Notices by Dave Neary (dneary@mastodon.ie)

@clacke I loved being able to point out to my son that "insignificant bongo playing guy" was Feynman. I would have expected his lock picking would have come up in the context of Oppenheimer picking untrustworthy folks.

@clacke There's another lawyer doing deep dives into modern trends. https://youtu.be/zcMrDGs71v8

@roadriverrail @mekkaokereke Thinking of the flag & anthem changes I'm aware of: South Africa, Myanmar, Rwanda all represented a hope to leave behind some former trauma (Apartheid, colonial past, genocide, respectively). The other examples I know of new flags and anthems typically came through secession or break-up of a union (USSR, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia). Are there examples you have in mind?

@roadriverrail @mekkaokereke I dislike jingoism & the symbol-worship too, and it definitely is not as prominent in other countries, but I'm not aware of a lot of symbol-swapping without some legacy of trauma.

@evan Do you have a letter template? "Dear Senator Warren, I like trains. I would love train infrastructure to get better. Thank you, Dave Nearly, your constituent."

@evan Sometimes the racism is the point. Would anything be left of Mississippi Burning if they removed the racism?

@linuxfiend @rysiek @darnell @atomicpoet @axbom @cwebber Users of Identica! The greatest of all @evan 's creations.

@evan Ah, I see. Apologies for my polarization.

@evan I don't understand the middle options on a yes/no question.