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Tyson Valley, a Lone Elk, and the Bomb
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Christmas Eve I spent in Lone Elk park, just outside of St. Louis. It's a large animal preserve and outdoor facility with a 3.2 mile hike around the perimeter. My hiking book described the hike as 'easy' but the park labeled it difficult. I side with the park–though the trail was very well marked an
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Doing the Math on Trump's Deportation plans
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In the category of "better late than never", the media takes a harder look at Trump's deportation plans
on Oct 28
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A little fireworks to celebrate that my 2024 vote is in. Harris/Walz, of course.
on Oct 20
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We’ve been through two major weather events in the last few months in Savannah: Debby and now Helene. Our home didn’t flood during Debbie, and didn’t lose power in either system since our subdivision has buried lines. We did have several hours of power cycling and had to turn major appliances off
on Oct 1
From burningbird.net
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Yesterday, Matt Mullenweg posted a link to a weblog entry in the Ziff-Davis weblog Open Source. Matt and others, including myself, wrote some fairly critical material about the post because the writer seemed to confuse open source with syndication feed use: One problem open source advocates seldom
on Sep 28
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Project 2025 and Tropical Cyclone Debby
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People living across a state line from each other but impacted by the same disaster would receive drastically different help. Does this sound fair to you?
on Sep 26
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And this is what I waited for: The text transcript of the debate. Trump didn't become unhinged during the debate, he was unhinged from the start. He just got louder and more bellicose during the debate. And VP Harris played him like a fiddle. From the transcript...people have to stop calling h
on Sep 11
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Georgia Emergency Management sends Debby disaster request to President
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Some good news for Georgians impacted by Debby. The Georgia Emergency Management Agency has sent a package containing statewide damage assessments to the President, asking him to make a disaster declaration for Georgia. The value given was $20.7 million, barely passing the required minimum of $20
on Sep 7
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NPD breach and how to protect yourself
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After being notified by Have I been Pwned that my social security number and other information has been stolen yet again, it was time to up my game when it comes to securing who I am. Especially when using two online tools that checked my data in the NPD breach and discovering that the records conta
on Aug 23
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There is more to the South than Mardi Gras, Blues, Cajun cooking, and white guys with confederate flags in the back of their trucks. Photos from Cairo, Illinois. Tenth Street Eighth Street Cairo had two strongly distinctive faces. On the one hand, there's been an attempt to restore much
on Aug 10
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I received a new comment today to my post, Confluence. The post was based on a trip I took last year to Cairo, Illinois, and the comment was from a man who signed himself JohnnyB: I grew up in Illinois in the 1960s and remember the race riots in Cairo in 1967 and 1969 and the white flight that foll
on Aug 10
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The Ogeechee river still hasn't fully crested yet in the Savannah area. All the roads around my home are now closed, either completely or to thru traffic. We're not at risk of flooding, but others aren't as lucky. River records were broken in Ellabell and Richmond Hill. And this with us getting o
on Aug 10
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It is none of our damn business
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My Dad, who was a Republican, would have liked Tim Walz. He would have liked Walz's plain speaking. He would have admired his bluntness, especially when Walz says that a woman's right to choose is none of our damn business. He would have liked it because that's exactly what my Dad used to say. Wh
on Aug 9
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Well, we lucked out. Debby was slow moving, which wasn't good. But it degraded over land. Better yet, it grabbed and incorporated a dry air mass that kept most of the heavier overnight rain away. We lost power, so I don't have an accurate rain measurement from my system. However, according to the
on Aug 6
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And Debby is still coming to town
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Previous places I've lived have had emergencies that come up quickly and are usually over quickly. I've lived through a major ice storm in Grande Isle, Vermont, earthquakes in Washington and California, blizzards in Washington and Massachusetts, even Mount St. Helens, in Yakima, Washington. A hur
on Aug 5
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Debby is a hell of a bad name for a hurricane. I can imagine it on Facebook: Marked safe from Debby Nope. Anyway, we don't know how it will be. We know Savannah is on the path. We know we will be getting some winds, but not especially strong winds. And we know the biggest problem will be ra
on Aug 4
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I'm tentatively adding back comment capability to Burningbird. It already exists if you access the Burningbird Mastodon account (@bosslady@burningbird.net@mastodon.social). If you reply to a Mastodon post, it shows up here as a comment. And if I reply, it shows up in Mastodon. But not everyone ha
on Jul 31
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A whole lot changed since my last defense of President Biden. Last week he decided to step down from his re-election attempt and put all his support behind his VP, Kamala Harris. Democrats came together behind Kamala Harris in enthusiastic numbers I haven't seen in a long, long time. Within two d
on Jul 29
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Unity Trump meets Chaos Trump and the results aren't pretty
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I don't listen to speeches I read the transcripts. The transcripts cut through the optics to the substance, and the substance is all I care about. After Trump's RNC speech, I went looking for the transcript and found one at a local NBC affiliate. The only problem is, what I was reading in that tr
on Jul 20
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To Congressional Democrats: We voters know what we're doing
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How dare any of you take away our right to vote for the candidate of our choice.
on Jul 18
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Biden is our President. Biden is our candidate. This isn't going to change.
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Biden will be our Presidential candidate this November. This is not changing. You are either with Biden, or you're supporting Trump.
on Jul 8
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We're not just voting for Joe Biden, we're voting for the Joe Biden package
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Most importantly, under the Joe Biden package, democracy still exists. Damaged in too many states, but it still exists. Don't lose sight of this one.
on Jul 3
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Yes to ActivityPub, but no to Friends
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I decided to disable the Friends plug-in when I realized it was inserting every new feed item as a new post in my database. This could easily become unmanageable. Considering you can use a feed reader to read weblogs AND Mastodon accounts, it just didn't seem worth the database burden. I do still
on Jun 5
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30 Years Ago: Mount St. Helens
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Thirty years ago I was living at my Dad's in Yakima, going to college. That Sunday was a beautiful day, and Dad was outside in the garden as I was getting ready to go to work. I worked for a photographer who had a studio in the Yakima Mall. I liked working Sundays. Sundays were always quiet, especia
on May 19
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Me and Emily: Sweet Whispers of the Betrayer
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Did Emily Dickinson mind that only eleven of her works were published during her lifetime? From her letters, one would assume that she didn't because she talked about family and friends and seemed content. For all the talk about her being reclusive, she did have the close proximity of her beloved br
on May 15
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Me and Emily: Getting to know you
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Today I packed my trunks with borrowed books and made my way through the gray and thoughtful day to fulfill my duty returning my overdue books to the library. The library is my main charity because I am almost always late returning books and consequently pay nice fat fines. We have a very good de
on May 15
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Silent Sunday, or more properly #silentsunday, is a single photo post that is popular on Mastodon. It is. I think, one of the more charming group activities on social media...though without the same popularity as #caturday. I look forward to digging through my photos for Sunday's offering, which
on Apr 8
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The PACER Class Action Lawsuit and Donating to RECAP
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Court documents aren't just about issues of law—they're about how we live our lives today, and they form a history for tomorrow.
on Mar 28
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I felt odd when I woke, and had a hard time concentrating on my surroundings. Everything around me had a surreal quality to it, unlike anything I'd experienced before when waking. Not even that time I'd fallen off the ladder and knocked myself out. Looking around, I could see that I was in a long
on Mar 10
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If Texas' interpretation of invasion is correct, than Illinois can declare war on Texas
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Fair's fair
on Feb 15
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The Texas Buoy case: Disturbing Document Drama from the Fifth Circuit
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People look at Abbott and his supporters' actions and worry. But it's the events in the Texas courts, the Fifth, all the way up to the Supreme Court that should really frighten us all.
on Feb 12
From burningbird.net
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Biden on climate, Virginia school district accidentally releases confidential data, stop buying so much crap, and Substack has good and bad people.
on Jan 2
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The Endangered Species Act turns 50, the economy is doing well, and Texas border antics causing more trouble
on Dec 29
From burningbird.net
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Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The Better Bad News folk did a take on the AutoLink fooflah, which is worth a chuckle, though not necessarily a guffaw. However, what I found more interesting about the page is the *list of webloggers that the BBN folks referenced: 1. Opt Out Petition 2. Dan
on Dec 20