(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . IAN: September 17, 2023 - May we live in interesting times [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-09-16 Yeah, they are. I could do with some boring. I wonder when the current armchair lawyers are going to turn back into armchair immunologists. 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! ************************* Earth’s core There’s a newly discovered cave full of paleolithic art near Valencia in Spain.* Scientists working together over winter in Antarctica are provably developing a local accent. Ancient irrigation tunnels in Jordan are being explored using a remote-controlled car. A zoo in Tennessee has a baby giraffe that is solid brown. The only one previously known was born in Japan in 1972. Evidence has been found that humans were using shoes 148,000 years ago. The British Library has put a million images into the public domain. A Roman stone wall has been found in a quarry in Switzerland. This article is from Popular Mechanics. Photographs of undersea life Some slang terms from the 1930s. Some of them are still in use. Pictures of the wolves in Yellowstone providing teething toys for the pups. ************************* I have started clearing my dining area. I can’t call it a room because the ‘wall’ is four bookcases. I have a lot of recycling to get out of there, and quite a few books to get rid of, since they are the sort of thing that gets superceded and the ones I have are years out of date. I may not be available on Sunday. We have to go see my mother. My grandson participated in his first track meet on Thursday. He was in a cross-country relay race. No, I don’t know how his team did — I wasn’t there, and no one has told me. I am well known in the family to not be a sports fan, so they assume a total lack of interest. I believe I have griped before about my relatives being so sure they already know everything I will ever think, do, say, or feel, that they never bother to ask me. Ah, well — at this point in my life, it qualifies as a minor annoyance. I had to get some of the trash out on Friday. My plans to conscript the grandkids on Saturday having necessarily fallen through. ************************* Love you guys! [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/16/2191557/-IAN-September-17-2023-May-we-live-in-interesting-times 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/