklatsch rather moving. Among other things, he quotes MLK and makes a few points about non-violence worth remembering however much I might like to throw some Molotov cocktails these days.
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ICE: The American Gestapo | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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January 18, 2026 at 9:33 PM
I found Robert Reich's summary at the end of his most recent kaffeeklatsch rather moving. Among other things, he quotes MLK and makes a few points about non-violence worth remembering however much I might like to throw some Molotov cocktails these days.
youtu.be/ZVGTmdKoTME?...
youtu.be/ZVGTmdKoTME?...
Another batch sauerkraut started from the gleaned cabbages. I never add water, just salt about 2 teaspoons per 500 g more or less, press hard with the mixing spoon and a potato masher, and plenty of water extracts from the cabbage in a few hours. Chop thin to maximize surface area.
January 18, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Another batch sauerkraut started from the gleaned cabbages. I never add water, just salt about 2 teaspoons per 500 g more or less, press hard with the mixing spoon and a potato masher, and plenty of water extracts from the cabbage in a few hours. Chop thin to maximize surface area.
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Think Trump won't try to cancel the election? Don't kid yourself.
“The road to our current hell is paved with claims that Trump would never do something precedent-defying, crooked or flatly stupid.”
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“The road to our current hell is paved with claims that Trump would never do something precedent-defying, crooked or flatly stupid.”
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Think Trump won't cancel the election? Don't kid yourself. | Opinion
President Donald Trump has again floated the idea of cancelling the 2026 midterm elections. Laughing it off is foolish. He's crazy enough to try.
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January 18, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Think Trump won't try to cancel the election? Don't kid yourself.
“The road to our current hell is paved with claims that Trump would never do something precedent-defying, crooked or flatly stupid.”
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
“The road to our current hell is paved with claims that Trump would never do something precedent-defying, crooked or flatly stupid.”
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Your #2 makes sense.
January 18, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Your #2 makes sense.
Just a quiet afternoon reading by the goat stalls. Or trying, at least, as far as that puppy allows. He prefers to distract me by jumping in my lap and biting.
January 18, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Just a quiet afternoon reading by the goat stalls. Or trying, at least, as far as that puppy allows. He prefers to distract me by jumping in my lap and biting.
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When we said NATO wasn't working we were derided.
When we said a nuclear weapons system relying on the US is dangerous we were called stupid.
The truth is the establishment are more interested in kissing US feet than keeping the UK safe.
It's time for a rethink.
When we said a nuclear weapons system relying on the US is dangerous we were called stupid.
The truth is the establishment are more interested in kissing US feet than keeping the UK safe.
It's time for a rethink.
January 18, 2026 at 7:36 AM
When we said NATO wasn't working we were derided.
When we said a nuclear weapons system relying on the US is dangerous we were called stupid.
The truth is the establishment are more interested in kissing US feet than keeping the UK safe.
It's time for a rethink.
When we said a nuclear weapons system relying on the US is dangerous we were called stupid.
The truth is the establishment are more interested in kissing US feet than keeping the UK safe.
It's time for a rethink.
A good, if intermittently rainy day in the fields with the puppy, gleaning some 15 kg of broccoli, Savoy and Chinese cabbages from a field harvested months ago and left for the boars. There will be lots of sauerkraut and snacks for ducks and goats from all that.
January 17, 2026 at 9:33 PM
A good, if intermittently rainy day in the fields with the puppy, gleaning some 15 kg of broccoli, Savoy and Chinese cabbages from a field harvested months ago and left for the boars. There will be lots of sauerkraut and snacks for ducks and goats from all that.
The sauerkraut mix after 5 days. The veggies are held under water by a sandwich bag of marbles, and I remember to "burp" the bottle daily to release pressure from the carbon dioxide from the fermentation.
January 17, 2026 at 9:25 PM
The sauerkraut mix after 5 days. The veggies are held under water by a sandwich bag of marbles, and I remember to "burp" the bottle daily to release pressure from the carbon dioxide from the fermentation.
It's time again... to make persimmon vinegar. I have a deal with neighbors who don't use their fruit, so I raid their trees as I like. Here I have an 8 liter jar of cut persimmons which I will cover with cloth and ignore for three months to a year, the strain and filter the resultant vinegar.
January 17, 2026 at 9:17 PM
It's time again... to make persimmon vinegar. I have a deal with neighbors who don't use their fruit, so I raid their trees as I like. Here I have an 8 liter jar of cut persimmons which I will cover with cloth and ignore for three months to a year, the strain and filter the resultant vinegar.
Years ago my wife forbade me to read Hiaason in bed, because even though I managed to suppress an audible laugh as she slept, the bed shook so hard with silent laughter that it inevitably woke her. True to Florida spirit.
January 13, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Years ago my wife forbade me to read Hiaason in bed, because even though I managed to suppress an audible laugh as she slept, the bed shook so hard with silent laughter that it inevitably woke her. True to Florida spirit.