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The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

Steven Sirski

The daily musings of an expat in Beijing.

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SSAB - March 5, 2026

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2026/03/06

Gold falling? But there’s a war on! Where’s the safe haven trade? Guess the Chinese are selling??Workout in! Forgot to tell you, but I got a crossover skip!Progress on that book for the language vlog. Of course using ChatGPT to organize it. Is my office subscription over?And is podcaster John C Dvorak in the hospital?? (Should I talk about money and the stock market if I want donations??)Donate to the show! PayPal link below!https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA***Show notes n tracks up

39:17

SSAB - February 27, 2026

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2026/02/28

End of week, end of month, time flies!Spent the day eating!Workout in! Shoulders and back, I gotta say, I am running less, not only that, a lot of the older people I know who were active throughout their lives… all undergoing surgeries. Seems like you can’t escape it.Would you rather read an AI article (which is meant to be scanned, not read in depth), or someone who’s written huge paragraphs, block after block?What travel stories do I have?Donate to the show! PayPal link

38:33

SSAB - February 26, 2026

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2026/02/27

Wow, did not know it was the first time in 46 years that Team USA won the Olympic gold in hockey.Aaaaand politics. Oh America. You just can’t let it go. (They got a call from Trump! How dare they!)https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7068426/2026/02/24/usa-mens-olympics-hockey-gold-donald-trump/Meanwhile, in Britain, the even is just reported with little fanfare.https://www.bbc.com/sport/ice-hockey/articles/cvgv89eq1jjoInteresting take on AI in the

40:48

SSAB - February 24, 2026

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2026/02/25

In pain! Workouts working hard! Lucky I’m not involved with Ramadan. Legs are sore to day from yesterday’s MONSTER session. Today was CHEST!How is that collagen going? Notice any difference?Getting charged double, how to dispute? Is it even possible? Can I automate what Descript does?Compiling books, which ones stay, which ones go?And ALIENS ARE REAL! Trump presidency to release more information about their existence. Thanks Obama for saying they are real!Donate to the show! PayPal link

32:46

SSAB - February 23, 2026

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2026/02/24

Back to the grind! Start of the week and end of the month!Olympics are over! How did we do?-Men’s curling… we win! (Against Great Britain… didn’t even know they had a team!) -Women’s curling…. bronze! -Men’s hockey... we lost. :( Team USA wins gold in overtime. Canada finishes with 21 medals total, 9 bronze, 7 silver, and 5 gold. USA at number 2 with 33 total medals behind Norway with 40 medals. China? Fifteen medals total. Same same as 2022.It was nice not having to check the markets every night

41:59

SSAB - February 19, 2026

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2026/02/20

Too long, Steve! Too long! How was that summary of China?Some automation success! Getting closer to a better blog-writing workflow.DaVinci title success! Chinese captions done and did completely within DaVinci! Still not a smooth workflow, but it’s something to start with.A simple truth about AI: It’s a tool. If you like being a gear head, then ya, you’ll be cool. But it’s a tool like anything else. So, is it worth it to quit your job to pursue this? No. I don’t think so.And how is Canada doing in

51:24

SSAB - February 18, 2026

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2026/02/19

Oh the Olympics! How stressful! Men’s hockey!Women’s hockey!Relay Speed Skating!Curling!OMG what a stressful game! Women play for gold tomorrow! (And why does the camera guy open the door after the goal? SHUT THE DAMN THING! IT’S UNSAFE! Aaaaand Czechia had SIX PLAYERS on the ice when they scored?!Workout in and one of the best and hardest to date! THREE ROUNDS! Should I start Crossfit?And China: where to go, when, why and how?Donate to the show! PayPal link

36:58

SSAB - February 17, 2026

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2026/02/18

So much to do, so… lots of time? Website, AI, Chinese, family get togethers, gym, imagine if what I try to do during the day was my job?No fines at the library? But replacement costs after 21 days!How’s the book reading going?Aaaand all these ideas of creating language learning materials from your own content… has been done before. Dogme, anyone?Donate to the show! PayPal link below!https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA***Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.comAnd on Notion:

37:08

SSAB - February 10, 2026

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2026/02/11

Out with the fam for Dad’s memorial lunch. Hug your loved ones!Canadian women’s lose to the USA 5-0! What does it mean? How are the Olympics going?James JL Collins on money, investing, and following the rules:https://jlcollinsnh.com/stock-series/-you’re financially free when you can live off of 4% of your investment income. He assumed people kept jobs or that the income could keep steady. I took time off. He has a series of posts on buying a house I’d like to read.Wondering if it’s time to start a

37:50

SSAB - February 9, 2026

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2026/02/10

SEATTLE WINS! LET THE BULL MARKET CONTINUE! But they were also in the AFC for a while? DOESN’T MATTER! What the Superbowl Indicator tells us. (Couple this with the Midterm Election Year and January Barometer.)First client through an ad, what next?Workout in!And Chinese Aiyi’s are the reason for the gold move! … Or so they say.https://www.wsj.com/finance/commodities-futures/the-chinese-auntie-investors-behind-the-gold-and-silver-frenzy-1b6e7090Donate to the show! PayPal link

40:17

SSAB - February 6, 2026

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2026/02/07

Feeling much better, but still stuffy. Hopefully this is it.Workout in, though a tame one at that.Neat little APP called “One Thing” that puts a little reminder in your menu bar. What do I have to be reminded of? HSK 6 flash cards. Also working through HSK 1-5, spending about 30 minutes a day so far. I hope to keep this up as it’s something that needs to be done.Should I join a competition to make an APP? https://amazon-nova.devpost.com/And are foreign pilots and teachers still needed in

40:30

SSAB - February 5, 2026

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2026/02/06

Feeling better, but not out of the woods just yet.If TRUMP is saying the US will build a strategic reserve of rare earths, which names are there in the space? TROX, AVL.to, AMY.v, MN.v, LAC.to, REMX among others. Preparing Episode 70 of the language vlog podcast… is this the year I split it up, or do I keep it together?No one’s reading my newsletter! Should I continue?? Yes. There are other reasons to do it.The Olympics start tomorrow! Did you even know?And starting HSK 6 flashcards… why now? (Using

33:28

SSAB - February 4, 2026

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2026/02/05

Feel like garbage!My apologies about yesterday’s mis-uploading!New idea for the daily summaries: interactive Chinese subtitles?! (A la Mandarin Bean and DuChinese).Next week is Spring Festival, will this be the first one I’ve missed in HOW LONG?!GOLD, SILVER and the USD, where will it go? Coming up to the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Donate to the show! PayPal link below!https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA***Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.comAnd on

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SSAB -January 30, 2026

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2026/01/31

PLOP go the METALS! Why?! The USD! Because of Trump! What about China?End of the month and the last day at the office (for now) and…podcasting ideas for everybody!Should I stay in Winnipeg?Uganda, Dubai, London and Paris! Guy from Uganda has been here 20 years! Never been back. Another lady from Dubai, says Winnipeg is good! Two university-aged ladies? Want to travel!Got my driver’s license in the mail!And met my babysitter from childhood!Donate to the show! PayPal link

41:28

SSAB - January 28, 2026

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2026/01/29

New Final Cut Pro out! Still one of the easiest “pro” platforms to use. Am considering the Creative Bundle since I’m already paying for FCP and Logic for iPad… but never using them. Some new updates to play around with but nothing groundbreaking. It takes a while to transcribe files and won’t export just the transcription.How long do you spend editing your work? This is something I have to come to terms with. One of the reasons I wasn’t (and couldn’t) update my “newsletter” via Substack was that it

35:09

SSAB - January 27, 2026

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2026/01/28

“Architecture literacy”… interesting concept - that is, listening or reading something to simply have a familiarity with it rather than rebuidling it.How did those audio files work?-Alloy-Nova-Onyx-LiuPing-MingyaoAudio files here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZVQZ518D3LWgAhbmBVT5GY0giZi3NrDG?usp=sharingGot something working! ElevenLabs voices, OpenAI voices and… the costs! It’s a little more involved than I wanted it to be, but it’s coming together. Workout in! All about the back today

38:30

SSAB - January 26, 2026

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2026/01/27

DIDN’T WORK! Zapier error and ElevenLabs credits… but waitaminute… OpenAI can generate audio??Is the deep freeze over? No. Probably not.Talks at the office - software development.And the expat fifteen… pounds. Am I able to keep it off?And got the morning workout in, this could be my new routine?Donate to the show! PayPal link below!https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA***Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.comAnd on Notion:

40:50

SSAB - January 23, 2026

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2026/01/24

Workout in! Chest, legs, and some pull ups, but not as many as usual. How many sets is enough? New skill unlocked? Switching hands rope work.US and China relations will define the next generation, good talk on how NATO was what needed during the Cold War, but the Cold War ended with the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014 - Russia couldn’t do it.https://geopoliticalfutures.com/why-us-china-relations-will-define-the-next-generation-2026-forecast-preview/George Friedman doesn’t

38:58

SSAB - January 16, 2026

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2026/01/17

Woke up late, so went to the office first. It has FAST internet! Uploaded a bunch of videos. More snow!How many times did you post to TikTok today, Steve? NONE! Working on a workflow to generate images from prompts derived from my transcripts.New Canada-China deal! Chinese EVs coming to Canada! Which ones? Only 49,000 per year??? NOT in Winnipeg! But canola oil remains out of China (is this why Hawkins Cheezies can’t get in?)Workouts in! (Tried out the sled push/pull machine.)OMG, how do you learn

36:49

SSAB - January 15, 2026

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2026/01/16

Next device… a HEPA vacuum?Dry skin! Worse than Beijing!How is the weather?Workouts in! Still not running, but am going pretty consistently. And yes, my weight has still increased.Any movement on your business visa? Nope! What will it take?And played an AI start up game, founderscape.ai, neat idea but not sure how much I learned.Tiktok arbitrage, would this work?Donate to the show! PayPal link below!https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA***Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.comAnd on

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