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Silent Sunday Jan 19 2025

Japanese garden in winter. Wood bridge over water to island, with rock garden in front, bare trees in background except for a few evergreen, and a red dogwood. Snow lightly covering everything. Sunny day, muted blue sky.
Japanese Garden in Missouri Botanical Garden in winter
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Zuckerberg leaves us with one question

It wasn’t difficult to quit X-witter years ago, and I really haven’t missed it. It also wasn’t difficult to quit Threads, and I’ve never been interested in Instagram. So far, Bluesky isn’t evil and I hope it stays this way. And Mastodon’s purely distributed and open nature prevents Mordor from claiming it. But Facebook… Zuckerberg […]

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Well now, 2024 didn’t go quite as we planned

red, green, and white fireworks explosion against black sky
Things blowed up

I was, and I was not, surprised by Trump’s re-election. I knew there were too many men who would normally vote Democrat who balk at electing a women to be Commander-in-Chief; particularly a Black/Asian woman. I knew that thanks to the rebound from COVID that prices are high—aided and abetted by corporations using COVID as […]

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Silent Sunday Dec 22 2024

White paint hands on a rusted green steel bridge girder
Rust
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Silent Sunday Dec 11 2024

Christmas statues and lights in an open field with a full moon peeking out over trees in the background
Silent Night Christmas lights at the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens