Parts of this blog were made “private”; about 700+ posts remain online
As this blog is not read much, I chose earlier in 2025 to make the entire blog private. In July of 2025, I restored about 700 of the original 2500 posts.
Happy 4th of July
The % of Americans who express “pride” in their country is still high, but has dropped a lot over the past 20 years.
Media: Expansive definition of homesteading
What do you think of when you hear that someone is “homesteading”? The definition now includes anyone with a vegetable garden, doing their own canning or baking bread. Hmmmm…
Gendered Language and Personal Pronouns
I am having difficulty mastering the plethora of personal pronouns.
Learning a new dialect of your native language?
Every language has terminology and idioms that may have originated long ago, in the context of derogatory comments or associated with an era when such language may have been viewed as derogatory. There is a list, online, over almost 3,000 words or phrases in the English language, that are considered offensive, or considered offensive in some contexts.
Media: An outstanding reporter – the late Jim McKay
One of the long ago greats in journalism, the late Jim McKay.
Female privilege?: An estimated 84% of social media influencers are female
Almost all social media influencers are women.
The primary purpose of Twitter is to make a fool of oneself :)
The primary purpose of social media is to enable pundits to say things and make utter fools of themselves 🙂
Censorship: Facebook and Twitter provided secret login portals for government to censor social media via proxy
The US Department of Homeland Security, in cooperation with Facebook and Twitter, activity sought to censor online speech, allegedly using secret back door login portals to make urgent censorship requests.
Twitter Blue Checks
I had never investigated the Blue Check program until moments ago. It is used to further our neo-feudalism of elite versus the plebians, ensuring that we know our place. Only the truly elite are supposed to get Blue Check marks. Blue Checks are a mark of techno-nobility.