Gabriela returned today after two weeks to sit with Joan while I did the weekly food shopping. I take advantage of that and go at 11:00 instead of 06:30. I stay up way to late at night, and sometimes I only get 3-5 hours of sleep. That's not good for my health.
It only takes me 45 minutes to do the complete shopping, and then I stop for a cup of coffee. I don't really like coffee like some people, but it gives me a chance to just sit and observe my surroundings, and the people.
The total cost for this week's food was $46. That covers dinners of Paprikas, Lemon Garlic Chicken Thighs and Vegetables, Slow Cooker Chicken Breasts, Potatoes and Salad, Scalloped Potatoes with Ham and Salad, Garlic Soup with Egg and Croutons, and Pizza. That's the menu for this week.
Meanwhile, Ukraine.
A new "white list" from SpaceX is shutting off Russia's illicit access to Starlink's satellite internet across the front line.
Shortly before 3:00 a.m. Kyiv time on Feb. 5, Elon Musk retweeted a new guide from Ukraine's Digital Transformation Ministry for registering a Starlink terminal within Ukraine.
Subsequently, a series of alarmed Russian social media posts indicate that Starlink terminals were disconnecting en masse along the front.
Three Ukrainian commanders, speaking to the Kyiv Independent on the condition of anonymity, reported intercepting messages from Russian forces complaining about Starlink terminals failing in large numbers.
Serhiy "Flash" Beskrestnov, a longtime commentator on electronic warfare more recently appointed as advisor to Defense Minister Mykhaylo Fedorov, said the "enemy at the front doesn't have a problem, the enemy has a catastrophe."
Russian milbloggers reacted in despair to the news. "This will hit harder than anywhere at our front line assault groups, for example, in Kupiansk," a popular Russian propaganda channel wrote. "They will be deprived of any chance of connection with the wider world, alas."
"They have been cut off completely. Potentially, it will mean their activity will drop while they find alternative means of communication." Petro, a drone commander in the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade fighting near Zaporizhzhia, told the Kyiv Independent.-Source-Kyiv Independent
