Notices by Sean Bala (seanbala@mas.to), page 7

@Tupp_ed

There is also "So You Want To Be a Wizard" series by @dianeduane - read them as a kid and reallt enjoyed them!

@foxbasealpha @Tarbh @Tupp_ed @shevyf @natural20

Love this idea! Recently finshed the Dark is Rising Sequence and I loved the whole experience.

DOG OF WAR:

Today’s #dog of war is this white cloud Shila, she really loved being called cute.

@lex @susankayequinn I downloaded the first novel and the short stories on my Kobo.

And I got the novel "Third Daughter" - A steampunk adventure in a Indian-inspired kingdom?! SIGN ME UP!

Just finishing up an Ursula Le Guin novel but these might be my next reads!

@seanbala @sofiav @seanbala It is just as our 18th century founding fathers intended. Why do you think they wore the wigs?

@sofiav @seanbala

The price of freedom? 🇺🇸🎉🇺🇸🎉

@sofiav

Probably the high cost of childcare and lack of nation-wide parental leave. In my opinion, one the reasons you had militant parent groups in the USA pushing for schools to reopen is that they wanted the school as child care.

P.S. - Both Mayor Daley's were awful. Will never forgive the younger for basically selling Chicago's parking revenues to a Middle East consortium for 75 years.

t is not saying that are not problems here or in the past. We can't forget and we need to work on improving things moving forward. But the larger image of #Chicago equaling all that is wrong with Godless America are just not true. Those people who feel this way are not concerned about the CPD's history of violence. They probably would say that the CPD is too soft on crime. The narrative is similar to how people use San Francisco or Portland as a signifier of Urban Decay.

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@failedLyndonLaRouchite #Chicago has become a signifier of what all those people feel is "wrong" with America. A convenient symbol. And often a racialized one. You say Chicago and people think everyone is living in constant violence everywhere. This is a drumbeat in media (especial right wing media). Most people who hold these stereotypes are coming at it from the Right, not the Left. People I know from home think I live in a Mad Max-hellscape under constant gunfire. That is not the case.

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One more note to #DNC participants - if you are looking for a place to pray, mediate, or get some quiet Saint James Episcopal Cathedral is open all day. It is a VERY beautiful space right near most of the hotels.

The Cathedral has 12:10pm services every day this week.

https://www.saintjamescathedral.org

#Chicago #Illinois #Travel #DemocraticNationalConvention #DNC2024 #HarrisWalz #HarrisWalz2024 #Episcopal #EpiscopalChurch #Christianity #Church #Churches

Delegates to the #DNC in #Chicago - a few food places I highly recommend in River North / Gold Coast while you are here:

Moti Cafe (Corner of Huron and Clark) - fun Indian fusion foods with authentic Masala Chai.

Kapej Coffee (at Sedgewick Brown Line stop) - in my opinion, the best coffee you can get in the city.

Cafe L'Appetito (at Huron and Wabash) - small Italian Bakery and subs.

#Travel #Coffee @coffee #RiverNorth #DemocraticNationalConvention #DNC2024 #harriswalz #HarrisWalz2024

One of the better parts about having the #DNC in #Chicago is seeing the love this city is getting from visitors. Chicago often has a bad reputation in American media but people coming here get to see for themselves how warm, welcoming, and enjoyable this place is!

For those of your visiting for the Convention, welcome to our City! If you are looking for recommendations for things to do, feel free to ask!

#DemocraticNationalConvention #DNC2024 #Illinois #Travel #HarrisWalz #HarrisWalz2024

@agnes One of my favorite moments from grad school was seeing a poster for a meeting of a Neo-Luddite society on campus. I was hand written in black sharpie and photocopied. I was really tempted to write "Find Us on Facebook" at the bottom....

Ranger Sarah has arrived at Pipestone National Monument.

#adventuresofrangersarah #rangersarah #pipestonenationalmonument #hike #hikingadventures #hiking #outdooradventures #nationalpark #Minnesota #geology

Nearly every book I read as a child influenced me. I’ve kept this list to books I read aged 16 and up, this one carried on from childhood into adulthood as well. *Where the Sidewalk Ends* by Shel Silverstein

Entry #16 of the #Bookstodon challenge: Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. *No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

@dana_cz Completely understand. I have been doing a lot of visibly sown books with binding and I quite like them.

@lex @susankayequinn I have enjoyed stuff from Susan and I trust your judgement - will get this on my Kobo! :)

@carlmalamud Sounds like Real Bangalore to me, ROFL

"Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny. Now the time has come when we shall redeem our pledge - not wholly or in full measure - but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, #India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance."

- Jawaharlal Nehru, 14 August 1947

#IndianIndependenceDay @mastodonindians