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Sorry about that hiccup, but maybe worth it?
A little rocky this morning. There will be an official diary with changes later. Explore and enjoy… check out collapsing sidebars and comments and previewable links in edit mode…
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Release Notes: You have a new reply! Watching the comments flow in...
Each of these names links to a different comment.Many of you remember that in DK4, and when we first launched DK5, there was a little popup alert available that would tell you when new comments were...
View ArticleAT&T has a bill pending allowing it to end landline service in California...
AT&T and other phone companies are apparently sick and tired of having to repair landlines, especially in rural areas, when they could be instead be spending their money on lobbyists opposing rural...
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Crowdsourcing the Dream Progressive Cabinet
A great deal of the next President’s policies will be determined by the nominees confirmed for the various cabinet posts. Recently, I was “treated” to a “Dream Team” list as created by a tea partier....
View ArticleAn Interview with Superdelegate and Environmental Activist Rachel Binah
Rachel Binah became an activist to save the ocean. A resident of Little River in Mendocino County, she was appalled when an offshore oil drilling lease was proposed for the pristine and wild Mendocino...
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Your 2017 Assignment: Attend a Local Meeting
No matter where you live, there’s a local government public meeting near you.Murfreesboro community meetingHi, I’m elfling, and I’m a local elected official.It started out so innocently. My daughter...
View ArticleFacebook videos and posts are now embeddable
If you’ve been wishing you could embed content from Facebook, they’ve made some changes to make their content more shareable back out of Facebook, and you can now embed from there if you wish.In the...
View ArticleBrief downtime planned (but all done now)
Sometime in the next hour or so we plan to take the site down for 5-10 minutes to deploy some changes to our spam-fighting despaminate robots. Meanwhile watch out for errant emoji.xxYouTube Video“You...
View ArticleWho will be the next Doctor?
I confess, I don’t really care about the answer to my headline question. Or rather, I do care, but I have no opinion. I trust that the fine people who run the show will pick someone excellent and write...
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Recommending a comment with a keystroke
Our current version of comments has a nifty feature that allows you to use simple keystrokes to do things like skip to the next unread comment (j), reply (r), recommend, etc. However, some people...
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Solar Gardens for Puerto Rico
Over three months after Hurricane María made landfall, much of Puerto Rico, with a population of 3.8 million, is still without electricity. Only 19% of power distribution lines are fully up. About...
View ArticleSaturday Morning Home Repair - Custom Tile on a Budget
When we remodeled our home, I had champagne tastes and a kool-aid budget. My ceramic artist sensibilities wanted gorgeous tile, with complex glazes, and intricate designs. My father-in-law, who was...
View ArticleOur Spiffy New Civiqs Ticker
Across the top of the page now is a stripe that shows you some of the latest results we have from Civiqs, which you can learn more about from kos’ announcement diary: Announcing Civiqs: the coolest...
View ArticleVoting on California Judges
To me, the Judge section is always the hardest part of the ballot, trying to be non-partisan and reasonable, trying to keep good people of integrity on the Court and working without fear, while also...
View ArticleRomaine Lettuce, Immigration Enforcement, and Food Safety
My favorite Twitter follow these days is Dr. Sarah Taber, a self proclaimed “crop veterinarian” who works as a consultant across the US. In particular, her specialty is food safety audits, including...
View ArticleJust a test
It’s good to be polled,at least for a whilewhenever they callyou give ‘em a smile.It’s good to polledabout each little thing;it’s good to be polledI hear the phone ring.
View ArticleWild and weird weather: next up - atmospheric river
The whole country seems to be having weird weather this week. My corner just escaped the snow of last weekend that closed Hwy 101 in California and left my bemused friends in Oregon and Washington with...
View ArticleYou can beta test our new comments! (Updated with fix)
Behind the scenes at Daily Kos HQ, the tech team has been working on a substantial rewrite to the code that drives the site comments. The community that we build via the comments section is one of the...
View ArticleExperiment with our new beta comment adventure
In our continuing saga of our comment rewrite, I’m once again inviting y’all to give our new code a whirl.Behind the scenes at Daily Kos HQ, the tech team has been working on a substantial rewrite to...
View ArticleGive our new beta comments a try!
In our continuing saga of our comment rewrite, I’m once again inviting y’all to give our new code a whirl.Behind the scenes at Daily Kos HQ, the tech team has been working on a substantial rewrite to...
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