(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . IAN: October 8, 2023 - even off years have elections [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-10-07 I’ve noticed quite a few being talked about on Daily Kos. I’m not sure we have anything locally (we don’t always), but I am registered if there is something. 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! ************************* Portlanders going electric. The ingredients for a balm used in mummification have been identified. They are calling the recreation ‘the scent of eternity’. A tool to find a book to read when you’re stumped for ideas. Spiders ready for their closeups. Wolf spiders, apparently. Jimmy Buffet’s final album will be released in November. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar does a newsletter every few days. The subjects are frequently political, but also anything that catches his interest. It’s at substack.com — I tried to provide a link, but the site was having issues. I do recommend it. Here’s a quote from what he wrote about the first Republican presidential candidates debate: “Trump is irrelevant to this election. He wasn’t the elephant in the room, he was the poodle’s pee stain on the rug, mildly irritating but easily overlooked.” The person who carved several of the most important runestones in Danish history has been identified. His boss was a queen named Thyra. Oral legends regarding a temple on the Cerro de San Miguel have been confirmed. Tulsa appears to be trying to make at least some amends for the 1921 Race Massacre. A third excavation for graves has wrapped up, and more than 50 unmarked graves were found. They will be identified, the investigators hope. ************************* My daughter has grounded her offspring for not following through on the chores they promised they would do while she was in Los Angeles for her aunt’s memorial service. Neither of them is trying to say they don’t deserve it. My mother’s funeral will be at the end of this month. We have a lodge of some sort reserved for several days. I have promised to read the obituary. I don’t really have anything else to contribute — I spent much less time with my mother than my siblings did. The decluttering progresses. I’m not paying the grandkids for their help this week — they have been promised a trip out for sushi already and are willing to wait till their mother isn’t mad at them any more. I got word yesterday that one of my high school classmates died last month. A few days before my mother did. We made it 35 years without losing even one that I know of, but now it’s at least thirteen gone. ************************* Love you guys! [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/7/2195967/-IAN-October-8-2023-even-off-years-have-elections?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=latest_community&pm_medium=web 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/