Everyone I talk to in the last 2 years: you should get nexus!

Me: I don't want nexus, you have to give the American government your biometric data

This week in cybersecurity:

For a while I was worried that the plot was about to do the whole "actually the solution to solving the problems of the magic fantasy world is to remove the magic" thing that i really dislike but it seems to have pivoted away from that for now

Also very weird for me that the narrative is framing monarchists trying to rig a democratic election enforced by magic as the good guys. I guess there's a first time for everything.

Anyway, I find it fascinating that in Metaphor, at no point does anyone actually say EXACTLY what Louis intends to do, and why it would be bad, but everyone just agrees with the vibe check in the end. Very true to reality.

Spending time at the climbing gym with my bestie also helps, but unfortunately it looks like my calluses haven't built up enough for me to go quite as much as I'd like yet after taking a break over Christmas

I've also been trying to, when freaked out, focus on what I can control. It's hard but there ain't much else for it. This includes working towards my professional designation at work (Eng), and trying to spend more time with family. I want to commit to these more!

Also #blessed to avoid snowmageddon this year 🙌

It's been a stressful week! But I am fortunate to have an intelligent and compassionate premier with a plan. And I have good friends, and family. It's hard for me to be optimistic, but luckily I have people around me to encourage me.

So in the year 2025 when we are faced with fears and uncertainties, beyond what I have seen before in my short life, we must take a moment. To breath. To show those around us that we care for them. And to be resolute against those who would push division and hate to tear it apart.

And there is no time in my life where I have been more acutely aware that that precious fact must be fought for! This society is not an accident! It is built on the small actions taken everyday by people to show compassion and be kind, and to stand up for what is right!

Canada is not perfect, nothing is, but there is nowhere in the world where I see people more ready and willing to work with their neighbors no matter the differences, to strengthen trust between strangers, and to help each other when needed.

Metaphor Refantazio and In Stars and Time both present a idealized egalitarian society, one as a reality, one as a fantasy to work toward, and it is really being faced with these ideals as a fantasy, however blunt, that has led me to greater appreciation for the country that I live in.

It's an odd time for sure to be playing so many games recently pondering the social structure of society, but it just sort of happened, you know? And the contrast between the art I see and the world I live in has never been so striking.

I've never much been one for flags but I've been strongly tempted to go get one right now to hang on my balcony

If you auto followed, examples of what's going through my head currently include:
1984 (which I am currently reading)
Metaphor Refantazio (which I am currently playing)
Why my skin keeps coming off my stupid hands when I go bouldering on extra days
How I am not living my truth strongly enough 🇨🇦

I figure it would be interesting to try to keep a bit of an anonymous journal online, though I have no idea who will be interested reading my rambling about my bizarrely divergent interests. For posterity, as much as anything else.

Well, I opened this account a few months ago in order to mostly just lurk, but amidst the stressors of 2025 I find a lack of spaces to express myself online without perpetual astroturfing or toxicity, save for the small group chats I have with close friends and family.