(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . IAN: June 25, 2023 - the year's nearly half over [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-06-24 I will be attending Netroots Nation this year, and traveling on July 16th. Can anybody substitute for me? As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at to let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. It's also so we can find other Kossacks nearby for in-person checks when other methods of communication fail - a buddy system. Members come here to check in. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, etc.), we and your buddy are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care! IAN is a great group to join, and a good place to learn to write diaries. Drop one of us a PM to be added to the Itzl Alert Network anytime! We all share the publishing duties, and we welcome everyone who reads IAN to write diaries for the group! Every member is an editor, so anyone can take a turn when they have something to say, photos and music to share, a cause to promote or news! ************************* Overdue book returned. Nearly 100 years overdue. A Scottish merchant living in Brussels at the time went to the battlefield after Waterloo early enough to have seen and dealt with the dead and dying. His account is finally being published. Items owned by Freddy Mercury will be auctioned by Sotheby’s in September. Including drafts of the lyrics to Bohemian Rhapsody — which didn’t start out Bohemian Rhapsody. Geochemical analyses of copper artifacts in southern Africa reveal centuries worth of undocumented cultural connections and trade. Mapping the last Ice Age. It is now possible to visit the place where Julius Caesar was stabbed. It’s not the forum. Australia has the best wines in the world this year. Or, at least, won the 2023 Decanter World Wine Awards. Neolithic farming populations went through boom/bust cycles. Apparently, due to warfare. There appears to be scientific proof that morality continues to exist. ************************* Well, it appears that with the new set-up, when you want to edit a draft, you have to push the ‘edit’ button at the upper right corner. They’ve made more annoying changes at other times. I’m going down to spend a couple of days with my mother this coming week. She’s not doing particularly well, though she was coherent enough when she returned my call — she’s agreed that we can sort out what she was worrying about when I come down, and that she doesn’t have to worry about it until then. Frankly, she probably doesn’t remember anything but that she wants to see me. I stumbled across a short book with short exercises in it. While I was reading it through Kindle Unlimited, I tried something and it made a very quick difference in how I felt. Needless to say, I’ve bought the book (Minimalist Muscle Activation). I haven’t hit on exactly what my body needs to function entirely well yet, but I only started working my way through the exercises a couple of days ago. I have often mentioned being a confirmed member of the Book Devouring Horde. I actually bought something from the (intermittent) Ilona Andrews Merchandise site this time around. My “Don’t make me deploy my FREAKY SHIT TESTING DEVICE” bag arrived on Friday. In the story this came from, after stopping a subordinate from poking something peculiar with a stick, our heroine put a spell on the stick and poked the peculiar thing with her freaky shit testing device. Yes, there is a drawing of a stick on the bag, between “FREAKY SHIT” and “TESTING DEVICE”. I showed the muscle activation book to my chiropractor on Saturday. She is very happy with me. ************************* Love you guys! [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/6/24/2170968/-IAN-June-25-2023-the-year-s-nearly-half-over Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/