Notices by MMS (melmscow@mas.to)

@FlashMobOfOne Done. Sorry if I misjudged or caused any anguish. The link wasn't to the actual footage, so I didn't immediately think to add the warning.

The first filmed account of animal cruelty.

We are monsters.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topsy_(elephant)

In rural Australia in the 1940s, my mother had rocks thrown at her and was branded a 'communist' because her father, a school headmaster, advocated for establishing a public library.

In the Canadian province where I now reside, the Catholic Church controlled libraries -- and thus access to information -- until the 1960s.

We forget how recent the democratisation of knowledge is -- how transformative such institutions were and how hard-won.

We should not part with them easily.

@Mrfunkedude The task of cleaning the lint trap is relegated to my 9-yr-old. He completes it unfailingly, with great care, every time - and enjoys it, to boot. In fact, he'd be offended if I did it for him. It is his métier.

@Mrfunkedude Come on. You're worth more than that.