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  • Seen On Bluesky

    “At this crucial time in our lives, when everything is so desperate, when every day is a matter of survival, I don’t think you can help but be involved.” American singer.Songwriter.Pianist.Composer.Civil rights activist.

  • One of the Reasons I Listen to the BBC

    From an introduction to an otherwise typically dry BBC story tonight about an international NGO conference: Host: Hello, Francis. Reporter: Hello, Max, how are you? Host: I’m well, thank you. Do carry on.

  • RFID is Evil, But …

    I know that they’re the coming evil mark of the beast destroyer of privacy hand in glove with the USAPATRIOT Act, but after spending the morning doing inventory for my favorite AA middle school library, I’m beginning to wonder if San Francisco’s position about the joys of RFID technology in library books isn’t so bad…

  • Weather Update

    Flooding in St. Clair County ….. a tornado watch in 15 southeastern Michigan counties till 11.00 ….. over a dozen tornadoes swept through southern and southeastern Nebraska and nearly wiped out the town of Hallam overnight. So far it’s been quiet here except for a few showers and a brief rush of torrential rain earlier…