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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 01-Jul-2023 19:02:29 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

#TIL: https://www.britannica.com/topic/sansculotte

Decades later, I'm still finding things like this that I feel like I should have picked up during my years in California public schools.

Though I should point out that I did get a better perspective on World War II than many of my contemporaries, because I had a history teacher who was a child in the Baltics during the war and was willing to share what he knew ... including hearing the German dictator's speeches on the radio ... he never said whether he understood the language, but he did say the speeches were spellbinding.

Also, in 7th grade, I had a history teacher who'd spent a lot of time researching some of the Revolutionary War battles in and around Boston. She gave us a lot more details and passion than the usual blah blah.

So I got a lot of some things. I just feel like the French revolution was a major enough event that we should have learned more about it. Instead, we mostly skipped it (maybe a brief mention of Marie Antoinette and "let them eat cake" ... and of the reign of terror, but that's all) and the Napoleonic wars (though we did cover the Louisiana purchase and the fact that it helped fund the wars in Europe).
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1. Sansculotte | Definition, History, & Facts
  
  sansculotte, French sans-culotte ("without knee breeches"), in the French Revolution, a label for the more militant supporters of that movement, especially in the years 1792 to 1795. Sansculottes presented themselves as members of the poorer classes or leaders of the common people, but during the Reign of Terror public functionaries and educated men also adopted the label to demonstrate their patriotism. The distinctive costume of the typical sansculotte was the pantalon (long trousers) in place of the culotte (silk breeches) worn by the upper classes, as well as the carmagnole (short jacket) and the red cap of liberty. Jacques-René Hébert’s
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 01-Jul-2023 18:06:47 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

#GS4: Need new butt.
Daughter-in-law: Why do you need a new butt?
Grandson: talk Grandpa!

(Background: there is a series of three books about "I need a new butt" ... I bought two of the three and I read those books with them when I was there.)

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 01-Jul-2023 07:35:19 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

I bought us all Sony #PlayStation #PS4 and #Nintendo #Switch consoles years back. (Myself, #sonOne, #sonTwo, #Daddy_A). Additionally, I bought #A1, #GD1, #GD2 each their own Nintendo #2DS handhelds (and 2nd son sonTwo and I each got a #3DS handheld).

Part of the plan was that we'd all play together and thereby increase our time spent together and our communication, but that never happened, so I stopped buying consoles.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 01-Jul-2023 07:26:27 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅
@clacke

> Coming from the European legal tradition my view is that obviously the intent of any law stands above almost any nitpicking about the precise legal text, ...

We had some of that at one point. For example, I read that the Preamble to the US Constitution was once considered enforceable law, but now it is just a statement of intent.

> ... in a US legal tradition, isn't going beyond the text almost non-American?

I have always felt that Textualism was originally a technique to justify constitutional interpretations which were definitely not in the founders' minds.

Not that I'd want to return to some of their intentions. The Virginia slaveholders wrote flowery language about freedoms, but did not apply those freedoms to the people they had the most control over. That says more about their intentions than anything they wrote.

In the recent SCOTUS decision about student loans, Congress passed the HEROES act, which definitely did give some power to relieve student debt, but apparently not enough. I have read neither the decision & opinions nor the HEROES act. It might be interesting to go through them and see whether the decision was based on the act's text or its intent.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 01-Jul-2023 02:46:51 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- SoCal: Southern California
I'm told that Palm Springs in !SoCal's #Low_Desert reached 111F today. Multiple places in the #High_Desert should also be above 100F tomorrow and Sunday (Sat 2023-07-01 and Sun 2023-07-02), but with low humidity.

This isn't like #TX, where parts of the state were under "wet bulb" warnings (so hot and so humid that people are likely to die because their bodies cannot cool off) recently.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 01-Jul-2023 02:25:11 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

I sent #GS3 a screenshot of the #NHC "National Hurricane Center":{https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/} site, showing #Hurricane #Adrian and Hurricane #Beatriz in the eastern Pacific.
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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 01-Jul-2023 01:58:58 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- Ji Fu
^ https://nu.federati.net/notice/3427204

@fu
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1. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 01-Jul-2023 01:58:06 UTC - Federati Nu: Federated N-series GNU Social
  
  https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-1064-9f1d-19cc-889757430978 > one of the driving forces in the west of poverty is social stigma against multi-generational housing. That's probably true, but most families don't have any kind of shared governance that makes that acceptable. Having "Big Momma" as the matriarch or "Poppa" as the patriarch worked in the 1800s when people didn't have any choice, but these days, we don't want someone ordering us around without our input. Also, it isn't just a social stigma. It is endorsed by government agencies such as social services (one nephew lost custody of his child because he moved in with his mom, uncle, and grandmother despite the mother initially abandoning the child when she left) and schools (one nephew and his gf still live at home with their 3 kids; according to the school system, they are considered homeless ... the district gets special funding for the kid that is in school ... and all my sisters are current or former school employees) > I have had numerous finical advisors tell me I should be spending ~50% of my income on housing costs. It used to be that spending over 30% of household income was considered financially stressed. I don't know whether they still use that figure, but I think most renters are way over 30%.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 01-Jul-2023 01:58:06 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-1064-9f1d-19cc-889757430978

> one of the driving forces in the west of poverty is social stigma against multi-generational housing.

That's probably true, but most families don't have any kind of shared governance that makes that acceptable. Having "Big Momma" as the matriarch or "Poppa" as the patriarch worked in the 1800s when people didn't have any choice, but these days, we don't want someone ordering us around without our input.

Also, it isn't just a social stigma. It is endorsed by government agencies such as social services (one nephew lost custody of his child because he moved in with his mom, uncle, and grandmother despite the mother initially abandoning the child when she left) and schools (one nephew and his gf still live at home with their 3 kids; according to the school system, they are considered homeless ... the district gets special funding for the kid that is in school ... and all my sisters are current or former school employees)

> I have had numerous finical advisors tell me I should be spending ~50% of my income on housing costs.

It used to be that spending over 30% of household income was considered financially stressed. I don't know whether they still use that figure, but I think most renters are way over 30%.
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1. No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.
  
  Ji Fu
  
  from Ji Fu
  
  If you are going to do this why set a floor? I could see cities like Detroit & Marquette setting lower rates in hopes of attracting businesses.I am not in fa...
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 30-Jun-2023 02:32:51 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- simsa03
@simsa03 I think there's some intermittent issue. I don't see most of what gnu2 @ gsjp posts, unless they reply to me directly.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 30-Jun-2023 02:22:15 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Op_xsZggdK8

I have heard that this is only accurate in Angliphone countries.
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1. Is This How Men REALLY Think??
  
  from The Comments Section with Brett Cooper
  
  #Shorts #TheCommentsSection #BrettCooper #DailyWire #Reaction #React #Politics #Culture #Entertainment #TikTok #TikTokReaction #Men #Women #Masculine #Femini...
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 30-Jun-2023 01:08:38 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- hypolite
By the way, @hypolite, I appreciate conversations with people who can disagree without becoming hostile. Thank you.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 30-Jun-2023 01:05:40 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- simsa03
@simsa03 I did not get them.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 30-Jun-2023 00:03:37 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

RTO (return to office) is chasing away "key" employees https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/29/wfh_rto_survey/

Seen via https://indieweb.social/@brucelawson@vivaldi.net/110626893417243758
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1. Employers lose 'key' staffers due to forced return to office
  
  Survey says most would prefer a gentle request
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  Bruce Lawson (@brucelawson@vivaldi.net)
  
  from Bruce Lawson
  
  Of employers who forced staff back to the office, 42% said "attrition" was higher than normal, 21% said the move had actually lost them some of their "key" staff. 29% were now "struggling" to recruit altogether. Ha ha ha. https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/29/wfh_rto_survey/
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 29-Jun-2023 23:51:58 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- simsa03
@simsa03 Got your message.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 29-Jun-2023 22:39:39 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

https://nu.federati.net/url/290885

Apparently, the rules changed in 2017. Prior to this, new students at California Community Colleges had to take an assessment test before they could register for classes ... the assessment determined which classes they were allowed to take.

Which was good, because transfer-level Freshman Composition, Freshman Literature, and Freshman Algebra I / Freshman Algebra II courses were often considered too hard by students, especially those who'd been out of the school system for a number of years.

I wonder how they're doing it now that they are weighing high school scores more than the test. (And note, the test was required to be accurate for the population of students, so it was much more specific than a nationwide college admissions test.)

When I was in high school, I was bored and highly stressed, so my GPA was a lot lower than one would expect. In fact, I flunked an English class (along with 25+ others out of 30 in the class; the instructor was already retiring after that school year, but if she hadn't already planned it, she likely would have quit anyway) because I wasn't going to do schoolwork during my off time, so I did not write a term paper.
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1. Equitable Placement | California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 29-Jun-2023 22:08:12 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
*infecting*

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 29-Jun-2023 22:05:53 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- Ji Fu
@fu I am glad to see this. Back when I was in business classes, one of my instructors said pretty clearly: Your employees are the thing that helps you make money, so don't be cheap toward them. If they have a choice, they'll go to a competitor paying a nickel more per hour and take their skills, training, and knowledge of the company's secret sauce with them.

California did eventually raise its minimum wage, and I assume that most retail and foodservice workers are getting that amount or slightly more. I still see some people working in local food places who were working there when I was there ... and I know that housing prices have increased by a crazy amount since then, so I don't know how they survive.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 29-Jun-2023 21:56:03 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅
@clacke HK doesn't include boys in the HPV vaccination? I realize that the particular strain's cancer-causing effects are only known to affect females, but the US has injected boys to prevent them from infected girls since HPV vax was released.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 29-Jun-2023 20:14:55 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- hypolite
- Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅
@hypolite @clacke True, my experiences and observations in DE 50+ years ago did not involve the police. But even before the current rise of right wing thugs there, physical confrontations happened. And there's history, too.

I have never been to FR, so I have no opinion about their issues.

I'm not saying (as you seem to be interpreting it) that DE is as bad as MS. It does not have to be the equal of Mississippi to be bad enough that it is not worthwhile to go there to live.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 29-Jun-2023 17:39:56 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- hypolite
- Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅
@hypolite @clacke

Not better at all. But having lived in DE as a child, it is a valid point to make. One need not deal with national customs and immigration authorities because one can get physically attacked for one's ancestry in Mississippi without all that hassle.

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