I was assaulted again today. It’s been well over a hundred times I think the past few years.

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    There’s an LGBTQ reading of the film Toy Story (1995) that I’m unsure has been considered. One element is how “to infinity and beyond” references the transfinite numbers; there’s allusion to Alan Turing, and AI is a topic.

    The HDMI port still works on this Chromebook, despite the built-in screen being unusable. Though, this was supposed to be a temporary while a Linux laptop that was destroyed in violence was being replaced; that Linux laptop that was destroyed was a replacement for another that was destroyed in violence, which was a replacement I paid for from one that was stolen from me, which was a replacement for an old laptop I needed to abandon when entering homelessness. I’m requesting my father/family to replace it, which I think is appropriate. Though, there’s a higher issue of an intolerance toward generosity. I’m of the view of so-called Dharmic religions (e.g. Buddhism) that there is an underlying law of karma such that generosity results in karmic merit that guarantees pleasant results. Everything I do in my career I offer freely. Money often seems like virtue training wheels, and it’s bothersome to even have to regard. I took vows several years ago to refrain from handling tangible currencies (e.g. cash or cards), and to refrain from entering commercial buildings.

    I have a roughly 10ft by 10ft porch attached to a 10ft by 10ft open yard area. Following ethics of abstaining from killing beings & abstaining from destroying plant life has lead to designing the back yard qua ecological refuge/shrine, qua bodhisattva. I’m wanting to request advice & material support regarding some of the modules & micro-modules, as future posts - e.g. lining the small hanging solar-powered bird(/insect) bath with sepum & elfin thyme. More immediately, I really need the Linux laptop replaced and for my bike to be repaired.

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        I follow Buddhist ethics, prayed to Ratnasambhava Buddha to guide and protect the backyard qua refuge, and want to make a miniature flower-box stupa for insects/birds. Regarding the miniature flower-box stupa, note in the Lotus Sutra, the Buddha says:

        Those who made rock stupas,
        Stupas out of sandal, aloe, deodar, and other woods,
        As well as brick, tile, mud, and other materials;
        All those who made buddha stupas
        Out of piles of earth in desolate places;
        And even children in play
        Who made buddha stupas out of heaps of sand—
        All such people have certainly attained
        The path of the buddhas.