Jenny Z., This Puzzle Piece

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Oaklander who likes to keep it local! Black Lives Matter. Accountable government is good government. Good government values every human being. Strong, supportive communities is where the good life takes root.

Oh. And I clearly need to up my kickball game. 😄

Pronouns: She, Her, Hers
Religion: I can't go for that!
Favorite form of government: Representative Democracy
One thing I don't like: When people try to recall elected officials for doing exactly what the candidate promised!

#Oakland

Jenny Z., This Puzzle PieceMar 12

My latest Substack article: What Bacon’s Rebellion Taught Me About Oakland

A second‑chance history student, I trace a line from Bacon’s Rebellion to an Oakland recall campaign—and how power keeps teaching us who to hate.

https://open.substack.com/pub/thisisthemountain/p/what-bacons-rebellion-taught-me-about?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=7qc1s3

What Bacon’s Rebellion Taught Me About Oakland

Volunteering for Oakland Serves takes me into high school classrooms with the fabulous Ms.

This Is the Mountain
Jenny Z., This Puzzle PieceNov 23, 2023
Jessica   🇺🇦 🇵🇸 ✡️Nov 23, 2023
Wishing an abundant, meaningful day to all, whether celebrating or not. We've unfortunately tied this holiday to awful parts of our history, but the message of gratitude is a lovely one.
Jenny Z., This Puzzle PieceOct 30, 2023

Follow the positive energy.

#thoughtfortheday
#thoughtfortomorrow
#thoughtforever

Enjoy.

Jenny Z., This Puzzle PieceOct 30, 2023
Show threadMy Florida Native GardenOct 29, 2023
@nesi
Thousands, maybe millions of Jews are against the actions of the Israeli settlers and government. This is *not* a religious issue. It’s a socio-political issue and we must understand the difference!
Jenny Z., This Puzzle PieceOct 30, 2023
Eli the BeardedOct 30, 2023

Fun connections.

"Stereotype" is a printer's term. Moveable type is expensive. You don't want to keep it tied up longer than needed, so you make a mould from the set type and cast a plate from that.

The "stereotype" is the mould.

A "cliché" is what the French called plate made from that mould, it's onomatopoeia from the sound of removing the plate from the mould.

"Boilerplate" is widely repeated text from the round stereotype castings of newspaper columns ready to throw on a drum press.

Jenny Z., This Puzzle PieceOct 30, 2023
Patricia KaydenOct 30, 2023
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leyrerOct 29, 2023
Forbes. Business news you can trust
Jenny Z., This Puzzle PieceOct 30, 2023
George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Oct 29, 2023
Ohio voters: The extremist GOP Secretary of State is canceling votes, purging thousands of names recently from the voter rolls, right before this important referendum on abortion rights. Make sure you were not among them! Check here for your status: https://voterlookup.ohiosos.gov/voterlookup.aspx
My Voter Information - Voter Search

Jenny Z., This Puzzle PieceOct 30, 2023
Dan GillmorJul 31, 2023

The BBC's experiment with Mastodon is pathbreaking in English-language news -- a major organization setting up its own instance. They've really thought this through. Key language:

"We're using social.bbc as the domain, so you can be sure these accounts are genuinely from the BBC. And by linking to and from the BBC’s website, we have verified our identity on Mastodon."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-07-mastodon-distributed-decentralised-fediverse-activitypub

Welcome to:
@BBCRD
@BBC5Live @BBCRadio4
@BBCTaster
@Connected_Studio
@BBC_News_Labs

The BBC on Mastodon: experimenting with distributed and decentralised social media

Trialling ActivityPub and the federated model for social media and it's possibilities for the BBC.

BBC R&D
Jenny Z., This Puzzle PieceOct 30, 2023
Gwyn CieslaOct 30, 2023

TFW one of your cats empties their bladder into one of your Birkenstocks.

And you discover this fact the least fun way.

#CatsOfMastodon