Tiny Friday Update

October 30, 2026

I canceled my YouTube Premium yesterday. I really only used it for music and to ignore ads. Their constant layout changes annoy me, and the latest one has made it impossible for me to easily see what I want to without subscribing, so I canceled. So much is AI slop anyway. Even long-time science and educational channels are clearly heavily using it. I wonder if they understand how easy it is to see and hear.

It becomes pointless really. I think one just has to accept that the majority of persons are going to eagerly use it in all its many forms if it means they can have less effort involved. After all, why take a photograph that actually celebrates the moment when you can have AI clean it up to an ideal memory? Look at the photograph enough, and the actual memory will eventually be completely replaced.

It all just saddens me. I think the world does in general. So many eager to experience “life” that they forget what “experience” actually means. I am surely an alien stranded upon a desolate isle.

In other personal updates, I'd really like to stop coughing now. I think it's getting a little better. I hate sucking on lozenges, but it's the only thing helping. I slept most of the day and allowed my fever to hopefully be close to running its coarse. I'm in pretty good spirits all things considered.

I think I shall go drown myself in a cold shower. I'd normally choose scalding when dealing with respiratory nonsense. Steam and all. I am finding the icy showers invigorating in a different manner. I think, perhaps, they feel more natural. I'm exploring the sensory aspects of it all. I suppose the real experiment will be on the coldest months of the year. Will I be able to handle it then? I've done a cold finish for a while. Can I comfortably continue a cold throughout? I don't know. For now, it's pleasing in a new way.