Showing posts with label Civic Duty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Civic Duty. Show all posts

Monday, July 27, 2026

PLANTERS! But can something REALLY prickly get planted to prevent inappropriate "deposits?"

New metal planters to ...help keep the sidewalk clear
New Planters on the North side
of South Walker St.

 RantWoman has this apparently quaint expectation that she should be able to walk unimpeded from the back door of her building to a bus stop a mere block away.


RantWoman calls this a quaint expectation because the sidewalk and the adjacent street seem to look VERY appealing to people who need to park random vehicles, do inexplicable bicycle repairs and generally strew the details and accoutrements of their daily lives all over the sidewalk. 


Actually, RantWoman is being diplomatic and is deliberately not attempting in-depth analysis of what else goes on.


This is a long and sordid story and sometimes RantWoman has to vary her route to the bus stop if she cannot clearly tell that the sidewalk is passable. Needing to vary an intended route is doubly irksome because RantWoman lately has suddenly over the last several months been dealing with ARTHRITIS.


Anyway, RantWoman is VERY excited today to see brand new planters installed.


RantWoman will ask around but hopes that tending the planters are someone's Adopt-a-Street project because they WILL need regular attention.


RantWoman will also be thrilled if the planters get filled with something extremely prickly, like rosemary or ...to reduce anyone's temptation to make the sort of disgusting deposits that turn up when people do not have proper bathroom facilities.

The Smell of Desperation: Democracy Docket in the thick of fights to ruin elections.

#ExecutiveOrder #MailInVoting #SCOTUS #ShadowDocket


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Thursday, July 23, 2026

Edward Snowden today

 #Russia #NSA

This channel is flagged as AI.


RantWoman is posting this here without extensive comment.

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

The new Senator Graham in it for the long haul.

 #SCpol #DarlineGraham



Would SOMEONE please eff-ing do some research about the new Sen. Graham's professional background? Digression: modern married women make all kinds of choices about which names they use where. If Sen. Darlene is already getting grief because people assume she got where she is because of her brother, how would an unknown name help her? The new Senator Graham has successfully run a state agency serving the blind for a long time. Assuming that is not worthy of a Senate campaign is both sexist and dismissive of the importance of making sure #PWD are part of the community. She probably knows her way around SC politics really well. Sorry guys, there flat need to be more women in the Senate and Darline seems a LOT saner than Nancy Mace. Maybe women's insight can help cut through the Epstein sludge.

Oh, and President #StableGenius treats the word #affordability" like some kind of epithet. THe #GOP could take a bath because of it. OR someone who can talk effectively about domestic matters COULD just save the party...



Sunday, July 19, 2026

The President endorses Lindsay Graham's sister in the SC GOP Primary.

 #SCpol #VocationalRehabilitation



RantWoman is not sure the opinion of a legally blind person from the other Washington is going to carry much weight in South Carolina but here goes: Darline Graham has been the head of the state agency for the blind for a long time. She probably knows her way around SC politics really well and MAYBE around some dimensions of national policy better than people expect just from the fact of her being Lindsay's sister. Can she work across the aisle? We wouldn't know just from the SC = red state logic, but blindness is a non-partisan challenge. Progress comes from people who can work together and draw out the best in each other. (Don't tell the President in case any of this sounds too "woke.") People who don't talk about Darline's professional life are being both sexist and disrespectful of the people her agency serves. But maybe talking too much about this will just make the President sour on her. As someone whose first reflex is always to want more women in the Senate, Darline also comes across as a lot less crazy than Nancy Mace. RantWoman doesn't vote in SC but would still also want to see a good Democrat make a run for it too.


Previously on this topic

DO NOT CITE NON-EXISTENT CASE LAW

 #AI #LegalMisconduct 


RantWoman is not a lawyer. And there is not enough scorn on the entire planet for lawyers who submit briefs with bogus citations.

Monday, July 6, 2026

Broadband Breakfast history of telephony in the US

#America250 #Telecom150 

A set of history videos that definitely belong in RantWoman's digital scrapbook though Broadband Breakfast is a hugely valuable resource for many telecom issues.









Saturday, July 4, 2026

Sordid State of the supposed State Fair

#America250 #USA250 

Dial-a-Tirade: America is a WHOLE CONTINENT. The USA is one country.

RantWoman is VERY glad it has not occurred to her to go steam herself under the heat dome in our nation's capital. 


RantWoman is posting this snapshot of YouTube offerings with the caveat that circumstances got even crazier than the videos here show.


Heat index of 110+

Thunderstorm

President #StableGenius only went on for about 40 minutes and then there were fireworks.


Twitter / X is invaluable for windows into #MAGA minds. They hallucinated MUCH bigger crowds than other sources reported.







High Quality Reese Waters ranting


Roland Martin and a panel of Black voices
Nobody with offices close to the mall is having problems parking.


Don and Joy pan it even before it gets shut down,.


Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Canada Day in Newfoundland and Labrador and the rest of Canada

Happy Canada Neighbors.


History probably known only to few people in the US.


 Most Canadians celebrate the day Newfoundland mourns


RantWoman could of course stand to learn more about Canada Day. For now, RantWoman wants a pat on the head for thinking of it at all.

Monday, June 29, 2026

Words from Harvard Grads

 #Harvard #Graduation #Classof2026


Apparently this specimen from the genre "graduation speeches" has gone viral. For people who don't swim in the places it has gone viral, RantWoman presents it as is with no attempt to explain what must be Harvard in-jokes, no discussion of self-referentiality, and no comment on either What is Literature or What is a Book.



And for a bonus

Sunday, June 28, 2026

MAGA Congressman tries to shield Uber from 3000 pending SA civil lawsuits

 This post is about a PROPOSED amendment sitting in a house committee.


Aside from shielding Uber retroactively from lawsuits with NO demand for improvements in risk management, the amendment also tries to assert federal supremacy over stricter state regulations.


Over 100 DEMOCRATIC female lawmakers have demanded this amendment be removed.


Stunningly silent. #GOP women although it would be just fine if a lot of men of both parties decide this proposal is ridiculous.

Saturday, June 27, 2026

Sharing History from an official Emotional Support Canadian

Not Exactly a Canada Day celebration. Remembering events of July 12, 1844 but get some cool merch by June 30. 


Don't wait for Canada day. Head over to shop.todmaffin.com for organic cotton t-shirts that say "Relentless Decency," "I Stand With Canada," tees that have a cool line of trees and assorted other gear. Buy NOW, before June 30.


Now the video: 

Video content warning: violence, drunkenness, and extreme police accountability.

Language note: several quite respectable Canadianisms


Today From RantWoman's brand new Emotional Support Canadian

The Great Toronto Circus Riot


This item is honest about Canadian history, somehow a welcome relief from the overabundance of tendentious ranting RantWoman tolerates in other channels.


Enjoy!


And one more rant: for anyone from the US who might be travelling abroad and thinking of trying to pretend to be Canadian in order to duck floods of national embarrassment, just DON'T!



Small footnote: RantWoman knows how to share things just fine in Elon's Sandbox. RantWoman even managed to share with a tiny number of friends on Instagram. And for further Instagram fun, RantWoman MUST look up the swipes needed to make her phone read a lot of text--if only to read posts from one important national blindness organization.

Thursday, June 25, 2026

The reflecting pool. Oh, the reflecting pool

#TeamAlgae



Image from The Washingtonian
The reflecting pool and algae homeland
miraculously still reflects





First a link to a Today Explained segment wherein algae experts are definitely having a moment.

The Reflecting Pool fiasco - Today, Explained - Apple Podcasts


There is a link to a transcript.


There are NUMEROUS scientists commenting about the wonders and persistence of algae. Any organism millions of years and photosynthesizes deserves respect.


RantWoman enthusiastically embraces the science and will henceforth strive to get a handle on every reflex that might prosaically be considered Trump derangement syndrome. RantWoman MAY also go look for the T-shirts that come in either "olive green" or "military green" imprinted with the words "American Flag Blue.


It is not like there are not floods of other things to doomscroll about or that President #StableGenius is going to run out of other ways to cause consternation and hopefully motivate people to rise up and GO VOTE.



Reflecting Pool’s “American Flag Blue” Turns Green Due to Algae - Washingtonian



As for "vandalism," former federal prosecutor Gleen Kirschner brings some receipts, er, evidence (?), along with a quote: "Cross examination is the greatest legal weapon for discovering the truth."

More Trump Reflecting Pool Nonsense!

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Kenyan court orders halt to construction of Ebola isolation facility that would serve only people from the US

 #Kenya #Ebola



This whole controversy is classic President #StableGenius


--pull out of international bodies


--try to manipulate individual leaders into expressing "appreciation" for all the US has done in the past.


--Bring a horrific disease into a country where it is not present and then make only promises about safeguarding the local population.


RantWoman is horrified by the US approach and hopes the Kenyan courts NEVER let it go forward.


Tuesday, June 23, 2026

US Hosting?

 #FIFAWorldCup 


RantWoman is not capable of just calming down and watching some #FIFA rah-rah mainstream coverage.


RantWoman appreciates high quality ranting.


Hang in there until about minute 32 for very pointed observations about Somali referee Omar Artan.

Sunday, June 21, 2026

News Digested

 #ICE #ObamaPresidentialCenter 

RantWoman runs hot and cold about different channels. Sometimes RantWoman loses patience with Adam Kinzinger for being earnest and bland. Sometimes RantWoman appreciates concise frankness which allows her to go full rant without having to slog through someone else's rant fog. Today is one of the latter days. Enjoy.