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GenX, so I really don’t exist. But seriously, I garden, go for long walks, and take life slowly; I believe in democracy, equal access, and inclusion.
Cover photo is of the Ukrainian flag: a swath of blue sky over a field of yellow sunflowers.

Please copy and paste into the form on the website of your Senators and Representative and share with friends, https://www.congress.gov/contact-us.

Dear Senator/Representative:

I am 100% against President Trumps proposed arch. How many Washington, DC, institutions has he defaced? The White House East Wing. The Kennedy Center. The Institute of Peace. Battleships. A 250th anniversary coin.

His name on paper currency. Trump Rx. Trump Accounts. Trump Gold Cards. Banners with his name and face on government buildings. National Park passes.

Yet that’s not enough to assuage his ego.

I do not want a 250’ high, gold-accented arch that would dwarf the Lincoln Memorial and upstage Arlington National Cemetery. It also disrupts the symbolism of Arlington Memorial Bridge, which honored post-Civil War reconciliation.

It would be taller than “monuments to authoritarian triumphalism, including the victory arch in Pyongyang, North Korea,” according to the Washington Post.

When asked whom the arch would honor, Trump said: “Me.”

Unlike the controversial East Wing, this vanity project would use money from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Speak up and speak out. Oppose the NEH funding. Explore ways Congress can block this project.

#Resist #ResistOfTheDay

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@cataplin Agreed. Many of my ancestors kept records of inventory and purchases. They also documented genetic experiments creating hybrid varieties of plants they grew.
@dac I love how you refer to winter as stick season! Unless, of course, you are referring specifically to pruning season… which is also winter.

Age restriction is not a solution for young kids addicted to social media

The solution is to put a wrecking ball to the exploiting algorithms that try to keep these kids on the platforms for as long as possible to show them as many ads as possible

Age verification is just another tool to keep taps on everyone

Start with the root of the problem and knock on doors from Meta to start with

The world will lose something deeply special when #hampshirecollege closes at the end of this year.

Without it, I’d have never found my way.

I taught there, too, founding its game design program curriculum, helping my fellow weirdos find their ways.

You probably know about Lupita Nyong’o, Liev Schreiber, maybe Ken Burns or Lee Smolin.

As a student, I worked on computer interfaces that Apple & Samsung/LG integrated into the interface you’re using now. I had to testify about it, actually.

@JoshuaACNewman “Non satis scire.”
@NorcalGma2 🐕 💗 🐾
Personally I think alt-text is valuable for everyone, not for just people with visual impairments. I read alt-text all the time. I'm curious if my theory that a wide swath of people read alt-text is true.
#AltTxt #AltText
I'm not visually impaired & rarely read AltTxt
21.4%
I'm not visually impaired & often read AltTxt
76.6%
I'm visually impaired & rarely read AltTxt
0.6%
I'm visually impaired & often read AltTxt
1.5%
Poll ended at .
Have you ever...
Used a telephone book
19.3%
Spoken to a (human) telephone operator
11.6%
Reversed charges on a call
7.4%
Made a call from pay phone / phone box
18.4%
Received a call on a pay phone / phone box
7.2%
Used a phone card
15.2%
Dialled from one exchange to another to route a call
2.6%
Used a rotary dial phone
18.2%
Poll ended at .
While I was watching the launch, I was thinking on how badly we need stuff like this. We need #science, joy, happiness, actual plays, figure skating. I feel upset about how one deranged monster steals so much from us on a daily basis. I long for the day when he will be just a cautionary tale in the history books, while the rest of us enjoy the arts and the achievements of humanity. I can just hope for that day. Godspeed, Integrity #artemis2