<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I use a low-end Beelink mini-PC as a TV box (this will be a New Leaf Journal article eventually). I run Fedora on the mini PC and switch between GNOME and Kodi sessions depending on what I am doing. Yesterday, I upgraded from Fedora 39 to Fedora 40. The upgrade went smoothly. Everything appeared to […]]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[A friendly Halloween ghost scarecrow seen in America's first suburb, the New York City neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights.<br />
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[From Mr. Heinrik Karlsson’s “A blog post is a very long and complex search query to find fascinating people and make them route interesting stuff to your inbox” Having idiosyncratic interests that grow in complexity means thatif you pursuethem too far you will end up obsessed with things that no one else around you cares […]]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Russian government is appropriating Soviet humor. (I dare say that this is a better example of Russia’s questionable Iran-coddling commentary than the one I used for an October 14 article at The New Leaf Journal.)]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The original Mario Party for Nintendo 64 had some poorly-conceived mini games that required players to rapidly spin the delicate Nintendo 64 joystick. I remember them for destroying joysticks. Others claimed terrible injuries. This is the story of Nintendo's offer of gloves as a result of a settlement with New York State (I note the gloves would not have saved any controllers from harm).
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I return from a brief and unplanned publishing break with an important story (“important” is the operative word here). I use a MikroTik hAP ac3 internet router. However, I disabled its wi-fi functionality and use a low-end tp-link access point for wireless. The access point is right in front of my computer. I turned on […]]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I would say that the announcement of a second season of The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten was a surprise... but I expected it when I wrote my review of what is now season one.
Possibly related posts...
The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho
The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review
Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)
The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review
ACE Academy - Visual Novel Review
Should the Pistons have drafted Carmelo?
The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations
The Best Anime Series of 2021
Four May Issues of The Nursery Magazine (1873-81)]]></summary>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[October 2023 at The New Leaf Journal]]></title>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[We ended up only publishing nine articles in October 2023 due to some unexpected events, but our month-in-review structure is very aesthetic.
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The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday
The Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100
The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations
Justin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020
Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ
A 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…
The story of our Bing blacklisting
Oldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the…
The Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Welcome to the 159th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perenially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. This newsletter comes to you as always from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell.
As always? I should say except for last week.
Two factors caused a lapse in New Leaf Journal publishing. Firstly, middling health commencing on October 24. Secondly, I had a decent amount of work for my law job to do while I was feeling sluggish. As a result, I did not publish any articles. Because I had no articles to share and I still had work to do last weekend, I let October 28 pass without a newsletter. While I have a few article drafts in the pipeline, I still have not published a new piece since October …]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Welcome to the 158th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal (the previous one had a Roman numeral title typo -- sad!), the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. I am a bit pressed for time this week, so this newsletter will only cover our most recent posts, links from around the web, and our most-read articles of the week. Let us get straight into the content.
Leaves from the week that was
I published two new articles.
On Russia’s and China’s Self-Awareness
Russia's and China's statements about restraint and justice ring just a bit hollow.
Analyzing BIA Decision in Matter of Salama
An in-depth study of an interesting 1966 U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals decision with my original legal analysis. I wrote it in a way that should be acc…]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I wrote a detailed analysis of a 1966 Board of Immigration Appeals decision in Matter of Salama, 11 I&N Dec. 536 (BIA 1966). In that post, I worked through the decision and examined the small number of citations to it in precedent decisions. I opined that although I first came across the decision while researching […]]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I study a 1966 Board of Immigration Appeals precedent decision wherein the BIA held a Jewish man from Egypt would face persecution on account of his religion.
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Citizenship Rules for Running for President of Egypt
Matter of Man, 12 I&N Dec. 305 (BIA 1967) - BIA Hong Kong…
Noncitizen Nationals as Immigrant Visa Petitioners
Golf and Immigration: Matter of Masters
"A Strange Admixture of Contentions" - Study of a Phrase
Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ
The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho
The Hang Glider Citizenship Provision
Immigration Issues in NYPD Chinese Agent Case]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[A comprehensive study of hair color in the English translation of a 2005 freeware Japanese visual novel titled A Dream of Summer (because why not?).
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[A look back at the 1922 Better Homes Demonstration Week, a project headed by the administration of then-U.S. President Warren Harding. This introduction post links to two follow-up articles on remarks by then-Vice President Calvin Coolidge and Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover.
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I came across an article noting that Corey Seager of the Texas Rangers was walked three times in a 3-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles in the American League Divisional Series, breaking Barry Bonds’ 2003 record of 8 for a divisional series. I am not a baseball fan and am not following the playoffs, but […]]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Formatting for The New Leaf Journal ActivityPub profile is a work in progress but everything works perfectly here on Emu Café Social.]]></summary>
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<name>Nicholas A. Ferrell</name>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[Importance of Sourcing]]></title>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Jonathan Turley’s blog is part of my RSS feed collection. One reason I enjoy his work is because he is consistent in his views and articulates his position well. However, his recent piece on free speech issues related to the response to pro-Hamas demonstrations on college campuses in the last week was a bit sloppy. […]]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I took a trip through Pokemon's Kanto region to examine the 10 city/town slogans and how they changed (or stayed the same) through all of Kanto's appearances. Because everyone likes rankings, I concluded with a ranking of the slogans based on the slogans in and of themselves and how they fit the city or town.
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The statements of the Russian and Chinese governments on the Israel-Hamas War would be ironic if they were not entirely expected.
Possibly related posts...
The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho
Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)
ACE Academy - Visual Novel Review
The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations
The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review
The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review
A 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…
Bing's and DuckDuckGo's CCP Problem
History of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Welcome to the 157th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. This newsletter comes to you as always from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell. This week was a bit short on content with just three new articles -- although all three were fairly time-intensive by my standards. You will find links to our three new pieces along with links from around the web and other news and notes below.
(No News leaf journal section this week because I have no news to report other than our new articles.)
Links from the week that was
Our three new articles...
Citizenship Rules for Running for President of Egypt (I examine how Egypt handles dual citizenship in the contex…]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I run two WordPress accounts that double as ActivityPub profiles thanks to ActivityPub for WordPress. You can follow them for links to my longer-form writing.
New Leaf Journal: @newleafjournal
(This is my main project. You will find links to new articles with short descriptions.)
Emu Café Social: @naferrell
(This is my social publishing site. You will find my short-form posts in full -- instance permitting.)]]></summary>
