"What we really ought to learn from history’s grotesqueries isn’t “different strokes for different folks” or “we’re so much better than them.” It’s that we’d better be humble about our own virtue if giants like Macdonald could go so wrong on some issues. [...] So it’s worse than facile to assume if you’d lived back when you’d have supported Aboriginal rights or abolition. You’re not that great."
I will be in #NYC at the #Alzheimer's Association to discuss "The Alzheimer's Journey: #Grief, #Guilt, #Memory, Love." It is a hybrid event (on line and in-person) that will take place on August 20th from 1 to 2 pm.
Now online - my piece for Traveller about memories sparked by my old, expired passport:
"But as I delighted in the crisp, unblemished potential of my new passport, I felt an unexpected fondness for its slightly worn predecessor. We’d been through a lot together over the previous decade, and the assortment of stamps spread through its pages recalled the most memorable border crossings..."
In 2010, #RFKJr was experiencing #memory loss & #mental fogginess so severe that a friend grew concerned he might have a #brain tumor. #Kennedy said he consulted several of the country’s top neurologists, many of whom had either treated or spoken to his uncle, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, before his death the previous yr of brain cancer.
Several drs noticed a dark spot on the younger Kennedy’s brain scans & concluded that he had a tumor, he said in a 2012 #deposition reviewed by NYT.
About the same time he learned of the parasite, #RFKJr said, he was also diagnosed w/ #MercuryPoisoning, most likely from ingesting too much fish containing the dangerous heavy metal, which can cause serious #neurological issues.
“I have #cognitive problems, clearly,” #Kennedy said in the 2012 #deposition. “I have short-term #memory loss, AND I have longer-term memory loss that affects me.”
My wife and I finally (finally!) had a conversation about my increasing memory loss. And growing signs of early dementia.
It's something I've been wanting to do for a couple of years. She is quite upset, but I made my peace with it a while ago. It's just getting impossible to ignore. #memory#alzheimers#dementia
COMMUNITIES AND MUSEUMS IN THE 21st CENTURY. Shared Histories and Climate Action.
Edited by Karen Brown, Alissandra Cummins, Ana S. González Rueda. #ICOM#Routledge#OpenAccess#Book 2023
"Communities and Museums in the 21st Century brings together innovative, multidisciplinary perspectives on contemporary museology and participatory museum practice that contribute to wider debates on museum communities, heritage, and sustainability."
"Communities and Museums in the 21st Century proposes creative and sustainable strategies relevant to a globalised future. With its focus on global societal challenges, this book will appeal to museologists and museum practitioners, as well as those working in heritage studies, cultural studies, memory studies, art history, gender studies, and sustainable development."
I rewrote the stack functions to use my SM rather than a simple array. I had to write SM memory word and byte access routines and implement a stack pointer. Next, I need to deal with the return stack. I think I want to factor out the stack memory stuff so it’s reusable.
"The work is taxing. I stand all day, or walk around and around the worktable. I carry huge sheets of glass to a cutting machine and cut them. I smash unusable pieces loudly into a metal bucket, then tote the bucket to the dumpster out back. My hands grow strong and scarred." —Wendy Brenner for Oxford American
Adrian Edmondson remembers laughing and laughing and laughing with his friend and collaborator Rik Mayall, on Desert Island Discs with Lauren Laverne in September 2023.
This moment has been nominated in the Radio Academy Arias Awards 2024 for Moment of the Year.
Try using #hashtags in your post. FYI: I think that may help get your post viewed and commented on more often. Also FYI: I'm not really a good person to listen to because I'm going off my failing #memory of what someone #tooted a few months ago.
“The democratic memory also serves to repair the Roma people” by Sofía Pérez Mendoza #ElDiarioEs#Spain#Spanish
“The Government is going to approve a Memory Commission, foreseen in the law of 2022, which will give rise to measures of "truth, justice, and reparation" for this community, whose history is one of the most unknown. With the help of historians, we recover large and small episodes to fill in the gaps.”
Though they've been gone for several years now, within the walls of my grandparents' house, I could still sense their presence, hear their voices, and smell their familiar scents. Closing the door for the last time today marked more than just an end to my visits—it symbolized the closure of my childhood and adolescence. It's an incredibly sad day for me. Yet, in this moment of reflection, I'm reminded that the sun will rise again tomorrow. Life, in all its facets, continues to move forward. This includes the BSD-based mail system I've been diligently working on, which is nearing a significant milestone.
Hey, hey—episode 12 is up! Come check out Plain Reading's discussion with #poet Lisa Dordal! We're talking #memory, transcendence, the #imagination, correcting misconceptions about #poetry, and more!
Recalling the time my student neighbours spent a loan instalment on huge Inflatable megafauna. Never found out why. They weren't much cop at political campaigning, at the very least.