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Holidays 5.23
Holidays
Angelica Day (French Republic)
Aretha Franklin Appreciation Day (Michigan)
Aromanian National Day (Balkans; a.k.a. Aromanians, Vlachs, or Macedo-Romanians)
Asian Corpsetwt Day [Every 23rd]
Best Friend-in-Law Day
Bifocals Day
Bluebell Day
Caracal Day
Climb A Tree Day
Day of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Azerbaijan)
Day of Ukrainian Marines (Ukraine)
Divorce Day (UK)
Empire Air Day (UK)
Empire Day (Bermuda)
EMS Save-a-Life Day Day
Festival of Saint Sarah the Egyptian (Sara Kali the Black Queen; a.k.a. Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France) begins [until 25th]
Go For A Walk In Your Swim Fins Day
Go Nissan Day
Harvesting Healing Day
Heroes’ Day (Ukraine)
International Day of Women’s Football
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula (UN)
International GM1 Gangliosidosis Awareness Day
International Synthesizer Day
Isis Asteroid Day
Kids Ocean Day (California)
Kiss Day (Japan)
Komagata Maru Remembrance Day (Canada)
Labour Day (Jamaica)
Linnaeus Day (Sweden)
Lucky Penny Day
Mass Graves Day (Iraq)
Mayoring Day (Rye, Sussex, UK)
Melissa McBride Day
Mesmerism Day
Moog Day
National Apology Day
National Best Friend-in-Law Day
National Braid Day
National Canine Cancer Awareness Day
National Day (Morocco)
National Ethan Day
National Fill Your Thermos Brand Bottle Day
National Girls Learn Coding Day
National Goat Day
National Infantry Day (Ukraine)
National Medical Coder Day
National MILF Day
National Reed Day
National Stop the Bleed Day
National Tea Cosy Day
143 Day (Mr. Rogers)
PitDark Pitch Day
Stormy Daniels Day
Students’ Day (Mexico)
World Crohn's and Colitis Day
World Day Against Melanoma
World Turtle Day
World Wrestling Day
Youth Day (Tajikistan)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Dunkin Iced Coffee Day
National Asparagus Day
National Drinking with Chickens Day
National Pork Roll Day
National Taffy Day
Independence & Related Days
Ausveria (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]
Bonumland (Declared; 2015) [unrecognized]
Constitution Day (Germany)
Plan for Palestine Independence by 1949 (Approved by UK Parliament; 1939)
Reberia (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]
South Carolina Statehood Day (#8; 1788)
4th Thursday in May
Eat More Fruits and Vegetables Day [Thursday of Memorial Day Weekend]
Red Nose Day (US) [Last Thursday]
Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]
World Chardonnay Day [Thursday before Memorial Day]
Weekly Holidays beginning May 23 (3rd Full Week)
National Safe Sun Week (thru 5.29)
Festivals Beginning May 23, 2024
Asian Festival of Children’s Content (Singapore) [thru 5.26]
Book World Prague (Prague, Czech Republic) [thru 5.26]
Hay Festival of Literature and Arts (Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom) [thru 6.2]
Hot Luck (Auto, Texas) [thru 5.26]
Kerrville Folk Festival (Kerrville, Texas) [thru 6.9]
Kodiak Crab Festival (Kodiak, Alaska) [thru 5.27]
Main Street Port Clinton Walleye Festival (Port Clinton, Ohio) [thru 5.27]
Patriotic Festival (Norfolk, Virginia) [thru 5.26]
Ware Shoals Catfish Feastival (Ware Shoals, South Carolina) [thru 5.25]
Feast Days
Aaron the Illustrious (Syriac Orthodox Church)
Amaldus Nielsen (Artology)
Anathansius (Positivist; Saint)
Appreciate Reptiles Day (Pastafarian)
Bertholet Flemalle (Artology)
Bluebell Day (Shamanism)
Bufi the Toad (Muppetism)
Carl Bloch (Artology)
Carista (Day of Peace in the Family; Pagan)
Declaration of the Bab (Baba'i)
Desiderius, Bishop of Langres (Christian; Saint)
Desiderius of Vienne (Christian; Saint)
Euphrosyne of Polotsk (Christian; Saint)
Franz Kline (Artology)
Giovanni Battista de' Rossi (Christian; Saint)
Guibert of Gemblours (Christian; Saint)
Harold Hitchcock (Artology)
Ivo of Chartres (Christian; Saint)
John Baptist Rossi (Christian; Saint)
József Rippl-Rónai (Artology)
Julia of Corsica (Christian; Saint)
Leontius of Rostov (Christian; Marty)
Margaret Fuller (Writerism)
Mitch Albom (Writerism)
Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler (Episcopal Church (USA))
Peter Matthiessen (Writerism)
Quintian, Lucius and Julian (Christian; Saints)
Rosalia (Ancient Rome)
Simon the Zealot (Abkhazia)
Slim Pickens Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Tubilustrium (Ceremony to Purify the Ceremonial Trumpets; Ancient Rome) [also 3.23]
Turtle Day (Pastafarian)
Vulcan's Day (Ancient Rome)
William of Perth (Christian; Saint)
William of Rochester (Christian; Saint)
Lunar Calendar Holidays
Full Moon [5th of the Year] (a.k.a. ...
Bright Moon (Celtic)
Buddha Day (Buddhism)
Budding Moon (Traditional)
Corn Planting Moon (Alternate)
Dragon Moon (China)
Egg Laying Moon (Traditional)
Fell Moon (South Africa)
Flower Moon (Amer. Indian, North America, Traditional)
Grass Moon (Neo-Pagan)
Hare Moon (England, Wicca)
Leaf Budding Moon (Traditional)
Milk Moon (Colonial)
Panther Moon (Choctaw)
Planting (Cherokee, Traditional)
Southern Hemisphere: Beaver, Frost, Hunter’s
Buddha Day [Around 5th Full Moon of the Year] (a.k.a. ...
Buddha Jayanti (Nepal)
Buddha Purnima (Parts of India)
Buddha Purnuma (Bangladesh)
Hari Raya Waisaki (Indonesia)
Lord Buddha’s Parinirvana (Bhutan)
Saga Dawa (Sikkim, India)
Shyadar Pidar (Parts of India)
Vesak Day (Singapore, Sri Lanka)
Visakha Bucha Day (Thailand)
Visakh Bochea (Cambodia)
Wesak (Malaysia)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]
Premieres
Addicted to Love (Film; 1997)
The Asphalt Jungle (Film; 1950)
Blended (Film; 2014)
Born This Way, by Lady Gaga (Album; 2011)
Brassed Off (Film; 1996)
Bruce Almighty (Film; 2003)
Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins (Novel; 2012)
Cat Nipped (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1932)
The China Plate (Silly Symphonies Cartoon; 1931)
David and Goliath, by Malcolm Gladwell (Book; 2014)
Doctor Faustus, by Thomas Mann (Novel; 1947)
Dragonquest, by Anne McCaffrey (Novel; 1971) [Dragonriders of Pern #2]
The Dwarf, by Pär Lagerkvist (Novel; 1944)
The Fabulous Riverboat, by Philip José Farmer (Novel; 1971) [Riverworld #2]
Fidelio (Final Version), by Ludwig Van Beethoven (Opera; 1814)
Fish Tales (WB LT Cartoon; 1936)
Follow That Dream (Film; 1964)
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns (Music Documentary Film; 2003)
The Gong Show Movie (Film; 1980)
I’ll Be There For You, by The Rembrandt’s (Song/Friends Theme Song; 1995)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Film; 1984)
Injun Trouble (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1951)
Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O'Dell (Novel; 1960)
The Kids Are Alright (Documentary Film; 1979)
Law and Audrey (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1952)
Lights Fantastic (WB MM Cartoon; 1942)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Film; 1997)
The Marshall Mathers LP, by Eminem (Album; 2000)
Much Ado About Nutting (WB MM Cartoon; 1953)
A Mutt in a Rut (WB LT Cartoon; 1959)
Nutty News (WB LT Cartoon; 1942)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (Film; 1973)
Patience, by Gilbert & Sullivan (Operetta; 1881)
Persepolis (Animated Film; 2007)
The Shining (Film; 1980)
Silly Scandals (Betty Boop Cartoon; 1931)
Taking the Long Way, by the Dixie Chicks (Album; 2006)
The Thin Man (Film; 1934)
Tommy, by The Who (Album; 1969)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (Film; 2014)
Today’s Name Days
Alma, Desiree, Renate (Austria)
Deziderije, Nada, Vilim, Želimir, Željko (Croatia)
Vladimír (Czech Republic)
Desiderus (Denmark)
Lii, Liidi, Liidia, Ly, Lydia (Estonia)
Lyydia, Lyyli (Finland)
Didier (France)
Alma, Désirée, Renate (Germany)
Dezső (Hungary)
Desiderio (Italy)
Leontīne, Ligija, Lonija (Latvia)
Gertautas, Ivona, Tautvydė (Lithuania)
Oddlaug, Oddleif (Norway)
Budziwoj, Dezyderiusz, Dezydery, Emilia, Iwona, Jan, Leontyna, Michał, Symeon (Poland)
Mihail (România)
Želmíra (Slovakia)
Desiderio (Spain)
Desideria, Desirée (Sweden)
Allard, Desirae, Desire, Desiree (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 144 of 2024; 222 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 4 of week 21 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Huath (Hawthorn) [Day 12 of 28]
Chinese: Month 4 (Ji-Si), Day 15 (Ding-Hai)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 15 Iyar 5784
Islamic: 15 Dhu al-Qada 1445
J Cal: 24 Magenta; Threesday [24 of 30]
Julian: 10 May 2024
Moon: 100%: Full Moon
Positivist: 3 St. Paul (6th Month) [Anathansius]
Runic Half Month: Ing (Expansive Energy) [Day 14 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 66 of 92)
Week: 3rd Full Week of May
Zodiac: Gemini (Day 3 of 31)
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Lifeclock: August/September 2024
This month(s) I:
Built: My first APIs to connect front and backend, frontend for an auth system, ssh database php utils in vim, a local/server cart system, a gesture handling system for blueprintstudio.ai, faust plugin to manage WC session token, finished Hildene video.
Started tracking all my reps, calories, and started a personal training plan. Lifted 18/30 days in August :)
Played: In Atlanta and Helen with Shin, at coder meetups, at a renaissance faire, at design events (lol)
I am proud of working on blueprintstudio.ai for an hour or so every day, and on weekends, to build the scroll controller! I listened to my advice from last month.
Looking at this lifeclock, I see so many sick memories from age 13 on! Music production all nighters, dj events, film production, 100 sol sun media clients, awards, photography trips, creating service design conferences, service design projects, waking up at 4am, traveling the world: mexico, puerto rico, costa rica, hong kong, japan, korea... The next years... I can't loose. :)
I'm living for me :) I don't need to care about all the noise.
Yeah I need to be a tech bro for a few years. That doesn't mean I need to be SF bay area Dane. The scene is cooked. I gotta create my own. I don't know what it looks like, and don't need the answer.
Goals:
I would be more proud if I had more frequent output. More consistent small things.
Build in public: do people care? Prob yeah - and I care - I will only create what I'm excited about
Commit:
Only create what I'm excited about
3 Focuses: Learning, output, mini habits
This month (until Oct) I focus on mini outputs: 1 every other day, and content calendar
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This makes data-mining and policing activities online as important as, if not more than, surveiling people IRL. Enter Pegasus – spyware developed by an Israeli defence firm called NSO Group, which enables users to access the encrypted communications data of any type of smartphone. Pegasus was first released into the global market in 2011 and sold exclusively to intelligence agencies, ostensibly for investigations pertaining to organised crime syndicates, terrorist attacks, and trafficking. In one of its first publicised successes, Mexican authorities used Pegasus to capture the drug lord El Chapo. But even in its earliest days Pegasuswas being used to monitor civilian activities; the Mexican government was also spying on political dissidents and journalists. The UAE used Pegasus to thwart any inklings of protest movements, Saudi Arabia to track women’s rights activists and, more famously, the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi (who was killed by Saudi agents in 2018). India was keen on the technology, and in 2021 the independent newspaper The Wire was one of the investigating bodies of ‘The Pegasus Project’ which broke the story of the extent of Pegasus’s capacity for surveillance. Despite New Delhi’s insistence that the allegations of India’s use of the technology were ‘baseless’, Pegasus was found on hundreds of Indian phones, including leaders of the BJP’s opposition parties, journalists, activists and lawyers. Dozens of people from the Kashmir Valley – separatist leaders, human rights activists, journalists, politicians – were targeted. Since its creation in 2011, Pegasus had grown ever more sophisticated. As smartphone technologies evolved, so did Pegasus, allowing for the remote access of all data stored on a phone: texts, emails, images, contacts, browsing histories. Cameras and microphones could be externally activated and controlled, calls intercepted, and a phone’s location tracked. In 2016 NSO Group released an update called Phantom, the brochure for which – leaked by Vice – reads ‘Turn Your Target’s Smartphone into an Intelligence Gold Mine’. On the front page is a note that explains how a phone can be used to wiretap a room. ‘The Phantom Advantage’ the brochure continues, is essentially ‘unlimited access’ to a target. Israel’s tactic of espionage diplomacy has also resulted in nation states subtly shifting their foreign policy to favour Israel, so that they may build strong enough bilateral relations to purchase defence technologies. Mexico and Panamafor instance, the New York Times reports, began to align their positions with Israel in key UN votes so they could access Pegasus. By the 2000s, Israeli weapons companies were increasingly privatised, attracting foreign investment – particularly American – and especially to the largest growing sector of its economy: cyber weapons and surveillance infrastruc-ture, which had initiated a new industry worth billions of dollars. By the time Pegasus entered the global market, cyber weapons outvalued fighter jets in their strategic importance. NSO was born in 2010, in a former chicken coop just outside Tel Aviv. The owner of the building had realised that coders were more profitable than poultry. NSO moved in, and developed the first prototypes of what was to become Pegasus. From as early as the 1980s, a tenth of the Israeli workforce was already employed by the arms industry. Pegasus is classified by many as a ‘weapon’, and The Wire reported reported of a ‘strong possibility’ that Pegasus was obtained by India in 2017, when Modi first visited Tel Aviv.
—Skye Arundhati Thomas and Izabella Scott, from "Pleasure Gardens: Blackouts and the Logic of Crisis in Kashmir," in The New Inquiry
#quotes#articles#israel#surveilance#cyberwarfare#pegasus#human rights#social justice#izabella scott#skye arundhati thomas
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Holidays 5.23
Holidays
Angelica Day (French Republic)
Aretha Franklin Appreciation Day (Michigan)
Aromanian National Day (Balkans; a.k.a. Aromanians, Vlachs, or Macedo-Romanians)
Asian Corpsetwt Day [Every 23rd]
Best Friend-in-Law Day
Bifocals Day
Bluebell Day
Caracal Day
Climb A Tree Day
Day of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Azerbaijan)
Day of Ukrainian Marines (Ukraine)
Divorce Day (UK)
Empire Air Day (UK)
Empire Day (Bermuda)
EMS Save-a-Life Day Day
Festival of Saint Sarah the Egyptian (Sara Kali the Black Queen; a.k.a. Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France) begins [until 25th]
Go For A Walk In Your Swim Fins Day
Go Nissan Day
Harvesting Healing Day
Heroes’ Day (Ukraine)
International Day of Women’s Football
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula (UN)
International GM1 Gangliosidosis Awareness Day
International Synthesizer Day
Isis Asteroid Day
Kids Ocean Day (California)
Kiss Day (Japan)
Komagata Maru Remembrance Day (Canada)
Labour Day (Jamaica)
Linnaeus Day (Sweden)
Lucky Penny Day
Mass Graves Day (Iraq)
Mayoring Day (Rye, Sussex, UK)
Melissa McBride Day
Mesmerism Day
Moog Day
National Apology Day
National Best Friend-in-Law Day
National Braid Day
National Canine Cancer Awareness Day
National Day (Morocco)
National Ethan Day
National Fill Your Thermos Brand Bottle Day
National Girls Learn Coding Day
National Goat Day
National Infantry Day (Ukraine)
National Medical Coder Day
National MILF Day
National Reed Day
National Stop the Bleed Day
National Tea Cosy Day
143 Day (Mr. Rogers)
PitDark Pitch Day
Stormy Daniels Day
Students’ Day (Mexico)
World Crohn's and Colitis Day
World Day Against Melanoma
World Turtle Day
World Wrestling Day
Youth Day (Tajikistan)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Dunkin Iced Coffee Day
National Asparagus Day
National Drinking with Chickens Day
National Pork Roll Day
National Taffy Day
Independence & Related Days
Ausveria (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]
Bonumland (Declared; 2015) [unrecognized]
Constitution Day (Germany)
Plan for Palestine Independence by 1949 (Approved by UK Parliament; 1939)
Reberia (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]
South Carolina Statehood Day (#8; 1788)
4th Thursday in May
Eat More Fruits and Vegetables Day [Thursday of Memorial Day Weekend]
Red Nose Day (US) [Last Thursday]
Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]
World Chardonnay Day [Thursday before Memorial Day]
Weekly Holidays beginning May 23 (3rd Full Week)
National Safe Sun Week (thru 5.29)
Festivals Beginning May 23, 2024
Asian Festival of Children’s Content (Singapore) [thru 5.26]
Book World Prague (Prague, Czech Republic) [thru 5.26]
Hay Festival of Literature and Arts (Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom) [thru 6.2]
Hot Luck (Auto, Texas) [thru 5.26]
Kerrville Folk Festival (Kerrville, Texas) [thru 6.9]
Kodiak Crab Festival (Kodiak, Alaska) [thru 5.27]
Main Street Port Clinton Walleye Festival (Port Clinton, Ohio) [thru 5.27]
Patriotic Festival (Norfolk, Virginia) [thru 5.26]
Ware Shoals Catfish Feastival (Ware Shoals, South Carolina) [thru 5.25]
Feast Days
Aaron the Illustrious (Syriac Orthodox Church)
Amaldus Nielsen (Artology)
Anathansius (Positivist; Saint)
Appreciate Reptiles Day (Pastafarian)
Bertholet Flemalle (Artology)
Bluebell Day (Shamanism)
Bufi the Toad (Muppetism)
Carl Bloch (Artology)
Carista (Day of Peace in the Family; Pagan)
Declaration of the Bab (Baba'i)
Desiderius, Bishop of Langres (Christian; Saint)
Desiderius of Vienne (Christian; Saint)
Euphrosyne of Polotsk (Christian; Saint)
Franz Kline (Artology)
Giovanni Battista de' Rossi (Christian; Saint)
Guibert of Gemblours (Christian; Saint)
Harold Hitchcock (Artology)
Ivo of Chartres (Christian; Saint)
John Baptist Rossi (Christian; Saint)
József Rippl-Rónai (Artology)
Julia of Corsica (Christian; Saint)
Leontius of Rostov (Christian; Marty)
Margaret Fuller (Writerism)
Mitch Albom (Writerism)
Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler (Episcopal Church (USA))
Peter Matthiessen (Writerism)
Quintian, Lucius and Julian (Christian; Saints)
Rosalia (Ancient Rome)
Simon the Zealot (Abkhazia)
Slim Pickens Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Tubilustrium (Ceremony to Purify the Ceremonial Trumpets; Ancient Rome) [also 3.23]
Turtle Day (Pastafarian)
Vulcan's Day (Ancient Rome)
William of Perth (Christian; Saint)
William of Rochester (Christian; Saint)
Lunar Calendar Holidays
Full Moon [5th of the Year] (a.k.a. ...
Bright Moon (Celtic)
Buddha Day (Buddhism)
Budding Moon (Traditional)
Corn Planting Moon (Alternate)
Dragon Moon (China)
Egg Laying Moon (Traditional)
Fell Moon (South Africa)
Flower Moon (Amer. Indian, North America, Traditional)
Grass Moon (Neo-Pagan)
Hare Moon (England, Wicca)
Leaf Budding Moon (Traditional)
Milk Moon (Colonial)
Panther Moon (Choctaw)
Planting (Cherokee, Traditional)
Southern Hemisphere: Beaver, Frost, Hunter’s
Buddha Day [Around 5th Full Moon of the Year] (a.k.a. ...
Buddha Jayanti (Nepal)
Buddha Purnima (Parts of India)
Buddha Purnuma (Bangladesh)
Hari Raya Waisaki (Indonesia)
Lord Buddha’s Parinirvana (Bhutan)
Saga Dawa (Sikkim, India)
Shyadar Pidar (Parts of India)
Vesak Day (Singapore, Sri Lanka)
Visakha Bucha Day (Thailand)
Visakh Bochea (Cambodia)
Wesak (Malaysia)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]
Premieres
Addicted to Love (Film; 1997)
The Asphalt Jungle (Film; 1950)
Blended (Film; 2014)
Born This Way, by Lady Gaga (Album; 2011)
Brassed Off (Film; 1996)
Bruce Almighty (Film; 2003)
Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins (Novel; 2012)
Cat Nipped (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1932)
The China Plate (Silly Symphonies Cartoon; 1931)
David and Goliath, by Malcolm Gladwell (Book; 2014)
Doctor Faustus, by Thomas Mann (Novel; 1947)
Dragonquest, by Anne McCaffrey (Novel; 1971) [Dragonriders of Pern #2]
The Dwarf, by Pär Lagerkvist (Novel; 1944)
The Fabulous Riverboat, by Philip José Farmer (Novel; 1971) [Riverworld #2]
Fidelio (Final Version), by Ludwig Van Beethoven (Opera; 1814)
Fish Tales (WB LT Cartoon; 1936)
Follow That Dream (Film; 1964)
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns (Music Documentary Film; 2003)
The Gong Show Movie (Film; 1980)
I’ll Be There For You, by The Rembrandt’s (Song/Friends Theme Song; 1995)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Film; 1984)
Injun Trouble (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1951)
Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O'Dell (Novel; 1960)
The Kids Are Alright (Documentary Film; 1979)
Law and Audrey (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1952)
Lights Fantastic (WB MM Cartoon; 1942)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Film; 1997)
The Marshall Mathers LP, by Eminem (Album; 2000)
Much Ado About Nutting (WB MM Cartoon; 1953)
A Mutt in a Rut (WB LT Cartoon; 1959)
Nutty News (WB LT Cartoon; 1942)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (Film; 1973)
Patience, by Gilbert & Sullivan (Operetta; 1881)
Persepolis (Animated Film; 2007)
The Shining (Film; 1980)
Silly Scandals (Betty Boop Cartoon; 1931)
Taking the Long Way, by the Dixie Chicks (Album; 2006)
The Thin Man (Film; 1934)
Tommy, by The Who (Album; 1969)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (Film; 2014)
Today’s Name Days
Alma, Desiree, Renate (Austria)
Deziderije, Nada, Vilim, Želimir, Željko (Croatia)
Vladimír (Czech Republic)
Desiderus (Denmark)
Lii, Liidi, Liidia, Ly, Lydia (Estonia)
Lyydia, Lyyli (Finland)
Didier (France)
Alma, Désirée, Renate (Germany)
Dezső (Hungary)
Desiderio (Italy)
Leontīne, Ligija, Lonija (Latvia)
Gertautas, Ivona, Tautvydė (Lithuania)
Oddlaug, Oddleif (Norway)
Budziwoj, Dezyderiusz, Dezydery, Emilia, Iwona, Jan, Leontyna, Michał, Symeon (Poland)
Mihail (România)
Želmíra (Slovakia)
Desiderio (Spain)
Desideria, Desirée (Sweden)
Allard, Desirae, Desire, Desiree (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 144 of 2024; 222 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 4 of week 21 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Huath (Hawthorn) [Day 12 of 28]
Chinese: Month 4 (Ji-Si), Day 15 (Ding-Hai)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 15 Iyar 5784
Islamic: 15 Dhu al-Qada 1445
J Cal: 24 Magenta; Threesday [24 of 30]
Julian: 10 May 2024
Moon: 100%: Full Moon
Positivist: 3 St. Paul (6th Month) [Anathansius]
Runic Half Month: Ing (Expansive Energy) [Day 14 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 66 of 92)
Week: 3rd Full Week of May
Zodiac: Gemini (Day 3 of 31)
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Looking Beyond The Lines
Cannupa Hanska Luger is a New Mexico-based multidisciplinary artist who intertwines performance and political action to convey stories about 21st-century Indigeneity. During his lecture, he talked about how his son codes. He talked about how he looked at some of the code stacks his son made and despite not knowing what it was about, what it did, or the language itself was, he thought it was beautiful. He expressed that he liked the margins—that it looked like a “dope poem”. He then moved on to say that we, as human beings, haven’t ever or even allowed ourselves to consider what else there is other than what is presented in front of us. This thesis stuck with me the most for a few reasons. The first reason being that I enjoy computer programming and consider it to be captivating. The second—that I too have never looked at what’s between the lines, beyond what was in front of me.
In computer programming, it’s common to focus on the functionality of your code and the result. However, by doing this, you often overlook the beauty and artistry within the code itself. Like poetry or any other creative expression, code can contain its own aesthetic allure in its structure and organization, and even in the way it solves problems efficiently. I’ve never thought to explore what lies between the lines. While the primary objective of coding is to create functional and efficient solutions, I’ve never considered how much it was similar to art. The code itself can be considered a canvas for artistic expression. In the same way a painter meticulously chooses colors and brushstrokes, or a poet formulates words and rhythms—a programmer shapes logic and structure. They do it in a way that isn’t just about making it run and work, but they also make it work beautifully.
If you look at a finished product of coding, you’ll notice lines upon lines of code. A well-structured program or function can be just as aesthetically pleasing as a well-crafted stanza in a poem. The choice of method names, variable names, or even code styles all play into its visual appeal and readability. Moreover, if you look beyond the code itself, the coder’s thought process is also artistic in a way. There’s an art in finding the most efficient yet simple way to solve a problem—in simplifying a once intricate tribulation into a refined and straightforward code.
Relating this to our class, we look beyond the lines all the time. I believe that the fundamental significance of Naked Souls ‘23 is to plunge further into what we think we already know and dig deeper into what we read. For example, in our most recent reading, we read Fun Home by Alison Bechdel. Within her comic, she adds a lot of maps and although she doesn’t always display the reason for them every time—we can analyze the text and infer the meaning behind the map. By analyzing the map, we reveal a concealed meaning that contributes to the comprehensive understanding of the characters, their relationships, and the larger context of the narrative.
- Julie Tong, Unveiled Egos
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Writing code, and decoding the world
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Writing code, and decoding the world
Several years ago, MIT anthropologist Héctor Beltrán ’07 attended an event in Mexico billed as the first all-women’s hackathon in Latin America. But the programmers were not the only women there. When the time came for the hackathon pitches, a large number of family members arrived to watch.
“Grandmothers and mothers showed up to cheer up the hackathon participants,” Beltrán says. “That’s something I had never seen in the U.S. It was inspiring. It felt good to see people who are usually excluded from these spaces being welcomed as part of this infrastructure of innovation.”
In a sense, the grandmothers hacked the hackathon. After all, hackathons started as male-dominated code-writing marathons, often inaccessible to women — who, even when they join tech or other professions, also handle much of the “second shift,” the unpaid family work women have been doing for generations. As one of the hackers told Beltrán, her grandmother “helps with everything in the day to day. She is the one that is in charge of everything.”
But having so many women in the hackathon audience, Beltrán observes, made visible an often-ignored point: All that unpaid work by women is part of the “infrastructure” that has let men code and innovate and build their own careers.
“Things people normally don’t think about, even like the structure of a hackathon, being there the whole weekend with your buddies, is something that has not been feasible for many women,” Beltrán says.
Now, in a new book, “Code Work: Hacking Across the US/México Techno-Borderlands,” published today by Princeton University Press, Beltrán closely explores the relationship between computer culture and society in Mexico. In it, he finds that coding is more than writing code: It’s an activity generating fruitful reflection by the coders — about themselves, their political and economic circumstances, and what roles they can play in society.
“A core concept of the book is precisely that as you’re coding and participating in these events, you’re also constructing a sense of yourself and how you fit into these larger societal structures and engines of difference,” says Beltrán, who is the Class of 1957 Career Development Assistant Professor in MIT’s anthropology program.
Breaking into the field
“Code Work” builds on field research Beltrán conducted in Mexico, attending hackathons, conducting interviews, and scrutinizing the country’s politics and economy. However, the roots of the project go back to Beltrán’s undergraduate days at MIT, where he majored in computer science and engineering. After graduating, Beltrán worked in consulting; a trip to Mexico City helped spur his interest in the differences between the tech sectors in Mexico and in the U.S.
“I saw that there was really a disconnect between different cultures,” Beltrán says.
As such, “Code Work” is an exploration of coding both as it is practiced within Mexico and in its relationship to U.S. computing culture. The book focuses extensively on hackathons, as events where the enjoyment and promise of tech innovation are evident, along with the tensions in the field.
In contrast to the U.S., where hackers have often gained cachet as “disruptors” shaking up the civic order, in Mexico coders are often trying to enter the established economic order — while also trying to use technology for social innovations.
“Usually we think about hacking in the Global North as a way to break out of certain constraints,” Beltrán says. “But in the Global South, there are people who have been excluded from these global cultures of innovation and computing. Their hacking work [is a means of] trying to break in to these larger cultures of computing.”
To be sure, Beltrán notes, tech culture in the U.S. has not always been enormously inclusive either. Referring to one Latino MIT student he observed who went to Mexico to participate in hackathons, Beltrán says, “I see this kind of move to go the Global South as a way to present yourself as someone from an innovative culture and be respected as an expert — to break out of the Global North’s own hierarchies.”
In studying matters of gender and tech culture, Beltrán examines issues involving masculinity and coding as well. The sheer hard work of coding can drive people to great accomplishments, but at times coders can be “outworking other people to the point of exploitation,” he notes. And while “the information technology economy wants you to think,” the labor of coding “complicates the divison of mind and hand.”
In the book, Beltrán also locates hackers who question the value of the hackathons they are participating in, noting that the winning entries rarely seem to become widely used applications; some hackathons function more as advertisements for innovation than engines of it. The tension between hacker independence and the larger corporate structures they perceive is a key motif in the book.
Such observations underscore Beltrán’s view that hackers, while producing code, are highly reflective as well, actively thinking about their place in society, their political economy, and more. These hackers, Beltrán finds, often apply the intellectual concepts of coding to the world in illuminating ways. One hacker Beltrán meets views his own career as a series of “loosely coupled” jobs — borrowing a computing term for marginally connected components. In the hacker’s view, this has a positive aspect, in contrast to a career dedicated to working only for one firm of subjectively questionable value.
Thought piece
“Code Work” has earned praise from other scholars in the field. Gabriella Coleman, a professor of anthropology at Harvard University who also studies hackers, has called the book “lucid, well-written, and lively,” and adds that by “deftly hitching ethnographic material to literature in anthropology, Latinx studies, science and technology studies, and Mexican studies and history, Beltrán has enlarged and enlivened the scope and direction of hacker studies.”
For his part, Beltrán says he hopes readers will undertand his book as a work that is not only about Mexico but distinctly international in scope, exploring how cultures evolve in relationship to each other, while meshed in a global economy. The issues raised in “Code Work” could apply to many countries, he believes.
These are topics Beltrán is also examining in an undergraduate class, “Hacking from the South,” which he is currently teaching.
“These are complex problems with a lot of moving parts,” Beltrán says. “It’s also very empowering for students themselves to make these connections.” Many students, he thinks, thrive when they have the opportunity to think across disciplines, and take those tools and perspectives out into the world.
“As an undergrad, I thought I was learning something at MIT in order to go out and get a job,” Beltrán says. “I wanted to come back to academia because it’s a place where we get to think deeply about the structures we’re entangled in, and question who we’re becoming and how to intervene in the world. Especially MIT students, who can potentially intervene by changing systems in a powerful way.”
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Rocket Man (Elon's Nicknames!)
Morning Songs (In Afternoon)
Star Baby
Is Sleeping Behind Me
Where'd You Go
I Said
And Circled The Rock
Star Baby
A Golden Puddle
In The Sunlight
Star Baby
How Much Time
Have You Got Left
Got To Respect
A Grandmamma
Got To Respect
An Old Dog
Who Shows Up
Limping
Curious
Holding Ground
On 2 Or 3 Legs
But Star Baby
Is Here
She's Present
And Dear
Star Baby
Has Been Our Mascot
For A Long Time
Breathe Life
Her Owner Says
Life Life Life
See Her Living
Only 13
Like My Daughter
Anjali
Only 13
Once A Grandma
And One Still
My Baby Girl
Star's Master Saw
A Stork
Kick
Her Baby
Out Of The Nest
Today
That Wasn't Me
Baes Fly Back
If You Let Them
Give Them Wings
Now
To Come
Home To Mommy
You Stole My Role
Daddy-ji
Independence
Threatened
You Trampled Mommies
Everywhere
They're All Falsely
Incarcerated
From Divorce Courts
Soft Sweet Mommies
Not All Dead
I Walked In Circles
Would've Watched
TV
Fangirled
Been A Groupie
Happily
But Dyke Judges
PDs- Pedos
Conservators
Started Drooling
Looking At Me
With Saucers
In Their Eyes
We Can't Foot Your
Drug Addictions
We Can't Foot
Your Sexual Lusts
We Can't Be The
Playthings
Of Court
Wouldn't Marry
A Single Soldier
Nor Want To Spend
An Afternoon
At Court
I'll Co-parent
With The Uncles
The Daddy's Who Love Me
But We Don't
All Need
A #FreeBritney
Gay Army
I Want You To
Pay My Legal Fees
Elon
Thankyou
We'd Be Ever So Grateful
After What X Twitter
And Rookies Have
Done
Where'd You Find
Your Unloyal Coders
Did You Pick Them Up
Overseas
You Lost Your Loyalty
They Can't Maintain
Your New X Page
Or A Search Engine
For Legalities
Do They Speak English
Why'd You Pay Them
Only A Dime
What Happened
To Your Do Not Compete
Disclosures
What Happened
To Paying Journalists
On Twitter
What Happened
To My Cybertruck
And Why Didn't
You Get Any Maui
Footage
For My Ads
I Loved Seeing
Tesla's Drowning
In 4 Feet Of Water
In Palm Springs
Making History
For Your Oil
Shootin' Off Rockets
Wish We'd Gotten Videos
Rivers Flooding
Gay Global Warming
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Gay Geeks' Adoptin'
Twins Tumblin'
Out Of Ukraine
And Mexico
For Attorneys
Tesla's Drowning
In Palm Springs
Tesla Capital
While Marilyn
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Pees
On The Town
For All The Orphans
Hillary Had The Last
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Even Though The Cows
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Hilary
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Drowning Your
Gay Atty Tesla Owners'
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On Our Heads
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On Broken Laws
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Holidays 5.23
Holidays
Angelica Day (French Republic)
Aretha Franklin Appreciation Day (Michigan)
Aromanian National Day
Asian Corpsetwt Day [Every 23rd]
Best Friend-in-Law Day
Bluebell Day
Climb A Tree Day
Constitution Day (Germany)
Empire Day (Bermuda)
EMS Safety Day
Festival of Saint Sarah the Egyptian (Sara Kali the Black Queen; a.k.a. Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France) begins [until 25th]
Go For A Walk In Your Swim Fins Day
Harvesting Healing Day
International Day of Women’s Football
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula (UN)
International GM1 Gangliosidosis Awareness Day
International Synthesizer Day
Labour Day (Jamaica)
Linnaeus Day (Sweden)
Lucky Penny Day
Mass Graves Day (Iraq)
Mayoring Day (Rye, Sussex, UK)
Mesmerism Day
Moog Day
National Apology Day
National Best Friend-in-Law Day
National Braid Day
National Canine Cancer Awareness Day
National Day (Morocco)
National Ethan Day
National Fill Your Thermos Brand Bottle Day
National Girls Learn Coding Day
National Goat Day
National Medical Coder Day
National Reed Day
National Tea Cosy Day
143 Day (Mr. Rogers)
Red Nose Day (US)
Stormy Daniels Day
Students’ Day (Mexico)
World Crohn's and Colitis Day
World Day Against Melanoma
World Turtle Day
World Wrestling Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Dunkin Iced Coffee Day
National Drinking with Chickens Day
National Taffy Day
4th Tuesday in May
Thick Girl Appreciation Day [4th Tuesday]
Independence Days
Ausveria (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]
Bonumland (Declared; 2015) [unrecognized]
Reberia (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]
South Carolina Statehood Day (#8; 1788)
Feast Days
Aaron the Illustrious (Syriac Orthodox Church)
Amandus Nielsen (Artology)
Anathansius (Positivist; Saint)
Appreciate Reptiles Day (Pastafarian)
Bertholet Flemalle (Artology)
Bufi the Toad (Muppetism)
Carl Bloch (Artology)
Carista (Day of Peace in the Family; Pagan)
Declaration of the Bab (Baba'i)
Desiderius, Bishop of Langres (Christian; Saint)
Desiderius of Vienne (Christian; Saint)
Euphrosyne of Polotsk (Christian; Saint)
Giovanni Battista de' Rossi (Christian; Saint)
Guibert of Gemblours (Christian; Saint)
József Rippl-Rónai (Artology)
Julia of Corsica (Christian; Saint)
Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler (Episcopal Church (USA))
Quintian, Lucius and Julian (Christian; Saints)
Rosalia (Ancient Rome)
Simon the Zealot (Abkhazia)
Slim Pickens Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Tubilustrium (Ceremony to Purify the Ceremonial Trumpets; Ancient Rome) [also 3.23]
Turtle Day (Pastafarian)
Vulcan's Day (Ancient Rome)
William of Perth (Christian; Saint)
William of Rochester (Christian; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]
Premieres
The Asphalt Jungle (Film; 1950)
Blended (Film; 2014)
Born This Way, by Lady Gaga (Album; 2011)
Brassed Off (Film; 1996)
Bruce Almighty (Film; 2003)
Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins (Novel; 2012)
David and Goliath, by Malcolm Gladwell (Book; 2014)
Fidelio (Final Version), by Ludwig Van Beethoven (Opera; 1814)
Fish Tales (WB LT Cartoon; 1936)
Follow That Dream (Film; 1964)
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns (Music Documentary Film; 2003)
The Gong Show Movie (Film; 1980)
I’ll Be There For You, by The Rembrandt’s (Song/Friends Theme Song; 1995)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Film; 1984)
The Kids Are Alright (Documentary Film; 1979)
Lights Fantastic (WB MM Cartoon; 1942)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Film; 1997)
The Marshall Mathers LP, by Eminem (Album; 2000)
Much Ado About Nutting (WB MM Cartoon; 1953)
A Mutt in a Rut (WB LT Cartoon; 1959)
Nutty News (WB LT Cartoon; 1942)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (Film; 1973)
Persepolis (Animated Film; 2007)
The Shining (Film; 1980)
Taking the Long Way, by the Dixie Chicks (Album; 2006)
The Thin Man (Film; 1934)
Tommy, by The Who (Album; 1969)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (Film; 2014)
Today’s Name Days
Alma, Desiree, Renate (Austria)
Deziderije, Nada, Vilim, Želimir, Željko (Croatia)
Vladimír (Czech Republic)
Desiderus (Denmark)
Lii, Liidi, Liidia, Ly, Lydia (Estonia)
Lyydia, Lyyli (Finland)
Didier (France)
Alma, Désirée, Renate (Germany)
Dezső (Hungary)
Desiderio (Italy)
Leontīne, Ligija, Lonija (Latvia)
Gertautas, Ivona, Tautvydė (Lithuania)
Oddlaug, Oddleif (Norway)
Budziwoj, Dezyderiusz, Dezydery, Emilia, Iwona, Jan, Leontyna, Michał, Symeon (Poland)
Mihail (România)
Želmíra (Slovakia)
Desiderio (Spain)
Desideria, Desirée (Sweden)
Allard, Desirae, Desire, Desiree (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 143 of 2024; 222 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 2 of week 21 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Huath (Hawthorn) [Day 10 of 28]
Chinese: Month 4 (Ding-Si), Day 5 (Xin-Si)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 3 Sivan 5783
Islamic: 3 Dhu al-Qada 1444
J Cal: 22 Bīja; Oneday [22 of 30]
Julian: 10 May 2023
Moon: 16%: Waxing Crescent
Positivist: 3 St. Paul (6th Month) [Anathansius]
Runic Half Month: Ing (Expansive Energy) [Day 14 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 65 of 90)
Zodiac: Gemini (Day 3 of 32)
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Discrimination is ugly
According to CRT we're all the same race, so there's no such thing as racism, but unfortunately it's a huge industry right now and people make a lot of money off of it. So it's running its course and it won't stop until it comes to a head, which I personally think is coming in the near future...near meaning 5 to 20 years. It will have a very ugly ending. One thing for sure, the Great Melting Pot experiment didn't work. We are at a point in time where the underlying hate is far stronger than the kindness on the outside, and the hate is winning. It's just weird that people enjoy hating one another. I was the dumb white dude in high school who befriended all 182 students in my class. Most of my friends only knew maybe 50 or so people. But I got to know every single person. Same in college. I had roommates from Jamaica, Japan, and States all over the country. I always found culture a beautiful thing, yet people on both sides seem to want to squash culture. I loved to go to Chinatown every year, to Little Italy every year, to Mexico(FULL of beautiful culture), to the Bahamas...and when you're there you just appreciate learning the history of the people. The architecture, the way of life, the good things that we should all want to know about any other nationality of people. After reading CRT I'm pretty sure they're right though. Racism doesn't exist. It's merely people from a certain way of life or certain neighborhoods that have a hate towards people that aren't like them. I've never met any knuckleheads that follow white supremacy, I don't know any people that have a house loaded with guns. My very best friend is Arnell. We play golf every weekend and hang out at his place enjoying a few beers. We took a trip to Colorado to go mountain biking. My coder is an Asian dude who I've now been friends with for over 20 yrs. He, myself and my father all visited Hong Kong together and had the blast of a lifetime. I was raised Catholic and my wife is Jewish. BTW the Jewish people are BY FAR the greatest people to ever walk the Earth. Just know this. You can bash them all you want, they couldn't care one bit. They know we're all crazy and they're just watching us all behave like idiots, and laughing at us. The Jewish people have their power inside their souls. They know who they are, and what they are, and where they came from. They hate nobody, and they look at us as lost children in a world where the people of Israel will always be the people of God. They have no worries in life or in the afterlife. They are at peace. (don't get me wrong, there's a few bad Jewish people out there, just like the whyte supremacists, just like the black people that hate on just about everyone, just like the thieving Asians, the sneaky people from India and the bad people all over the world) But WE the people of the U.S. were supposed to be better....oh well I guess that was only a Dream...Hate is contagious, we need to stop the spread...be kind...I realize that asking people to Love one another is a big stretch being Love is a very complex idea, not everyone knows what love is, but we def know how to be kind...Hate's been around since day 1, and it will be around forever. You can't even get 10 people in your own family to agree. So try to be realistic. Some people hate flying, some love flying. Are they both now going to hate each other? If that's the world we're going to live in, where you feel comfortable hating anyone that doesn't like what you like, then it's going to get a lot tougher as we move forward. In 1959 Bertrand Russell said this "In this world, which is getting more and more interconnected, we have to learn to tolerate each other, we have to learn to put up with the fact that some people say things that we don’t like. We can only live together in that way."...no truer words were ever spoken....hopefully we can get there, if we don't, then we will all suffer the consequences together...stay safe out there, my and my special needs daughters love all of you nuts
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Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Regional Banks Slammed by Fear of a Broader Financial Crisis (NYT) The unexpected seizure of two banks in three days by regulators intensified fears of a broader financial crisis, sending the stocks of more than two dozen banks into free fall on Monday, even as President Biden reassured Americans that the banking system was resilient and that customers’ money was safe. Banks of various sizes in different parts of the country—from San Francisco-based First Republic Bank to Salt Lake City-based Zions Bank—found themselves battling market turmoil as customers rushed to withdraw their deposits and investors, worried about more runs, dumped bank stocks. Despite the echoes of the 2008 financial crisis, when 465 banks failed within four years, sometimes dozens in a month, regulators and banking officials were quick to insist that the current panic is far more contained, and that the banks whose stocks tanked had enough funds to meet their obligations.
Desperate migrants seeking asylum face a new hurdle: Technology (Washington Post) It was supposed to be his last day in Mexico. The 7-year-old Venezuelan boy beamed as he bade farewell to his teacher, Liliana Carlos, at a school for migrant children living in tents while waiting for their chance to enter the United States. His family, finally, had obtained an appointment in February with U.S. Customs and Border Protection after weeks of trying to use a new app to secure a slot. Now they hoped to be allowed to begin a new life in America. No more sleeping on the ground. No more threats of kidnapping. No more watching his mother cry. But instead of the safety his family longed for inside the United States, the boy returned to the Sidewalk School, inconsolable, his teacher recalled. CBP officials on the border bridge sent back about 50 families, including his. They’d all made appointments online as family units. But agents were now enforcing a rule requiring each child to register individually. As the Biden administration struggles to bring order to the border, some of the most vulnerable migrants are finding themselves stuck in squalid camps in Mexico. Advocates estimate close to 7,000 people were spread out in encampments in Matamoros and Reynosa in January. All are trying to use a new CBP app that is supposed to make entering the country more efficient. Each day, migrants awake before sunrise to search for a WiFi signal and try to get one of the 700 to 800 appointments available at eight entry points. Advocates estimate there are more than 100,000 people seeking entry. The appointments fill up within five minutes.
UK employers feel the strain of missing skilled workers (Reuters) Frustrated with England’s education system, Simon Biltcliffe spends a lot of time training new hires at his marketing firm in the “soft skills” he and many employers say the country’s sluggish economy badly needs. Finding that new starters often struggle to think on their feet, he sets them workplace challenges to learn to solve problems at pace and in teams. Many don’t adapt, leading to high attrition after three- and six-month reviews. Across Britain, Biltcliffe’s frustrations are shared by businesses who say the nation’s schools, technical colleges and apprentice schemes are not turning out the workers they need, from software coders and designers to skilled machinists. Biltcliffe described the education system as “not fit for purpose” in a changing economy where the growth of automation and artificial intelligence will make creative skills and adaptability all the more important.
UK ramps up defense spending by $6 billion (CNN) The United Kingdom will ramp up defense spending by $6 billion to “fortify” against growing threats from Russia and China, the country’s leader announced on the eve of highly anticipated talks with AUKUS partners, the United States and Australia.
US says Russian warplane hits American drone over Black Sea (AP) A Russian fighter jet struck the propeller of a U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday in a “brazen violation of international law,” causing American forces to bring down the unmanned aerial vehicle, the U.S. said. Moscow said the U.S. drone maneuvered sharply and crashed into water following an encounter with Russian fighter jets scrambled to intercept it near Crimea, but insisted its warplanes didn’t fire their weapons or hit the drone. The incident, which added to Russia-U.S. tensions over Moscow’s war in Ukraine, appeared to mark the first time since the height of the Cold War that a U.S. aircraft was brought down after an encounter with a Russian warplane. Russia’s Defense Ministry said the U.S. drone was flying over the Black Sea near Crimea and intruded in the area that was declared off limits by Russia as part of what it calls its “special military operation” in Ukraine, causing the military to scramble fighters to intercept it. “As a result of sharp maneuver, the MQ-9 drone went into uncontrollable flight with a loss of altitude and crashed into water,” it said. “The Russian fighters didn’t use their weapons or impact the unmanned aerial vehicle, and they safely returned to their base.” Moscow has repeatedly voiced concern about U.S. intelligence flights close to the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014. The Kremlin has charged that by providing weapons to Ukraine and sharing intelligence information with Kyiv, the U.S. and its allies have effectively become engaged in the conflict.
Ukraine: Objects of war become new normal in Kyiv scenery (AP) There are sandbags around the statues and anti-tank obstacles by the side of the streets, trenches in the nearby forests and land mine warnings in the woods. Signs painted on walls point to the nearest shelter, while air raid sirens occasionally wail across the city, which still sometimes comes under missile attack. But against this backdrop of war, residents of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, are living their lives as normally as they can while Russia’s invasion of their country continues into its second year. Shops, restaurants and bars are open—even if customers have to wrap up their evenings early and rush home in time for the 11 p.m. curfew. Nobody pays attention to the angular steel anti-tank hedgehogs by the side of the road, or the occasional pile of sandbags. Outside the landmark Saint Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery in central Kyiv, people pose for photos beside destroyed Russian tanks and armored vehicles. Nearby, yet more photos are being added to a wall with pictures of those killed in the fight against Russia.
Ukraine short of skilled troops and munitions as losses, pessimism grow (Washington Post) The quality of Ukraine’s military force, once considered a substantial advantage over Russia, has been degraded by a year of casualties that have taken many of the most experienced fighters off the battlefield, leading some Ukrainian officials to question Kyiv’s readiness to mount a much-anticipated spring offensive. U.S. and European officials have estimated that as many as 120,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or wounded since the start of Russia’s invasion, compared with about 200,000 on the Russian side, which has a much larger military and roughly triple the population from which to draw conscripts. Ukraine keeps its running casualty numbers secret, even from its staunchest Western supporters. Statistics aside, an influx of inexperienced draftees, brought in to plug the losses, has changed the profile of the Ukrainian force. It is also suffering from basic shortages of ammunition, including artillery shells and mortar bombs, according to military personnel in the field. “The most valuable thing in war is combat experience,” said a battalion commander in the 46th Air Assault Brigade, who is being identified only by his call sign, Kupol. “A soldier who has survived six months of combat and a soldier who came from a firing range are two different soldiers. It’s heaven and earth.”
China to reopen to tourists, resume all visas Wednesday (AP) China will reopen its borders to tourists and resume issuing all visas Wednesday after a three-year halt during the pandemic as it sought to boost its tourism and economy. China is one of the last major countries to reopen its borders to tourists. The announcement Tuesday came after it declared a “decisive victory” over COVID-19 in February. All types of visas will resume from Wednesday. Visa-free entry also will resume at destinations such as Hainan island as well as for cruise ships entering Shanghai that had no visa requirement before COVID-19.
China’s Xi promises to build ‘great wall of steel’ in rivalry with West (Washington Post) China needs “self-reliance and strength in science and technology” to better compete with the West in military preparedness, economic growth and many other areas, leader Xi Jinping said Monday, closing an annual Chinese Communist Party meeting during which he cemented his hold on power and escalated his rhetorical confrontation with the United States. The urgent need for technological progress was a dominant theme of the eight-day National People’s Congress meeting, during which the rubber-stamp parliament confirmed a third term in power for Xi and elevated his loyal lieutenant Li Qiang into the No. 2 role. In his first speech since being confirmed Friday for a third term, Xi pledged to “build the military into a great wall of steel that effectively safeguards national sovereignty, security and our development interests,” adding that “safety is the foundation of development, and stability is the prerequisite for prosperity.” Xi’s remarks capped off a meeting that put the Communist Party firmly in control of science- and technology-related decisions and consolidated the government’s grip on innovation.
No regrets from the Iraqi who threw his shoes at Bush (Reuters) Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi gained fame for hurling his shoes at President George W. Bush in a news conference to show his anger at the corruption and chaos that followed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. He is still furious. “The same people who entered 20 years ago with the occupier are still ruling despite failures and corruption. The United States knows very well that it brought in pseudo politicians,” he told Reuters, recounting his actions back in 2008 during the Baghdad media briefing. Bush, who was standing next to then Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, ducked to avoid the footwear that spun at him from across the room. Throwing shoes at someone is a deep insult in the Arab world. “This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog!” Zaidi shouted before security officials bundled him outside. Bush had been criticised across the Middle East for his decision to oust Saddam Hussein, an action launched based on faulty U.S. intelligence that the Iraqi leader had amassed weapons of mass destruction.
For Russian Elite, Dubai Becomes a Wartime Harbor (NYT) On an artificial island on the edge of the Persian Gulf, Dima Tutkov feels safe. There are none of the anti-Russian attitudes that he hears about in Europe. He has noticed no potholes or homelessness, unlike what he saw in Los Angeles. And even as his ad agency turns big profits back in Russia, he does not have to worry about being drafted to fight in Ukraine. “Dubai is much more free—in every way,” he said, sporting an intricately torn designer T-shirt at a cafe he just opened in the city, where his children are now in a British school. “We are independent of Russia,” he said. “This is very important.” A year into a historic onslaught of economic sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s rich are still rich. And in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates’ biggest city, they have found their wartime harbor. Among the city’s waterfront walkways, palatial shopping malls and suburban cul-de-sacs, Russian is becoming a lingua franca. Oligarchs mingle in exclusive resorts. Restaurateurs from Moscow and St. Petersburg race to open there. Entrepreneurs like Mr. Tutkov are running their Russian businesses from Dubai, and opening up new ones.
Spiritual exemplars (Religion News Service) Media stories about religion often focus on corruption in religious institutions, politicians’ alliances with conservative Christians and institutional abuses of power. But there is another dimension to religion that makes an impact on our society: Religious values inspire people to confront difficult social problems, their beliefs help them reframe issues in hopeful and life-affirming ways and their spiritual practices sustain them in their struggles. Several years ago, I went looking for stories that captured the social dimension of religion and spirituality, and I was struck by how often humanitarian work is led by religious people—as much as 90%, according to research done by Anne Colby and William Colby for their 1992 book “Some Do Care: Contemporary Lives of Moral Commitment.”
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Holidays 5.23
Holidays
Angelica Day (French Republic)
Aretha Franklin Appreciation Day (Michigan)
Aromanian National Day
Asian Corpsetwt Day [Every 23rd]
Best Friend-in-Law Day
Bluebell Day
Climb A Tree Day
Constitution Day (Germany)
Empire Day (Bermuda)
EMS Safety Day
Festival of Saint Sarah the Egyptian (Sara Kali the Black Queen; a.k.a. Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France) begins [until 25th]
Go For A Walk In Your Swim Fins Day
Harvesting Healing Day
International Day of Women’s Football
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula (UN)
International GM1 Gangliosidosis Awareness Day
International Synthesizer Day
Labour Day (Jamaica)
Linnaeus Day (Sweden)
Lucky Penny Day
Mass Graves Day (Iraq)
Mayoring Day (Rye, Sussex, UK)
Mesmerism Day
Moog Day
National Apology Day
National Best Friend-in-Law Day
National Braid Day
National Canine Cancer Awareness Day
National Day (Morocco)
National Ethan Day
National Fill Your Thermos Brand Bottle Day
National Girls Learn Coding Day
National Goat Day
National Medical Coder Day
National Reed Day
National Tea Cosy Day
143 Day (Mr. Rogers)
Red Nose Day (US)
Stormy Daniels Day
Students’ Day (Mexico)
World Crohn's and Colitis Day
World Day Against Melanoma
World Turtle Day
World Wrestling Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Dunkin Iced Coffee Day
National Drinking with Chickens Day
National Taffy Day
4th Tuesday in May
Thick Girl Appreciation Day [4th Tuesday]
Independence Days
Ausveria (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]
Bonumland (Declared; 2015) [unrecognized]
Reberia (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]
South Carolina Statehood Day (#8; 1788)
Feast Days
Aaron the Illustrious (Syriac Orthodox Church)
Amandus Nielsen (Artology)
Anathansius (Positivist; Saint)
Appreciate Reptiles Day (Pastafarian)
Bertholet Flemalle (Artology)
Bufi the Toad (Muppetism)
Carl Bloch (Artology)
Carista (Day of Peace in the Family; Pagan)
Declaration of the Bab (Baba'i)
Desiderius, Bishop of Langres (Christian; Saint)
Desiderius of Vienne (Christian; Saint)
Euphrosyne of Polotsk (Christian; Saint)
Giovanni Battista de' Rossi (Christian; Saint)
Guibert of Gemblours (Christian; Saint)
József Rippl-Rónai (Artology)
Julia of Corsica (Christian; Saint)
Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler (Episcopal Church (USA))
Quintian, Lucius and Julian (Christian; Saints)
Rosalia (Ancient Rome)
Simon the Zealot (Abkhazia)
Slim Pickens Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Tubilustrium (Ceremony to Purify the Ceremonial Trumpets; Ancient Rome) [also 3.23]
Turtle Day (Pastafarian)
Vulcan's Day (Ancient Rome)
William of Perth (Christian; Saint)
William of Rochester (Christian; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]
Premieres
The Asphalt Jungle (Film; 1950)
Blended (Film; 2014)
Born This Way, by Lady Gaga (Album; 2011)
Brassed Off (Film; 1996)
Bruce Almighty (Film; 2003)
Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins (Novel; 2012)
David and Goliath, by Malcolm Gladwell (Book; 2014)
Fidelio (Final Version), by Ludwig Van Beethoven (Opera; 1814)
Fish Tales (WB LT Cartoon; 1936)
Follow That Dream (Film; 1964)
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns (Music Documentary Film; 2003)
The Gong Show Movie (Film; 1980)
I’ll Be There For You, by The Rembrandt’s (Song/Friends Theme Song; 1995)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Film; 1984)
The Kids Are Alright (Documentary Film; 1979)
Lights Fantastic (WB MM Cartoon; 1942)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Film; 1997)
The Marshall Mathers LP, by Eminem (Album; 2000)
Much Ado About Nutting (WB MM Cartoon; 1953)
A Mutt in a Rut (WB LT Cartoon; 1959)
Nutty News (WB LT Cartoon; 1942)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (Film; 1973)
Persepolis (Animated Film; 2007)
The Shining (Film; 1980)
Taking the Long Way, by the Dixie Chicks (Album; 2006)
The Thin Man (Film; 1934)
Tommy, by The Who (Album; 1969)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (Film; 2014)
Today’s Name Days
Alma, Desiree, Renate (Austria)
Deziderije, Nada, Vilim, Želimir, Željko (Croatia)
Vladimír (Czech Republic)
Desiderus (Denmark)
Lii, Liidi, Liidia, Ly, Lydia (Estonia)
Lyydia, Lyyli (Finland)
Didier (France)
Alma, Désirée, Renate (Germany)
Dezső (Hungary)
Desiderio (Italy)
Leontīne, Ligija, Lonija (Latvia)
Gertautas, Ivona, Tautvydė (Lithuania)
Oddlaug, Oddleif (Norway)
Budziwoj, Dezyderiusz, Dezydery, Emilia, Iwona, Jan, Leontyna, Michał, Symeon (Poland)
Mihail (România)
Želmíra (Slovakia)
Desiderio (Spain)
Desideria, Desirée (Sweden)
Allard, Desirae, Desire, Desiree (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 143 of 2024; 222 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 2 of week 21 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Huath (Hawthorn) [Day 10 of 28]
Chinese: Month 4 (Ding-Si), Day 5 (Xin-Si)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 3 Sivan 5783
Islamic: 3 Dhu al-Qada 1444
J Cal: 22 Bīja; Oneday [22 of 30]
Julian: 10 May 2023
Moon: 16%: Waxing Crescent
Positivist: 3 St. Paul (6th Month) [Anathansius]
Runic Half Month: Ing (Expansive Energy) [Day 14 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 65 of 90)
Zodiac: Gemini (Day 3 of 32)
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