JR: Pop-culture directed by the media plus government mind control machine - Toledo Talk thread that informed me of this story. and my comment ... Man, I got duped by this thread's title. I thought it was going to be an interesting factoid about a children's book or game. Oh well. At least with this thread, I can n... more>> 1 min read
- Aug 16, 2013 - #media #politics #news #blog_jr

JR: Sketching out the ignore user feature at Toledo Talk - Completed on May 22, 2013, the same day I created this list of things to do. It took about three hours to sketch out the ideas and then incrementally build and test in small chunks. The process was faster and and easier than expected. Some Toledo T... more>> 2 min read
- Aug 16, 2013 - #toledotalk #blog_jr

JR: Toledo Mayoral Primary 2005 - One of my favorite local photos is this one taken outside the Cricket West Beaner's Coffee Shop on August 28, 2005 after a Meet the Candidates Forum. In the above photo, Keith Wilkowski is in the background on the left. Opal Covey has her ear to a ... more>> 2 min read
- Aug 16, 2013 - #toledo #politics #photo #blog_jr

JR: Lake Erie West Farmers Markets - This is NOT a list of single-owner produce stands or market stores that are open four to seven days a week and have their own building. Wikipedia : Farmers Market : Farmers' markets are usually held out-of-doors, in public spaces, where farme... more>> 3 min read
- Aug 16, 2013 - #farmersmarket #buylocal #lakeeriewest #blog_jr #photo

JR: Toledo area suburban sprawl - The greenspace in Lucas County is being chewed up well. Note the 16-year change between '81 and '97 in the images below. Obviously, we have less greenspace 16 years later. The images below would make sense if our population was growing. But our cou... more>> 6 min read
- Aug 16, 2013 - #blog_jr

JR: Obnoxious bird photographers disrupt birdwatchers viewing the rare Kirtland's Warbler - On Wednesday, May 15, 2013, three Kirtland's Warblers (KIWA) were seen at Magee Marsh Wildlife Area. Two were seen on the east beach and one on the west beach. KIWA like to nest on sandy soil under young, scrubby jack pines, especially in central Mi... more>> 6 min read
- Aug 16, 2013 - #birds #moronism #blog_jr

JR: 2013 Toledo mayoral candidate websites - May 16, 2013, Tom Troy blog post Candidates for mayor announce new Web sites From Troy's post, I added Joe McNamara's website link to the top of this thread. I still don't see a website for libertarian candidate Michael Konwinski. Maybe that's the... more>> 4 min read
- Aug 16, 2013 - #blog_jr #toledo #politics

JR: Articles to read - 14Aug2013 - 16aug2013 https://www.facebook.com/notes/the-new-york-times/egypt-declares-state-of-emergency-as-scores-are-killed-in-crackdown/10150327583919999 https://code.google.com/p/etherpad/ -- Aug 13 A few from the pre... more>>
- Aug 16, 2013 - #toread

JR: Read later - Distributed Internet Usage - July 7, 2013 - https://tent.io/ https://crypto.cat/ https://medium.com/surveillance-state/19a5db211e47 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5991576 https://e14n.com/ https://e14n.com/evan https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns https://www.digitalocean.com/ ... more>> 7 min read
- Aug 15, 2013 - #toread #readlater

JR: Obama's ethics agenda that was scrubbed from the Web - Obama's Promise to Protect Whistleblowers Disappears from Web From archive.org: Agenda - Ethics "I am in this race to tell the corporate lobbyists that their days of setting the agenda in Washington are over. I have done more than any other can... more>> 7 min read
- Aug 14, 2013 - #politics

JR: Obama's Promise to Protect Whistleblowers Disappears from Web - July 25, 2013 article by HN discussion : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6106388 From the Sunlight Foundation: Change.gov, the website created by the Obama transition team in 2008, has effectively disappeared sometime over the last month. ... more>> 1 min read
- Aug 14, 2013 - #politics #moronism #nsa

JR: JotHut Help - stub - info later #jothut
- Aug 14, 2013

JR: 'Toledo Scanner' August 10-11, 2013 Tweets - https://twitter.com/ToledoScanner Scanning Toledo Ohio Police @ThatShaggyMatt 10 Aug . @ToledoScanner You know it's bad when the cops just lump a call into "all kinds of things". Retweeted by Toledo Scanner - TPD - crews on foot pursuit working t... more>> 3 min read
- Aug 14, 2013 - #toledo #police #crime

JR: Groundhogs in farm fields - Some thoughts, but not posted in this TT thread: Outside the city, I think the growing coyote population has thinned the groundhog herd. Years ago, it seemed the groundhog was the most common roadkill. Now it's the raccoon, and I rarely see roadk... more>>
- Aug 14, 2013 - #nature #mammals #groundhog

JR: Amazing comfy cool mid to late summer 2013 weather continues - We are in the fourth week of below normal temps. Most days have had high temps in the 70s. Some days in the 60s for high temps. A few days around 80. We may drop into the upper 40s the next couple mornings. Upcoming Toledo, Ohio forecast: Toledo... more>> 1 min read
- Aug 13, 2013 - #weather