There's a federal rule in support of LGBT, women, and pregnant and parenting persons' access to federally funded education resources ("Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance." ) in its comment period right now. The comment period ends 09/12/2022, in 47 days.  Anyone  and all ( Read more... )

For some reason Friday i became so impatient with the scam callers. I don't know why it became so noticeable then. But on Saturday morning i snapped at Christine. By the end of Saturday i was kind of achy from yard work. I've given up on building the fence myself because there are too many gardening things to do, and i was a little disheartened, ( Read more... )

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This is also posted at https://elainegrey.dreamwidth.org/881165.html .

"Not feeling one hundred percent, Charles" -- Robert Green (Alec Baldwin) in The Edge

At least i haven't fallen into a bear trap. Not sure, maybe sinus infection? Ugh. In other trivial complaints, i've been trying to use the voice command + reminder feature on my watch to remind me to take the tea out of the tea pot before it becomes over tannic. It ( Read more... )

I am surprised how distressed i am about the insurrection. ( Read more... )

Tears watching the light show from London, watching the celebration of the NHS and Black Lives Matter in the sky. I grieve this country, but i am also understanding how broken this country has been all along. As i become more aware of events like the lynching of Wyatt Outlaw (1870) and burning, massacres of the Black communities in Wilmington, NC ( Read more... )

I say joy, but there may be more release and relief. Joy: a woman vice president! ( you don't need my rain on your parade )

I was indignant when i saw that the Lt Governor Democratic candidate, a black woman, lost to the Republican candidate, while the Democratic Governor won. But: the governor is an incumbent, and the Lt Governor was an open race previously held by a Republican.

While i suspected a bias against a candidate named Yvonne, all i can say just looking at my ( Read more... )

Christine is swimming in dread and distress this morning with the supreme court appointment. I wish i could say that there will be no roll backs to recognition of her identity and our relationship. But i can't. I think the culture is shifting, but it's clear that there are folks holding on to an exclusive view of their place in the world as ( Read more... )

29% of the registered voters have cast votes in my county, leading the state of North Carolina at this point. https://www.ncsbe.gov/results-data/election-results/voter-turnout-statistics Wow. I'll note that one of the many ways that Chatham county is like the country in its divisions, is that the north east corner of the county is close to Chapel ( Read more... )