"This was the voice of moderation until 13 Sept, 2025"
by liberal japonicus A little early, but I thought I'd put this thread up to talk about the UK elections on July 4th. I've been watching them intently, with the fascination that a Trekkie doing Duolingo Klingon might have for Enterprise registry numbers. In part, that's to avert my gaze from dealing with questions about … Read more
by liberal japonicus {note: this is not a post speculating about Biden stepping down, despite how the title might lead one to think that. I promise I was working on this before pre-debate discussion even started.] I've been trying to write this post for a while now, but maybe sending it out now is the … Read more
by JanieM
We need an open thread (if only so I can post this story), so here we go.
The view from a trail in Belgrade (or Rome?), Maine, on Mother's Day of 2023. The ponds were the site, IIRC, of some of the filming for the movie On Golden Pond. The line of hills in the distance is the Camden Hills, behind which is Camden, the setting of the following story.
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by liberal japonicus I'm sure everyone is getting a surfeit of doomscrolling from a lot of other places. Here at ObWi, we like to wrap our observations about the coming judgement day in wrapping paper that says 'ain't that amazing'. “Recognizing and segmenting visual objects in images, as well as environmental sounds and spoken words … Read more
by wj lj mentioned in comments to the previous thread that he's been at a conference this past week. Well, I'm doing the same. In Kigali, Rwanda. And was inspired. I suspect that, for any of you who are over 50, when you hear "Rwanda" the next word that comes to mind is "genocide." … Read more