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<p>In Part 2 of “Sick in a Hospital Town,” we look at how a century-old community hospital in Albany, Georgia, became the only hospital in town — and grew into a sprawling health care system by waging a yearslong battle to eliminate its competition.<br><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/albany-georgia-hospital/part-two/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/albany-georgia-hospital/part-two/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/albany</span><span class="invisible">-georgia-hospital/part-two/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/blackhistory/" rel="tag">#BlackHistory</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a></p>

<p>The Mother of All Demos was &quot;a landmark computer demonstration of [...] many of the fundamental elements of modern personal computing: windows, hypertext, graphics, efficient navigation and command input, video conferencing, the computer mouse, word processing, dynamic file linking, revision control, and a collaborative real-time editor.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-z</span><span class="invisible">dhzMY</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moth</span><span class="invisible">er_of_All_Demos</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a> <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/computers/" rel="tag">#computers</a> <a href="/tags/demo/" rel="tag">#demo</a> <a href="/tags/motherofalldemos/" rel="tag">#MotherOfAllDemos</a></p>

<p>Dorking Cockerel, public sculpture in Dorking, Surrey, England. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorking_Cockerel" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorking_Cockerel"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorking_</span><span class="invisible">Cockerel</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/statue/" rel="tag">#statue</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/map/" rel="tag">#map</a></p>

<p>An abandoned pottery factory, somewhere in <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#France</a></p><p>The small French <a href="/tags/pottery/" rel="tag">#pottery</a> works thrived for decades. It remained modest, while competitors expanded and modernised. While this gives the <a href="/tags/ruins/" rel="tag">#ruins</a> a quaint charm, it was certainly a major factor in their closure!</p><p>Inside, the upper floors have long rows of wooden racks stacked with 100s of moulds. Heavy pieces were moved on wooden carts along a rail system.</p><p><a href="https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/industrial/faiencerie-s-pottery-s-france/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/industrial/faiencerie-s-pottery-s-france/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.obsidianurbexphotography.c</span><span class="invisible">om/industrial/faiencerie-s-pottery-s-france/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/ceramics/" rel="tag">#Ceramics</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#France</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/abandonedplaces/" rel="tag">#AbandonedPlaces</a> <a href="/tags/urbex/" rel="tag">#Urbex</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/auspol/" rel="tag">#Auspol</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/italianhistory/" rel="tag">#ItalianHistory</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> <a href="/tags/dodgyandgreatleaders/" rel="tag">#DodgyAndGreatLeaders</a></p><p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> or more like dipping into</p><p>B. A. SANTAMARIA<br>ITALY CHANGES SHIRTS:<br>THE ORIGINS OF ITALIAN FASCISM<br>MA THESIS<br>UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE<br>1934</p><p>and am enjoying focusing on sentences and letting my mind mull over ideas while i do/ watch/ read other stuffs. this might become a thread with occasional ramblings.</p><p>i’m struck by some parallels with USA (how could one not be?) but for context am reminded mussolini had established himself as leader much earlier than hitler and was, in fact, admired by hitler. (i think a great deal of hitler’s success was down to goebbels.) both mussolini and hitler lived in a time when the ongoing war of ideas between communism and capitalism were front and centre. </p><p>the labels and the details morph and change over time, but when our previous opposition leader threw words like “liberal”, “commie” or “woke” around, i suspect it was really more of the same.</p><p>in the red corner, people who think governments can and should care about everyone, and in the blue corner, those who think individualism is essential to god’s grand design.<br>I wonder, sometimes, if the USA is one western country that never really had a “left” at all.</p><p>On the very first page of his thesis, Santamaria suggests the Italian public embraced fascism (and the idea of a strong leader) because parliamentary democracy seemed to suck. <br>(Echos of this in Trump’s “drain the swamp” rhetoric, and his now open contempt for the system altogether)</p><p>Discussing Mussolini, Santamaria goes on to say Lenin believed “the only man who could successfully rule Italy was the one who reproduced in himself the main characteristics of the great mass of Italians”</p><p>The USA has a problematic electoral system, and many people are disenfranchised in one way or another. I don’t want to slander an entire nation, but I do wonder how many people found it easier to identify with Trump than with Harris?</p><p>Closer to home, how well do we identify with this or that type of leader in Australia? Do we reject potential leaders more easily than we embrace them? </p><p>1975 in Australia was a disappointment, but I distinctly remember that, apart from the scare about whitlam overspending/ seeking dodgy loans from someone with a foreign name, a lot of people were fed up with having to vote, and all the campaigning that goes with more-frequent-than-usual elections.</p>

<p>Our reporting found at least 79 children have been harmed by tear gas or pepper spray during Trump’s deportation campaign.</p><p>To better understand the chemicals’ effects on children, we spoke with an activist tear-gassed as a teenager at Selma in 1965.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/charles-mauldin-selma-tear-gas?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/charles-mauldin-selma-tear-gas?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/cha</span><span class="invisible">rles-mauldin-selma-tear-gas?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/blackmastodon/" rel="tag">#BlackMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a> that I&#x27;m never happy with:</p><p>I joined Mastodon during the Second Great Twitter Migration of 2022, if that&#x27;s what we&#x27;re calling it. </p><p>You may know me from:</p><p>@[email protected] (Oct 2022-Sept 2023)<br><a href="https://firefish.lgbt/@alex" rel="nofollow">@[email protected]</a> (RIP) (Aug 2023)<br><a href="https://xim.ca/@alex" rel="nofollow">@[email protected]</a> (Sept 2023-May 2024)<br>@[email protected] (May 2024-Oct 2024)<br><a href="https://anarres.family/@alex" rel="nofollow">@[email protected]</a> (Oct 2024-Aug 2025)</p><p>I&#x27;m a neurodivergent (AuDHD / GAD / cPTSD[?] <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/pawb.fun/neocat_thinking.png" class="emoji" alt=":neocat_thinking:" title=":neocat_thinking:">), ace/aromantic pan/aegosexual, 40s year old from <a href="/tags/ottawa/" rel="tag">#Ottawa</a>, <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a>. 🇨🇦 </p><p>Interests include: <br>• <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> (including <a href="/tags/startrek/" rel="tag">#StarTrek</a> &amp; <a href="/tags/doctorwho/" rel="tag">#DoctorWho</a>) <br>• <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#Linux</a> <br>• <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a><br>• <a href="/tags/genealogy/" rel="tag">#genealogy</a> <br>• <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <br>• <a href="/tags/travel/" rel="tag">#travel</a> (when I can afford to)<br>• ....way too many special interests.</p><p>(Please don&#x27;t reply to the introduction post. Mentions or DMs are OK.)</p>

<p>&quot;The first two-network TCP/IP transmission was between the [Packet Radio Van] and ARPANET on August 27, 1976; the van was parked next to Rossotti&#x27;s (since 1956, officially the &quot;Alpine Inn&quot;), a well-known Portola Valley, California biker bar, and wires were run to one of the picnic tables.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_Radio_Van" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_Radio_Van"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_R</span><span class="invisible">adio_Van</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/internethistory/" rel="tag">#InternetHistory</a> <a href="/tags/internetage/" rel="tag">#InternetAge</a> <a href="/tags/packetradiovan/" rel="tag">#PacketRadioVan</a> <a href="/tags/arpanet/" rel="tag">#arpanet</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a> <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a></p>

<p>&quot;Interaction on the Web is a little like a mirror, like communicating with a manifestation of yourself. Because it is so chaotic, so decentralised, I find that using the Web becomes like communicating with a hardware version of me. It’s not exactly a doppelgänger, but an alternative version of myself.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://cybercultural.com/p/internet-1999/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="cybercultural.com/p/internet-1999/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cybercultural.com/p/internet-1</span><span class="invisible">999/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/theweb/" rel="tag">#TheWeb</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/cyberculture/" rel="tag">#cyberculture</a></p>

<p>We’re so sorry to hear that Guppe Groups have shut down.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FediTips</span></a></span>/115164286964463451</p><p>Guppe was a really big influence on us when we first joined the Fediverse and served communities across the Fediverse.</p><p>Fortunately, conversations and communities can continue! Here are 3 ways how:</p><p>1/3 Keep the conversation going by hopping over to Newsmast Channels:</p><p>Bookstodon 👉 Follow <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@books" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>books</span></a></span> &amp; use <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p><p>Histodons 👉 Follow <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@history" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>history</span></a></span> &amp; use <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p><p>Academic Chatter 👉 Follow <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@academia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>academia</span></a></span> &amp; use <a href="/tags/academia/" rel="tag">#academia</a></p><p>Photography 👉 Follow <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> &amp; use <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a></p>

<p>Hello Fedi! We are the still-in-progress Twin Cities Radical Community Archive. This project aims to collect, preserve, and increase access to left-wing, working-class activism in the Twin Cities metro, both historically and currently.</p><p><a href="/tags/glam/" rel="tag">#GLAM</a> <a href="/tags/imls/" rel="tag">#IMLS</a> <a href="/tags/galleries/" rel="tag">#Galleries</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#Libraries</a> <a href="/tags/archives/" rel="tag">#Archives</a> <a href="/tags/museums/" rel="tag">#Museums</a> <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/msp/" rel="tag">#MSP</a> <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#Minneapolis</a> <a href="/tags/stpaul/" rel="tag">#StPaul</a> <a href="/tags/twincities/" rel="tag">#TwinCities</a> <a href="/tags/antifa/" rel="tag">#Antifa</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#Labor</a> <a href="/tags/activism/" rel="tag">#Activism</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a></p>

<p>&quot;Reducing typing&quot; seems to be an important value for some software developers. Is there some material origin to this? I.e. was too much typing ever a problem itself? <br>(Triggered by an add for an LLM that announced that programmers need to type less code, but the idea is not new)</p><p><a href="/tags/programming/" rel="tag">#programming</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/efficiency/" rel="tag">#efficiency</a></p>

<p>We currently offer over 28 vintage systems for free remote guest access featuring historic operating systems, programming languages and games. BOOTSTRAP members may request personal accounts on these machines. Thank you for supporting our efforts at <a href="https://icm.museum" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>icm.museum</a></p><p><a href="/tags/vintagecomputing/" rel="tag">#vintagecomputing</a> <a href="/tags/retrogaming/" rel="tag">#retrogaming</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

<p>&quot;The internet emoticon truly traces its lineage directly to Fahlman, who says he came up with the idea after reading &quot;lengthy diatribes&quot; from people on the message board who failed to get the joke or the sarcasm in a particular post -- which is probably what &quot;given current trends&quot; refers to in his own, now-famous missive.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/2011/09/0919fahlman-proposes-emoticons/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.wired.com/2011/09/0919fahlman-proposes-emoticons/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.wired.com/2011/09/0919fahl</span><span class="invisible">man-proposes-emoticons/</span></a></p><p>Archived link: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250223224043/https://www.wired.com/2011/09/0919fahlman-proposes-emoticons/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="web.archive.org/web/20250223224043/https://www.wired.com/2011/09/0919fahlman-proposes-emoticons/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2025022322</span><span class="invisible">4043/https://www.wired.com/2011/09/0919fahlman-proposes-emoticons/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a> <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/internethistory/" rel="tag">#InternetHistory</a> <a href="/tags/emoticons/" rel="tag">#emoticons</a> <a href="/tags/emoji/" rel="tag">#emoji</a> <a href="/tags/smiley/" rel="tag">#smiley</a></p>

<p>How Segregated Are Your Local Private Schools? We Made a Tool to Help You Find Out.<br>—</p><p>Our reporters mined a trove of data that revealed detailed demographic information about private schools. That helped us find illuminating stories about how those schools divide communities.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/segregation-academies-demographic-data-private-schools?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/segregation-academies-demographic-data-private-schools?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/seg</span><span class="invisible">regation-academies-demographic-data-private-schools?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/segregation/" rel="tag">#Segregation</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a></p>

<p>&quot;Ceefax was the world&#x27;s first teletext service, going live on 23 September 1974. In a pre-internet world, the revolutionary system allowed people to check the latest BBC news and sport updates at the touch of a few buttons.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/articles/cvg360rr91zo" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.com/articles/cvg360rr91zo"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.com/articles/cvg360rr9</span><span class="invisible">1zo</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/teletext/" rel="tag">#teletext</a> <a href="/tags/ceefax/" rel="tag">#ceefax</a></p>

<p>👣🦴 Scientists at White Sands National Park have found 23,000-year-old fossilized footprints that rewrite human <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> in the Americas, pushing back the timeline nearly 10,000 years.</p><p>👉 Learn more: <a href="https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/who-left-these-23000-year-old-footprints-in-new-mexicos-white-sands?utm_source=bluesky&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=new_content&amp;utm_content=white_sands_footprints" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="thekidshouldseethis.com/post/who-left-these-23000-year-old-footprints-in-new-mexicos-white-sands?utm_source=bluesky&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=new_content&amp;utm_content=white_sands_footprints"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thekidshouldseethis.com/post/w</span><span class="invisible">ho-left-these-23000-year-old-footprints-in-new-mexicos-white-sands?utm_source=bluesky&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=new_content&amp;utm_content=white_sands_footprints</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/fossils/" rel="tag">#fossils</a> <a href="/tags/paleoanthropology/" rel="tag">#paleoanthropology</a> <a href="/tags/archaeology/" rel="tag">#archaeology</a> <a href="/tags/newmexico/" rel="tag">#newmexico</a> <a href="/tags/pleistocene/" rel="tag">#pleistocene</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>

<p>and here is that video of the talk. <br>The Glenkens is the wide valley of the Ken river and Loch on the eastern end of <a href="/tags/galloway/" rel="tag">#Galloway</a>. flanked by the Rhins of Kells on the west, with the Southern Upland Way going through it Travelling from north to south, we will take you on three walks that give both a flavour of the beautiful landscape of the glen, but also a flavour of the history and folklore of this corner of <a href="/tags/scotland/" rel="tag">#Scotland</a> .</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/XbNITSAKWW4" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtu.be/XbNITSAKWW4</a></p><p><a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/walking/" rel="tag">#walking</a> <a href="/tags/hiking/" rel="tag">#hiking</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#video</a> <a href="/tags/talk/" rel="tag">#talk</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a></p>

<p><a href="https://communitymedia.video/w/rqokDpoYckC42rBoVTd1d1" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="communitymedia.video/w/rqokDpoYckC42rBoVTd1d1"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">communitymedia.video/w/rqokDpo</span><span class="invisible">YckC42rBoVTd1d1</span></a> <a href="/tags/archive/" rel="tag">#archive</a></p><p><a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#climateCrisis</a> <a href="/tags/haiku/" rel="tag">#haiku</a> by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@kentpitman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kentpitman</span></a></span> </p><p>Depressing actual <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> specific <a href="/tags/nz/" rel="tag">#nz</a> <a href="/tags/llm/" rel="tag">#llm</a> eg (source invidious link as response)</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.linkerror.com/@jns" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jns</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/gopher/" rel="tag">#gopher</a> gopher://gopher.linkerror.com<br>- gopher://perma.computer<br>- <a href="/tags/warez/" rel="tag">#warez</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a><br>- <a href="/tags/eternalgameengine/" rel="tag">#EternalGameEngine</a><br>- <a href="/tags/unix_surrealism/" rel="tag">#unix_surrealism</a></p><p><a href="/tags/lisp/" rel="tag">#lisp</a> <a href="/tags/programming/" rel="tag">#programming</a><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://ieji.de/@vnikolov" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vnikolov</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/commonlisp/" rel="tag">#commonLisp</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a> <a href="/tags/declares/" rel="tag">#declares</a><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://appdot.net/@mdhughes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mdhughes</span></a></span> &amp; <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@dougmerritt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dougmerritt</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ksaj" rel="nofollow">@ksaj</a> <a href="/tags/automata/" rel="tag">#automata</a>, in <a href="https://gamerplus.org/@screwlisp/115245557313951212" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="gamerplus.org/@screwlisp/115245557313951212"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gamerplus.org/@screwlisp/11524</span><span class="invisible">5557313951212</span></a></p><p><a href="https://lambda.moo.mud.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>lambda.moo.mud.org/</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a>: a bit of much needed wonder (in these odd &amp; bleak times) on the 76th anniversary of his birth. let&#x27;s all chill &amp; listen to &#x27;journey through the secret life of plants&#x27;. happy b, stevie.<br><a href="/tags/steviewonder/" rel="tag">#stevieWonder</a> <a href="/tags/illustration/" rel="tag">#illustration</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/vegan/" rel="tag">#vegan</a></p>

<p>On the third day of <a href="/tags/christmas/" rel="tag">#Christmas</a> my true love gave to me... an essay commemorating the Feast of Saint John the Evangelist. Hopefully something as good as three french hens (or three dried squid, if you&#x27;re local kine). </p><p><a href="https://catecheticconverter.com/on-saint-john-the-evangelist" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="catecheticconverter.com/on-saint-john-the-evangelist"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">catecheticconverter.com/on-sai</span><span class="invisible">nt-john-the-evangelist</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/church/" rel="tag">#Church</a> <a href="/tags/christianity/" rel="tag">#Christianity</a> <a href="/tags/theology/" rel="tag">#Theology</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a></p>

<p>On the fourth day of Christmas we get... a pretty horrible story, actually. But, good news, it&#x27;s probably fictional. Bad news, it&#x27;s a fictional story meant to capture the all-too-real horrors of much of our world.</p><p><a href="https://catecheticconverter.com/on-the-holy-innocents" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="catecheticconverter.com/on-the-holy-innocents"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">catecheticconverter.com/on-the</span><span class="invisible">-holy-innocents</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/christmas/" rel="tag">#Christmas</a> <a href="/tags/christianity/" rel="tag">#Christianity</a> <a href="/tags/theology/" rel="tag">#Theology</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#Ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/episcopal/" rel="tag">#Episcopal</a></p>

<p>Hey all!<br>Just a small reminder: name change to reflect a slight shift in content. For sure, still plenty of <a href="/tags/optoutside/" rel="tag">#OptOutside</a>, <a href="/tags/running/" rel="tag">#running</a>, <a href="/tags/photosafari/" rel="tag">#PhotoSafari</a>, <a href="/tags/travel/" rel="tag">#travel</a>.</p><p>Now with more <a href="/tags/videogames/" rel="tag">#VideoGames</a> and entertainment biz. <br>Plus, <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#China</a> (<a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a>, <a href="/tags/martialarts/" rel="tag">#martialarts</a>, especially <a href="/tags/hunggar/" rel="tag">#HungGar</a> 洪拳)</p>

<p>On the fifth day of <a href="/tags/christmas/" rel="tag">#Christmas</a> my true love gave to me... the commemoration of a man who should probably be the patron saint of England: Saint Thomas of Canterbury.</p><p><a href="https://catecheticconverter.com/on-saint-thomas-of-canterbury" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="catecheticconverter.com/on-saint-thomas-of-canterbury"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">catecheticconverter.com/on-sai</span><span class="invisible">nt-thomas-of-canterbury</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/church/" rel="tag">#Church</a> <a href="/tags/england/" rel="tag">#England</a> <a href="/tags/episcopal/" rel="tag">#Episcopal</a> <a href="/tags/anglican/" rel="tag">#Anglican</a> <a href="/tags/christian/" rel="tag">#Christian</a> <a href="/tags/theology/" rel="tag">#Theology</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a></p>

<p>Taliesin (Frank Lloyd Wright&#x27;s Home &amp; School) near Spring Green in southwest <a href="/tags/wisconsin/" rel="tag">#Wisconsin</a> </p><p>Again picking away at my archive. Combining photos from two visits in 2012 &amp; 2023.</p><p>Wonderful place to visit BTW! More to come...</p><p><a href="https://richard.mdpaths.com/history/taliesin/index.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="richard.mdpaths.com/history/taliesin/index.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">richard.mdpaths.com/history/ta</span><span class="invisible">liesin/index.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/architecture/" rel="tag">#Architecture</a> <a href="/tags/taliesin/" rel="tag">#Taliesin</a> <a href="/tags/franklloydwright/" rel="tag">#FrankLloydWright</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a></p>