<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.
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Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)
ACE Academy - Visual Novel Review
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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
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<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>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Wherein I use a particularly questionable "experts say" headline on a piece trying to justify Hamas' behavior to question the "experts say" headlines.
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Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ
Ambiguous Killer Hallucinogenic Weed Headline
Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…
The Last Nintendo Wii Games
Eyewitness to History: The Resignations of Cuomo and Spitzer
The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday
The Newsletter Leaf Journal VIII
Social media on government phones
Designing video games to produce benefits]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[A pigeon's visit to a Brooklyn statue of Christopher Columbus inspires a piece on the history of the depiction of the brave explorer.
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1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge
Town Slogans in Pokémon's Kanto
The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday
Wasteful talk show subsidies in New York
The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations
On NYC Curfews and Essential Workers
In Support of the Lawsuit Against NYC Dining Sheds
Justin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020
A 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Examining how the Egyptian constitution handles citizenship and dual nationality in the context of eligibility to run for President.
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The Japanese Citizenship Requirement for Sumo Stablemasters
Interesting Case on Japan's Dual Citizenship Ban
1892 Reports on First Year of Basketball
Imagination in Pokémon Red and Blue
1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge
The Misuse of Impeachment and Roy Hibbert's Jersey
History of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines
The Story of Billy Possum, President Hoover's Pet Opossum
The Hang Glider Citizenship Provision]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Welcome to the 156th 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. I had a bit more non-New Leaf Journal work than expected last week, but I still managed to produce a respectable number of new articles. Below, you will find our usual weekly recap accompanied by links from around the web and other news and notes.
Leaves from the week that was
I was somewhat surprised to discover that I published five new articles since mailing the previous newsletter.
September 2023 at The New Leaf Journal
Hair Color in A Dream of Summer
A Dream of Summer with a review of hair color in A Drea…]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hackaday published an article titled Spuds Lend A Hand In The Darkroom. I have no experiences with darkrooms, much less potatoes in darkrooms. Thus, I cannot comment on the utility of the potato-darkroom recipes referenced in the article. However, if your potato has reached the stage where it is growing hands, it is much more […]]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I installed ActivityPub for WordPress on The New Leaf Journal. You can now follow the site at @newleafjournal to stay up to date with our latest posts from Mastodon or other ActivityPub clients (I have only looked at the on Mastodon). Note that you will only see new posts that appear after you follow.
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[You can now follow The New Leaf Journal directly from Mastodon and other ActivityPub-based accounts thanks to ActivityPub for WordPress.
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The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho
ACE Academy - Visual Novel Review
Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)
Fediverse Clone Wars and Decentralized Social Media
Looking at ActivityPub for WordPress
The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations
An Early Review of Pixelfed - Instagram Alternative
The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review
The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Why did I spend hours trying to catch a level 15 Dragonair in the Pokémon Yellow Safari Zone? Some questions are hard to answer.
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The Pokémon Special Split in Generation 2 - Statistics and…
Nintendo Power's 1999 Yoshi in Pokémon April Fools Prank
Bird in Review 〜 Yellow Throated Toucan
Bill's Secret Garden - A Pokémon Generation 1 Urban Legend
Imagination in Pokémon Red and Blue
Town Slogans in Pokémon's Kanto
Pokémon: Pathways to Adventure (1999) Review
Upcoming Ferrell Vs Gurbo Pokémon Draft Battle
Ranking My Big Impression Video Games]]></summary>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[Victor V. Gurbo feat. Mark Caserta "Ghost Woman Blues" Live at City Lore (September 14th, 2023)]]></title>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I am on the record as being a fan of the Teasing Master Takagi-san anime. I selected the first season as one of my honorable mention recommended series for general audiences from the 2011-2020 decade. Last year, I picked the third season of Takagi-san as my 2022 anime series of the year and described it […]]]></summary>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[Hair Color in A Dream of Summer]]></title>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[We review our September articles and most-visited posts before looking ahead to October. Things are well-organized this month.
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The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday
The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations
The Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100
Justin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020
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Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ
Oldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the 1968 and…
The Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal
New Bark Town and The New Leaf Journal Slogan]]></summary>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[Newsletter Leaf Journal CLV 〜 Shades of your newsletter await! 〜]]></title>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Today we end September with the 155th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of The New Leaf Journal. The final week of September brought with it three fairly long articles. Below, I will recap those articles along with our usual assortment of links around the web and other news and notes about The New Leaf Journal.
Leaves from the week that was
While I only published three articles since mailing newsletter 154, all three articles were long. Word count over article quantity?
A Dream of Summer - Visual Novel Review (I entered the final section of al|together visual novel reviews with one of my longest reviews. A Dream of Summer has some of the best production values of the al|together visual novels, but as my review reveals, some aspects of the story left me wanting…]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Our 155th newsletter features links to my three newest articles (a visual novel review, the 12 games which left the biggest impression on me, and a journey through Kanto Pokemon town slogans), 12 links from around the web (banker's boxes and whales), a link to a music video, NLJ news, and notes on the fall anime season.
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[A colorful journey (puns intended) through the slogans of the towns of Pokémon's Kanto Region before and after a certain time skip.
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Winds of New Beginnings: Pokémon Gold & Silver
Imagination in Pokémon Red and Blue
The Pokémon Special Split in Generation 2 - Statistics and…
Pokémon: Pathways to Adventure (1999) Review
Bill's Secret Garden - A Pokémon Generation 1 Urban Legend
Ranking My Big Impression Video Games
Upcoming Ferrell Vs Gurbo Pokémon Draft Battle
Two Independence Day-Themed Pokémon Battles: Ferrell vs…
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I published the list of the 12 video games that left the biggest impression on me in close to 30 years of gaming over at The New Leaf Journal (see article). My New Leaf Journal article contains my reasoning for each selection. Here, I will re-post the list without the essay. Pokémon Red Harvest Moon: […]]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I am moving toward finishing my al|together visual novel review project. I just finished reading A Dream of Summer (which had been pending for a while) and one of two translations of Narcissu (I did not realize that the al|together Narcissu was two translations in one package). This leaves just three novels to read. With […]]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Welcome to the 154th 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. While our short posts are on hiatus for the time being, I published six full articles since I last mailed you. You will find links to our new articles along with links from around the web and other news and notes below.
Leaves from the week that was
Six articles? Is this September 2020 instead of 2023? Let us see what is new...
Broken Optical Audio Cable Door "Fix" (I think my sticky note fix is rather clever)
On Barry Bonds' IBBs in 2006 and 2007 (One can infer why Barry Bonds was walked at an unprecedented r…]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[An 1829 quip about the comedy of life reminded me of a quote attributed to Augustus on his deathbed (14 AD), which I turned into a 2020 article.
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I was so proud of my solution to a broken optical audio cable door on my soundbar that I decided to turn it into an article. All it took was part of a sticky note... but the "fix" can still fall victim to sudden movements.
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Wherein I try to understand how the post-superhuman Barry Bonds in 2006 and 2007 was walked almost as much as the record-breaking Bonds of 2001-2003 (not 2004... of course).
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The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho
The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations
Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)
ACE Academy - Visual Novel Review
The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review
The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review
Four May Issues of The Nursery Magazine (1873-81)
The Poetry of Charlotte Becker - Early Twentieth Century…
Should the Pistons have drafted Carmelo?]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[How I used a sticky note to hold an optical audio cable in place in my Yamaha soundbar after the optical audio cable door broke.
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Replacing soundbar and re-configuring universal remote for…
An Optical Audio Cable Packaging Story
Optical audio cable story update
Micropost on Soundbar and Remote Struggles
The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review
Meghan Markle's "The Bench" and Audio Book Versions of…
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Welcome to the 153rd 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. It was not a big publishing week at The New Leaf Journal, but I produced a few articles while also continuing to work on improving the site and its sister project, The Emu Café Social. Let us begin our week-in-review.
Leaves from the week that was
I technically published three new articles, but one was about our cache system serving some visitors a compressed page to download instead of the normal web page for 12 hours on Thursday. Technical issue update aside, my two full articles were fairly long.
Removed general NAF Gitea feed because it pulls in updates that do not make sense for this site. I will replace it with individual repo feeds.]]></summary>