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#Introduction
I am a retired teacher, septuagenarian, liberal, photography buff and avid golfer. I love diversity and the richness it brings to America and despise those who want to turn America into a kleptocratic theocracy or oligarchy.

Most photos I post are from our travels. Others will be attributed.

Cambria is truly a place of inspiration and rejuvenation as the physical beauty of the coastline is spectacular and spring flowers are abundant.

Stumbled across this lovely post by photographer Darren Bradley and it made me feel very differently — warm and fuzzy, even — about our campus architecture, which he describes as being "one of the finest collections of Modernist architecture in the United States."

https://www.darrenbradleyphotography.com/post/umass-amherst-the-reluctant-modernists

@academicchatter #UMass #Modernism #architecture

UMASS Amherst: The Reluctant Modernists

UMASS Amherst has one of the finest collections of Modernist architecture in the United States. And they’re very sorry about that. If you peruse the website for UMASS Amherst, you learn that it is proudly considered to be the “flagship” campus of the University of Massachusetts system. You learn about their educational programs, extracurricular activities, community engagement, and all sorts of other things. But what you do not learn is that the place is full of Modernist architecture, from some

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🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂...

I caught some dramatic lighting at the end of Loch Glascarnoch this afternoon. Minutes later the clag arrived and the moment was gone.

#Clouds #Loch #ScottishHighlands

Japan has expanded its sanctions against Russia for the invasion/occupation of Ukraine (designating 100 more companies and individuals) and announced a ban on the import of diamonds from Russia, effective on January 1, 2024. https://www.mofa.go.jp/press/release/pressite_000001_00050.html
Kudos to Macy’s which went ahead with plans to have the Broadway cast of & Juliet perform in its annual Thanksgiving Parade in NYC. The so-called “Millions Moms” had protested the presence of two out trans performers and had threatened a boycott of the broadcast. I’m glad no one paid those shrill voices of censorship any heed.

Link to the order denying Jeffrey Clark’s motion to avoid booking and a mug shot.

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http://timinhonolulu.com/2023/08/23/link-to-the-order-denying-jeffrey-clarks-motion-to-avoid-booking-and-a-mug-shot/

Link to the order denying Jeffrey Clark’s motion to avoid booking and a mug shot.

20230823-orderDownload

TimInHonolulu

FIGHTING BOOK BANS!

Having handed out thousands books in the South, the NAACP and American Federation of Teachers “Freedom Library” traveled north to give out another 4,500 often-disputed books.
#News #Politics #USA #BookBans #library

https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/08/06/freedom-library-hands-out-4500-books-in-massachusetts-to-combat-book-bans/

Freedom Library hands out 4,500 books in Massachusetts to combat book bans

“People who are filing these complaints or are trying to ban these books, these are the books that they’re going after they’re going after — books that represents us,”…

Boston Herald
She makes a great few points, no? So I have to ask: What the hell is wrong with half the voters?