It's been a few weeks since the last diary post and while I always intend to write some deep and thoughtful wrapup of the year, there's always something...my cat went missing and then after more than 2 months, we found her deceased, almost literally next door, and then the holidays snuck up, and I've been going to the Zoo and Seaworld on the regular, and then I've had this pain in my neck and back whenever I'm online for any stretch of time so I'm trying to work that out, and then it was Christmas, and then I got the news over the weekend that Tim Lowman died, and I've just chosen to be out living, rather than holed up writing or aggregating or generally getting myself worked up about the horrible, egregious, disgusting things happening by the current administration, and it's all just too much. And while I haven't said anything on socials about Tim, the news is absolutely heartbreaking and devastating and I can't stop thinking of beautiful little Marlow growing up without her amazing daddy. We have been friends for many, many years, but over the last few, most of our interactions consisted of running into their little family as they traversed the zoo, and usually I could get Kizzy and Handsome, the African Gray Parrots, to engage in some communications. Of course the passage of time also brings great things...Toby got the care he needed, my God sister had her twin babies, I got to go on an epic California roadtrip, and overall, my family is all doing well, albeit after losing both Ficus and Tikka this year. So yeah, I'm a happy and fulfilled person striving to be better in 2026, but 2025 was just a super fucked up trash year on many levels and not everyone made it out alive, but all the rest of us can do is keep on keeping on and hope (and act when we can) for a better tomorrow.
I love you. Stay safe out there. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
- SAN DIEGO LOCALS:
- San Diego Is the 6th Most Caring City in America – WalletHub Study (12.8.25)
- San Diego Is 2025’s 6th Best City for New Year’s Eve Celebrations – WalletHub Study (12.9.25
- SAN DIEGO REGIONAL POLITICS:
- Opinion: The fiscalization of Balboa Park threatens the soul of San Diego - Downtown News (12.4.25)
- All the New Fees Still Not Enough to Cover City Budget Deficit. Mayor Todd Gloria is directing city department leaders to cut costs. - Voice of San Diego (12.4.25)
- County Parks to Adjust Fees Next Month - County News Center (12.4.25)
- County parks and rec fees to increase next month — again - Times of San Diego (12.3.25)
- How Paloma Aguirre forged path from surfer to politician in border sewage fight - CalMatters (12.6.25)\
- An SDPD captain helped secure a multimillion-dollar surveillance deal. Now he works for the contractor. Former San Diego police Capt. Jeff Jordon is now securing new contracts for Flock Safety. - SDUT (12.9.25)
- City Council backs SDPD surveillance policies despite opposition - Times of San Diego/City News Service (12.9.25)
- San Diego City Council allows use of license plate reader technology to continue. The council voted unanimously for 52 of the policies, which included items such as SWAT robots and vehicle trackers. The remaining two items proved far more contentious. - kpbs (12.10.25)
- Local, state leaders ask questions about recent freeway closures in San Diego County - kpbs (12.16.25)
- ZOO GOSS:
- The San Diego Zoo has been absolutely bananas this week...perhaps the new bottleneck of the parking lot added with anxiety the free parking is coming to an end added to the fact that literally the whole country seems to be traveling here for our weather and Holiday Bowl. If you do make it to the zoo...some notable newsy things: Cora, the maned-wolf had 3 pups, and on occasion can be seen toting them around the habitat in her mouth. Additionally, the new baby giraffe is about a month old, the 3 baby fossa (born July) are super fun to watch, especially around sunset, and two female mandrills, Tangerine (5) and Stella (3) have been introduced to male, Ajani, though they're still not quite sure about him.
- SEA WORLD GOSS:
- Seaworld has also been bonkers this week. Both reindeer have lost their antlers, the Christmas Celebration and late hours will end on Sunday, and I can just go back to working on my relationship with the octopuses, my latest obsession.
- HOLIDAYS:
- Tips to Have a Happy Sustainable Holiday Season - County of San Diego (12.10.25)
- San Diego Ranks in the Top 20 Best Cities for Christmas – WalletHub Study (12.16.25)
- High-fat cheese, cream linked to lower risk of dementia: Study. Low-fat dairy and other dairy foods showed no clear association. - ABC News (12.17.25)
- TRANS RIGHTS & GUN FIGHTS:
- (Ignorant, Useless, Unqualified, Stupid Bitch, Cuntface) Pam Bondi wants FBI to offer bounties for ‘radical gender ideology’ groups, leaked memo shows - Advocate (12.17.25) For the record, Pam, and FBI, I'm not part of a radical gender ideological group, I just love my fucking kid and would prefer him alive and not dead by suicide or barely alive with crippling depression.
- COVID-19/AVIAN FLU/HEALTH/WELLNESS:
- FLU:
- Disease Outbreak News : Seasonal influenza - Global situation - WHO (12.10.25)
- COVID-19:
- NOTE TO MEDIA: Updated COVID-19 vaccine composition recommendation - WHO (12.18.25)
- CRAZY SHIT FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION (HHS | FDA | CDC | NIH | ETC):
- County Public Health Officials Recommend Hepatitis B Vaccine for Newborns - County News Center (12.17.25)
- CDC formally stops recommending hepatitis B vaccines for all newborns. The acting CDC director adopted controversial guidance from the agency's advisory panel, upending a decadeslong policy. The CDC now advises consulting one's doctor about vaccinating a newborn.
- WHO:
- NEWS RELEASE: WHO expert group’s new analysis reaffirms there is no link between vaccines and autism - WHO (12.11.25)
- NEWS RELEASE: World leaders adopt a historic global declaration on noncommunicable diseases and mental health - WHO (12.16.25)
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