Notices by Bill (bmacdonald94@hostux.social)

Someone very young asked me this...

"What do you think is it that made the 80s so fun? Actually, let me rephrase that, what do you think is it that allowed the 80s to have so much fun?"

Completely taken aback I had the following answer...but I'm missing something... (I wanted to go out of my way to NOT mention anything economy related)

"A number of factors ...

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What to know about Transgender Day of Remembrance and violence against trans people
https://apnews.com/article/transgender-day-of-remembrance-deaths-rita-hester-8160deb98febe780aa94577fd59a6758
https://apnews.com/article/transgender-day-visibility-gender-affirming-0858d8f42ece877cfad27488a4ad83dd

* TDoR every Nov 20
* began 1999 to honor Rita Hester, trans woman killed in Massachusetts
* marks end of Transgender Awareness Week: raises public knowledge about transgender community & issues we face
* Williams Institute, UCLA Law est. 1.6M people in U.S. age 13+ identify as transgender
* >4x more likely than cisgender persons to be victims of violence

#TDoR

Andrzej Grygier
Cavatina
(Stanley Myers)

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=gMw3-1OdX8w

"To be great, truly great, you have to be the kind of person who makes the others around you great."

Mark Twain

"If we were meant to talk more than listen, we would have two mouths and one ear."

Mark Twain

@northernlights ~ Thank you. I will certainly pursue.

@northernlights ~ I had not seen that. Thank you, I will look into that.

"We will never have a perfect world, but it's not romantic or naive to work toward a better one."

Steven Pinker

"All our behaviors are a result of neurophysiological activity in the brain. There is no reason to believe there is any magic going on."

Steven Pinker

"I would argue that nothing gives life more purpose than the realization that every moment of consciousness is a precious and fragile gift."

Steven Pinker

Good* morning

*It's below -20C windchill, there are 6 foot tall snowdrifts around the barn, the roads are all closed, the schoolbus is cancelled (!), but the goats need to be fed and my university classes are apparently NOT cancelled. It's going to be A Day.

been playin this game, I'm now #3 in my alliance - the two generals above me who formed the alliance are way ahead, and now I'm way ahead of everyone else, so I'm just gonna sit here on this ledge a bit and enjoy the view

@Iva852 ❤️

@Awesome40 ~ My snow days are over, but enjoy. Keep smiling my friend. ❤️

@outwitplaylist ~ That certainly wasn't my intent at all. I will be more careful. My apologies.

“I am who I am today because of immigrants—people like my parents, extended family, and the community who raised me,” said Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez. “The same is true for Los Angeles, a city built on the dreams and labor of generations of immigrants.”

And then this year our Harris signs, and our calling out the cowards who threatened us, gave her strength. And she ended by saying that she would not let it go to waste: that she would be brave and be a source of strength to others, as we had been for her.

I wept as I read it. Everything I could have hoped to achieve with the signs was in that letter.

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📌 What about the #OpenAccess #OABooks Toolkit -- have you checked it out yet? - https://www.oabooks-toolkit.org/

“... for researchers as authors of academic books... intended to help authors to better understand open access book publishing and to increase trust in open access books.

... aimed at policy makers... provides a resource to support policy development for #OABooks... should also be of interest to the wider range of stakeholders... e.g., #libraries and #publishers...”

https://www.oabooks-toolkit.org/

Senate Republicans concerned with Gaetz nomination ask to access House ethics probe
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/14/nx-s1-5191708/gaetz-nomination-republicans-ethics-probe

* Gaetz's nomination as next attorney general could face uphill path in U.S. Senate
* growing number of Republican senators calling for access to U.S. House Ethics Committee probe into Gaetz's conduct