John Nicholas
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OH Senate votes to shorten mail-in ballot return window; OR officials will not conduct criminal investigation of errantly registered voters who cast ballots; Schwarzenegger, others urge Supreme Court to hear ND's Native American voting rights case: electionline.org/news/2025/11...
Daily News - electionline
electionline.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
OH Senate votes to shorten mail-in ballot return window; OR officials will not conduct criminal investigation of errantly registered voters who cast ballots; Schwarzenegger, others urge Supreme Court to hear ND's Native American voting rights case: electionline.org/news/2025/11...
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40 years ago, I was thoroughly enjoying Epyx' brilliant multi-event cold-climate sports spectacular, Winter Games. It continued the series' tradition of unusual but very entertaining events, all articulated via absolutely top-tier audiovisuals, and all extremely fun to play.
October 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
40 years ago, I was thoroughly enjoying Epyx' brilliant multi-event cold-climate sports spectacular, Winter Games. It continued the series' tradition of unusual but very entertaining events, all articulated via absolutely top-tier audiovisuals, and all extremely fun to play.
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I think people from the @TEIConsortium or @adho.org would help us enormously if they found the time to intervene here and describe use cases from our field for a modern XSLT in the browser: https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11578
Should the web platform adopt XSLT 3.0? · Issue #11578 · whatwg/html
What is the issue with the HTML Standard? Background This is a follow-up to #11523. That issue raises concerns regarding security issues, code maintainability, and the complexity of aging browser c...
github.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I think people from the @TEIConsortium or @adho.org would help us enormously if they found the time to intervene here and describe use cases from our field for a modern XSLT in the browser: https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11578
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August 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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#balisage
Is Invisible XML Ready for Undergraduates? Trying iXML and XProc on a Music Analysis Project in an Undergraduate Text Analysis Course—Michael Simons, Elisa E. Beshero-Bondar
https://www.balisage.net/Proceedings/vol30/html/Beshero-Bondar01/BalisageVol30-Beshero-Bondar01.html
Is Invisible XML Ready for Undergraduates? Trying iXML and XProc on a Music Analysis Project in an Undergraduate Text Analysis Course—Michael Simons, Elisa E. Beshero-Bondar
https://www.balisage.net/Proceedings/vol30/html/Beshero-Bondar01/BalisageVol30-Beshero-Bondar01.html
Balisage: Is Invisible XML Ready for College Students?
www.balisage.net
August 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
#balisage
Is Invisible XML Ready for Undergraduates? Trying iXML and XProc on a Music Analysis Project in an Undergraduate Text Analysis Course—Michael Simons, Elisa E. Beshero-Bondar
https://www.balisage.net/Proceedings/vol30/html/Beshero-Bondar01/BalisageVol30-Beshero-Bondar01.html
Is Invisible XML Ready for Undergraduates? Trying iXML and XProc on a Music Analysis Project in an Undergraduate Text Analysis Course—Michael Simons, Elisa E. Beshero-Bondar
https://www.balisage.net/Proceedings/vol30/html/Beshero-Bondar01/BalisageVol30-Beshero-Bondar01.html
Attn Election 🤓🤓! NIST recently published “Implementation Guidance for Common Data Formats”. The CDFs support the VVSG goals for interoperable election systems and this guide ("missing manual"?) dives deep into implementing NIST’s CDFs. Read, share, and reach out! turnout.rocks/our-blog/nis...
NIST publishes Implementation Guidance for Common Data Formats
NIST published a guidebook developed by The Turnout to help technology providers implement the Common Data Formats (CDFs). It contains materials on how CDFs are constructed, cross-referencing data ins...
turnout.rocks
April 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Attn Election 🤓🤓! NIST recently published “Implementation Guidance for Common Data Formats”. The CDFs support the VVSG goals for interoperable election systems and this guide ("missing manual"?) dives deep into implementing NIST’s CDFs. Read, share, and reach out! turnout.rocks/our-blog/nis...
Thursday mood www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Eun...
The Sisters Of Mercy - Black Planet
YouTube video by The19eighties
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February 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Thursday mood www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Eun...
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Ruby is an odd mix: high level but primitive, familiar but strange.
January 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Ruby is an odd mix: high level but primitive, familiar but strange.
Soft rock is wailing guitars put real low in the mix
January 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Soft rock is wailing guitars put real low in the mix
Windows 11 is the buggiest, least reliable version since at least ME.
January 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Windows 11 is the buggiest, least reliable version since at least ME.
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And while it is too early to talk about 2025, I think interoperability will be a major theme!
Interoperability with what and how? Let me know your guesses!
Interoperability with what and how? Let me know your guesses!
December 23, 2024 at 7:58 PM
And while it is too early to talk about 2025, I think interoperability will be a major theme!
Interoperability with what and how? Let me know your guesses!
Interoperability with what and how? Let me know your guesses!
Thursday's Mood music.youtube.com/watch?v=-1cJ...
Gun
YouTube video by Gil Scott-Heron - Topic
music.youtube.com
January 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Thursday's Mood music.youtube.com/watch?v=-1cJ...
Thursday mood. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjUw...
You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)
YouTube video by Joe Jackson - Topic
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December 19, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Thursday mood. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjUw...
election worker: any person who interacts with those coming to vote. This includes any poll worker, election day worker, early voting worker, or other temporary staff engaged in supporting the voting or vote counting process. #ElectionTermOfTheDay #ElectionGeeks pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlos...
December 19, 2024 at 11:48 AM
election worker: any person who interacts with those coming to vote. This includes any poll worker, election day worker, early voting worker, or other temporary staff engaged in supporting the voting or vote counting process. #ElectionTermOfTheDay #ElectionGeeks pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlos...
vote-by-mail: method of voting by which eligible voters are mailed ballots and information packets by the local jurisdiction. Voters may be able to return their marked ballots by mail, bring them to an election office, or drop them off in secure drop boxes. pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlos...
December 18, 2024 at 12:08 PM
vote-by-mail: method of voting by which eligible voters are mailed ballots and information packets by the local jurisdiction. Voters may be able to return their marked ballots by mail, bring them to an election office, or drop them off in secure drop boxes. pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlos...
Tuesday mood. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG17...
LCD Soundsystem - new body rhumba (from the film White Noise) (Official Audio)
YouTube video by LCDSoundsystemVEVO
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December 17, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Tuesday mood. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG17...
absentee voting: voting that can occur unsupervised at a location chosen by the voter either before or on election day. #ElectionTermOfTheDay #ElectionGeeks pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlos...
December 13, 2024 at 1:27 PM
absentee voting: voting that can occur unsupervised at a location chosen by the voter either before or on election day. #ElectionTermOfTheDay #ElectionGeeks pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlos...
Good morning to all the psychadelic data cats out there!
December 13, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Good morning to all the psychadelic data cats out there!
election day: the last day on which voters may cast a ballot. Absentee votes and early votes may be cast in advance of election day. #ElectionTermOfTheDay #ElectionGeeks pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlos...
December 12, 2024 at 3:06 PM
election day: the last day on which voters may cast a ballot. Absentee votes and early votes may be cast in advance of election day. #ElectionTermOfTheDay #ElectionGeeks pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlos...
special election: primary or general election that is not regularly scheduled. A special election may be combined with a scheduled election. #ElectionTermOfTheDay #ElectionGeeks pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlos...
December 11, 2024 at 3:19 PM
special election: primary or general election that is not regularly scheduled. A special election may be combined with a scheduled election. #ElectionTermOfTheDay #ElectionGeeks pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlos...