*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@social.cleverlibre.org

@chikara It is not an election as in open to membership vote -- that is clear from the administrator original posting for both the November and December elections.

The process was open in allowing for nominations by ANY member, in suggesting the name of another, active member here, with at least one month of activity on the system.

Your language is unfortunate, as it cames thru as pretty acerbic, even if that was not your intention. :sadcat:

I do find it unique in here - I have been a member of many communities over the years, and in quite a few was very active and raised to Staff positions. In all of those, the selection of possible new Staff members was entirely at the current staff members, with decisions most commonly made by administrators, considering the suggestions and advice of the moderation team.

See original from the screenshot below at : https://discourse.qoto.org/t/nomination-for-moderator-nov-2019/92

Happiness is...

To learn MarkDown and have an awesome write.freely blog to quickly post a new idea or thought.

...to have a Discourse forum for the same reason.

...and to share these with friends in #fediverse so easily via Mastodon.

Forum : https://discourse.qoto.org/t/a-felicidade-e-happiness-is-la-felicidad-es/155

Blog post : https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/a-felicidade-e

🇬🇧 "Happiness is a hot tea on cold nights;
it's an icy bath in the middle of a darn heat;
is to receive a pleasant and unexpected visit on any evening;
it is warm bread with melting butter;
is coffee with the bread I wrote in the sentence above;
is to fall on all fours to the ground and die laughing;
it is not to die when falling out on all fours;
is to make your favourite cake and lick the canister at the end;
is a clean bed, fluffy pillow and sweet smelling pajamas;
is the sense of relief after a resolved situation;
is to make a call to chat with someone dear;
is to look at the horizon;
it's when looking at the horizon, seeing a better world.
Happiness is to invent and make worth the invention, because reality is too harsh."

Have a great day!

🇵🇹 🇧🇷 "A felicidade é um chazinho quente em noites de frio;
é um banho gelado no meio de um calor danado
é receber uma agradável e inesperada visita em um fim de tarde qualquer;
é pão quentinho com manteiga derretendo;
é café com o pão que escrevi na frase acima;
é cair de quatro no chão e morrer de rir;
é não morrer quando cair de quatro;
é fazer o bolo predileto e lamber a vasilha no final;
é cama limpa, travesseiro fofo e pijama cheiroso;
é sensação de alívio após uma situação resolvida;
é ligar pra bate papo com alguém querido;
é olhar o horizonte;
é ao olhar o horizonte, enxergar um mundo melhor.
Felicidade é inventar e fazer valer a pena a invenção, porque a realidade é dura demais."

EN version on next post...

Going for a little ride, brb...

@freemo must have new emoji!!

tag it sadness.

They have a great collection at another instance... will borrow a few... 😉

#Conclusions

when things get slowish in the #fediverse, there's always other places. #cats lovers rejoice.

#mastocats #catsoftwitter #catsofmastodon meet Reddit Cats : https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/

Anyone with an interest in Information Technology, an active robotic feed I found last night is available for following.

@itnewsbot

Fresh IT news from a variety of sources. Public service by @emanuel

Geez, but this Local timeline is pretty dead, ahem, quiet.... 😜

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The page is here:
https://earthsky.org/space/solar-eclipse-marks-beginning-of-iroquois-confederacy

"What really attracted my attention was that a total, or near total, solar eclipse marked the beginning of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the oldest living democracy in North America and possibly on Earth. American democracy is said to have been modeled upon the democratic ideals of the Iroquois Confederacy, which originally consisted of five nations (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca). The sixth nation – the Tuscarora – joined the Iroquois Confederacy in the early eighteenth century (1701-1800). "

in response to James's post here: https://todon.nl/@OglalaWarriorAW/103319240100296760

@OglalaWarriorAW Hello James, Thank you for your post and telling us not only your personal story, but that of your nation as well. It's fascinating.

I traveled by bicycle along the Erie Canal trail and when passing near Lake Oneida came across a nice book telling the story of the beginning of th Iroquois Confederacy, which met at the margins of the lake, I believe.

There was some legends too, and I enjoyed reading this book as I camped nearby.

I did a search and found an interesting link, I don't think people know much about the Confederacy and how it was a democratic union of different peoples for the better of all.

We need this kind of thinking for the times we live in.

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There's a Python here looking for a Programmer by name...

She's going up to the boss's office now...

@_lunawinters @Vishsai

Sending my replies for letters with the new special edition Purrfect Holidays stamp set. 😺

which I actually got for free, just taking the time to watch short videos in the app, if desired, you get one coin for each (up to 20 sec or so).

Just received a letter from a penpal overseas, and with it a nice Special Edition, Christmas stamp I did not have yet. It's from last year, 2018, and I didn't know about the Slowly penpal letter writing app yet.

The app is great, Slowly allows you to find interesting people with shared interests and keep in touch via letters - not instant messages, but electronic letters, longer like a paper one would be, and which are not delivered instantly either.

They take time to arrive, depending on how far apart we are. From 3 hours or so for a close location, to 2 days to far away places like Australia, Indonesia, etc.

https://www.getslowly.com/en/ for details

great fun! @_lunawinters @Vishsai

Preparing and researching a post, for me, is fun and serious work.

I love Writing, and am quite picky with visuals as well as words.

The screenshot shows the programs currently loaded here, used to produce this morning's two research posts.

And new Blog pages too. https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/

#Irfanview image editor.
#EditPad Lite text editor.
#Waterfox Current Browser with a zillion tabs open.

@freemo #street #art with #dogsofmastodon #dogs

📷 “Puro Amor”, street mural in Coyhaique (Southern Chile) portraying the role of street dogs, most famously the late Negro Matapacos, in Chilean student protests of recent times. Thanks to “segundo tello” on Facebook for the tip.

Fuente: https://dogandcatcomics.tumblr.com/post/189693695384/puro-amor-street-mural-in-coyhaique-southern

RT from https://todon.nl/@soloojos/103317891651243276