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A branch of logistics in which we studied domain names? Okay that's just silly but it is 2:30 a.m. and I'm still awake
I thought we were both pastrami sandwiches in Austin Texas I must be getting old like really old cuz I can't remember much else
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Since Twitter has a stinky musky odor I really am not here too much and it feels sad and wrong to the point I actually just stick with Facebook which is of itself bizarre. But the fam seems more intact. Adding another walled garden is really too exhausting. How do folks manage?
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Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, The Yardbirds, 1965. Jeff and Jimmy, with all love and respect, guitars and amps, and gratitude to my father's extraordinary love of all music, but especially early rock and roll, the endless gift he gave to me.youtube.com/5kKJ2BRGA5s
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For the sake of semantic arguments I would argue that you need to to first define the domain of semantics. For the purpose of being annoying I shall assume it means web! ;-)
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A very happy birthday to the Web's notable founding father of the Web Standards Movement. Happy birthday to our friend, colleague, mentor, and man who helped me personally experience the meaning of doing something good in this world for the sake of the many, Jeffrey @zeldman !
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Hmmm. I don't fear a lot I'm not devoid of it. there's not much I fear other than being taken into a medical facility to die and that is being mitigated with palliative home care and hospice. I have have seen people who fear everything to the point of obsession. It's reasonable.
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Love some other thoughts topic and logistics wise. This is an exercise of something I don't think happens much if at all. It's dangerous for some, scary. It's unity, not separation, and that is volatile. But it could be awesome if not interesting. :) Also, platform prefs? Zoom?
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Any interest in our diversity/inclusion talks whether as presenter, moderator, peace keeper (heh) etc? I have a few ideas for topics mostly related to sub-groups of any subgroups, to get over this "Those people all are x" - LGBQT+, economy, language, literacy, etc. And worldwide.
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Lovely and kind thoughts indeed. And I am built this way. I'm also in palliative care meaning life's quality based on MY preference comes before life quantity. To break apart? Story of my life. To bring together ? Story I wish to live. How about you?
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Wonderful. Auto-didacts FTW. :) I would make one suggestion. "soft skills" as typically defined are actually the hardest ones at least for me, to achieve with any grace. :)
I commit to writing a 20 minute presentation describing failures of inclusion and diversity in language, in this case related to how Jews both externally and internally are stuck. Please join with your perspectives. We'll schedule, then make it happen. Learning, not burning. xo
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Another disturbing piece of the Jewish story is idea that 6 million Jews died in the Holocaust and all Jews have relation directly to Holocaust events and yet 11,000 to 12,000 total half not Jews at all. The opportunity to learn here is profound shutting people down is not.
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I absolutely agree that this concept of best or better is an illusion as is anything to do with most of what we Define as appearance and behavior unless specific to a given religion part of the problem with even saying the Jew is believe it or not perpetuated largely by Jews.
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If anybody would like a presentation calmly and professionally delivered online quietly respectfully to give the history of what I am talking about I would be very glad to do that and I surely will attend any other perspective provided similarly. If truly interested let's do it.
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I asked questions,on linguistic and philological points and was shut down for concern the term anti instead of dark was equally problematic, examples Albert Einstein Robert on perheimer and the origin of the term self-hating Jew. It hurt me I was blocked. I'm still right here.
We're too caught up in better/worse. At work, it's the best candidate for a job. We don't choose the best, though, because best is an illusion. The candidates are different, but like 2 different rocks. A diamond isn't better than an emerald, no matter what De Beers says.
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