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      <title>A Letter to Democrats and Moderates of All Stripes</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>- &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Reconfigure the Supreme Court - four Democrats, four Republicans, one (or more) Independents. Term limits, 20 years. Congress chooses. Retired judges make up an advisory panel.</blockquote><blockquote>+ &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Reconfigure the Supreme Court - four Democrats, four Republicans, one (or more) Independents. Term limits, 20 years. Congress chooses. Retired judges make up an advisory panel<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong> for life</strong></ins>.</blockquote><blockquote>+ </li><li> Rename the Department of War to something less stupid. Also, the Gulf of Mexico, Lake Ontario, and New Mexico.</blockquote><blockquote>- &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Enact laws supporting a woman's right to make decisions about <del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>he</strong></del>r own bod<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>y</strong></del>.</blockquote><blockquote>+ &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Enact laws supporting a woman's<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong> &amp;mdash; in fact, everyone's &amp;mdash;</strong></ins> right to make decisions about <ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>ou</strong></ins>r own bod<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>ies</strong></ins>.</blockquote>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Staring Into Space</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>+ </li><li> <a class="wiki external"  href="https://braidedway.org/venus-news-extra-extra/" rel="external">Absolutely clear descriptions of the synodic pathways of Venus and other planets</a> or, rather "Venus Traces a Pentagram in the Sky Over an 8-Year Cycle" <a href="tiki-editpage.php?page=McKinley" title="Create page: McKinley" class="wiki wikinew text-danger tips">McKinley</a> Valentine, March 29, 2024. In <em>Braided Way</em>, originally in <em>The Whippet</em>.</blockquote>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Synodic Cycles Notes</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>+ <br /></blockquote><blockquote>+ <a class="wiki"  href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YIxhtHFAEc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YIxhtHFAEc</a><br /></blockquote>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>WasteFlake</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td width='50%' colspan='2' style='vertical-align:top'> <a class="wiki external"  href="https://www.wasteflake.com/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=46" rel="external"><span class='diffdeleted'>Colighny</span> Calendar</td><td width='50%' colspan='2' style='vertical-align:top'> <a class="wiki external"  href="https://www.wasteflake.com/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=46" rel="external"><span class='diffadded'>Coligny</span> Calendar</td></tr>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Gaulish Calendar</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>- &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; McKay, Helen T. &quot;Identifying the Seasonal Placement of the Coligny Calendar.&quot; &lt;em&gt;Études celtiques&lt;/em&gt;, vol. 50, 2024, pp. 37–75.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</blockquote><blockquote>+ &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; McKay, Helen T. &quot;Identifying the Seasonal Placement of the Coligny Calendar.&quot; &lt;em&gt;Études celtiques&lt;/em&gt;, vol. 50, 2024, pp. 37–75.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This digression is associated with the &lt;a class=&quot;wiki external&quot;  href=&quot;https://www.wasteflake.com/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=46&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;Coligny Calendar&lt;/a&gt;, and  part of the &lt;a href=&quot;tiki-index.php?page=Staring+Into+Space&quot; title=&quot;Staring Into Space&quot; class=&quot;wiki wiki_page&quot;&gt;Staring into Space&lt;/a&gt; project.&lt;br /&gt;Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Contact me at &lt;img src=&quot;tiki-download_file.php?fileId=625&amp;display&amp;x=200&amp;y=42&quot;  width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;42&quot; alt=&quot;Email Screenshot&quot; class=&quot;regImage pluginImg625 img-responsive&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /</strong></ins>&gt;</blockquote>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>A Digression: Xerxes and the Babylonian Calendar</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>- <del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>Pertinent Digression 1: Xerxes&lt;br /&gt;(xerxes coin)&lt;br /&gt;</strong></del>The first truly metonic calendar &amp;mdash; one that efficiently tracked both moon and sun together &amp;mdash; was invented about 476-475 BCE by astronomers in Babylon, in the 10th year ofAchaemenid dynasty Persian king Xerxes I (ruled ca. 485-465 BCE). That timing is interesting, because two years after Xerxes &amp;mdash; who was a truly &lt;a class=&quot;wiki external&quot;  href=&quot;https://www.worldhistory.org/Xerxes_I//&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;unpleasant sort&lt;/a&gt; &amp;mdash; came to power, elites and scholars who had previously dominated the temples, economy and intellectual life fomented a couple of revolts in Babylon. The uprisings failed, and Xerxes responded with the suppression of the elites and scholars.  During the realm, cuneiform documentation of scientific works dropped off completely. But, did science stop? In the middle of this social disarray, astronomers completed a 19-year metonic description of the movement of the moon and sun. (Ossendrijver 2018)&lt;br /&gt;</blockquote><blockquote>+ The first truly metonic calendar &amp;mdash; one that efficiently tracked both moon and sun together &amp;mdash; was invented about 476-475 BCE by astronomers in Babylon, in the 10th year of<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong> </strong></ins>Achaemenid dynasty Persian king Xerxes I (ruled ca. 485-465 BCE). That timing is interesting, because two years after Xerxes &amp;mdash; who was a truly &lt;a class=&quot;wiki external&quot;  href=&quot;https://www.worldhistory.org/Xerxes_I//&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;unpleasant sort&lt;/a&gt; &amp;mdash; came to power, elites and scholars who had previously dominated the temples, economy and intellectual life fomented a couple of revolts in Babylon. The uprisings failed, and Xerxes responded with the suppression of the elites and scholars.  During the realm, cuneiform documentation of scientific works dropped off completely. But, did science stop? In the middle of this social disarray, astronomers completed a 19-year metonic description of the movement of the moon and sun. (Ossendrijver 2018)&lt;br /&gt;</blockquote><blockquote>+ This digression is associated with the <a class="wiki external"  href="https://www.wasteflake.com/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=46" rel="external">Coligny Calendar</a>, and  part of the <a href="tiki-index.php?page=Staring+Into+Space" title="Staring Into Space" class="wiki wiki_page">Staring into Space</a> project.<br /></blockquote><blockquote>+ Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Contact me at <img src="tiki-download_file.php?fileId=625&display&x=200&y=42"  width="200" height="42" alt="Email Screenshot" class="regImage pluginImg625 img-responsive" /><br /></blockquote><blockquote>+ <br /></blockquote>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Julius Caesar and the Druids and the Julian Calendar</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>- <br /></blockquote><blockquote>+ (Caesar coin)<br /></blockquote><blockquote>- &lt;<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>a </strong></del>h<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>ref=&quot;tiki-editpage.php?page=Aldhouse-Green&quot; title=&quot;Create page: Aldhouse-Green&quot;</strong></del> class=&quot;wi<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>ki wikinew text-</strong></del>d<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>ang</strong></del>e<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>r tips&quot;&gt;Ald</strong></del>h<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>ous</strong></del>e<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>-Green&lt;/</strong></del>a<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>&gt;, Miran</strong></del>d<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>a. Rethink</strong></del>ing <del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>the Ancient Dru</strong></del>id<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>s: An Archae</strong></del>o<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>logical Pe</strong></del>r<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>spe</strong></del>c<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>tiv</strong></del>e<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>. Univer</strong></del>s<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>ity</strong></del> o<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>f Wales P</strong></del>r<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>ess, 2021. New Approa</strong></del>c<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>h</strong></del>es<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong> to Celtic Religion </strong></del>a<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>nd</strong></del> <del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>Myt</strong></del>h<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>ology, Jonathan Wooding.&lt;br /&gt;G</strong></del>re<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>en, Miranda J. </strong></del>&quot;<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>The Time L</strong></del>or<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>d</strong></del>s<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>:</strong></del> <del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>Ritua</strong></del>l<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong> C</strong></del>a<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>lendar</strong></del>s<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>, Druid</strong></del>s<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>, and t</strong></del>he<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong> S</strong></del>a<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>cre</strong></del>d<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong> Year.&quot; Preh</strong></del>i<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>storic Ritual a</strong></del>n<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>d Reli</strong></del>g<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>ion : Essays in Honour of Aubrey Bur</strong></del>l<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong> ed</strong></del>i<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>ted by Aubrey Burl et al., Sutto</strong></del>n<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>, 1998, pp. 190–202.&lt;br /</strong></del>&gt;&lt;<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>a href=&quot;tiki-edit</strong></del>pa<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>ge.php?page=McKay&quot; title=&quot;Create page: McKay&quot;</strong></del> class=&quot;<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>wik</strong></del>i <del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>wik</strong></del>in<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>ew text</strong></del>-<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>danger t</strong></del>i<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>ps&quot;&gt;McKay&lt;/a&gt;, Hele</strong></del>n <del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>T. &quot;Identi</strong></del>f<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>ying the Se</strong></del>a<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>sonal</strong></del> <del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>Pl</strong></del>a<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>cement of the Co</strong></del>li<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>g</strong></del>n<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>y</strong></del> <del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>C</strong></del>a<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>lendar.</strong></del>&quot; <del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>Études</strong></del> <del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>celtique</strong></del>s<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>, vol. 50, 2024, </strong></del>p<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>p. 37–75.</strong></del>&lt;<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>br </strong></del>/&gt;</blockquote><blockquote>+ &lt;h<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>3</strong></ins> class=&quot;<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>sho</strong></ins>w<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>h</strong></ins>ide<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>_</strong></ins>heading<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>&quot;</strong></ins> id<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>=&quot;S</strong></ins>o<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>u</strong></ins>rces<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>&quot;&gt;</strong></ins> <ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>S</strong></ins>o<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>u</strong></ins>rces<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>&lt;</strong></ins>a hre<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>f=</strong></ins>&quot;<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>#S</strong></ins>o<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>u</strong></ins>r<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>ce</strong></ins>s<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>&quot;</strong></ins> <ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>c</strong></ins>lass<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>=&quot;</strong></ins>heading<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>-</strong></ins>lin<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>k&quot;</strong></ins>&gt;&lt;<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>s</strong></ins>pa<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>n</strong></ins> class=&quot;i<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>con</strong></ins> i<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>co</strong></ins>n-<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>l</strong></ins>in<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>k</strong></ins> fa <ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>f</strong></ins>a<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>-</strong></ins>lin<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>k</strong></ins> <ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>f</strong></ins>a<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>-fw </strong></ins>&quot; 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University of Wales Press, 2021. New Approaches to Celtic Religion and Mythology, Jonathan Wooding.</blockquote><blockquote>+ </li><li> Green, Miranda J. "The Time Lords: Ritual Calendars, Druids, and the Sacred Year." <em>Prehistoric Ritual and Religion : Essays in Honour of Aubrey Burl</em> edited by Aubrey Burl et al., Sutton, 1998, pp. 190–202.</blockquote><blockquote>+ </li><li> <a href="tiki-editpage.php?page=McKay" title="Create page: McKay" class="wiki wikinew text-danger tips">McKay</a>, Helen T. "Identifying the Seasonal Placement of the Coligny Calendar." <em>Études celtiques</em>, vol. 50, 2024, pp. 37–75.</blockquote><blockquote>+ </li></ul><br /></blockquote>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Metonic Calendars and Why</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>- </blockquote><blockquote>+ <ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>&lt;br /&gt;Pertinent Digression 2: Why would you want a luni-solar calendar?&lt;br /&gt;Many ancient societies used observation to track both lunar and solar pathways: solar because of the seasonality of the year during the daylight hours; lunar because of cyclical and perceptible nature of the moon's progress in the darkness of the night. Unfortunately, the cycles of the moon and sun don't match. The problem is, a single lunar year lasts 354.4 days, 10.9 days shorter than the solar one (365.24 days). A lunar calendar has 12 months that vary between 29 and 30 days &amp;mdash; each month lasts from new moon to new moon which is approximately 29.53 days. Put together, lunar calendars drift so that if you do nothing, your lunar month called &quot;Harvest Moon&quot; would soon no longer match its title.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Babylonian astronomers discovered that if you build out the two calendars to 19 years, the cycle begins again: eventually the same moon appears on the same solar day. But to keep the seasonal year straight in the intervening years, they built in regular leap months, an extra month inserted into the calendar seven times over nineteen years, essentially stopping the drift. The Babylonian calendar still ran ahead of the moon one day every 199 years, but that was far more acceptable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you find this confusing, which I certainly did, see my fantasy, How Cybele Created the Metonic Cycle.&lt;br /&gt;</strong></ins></blockquote>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 10:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>How Cybele Created the Metonic Cycle</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>+ <br /></blockquote><blockquote>+ Image courtesy the <a class="wiki external"  href="https://www.worldhistory.org/image/299/cybele-plate/" rel="external">World History Encyclopedia</a><br /></blockquote>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Recycle Reuse Reduce</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>- &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</blockquote><blockquote>+ &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>According to the Recycling Coordinator &quot;Via our City program, our electronic recycler does remove/destroy all data from incoming electronics for recycling. We work directly with Midwest Electronic Recovery: &lt;a class=&quot;wiki&quot;  href=&quot;https://mcbia.com/ewasterecycle.com/&quot;&quot;&gt;https://mcbia.com/ewasterecycle.com/&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</strong></ins>&lt;br /&gt;</blockquote><blockquote>- According to the Recycling Coordinator "Via our City program, our electronic recycler does remove/destroy all data from incoming electronics for recycling. We work directly with Midwest Electronic Recovery: <a class="wiki"  href="https://mcbia.com/ewasterecycle.com/"">https://mcbia.com/ewasterecycle.com/"</a><br /></blockquote>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
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