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Why they hung the flag upside down at Yosemite National Park, and now the Yankees can have beards?
I don't know about you? But it's scary out there, and I need good news. Pretty though - lovely clear blue sky. Definitely taking a long walk this afternoon - when it reaches 60 degrees. I'm taking today off - to adjust my body to DST. My Super is coming around 12:30 to install a new nob on my bedroom radiator. I may request that he turn off the bedroom radiator.
1. This week's New Yorker had a lovely article about the man who orchestrated the hanging of the upside down flag in Yosemite National Park. I spoke to my niece about Yosemite - asking if she'd been to it (she's been to practically all the other National Parks in California). She hadn't. Mainly because it's too popular and far too crowded. Of all the parks, it's the most busy, with the most activities, so she's avoided it. It's probably because of the famous El Capitan, which is where they hung the upside down flag.
The man who organized the hanging of the flag - didn't do it alone. He managed to round up a bunch of volunteers, various rangers and climbers, who were willing to help him do it. Why? To protest the firings. Nate Vince was a locksmith with the park, and the idiots that fired him didn't understand what he did.
"Before a visit to Yosemite National Park, it never hurts to reacquaint yourself with the hazards that can accompany its wild beauty: rockfalls, the swift currents of the Merced River, an encounter with a bear. (Never throw food at one.) A lesser, more recent concern: getting trapped in a park toilet.
Locks that jam, handles that break off, doors that stick owing to swings in temperature—these lavatory failures afforded the Yosemite Valley’s go-to locksmith, Nate Vince, a measure of job security. Or so he thought. On Valentine’s Day, Vince, a forty-two-year-old welder turned park staffer, was among a thousand National Park Service personnel who were terminated via e-mail, a shock that he shared on Instagram: “The people that fired me don’t know who I am, or what I do.” Vince does a great deal more than free tourists from rest rooms. For four years, he shadowed the previous locksmith, getting to know thousands of keys and locks in the park, from gun safes and an on-site federal courtroom to storage lockers for emergency medical supplies."
He didn't do it for very long - just to capture a picture. And they were careful about it - didn't drop it, unfurled it upside down for about thirty minutes to an hour - to grab a picture, then folded it up again and removed it - so the visitors could see the light hit the cliff face at the end of the day. The New Yorker Article goes in detal
Also the Daily Mail got the entire story wrong - I checked it out, hunting photos. It had a mechanic, and the wrong name. So folks? Don't read or subscribe to the Daily Mail - it's a tabloid.
2. Also, New York Yankees Change Facial Hair Policy - the players can now wear beards.
1. This week's New Yorker had a lovely article about the man who orchestrated the hanging of the upside down flag in Yosemite National Park. I spoke to my niece about Yosemite - asking if she'd been to it (she's been to practically all the other National Parks in California). She hadn't. Mainly because it's too popular and far too crowded. Of all the parks, it's the most busy, with the most activities, so she's avoided it. It's probably because of the famous El Capitan, which is where they hung the upside down flag.
The man who organized the hanging of the flag - didn't do it alone. He managed to round up a bunch of volunteers, various rangers and climbers, who were willing to help him do it. Why? To protest the firings. Nate Vince was a locksmith with the park, and the idiots that fired him didn't understand what he did.
"Before a visit to Yosemite National Park, it never hurts to reacquaint yourself with the hazards that can accompany its wild beauty: rockfalls, the swift currents of the Merced River, an encounter with a bear. (Never throw food at one.) A lesser, more recent concern: getting trapped in a park toilet.
Locks that jam, handles that break off, doors that stick owing to swings in temperature—these lavatory failures afforded the Yosemite Valley’s go-to locksmith, Nate Vince, a measure of job security. Or so he thought. On Valentine’s Day, Vince, a forty-two-year-old welder turned park staffer, was among a thousand National Park Service personnel who were terminated via e-mail, a shock that he shared on Instagram: “The people that fired me don’t know who I am, or what I do.” Vince does a great deal more than free tourists from rest rooms. For four years, he shadowed the previous locksmith, getting to know thousands of keys and locks in the park, from gun safes and an on-site federal courtroom to storage lockers for emergency medical supplies."
He didn't do it for very long - just to capture a picture. And they were careful about it - didn't drop it, unfurled it upside down for about thirty minutes to an hour - to grab a picture, then folded it up again and removed it - so the visitors could see the light hit the cliff face at the end of the day. The New Yorker Article goes in detal
Also the Daily Mail got the entire story wrong - I checked it out, hunting photos. It had a mechanic, and the wrong name. So folks? Don't read or subscribe to the Daily Mail - it's a tabloid.
2. Also, New York Yankees Change Facial Hair Policy - the players can now wear beards.
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Oh Lord, the Daily Mail is disallowed as a wiki course for how much it lies/twists the truth. Over here it's often referred to as the Daily Fail or the Daily Heil. (The Sun is in the same league. Never read The Sun.)
And here is a good news story: Michael Sheen writes off £1m of debt for 900 people
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(I am very impressed with your long posts. I am very sporadic.)
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This human rights/social justice activist on FB posts these long lists two to three times a week. I just copy and check links to ensure accuracy here and there.
Thanks for the Michael Sheen bit. He's a lovely man, so is David Tennant. I just love both to pieces.
Oh, I don't know if you already know this or care at this point? But they are wrapping up Good Omens with a 90 minute episode. Neil Gaiman wrote part of it, but other than that he's not involved in any other way apparently. "Gaiman contributed to the writing of the series finale but will not be working on the production and his production company the Blank Corporation is no longer involved. A new writer is expected to finish up the work, although insiders said that deal has not been closed."
Deadline Article on it.
It's still problematic though - I mean I'm more annoyed with Amazon than I am with Gaiman at the moment. But not really sure if boycotting it does much good - I see Amazon trucks everywhere. It's really hard to boycott Amazon apparently. Although it's stocks are diving, so there's that at least.
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I remember peasant. She was... very conservative. I remember her posting about proudly voting for Boris Johnson to become party leader. /o\ (The Sun is a rag, it is still not sold in Liverpool.)
This human rights/social justice activist on FB posts these long lists two to three times a week. I just copy and check links to ensure accuracy here and there.
Ahhh, excellent. Thank you for spreading the good news. :)
Oh, I don't know if you already know this or care at this point? But they are wrapping up Good Omens with a 90 minute episode.
Oh yes, the news came out in (I had to go check) October. It's very bittersweet.
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Yeah, I figured the Sun was a rag, I'm also skeptical of The Independent (albeit less so), and Tortoise Media. There's rags on the left too - be wary of Propublica for example, and a little leary of Mother Jones, they both tend towards hyperbole. But the well known ones over here are The Star, The National Enquirer, and in NY, I'm leery of the Daily News, New York Post and Newsday...they are occasionally accurate though.
If a news agency has a "heavy" political agenda, most of its articles will be slanted towards that.
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