Chrome Remote Desktop works well and doesn't require a monitor (at least not one that's turned on).

Look at the video posted by no other than Al Jazeera (find it yourself, so you don't say I'm providing you with fake videos). You can clearly see a rocket launched, exploding in mid-air, and the explosion at the hospital, located underneath, shortly thereafter.

The story here is very selectively presented to suit the points made by OP. So either OP is creating propaganda, or creating new propaganda. So are you, when you are talking about "well documented atrocities" out of context.

Ah, the sweet sweet taste of anti-Israel propaganda... How long have you been drinking that?

I have a Weber grill. It's about 8 years old. I realized there are some issues with the model (it's a Q) shortly after buying it - mainly, the heat is not consistent all around, so you have to know where to put each piece of meat. And the heat output overall is lower than I would like. But it just won't die. It just works, and works, and works, without any issues whatsoever. I don't bother covering it up in the winter, and it doesn't rust. I'm stuck with it's downsides forever.

Possible - but I've been listening to audiobooks instead of reading for years now. It's much easier to find the time to listen to an audiobook rather than sitting down to read a book. Don't see it changing in the near future...

A custom made Google Sheet to track everything - maintenance, repairs, insurance, and fuel ups. I'd like to move to an app that supports all of the above, but getting everything into an importable format was messy (tried it with Fuelio), and I gave up after a while. The fact that I'm also writing down parts purchased prior to installation does not make this easier.

My plan is to try and convert it all into plaintext accounting format (probably Beancont with a tailor-made plugin), but so far I've been mostly kicking that ball down the street.

https://github.com/technicalpickles/homesick
It's a bit old (hasn't been updated in 4 years), but works great.

Not necessarily demanding, but Uncharted is a very pretty game, and fun, too.

Proxmox backs up the VMs -> backups are uploaded to the cloud.

Not OP, but similar setup (Proxmox with docker on a VM). The VM (plus a few LXCs) are backed up daily using the backup built into Proxmox, and those backups are mirrored to the cloud with rclone.

That awesomebudget looks nice! I'm more of a beancont/fava guy, and too invested in my setup to try something vastly different - but it sure looks like a cool option for people starting out.