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As this blog is not read much, in 2025 I removed about 2,000 posts, leaving about 800.
The % of Americans who express “pride” in their country is still high, but has dropped a lot over the past 20 years.
What do you think of when you hear that someone is “homesteading”? The definition now includes anyone with a vegetable garden, doing their own canning or baking bread. Hmmmm…
I am having difficulty mastering the plethora of personal pronouns.
Every language has terminology and idioms that may have originated long ago, in the context of derogatory comments or associated with an era when such language may have been viewed as derogatory. There is a list, online, over almost 3,000 words or phrases in the English language, that are considered offensive, or considered offensive in some contexts.
One of the long ago greats in journalism, the late Jim McKay.
Almost all social media influencers are women.
The primary purpose of social media is to enable pundits to say things and make utter fools of themselves 🙂
The US Department of Homeland Security, in cooperation with Facebook and Twitter, activity sought to censor online speech, allegedly using secret back door login portals to make urgent censorship requests.