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Originally shared by Jeffrey Zeldman It’s the 12th annual international #BlueBeanieDay, celebrating #WebStandards and the inclusive, open web they support. If you love #a11y & progressive enhancement, top your real or digital noggin with a blue toque today. http://bluebeanieday.tumblr.com/post/133796528082/a-hat-of-ones-own http://bluebeanieday.tumblr.com/post/133796528082/a-hat-of-ones-own

Disobedience Death will not necessarily wait for you to get your shit together. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/nov/24/naomi-alderman-disobedience-faith-sexuality-leaving-community

Roll Them Bones He wrote: "For this indiscretion Seneca relegates the emperor (Claudius) to a Sisyphean gamester's hell: condemned eternally to pick up the bones and throw them into a dice cup that has no bottom." His father was the Formica King of Long Island, and his mother was the daughter of a Bengal Lancer in India. That motherfucker was so cool, when he went to bed, sheep counted him. RIP Ricky Jay. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1993/04/05/secrets-of-the-magus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrSIYohQs2o

Client/Server Privilege Also, Can The Algorithm Plead The Fifth? Originally shared by David “not B” A The lack of a categorical denial, from Amazon, that recordings of the stabbings might exist, is telling. Amazon states that Alexa-enabled devices only process and/or record ambient audio and speech when triggered by the activation word or phrase, but how reliable is that statement? https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/episode-417-alexa-as-murder-witness-k-tel-s-legacy-brexit-and-gibraltar-havana-s-mystery-hater-and-more-1.4916536/alexa-who-did-it-what-happens-when-a-judge-in-a-murder-trial-wants-data-from-a-smart-home-speaker-1.4916556

Georgia Crackers Confederate Cannon Balls A Tangy Subtle Appetizer With A Hint Of Racism. “I stopped by to see Cookie Byrd of the Byrd Cookie Company, Savannah Georgia, to tell him I still liked his half-sweet, half-salty sesame Benne Wafers and the spicy cracker nuggets, Confederate Cannon Balls. Dressed in a Southern plantation-owner’s white suit, and with more than a bit of the South in his mouth, he told me he had just sold those crackers to one of the big stores in New York, but he couldn’t remember which. We put our heads together and determined it was Macy’s, and then he said, pointing to a picture of an Aunt Jemima mammy on his label, “You see this? Well, the buyer at Macy’s told me it would have to be taken off the boxes sent to him. Darndest thing I ever heard of in my life.” New York magazine, 1973.

Even A Broken Clock... Is Right Twice A Day. Leadership almost always has a nuanced relationship with Honesty. I just prefer it when it is more closely coupled to the general good, more transparent and professional, and more coherent. But when the "rebuttal" of Bad Populism looks like this? SMH. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/22/hillary-clinton-europe-must-curb-immigration-stop-populists-trump-brexit https://theintercept.com/2018/11/21/thanksgiving-donald-trump-lies-honest-president/

Originally shared by Timothy Street The Bawdy Bard When the lovers were informed that Burbage was at the door, a triumphant Shakespeare sent his colleague a mischievous reply that contained a sharp lesson in English history. “William the Conqueror,” he said, “was before Richard the Third.” https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-50-shades-of-shakespeare-how-the-bard-sexed-things-up-106783 https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-50-shades-of-shakespeare-how-the-bard-sexed-things-up-106783

Doom! Happy Thanksgiving!

Make Biscuits Great Again One more reason I cain't Yankee... Now I'm idly wondering how many brands of flour are in other grocery stores. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/11/better-biscuits-south-thanksgiving/576526/

House Rules https://margaretandhelen.com/2018/11/21/thanksgiving-letter-to-the-family-2/

Dishing It Up

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The Groaning Board Turkey, Sausage & Cornbread Dressing, Gravy, Yeast Rolls, Mashed Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes with Brown Sugar and Marshmallows, Collard Greens with Bacon and Ham Hock, Mac and Cheese, Green Bean Casserole, Fresh & Jellied Cranberries, Chocolate Cake, Atlantic Beach Pie, Cranberry and Peach Sorbet, Sweet Tea and Prosecco. We're celebrating a day early here at the house. Family, friends, and college orphans. We hope that all y'all have something good to eat, and people you love for company. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=07G4xhSefuI

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Lettuce Pray https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2018/o157h7-11-18/index.html Originally shared by Kevin Clarke (ksclarke) Romaine lettuce is not safe to eat, CDC warns U.S. consumers https://wapo.st/2qVs9MH

The Perils Of Paragonia Originally shared by Ray Radlein "I Found the Best Burger Place in America. And Then I Killed It." https://www.thrillist.com/eat/portland/stanichs-closed-will-it-reopen-burger-quest#

INCONCEIVABLE! "Fencing. Fighting. True Love. Strong Hate. Harsh Revenge. A Few Giants. Lots Of Bad Men. Lots Of Good Men. Five Or Six Beautiful Women. Beasties Monstrous and Gentle. Some Swell Escapes and Captures. Death, Lies, Truth, Miracles, and a Little Sex. In short, it's about everything." "Is it safe?" "You crazy? The fall'll probably kill you." "Who ARE those guys?" "Nobody Knows Anything." "You say in several places that I am dead. As I sit here and watch my fingers form this note, I am forced to believe that you are in error. I am old, but alive. Perhaps as you age, you will find the two are not mutually exclusive." Except for when they are. William Goldman wrote the stuff from legends are made. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/william-goldman-oscar-wining-screenwriter-of-butch-cassidy-and-all-the-presidents-men-dies-at-87/2018/11/16/db9afb16-e917-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.htm...

Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them The consequences of using snake oil as a curative to both real and imagined problems. This isn't just about Brexit. I've dealt with this for years in matters of project management. Often, one is faced with exiting the train before the crash, or attempting mitigation and self protection while still on the train. There aren't any good choices, until the avoided truth becomes stark and apparent.

Secret Shopping Originally shared by Ray Radlein "The company has been battling its store owners for years. It seems to have found a new tool: U.S. immigration authorities." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-11-09/7-eleven-is-at-war-with-its-own-franchisees-over-ice-raids

Excelsior! Originally shared by Rick Wayne (Author) R.I.P.

Does The Internet Need A Like Function? And, can you have an identity without Twitter? Important questions. Originally shared by Dave Winer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=382YF7EzSsw&feature=autoshare

A Forgotten Soldier On A Forgotten Front She’d been raised on the stories of Kipling and had read and re-read the Charge of the Light Brigade. Desperate not to be sent back to Salonica, she rested all her hopes on being accepted into the ranks of the Serbian army as a soldier. She expected rejection. Instead, Milos Vasic, the Serb commander whose men she had served, welcomed her. “If you remain with the army,” he told her, “you will have to go with them through Albania. The trip will be terrible, like nothing you have ever experienced.” Flora asked: “Will I be a burden?” “Quite the reverse,” Vasic said. “It will be better for us as your presence will encourage the soldiers. You represent the whole of England to them”. That night, Flora Sandes became a private in the Serbian Army. Originally shared by Ray Radlein https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/A_forgotten_soldier

Shell Shock This rare seismographic document from the Imperial War Museum’s collections shows the moment the First World War ended. The artillery activity it illustrates was recorded on the American front near the River Moselle, one minute before and one minute after the Armistice. Sound designers Coda to Coda used the graphic record to recreate this audio of what the end of the First World War could have sounded like. On the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month, the guns fell silent. It brought an end to four years of war which crippled Europe, leaving 17 million dead. via Timothy Street, Salgood Sam https://metro.co.uk/video/imperial-war-museum-approximate-end-wwi-1798600/

Death Of A Salesman Sears filed for bankruptcy last month. They are closing stores everywhere. The last Sears store in Chicago closed in July. In 1969, Sears, Roebuck & Co., based in Chicago, was the largest retailer in the world, with about 350,000 employees. The iconic Sears (now Willis) Tower was completed in 1973. In this Southern town, the local Sears store, with its fancy escalators and rooftop parking deck, was closed in 1975, when it moved to the newly opened indoor Mall. Word is, that store will also be closing within the year. I grew up in the Era of the Shopping Center as part of a Planned Community. Parkmerced/Stonestown Shopping Center in San Francisco, Cameron Village in Raleigh, others. When we lived in Parkmerced, shopping was mostly done at Stonestown, which was anchored by the Emporium, not Sears. Still, some of our appliances came from Sears (no doubt because of the charge card), and some came from House of Louie (probably with cash). And truthfully, most o...

Bucking For Sergeant Originally shared by Timothy Street The last soldier to die in WW1, Henry Gunther, may have been committing suicide in the final minute of the war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Gunther https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Gunther

Zombies R Us Originally shared by Al Tlön "I should just ask my mom. She’s 73 and she loves Zombies. I did ask my brother. He said, “Zombie movies are the new westerns.” I think he meant that they are about how people survive and cope, especially with each other, against a backdrop of lawlessness. And they both involve plenty of gun-play and violence. That seems basically right to me. But, still, if that’s the appeal of the genre, what is the appeal of the Zombies themselves? Let me come back to that. Let’s start with how the Zombie invasion started fifty-years ago." https://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2018/11/whats-with-all-the-zombies.html

Staying On Message https://twitter.com/neurovagrant/status/1059963185124573184 https://xkcd.com/1732/

I, Too, Was A Poster Child Don't ask for what... Originally shared by Al Tlön "Let's take a look at some rooms as well as poster advertising from the 1970s and relive those days when kids were defined by what was tacked to their walls..." https://flashbak.com/on-the-walls-in-the-1970s-pictures-of-the-poster-craze-407630/

A Case Of Mistaken Identity https://twitter.com/quinncy/status/1060303097178673152 NB: in the comments, word is passed to Brian Dennehy, by his daughters. He is said to have laughed long and loud.

Moving The Median Experiments in De-Re-Annexation. For want of a Cheesecake Factory. Especially ironic because of the connection to Wakanda. https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/11/eagles-landing-cityhood-vote-atlanta-stockbridge/571990/ Pretty much related: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/median https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/11/eagles-landing-cityhood-vote-atlanta-stockbridge/571990/

The Will Of The People For certain values of Will and the People. Seen in Raleigh, NC.

North vs South

The Trump Of Pahrump Dead Pimp Republican is the new Yellow Dog Democrat. “I’m fine with him being dead and winning,” O’Rourke said. “I know a lot of people who were going to vote Democrat if he were alive, but will now vote Republican because he’s dead.” http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nevada-dead-candidate-20181106-story.html http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nevada-dead-candidate-20181106-story.html

Say It Ain't So, Bo! First Red Hat, now Bojangles. Damn Yankees! https://www.wral.com/bojangles-to-be-sold-in-cash-deal-in-2019/17973594/ https://www.wral.com/bojangles-to-be-sold-in-cash-deal-in-2019/17973594/

WWJD "Don't Vote For Democrats On Tuesday, And Sing 'Oh How I Love Jesus' On Sunday." Oh, come on. Some Democrats can sing real pretty. And Jesus loves them just the way they are. I have it on good authority. https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/11/06/pastors-sign-outside-florida-polling-place-warns-not-to-vote-for-democrats-and-then-praise-jesus/

At Bat You don't get credit for a sacrifice hit. Go Vote! http://thedevilspanties.com/archives/12793

MIA: Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner "Time, time, time for another peaceful war." Originally shared by Al Tlön "I’m very well acquainted with the seven deadly sins" "I keep a busy schedule trying to fit them in" https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/excitable-boys-in-trumplandia-a-twelve-act-rock-opera-about-the-trump-administration-told-exclusively-through-warren-zevon-lyrics

"Deal With What's Real" Whatever happened to Daniel Antopolsky? https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/apr/30/daniel-antopolsky-interview-country-music-chickens-townes-van-zandt Originally shared by Randy Culler Townes Van Zandt, Susanna Clark, Guy Clark and Daniel Antopolsky on the porch at Guy and Susanna’s house, East Nashville, 1972

Lost In White Noise Originally shared by Al Tlön "He has spent half a century dissecting America’s dreams and nightmares. Now the great novelist is imagining what his ‘deluged’ country will be like three years from today" https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/nov/05/don-delillo-trumps-america-love-lies-bleeding

Done Did Get you some!

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The Nature Of Relationships Some very good thoughts here, well expressed. Originally shared by Julian Bond Some thoughts on ways of categorising Social Networks along different dimensions. Network effects There is power in size. The question is, how much power? Metcalfe looked at it via the number of 1-1 connections possible and decided it was proportional to the square of the total number of nodes. This is one reason why Facebook or Twitter have more potential network power than G+. So the utility rise not just with N but N^2 Reed took this a stage further and looked at group forming and the total number of potential groups. The total number of possible groups is 2N - N - 1 suggesting that Utility rises in group forming networks at 2^N. However in real world networks nowhere near all possible groups actually form. In Social Groups it seems to me you need a minimum of 5 noisy people for the group to be self-sustaining. On the usual basis that 90% lurk, 9% Comment and 1% post, that mea...

Bookshop Brigade Showing Some Spine! https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/31/world/europe/october-books-human-chain.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/31/world/europe/october-books-human-chain.html