"description":"On upgrading my Google Pixel 3a XL from LineageOS 19 to LineageOS 20.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nInstalling GrapheneOS on a Google Pixel 6a\nFrom Murena Teracube 2e to Pixel 3a XL with LineageOS\nInstalling LineageOS on a 2013 Nexus 7 (Wi-Fi)\nReview of /e/ - An Android Alternative For Mobile Phones\nThe BunnyPress Chronicles: Story and Review\nA Segmentation Fault and a Peculiar Ghostwriter…\nReview of the Teracube 2e Smartphone\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nNew Computer, New Leaf",
"description":"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.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nShould the Pistons have drafted Carmelo?\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nThe Best Anime Series of 2021\nFour May Issues of The Nursery Magazine (1873-81)",
"description":"We ended up only publishing nine articles in October 2023 due to some unexpected events, but our month-in-review structure is very aesthetic.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nJustin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…\nThe story of our Bing blacklisting\nOldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the…\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal",
"description":"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.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nCitizenship Rules for Running for President of Egypt\nMatter of Man, 12 I&N Dec. 305 (BIA 1967) - BIA Hong Kong…\nNoncitizen Nationals as Immigrant Visa Petitioners\nGolf and Immigration: Matter of Masters\n\"A Strange Admixture of Contentions\" - Study of a Phrase\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nThe Hang Glider Citizenship Provision\nImmigration Issues in NYPD Chinese Agent Case",
"description":"The statements of the Russian and Chinese governments on the Israel-Hamas War would be ironic if they were not entirely expected.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…\nBing's and DuckDuckGo's CCP Problem\nHistory of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines",
"description":"Wherein I use a particularly questionable \"experts say\" headline on a piece trying to justify Hamas' behavior to question the \"experts say\" headlines.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nAmbiguous Killer Hallucinogenic Weed Headline\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…\nThe Last Nintendo Wii Games\nEyewitness to History: The Resignations of Cuomo and Spitzer\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal VIII\nSocial media on government phones\nDesigning video games to produce benefits",
"description":"A pigeon's visit to a Brooklyn statue of Christopher Columbus inspires a piece on the history of the depiction of the brave explorer.\nPossibly related posts...\n\n1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge\nTown Slogans in Pokémon's Kanto\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nWasteful talk show subsidies in New York\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nOn NYC Curfews and Essential Workers\nIn Support of the Lawsuit Against NYC Dining Sheds\nJustin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…",
"description":"Examining how the Egyptian constitution handles citizenship and dual nationality in the context of eligibility to run for President.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Japanese Citizenship Requirement for Sumo Stablemasters\nInteresting Case on Japan's Dual Citizenship Ban\n1892 Reports on First Year of Basketball\nImagination in Pokémon Red and Blue\n1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge\nThe Misuse of Impeachment and Roy Hibbert's Jersey\nHistory of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines\nThe Story of Billy Possum, President Hoover's Pet Opossum\nThe Hang Glider Citizenship Provision",
"description":"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.)",
"description":"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 […]",
"description":"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 […]",
"description":"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 […]",
"description":"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. […]",
"description":"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.\nAs always? I should say except for last week.\nTwo 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 …",
"description":"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.\nLeaves from the week that was\nI published two new articles.\nOn Russia’s and China’s Self-Awareness\nRussia's and China's statements about restraint and justice ring just a bit hollow. \nAnalyzing BIA Decision in Matter of Salama\nAn 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…",
"description":"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.\n(No News leaf journal section this week because I have no news to report other than our new articles.)\nLinks from the week that was\nOur three new articles...\nCitizenship Rules for Running for President of Egypt (I examine how Egypt handles dual citizenship in the contex…",
"description":"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).\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/history-of-the-mario-party-gloves/\n#nintendo #n64 #marioparty #law #videogamehistory",
"description":"A post reviewing Halloween cooking and decorating tips from a 1913 magazine.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/halloween-cooking-and-decorating-tips-from-1913/\n#halloween #cooking #decorating #owls",
"description":"From last November (I was a bit late), a 12-foot flying witch seen in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn (NYC).\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/flying-12-foot-witch-in-carroll-gardens/\n#halloween #witch #brooklyn #nyc #carrollgardens",
"description":"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?).\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/hair-color-in-a-dream-of-summer/\n(Note that a re-worked browser version of A Dream of Summer is free to play on Freem! in both English and the original Japanese)\n#visualnovels #VisualNovel #videogames #freeware #haircolor",
"description":"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.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/introducing-the-1922-better-homes-in-america-demonstration-week/\n#ushistory #history #uspresident #home",
"description":"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.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/town-slogans-pokemons-kanto/\n#pokemon #gameboy #videogames",
"description":"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.\nNew Leaf Journal: @newleafjournal \n(This is my main project. You will find links to new articles with short descriptions.)\nEmu Café Social: @naferrell \n(This is my social publishing site. You will find my short-form posts in full -- instance permitting.)",
