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                               2025-02-25

New year, pre-carnival, etc.

Successfully befriending a ~1.5 month old cockatiel chick.
• It trusts me and promptly perches on my finger (except at night, when
  it gets angry by the need of sleep and allows no one to disturb).
• I cannot tell its sex yet (i need to wait for the definitive feathers
  to grow).
• Its wings are not trimmed yet; but i will do it right after the
  feathers grow a bit more.  No australian bird will flee into brazilian
  wilderness and corrupt the ecosystem as an invasive species (only
  humans can do that).
• It is now orphan of father (rip Zé).

The buying i did from ebay got blocked when it arrived in Brazil; and it
got automatically returned to the seller.  That's because ebay does not
care to comply with brazilian's customs beaureaucratic horrors beyond my
comprehension (i cant blame them); and defers to each seller the issue
to send packages accordingly with the required papers.  The seller tried
to send it twice.  First time he got notified while posting (in China)
that something was wrong, and then messaged me back.  But on second try,
the package crossed a continent and an ocean just to get sent back.
Friendship ended with ebay, now amazon is my best friend.

Jeff Bezos blocked my amazon.com account due to suspicious activity.
Someone logged into my account after seven years of inactivity; changed
the password using the associated email via the “forgot my password”
button; and redeemed a gift card.  (It was me btw).  To access the
account again, i had to call the brazilian-localized amazon customer
service, and then get the call transferred to the international customer
service line, just to be told that they could do nothing, for my account
had no additional contact data (phone number, alt mail, being pairing
with The App, etc) that could be sold^Wused to regain access.  All
credit i had got innaccessile, and all buyings i did (none) during the
few minutes i had access got cancelled.  Friendship ended with amazon,
now aliexpress is my best friend.

(Still no T420 JIS-layout keyboard ):

«The Lord of the Rings» done.  Gonna read «The Hobbit» now, i think.

Dropping covfefe and adopting the habit of drinking tea during the day.
Doing tea with mate, stevia (the herb, not the artificial sweetener made
after it), fennel (“erva-doce”), and lemon grass (“capim-santo”).

Trying to adopt the habit of walking every morning or late evening.

Trying to adopt the habit of being at home with no shirt.
(Imagine using shirts (or any clothes at all) at this latitude).
I use to wear sleeveless shirts; but feel awkward when no shirt.

Still thinking in what to publish on this gopherhole.

Still looking for job.