#.Jan Steward

[harrisonarchive]

Photo 1 by Mark Sullivan.

“When I got Dark Horse Records, I had a couple of artists come up with logos, and there was one guy who painted one that looked really nice, with a nice color scheme, but it was a Chinese horse. I wanted something kind of different, and I was in India early in 1974 and I just thought I’m bound to find something if I keep my eyes open. One day I was in this placed called Udaipur and I looked across the street in the market, and I thought I could see some little pictures of enamel. And I got across the street and it was tins of paint on this stall. And I looked at all the tins, and they all had different labels on them, and one of them had the horse. It was a white horse but it had seven heads, and I thought, there’s my logo! I bought the tin can, brought it back and gave it to the artist and got him to make it dark and turn it ‘round so it would run the right way around the label. That’s the drag now about CDs: you don’t get to have any nice logos you can see turning.” - George Harrison, Goldmine, November 27, 1992 “[Jan Steward] created the logo for George Harrison’s record label, Dark Horse. It features the seven-headed flying horse Uchchahishravas from Indian art and mythology.” - The Los Angeles Times, August 11, 2020 “‘George always considered himself to be a dark horse — under the radar,’ [Olivia] says. ‘It’s interesting considering he was so out there [in the public]. But he was very internalized. If you looked at him onstage, he didn’t physically jump around and express himself like that. In that dark-horse way, people wouldn’t expect you to be a songwriter or be spiritual or funny, because you’re a dark horse. Nobody really knows what’s going on with you.’ Harrison told [Jim] Keltner he was starting his own record company and even showed him an illustration of the Uchchaihshravas, a seven-headed horse common in Hindu mythology, which would serve as the company’s logo. ‘He was just the king of all horses, the prototype for all horses, the best horse ever,’ says Dhani of the symbol. ‘He turned the tide in the battle and just generally was seen as this powerful vehicle for protection and overcoming.’” - Rolling Stone, March 9, 2020

[wilwheaton]

Up until the moment of its collapse, the cult of Reagan appeared as strong as ever. In the Bush administration, the son of Reagan’s vice president let Dick Cheney, one of Reagan’s earliest supporters in 1980, and other Reagan alumni steer the country. At the same time, then-congressman Mike Pence even co-sponsored a bill to boot Franklin D. Roosevelt off the dime in favor of Reagan. It became tradition for GOP presidential contenders to hoof it to the Reagan presidential library in California for a debate beneath Reagan’s glistening Air Force One jumbo jet. Two decades later, Cheney is persona non grata in the GOP, exiled for the cardinal sin of criticizing Donald Trump. Also gone is Cheney’s daughter Liz, primaried out of Congress in 2022 by furious Trump-aligned voters. Pence had to flee the Senate floor as a mob of MAGA zealots threatened to hang him. None of those Jan. 6 rioters cared that Pence had been a good steward of Reagan Republicanism during his long political career. They only knew that he had betrayed Trump, and that alone merited execution on the Capitol steps.

Wednesday’s Republican primary debate might as well be a funeral

[abybweisse]

Looked this post up for info to add to a new ask reply, and I feel the need to correct something else: Tanaka was indeed the Steward when Vincent was earl and watchdog. The household image from ch151 says so:

Am I the only one who thinks that this is pretty similar to Sebastians last name?

[inexplicifics]

So it's already been asked how Maja's human family would react to her being a) alive and b) a witcher, but how would her family react to her being apprenticed to Jan, the good-hearted Steward of Kaer Morhen? Because I'd imagine her parents would be pretty proud.

Also, do you think she'd regularly send letters to her family with a magic mailbox if/when they got contacted?

I still need to write the fic for this, but I think her family are going to be Confused but Pleased at her elevation in social status.

I'm not sure she'd write letters. Short notes, maybe? Her family's not very literate. But she might send gifts.

[gravehags]

thinking about all the wonderful demonic art from a wide breadth of cultures that exist in the ministry's collections like i know the first time natalie saw an original jan van eyck tucked away in a dusty storage room she wept openly because how lucky is she to be the steward of such a fucking cool collection? i know that girl is writing and submitting academic articles like crazy lmao

[eregyrn-falls]

Yurok tribal members lead a redwood canoe tour on the lower Klamath River on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Klamath, Calif. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File)

(I could have sworn I read this in a post on here, but I just cannot find it anywhere. So here it is... maybe again for some folks.)

California tribe that lost 90% of land during Gold Rush to get site to serve as gateway to redwoods

By Associated Press Laguna Beach

PUBLISHED 4:54 PM PT Mar. 19, 2024

Source.

California’s Yurok Tribe, which had 90% of its territory taken from it during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800s, will be getting a slice of its land back to serve as a new gateway to Redwood National and State Parks visited by 1 million people a year.

The tribe signed a memorandum of understanding Tuesday with California and the National Park Service for 125 acres in Humboldt County to be transferred to the Yurok in 2026 after the restoration of salmon habitat Officials say the tribe will be the first Native people to co-manage returned land with the National Park Service The arrangement with the Redwood National and State Parks and the nonprofit Save the Redwoods League is part of a growing Land Back movement It seeks to return Indigenous homelands to descendants of those who inhabited those areas long before European settlers arrived

The Yurok will be the first Native people to manage tribal land with the National Park Service under a historic memorandum of understanding signed Tuesday by the tribe, Redwood National and State Parks and the nonprofit Save the Redwoods League.

The agreement “starts the process of changing the narrative about how, by whom and for whom we steward natural lands,” Sam Hodder, president and CEO of Save the Redwoods League, said in a statement.

The tribe will take ownership in 2026 of 125 acres near the tiny Northern California community of Orick in Humboldt County after restoration of a local tributary, Prairie Creek, is complete under the deal. The site will introduce visitors to Yurok customs, culture and history, the tribe said.

The area is home to the world’s tallest treees — some reaching more than 350 feet. It’s about a mile from the Pacific coast and adjacent to the Redwood National and State Parks, which includes one national park and three California state parks totaling nearly 132,000 acres.

The return of the land — named ’O Rew in the Yurok Language — more than a century after it was stolen from California’s largest tribe is proof of the “sheer will and perseverance of the Yurok people,” said Rosie Clayburn, the tribe’s cultural resources director. “We kind of don’t give up.”

For the tribe, redwoods are considered living beings and traditionally only fallen trees have been used to build their homes and canoes.

More below the cut:

This drone photo taken Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, shows the site of a salmon restoration project at Prairie Creek, which runs from Redwood National and State Parks, Calif., and flows through land that will be returned to the Yurok Tribe. (AP Photo/Terry Chea, File)

“As the original stewards of this land, we look forward to working together with the Redwood National and State Parks to manage it,” Clayburn said. “This is work that we’ve always done, and continued to fight for, but I feel like the rest of world is catching up right now and starting to see that Native people know how to manage this land the best.”

The property is at the heart of the tribe’s ancestral land and was taken in the 1800s to exploit its old-growth redwoods and other natural resources, the tribe said. Save the Redwoods League bought the property in 2013 and began working with the tribe and others to restore it.

Much of the property was paved over by a lumber operation that worked there for 50 years and also buried Prairie Creek, where salmon would swim upstream from the Pacific to spawn.

A growing Land Back movement has been returning Indigenous homelands to the descendants of those who lived there for millennia before European settlers arrived. That has seen Native American tribes taking a greater role in restoring rivers and lands to how they were before they were expropriated.

Last week, a 2.2-acre parking lot was returned to the Ohlone people where they established the first human settlement beside San Francisco Bay 5,700 years ago. In 2022, more than 500 acres of redwood forest on the Lost Coast were returned to the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council, a group of 10 tribes.

The ’O Rew property represents just a tiny fraction of the more than 500,000 acres of the ancestral land of the Yurok, whose reservation straddles the lower 44 miles of the Klamath River. The Yurok tribe is also helping lead efforts in the largest dam removal project in U.S. history along the California-Oregon border to restore the Klamath and boost the salmon population.

Plans for ‘O Rew include a traditional Yurok village of redwood plank houses and a sweat house. There also will be a new visitor and cultural center displaying scores of sacred artefacts from deerskins to baskets that have been returned to the tribe from university and museum collections, Clayburn said.

The center, which will include information on the redwoods and forest restoration, also will serve as a hub for the tribe to carry out their traditions, she said.

It will add more than a mile of new trails, including a new segment of the California Coastal Trail, with interpretive exhibits. The trails will connect to many of the existing trails inside the parks, including to popular old-growth redwood groves.

This drone photo taken on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, shows a salmon restoration project at Prairie Creek, which runs from Redwood National and State Parks, Calif., and flows through land that will be returned to the Yurok Tribe. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

The tribe had already been restoring salmon habitat for three years on the property, building a meandering stream channel, two connected ponds and about 20 acres of floodplain while dismantling a defunct mill site. Crews also planted more than 50,000 native plants, including grass-like slough sedge, black cottonwood and coast redwood trees.

Salmon were once abundant in rivers and streams running through these redwood forests. But dams, logging, development and drought — due in part to climate change — have destroyed the waterways and threatened many of these species. Last year, recreational and commercial king salmon fishing seasons were closed along much of the West Coast due to near-record low numbers of the iconic fish returning to their spawning grounds.

Thousands of juvenile coho and chinook salmon and steelhead have already returned to Prairie Creek along with red-legged frogs, northwestern salamanders, waterfowl and other species.

Redwoods National Park Superintendent Steve Mietz praised the restoration of the area and its return to the tribe, saying it is “healing the land while healing the relationships among all the people who inhabit this magnificent forest.”

[ausetkmt]

On this day in 1886: Black abolitionist shares Underground Railroad strategy ⋆ Michigan Advance

On Jan. 17, 1886, Black abolitionist William Lambert revealed that he was part of a secret order called, “African American Mysteries: Order of the Men of Oppression.”  He made the declaration in a Detroit Tribune newspaper article.

Lambert and others used codes, passwords and secret handshakes to help slaves gain freedom along the Underground Railroad, the Detroit tailor said. 

“These and other abolitionist efforts, by both groups and individuals, assisted thousands of fugitives on their travels on the Underground Railroad in Michigan,” according to the Detroit Historical Society.  William Lambert | Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

The “railroad” was a multi-state network of men and women, Blacks and whites African American who offered shelter and aid to escaped enslaved people from Southern states like Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi.

President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, ending slavery in America. 

Born in Trenton, N.J, Lambert was 21 when he arrived in Detroit in 1838. As a leader in the Underground Railroad movement, Lambert assisted in the escapes of Thornton and Rutha Blackburn in 1833. They were slaves from Kentucky.

In 1837, Lambert helped to form the Detroit Anti-Slavery Society. It included prominent Black abolitionists Robert Banks, and Madison Lightfoot as well as prominent whites Edwin Cowles, Robert Steward and Shubael Conant.

In 1840, Lambert addressed the Michigan Legislature and challenged the body to amend the state constitution to allow for African Americans to be given full citizenship. 

Three years later, Lambert also participated in a two-day Negro Suffrage Convention which was held at Second Baptist Church, Michigan’s first Black church congregation located in Detroit. There, 23 delegates discussed and planned a strategy to win voting rights and sustainable employment for African Americans.

A resolution adopted by the assembly read as follows:

“Whereas we find ourselves existing in this state, with no marks of criminality attached to our names as a class — no spots of disloyalty dishonoring our birthright; and whereas, we yet find ourselves the subjects and not the objects of legislation, because we are prevented from giving an assenting or opposing voice in the periodic appointments of those who rule us.”

Lambert died in 1890 at age 71.

[reasoningdaily]

Life Without Black People

A very humorous and revealing story is told about a group of white people who were fed up with African Americans, so they joined together and wished themselves away. They passed through a deep dark tunnel and emerged in sort of a twilight zone where there is an America without black people.

At first these white people breathed a sigh of relief.

'At last', they said, 'no more crime, drugs, violence and welfare.'

All of the blacks have gone! Then suddenly, reality set in. The 'NEW AMERICA' is not America at all - only a barren land.

1. There are very few crops that have flourished because the nation was built on a slave-supported system.

2. There are no cities with tall skyscrapers because Alexander Mils, a black man, invented the elevator, and without it, one finds great difficulty reaching higher floors.

3. There are few if any cars because Richard Spikes, a black man, invented the automatic gearshift, Joseph Gambol, also black, invented the Super Charge System for Internal Combustion Engines, and Garrett A. Morgan, a black man,

invented the traffic signals.

4. Furthermore, one could not use the rapid transit system because its procurer was the electric trolley, which was invented by another black man, Albert R. Robinson.

5. Even if there were streets on which cars and a rapid transit system could operate, they were cluttered with paper because an African American, Charles Brooks, invented the street sweeper..

6. There were few if any newspapers, magazines and books because John Love invented the pencil sharpener, William Purveys invented the fountain pen, and Lee Barrage invented the Type Writing Machine and W. A. Love invented the Advanced Printing Press. They were all, you guessed it, Black.

7. Even if Americans could write their letters, articles and books, they would not have been transported by mail because William Barry invented the Postmarking and Canceling Machine, William Purveys invented the Hand Stamp and Philip Downing invented the Letter Drop.

8. The lawns were brown and wilted because Joseph Smith invented the Lawn Sprinkler and John Burr the Lawn Mower.

9. When they entered their homes, they found them to be poorly ventilated and poorly heated. You see, Frederick Jones invented the Air Conditioner and Alice Parker the Heating Furnace. Their homes were also dim. But of course, Lewis Lattimer later invented the Electric Lamp, Michael Harvey invented the lantern, and Granville T. Woods invented the Automatic Cut off Switch. Their homes were also filthy because Thomas W. Steward invented the Mop and Lloyd P. Ray the Dust Pan.

10. Their children met them at the door - barefooted, shabby, motley and unkempt. But what could one expect? Jan E. Matzelinger invented the Shoe Lasting Machine, Walter Sammons invented the Comb, Sarah Boone invented the Ironing Board, and George T. Samon invented the Clothes Dryer.

11. Finally, they were resigned to at least have dinner amidst all of this turmoil. But here again, the food had spoiled because another Black Man, John Standard invented the refrigerator...

Now, isn't that something? What would this country be like without the contributions of Blacks, as African-Americans?

Martin Luther King, Jr. said, 'by the time we leave for work, millions of Americans have depended on the inventions from the minds of Blacks.'

Black history includes more than just slavery, Frederick Douglas, Martin Luther Kinbg, Jr., Malcolm X, and Marcus Garvey & W.E.B. Dubois.

PLEASE SHARE, ABUNDANTLY

[gtunesmiff]

Creating and analyzing are two different processes and can’t be done at the same time.

~ Jan Steward || Learning By Heart

[lia-the-normal-human]

Database Additions for MAGP 01: First Shift

Released 18 Jan 2024 Episode written by Jonathan Sims Co-written by Alexander J Newall

Episode summary from the The Magnus Database

SPOILERS BELOW CUT

CASES

CAT1RBC5257-12052022-09012024 Reanimation (partial) -/- regret [email] Read by Norris

Parties mentioned: Arthur Consultant Darla Winstead Harriet Winstead

Locations mentioned: Grantham Cemetery

Misc objects mentioned: None

CAT23RAB2155-10042022-09012024 Transformation (eyes) -/- Trespass [chat log] Read by Chester

Parties mentioned: ArcherK BadGrav31 Devan FlowersUnderground Magnus Institute RedCanary

Locations mentioned: Magnus Institute

Misc objects mentioned: Unidentified symbols Wooden box

Other Parties Introduced

Alice Dyer Augustus Chester Colin Becher Gwendolyn Bouchard Lena Kelley Norris Office of Incident Assessment and Response Response Department Samama Khalid Teddy Vaughn

Other Locations Introduced

OIAR Main Office The Steward

Other Misc Objects Introduced

FR3-d1 Response 121

Connections/Item Relationships Found (New)

Employees of the OIAR Episode 1 Case 1 Episode 1 Case 2 FR3-d1 voices Pub that OIAR employees have been to Former OIAR department Sam knows the Magnus Institute Sam and Alice's past relationship

Voiced Characters

Alice Dyer Teddy Vaughn Colin Becher Lena Kelley Gwendolyn Bouchard Samama Khalid Norris Chester

Database

The Magnus Database has been updated for this episode.

[harvestheart]

LIFE WITHOUT BLACK PEOPLE (author unknown)

A very humorous and revealing story is told about a group of white people who were fed up with African Americans, so they joined together and wished themselves away. They passed through a deep dark tunnel and emerged in sort of a twilight zone where there is an America without Black people. At first these white people breathed a sigh of relief. At last, they said, “No more crime, drugs, violence and welfare. All of the Black s have gone!” Then suddenly, reality set in. The “NEW AMERICA” is not America at all — only a barren land. 1. There are very few crops that have flourished because the nation was built on a slave-supported system. 2. There are no cities with tall skyscrapers because Alexander Miles, a Black man, invented the elevator, and without it, one finds great difficulty reaching higher floors. 3. There are few if any cars because Richard Spikes, a Black man, invented the automatic gearshift, Joseph Gambol, also Black, invented the Super Charge System for Internal Combustion Engines, and Garrett A. Morgan, a Black man, invented the traffic signals. 4. Furthermore, one could not use the rapid transit system because its procurer was the electric trolley, which was invented by another Black man, Albert R. Robinson. 5. Even if there were streets on which cars and a rapid transit system could operate, they were cluttered with paper because an African American, Charles Brooks, invented the street sweeper. 6. There were few if any newspapers, magazines and books because John Love invented the pencil sharpener, William Purveys invented the fountain pen, and Lee Barrage invented the Type Writing Machine and W. A. Love invented the Advanced Printing Press. They were all, you guessed it, Black. 7. Even if Americans could write their letters, articles and books, they would not have been transported by mail because William Barry invented the Postmarking and Canceling Machine, William Purveys invented the Hand Stamp and Philip Downing invented the Letter Drop. 8. The lawns were brown and wilted because Joseph Smith invented the Lawn Sprinkler and John Burr the Lawn Mower. 9. When they entered their homes, they found them to be poorly ventilated and poorly heated. You see, Frederick Jones invented the Air Conditioner and Alice Parker the Heating Furnace. Their homes were also dim. But of course, Lewis Later invented the Electric Lamp, Michael Harvey invented the lantern and Granville T. Woods invented the Automatic Cut off Switch. Their homes were also filthy because Thomas W. Steward invented the Mop and Lloyd P. Ray the Dust Pan. 10. Their children met them at the door -- barefooted, shabby, motley and unkempt. But what could one expect? Jan E. Matzelinger invented the Shoe Lasting Machine, Walter Sammons invented the Comb, Sarah Boone invented the Ironing Board and George T. Samon invented the Clothes Dryer. 11. Finally, they were resigned to at least have dinner amidst all of this turmoil. But here again, the food had spoiled because another Black Man, John Standard invented the refrigerator. Now, isn’t that something? What would this country be like without the contributions of Blacks, as African Americans? Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “by the time we leave for work, Americans have depended on the inventions from the minds of Blacks.” Black history includes more than just slavery, Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. Dubois.

[lovelyteng]

My Crossover Cast as No Straight Roads (2023 Remake)

Main Characters Bonnie (Brawl Stars) as Mayday Gus (Brawl Stars) as Zuke NSR (No Straight Roads) Artists Steward (Luigi’s Mansion 3) as Tatiana Qwartz/Kul Fyra Bertrum Piedmont (Bendy Series) as DJ Subatomic Supernova Balan (Balan Wonderworld) as Sayu Dr. Kahl (Cuphead) as Yinu Wally Darling (Welcome Home) as Rin/White 1010 Sally Starlet (Welcome Home) as Zimelu/Red 1010 Frank Frankly (Welcome Home) as Purl-Hew/Blue 1010 Julie Joyful (Welcome Home) as Haym/Yellow 1010 Eddie Dear (Welcome Home) as Eloni/Green 1010 Howdy Pillar (Welcome Home) as Neon J. Cactus Girl (Cuphead) as Eve Other Main Characters Leon (Brawl Stars) as DK West Cal Suresh (Balan Wonderworld) as Remi Jose Gallard (Balan Wonderworld) as Tila Sana Hudson (Balan Wonderworld) as Dodo Lucy Wong (Balan Wonderworld) as Sofa Dr. Kahl’s Robot (Cuphead) as Yinu’s Mother

Other Characters/NPC Home (Welcome Home) as Kliff Mortis (Brawl Stars) as Mystery Man Buster (Brawl Stars) as GiGi R-T (Brawl Stars) as DJ Zam Rumor Honeybottoms (Cuphead) as Barbara Ginny (Luigi’s Mansion 3) as Mia Barely (Brawl Stars) as Aunty Ash (Brawl Stars) as Zed Kuffs (Mixels) as Azma Colt (Brawl Stars) as Dash Mesmo (Mixels) as Joey Goob (Luigi’s Mansion 3) as Robot Dynamike (Brawl Stars) as Retdex Gale (Brawl Stars) as Timmy Sharx (Mixels) as Captain Torpedo Poppy Partridge and Barnaby Beagle (Welcome Home) as Daphne and Jan Buzz (Brawl Stars) as Amal the Unicorn Colette (Brawl Stars) as Kayane Edgar (Brawl Stars) as Yiruk Emz (Brawl Stars) as Celine Chambrea (Luigi’s Mansion 3) as Newscaster Morty (Luigi’s Mansion 3) as Reporter Piper (Brawl Stars) as Chef Sunshine

[tyrannosaurusman101]

I made this myself,

I wanted to make a reference to the Wall-E Title cover

But I didn’t know how I would add the trash everywhere and Amphibia itself so I just decided to add in Trash cube towers instead

now I did Marc-E’s design a bit different to Wall-E to make her feel more distinct and unique in her colorless, lifeless environment that is

post apocalyptic Amphibia and I do apologize if they looked like they been traced over is because yeah they’re traced

but in my defense I am terrible at drawing humans & other creatures that are not Dinosaurs

in the background I added the violet color on the top, it represents outer space while the blue represents the sky

I added in Marc-E’s love interest Ann-E she is the EVE of this AU and like eve she has a directive of finding plant life to prove Amphibia

is once again a habitable world

(Here’s the cast if you want to know)

Marcy Wu: Marc-E (Obviously [Wall-E] )

Anne Boonchuy: Ann-E (Obviously [EVE] )

Grubby The Grubhog: Hal

Sasha Waybright: Sash-A (M.O)

Maggie: Magg-I (GO-4)

Darcy Wu: Darc-E (Auto)

Oum Boonchuy: Ou-M (PR-T)

Bee Boonchuy: B-EE (VAQ-M)

Twig: TWI-G (BRL-A)

Molly: Moll-E (VN-GO)

Mr X: MR-X (Steward)

Anna: Ann-A (Wall-A)

Terri: Terr-E (Han-S)

Dr Jan: Ja-N (D-Fib)

Mr Wu: W-U #1 (Buf-4)

Mrs Wu: W-U #2 (Sr-V)

Emily: Emil-E (Nan-E)

Desi: Des-E (L-T)

Rico: Ric-O (Fix-It)

Mr Waybright: Way-Bright #1 (Grab-e)

Mrs Waybright: Way-Bright #2 (Typ-E)

Becka Salt: Beck-A (Pow-R)

Mitch Harbor: Mitc-H (Bird-E)

Cheyenne: Cheyenn-E (Saut-A)

Vince: Vin-C (Spr-A)

Jamie Krieger: Jami-E (Vend-R)

Ally: All-Y (Fil-R)

Molly Jo: Moll-E (Thrist-E)

Haddie: Hadd-E (Burn-E)

Sprig Plantar: (John)

Ivy: Sundew (Marry)

Andrias: (Captain McCrea)

Frogs, Newts, Axolotls, Olms, & Toads: Various people

[thepolyamorouspolymath]

ADD IT TO THE LIST OF THINGS JOE BIDEN HAS GOTTEN RIGHT!

Including but not limited to:

-steady jobs growth

-free vaccines

-student debt reduction (if less than we or he wanted)

-closing federal for profit prisons, and releasing or relocating prisons in under 2 years

- INFRASTRUCTURE for the first time since 1980

-Inflation reduction giving us the lowest Inflation in the Western World.

-partnering the Dept of Land Management with Native nations to be better stewards of public lands

-continuing to hold together aid for Ukraine to keep fighting and staying alive

-convincing China to open its strategic oil reserves to help Europe continue to support Ukraine, despite being tentative allies with Russia

-refusing new drilling permits for federal land bc despite the need for oil there were already 19k unused permits so he wasn't writing a blank ticket

-not once trying to interfere with his son's case in court or in Congress

-not once trying to interfere in the Jan 6 cases

-not once trying to interfere in Trump's cases... the DoJ is meant to be independent and he respects that and the rule of law even as he hates Trump and loves his son

- stimulus checks within the first 100 days to deliver a campaign promise abd bc it was needed.

-proactive partial payment of the child tax credit so parents got it as child care bills came instead of the end of the year (not sure why that program didn't become permanent)

Now, you can list things he's gotten wrong -- every President gets something wrong -- but anyone who says he hasn't done anything is simply wrong. He just hasn't played it to the press while doing it, bc a) he was busy actually governing and b) not making a thing about it meant the GOP didn't have to oppose it, and could quietly vote in support without voter pressure such as the 18 GOP senators who voted for infrastructure.

Otoh, ONE significant piece of legislation was passed while Trump was in office -- a fucking awful tax plan that wasn't even his, it was the congressional GOP tax plan. His policies were done by fiat -- executive order and rule changes bc even his own guys would support him with their words but not votes in Congress, and most of those fiat policies were struck down in court, most often by Republican judges.

 Our Nation has made tremendous progress in advancing the cause of equality for LGBTQI+ Americans, including in the military.  Despite their courage and great sacrifice, thousands of LGBTQI+ service members were forced out of the military because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.  Many of these patriotic Americans were subject to a court-martial.  While my Administration has taken meaningful action to remedy these problems, the impact of that historical injustice remains.  As Commander in Chief, I am committed to maintaining the finest fighting force in the world.  That means making sure that every member of our military feels safe and respected.

     Accordingly, acting pursuant to the grant of authority in Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution of the United States, I, Joseph R. Biden Jr., do hereby grant a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to persons convicted of unaggravated offenses based on consensual, private conduct with persons age 18 and older under former Article 125 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), as previously codified at 10 U.S.C. 925, as well as attempts, conspiracies, and solicitations to commit such acts under Articles 80, 81, and 82, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. 880, 881, 882.  This proclamation applies to convictions during the period from Article 125’s effective date of May 31, 1951, through the December 26, 2013, enactment of section 1707 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66).

     The purpose of this proclamation is to pardon only offenses based on consensual, private conduct between individuals 18 and older that do not involve any aggravating factor, including:  

     (1)  conduct that would violate 10 U.S.C. 893a, prohibiting activities with military recruits or trainees by a person in a position of special trust;      (2)  conduct that was committed with an individual who was coerced or, because of status, might not have felt able to refuse consent;      (3)  conduct on the part of the applicant constituting fraternization under Article 134 of the UCMJ;      (4)  conduct committed with the spouse of another military member; or      (5)  any factors other than those listed above that were identified by the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in United States v. Marcum as being outside the scope of Lawrence v. Texas as applied in the military context, 60 M.J. 198, 207–08 (2004).

     The Military Departments (Army, Navy, or Air Force), or in the case of the Coast Guard, the Department of Homeland Security, in conjunction with the Department of Justice, shall provide information about and publicize application procedures for certificates of pardon.  An applicant for a certificate of pardon under this proclamation is to submit an application to the Military Department (Army, Navy, or Air Force) that conducted the court-martial or, in the case of a Coast Guard court-martial, to the Department of Homeland Security.  If the relevant Department determines that the applicant satisfies the criteria under this proclamation, following a review of relevant military justice records, the Department shall submit that determination to the Attorney General, acting through the Pardon Attorney, who shall then issue a certificate of pardon along with information on the process to apply for an upgrade of military discharge.  My Administration strongly encourages veterans who receive a certificate of pardon to apply for an upgrade of military discharge.  

     Although the pardon under this proclamation applies only to the convictions described above, there are other LGBTQI+ individuals who served our Nation and were convicted of other crimes because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.  It is the policy of my Administration to expeditiously consider and to make final pardon determinations with respect to such individuals.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-eighth.                              JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.

[rotterdamvanalles]

De Stadhoudersweg in de richting van het Stadhoudersplein, 1964.

Stadhouder was de titel van een van de belangrijkste functionarissen in de Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden. De titel werd door de hertog van Bourgondië ingevoerd in de Bourgondische Nederlanden.

De titel komt oorspronkelijk van het Latijnse locum tenens, locus = plaats en tenens = houdend (in de betekenis van beheren of besturen), via het Franse lieu-tenant, het Duitse Statthalter en het Engelse steward. Stadhouder betekent dus plaatsvervanger.

Oorspronkelijk was de stadhouder een edelman die namens de landsheer bij diens afwezigheid in één of meerdere gewesten voor hem het gezag uitoefende. Eerst kwam dit alleen bij uitzondering voor, maar het Bourgondische Huis verwierf in de vijftiende eeuw steeds meer grondgebied en kreeg wegens die uitgebreidheid behoefte aan permanente plaatsvervangers. Stadhouders hadden zitting in de Raad van State, konden de gewestelijke staten bijeenroepen en zaten het rechtscollege voor.

De hertog van Bourgondië Filips de Goede benoemde op 22 mei 1448 zijn raadsheer-kamerling Jan III van Lannoy tot stadhouder van de graafschappen Holland, Zeeland en Friesland. In de officiële akte wordt gesproken over "notre lieutenant en nosdiz pais, contez et seignouries de Hollande, Zellande et Frise". De functie van 'lieutenant' werd in Holland in de Nederdietse stukken weergegeven als 'stedehouder', naar 'lieu' = plaats, 'tenant' = houdend. Daarvoor werd gesproken over 'raad' of 'gouverneur'. Sinds 1452 werd het woord generael aan de functie toegevoegd als het stadhouderschap voor meerdere gewesten gold.

De foto is gemaakt door de Fototechnische Dienst Rotterdam en komt uit het Stadsarchief Rotterdam. De informatie komt van Wikipedia.

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Saturday Morning Coffee

Good morning from Charlottesville, Virginia! ☕️

Feeling a little groggy this morning. I basically passed out sitting on the couch watching TV at around 7PM last night. I woke up a few minutes later and don’t remember closing my eyes. 🤣

Please, send all the coffee.

It looks like I’ll get an opportunity to work on Stream for Mac today, which is very exciting!

Anywho, enough of that, I hope you enjoy the links.

Kate Wagner • Internet Archive

Most of us have the distinct pleasure of going throughout our lives bereft of the physical presence of those who rule over us. Were we peasants instead of spreadsheet jockeys, warehouse workers, and baristas, we would toil in our fields in the shadow of some overbearing castle from which the lord or his steward would ride down on his thunderous charger demanding our fealty and our tithes. Now, though, the real high end of the income inequality curve—the 0.01 percenters—remains elusive. To their great advantage, they can buy their way out of public life. However, if you want to catch a glimpse of them, all you need to do is attend a single day of Formula 1 racing.

This piece by Kate Wagner originally appeared in Car and Driver last week but was taken down the same day it went up. Luckily we have The Internet Archive.

This is a really scathing look at F1. It is most certainly a sport for the rich and famous. A playboys paradise. 🏎️

The Iconfactory

What an amazing ride this past month has been! We appreciate the support of everyone who backed our Project Tapestry Kickstarter as well as those who helped us spread the word far and wide. We couldn’t have reached our goals without your help and we’re so very excited to have an opportunity to bring Project Tapestry to life.

I’m really excited to see what our awesome friends create for us! It’s also gonna be fun to see what others create to extend it! 😍

Ian Millhiser • Vox

The courts were never going to save America from Donald Trump

Trump got exactly what he needed to avoid a trial that could possibly convict him. Sure, it may start before the election but will it have time to complete?

We all know he did it. We all know his strategy is to run out the clock, get elected, and make it all magically go away. Justice is supposed to be blind, but not in this way.

Yet another way the rich and powerful have an advantage over the rest of us. Would you or I have been given the chance to take our argument to the highest court in the land? Probably not.

The man is a criminal and deserves to do a little jail time. It would be fine with me if he was confined to his “club” in the third-world shit hole of Florida. They deserve him. ⚖️

RevK

Unix, and many other systems from that, use a type for time that is seconds since the start of 1970. It is a simple system. Those seconds were stored in a signed 32 bit number, which allows -2147483648 to +2147483647 and hence dates from Fri 13 Dec 19:45:52 GMT 1901 to Tue 19 Jan 02:14:07 GMT 2038. This seemed a pretty good range. especially for adult engineers living in the early 70s. But 2038 is getting closer and closer. I may (hopefully) live to see it.

Time is hard. When I was at Pelco we had to deal with time issues around the world. A really bad choice was made in our UI products to use local time within the app and not just for display purposes. That was fun to fix.

Check out the post for some history and what we’ll need to keep an eye out for if you write date code at a lower level. I’d imagine most modern languages have really great support for dates built in. Question is how about old school services that remain online because they just work and nobody wants to work on them? 😃

Chance Miller, Ben Lovejoy, Zac Hall, and Filipe Espósito • 9to5Mac

Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account, clearing path for Epic Games Store on iPhone

It’s time to get out your popcorn. Apple and Epic are having a little pissing contest. The EU isn’t having it. It looks like Apple is being forced to play nice and they definitely don’t like it.

I haven’t really kept up with the nuanced bits but Apple really doesn’t want to open the platform up any more than they have to. 🍿

Alex Castro • The Verge

Apple hit with first ever EU fine following Spotify complaint

And a nice little follow on to the Epic post above. Spotify is also in the pissing contest with Apple and they’re not backing down.

Shuttering the App Store is not an option because Apple makes a ton of money off of developers. They certainly don’t host us out of the kindness of their hearts. It’s a business after all with shareholders — ALL HAIL THE SHAREHOLDERS!

I can see arguments from both sides. Apple built the platform and should be able to administer it as they see fit. It’s not the only mobile platform on the planet. If you’re a developer and really hate the 15-30% fee you can go elsewhere.

If you’re Spotify or Epic you’re also a business that needs to make a profit and, in Spotify’s case, the margins on music are so thin they can’t afford to give Apple that much money. Heck, I don’t understand how any company could make their own App Store work in the EU given the rules Apple setup to create and maintain one.

Susannah Cullinane, Sara Smart, Cindy Von Quednow and Mary Gilbert • CNN

California’s mountain towns and ski resorts are digging out after a blockbuster blizzard buried them and major roads under several feet of snow.

The last 10 or so years we lived in California’s San Joaquin Valley we were always in some kind of drought situation. Fast forward a few years and it’s been flooded the last two years with tremendous snowpack, which is very much needed.

I’ll bet the Sierra Nevada looks spectacular from the valley floor right now. Folks who live there will understand what I’m saying. Looking up from the great valley to see the Sierra Nevada is awe inspiring on a beautiful clear day. Especially when it’s covered in snow. 🏔️

Thor Benson • Common Dreams

Climate experts are warning that the Smokehouse Creek fire in the Texas panhandle—now the largest in the state’s history with over over 1 million acres burned and counting—provides a horrifying look into a future of runaway temperatures that result in extreme destruction.

And Texas is in the complete opposite situation of California. It’s on fire and not just a tiny fire. It’s a monster eating everything in its path. 🔥