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My e-mail signature used to say "Linux opens doors. No more broken Windows".
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Thinking about James from the old neighborhood. After I moved, he briefly joined a local gang, the "Nasty Boys", led by "D*ck Nose". Until it became apparent why they had that name.
They were more like a band of terminally horny misfits.
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@clacke In answer to the "Blade" question, I think I've only seen one, so I don't have an answer about whether the others are fun.
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#NOAA / #NWS issuing:
* #tornado watch for most of eastern #NE and western #IA
* #t-storm & #tornado warnings in parts of eastern NE.
Areas under warning include: Colfax, Platte, Butler counties (tornado and hail), plus Colfax, Platte, Butler, Lancaster, Seward, Saunder counties (t-storm)
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> #Blade (1998)
For some reason, I thought it was a couple of years earlier.
Memory says I saw it back when Wednesday was movie day for me and #sonOne, and that we saw it together. For some reason, I thought we'd stopped by that time ( 1998-08-19 ).
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I played both Elton John's and Ringo Starr's versions of Snookeroo. Then I realized that I probably had "The No No Song" on a 45 rpm vinyl record, with "Snookeroo" as the B side.
I'd certainly heard both of these many times before, but Ringo's was canonical in my mind, so that means I heard it first and most.
This doubles the number of 45s that I remember owning. (I usually got 8-track tapes until that format died, then I started getting pre-recorded cassette instead.)
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Listening to the bird song: "Precious and few are the moments we toucans share".
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Oh, apparently, the βmochaβ coffee beans which shipped from Mokha (al Mokka) have a naturally chocolatey flavor, which is why we call #coffee with added #chocolate by the name mocha.
I learn more from helping #GS3 pursue his interests than he ever learned from me.
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My daughter-in-law said #GS3 was studying that storm earlier today.
Tropical Cyclone Mocha π is named after the port city Mokha, which was a big #coffee exporter centuries ago.
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https://www.cyclocane.com/mocha-storm-tracker/
I sent this link for #GS3. Iβm trying to make sure he learns that hurricanes π and other tropical storms sometimes cause a lot of damage and harm people. They arenβt just cool storms.
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Apparently, about 68% of Americans believe there should be no reparations to Black Americans for centuries of slavery and racism. Some of them say that Blacks haven't shown any initiative to fix things themselves.
To that, I say "you're ignorant". When we name various prosperous Black neighborhoods and business districts that were burned and the residents killed over the past 150 years, every one of them is an example of Blacks taking the initiative and the local White establishment militarizing to crush them.
But not just those events. Lots of families have the story of the forward thinker who was able to buy a plot of land just after the Civil War and who passed it on to the family until a local White person wanted it (which led to lynchings and legal gyrations in order to gain control). My own family has this story in our background.
#NoteToSelf: ask mom and aunts and uncles what they remember while they still live.
Anyway, there is plenty of reason to consider some sort of reparations, though as I've said above, it should be aimed at repairing some of the economic and social/familial damage rather than just writing a check.
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California is discussing the possibility of some sort of reparations for Blacks for the history of slavery and racism. It has sparked some good conversations between me and my sons.
One thing I've said is that _this is a one-shot deal, so whatever they eventually decide to do, people will need some sort of specific training in how to take advantage of it. For example, if they decide on some sort of monetary payment, we can look at lottery winners and see how many of them wind up bankrupted within five years or so. That tells us that writing checks would be destructive if not accompanied by some financial management training before disbursement.
Even things like better access to real estate financing and job training would have a better impact than just sending money. Especially in light of (1) this doesn't mean that racism will suddenly end, or police abuses, or political decisions at the municipal level that deprive minority neighborhoods or resources; (2) this isn't going to change the way banks and financial institutions work; and (3) there will be counterstrikes by right-wingers who will feel as though they are now personally wounded by not sharing in the benefits.
And none of this asks how the state is supposed to pay for whatever it decides to do.
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Someone wearing a fox suit in Target. I resisted the urge to ask https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jofNR_WkoCE
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Couche-Tard is roughly equivalent to "night owl". They own Circle K convenience stores.
I think "couch tard" would be an English language insult.
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This is tonight. https://nu.federati.net/attachment/290365
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... but far too often, it is like dial-up.
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The Internet at home is excruciatingly slow. Sister got T-Mobile cylinder that sometimes gets down in the 200kbps and slower range. Sometimes it gets decent (15-50Mbps) speeds, but far too often, it is dial-up.
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Yes, this happened: Someone's nephew wanted X; I was buying X for a grandson around the same age, so I bought 2.
The nephew posted video of himself using X, so I saw that he used it.
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https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB938
#California Legislature bill would increase funding for school salaries by 50% within 7 years. It is supposed to go to teachers, aides, and specialists, but it doesn't require it.
I can see school superintendents and other administrators gobbling it up and leaving teachers underpaid.
#CA #Education
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