This is a post I may edit later, which is thematically connected by various forms of dubiousness i've encountered lately.

my car is trying to die on me. there are code readers specifically compatible with an unlicensed software that specifically reads the data from ford vehicles' onboard computer systems. i find myself regularly disappointed with the ford dealership's ability to fix vehicles. i wonder if they're just unwilling to provide good service because the standard for all computer technology these days, including vehicle onboard computers, is no right to repair.

every model of car seems to have its own forum. i love this aspect of the internet. everybody on my car's forum says, have you tried using that software? i'm fascinated by it. the website is in like english spanish and some language with a Cyrillic alphabet. what hero created this, singlehandedly keeping so many vehicles on the road?

regional trans discord identity politics channel makes me regret being in a regional trans discord with an identity politics channel

local parking garage exploded, flooding the attached hotel with toxic smoke. i had friends visiting stayin in that hotel. i guess they got the full local experience, then, explosions and all. everyone says it was a planned attack to consolidate the city's parking monopoly. whether or not it was intended to do that, it is gonna do that, so it makes sense to be at least somewhat suspicious. others are blaming EVs, period. did you know people in the area these days are anti-electricity and want everything to run off gas seemingly? anyway, i wouldn't be too surprised if it was a faulty muskmobile, but i would also not be surprised if it was said parking monopoly.

protests in my area sometimes are planned beside an adjacent normie event, which kind of allows people to go in and out of the protest zone via the approved normie event. example: the earth day event next to the roadside protest.

was planning on going to the summer fest at the local farmer's market, but they're rescheduling it. that is such a shame. i understand why an event sponsored by a local real estate company wants to not be happening this weekend. i'm still going to go shopping there, though. support local business.

there's a new shop cropping up in the region that seems to have only existed in indonesia before now. it's an outlet store a little bit, with randomly priced goods going out of season from other stores. it's also one of those stores where you can rummage around in bins looking through amazon returns and lost mail. on thursdays, the bin contents cost $1, and for members it's half off. people tear the mail packages asunder to find out what's inside, resulting in the various parts of the packages getting sort of decontextualized from the whole product. it's a mess. i've been going with friends largely because they love to find fucking doohickeys and contraptions in the bins. i hate touching the bin contents because it's probably the most keenly i've ever felt that humanity is fucking disgusting. i'm not usually THAT much of a germophobe, but it's kind of beyond the pale. anyway, what i've been doing there is grabbing fabric from the bins. i'm considering making pencil cases with it, or something easy like that. maybe drawstring bags. just something dead simple to sell for a few bucks as a hobby. it is pretty good deals on fabric that would go for far more at joann's, were she still with us.

i'm beginning to think that joann's was always a rip-off, and i feel less bad for being unwilling to browse her wares prior to her retirement. secondhand fabric forever.