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Am I prepared to be done with all the Simonverse books? Nope, nope, nope. Will I reread them again and again. Yes, yes, yes.
Can I admit that I haven't read The Upside of the Unrequited yet? Ok, I will soon. I didn't realize Upside is part of the Simonverse? But I'm posting my review before reading all three books, because I adore Leah and Simon. (no pitchforks and burning down the blog, ok?)
Also apparently, the series is officially titled Creekwood on Goodreads? How have I never seen it called this anywhere?
And this review is slightly spoilery. Because I'm a terrible reviewer right now, apparently. And maybe I can't gush about Simon & Leah without spoilers? I will work hard to label spoilers for Leah on the Offbeat. But not for Simon Vs, because it's been out for three years. You have been warned.
Creekwood High is just perfect? (Well, except for Martin? Why does he still have to be in these books?)
I love the realness of the high school experiences. Tumblr, FB with all the parents, and Harry Potter references galore. And I'm stealing Simon's idea and doing Dementor for Halloween sometime. (Also, biggest disappointment with Love, Simon was the missing Dementor costume)
me @ every time HP is mentioned
And the high-school theatre. So much love for it all. Also, Simon as Simeon in Joseph the musical was so funny and on point.
I also love that the books are set in Atlanta. I'm pretty close to Atlanta, and the southern feels are everything. Gah, I love it so much. Waffle House, and Georgia State, and zipping around Atlanta. And when Simon mentions how racist people are, I nodded in sad, sad agreement.
Also, diversity? Can we just please have more books with this level of diversity? I appreciate how Becky writes complicated diverse characters. It's just part of the story without being over the top.
Simon Spier – Can we just say Simon is a human teddy bear? Or puppy? He's just so sweet and adorable. I pretty much loved Simon from the very first page of Simon Vs. He's totally Gryffindor, and that's me too. And the Drarry fan fiction? So funny!
Speaking of funny, I laugh all the time at Simon. His texts, his goof-ups, his conversations. Just so real and funny? (Also, how many times can I type funny in one blog post?)
I also super had fun reading about the college decisions. Kind of jealous of Bram and Simon's college trip. And going to college in Philly & NYC? SO COOL. Also, FEAR THE SQUIRREL. The red squirrel is my patronus, so I approve this message.
Bram – Bram is Simon's soulmate and that is all. But he's also the sweetest? And I really enjoyed the relationship building between Leah & Bram.
Leah – I always knew I would eventually like Leah. Now, she was a bit standoffish in Simon Vs, but I was ecstatic to read her POV in Leah on the Offbeat and actually get inside her head.
So yes, Leah is 100% Slytherin. And so honest? I just appreciate this so much. (Also, can someone give me other books with Slytherin main characters?)
Leah goes through so much in both books, and I fell in love with her journey. Her art, her music, her love of nerdy life and fandom, it's all the beautiful happy tapestry. Also, her mom is a cutie pie. And Wells? He's kind of adorable too. (Am I shipping her mom and Wells? Maayyyybbbbeeee? Sorry, Leah)
Also, Leah's book is full of the best quirks that are amazing?
Dogeared pages are the worst. Yellow combat boots. Going shopping & anxiety.
Ok, the anxiety felt so real and relatable. And I nearly cried for Leah and her spiral of thoughts and how hard it was for her to not just shut down?
All her thoughts about Prom. Why is prom a thing? It makes no sense to me. Also, I was homeschooled and didn't have prom, so of course, I'm totally snobbish about prom.
But Leah's bashing on prom was so relatable and I wanted to give her a high five.
Abby – So can I say I liked Leah more than Abby? Especially in the first book? I think Abby was just toooo perfect. Toooo Gryffindor. Or Hufflepuff. Leah calls her a Gryffindor but I could have sworn Abby was a Hufflepuff. That threw me. A lot.
But she read all the Harry Potter books? SO THERE. Yes, Abby. Go, Abby.
Basically, all the characters in the simonverse.
And Abby always stands up for herself. She's not afraid of anything. (Spoiler: Even breaking up two weeks before prom. WOW)
Oh, and I LOVE how racism is dealt with. Basically, white people are racist a lot, and not just in books. It's hard to deal with. And sometimes people try to get away with it. There's a lot of conflicted feelings over how to deal with casual racism and I super appreciated how Leah Burke dealt with it.
I was sorry & sad to see a friendship ruined over racism. But honestly, it's what happens. Kind of reminded me of the Hate U Give and the white girl trash talking police brutality. And how Starr had to walk away from that.
Sometimes, just walk away. For you own health & because if people are problematic and don't stop being problematic, you can't fix them. So walk away.
Bonus – Spoiler alert – Cal & Nora are agh, so cute! But like Simon, I was confused. And he's like, Yep, Cal has a type. Dying. Dying. Dying.
Ok, so slight disclaimer. These books are just emotionally driven? there's not a whole bunch of plot. And not too much character development.
I think it's super easy to bash Leah because she is problematic. Here's one review that talks about the problematic moment. Did I shift uncomfortably while reading this? Yes. I did. I was confused? Ok, I was almost sure it was problematic and reading this review confirmed my thoughts.
Since these books aren't really character or plot driven, when people make mistakes, especially main characters, it doesn't feel like the mistakes are corrected. or even acknowledged? That bothers me. It doesn't ruin the book, but it bothers me.
Leah's voice is also really, really hard to read. I understand her voice, because her anxiety and reactions remind me so much of my sister. Having someone shut down and walk away when they're hurt is hard to deal with. I nearly cried for Leah and her mom in the shopping scene. I wanted Leah to keep fighting, and not fold in on herself.
Leah isn't perfect. And we can't expect perfection from all our main characters. Would I have liked to see. her grow a bit, verbalize and apologize for some things? Yes. Did it ruin the entire book for me? No. But I understand if some people can't enjoy Leah on the Offbeat and are even hurt by the way Leah acts.
Did I read Leah on the offbeat in one afternoon? Yes, yes I did. Was it completely perfect? Is any book absolutely, completely perfect? (Sorry, but no)
I'll probably reread Leah again later this summer. And I might try not to speed read it like I did the first time. (We'll see, I'm rather horrible at pacing my reading)
Just published!
My rating – 3.75 stars (Three Quarters of a star is a real thing, right?)
Leah Burke—girl-band drummer, master of deadpan, and Simon Spier's best friend from the award-winning Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda—takes center stage in this novel of first love and senior-year angst.
When it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually on beat—but real life isn't always so rhythmic. An anomaly in her friend group, she's the only child of a young, single mom, and her life is decidedly less privileged. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it. And even though her mom knows she's bisexual, she hasn't mustered the courage to tell her friends—not even her openly gay BFF, Simon.
So Leah really doesn't know what to do when her rock-solid friend group starts to fracture in unexpected ways. With prom and college on the horizon, tensions are running high. It's hard for Leah to strike the right note while the people she loves are fighting—especially when she realizes she might love one of them more than she ever intended.
Have you read Leah? What did you think?
Do you prefer Simon's book, Upside of Unrequited or Leah?
Are you a fan of Slytherin narrators? Do you think Abby is A Gryffindor or Hufflepuff?


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The continuation of a story told through YouTube videos…
(click on the green or blue (for iPads) video links)
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RECAP from previous Episode 4a:
The birds and I parted ways, each individually transported into another space and time. There, people all over were swim/flying around and swooping/swooping into tall, thin buildings.
Episode 4b: SPOTTED!
While I was standing there looking up at all the people zipping around, going in and coming out of buildings and things, one of 'em seemed to take notice of me, doubling back and diving down towards me. The thing is, he, she, it didn't seem to be too friendly because s/he/it was going full speed at me and before I could duck…
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[4]coming/Korn – "Coming Undone" (Live – 2006) – The Firm Music, Inc., Uploaded by BlankTV; Korn (stylised as KoЯn) is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, comprised of Jonathan Davis, James Shaffer, Reginald Arvizu and Ray Luzier
[5]buildings/Smarter Buildings: USC Architect Doris Sung – Sung has received prestigious architectural awards and lectured, exhibited and juried at various academic institutions internationally, including Yale, Columbia, Rice and Yonsei Universities
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[8]take notice/TAKE NOTICE – Uploaded by hirotakassf; the Take Notice Crew is from Japan,comprised of b-boys Wata, Nori, Kentaraw, Steez and Tatsuro
[9]doubling back/Double backflips on ground – Uploaded by Bjarke Hellden: Hellden is a gymnastics coach at Viborg Gymnastik Forening in Denmark
[10]diving/Diving Superman Baseball Play – Uploaded by megasportsfans featuring Fordham University college baseball player, Brian Kownacki whose unexpected "dive" got him into the final four of the 2010 ESPY Awards for "Best Play of the Year"
[11]towards/Red Vs. Blue Season 9 Music Video – Falling Towards The Sky, created by Jeff Williams for this machinima series from Electronic Arts; Williams is a musical instrument sound designer and an assistant professor in the Berklee College of Music's Music Synthesis department
[12]he, she/She without arm, he without leg – ballet – Hand in Hand – higher resolution: Uploaded by semjase76; Performed by Ma Li (馬麗) and Zhai Xiaowei (翟孝偉); Ma Li was a promising professional ballerina when she lost her right arm in a car accident at the age of 19; Zhai Xiaowei lost his leg when he was 4 years old after he fell off a tractor
[13]speed/Monsterstäder | Cities on Speed – Bogotá Change (Part 1/6): a documentary of two charismatic mayors, Antanas Mockus and Enrique Peñalosa, who, with unorthodox methods, in less than 10 years turned one of the world's most dangerous, violent and corrupt capitals into a peaceful model city populated by caring citizens
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00 – introduction
01 – pick your ePoison
02 – plug in or be obsolete
03 – eJunk in the trunk
04.1 – once upon a time in YouTube/episode 1: IN THE BEGINNING
04.2 – once upon a time in YouTube/episode 2: STRANGE MISSILES
04.3 – once upon a time in YouTube/episode 3: HUNGER
04.4a – once upon a time in YouTube/episode 4a: ANOTHER DIMENSION
04.4b – once upon a time in YouTube/episode 4b: SPOTTED!
04.5a – once upon a time in YouTube/episode 5a: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
04.5b – once upon a time in YouTube/episode 5b: SEE WHAT I SEE?
04.6a – once upon a time in YouTube/episode 6a: DARKNESS
04.6b – once upon a time in YouTube/episode 6b: LIFE AND DEATH
04.7a – once upon a time in YouTube/episode 7a: LIFE IS SUFFERING
04.7b – once upon a time in YouTube/episode 7b: FREE WILL
04.8 – once upon a time in YouTube/episode 8: LAY IT ALL OUT/FINALE
05 – kDrama: Arang and the Magistrate/Reply 1997/The Great Doctor
06 – jDorama: Iki mo Dekinai Natsu
07 – the evil that lurks behind the web curtain
08 – back to the future: The King of Dramas 드라마의 제왕
09 – of turkey and vampires: Let the Right One In vs Twilight

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But, the UK website now has all the videos from the US website, but in their respective narration and voices which means that the british version also has 62 videos.
The videos also include the exclusive Who's This? interactive clips that feature Kevin, Charlie, Hiro, Victor and others rather than the Steam Team.
The videos can now be seen on the website's videos page for the UK.


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To stay housed in the Bay Area, some families and their children turn to squatting
Picture this: You must leave your rundown home. You scour rentals all over Oakland, but with four kids and monthly rents teetering around $2,500, you're about out of luck. You consider leaving the Bay Area for a more affordable inland region, but you and your partner's jobs are here; plus, the kids are in school.
Facing this predicament about two years ago, Christine and Emilio Hernandez got creative. They stopped sleuthing Zillow and Craigslist for homes, and started eyeing the vacant properties around them.
In October 2015, they snuck through a chainlink fence and into a three-bedroom house in Fruitvale. Most of the appliances had been torn out of the home – a former drug and prostitution den – and fire scars stained the walls and floors.
Christine, Emilio and their four children moved in. They became squatters.
Bryan Schatz told the story of the Hernandez family in the March-April issue of Mother Jones. Schatz found the family was not alone in its unique living situation; dozens of other people on the brink of homelessness live in the Bay Area by "squatting" – occupying land or buildings that you do not own without asking permission.
Squatting is one way to keep a roof over one's head in a region where median home values are over $1 million and affordable housing sparse. Alameda County's most recent homeless count found 5,629 are living unhoused – a 39 percent increase from 2015. Nearly 70 percent of these individuals are unsheltered, and 82 percent said they had lived in the county before becoming homeless.
READ ALSO: The Bay Area's long road to ending homelessness
The Bay Area's dire housing and homelessness crises inspired organizations like Homes Not Jails (HNJ), an organization formed in 1992 that seeks to house the homeless by helping them find and utilize vacant buildings.
"Since the government has been slow to act to utilize vacant buildings for housing, and people need housing now, Homes Not Jails simultaneously opens up vacant buildings and helps people who are homeless move in," a statement on the HNJ website says.
The organization claims to have opened hundreds of squats in its 26 years. Many of the squats have lasted for years, and some squatters eventually retained legal ownership of their homes through a process called adverse possession.
To claim adverse possession of a property, California law requires residents to have lived there for five years and to have paid five years of taxes. Then, one must wade through a complicated tangle of bureaucracy. That includes providing proof of "open and notorious" possession, meaning the squatter's presence was not hidden and the landlord could have reasonably learned about it.
It's an onerous, time-consuming process, but it's been done before.
READ ALSO: Bay Area residents who live in vans not to travel, but to contend with housing costs
Steven DeCaprio, 45, first broke into the West Oakland bungalow he now owns 15 years ago. The place was a mess, charred by fire and strewn with dead animals. He learned the owner of the place had died in 1982, and no one had stepped up to claim the house since. He and his friends moved in.
Speaking with Schatz, DeCaprio described the early iteration of the space as "Wild West meets cyberpunk."
DeCaprio eventually gained title to the home. He founded an organization called Land Action to help other squatters learn and defend their rights.
But homes obtained by adverse possession aren't exactly free. Through years of squatting around the East Bay, police kicked DeCaprio out multiple times.
He told KALW in 2014: "You know they'd board it up, and then I'd come back with, like, a hammer. And then they welded the storm door shut with, with an arc welder, and then I came back with a can of WD-40 and a Dremel with a diamond blade. And that's when they, that's when they finally were like 'Enough's enough, you're going to jail.'"
In 2016 he faced 8 1/2 years in jail and $89,000 in fines for felony conspiracy charges after assisting two Oakland squatters in 2015. The charges were dropped in 2017.
In the midst of his legal battles, DeCaprio continued running Land Action and studying to become a lawyer. He passed the California bar exam, but the state refused to issue a law license on moral grounds, citing an earlier misdemeanor trespass charge. DeCaprio has filed an appeal, according to the Mother Jones story.
Stories like DeCaprio's have played out across the Bay Area over the years, to varying degrees of success. In 2015 James Crombie, a former Marin County trader, was indicted by a Maryland grand jury on fraud and squatting charges after he and his family took up residence in a $1 million Bethesda home. The charges were later dropped.
Later that year, San Francisco police arrested a man who was squatting in a multimillion dollar Presidio Heights home containing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of artwork, $300,000 of which the squatter had sold off. He was booked on 10 counts of burglary.
The Bay Area has a storied history of squatting, stretching at least as far back as the 1880s with the founding of the short-lived Mooneysville on Ocean Beach. The Mooneyville squatters seized prime oceanfront property under the justification that Park and Ocean Railroad had done the same, by unscrupulously grabbing federal lands. The miscreants set up a ragtag community of shanties, tents and shacks, in which they lived and hocked coffee, doughnuts and whiskey.
The carousal didn't last long; authorities broke it up within weeks of its inception.
READ ALSO: Bay Area adults forced to move back with parents
Less than a century later, the beatniks and hippies came to San Francisco, finding refuge in public parks and abandoned Haight-Ashbury Victorians. Some of the communities they founded have held fast, inculiding the Gates Cooperative in Sausalito. Like Mooneysville, this cohort of squatters lives by the sea, or in the case of this houseboat co-op, on the sea.
Founded in the 1950s and 1960s, Gates Co-Op went legit in 2014 with the support of the city and county. The houseboats were dismantled and renovated and, most importantly, converted from illegal squats to federally funded low-income housing.
Many squatters' stories do not have such happy endings. As for the Hernandez family, their story remains ongoing, how it will end, uncertain.
Christine and Emilio returned to their home one day to find their front door busted, the locks changed and their house pillaged, Schatz writes. The floor was flooded with flyers from M&M Mortgage. They read: "This property was found to be vacant and/or unsecured. It has been secured against entry by unauthorized persons to prevent possible damage."
The house, which the Hernandez family spent two years cleaning, fixing and occupying, was eventually put up for auction. It was sold for 1 cent over the opening price to a single bidder with plans to flip the property.
The median sale price for a home in Fruitvale in 2016 was $217,000, according to real estate site Trulia. In 2000, it was $97,000. The lone Fruitvale homes listed on Zillow at time of writing are priced at $599,000 and $749,000. A 2017 Zillow analysis named the neighborhood one of the five hottest Bay Area neighborhoods for home appreciation. The report projected home values to increase by 7.4 percent in the following year.
READ ALSO: Houses in SF sell nearly twice as fast as rest of nation
Shortly after the sale of their home, the Hernandez Family received an eviction notice. After they filed a motion to quash the notice, claiming it was not properly served, a judge ruled the eviction proceedings must start over.
Christine Hernandez already has a Plan B. She's eyeing a damaged, unoccupied home with a hole in the roof and debris in the yard.
"A person recently inherited the house," she told Schatz. "I want to reach out to that person and say, 'We're happy to completely clean your house. We'll paint it. We'll fix your roof. We'll take care of any business that needs to be taken care of, in exchange for you allowing us to live there for some agreed upon period of time.'"
Michelle Robertson is an SFGATE staff writer. Email her at email@example.com or find her on Twitter at @mrobertsonsf.


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Enlightened by Art
Always on the look out for new and exciting art forms, I spotted this article. In Alys Beach, Florida USA today as I write this, the town shall be lit up by digital technology. Artist shall project their work onto the white buildings of the town, using them as their canvas – with dramatic effect. Apparently, this is the third year of the event and 36 artists have been chosen from 300 applicants. What a great way of promoting art and bringing it out of the museum! More towns should do this!
Inspired by this article I looked for other projector exhibitions and I found this video. It is different from the other because although it uses projection, the buildings themselves are digitally changed and some of the effects are very dramatic. Instead of using the building as a canvas, the artists have worked with the real structure of the buildings. Love it:)
Video by Nuformer
Music: The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – Around the Bend
Alys Beach image (before) here
Alys beach image (after) here
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Loved it.. should be mandatory! lol The music in the clip was really good too. Still tapping my foot and thinking about the possibilities. wow!
The 3d mapping video is really nice, cool!


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Yesterday morning I went to Lake Colac to check out the bird life. Normally this lake has a good healthy population of water birds, however, after a long hot dry summer the water level is receding fast. The number of birds also appears to be dropping.
The first image is of a colony of Australian Pelicans (Pelecanus conspicillatus). Here they were clumping in a bid to protect each other from the very strong westerly wind.
Near the point where I stood is the mouth of Barongarook Creek. This creek has a nice little of colony of ducks of various species.


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While perusing the Armenian synaxarion over the weekend, I came across an expression that I remembered seeing in a Syriac text that I edited a few years ago. In the Syriac Martyrdom of Theonilla (my edition and translation, in Analecta Bollandiana 128 [2010]: 312-328, are available here), § 9, when they are trying to get Theonilla to renounce Christianity, they say to her, lā tpakknin, qarqaptā bištā!, which I translated as "Stop chattering, wretch!" and in a note on "wretch" I indicated the literal meaning, "evil head", and I pointed to Hoffmann's Iulianos der Abtruennige: Syrische Erzaehlungen (Leiden, 1880), 82.12, which is cited by both Brockelmann and Payne Smith, s.v. qarqaptā. I also cited the similar expression ὦ κακὴ κεφαλή from the Martyrdom of Domnina (Lackner, "Eine unedierte griechische Passion der kilikischen Märtyrin Domnina," AB 90 [1972]: 241-259, here p. 254, § 4). In the Armenian synaxarion reading that commemorates Fausta on Mehekan 8/Feb 14 (PO 21: 39-42; for the Greek synaxarion, see Feb 6 here, and further BHG 658 [mainly catal. references]), this same expression occurs twice, again with the "bad guys" using it to address a Christian martyr-to-be, here the recently converted Evilasius.
Եւ առաքեաց զեպարքոսն Մաքսիմիանոս ի Կիզիկոն, եւ երթեալ հարցանէր ընդ Եւիլասիոս. Ով չարագլուխ, ո՞րպէս իշխեցեր թեթեւացուցանել զաստուածսն մեր, եւ լինել քրիստանեայ։ (40.15-17)
He [the emperor] sent the eparch Maximianus to Cyzicus and [the latter], having arrived, was questioning Evilasius, "You evil head, how have you dared to think lightly of our gods and to become a Christian?"
And not many lines later Maximianus addresses Fausta herself with the title, this time with a preceding adjective:
Կոչեաց եպարկոսն զՓաւստեա եւ ասէ. Ով փոքրիկ չարագլուխ, ո՞րպէս իշխեցեր զայնպիսի մեծ իշխան թագաւորին եւ զաստուածոց քահանայն կորզել ի մէնջ եւ մատուցանել Աստուծոյն քոյ։ (41.6-8)
The eparch called Fausta and said, "You little evil head, how have you dared to snatch from us such a great prince of the emperor and priest of the gods [i.e. Evilasius] and to offer him to your god?"
The Armenian word (չարագլուխ) is a compound, and it does show up in Bedrosian's dictionary (582a), with the meaning "malignant, malevolent," etc. There are terms of abuse in English (and other languages) with the suffix -head and -skull (blockhead, numbskull, etc.), but I know of nothing quite like "evil head". This expression almost certainly appears in other hagiographic tales (and elsewhere?), in these and other languages. If you know of or come across any, please note them in the comments.
UPDATE Feb 17, 2015. I mentioned the Greek ὦ κακὴ κεφαλή above. A quick search in TLG reveals its occurrence in a few other martyrdom texts (there are, of course, many such texts not yet in TLG), but also four times in Aesop's fables; Dem. De falsa leg. 313; Nicolaus, Frag. 10.56 (see FHG 3, pp. 348‑464); twice in Plutarch (Alexander 9.8.2, 51.1.2); six times in Libanius (Decl. 220.127.116.11, 220.127.116.11; Prog. 22.214.171.124, 184.108.40.206, 18.104.22.168, 220.127.116.11); and Achilles Tatius, Leucippe et Clitophon 188.8.131.52. (This list is not exhaustive.) The expression is especially used in questions. In his epigrams to the Bible (Luke 250a, on Lk 22:31), Theodore Prodromos uses this vocative expression to address Satan, and finally, here is a memorable curse from the Scholia to Lucian's Μυίας ἐγκώμιον (§ 7): ἀλλ' ἔρρ' ἐς μυίας καὶ σκώληκας, κακὴ κεφαλή. "To flies and worms with you, evil head!" (Ἔρρε, with or without qualifiers, is used this way.)


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Washington • If Rep. Jason Chaffetz wants to drop the royalty rates for online radio to the same level paid by satellite and cable companies, he'll have to overcome the loud and melodious protests of some of the nation's most popular musicians.
The young conservative star from Utah will also have to tame some of the biggest names in Republican politics.
Chaffetz's Internet Radio Fairness Act is getting slammed by the American Conservative Union, Citizens Against Government Waste and Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform. They see no reason why the government sets royalty standards on radio outside of traditional stations that use the public airwaves and they are incensed that Chaffetz's proposal would set music royalties below what artists could get in direct negotiations.
"When the government sets the rate for music, it is enacting price controls, in opposition to what should be the agenda of a Congress that supports the market economy," Norquist wrote in a letter to congressional leaders.
Chaffetz said Norquist is "totally misinformed" about his bill, and the Utah Republican doesn't believe his plan violates any basic conservative ideals. Instead, he equates the higher royalty rates paid for online radio to a tax.
"I don't think lowering the so-called tax is something conservatives would normally be opposed to," Chaffetz said.
A House Judiciary subcommittee highlighted the policy fight in a hearing Wednesday.
Chaffetz's bill would not only put online radio in line with the government royalty rates set for satellite and cable radio, but also make members of the Copyright Royalty Board presidential appointees who would have to be confirmed by the Senate. The three-member board is now picked by the librarian of Congress.
The measure is championed by Pandora, the largest online radio company, and traditional radio broadcasters, many of whom also stream online. That includes Craig Hanson, president of Utah-based Simmons Radio, which operates 12 stations including X96 and U92 in the Salt Lake Valley.
"We are willing to compete," Hanson told The Salt Lake Tribune, "but I think we can't have a double standard."
Hanson estimated his business spends up to 10 percent of its net revenue on royalties for songs played over the public airwaves, but 30 percent and higher for songs streamed online, a rate determined by the number of listeners.
He calls the disparity between online radio royalties and those paid by cable or satellite distributors "grossly unfair" and blamed them for limiting growth in online radio.
At the hearing, Chaffetz made the same point, noting that MTV, Rolling Stone and Yahoo tried online radio services, but couldn't make money. He blamed the rate structure.
"Technically, we have the youngest congressional district in the country," said Chaffetz, referring to Utah's 3rd Congressional District, which he represents. "And the younger generation is demanding Internet radio. Unfortunately, the financial model just doesn't work, but we'll get it there."
He said growth in online radio fostered by his bill would greatly offset any reduction in royalty rates.
"This would be a better, more fair way to make sure that artists get paid," Chaffetz told The Tribune.
Chaffetz began listening to Pandora about two years ago after his 15-year-old daughter showed him how to use the site, which allows listeners to pick a favorite performer and then delivers songs from similar artists. Chaffetz lately has set up Pandora stations for Foster the People and Frank Sinatra, he said.
He's a strong supporter of Pandora, which has a free, advertising-supported option, or a subscription plan. Subcommittee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., also noted he uses Pandora and may be open to "harmonizing" the royalty rates.
But the top Republican and Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee oppose the bill, highlighting the difficult path facing Chaffetz's legislation, which is co-sponsored by Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo.
Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, sides with conservatives such as Norquist, arguing that Congress should stop requiring "compulsory" royalty licenses that inhibit a free market.
Ranking Member John Conyers, D-Mich., is fighting the bill because of its impact on the pay for artists, agreeing with a coalition of musicians from Pink Floyd to CeeLo Green.
Grammy-award winning songwriter Jimmy Jam represented those artists at Wednesday's hearing. He said Pandora's payments, while higher than other radio services, are still small, about one-tenth of a penny for the play of a song. He pressed Congress to reject the rate change for online radio and to force traditional broadcast stations to pay royalties to music producers, a broader policy fight that has raged for years.
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Everybody knows about Laverne, Shirley and Fonzie. To say nothing of the Violent Femmes and Bodeans. But here's a list of folks with strong Wisconsin ties -- they were either born here or lived here for a while -- that you might not know were your fellow statesmen. Now get out there and boast!
- Charlotte Rae
- Spencer Tracy
- Zucker Brothers
- Gene Wilder
- Chris Farley
- Jane Kaczmarek
- Liberace
- Orson Welles
- Daniel J. Travanti
- Harry Houdini
- Bradley Whitford
- Don Ameche
- Mark Ruffalo (from "You Can Count on Me")
- Jerry Harrison
- Eric Benet
- John Ridley (author, wrote "Stray Dogs")
- Willem Dafoe
- Douglas MacArthur
- Campbell Scott
- Joe McCarthy
- Oprah Winfrey
- Iceberg Slim
- Kato Kaelin
- Jackie Mason
- Latrell Sprewell
- Nick Van Exel
- Kristen Johnston
- Chris Noth (Mr. Big in Sex & the City)
- Al Molinaro
- Les Paul
- Steve Miller
- Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum)
- Al Jarreau
- Tony Shalhoub
- Tom Snyder
- Kurtwood Smith (dad on That '70s Show)
- D.B. Sweeney
- Howie Epstein (one of Tom Petty's Heartbreakers)
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Joe Puerta (of '70s popsters Ambrosia)
- Tom Wopat
- Peter Weller (Robocop!)
- Chip Zein (Howard the Duck!)
- Jane Hamilton
- Jacquelyn Mitchard
- Larry Watson
- Tyne Daly
- Fred MacMurray
- Psychic Jeane Dixon
- Lynn Fontaine
- Alfred Lunt
- Uta Hagen
- Deidre Hall
- Susan Hawk (from Survivor)
- Julie Stoffer (of Real World)
- Kathy Kinney (of Drew Carey Show)
- Timbuk 3 (The Future's So Bright...)
- Miss America Terry Meeusen (1973)
- Gena Rowlands
- Concetta Tomei (from Providence)
- B-movie star Shannon Whirry
- Da Crusher
- Georgia O'Keeffe
- Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Judge William H. Renquist
- Golda Meir
- John Muir
- Thornton Wilder
- Owen Gromme
- Amy Pietz (of Caroline in the City)
- Father James Groppi
- Leland Sklar (Jackson Browne's bassist)
- Bill Berry (REM)
- Chordettes (Mr. Sandman)
- Butch Vig and Garbage
- Bobby Hatfield (Righteous Brothers)
- Woody Herman
- Kevn Kinney (Drivin' N Cryin')
- Speech (Arrested Development)
- Jane Wiedlin (The Go Go's)
- Colleen Dewhurst
- Sean Duffy (The Real World)
- Jill Eikenberry (LA Law)
- Peter Graves
- Robert Bloch (he wrote Psycho)
- Ron Kovic (Born on the Fourth of July)
- Aldo Leopold
- Carl Sandburg
- Peter Straub
- Greta Van Susteren (Fox News Network)
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- NPR's Jackie Lyden
- Skater Dan Jansen
- Racing driver Dick Trickle
- Golfer Andy North
- Tom Hulce (Amadeus Oscar nominee)
- The Ringling Brothers
- Edna Ferber
- Skater Eric Heiden
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MONKTON, Md,--Sara E. Collette's homebred Zanclus, trained by Neil Morris and ridden by Darren Nagle, led throughout the three mile My Lady's Manor Timber Stakes on April 14 to win by 25 1/4 lengths in 5:471/5, the fastest time of the day.
A huge crowd enjoyed a day of superb racing in 80 degree sunshine with a strong breeze that kept the temperature tolerable.
But horsemen worried that the sudden rise in temperature would unduly stress the horses.
Straight To It, owned by Sheila J. Williams, trained by Jack Fisher and ridden by Willie McCarthy was second, with Mystic Strike, owned by Upland Partners and trained and ridden by Mark Beecher, finishing third.
Zanclus, coming off a big, 12 length win in the Open Timber at Piedmont Point-to-Point, went straight to the front at the Manor, building up huge leads throughout the race while jumping every fence beautifully, standing well back and never chipping in.
"That was pretty much the plan," said Nagle, who had also ridden Zanclus at Piedmont. "He jumped very good. He's a fine big horse. this is his first time in a timber stakes."
FORMIDABLE HEART, owned by Thomas A. Hulfish, III, trained by Morris and ridden by Archie MacAuley, won the first division of the John Rush Streett Memorial Steeplechase, to be ridden by amateur riders.
Armata Stable's Vintage Vinnie, trained by Joseph Davies and ridden by Chris Gracie, went to the lead from the start, opening up leads of 20 to 30 lengths, but, perhaps overcome by the heat, faded and was caught by Formidable Heart and finished second, with Move-Up Stables and Sally Reed's It's Nothing, trained by Katherine Neilson and ridden by Eddie Keating, finishing third.
Formidable Heart won by 20 lengths in a time of 5:55:22.
"He won two races over hurdles," said Morris. "We hunted him all winter. He won at Piedmont. We thought he would fare well here over the bigger fences. He's a nice horse."
Neilson saddled Irvin S. Naylor's Shinobi (Ger), ridden by Keating, to win the second division of the John Rush Streett Memorial by 5 3/4 lengths in 6:17: 4/5 over Sportsmans Hall's Hill Tie, trained by Davies and ridden by Eric Porets, with Kinross Farm's Spirit of Shankly (GB), trained and ridden by Beecher, finishing third.
"We've had him for about two or three years," said Neilson. "He's our favorite hunter. Skylar (Neilson's daughter) and Cassie Plumb hunt him. Kathy Rengert found him for us, he was running on the flat. This is his second start over timber."
Blair Wyatt's Witor (Ger) won the John D. Schapiro Memorial by 9 1/4 lengths in 6:01:1/5 over Straylight Racing LLC's Pied du Roi, trained by William Santoro aand ridden by Alexander Leventhal, with Naylor's Aquies, trained by Neilson and ridden by Keating, finishing third.
"We've always wanted to win here," said Todd Wyatt. "It's our hometown race. We hunt with Elkridge-Harford."
There had been some thought that Blair, nee Waterman, who has been a very accomplished race rider, would ride Witor at the Manor, but Blair said she would never ride a horse of her own.
"He has a good turn of foot for the finish for a timber horse," said Blair of the horse that the Wyatts got after he'd had a number of injuries that kept him from racing.
But, with stretching out times between races for him, the Wyatts have had considerable success with a horse that they are very fond of.
"Just an interesting note, this is the third horse that won at Piedmont that won here today," said Todd. "Both of Neil Morris and Witor won at Piedmont. Blair hunts Witor. We've been very lucky with him."


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Treasure (A Love Letter to an Abused Child from the Sparkliest Star in the Sky)
Beautiful child, I am way up here, dancing with the moon, looking down, seeing everything. I see cars, cats, and candy canes. And I see you. A treasure. You know all the beautiful stuff in movies about magic, rainbows, and sparkling jewels? That's what you look like to me.
I know this may surprise you, because some people have said they see only ugly things when they look at you. But can I tell you a secret? The people who said you were bad are broken.
"How are they broken?" you ask. "They look ok to me."
They are broken in an invisible place, the part of them that connects their eyes and their minds. Their eyes see treasure, but their minds don't know what to call it. They get confused and think treasure is something else, something bad. Sometimes they even try to hurt the treasure, because the broken place inside them hurts so much, and they think if they hurt something else, maybe the pain will go away. (It never does, as hurting people only causes more pain, not less.)
Do you know these people became broken? Once upon a time, someone told them that they were ugly and bad, and they not only believed it, but they also could no longer recognize beauty. When they looked at treasure, all they could see was trash.
Broken people sometimes go through their entire lives without seeing treasure. Feel sorry for them if you can, and feel angry if you must, but don't believe them.
Go to the mirror and look at your face. Look deep into your eyes. See all the colors? See the way they shine? That's because you have treasure inside you. It makes you sparkle from the inside. Recognizing the beauty inside of you will help you to start believing in yourself.
The world is so pretty. There are so many beautiful things to love. Rainbows and rainstorms and rabbits. And you. Beautiful, perfect: a treasure.
A sad reality is that there are many broken people in the world, which means that there will probably be some people incapable of seeing you for your most treasured self. If you start to doubt yourself, just look at your reflection in the mirror to see your shining eyes. No one can ever stop your eyes from shining. They can never, ever change what you really are.
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TransMATCH: A Shipper Solution-
Increasing visibility, speed-to-market and efficiency remain constant goals for shippers to continue working to improve. And at Transplace, we're relentless when it comes to looking for new ways to optimize our offerings to help shippers meet these goals. Recently, we've made a number of changes to our TransMATCH program to create more opportunities to consolidate in a multi-shipper environment and truly provide the best possible supply chain outcomes for our customers.
Your Next Transportation Management System: TMS 2.0 – Part 2: Software, Data and Analytics-
In part one of this two-part blog series, I explained how today's advanced technology systems now give you the visibility and capabilities necessary to control your supply chain more effectively than ever before. The next generation of TMS now allows organizations to harness data from a number of different sources and apply it in order to enhance many aspects of their logistics and supply chain operations. In part two of this series, I'll explain how in this next-generation TMS, software and data are finally being combined to better access and utilize important supply chain data.
Happy Thanksgiving from Transplace! Gobble Up These Turkey Day Stats-
While many families have different Thanksgiving traditions and may celebrate in a variety of ways, the holiday is an important time for being thankful for all that you have. Thanksgiving highlights include turkey dinners, football games, Black Friday shopping and time spent with the people who matter the most to you. This year, we wanted to serve up some interesting facts to get you in the (Thanks)giving spirit.
ELD Survey Series: See How Carriers Large and Small Alike Have Responded to the ELD Mandate-
It's no secret that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) Electronic Logging Device (ELD) mandate is currently top of mind for many in the transportation industry. Results from our recent ELD Survey of more than 2000 carriers revealed that the implementation of ELDs and the expected impact to capacity and utilization varied heavily by fleet size.
Transportation TIP List: Week of November 13th, 2016-
Election Day has come and gone, but the top trends in the transportation industry keep moving. If you could vote for the most important trends in logistics, how would you cast your ballot? This week, retail holiday preparation and autonomous delivery vehicles are some of the top candidates on our TIP List. The stories below take a look at how the results of the 2016 election will affect the transportation and supply chain industry – both short-term and beyond.
Transportation TIP List: Week of November 6th, 2016-
We appreciate all that our servicemen and women do for our country each and every day, but we are especially grateful this Friday as we observe Veterans Day. And this week, our TIP List looks at some of the ways that the transportation industry can join forces to help combat some of its biggest concerns. Below, you'll find a full formation of these stories, such as cargo theft, the ELD mandate and consolidation in the shipping industry. Forward march!
Get Ready for Pack Expo 2016!-
Chicago's McCormick Place is all prepped and ready to go for Pack Expo 2016! At next week's event, there will be over 2,300 exhibits and a whopping 50,000 expected attendees. And a number of different industries, including supply chain, manufacturing and retail will be represented at the show to deliver new information about the packaging industry and showcase innovative packaging expertise. As we prepare for the event, we wanted to share some fun facts about the Windy City and its connection to the packaging industry. For example, did you know that Chicago is the U.S. leader in the food manufacturing industry? Check out that stat and more in the infographic below!
Transportation TIP List: Week of October 30th, 2016-
Daylight saving time ends this Sunday, which means we "fall back" and gain an hour of both sunlight and sleep. And that extra hour should free up a little bit of time to "fall into" this week's TIP List. See below for all the stories, including intermodal transportation trends, news of Uber's first self-driving truck and the impact of 3D printing on the supply chain industry.
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Supporting you to equity crowdfunding success on Europe's leading platforms
Local Vets are now overfunding on Crowdcube. We took the opportunity to talk to their founder, Matthew Dunne about the business and their crowdfunding success.
Great! I've been able to demonstrate that South West startups and early stage businesses have something to offer investors and I'm confident that this will benefit the other Crowd10 businesses which are seeking funding.
I've always been interested in crowdfunding and thought that it presented an opportunity to raise not just money but the profile of a business. What I didn't realise was that my crowdfunding campaign would become almost a full time job alongside running my business! The amount of work needed to prepare and launch a funding campaign is immense and its shown me that crowdfunding is definitely not an easy option when it comes to raising business finance.
Having reached our £40,000 funding target, Local Vets has already started overfunding. We've decided to raise up to £75,000 and will be live on Crowdcube until midnight on 30 June 2016. Plenty of time for more investors to get on board!
We have ambitious plans to expand our network of independently owned vets practices across the South West and nationally. We'll use the investment to create a structured sales and marketing campaign targeting vets practices, as well as being able to launch our pet insurance product. If we overfund significantly, we'll also be able to bring our vets practices some exciting new services which we currently have in the pipeline, so watch this space…
The hard work doesn't stop when your pitch launches – in fact its only just begun! I reckon my campaign was successful because I left no stone unturned within my own network and secured investment from people I knew were already supporters of Local Vets.
When it comes to the crowd of investors looking for investment opportunities on Crowdcube, I can only recommend being as swift to respond as you possibly can, and answer questions clearly and succinctly. From the feedback I've received, I believe I secured some significant investments from the crowd simply by acknowledging emails within a matter of minutes and making sure any detailed replies were directly answering the questions asked.
You mustn't underestimate how important it is to get your own network on board with investing in your campaign. If you can't write down the names and contact details of 100 people who might be interested in your funding pitch, you'll probably struggle to get your campaign off the ground. It doesn't matter that they won't all invest in your business, and it doesn't matter that some will only invest a tenner, but what does matter is that you bring your own crowd along with you to build early momentum for your campaign.
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as i said in the last post, david and i have birthday's just 2 days apart, so we get an action-packed three days of celebrations every year as we celebrate his birthday on may 10th, have a co-bday celebration on the 11th and celebrate my birthday on it's own on the 12th. and this year my birthday fell on mother's day! i'm not mad. happy to share the day with the lovely shelley brown.
david planned a picnic for sunday afternoon, so we packed up super tasty gourmet things like pugliese bread, brie, raspberries, cherry preserves, pesto, apples and sharp cheddar. yep, high class. then he took to me to a secret not-so-secret spot in the hills of the upper avenues where we live. magical! he knows my taste.
we spent a good couple hours there, laying in the shade of a blossoming tree, soaking up the sun and taking bad self-timer pictures, opening presents, and trying to decide if pesto + sharp cheddar on apples was the best combo, or if it was raspberries + brie on bread. or if it was actually just bread with fancy cherry jam. after trying each combo about 5 times, we were too full to remember.


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UK MET: DePreSys – Natural Variability
So the question has been raised here and here and well LOTS of places – is the ~ 60 year cycle real, a statistcal fluke, or just an illusion from the convergence of aerosols and other factors. Will near-term future warming be moderated by a cooling phase?
James Annan taps quietly on a four year old paper.
It is very likely that the climate will warm over the coming century in response to changes in radiative forcing arising from anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosols (1). There is, however, particular interest in the coming decade, which represents a key planning horizon for infrastructure upgrades, insurance, energy policy, and business development. On this time scale, climate could be dominated by internal variability (2) arising from unforced natural changes in the climate system such as El Niño, fluctuations in the thermohaline circulation, and anomalies of ocean heat content. This could lead to short-term changes, especially regionally, that are quite different from the mean warming (3–5) expected over the next century in response to anthropogenic forcing. Idealized studies (6–12) show that some aspects of internal variability could be predictable several years in advance, but actual predictive skill assessed against real observations has not previously been reported beyond a few seasons (13). Global climate models have been used to make predictions of climate change on decadal (14, 15) or longer time scales (4, 5, 16), but these only accounted for projections of external forcing, neglecting initial condition information needed to predict internal variability. We examined the potential skill of decadal predictions using the newly developed Decadal Climate Prediction System (DePreSys), based on the Hadley Centre Coupled Model, version 3 (HadCM3) (17), a dynamical global climate model (GCM). DePreSys (18) takes into account the observed state of the atmosphere and ocean in order to predict internal variability, together with plausible changes in anthropogenic sources of greenhouse gases and aerosol concentrations (19) and projected changes in solar irradiance and volcanic aerosol (20).
Improved Surface Temperature Prediction for the Coming Decade from a Global Climate Model
Doug M. Smith*, Stephen Cusack, Andrew W. Colman, Chris K. Folland, Glen R. Harris and James M. Murphy
Science 10 August 2007:
Vol. 317 no. 5839 pp. 796-799
DOI: 10.1126/science.1139540
The SI provides some more info on the
Forecasts of global Ts for the coming year are made by multiple linear regression using the following predictors. Interannual variability is captured by the El Niño story Southern Oscillation (ENSO) (measured by the first two ENSO-related empirical orthogonal function (EOF) patterns of high pass filtered SST (S12) for 1911-1995) and volcanic activity (S4) at the end of the previous year. Decadal and longer time-scale variability resulting from human activities is predicted by historical radiative forcing from greenhouse gases, sulphate aerosol and ozone as used in recent Hadley Centre climate predictions (S3). The multi-decadal influence of theoceanic thermohaline circulation (S13) is included by a surrogate index, based on EOF2 of low pass filtered global SST (S12) for 1911-1995. This reflects an interhemispheric contrast in SST anomalies with emphasis on the Northern Hemisphere. Solar variability is included by an index of solar irradiance (S14).
So what is DePreSys?
DePreSys uses the Hadley Centre Coupled Model version 3, HadCM3. Initialisation is achieved by relaxing to full-depth analyses of ocean temperature and salinity (Smith and Murphy, 2007), and atmosphere analyses of winds, temperature and surface pressure. Tests for past cases show that initialisation improves the forecast skill of globally-averaged surface temperature throughout the decade (Smith et al., 2007). Updated decadal forecasts, along with verification of previous forecasts, are available from the experimental seasonal to decadal predictions web page.
But the UK Met sees decadal predictions seem to follow more-or-less the 0.2C per decade rise.
Global average temperature is expected to rise to between 0.32 °C and 0.71 °C (90% confidence range) above the long-term (1971–2000) average during the period 2011–2015, with values most likely to be about 0.51 °C higher than average (see blue curves in the Figure 1 below).
From 2016 to 2020, global temperature is forecast to rise further to between 0.47 °C and 0.94 °C, with most likely values of about 0.71 °C above average. The warmest year in the 160-year Met Office Hadley Centre global temperature record is 1998, with a temperature of 0.40 °C above the long-term average. 2009 had a temperature of 0.32 °C above average. The forecast trend of further global warming is largely driven by increasing levels of greenhouse gases
So …
Does DePreSys model the ill-defined ~ 60year cycle? Nope, it doesn't seem to. If it did, then, as I pointed out in the line fitting exercises: If the exp + sine is a realistic model, the global temp anomaly will only see an increase of about 0.1C – 0.2C over the next 20 years.
There is a lead though: following up on Smith's 2007 reference in the SI for the oceanic thermohaline circulation leads to another paper. Maybe it holds more promise.
A signature of persistent natural thermohaline circulation cycles in observed climate.
But, like usual these days, Tamino (or, in this case, one of his commentators) beats me there. 😆


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Opt-in to Receive Direct Messages from Anyone on Twitter (If You Dare)
Raise your hand if you agree: Twitter is not that hard Do You Know How to Create the Perfect Twitter Post? Almost everyone knows how to use Twitter. But what if you're trying to kickstart a new Twitter account? What if you're trying to break into a new field and need to meet some like-minded folk? Read More , in principle.
You can send out a tweet into the universe, and anyone can read it. If you want a particular user to see your quip, you @mention them. If you need to say something privately to a fellow Twitter user, you can send them a DM, or Direct Message – but only if you follow that person, and that person follows you.
In practice, Twitter is pretty complicated.
You're trying to tweet at regular intervals, keep your current followers happy, get more followers, and just plain say things other people want to read. You're also trying to have a good experience in spite of brands, sponsored posts, robots, spammers, harassers, and abusers. You can block them individually How To Block An Annoying User On Twitter One of the big problems with social media - and the Internet in general - is the delicate balance of having to maintain one's privacy without being a completely boxed-in hermit of anonymity. As useful... Read More from seeing your tweets or contacting you, but if you get harassed a lot, that can get tedious.
So what happens when Twitter changes the game and lets people opt-in to Direct Messages (DM) from anyone?
Twitter tested allowing people to receive anyone's DMs Twitter Now Lets Any Follower DM You & Allows Scheduled Tweets For Ads Twitter is quietly experimenting a new feature which lets anyone send you a DM, whether you are following them or not. Read More with select users in 2013, but pulled it around one month later. As of April 20th however, Twitter has brought this feature back.
The first thing I observed was extremely minor celebrities (no offense to any of the above) who feel they'll be able to connect better with their fans by allowing anyone to send messages them privately. I don't know who would want to DM any of the above users, but nonetheless they are excited about being able to open the proverbial floodgates.
But what about everyone else?
Why Letting Anyone DM You Is Complicated
From a technical standpoint, letting anyone DM you is simple. Socially, however, this is – like Twitter itself – complicated. If it were straightforward, we wouldn't see tweets like these:
The above two tweets, if taken alone, tell the story that one user is digging the option to let people be idiots. Which sort of makes sense: spammers will in all likelihood take advantage of an open inbox to send who-knows-what that you don't want. One way to look at it is that, you can accept the consequences if you want to take that freedom.
Letting anyone DM me on Twitter has opened me up to a whole world of mysterious strangers speaking in foreign tongues pic.twitter.com/8Cf5wXZMAS
— Harry McCracken (@harrymccracken) April 23, 2015
And lots of users have decided that, if you're okay with more ads and/or unsolicited dick pics in your Twitter inbox (and not just Internet-friendship), more power to you – simple enough. But there's more here still than just everyone agreeing to "let people be idiots". After all, this feature isn't really for individuals.
What This "Feature" Means For Twitter Culture
If you've been following Twitter much lately, you probably noticed it has a huge harassment problem that disproportionately affects women Tweeting While Female: Harassment, and How Twitter Can Fix It Twitter's abuse problem is real. Here are some examples, along with expert opinion on how Twitter can solve this. Read More and minorities, and for many of them, this isn't helping. According to The Verge, Twitter's opt-in to receive direct messages from anyone "shows how little [Twitter] cares about harassment." The Verge goes on to say, while Twitter has in recent months rolled out improvements for people who have been harassed, this time, "Twitter chose the opportunity to make money".
The theory is that this feature will encourage more people to use Twitter actively (which will make the company more attractive to advertisers), rather than just lurk. Of course, what's good for business isn't necessarily going to help out those who are routinely harassed.
Maybe you think, "So what? Just leave this feature off." But it's also possible that opening yourself up to DMs from anyone could indirectly hurt the rest of the Twitter community, too.
Even if I personally opt out, Twitter is encouraging almost everybody else to opt in. And if many people opt in, it will allow spammers to hide. Right now, if you go to a spammer's Twitter feed, you can see that they've sent the exact same message to 200 people. But if they move all their spam to DM, you won't see their history of garbage tweets. They'll appear to be an ordinary, innocent Twitter user. As a result, it's harder to see abuse and take action. – Annalee Newitz, "Twitter's Inexplicable New Settings Highlight Problems with Abuse" via Gizmodo
Who Benefits?
The main groups that stand to benefit from this service are companies. As WIRED points out, "organizations could use DMs to send advertisements, coupons, and business related appeals to anyone who turned on the new setting, and users would be free to respond." The feature also means that companies can take DMs from clients with customer service requests, without having to follow them.
Journalists make up another group that may find this feature beneficial. As TechCrunch reminds us, "For some public figures, and especially for journalists, that restriction made it difficult to communicate more privately. For reporters, it could also potentially tip people off about one's sources, since users would have to engage in public tweets asking to get a follow back so they could send that direct message in the first place."
Recent Policy Changes to Combat Abuse
Fortunately, Twitter hasn't given up on their fight against harassment.
In the wake of the announcement to let people open their Twitter inboxes to anyone if they wish, they also announced policy and product updates aimed at combating abuse on April 21. One policy update includes extending their prohibition against "direct, specific threats of violence against others" to "threats of violence against others or promot[ing] violence against others." Twitter is also empowering their support team to be able to lock abusive accounts for specific periods of time, or until they delete specific tweets.
What You Should Do
If all this sounds a little scary, not to worry. All you have to to minimize the effect of this feature on you is not go to Twitter's Settings > Security & Privacy to check the box at the bottom labeled "Receive Direct Messages from anyone". Or, go and have a look to verify for yourself your DM inbox status, or toggle it if you dare.
Unless you have a good reason for opening up your DM inbox, you can (for now) just sit back and relax. Personally I don't think this feature will become mainstream unless Twitter ever decides to make it opt-out, but it's worth knowing about.
Will you be turning this feature on, and do you think anyone other than businesses and journalists should? Does the potential for more invisible spam bother you? What about their new policy and product updates: useful, or just lip service to abuse prevention?
Finally, is it just me, or is it weird that random people are just blasting out that they take DMs now?
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I've created a Jungle themed colouring sheet to be downloaded and printed at home. Perfect for the current climate and self isolation! Stay indoors and do some colouring instead.
It is completely free, however after a few messages on Instagram saying that they would gladly pay for these I have set up a 'pay what you want' option and also a Ko-Fi page HERE where you can donate if you really want to!
I only ask that you print and use this for PERSONAL USE only. I own the copyright to all images on each colouring sheet. Please don't be that person who ruins it for everyone else by taking the images and using them to create stickers or any other products for profit. Be kind and be smart. Thank you!


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Conquest Muscle Activation was developed by Brent LaGrange, and is a unique, specialized treatment that relieves pain in the body by balancing the muscular system. The Conquest Muscle Activation process effectively retrains muscles to do the job they were designed to do, thereby alleviating pain and allowing the body to function optimally.
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Heute habe ich beschlossen einen 'faulen' Tag zu haben. Die letzten Tage waren echt anstrengend, also habe ich das wirklich gebraucht und das Wetter war heute auch so fantastisch dass ich einfach nicht widerstehen konnte.
Today I decided to have a lazy day! I just needed this, the last days were very exhausting and the weather was so amazing that I couldn't resist :)
In the morning my mum wanted me to go the local market here to buy everything for the weekend. And I bought some flowers as well, was hard to decide which one to take.
Doing selfmade french nails and reading fashion magazines. A couple of days ago I read at H&M magazine that mini bags are a must-have this spring/summer so I just had to wear one of mine today :)
Later heading to the city, eating the first icecream and meeting randomly a few friends :)
We had about +15°C today so I wore just a warm knit with leather leggings and ballerinas.
sweater H&M, bag Zara, leggings Amisu, sunglasses Ray-Ban