500-year-old manuscript contains one of earliest known uses of the “F-word” Ars Technica

Apr 072020
 

Enlarge / “Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!” Monty Python and the Holy Grail’s family-friendly approach to swearing handily avoids the F-word. (credit: YouTube/Funny or Die/Monty Python) Scotland has much to recommend it: impressive architecture, gorgeous Highlands, and a long, distinguished intellectual tradition that has spawned some of the Western world’s greatest thinkers over several centuries. It’s also, apparently, home to a medieval manuscript that contains the earliest known usage…

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U.S. Supreme Court Reverses Lower Court Order and Disallows Wisconsin Absentee Ballots that Aren’t Postmarked by April 7 Ballot Access News

Apr 072020
 

On the evening of April 6, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to overturn the Seventh Circuit decision that let Wisconsin absentee ballots arrive as late as April 13, for the April 7 election. See the order here. … Continue reading →

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GNU MediaGoblin: We’re still here! Planet GNU

Apr 072020
 

Hello Goblin-Lovers! [tap tap] Is this thing still on? … Great! Well, we’ve had a few polite questions as to what’s happening in MediaGoblin-land, given our last blog post was a few years back. Let’s talk about that. While development on MediaGoblin has slowed over the last few years, work has continued steadily, with significant improvements such as multi-resolution video (Vijeth Aradhya), video subtitles (Saksham) and a bunch of minor improvements and bug-fixes. Like most community-driven…

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We’re still here! Planet GNU

Apr 072020
 

Hello Goblin-Lovers! [tap tap] Is this thing still on? … Great! Well, we’ve had a few polite questions as to what’s happening in MediaGoblin-land, given our last blog post was a few years back. Let’s talk about that. While development on MediaGoblin has slowed over the last few years, work has continued steadily, with significant improvements such as multi-resolution video (Vijeth Aradhya), video subtitles (Saksham) and a bunch of minor improvements and bug-fixes. Like most community-driven…

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Two Florida Minor Parties File Request for Injunctive Relief in Ballot Access Case Ballot Access News

Apr 072020
 

On April 6, the Independent Party of Florida, and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, filed a request for injunctive relief in U.S. District Court, in their lawsuit to overturn the law that prevents them from putting a presidential nominee on the Florida ballot. Independent Party of Florida v Lee, n.d., 4:20cv-110. The two parties are both ballot-qualified in Florida, but in September 2016 the Secretary of State, for the first time, decided to enforce…

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U.S. Supreme Court Reverses Lower Court Order and Disallows Wisconsin Absentee Ballots that Don’t Arrive by April 7 Ballot Access News

Apr 072020
 

On the evening of April 6, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to overturn the Seventh Circuit decision that let Wisconsin absentee ballots arrive as late as April 13, for the April 7 election. See the order here. … Continue reading →

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500-year-old manuscript contains earliest known use of the “F-word” Ars Technica

Apr 072020
 

Enlarge / “Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!” Monty Python’ and the Holy Grail’s family-friendly approach to swearing handily avoids the F-word. (credit: YouTube/Funny or Die/Monty Python) Scotland has much to recommend it: impressive architecture, gorgeous Highlands, and a long, distinguished intellectual tradition that has spawned some of the Western world’s greatest thinkers over several centuries. It’s also, apparently, home to a medieval manuscript that contains the earliest known usage…

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