Post: About a year ago, I picked up this useful little folding ergonomic Bluetooth keyboard, the Seenda KTU-403. But it’s apparently been discontinued, and some of the multifunction keys are starting to spit out weird characters. Fortunately, I’ve stumbled on to some weird key combos so that I can keep using them – they aeem to have different emulator settings or something. Meanwhile, can’t find the manual, scuffled into a drawer or online. Fortunately, after searching for the model number, the manual for a very similar product popped up, probably made by the same manufacture under another marque. So hokay,…
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Yes, it’s cute. But is it a good enough lightweight sewing machine for going to sewing/quilting retreats? But it has cute CATS!
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Post: Dammit, #HANDSOFF the National Endowment for the Humanities! One of my non-political interests is archaeology – but now that’s political, too. “Preservation Archaeology Today for 4/3/25: NEH grants terminated; IMLS disbanded; Smithsonian, Interior told to whitewash history; the importance of Indigenous curators; Chaco roads; SunZia case update; podcast, jobs, internships, events, & more.” Link: BREAKING: NEH Grants Terminated – Archaeology Southwest
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“Transportation officials are reviewing local infrastructure funding as the administration leans into fossil fuels.”
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Why can’t we have nice reality? Why do conspiracy theories never die? And why is “the liberal media” not very liberal, and mostly corporate?
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Post: Do political ads really influence elections? Don’t most voters tune them out? Or do yard signs and radio/tv ads actually have impact? In Wisconsin, political parties can steer unlimited amounts to candidates. State Sen. Jeff Smith, a Democrat and a minority leader, called the spending frenzy “obscene.” “There’s no reason why campaigns should cost as much as they do,” he said. Link: Musk not only billionaire pumping cash into the most expensive court race in U.S. history
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from Imgflip Meme Generator Blogula Rasa: Plus, that $200 check for protesting Musk and Tesla yesterday isn’t coming. Link: ‘People don’t like you’: LinkedIn founder strikes back at Elon Musk after major accusation
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The table runner that’s been a UFO (unfinished quilting object) for more than a year is nearing completion. Now it’s time to put it on a long strip of batting, backed with a long strip of backing fabric, in a “quilt sandwich.” But oh noes, the fabric I plan to use isn’t long enough…
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“In his resignation letter, Marks wrote that health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wanted ‘subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.’”
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Damn. The white box in the article was covering up the best word, so I fixed it. The brave local heroes who did this should try projecting their message next time.