Eli Edwards
@misseli.bsky.social
Still a bibliothecary, lawyer, info policy geek, chocolate lover. Enthusiastically ambivalent about legal technology.
Just left voicemails for my Senators and Congressional Rep. Was nervous about sounding unprofessional, but did it anyway. Please, flood their lines. Don't let this be 'business as usual' for Congress.
You can find your US reps and senators here: reps.fyi
If you call now, you'll get an answering machine and you can leave a message. A great thing to do if you're nervous about talking to someone. Just give your name, your zip code, and demand they impeach Trump for illegally invading Venezuela.
If you call now, you'll get an answering machine and you can leave a message. A great thing to do if you're nervous about talking to someone. Just give your name, your zip code, and demand they impeach Trump for illegally invading Venezuela.
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reps.fyi
January 3, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Just left voicemails for my Senators and Congressional Rep. Was nervous about sounding unprofessional, but did it anyway. Please, flood their lines. Don't let this be 'business as usual' for Congress.
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Norbert Wiener, "The Human Use of Human Beings", 1950. Wiener is considered the father of the field of cybernetics and he wrote about what happens when people assign agency to complex machines.
January 2, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Norbert Wiener, "The Human Use of Human Beings", 1950. Wiener is considered the father of the field of cybernetics and he wrote about what happens when people assign agency to complex machines.
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**GET YOUR LIVEJOURNAL DATA RIGHT NOW**
Import it to Dreamwidth, download it directly from LJ one month at a time, or read on for more options, but GET YOUR JOURNAL ENTRIES OFF LJ AND INTO YOUR OWN POSSESSION because you'll lose them soon. I trust @rahaeli.bsky.social
I have 17 years to preserve!
Import it to Dreamwidth, download it directly from LJ one month at a time, or read on for more options, but GET YOUR JOURNAL ENTRIES OFF LJ AND INTO YOUR OWN POSSESSION because you'll lose them soon. I trust @rahaeli.bsky.social
I have 17 years to preserve!
Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:
January 2, 2026 at 11:25 PM
**GET YOUR LIVEJOURNAL DATA RIGHT NOW**
Import it to Dreamwidth, download it directly from LJ one month at a time, or read on for more options, but GET YOUR JOURNAL ENTRIES OFF LJ AND INTO YOUR OWN POSSESSION because you'll lose them soon. I trust @rahaeli.bsky.social
I have 17 years to preserve!
Import it to Dreamwidth, download it directly from LJ one month at a time, or read on for more options, but GET YOUR JOURNAL ENTRIES OFF LJ AND INTO YOUR OWN POSSESSION because you'll lose them soon. I trust @rahaeli.bsky.social
I have 17 years to preserve!
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Okay, might as well get this started.
It's January 1, which means, as I'm sure you all know, that there's a whole new bunch of characters who have entered the public domain. This time around, it's characters created in 1930.
The following is a list of pulp & pulpy characters now in the p.d.
1/
It's January 1, which means, as I'm sure you all know, that there's a whole new bunch of characters who have entered the public domain. This time around, it's characters created in 1930.
The following is a list of pulp & pulpy characters now in the p.d.
1/
January 1, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Okay, might as well get this started.
It's January 1, which means, as I'm sure you all know, that there's a whole new bunch of characters who have entered the public domain. This time around, it's characters created in 1930.
The following is a list of pulp & pulpy characters now in the p.d.
1/
It's January 1, which means, as I'm sure you all know, that there's a whole new bunch of characters who have entered the public domain. This time around, it's characters created in 1930.
The following is a list of pulp & pulpy characters now in the p.d.
1/
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Chinese author Chen Kengran's Fang Yuqin, in the film serial Huangjiang Nüxia (Swordswoman of Huangjiang, 1930).
One of the great nüxia (female wüxia, aka female wandering martial artists) of the pre-WW2 era. Fang Yuqin travels around the countryside helping innocents and crushing evil.
One of the great nüxia (female wüxia, aka female wandering martial artists) of the pre-WW2 era. Fang Yuqin travels around the countryside helping innocents and crushing evil.
January 1, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Chinese author Chen Kengran's Fang Yuqin, in the film serial Huangjiang Nüxia (Swordswoman of Huangjiang, 1930).
One of the great nüxia (female wüxia, aka female wandering martial artists) of the pre-WW2 era. Fang Yuqin travels around the countryside helping innocents and crushing evil.
One of the great nüxia (female wüxia, aka female wandering martial artists) of the pre-WW2 era. Fang Yuqin travels around the countryside helping innocents and crushing evil.
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Charles G. Booth's Anatole Flique, from Murder at High Tide (1930) and Cat and the Clock (1935).
He's one of the imitations of Hercule Poirot. A French policeman, Flique is a little, egg-shaped man with a pink, bald head, an abundant blond mustache, and sparkling china-blue eyes.
He's one of the imitations of Hercule Poirot. A French policeman, Flique is a little, egg-shaped man with a pink, bald head, an abundant blond mustache, and sparkling china-blue eyes.
January 1, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Charles G. Booth's Anatole Flique, from Murder at High Tide (1930) and Cat and the Clock (1935).
He's one of the imitations of Hercule Poirot. A French policeman, Flique is a little, egg-shaped man with a pink, bald head, an abundant blond mustache, and sparkling china-blue eyes.
He's one of the imitations of Hercule Poirot. A French policeman, Flique is a little, egg-shaped man with a pink, bald head, an abundant blond mustache, and sparkling china-blue eyes.
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The Man With Two Heads, from the anonymously written Spanish dime novel El Hombre de las Dos Cabezas #1-11 (1930).
The American millionaire Fred Arrow is fatally wounded in a car accident. To save his life, Dr. Lincoln, a Mad Scientist, cuts off Arrow’s head and puts it in a globular life-support
The American millionaire Fred Arrow is fatally wounded in a car accident. To save his life, Dr. Lincoln, a Mad Scientist, cuts off Arrow’s head and puts it in a globular life-support
January 1, 2026 at 7:10 PM
The Man With Two Heads, from the anonymously written Spanish dime novel El Hombre de las Dos Cabezas #1-11 (1930).
The American millionaire Fred Arrow is fatally wounded in a car accident. To save his life, Dr. Lincoln, a Mad Scientist, cuts off Arrow’s head and puts it in a globular life-support
The American millionaire Fred Arrow is fatally wounded in a car accident. To save his life, Dr. Lincoln, a Mad Scientist, cuts off Arrow’s head and puts it in a globular life-support
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Indian writer & film director Sundarao Nadkarni's Savage Woman, from the film KALIKA NO KOP (1930). The Savage Woman is a beautiful Indian woman raised in the jungles of India. She meets a prince who falls in love with her, and they enjoy a romantic interlude in the jungle.
January 1, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Indian writer & film director Sundarao Nadkarni's Savage Woman, from the film KALIKA NO KOP (1930). The Savage Woman is a beautiful Indian woman raised in the jungles of India. She meets a prince who falls in love with her, and they enjoy a romantic interlude in the jungle.
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The Shadow is in the public domain as of 2026.
But only as a mysterious narrator. The pulp hero version goes PD next year, and in 2033 he’ll be able to cloud men’s minds so they cannot see him.
But only as a mysterious narrator. The pulp hero version goes PD next year, and in 2033 he’ll be able to cloud men’s minds so they cannot see him.
January 1, 2026 at 7:49 AM
The Shadow is in the public domain as of 2026.
But only as a mysterious narrator. The pulp hero version goes PD next year, and in 2033 he’ll be able to cloud men’s minds so they cannot see him.
But only as a mysterious narrator. The pulp hero version goes PD next year, and in 2033 he’ll be able to cloud men’s minds so they cannot see him.
Happy New Year! Celebrating with a bit of Ritter dark chocolate and the movie Holiday (1938).
a black and white photo of a man and a woman jumping on a couch .
Alt: \a black and white clip of Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn climbing elegantly off a couch from the 1938 movie Holiday
media.tenor.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Happy New Year! Celebrating with a bit of Ritter dark chocolate and the movie Holiday (1938).
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They're going to *throw out* one-of-a-kind NASA archives?!
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
December 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
They're going to *throw out* one-of-a-kind NASA archives?!
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
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The lesson of 2025: fighting back works.
Not immediately. Not perfectly. It’s a grind.
But don’t let fascists tell you they are inevitable.
2026 is starting off right.
Not immediately. Not perfectly. It’s a grind.
But don’t let fascists tell you they are inevitable.
2026 is starting off right.
BREAKING: After legal setbacks, President Trump says he's dropping push for the National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland for now.
Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now
President Donald Trump says he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.
bit.ly
December 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The lesson of 2025: fighting back works.
Not immediately. Not perfectly. It’s a grind.
But don’t let fascists tell you they are inevitable.
2026 is starting off right.
Not immediately. Not perfectly. It’s a grind.
But don’t let fascists tell you they are inevitable.
2026 is starting off right.
Y'all, when did Keifer Sutherland become a singer? youtu.be/Y0aeMPqi57E
Kiefer Sutherland - In The Air Tonight (Phil Collins cover) in the Radio 2 Piano Room
YouTube video by BBC Music
youtu.be
December 31, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Y'all, when did Keifer Sutherland become a singer? youtu.be/Y0aeMPqi57E
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Just putting it into the universe that me and a zillion other Black women would watch the f$&k out of Emily in Accra. Greenlight it! And cast Yara Shahidi as the lead!
December 31, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Just putting it into the universe that me and a zillion other Black women would watch the f$&k out of Emily in Accra. Greenlight it! And cast Yara Shahidi as the lead!
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“Pushing Daisies” might be getting a Season 3. Here’s what we know so far bit.ly/4psjEUg
December 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
“Pushing Daisies” might be getting a Season 3. Here’s what we know so far bit.ly/4psjEUg
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Of all the dirty tricks: juking USPS rules so that the postmark of mail-in ballots won't reflect the date they were put in the hands of the Postal Service, creating a pretext to throw out the votes.
December 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Of all the dirty tricks: juking USPS rules so that the postmark of mail-in ballots won't reflect the date they were put in the hands of the Postal Service, creating a pretext to throw out the votes.
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As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
share.google
December 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
Merry Christmas to all of its celebrants! I finally decided to sit down and watch A Muppet Christmas Carol.
December 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Merry Christmas to all of its celebrants! I finally decided to sit down and watch A Muppet Christmas Carol.
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Bels Lugosi is Santa
December 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Bels Lugosi is Santa
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Remembering Maurice White today on what would have been his 84th birthday (born December 19, 1941)
album.ink/MWhiteHBD
album.ink/MWhiteHBD
December 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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The Abundance movement often points to environmental groups as the obstacles to building. But who actually files the lawsuits blocking projects? It’s not environmental groups. It’s been lawyered-up HOAs protecting property values all along. Regulation by litigation is the problem.
December 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Abundance movement often points to environmental groups as the obstacles to building. But who actually files the lawsuits blocking projects? It’s not environmental groups. It’s been lawyered-up HOAs protecting property values all along. Regulation by litigation is the problem.
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In the face of, well, everything going on, I am even more grateful to know so many kind, thoughtful people who are just trying to make the world a little better each day in whatever way they can. I know it can feel like bailing out a boat with a teacup. Please keep scooping anyway.
December 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
In the face of, well, everything going on, I am even more grateful to know so many kind, thoughtful people who are just trying to make the world a little better each day in whatever way they can. I know it can feel like bailing out a boat with a teacup. Please keep scooping anyway.
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Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Christmas: a series of animated shorts featuring Gromit having to deal with the aftermath of Wallace’s inventions (like a rabid cracker vacuum and a remote-controlled shopping cart). Free on YouTube. [kottke.org]
Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Christmas
In 2002, Aardman Animations produced a series of short episodes called Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions. In each episode, Wallace unveils a new invention, which Gromit then has to deal with. For the holiday seaso
kottke.org
December 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Christmas: a series of animated shorts featuring Gromit having to deal with the aftermath of Wallace’s inventions (like a rabid cracker vacuum and a remote-controlled shopping cart). Free on YouTube. [kottke.org]
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BREAKING: Federal appeals court grants bail pending appeal to Brett Hankison, the former officer convicted and serving his sentence in connection with the deadly Breonna Taylor raid.
The three-judge Sixth Circuit panel is all GOP appointees: Gibbons (GWB) and Thapar and Readler (both Trump).
The three-judge Sixth Circuit panel is all GOP appointees: Gibbons (GWB) and Thapar and Readler (both Trump).
December 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
BREAKING: Federal appeals court grants bail pending appeal to Brett Hankison, the former officer convicted and serving his sentence in connection with the deadly Breonna Taylor raid.
The three-judge Sixth Circuit panel is all GOP appointees: Gibbons (GWB) and Thapar and Readler (both Trump).
The three-judge Sixth Circuit panel is all GOP appointees: Gibbons (GWB) and Thapar and Readler (both Trump).
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Every single episode is on YouTube.
Don’t never let these old folk try to moralize to you fam y’all have no idea how chaotically horny y’all’s parents were at 9pm on Mondays
December 19, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Every single episode is on YouTube.