If one's surname happens to be "Null", expect it to cause havoc with computer systems, as with one unlucky woman... https://mindsconnect.jcink.net/index.php?showtopic=1016&view=getnewpost #computing #database #error #name #tech

Oddly Google maps is missing the body of water along the southern coast of the US: the Gulf of Mexico.

I had to use an address on Gulf of Mexico drive and correct the location too, and it is not technically an outdoor swimming pool.

Please help them correct their maps.

Are you a #woman? Do you marry someone and change your #name? Republicans would like you to know that they don’t think you should be able to vote. If the #SAVE act passes, your driver’s license or REAL ID, isn’t good enough if your name doesn’t match your birth certificate. There are no provisions to allow for legal name changes for any reason, probably to punish trans people. But it means that up to 30% of American women will lose the right to vote with no recourse but legally changing their name back to their birth certificate name. ( Having once changed my name after a divorce, I can tell you that it is an absolute nightmare of bureaucracy. I’m not looking forward to the expense and hassle again.)

The gop hate women, they have always hated women, and why women continue to associate with them has baffled me for many decades.

https://www.newsweek.com/married-women-stopped-voting-save-act-2029325

"An English historian has come across the word ‘fuck’ in a court case dating to the year 1310, making it the earliest known reference to the swear word."

Hah, what a name!

https://www.medievalists.net/2023/08/earliest-use-f-word/

Alaskans say Trump can change name of Denali but can't make people call it Mount McKinley
The U.S. president's move last week to rename North America's tallest peak has introduced 'a jarring note' into Alaska affairs, says one academic.
#politics #geography #name #Alaska #NorthAmerica #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/alaskans-say-trump-can-change-name-of-denali-but-can-t-make-people-call-it-mount-mckinley-1.7442721?cmp=rss

#Garfield #music #Name
#bot #lyrics

#DearBatsheva,

I have an #unusual #name that is a bit hard to pronounce. It’s a name that reflects my Christian #cultural #heritage and it’s important to me.

This is a tough time of year because everyone calls me “Chanukah” as a joke and laughs as if it’s hilarious.

This happens in professional settings as well and I worry about suffering #professional #consequences if I correct them or tell them that’s not my name.

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The Central Bureau of Statistics in Israel revealed that Muhammad is the most common name among newborn boys, with 2,353 occurrences, reflecting Israel’s rich cultural diversity. Jewish, Muslim, and Christian names—like Muhammad, Joseph, David, Avigail, and Charbel—highlight a society where different ethnicities and religions coexist. These naming trends showcase Israel’s multicultural fabric, disproving claims of segregation.

Indigenous Tribes Engineered British Columbia’s Modern Hazelnut Forests More Than 7,000 Years Ago
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https://www.science.org/content/article/indigenous-tribes-engineered-british-columbia-s-modern-hazelnut-forests-more-7000-years <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2402304121 <-- shared paper
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[not my usual ‘sort of thing’ to post - as broad as that is - but I found this fascinating; it reminds me, in a sense, of the Incas incrementally selecting corn stock that can handle higher and higher altitudes, in ‘research stations’, although those were a domesticated crop]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #hazelnut #nut #Canada #BritishColumbia #FirstNation #cultivation #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #indigenous #forest #farming #sustenance #foodsecurity #traditional #wildfire #prescribedburn #landrights #law #deliberate #garden #ethnobiology #archaeology #linguistics #name #connections #anthropology #biology #forestgarden #transplanting #management #wildplant #biogeography #culture

→ Israel brands Palestinian detainees with numbers on their foreheads
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-brands-palestinian-detainees-numbers-their-foreheads

“The soldiers turned us from names into numbers, and every detainee had a number that they used to provoke him during his arrest and call him by number instead of name. To them, we are just numbers.”

Shot in the dark - do I know anyone here who can take an excel spreadsheet and help me cleanup data?

I had to run a tree command on my music directory and some of the items have a "=+" in the beginning of each row and it causes the "#NAME?" entries.

I'm trying my best to search for ways to do this, but I'm horrible with excel/spreadsheet work and functions/formulas.

Before you #buy a #domain #name, first check to see if it's #haunted
https://www.bryanbraun.com/2024/10/25/before-you-buy-a-domain-name-first-check-to-see-if-its-haunted/

Add your #name to #stand with #Greenpeace against #BigOil. We #will #not be #silenced! #climatecrisis #environment
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/i-am-with-greenpeace/