I’m a recently graduated library technician who has been looking for work in my field. As a side hobby I’ve taken up learning American Sign Language, not even considering how it can help in my professional life.
Recently a retired librarian acquaintance recommended that I take Kathy Macmillan’s ecourse. It’s a six week course published by the ALA and seems to be a great introduction to learning how to better serve Deaf and HOH patrons.
I’d love to hear anyones experience with this course or ASL in library settings as a whole!
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#State testimony
The January 6 Select Committee has expanded its investigation to include state-level officials in Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.
Pennsylvania's 2020 secretary of state, Kathy Boockvar, reportedly spoke with the Committee. Boockvar fought back against unfounded election fraud claims from state Republicans in the months after the election, blaming them for the insurrection:
>“The attack on our Capitol was the direct result of disinformation and lies — lies that were intentionally spread to subvert the free and fair election and undermine people’s faith in our democracy,” Boockvar said during [a Jan. 2021 hearing].
In December, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson provided a virtual interview with the Committee. Trump tried to overturn Biden’s win the state, inviting members of the state legislature to the White House shortly after the election to pressure them to change the election result.
Also in December, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger spoke to the Committee about “stolen election claims,” presumably including Trump’s Jan 2021 phone call asking him to “find” the votes necessary to overturn the election.
>Thompson said that Raffensperger spoke about his efforts to defend the integrity of the state’s election system despite claims from Trump and his allies that the election had been stolen, which was based on falsehoods and misinformation that were all debunked when audits and recounts confirmed Biden’s win.
... keep reading on reddit ➡I’m sorry but how is this not getting any reaction? Kathy (whom I do adore) doesn’t know who works for her? I dont find it “hiding” her identity. She just honestly doesn’t know who works for her…. ENTER Ramona calling her cater “the help”. And everyone blasts her but Kathy has gotten NOTHING. Thoughts
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
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#Covid violations
Republican extremist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA) was fined again last week for refusing to wear a mask on the House floor, marking the 22nd penalty the congresswoman has amassed since last summer. Each violation is now costing her $2,500, taken directly from her congressional pay. The total cost of Greene’s refusal to mask-up has exceeded $50,000, nearly a third of her official salary.
>"You have been observed not wearing a mask on July 29, August 2, September 20, 21, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, and October 1, 12, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, and 27, and have been asked by a member of my staff to wear a mask while in the Hall of the House of Representatives on each occasion unless recognized to speak by the chair," [House Sergeant-at-Arms William] Walker wrote in the letter.
Greene declared her defiance on Newsmax on Monday, claiming she has been fined over $60,000 (clip):
>She's fined me over $60,500 in mask fines. I refuse to wear a mask! And, Chris, I have to tell you something else: I am not vaccinated and I will be standing strong, standing up for the people across this country that refuse to get vaccinated.
Fellow Georgia Republican Rep. Andrew Clyde was also fined last week, bringing his total to more than $30,000 for Covid violations.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a Republican from Texas, joined the pair in the fined-for-safety-violations club last month when the House Sergeant-at-Arms cited (pdf) him
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Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Kyle assesses the progress at Sutton’s new home, while Dorit hopes her new business venture is the right fit for her family. Crystal invites Erika, Garcelle and Kathy over for a dinner where duck is served, but beef is on the menu. Kathy puts her staff to work arranging an evening to remember, but when Erika and Sutton face off, it quickly becomes a night the ladies would rather forget.
After last nights episode I have grown tired of her. Her constant comments about “the help” is disgusting. Same with her mentioning that most of the people that work for her are of colour. I really hope this is her last season.
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
Not even sure how I managed to get this done this week, but here we are!
DECEMBER 6TH
RHOM, S2E13, 2012
The housewives are heading to Bimini, and Adriana, along with five suitcases, arrives at the airport but forgot her passport. She has to forgo the ride on the private plane and then misses her second flight.
Karent talks to Lea about getting Rodolfo to commit, and she tells her to put a timeline on the relationship so she can get what she wants. Later, after Adriana arrives and the women get Lea involved in taking shots, she brings up the Karent conversation from earlier and Karent didn't like that. Lea - if she wanted to tell the ladies, she would have told the ladies, right?! But, what she doesn't know, is there is an article about Rodolfo, with a 24-year old saying they are meant to be.
Joanna says she's using their weekend away to decide whether or not her and Roman's relationship will continue. Lisa says that after not working for four years, she felt she was losing her identity (which is why I opened up a small business!), with Karent toasting the women to a peaceful weekend, which immediately follows with rain, which I just feel is SO Karent.
Alexia decides to bring up the Rodolfo rumours in front of everyone, and she and Lisa say he is cheating on her. She says it can't be true - she hasn't seen it with her own eyes, and neither had Alexia!
I love the printout! Cell phones are less drama!
RHOA, S8E5, 2015
We're back on the boat where Cynthia and Porsha are fighting, and after being mad about being called bitch by Porsha, Cynthia grabs Porsha's hands after she wagged her finger, Porsha straddles Cynthia, and Cynthia responds by kicking Porsha right in the stomach.
Cynthia talks to Peter, who tells her she's taking out other things on Porsha and needs to apologize. They go to lunch with the other women, but go outside and talk between the both of them and figure out what happened and choose to move on from it.
RHOBH, S7E1, 2016
We begin by celebrating Erika's 45th birthday, and she gets two things from Tom: call about how he can see the house but he's not in the backyard, and a lawsuit! I'm kidding. It's a Marc Chagall painting, and a blank panther carrier ring worth $79k. Definitely borrowed or bought with stolen money!
We meet Dorit and her group of staff. For two kids, she has a baby
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##Alabama
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed new congressional and legislative maps into law last week as legal challenges mounted in the courts. The congressional map (image), drawing boundaries for U.S. House districts, maintains the GOP’s 6-1 hold on the state. The single Democratic seat, CD07, is held by Rep. Terri Sewell and is the subject of the latest lawsuit alleging racial gerrymandering. The Republican-drawn map packs the majority of the Black population into CD07, resulting in only one minority district.
The lawsuit, brought by Black voters in and around CD07, reads in part (pdf):
>Between 2010 and 2020, Alabama’s Black population grew 6.5 percent. During the same period, the state’s white population fell by 1.7 percent, meaning majority-Black Alabamians drove all of Alabama’s population growth over the last decade. And yet the state’s newly enacted congressional redistricting plan further entrenches the state’s white majority by creating only a single majority-Black district in the state, despite Alabama’s Black population being sufficiently numerous and geographically compact to support two majority-Black congressional districts...
>HB 1 “cracks” Black voters between the First, Second, and Third Congressional Districts, and “packs” Black voters into the Seventh Congressional District (“CD 7”) despite—or perhaps because of—the fact that the Black population in these districts is sufficiently numerous and geographically compact to form a majority of the voting age population in a second district. Additionally, there is widespread racially polarized voting in Alabama, and when considered against the totality of the circumstances
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Where ever you left it 🤷♀️🤭
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
You take away their little brooms
There hasn't been a post all year!
