10/26 Open Thread- Intersex Awareness Day
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~~ Bearded Dragon
Some bearded dragons are intersex. This condition occurs in other animals as well. That includes humans, where an estimated 1 to 2 percent of all humans are intersex. Hermaphroditic animals and humans are technically a subset of intersex animals and humans. All banana slugs are not just intersex but hermaphroditic
A somewhat related factoid: Since days of yore there has been a type of sailing vessel known as a hermaphrodite brig. They're two masted, square rigged on the foremast, and schooner rigged on the main mast. That is a classic "schooner rig" with a triangular topsail above a gaff rigged main sail. I was going to use a picture of one for this column and discovered that use of the term is now limited to Europe, while modern US usage is to call such a vessel a "Brigantine", a word that used to be used for a different type of two masted vessel having a square rigged topsail and sometimes even a top gallant above the gaff rigged mainsail. (Of course, in large portions of the US, they use yawl as a pronoun instead of the noun applying to a two masted craft with the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post, so what can you expect.) 
On this day in history:
1689 – General Piccolomini of Austria burned down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera; he died of the disease soon after.
1774 – The first Continental Congress adjourned.
1825 – The Erie Canal opened, providing direct passage from the Hudson River to Lake Erie.
1860 – The Expedition of the Thousand ended when Giuseppe Garibaldi presented his conquests to King Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia.
1892 – Ida B. Wells published Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.
1905 – King Oscar II recognized the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
1921 – The Chicago Theatre opened.
1936 – The first electric generator at Hoover Dam went into full operation.
1943 – First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil". an advanced "push-pull" design.
1955 – Austria declared that it will never join a military alliance.
1955 – Ngô Ðình Diem declared himself Premier of South Vietnam.
1958 – Pan American Airways made the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707
1967 – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowned himself Emperor of Iran.
1970 – Muhammad Ali boxed for the first time after his three-year hiatus
1977 – The last natural case of smallpox
1985 – The Australian government returned ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals.
1999 – Britain's House of Lords voted to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.
2001 – The United States passed the unconstitutional and highly authoritarian USA PATRIOT Act into law.
Some people who were born on this day:
Audacity, more audacity, always audacity.
~~ Georges Danton
1685 – Domenico Scarlatti, harpsichord player and composer
1694 – Johan Helmich Roman, composer and academic
1747 – Ivan Mane Jarnovic, violinist and composer (
1757 – Karl Leonhard Reinhold, philosopher and academic
1759 – Georges Danton, lawyer and politician
1849 – Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, mathematician and academic
1871 – Guillermo Kahlo, photographer
1902 – Henrietta Hill Swope, astronomer and academic
1911 – Mahalia Jackson, singer
1913 – Charlie Barnet, saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (
1919 – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, usurper, tyrant, US stooge, CIA tool
1927 – Warne Marsh, saxophonist (Supersax)
1929 – Neal Matthews Jr., country/gospel singer
1935 – Gloria Conyers Hewitt, mathematician and academic
1936 – Al Casey, guitarist
1940 – Eddie Henderson, trumpet player and educator
1941 – Charlie Landsborough, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1942 – Milton Nascimento, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1944 – Jim McCann, singer and guitarist
1946 – Keith Hopwood, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1951 – Bootsy Collins, singer, songwriter ,and bass player
1951 – Tommy Mars, keyboard player
1952 – Bobby Bandiera, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1952 – David Was, singer, songwriter, and producer
1953 – Keith Strickland, guitarist and songwriter
1962 – Jack Morelli, comic book professional and author
1963 – Natalie Merchant, singer, songwriter and pianist
1966 – Sverre Gjørvad, drummer and composer
1966 – Masaharu Iwata, keyboard player and composer
1967 – Keith Urban, singer, songwriter ,and guitarist
1981 – Guy Sebastian, singer and songwriter
1984 – Amanda Overmyer, singer and songwriter
Some people who died on this day:
The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls. Every truth we see is ours to give the world, not to keep for ourselves alone, for in so doing we cheat humanity out of their rights and check our own development.
~~ Elizabeth Cady Stanton
899 – Alfred the Great, king, a key to a chunk of European history
1631 – Michael Maestlin, astronomer and mathematician
1764 – William Hogarth, painter and engraver
1866 – John Kinder Labatt, brewer,
1902 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton, activist
1966 – Alma Cogan, singer
1972 – Igor Sikorsky, engineer and academic
1994 – Wilbert Harrison, singer and guitarist
1995 – Gorni Kramer, bassist, songwriter, and bandleader
1999 – Hoyt Axton, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor
2002 – Sally Hoyt Spofford, ornithologist
2009 – George Na?ope, singer and dancer
2013 – Al Johnson, singer, songwriter, and producer
Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:
Worldwide Howl at the Moon Night
National Mule Day
National Day, the anniversary of Austria's 1955 Declaration of Neutrality
Intersex Awareness Day
Today's Tunes
Howl at the Moon Night
The E-rye-e Canal
Domenico Scarlatti
Mahalia Jackson
Wayne Marsh
Al Casey
Keith Hopwood
Bootsy Colling
Tommy Mars
Bobby Bandiera
Keith Strickland
Natalie Merchant
Sverre Gjørvad
Wilbert Harrison
Hoyt Axton
George Na'ope
Ok, it's an open thread, so it's up to you folks now. What's on your mind?
Cross posted from http://caucus99percent.com
Open Thread, Intersex Awareness, hermaphrodite brig, Georges Danton, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Erie Canal, Dominico Scarlatti, Mahalia Jackson, Bootsy Collins, Natalie Merchant
Comments
Hey, good morning
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Happy to hear Lula eked out a victory in Brazil in spite of the
interferences by 3 letter US spooks. Neither trumpet nor
Bolsonaro accept the results. The left still has a toe hold in
Latin America, which is good IMO. A balance is necessary. And
Iran wants to strengthen ties with them. Imagine China is pleased
with the results as well.
Thanks for helping with the sign-in snafu. Went with another browser
per your suggestion and it works!
Zionism is a social disease
I wrote a reply that got eaten and when I re-wrote
it I forgot to click reply - so it is somewhere down below. Glad you're back
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Ahhh, goor morning and good to see you Cap'n Q.
Good for Lula too.
Glad to help. I run 4 browsers becase each one has idiosyncracies or broken as to specific things; Firefox and Chrome/Chromium, both mainstream, Brave and Yandex, both not so mainstream. You are the person I first heard about Yandex from, so thanks for that.
BTW, I suspect that the site has been under attack for a few days now, it seems to glitch up far more than normal, but that could also be my hardware+os+software set up, one can never tell. There is something called a UEFI and KEK that M$ and Apple update automatically for their users, but which I must do manually, and I keep putting off, but it's supposed to go south for the old variants by EOM. Life is just like that.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Good morning...
As to your topic, there are apomictic plants that produce viable seed without fertilization.
In other news, I agree with QMS about the Brazilian election. Brazil saved it self from becoming a US colony ... for now.
Thanks for the OT and all the music!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
One or more
of our beloved TLAs will undoubtedly foment a coup in 3... 2... 1...
As is their wont. I'd love to be wrong, but psychopaths are gonna psychopath.
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
sad but too, too true. n/t
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Good morning Lookous. Thanks for the owrd. It is a form
or variant of some other word coverning asexual reproduction in both plants and animals. I've known about some of the animals but never thought about plants.
As toBrazil, who knows how divided the country really is. We can be wure that the US is stirring up the pot and probably funding and providing bodies for a lot of the opposition.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Lula is on video
claiming his first order of business is to crack down on social media. WTF? Oppose him and go dark? Or to prison? The number 1 problem to address?
So, when I visited Brazil, Bolsonaro the First was in office. Tax breaks for the rich. Wage stagnation. Loss of social services. Young people resorting to the sex industry and rampaging petty theft to make ends meet. Close ties to the US. The middle class dwindled by the day. The only happy people were rich, one percenters.
My hope for Brazil and Lula's success lasted 12 hours.
sigh...
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
My time spent in Brazil only had a brief
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visit to Rio, the rest of the time was spent in Belem, a smaller ciudad in
the central region. Dirt streets, mostly native/thin Portuguese mixed race and
almost no concern about politics. Generally poor but a happy bunch otherwise.
Made connections in Brasilia (the capital). Somewhat new and modern. Only
the wealthy fly, so not representative of the majority population.
Zionism is a social disease
I recall our tour group
had an afternoon in Brasilia where we were free to be out on our own. Several government run buildings, with museums, were suggested sites for us to see. Bolsonaro had closed them for some reason. Our tour guide had not been told. My friends and I just spent the afternoon at the hotel bar.
The tour company has to locate infrastructure, such as hotels, restaurants, and bathrooms for their tourists. We didn't go to indigenous cities and villages, as a consequence.
Glad you interacted with them, Cap'n.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Good morning otc, that sounds grim or at least dark.
Sorry to see it happen.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
It was grim
in many respects. Still, it was/is a beautiful country.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
One of the locals
On the way home from kyo wei yesterday, as we approached the last leg home, we encountered a young gator maybe 30 inches long crossing the street. The car racing ahead of us, in a largely residential area per usual, miraculously barely missed him. Like the proverbial old man from up north, driving slow, I had no trouble avoiding him. Seeing your lizard above, so to speak, I looked for a photo of the local 3 legged gator I had seen limping through the construction area on my street a few months ago. I have lost it or never took the photo. So here's an earlier one from last May.
I can't think of the correct terminology in English or Korean that identifies me or other Usians like me, in relation to local Korean community. Something like 本省人 in Taiwan. At the kyo wei 교회yesterday, Ms. So introduced me to a woman who knew us thirty years ago in the Clearwater community. Our appearances had changed so much...I think Ms. So is still easily recognizable but... So I thought yesterday was 本省人 Sunday but apparently it's next week, so now I have to attend 2 weeks in a row. Ms. So did the prep for wonderful lunch for about thirty people, which a team of Korean-American ladies then put together.
After the service, which reminded of a theme I had just read in an English translation of the Bhagavad Gita, I was seated at a table with three other herabojis 할아버지 grandfathers/ old men for lunch. So the whole experience will help me to practice my verbal skills which have faltered somewhat lately.
Now that Ms. So is up I can listen to your music selections, EL. Thanks!
己所不欲，勿施于人。
Good morning Soryang, glad the gator got away, so to
speak. Glad you're getting a chance to brush up on your verbal skills.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
5 more Flock cameras
suddenly appeared in our neighborhood over the weekend. I have a 15-minute commute to work, and I now pass 6 of them. They are freakin' everywhere now, in these parts.
The one I'm most amused by is located in the driveway of a new hotel they built about half a mile from my office- focused on the driveway, parking lot, and entrance of the hotel, not on the street going by. I wonder how they can justify that as "increasing traffic violation revenue for the city"?
Most definitely not a fan. The TLAs, whichever ones are the actual customers for that data, are completely and utterly out of control.
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
Good mornng UFS. The flock cameras are becoming excessive.
I foresee the time when they will be openly in service of some TLA and the cities and towns, etc. where they are located will cease funding them but will be forbidden to remove them. I actually think that I've heard of at least one case of that already.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Hey, Good morning and good to see you, Cap'n Q.
Good for Lula too.
Happy to try to help. I personally run 4 browsers because each has some incompatabilities and idiosyncracies, including Yandex, which you turned me on to.
FWIW, at least on my rig, the site is a bit unstable of late, I think that it's jnder attack perhaps, though it could also be my set up.
be well and have a good one
edit - tried to make this a reply on edit, don't expect it to work, but, whatever
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
The site
is definitely under an unusually virulent attack this AM. Response times are sporadically very long, and then suddenly things will load as desired for 5 or 10 minutes, and then wham- the response time is long again. I suspect that there's nothing JtC can do about it, unfortunately. Someone, somewhere, wants the site to be sufficiently difficult to use so that people will migrate away, I think.
They are mistaken, whoever they are. At the very least, this reporter isn't going anywhere. Fuggem.
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
Yep. n/t
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
French vibes still doing it
"The US is also a one-party state, but with typical American extravagance, they have two of them." -- Julius Nyerere
Saw a vid of a protest in Portugal
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this AM on Nak.Cap. Those cops are brutal. How do these
govts. think such raw displays are going to help them? Not
a good look, prolly having the opposite effect.
Zionism is a social disease
Good moring Cass, thanks for keeping us up to date.
I think that the French government has clearly waded into illegitimacy, and cannot recover so long as Macron holds the reins.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Good morning, el!
Anthropic IPO Day. I am so excited. I may do some laundry just to slow down my heart rate.
Thanks for the OT, dear friend!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
If I had the funds, I'd be tempted to short it. At least one
prior tech bubble's IPOs had a regular pattern of skyrocket and then crash.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
The first 21 minutes
of this video analyses Brazil's election.
I will watch the rest of it concerning Serbia and Bulgaria as the afternoon progresses.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981