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Trump to Award Charlie Kirk With Presidential Medal of Freedom After Assassination

By Ethan Shanfeld

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/trump-charlie-kirk-presidential-medal-of-freedom-1236515130/#recipient_hashed=758ad690760192cf49795c3f52223721cac5324e3e862e41c5d4db73a4d43f32&recipient_salt=99ec442a72bc49fb6f4153ffbea27d905c41ade92876fb71d10d16400f175bc9&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=newsalert&utm_content=632952_09-11-2025&utm_term=12699923?utm_medium=&utm_source=&utm_campaign=&utm_content=&utm_id=

disneydream06

Somebody is going to be soooooooo PISSED...
I think I am safe in saying we should be expecting the Temper Tantrum to end all temper tantrums. :o :o :o

Elon Musk Is No Longer the World’s Richest Person. Meet the Tech Giant Who Now Holds the Top Spot

Larry Ellison, Oracle's 81-year-old chief technology officer, is now worth $393 billion

By Jillian Frankel

https://people.com/elon-musk-is-no-longer-the-world-s-richest-person-meet-the-tech-giant-who-now-holds-the-top-spot-11807460?hid=7f1109a25d2362f31854399df255b82ba78f015e&did=19438534-20250911&utm_source=ppl&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ppl-news_newsletter&utm_content=091125&lctg=7f1109a25d2362f31854399df255b82ba78f015e&lr_input=758ad690760192cf49795c3f52223721cac5324e3e862e41c5d4db73a4d43f32&utm_term=AM

andrewducker

1. New Mexico is first state in nation to offer universal child care: (tags:childcare usa )

ysabetwordsmith

Tiny explosion-powered braille screen could boost literacy for blind students

Scientists have created a new, durable, multi-line braille display device, which is water and dirt-resistant.

Interestingly, it can simultaneously display multiple lines of braille and even complex graphics like emojis.

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poliphilo

I enjoy extreme weather- just so long as it's not so extreme as to cause damage...

Yesterday, for instance, we were shopping at Lidl in Polegate and got caught in a terrific downpour. I ran for the car, pushing my trolley, and it was if someone was chucking gravel in the air and it was falling on my bent back. A bit daunting at the time but it turned an outing that would otherwise have been routine and forgettable into a Proper Experience- a pleasure to remember- and then to write about.

That downpour was localised. We drove home- a couple of miles- and found our part of town had experienced nothing but a passing dampness.

Since then it has rained on and off. Just now the sun is shining on us but the sky to the West- where most of our weather comes from- is very, very heavy....

ysabetwordsmith

Folks have mentioned an interest in questions and conversations that make them think. So I've decided to offer more of those. This batch features hobbies.

Knitting is a fibercraft hobby of making things from yarn with a pair of pointy sticks, mostly clothes but also toys and other stuff. If you feel frustrated by planned obsolescence, artificial intelligence, and other current issues then consider knitting as a form of protest. Nothing says "Fuck off, fast fashion!" like knitting a 100% natural-fiber garment that will last for years and years.

On Dreamwidth, consider communities like

crafty,

everykindofcraft,

dwsockclub,

get_knitted,

justcreate, and

knittingpix.

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poliphilo

The comedy activist group Everyone Hates Elon has tacked a memorial plaque to a bench on the US President's Aberdeen golf course. It reads. "In Loving Memory of Jeffrey Epstein- a terrific guy, See you very, very soon from Donald."

ysabetwordsmith

Today we went to Mattoon.

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ysabetwordsmith

This flash mob put on a complex performance of "Bohemian Rhapsody."

It reminds me very much of the "musical dimension" -- the world in which people naturally, spontaneously form into teams for song and dance routines. People here are just using prosthetic technology to substitute for whatever energy phenomenon allows that in Musical Land. :D

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disneydream06

Just some more pictures to share from the fair... Part 1/Day 1...

Welcome...

( The Fair... )

jazzy_dave

Ashley Kahn "Love Supreme: The Creation of John Coltrane's Classic Album" (Granta Books)

A Love Supreme is one of the most important and influential jazz albums of all times, and, certainly, one of Coltrane's most praised records. This book is a kind of biography of that record, presenting, in Chapters 3 and 4, the history of the recording sessions of December 1964 (with recollections of, among others, Elvin Jones) and also describing the surrounding context (musical and otherwise): the early play of Coltrane, including his work with Miles, the formation of his Quartet with Tyner, Garrison and Jones, and the contract with Impulse, and the aftershocks of the album release, describing the influences the album had in the avant-garde jazz scene at the time and in the larger world afterwards. This is a excellent book and a fit tribute to a unique jazz masterpiece.

jazzy_dave

Jeff Tweedy "How to Write One Song"(Faber & Faber)

Jeff Tweedy, frontman and songwriter for Wilco, demonstrates to readers in this wonderful, inspirational, short book just how the process of song writing works. This book focuses on the process of songcraft, and the joy of creation, and is full of helpful exercises and advice. It's also a fascinating read to understand the mind of one of the best songwriters of the last twenty years or so.

ysabetwordsmith

Today is partly cloudy and hot.

I fed the birds. Lots of sparrows and house finches today.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 9/10/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

I've seen a male cardinal.

I picked several groundcherries.

EDIT 9/10/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 9/10/25 -- I watered the new picnic table, telephone pole garden, and some of the savanna seedlings.

Cicadas and crickets are singing.

As it is now dark, I am done for the night.

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andrewducker

Behold, Vitruvian Ducker!

(Sophia was delighted to discover that she can give Gideon piggy backs and has now been doing them whenever she can. Which is impressive when they weigh basically the same.)
Original is here on Pixelfed.scot.

poliphilo

After spending a couple of afternoons listening to a friend tell me about his unhappiness I chanced upon the following couple of videos.

In the first Mitchell and Webb were playing therapist and client, with Webb's oleaginous therapist going, "That must have been hard" and "what did that make you feel?"- which is pretty much what I had been doing.

And in the second Eckhart Tolle was telling us in his ever so quiet way how people love their pain and resist all attempts to have it taken away because it's all they have- which pretty much explains my friend.

They say the last thing you should do is tell a sufferer to "snap out of it" but I've snapped out of things in the past and I'm not sure there's actually any other way of getting free....

ysabetwordsmith

Everyone needs contact comfort sometimes. Not everyone has ample opportunities for this in facetime. So here is a chance for a cuddle party in cyberspace. Virtual cuddling can help people feel better.

We have a cuddle room that comes with fort cushions, fort frames, sheets for draping, and a weighted blanket. A nest full of colorful egg pillows sits in one corner. There is a basket of grooming brushes, hairbrushes, and styling combs. A bin holds textured pillows. There is a big basket of craft supplies along with art markers, coloring pages, and blank paper. The kitchen has a popcorn machine. Labels are available to mark dietary needs, recipe ingredients, and level of spiciness. Here is the bathroom, open to everyone. There is a lawn tent and an outdoor hot tub. Bathers should post a sign for nude or clothed activity. Come snuggle up!

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ysabetwordsmith

Tonight I'm making the Tomato Basil Bread on page 15 of Hello! 365 Tomato Recipes. It uses dried basil flakes and sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil, rather than fresh, so it can be made any time of the year. We are planning this as an accompaniment to a meatloaf later this week.

EDIT 9/9/25 -- The result is ... interesting. Way sweeter than we expected. It will probably work as an accompaniment to meatloaf, but I'm not sure it'll work as sandwich bread.

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disneydream06

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YIKES...
I almost missed this birthday greeting...

So today, before it ends, I am sending out...

*~*~*~*~*GREAT BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES*~*~*~*~*

To my friend,

liminal_space.

I hope you have had a fantastic special day.

Disney 5

ysabetwordsmith

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