TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee")

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25 August 2026

Dolly Parton for President

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Reposted from 2023, when I wrote this as a serious post.  Irrelevant now because of her death, but it seems appropriate for me to re-express...
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Dolly Parton has died

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In a video posted to Parton’s X account 15 minutes ago, her nephew Bryan Seaver announced the death of his aunt, for whom he acted as head o...
24 August 2026

A postcard from 1955

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Found while going through some family archives today.  I sent this to my aunt and uncle when I was 8 years old.  She kept it for 60+ years, ...
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The happy people of Mayberry

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Found online years ago.  I have no idea whether this is true; I've never watched the show.
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23 August 2026

Cats who balance babies' cradles in floods - updated

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Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema 'The Inundation of The Biesbosch in 1421" "Lawrence Alma-Tadema painted [the top image] in the ...
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Hungary in 1604 must have been amazing

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I hope I'm not violating too many copyright regulations by reproducing these three pages.  I'll be reviewing The Blood Countess: Mur...
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One of my ancestors was an "adding machine champion"

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A tip of the hat to my cousin Meridee in Oregon, who noticed this passage written by our grandfather Knute Olaus Finseth in a personal diary...
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22 August 2026

Bravo to Mark Carney

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I'll add some commentary later, but for now this will suffice: This from the New York Times : The morning after he pulled negotiators fr...
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19 August 2026

Illiteracy in American middle schools - updated

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This is a super-outstanding rant by a middle-school English teacher about the frustrations she is facing in her profession.  I don't kno...
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17 August 2026

Library card

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Obviously not a check-out-a-book card, these are public service cards made available at our local community library in a suburb of Madison, ...
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Screed

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 “To the people of the United States of America: you realize that you are being seen by the rest of the world as no better than Russia, no b...
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Middle school horrorshow "educational" material. Honestly WTF???

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This is what AI can generate when not supervised by an intelligent human.  Explanation via FoxNewsVegas : LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB/Gray News) -...
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16 August 2026

"The Hermit of Treig" - updated with the story of Simon

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Yesterday evening I was looking for some distraction from doomscrolling the internet.  While wandering around I found the above movie on Ama...
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