{ "sources": [ { "title": "Recent Commits to nljfeeds:main", "feedUrl": "https://github.com/nafnlj/nljfeeds/commits/main.atom", "siteUrl": "https://github.com/nafnlj/nljfeeds/commits/main", "articles": [] }, { "title": "The New Leaf Journal", "feedUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/feed", "siteUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com", "articles": [ { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=22054", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "A full and complete review of the first season of Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki, which aired in 2021.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review\nThe Best Anime Series of 2021\nNew Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki Anime\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nLeveling up Yamada-kun at Lv999 to Linux\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nDialogue: Dinosaur fight tier-lists\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/bottom-tier-character-tomozaki-anime-s1-review/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-29T22:02:22.000Z", "wordCount": 7348, "title": "Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki S1 Anime Review", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/hinami-afternoon-lecture-tomozaki.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=22031", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "With season 2 of The Dangers in My Heart just around the corner, I review season 1 of the middle school romance with an antisocial boy and a popular model.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nHeights in “The Dangers in My Heart” Anime\nHeight differences in anime romances\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nOn Review Scoring Systems\nThe Best Anime Series of 2021\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nNew Leaf Journal Third Birthday Reader\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-dangers-in-my-heart-s1-review/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-28T12:37:00.000Z", "wordCount": 5441, "title": "The Dangers in My Heart S1 Anime Review", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/dangers-in-my-heart-kyotaro-murder-dictionary.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=22022", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "Inspired by a series of recent blog posts, I offer a proposed set of best practices for media review scoring systems.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nNew Leaf Journal Third Birthday Reader\nal|together Visual Novel Reviews and Posts\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal…\nKaori After Story - Visual Novel Review", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/on-review-scoring-systems/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-27T16:38:18.000Z", "wordCount": 4975, "title": "On Review Scoring Systems", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/nihon-review-scatterplot-nlj.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21984", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "Once clad in a witch's hat for Halloween, an endearing green car in Gowanus is now bearing Christmas presents.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Wicked Car of the Gowanus - Car with Hat\nRudolph the Red-Nosed Car with Antlers\nio [Christmas Eve] - Visual Novel Review\nPlain Song Christmas Special - VN Review\nA Christmas Menagerie On a Lawn in Gowanus\nMake it Christmas With a Santa Hat\n\"Uncle Susan is a Wolf\" - A Graffiti Photo and…\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nThe Inflatable Christmas Dragon of Gowanus", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/gowanus-green-car-with-christmas-presents/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-24T22:28:05.000Z", "wordCount": 1918, "title": "Gowanus Green Car With Christmas Presents", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/gowanus-car-with-presents-side-nlj.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21968", "author": "Victor V. Gurbo", "description": "Victor V. Gurbo shares two recordings of his original holiday song, Christmas & You.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review\nTwo Independence Day-Themed Pokémon Battles: Ferrell…\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nFour May Issues of The Nursery Magazine (1873-81)", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/victor-v-gurbos-christmas-you/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-24T17:45:19.000Z", "wordCount": 3002, "title": "Victor V. Gurbo’s “Christmas & You”", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Image_RobertGurbo-nlj-ver.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21945", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "A Carroll Gardens home works to make sure that we know how long until Christmas.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nio [Christmas Eve] - Visual Novel Review\nSnowman with One-Eyed Frog Hat - Pure Evil?\nSnowman with Mask 〜 It's the thought that counts\nPlain Song Christmas Special - VN Review\nA Christmas Menagerie On a Lawn in Gowanus\nBrooklyn Snowman and Winter Storm Gail Sights\nReviewing Bob Dylan's \"Shadow Kingdom\" Stream\nKaori After Story - Visual Novel Review\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/snowman-christmas-countdown-clock/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-22T17:30:00.000Z", "wordCount": 1769, "title": "Snowman Christmas Countdown Clock", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/snowman-countdown-straight-nlj.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21929", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I finally review the only al|together visual novel translation in which the player takes the perspective of a pet cat (Don-kichi, to be precise).\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nFour May Issues of The Nursery Magazine (1873-81)\n\"Fradie-Cat\" - A Children's Poem By Clinton Scollard\nIs my cat deaf, or does she just not give a...?\n\"Winter Quarters\" - An 1882 Poem About a Very Warm…\nI, Too, Saw Dreams Through Air - VN Review\nMIDI sound for games on Arch-based distro\nAt Summer's End vs A Dream of Summer\nMalcontent Openclipart Cat Christmas Tree", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/my-black-cat-visual-novel-review/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-22T14:15:00.000Z", "wordCount": 3973, "title": "My Black Cat – Visual Novel Review", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Screenshot_2023-12-10_14-02-24.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21890", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "Reviewing one of the more unique and polished al|together visual novel translation projects, Moonshine.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nMay Sky - Visual Novel Review\nNarcissu (Insani version) VN Review\nFrom the Bottom of the Heart - VN Review\nThe Mystery of Sōseki and Tsuki ga Kirei\nThe Letter (Tegami) - Visual Novel Review\nCrimsoness - Visual Novel Review\nA Midsummer Day's Resonance - VN Review\nRunning Yuuki!Novel Ver of Tegami on Linux", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/moonshine-visual-novel-review/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-22T14:00:00.000Z", "wordCount": 4640, "title": "Moonshine – Visual Novel Review", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/moonshine-title.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21879", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "Santa emerges from a chimney in brownstone Brooklyn: A photo story in 3 acts.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nAn Inquiry Into the Nature of Santa Claus\nMake it Christmas With a Santa Hat\nSanta Claus's Delivery Van Seen in Brooklyn\nReviewing Three Boutique Guitar Strings\nOn Barry Bonds' IBBs in 2006 and 2007\nJustin & Justina 〜 A Christmas Present Struggle\nA Christmas Menagerie On a Lawn in Gowanus\nThe Holiday Inflatable Dragon in Brooklyn\nInflatable Thanksgiving Turkey With Pilgrim Hat", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/dynamic-inflatable-chimney-santa/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-21T17:55:13.000Z", "wordCount": 1830, "title": "Dynamic Inflatable Chimney Santa", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/inflatable-santa-chimney-nlj-3.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21868", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "A dialogue on how (almost) any holiday decoration or lawn ornament can aspire to Christmas with a Santa hat.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nAn Inquiry Into the Nature of Santa Claus\nDynamic Inflatable Chimney Santa\nio [Christmas Eve] - Visual Novel Review\nPlain Song Christmas Special - VN Review\nA Christmas Menagerie On a Lawn in Gowanus\nSanta Claus's Delivery Van Seen in Brooklyn\nJustin & Justina 〜 A Christmas Present Struggle\nReviewing Three Boutique Guitar Strings\nThe Inflatable Christmas Dragon of Gowanus", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/make-it-christmas-with-a-santa-hat/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-21T17:47:22.000Z", "wordCount": 2326, "title": "Make it Christmas With a Santa Hat", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/santa-hat-cardinal-nlj.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21859", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "A photo of S-cape, a private boat seen docked at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Marina on May 31, 2023.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Nice Boat 〜 A Look Back at the School Days Anime\nBoat playground seen from Brooklyn Bridge\nSearching for School Days' Nice Boat\nHistory of New York's Evacuation Day\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\n1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge\nGulf Stream Boat Sculpture at Brooklyn Bridge Park\nnice.boats Domain Available For Sale\nBill's Secret Garden - A Pokémon Generation 1 Urban Legend", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/a-boat-named-s-cape/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-17T17:30:00.000Z", "wordCount": 1869, "title": "A Boat Named “S-cape”", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/s-cape-nlj.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21853", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I concur with an argument in favor of external linking while taking a different perspective to argue in favor of humane internal linking.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\n1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge\nShould the Pistons have drafted Carmelo?\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\nThe Poetry of Charlotte Becker - Early Twentieth…", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/on-internal-and-external-linking/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-13T17:49:13.000Z", "wordCount": 3076, "title": "On Internal and External Linking", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/new-leaf-journal-site-icon-23-ver.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21845", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "A short guide for immigration law followers to adding Board of Immigration Appeals precedent decisions to Zotero.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nAnalyzing BIA Decision in Matter of Salama\nMatter of Man, 12 I&N Dec. 305 (BIA 1967) - BIA Hong…\nMy heroic broken link report to U.S. DOJ\nThe Matter of Great Wall - But Not Those Walls\nNoncitizen Nationals as Immigrant Visa Petitioners\nImmigration Issues in NYPD Chinese Agent Case\nGolf and Immigration: Matter of Masters\n\"A Strange Admixture of Contentions\" - Study of a Phrase\nMy Default Apps as of December 2023", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/adding-eoir-bia-decisions-to-zotero/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-12T13:30:00.000Z", "wordCount": 2619, "title": "Adding EOIR BIA Decisions to Zotero", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/necessary-fields-for-matter-of-mrms-zotero.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21842", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I have received many spam emails at The New Leaf Journal... but none top a request for assistance from China's former Defense Minister.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…\nJustin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020\nThe New Leaf Journal Newsletter\nOldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the…\nRecommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based…\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/li-shangfu-emails-the-new-leaf-journal/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-11T16:52:34.000Z", "wordCount": 2307, "title": "Li Shangfu(?) Emails The New Leaf Journal", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/new-leaf-journal-site-icon-23-ver.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21768", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "Reviewing the al|together visual novel translation that started it all and eventually made its way to Steam.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nCrimsoness - Visual Novel Review\nal|together Visual Novel Reviews and Posts\nFlood of Tears - Visual Novel Review\nFrom the Bottom of the Heart - VN Review\nMay Sky - Visual Novel Review\nA Midsummer Day's Resonance - VN Review\nio [Christmas Eve] - Visual Novel Review\nBuilding ONScripter-Insani on EndeavourOS", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/narcissu-insani-version-vn-review/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-09T22:06:10.000Z", "wordCount": 6402, "title": "Narcissu (Insani version) VN Review", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/narcissu-title.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21763", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I join the cool kids in posting a list of my \"default apps\" for computers and mobile devices as of December 7, 2023.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nReview of /e/ - An Android Alternative For Mobile Phones\nRecommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based…\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nReviewing Keikai Launcher (Android)\nInstalling and Running Bodhi Linux on a 2007 MacBook\nFeeds and Read-It-Later for Online Reading\nInstalling Ubuntu Touch on a Google Nexus 7 (2013)\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal…\nInstalling GrapheneOS on a Google Pixel 6a", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/my-default-apps-as-of-december-2023/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-07T13:30:00.000Z", "wordCount": 3571, "title": "My Default Apps as of December 2023", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/obtainium-screenshot.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21730", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "The story of a Bonsai tree sent from Mississippi to New York City with a great number of Styrofoam peanuts.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Pine Tree Lovers of Takasago\nThe Fallen Tree in Brooklyn Heights\nThe Plum Tree Blossoms Always in the Springtime\nAn Unclear and Indistinct Idea of a Truth Tree\nA Brave Little Tree Grows in Manhattan\nWhen President Coolidge Spared a Raccoon From…\nSaw-whet? The Rockefeller Christmas Tree Owl\nEvergreen Carroll Gardens Christmas Tree\nA Rather Dry Christmas Tree in Brooklyn Heights in April", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/unpacking-a-mississippi-bonsai-tree/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-04T13:15:00.000Z", "wordCount": 2065, "title": "Unpacking a Mississippi Bonsai Tree", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/bonsaibox1-nlj.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21726", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "The Bush Clinton Playground is named for one failed presidential candidate, but that is not why the name is memorable.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nA Walk Across the Hamilton Avenue Footbridge\nBiden, Lincoln, and Counting Back From the President's Birth\nDangers of Eating Red Hook Fish and Eels\nPhotos of a pigeon eating berries\nRed Shift Visual Novel Review\nThe Over-Filled Red Truck in Red Hook, Brooklyn\nAnother Hamilton Avenue Footbridge View\nOhio Makes a BQE-Related Pitch for NYC Businesses\nThe Dead End Sign in Red Hook, Brooklyn", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/bush-clinton-playground-in-red-hook/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-03T18:00:00.000Z", "wordCount": 2138, "title": "Bush Clinton Playground in Red Hook", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/bush-clinton-nlj.jpg" } ] }, { "title": "Leaflets | The New Leaf Journal", "feedUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/leaf/feed", "siteUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com", "articles": [] }, { "title": "Leaf Buds | The New Leaf Journal", "feedUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/leafbud/feed", "siteUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com", "articles": [] }, { "title": "Letters | The New Leaf Journal", "feedUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/letter/feed", "siteUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com", "articles": [] }, { "title": "Collections | The New Leaf Journal", "feedUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/collection/feed", "siteUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com", "articles": [] }, { "title": "The Emu Café Social", "feedUrl": "https://social.emucafe.org/feed", "siteUrl": "https://social.emucafe.org", "articles": [ { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=650", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I checked by 404 logs over at The New Leaf Journal. I found an interesting user agent among the myriad web crawlers: PoorlyConfiguredWebCrawler I appreciate that the crawler advertises that it is not well configured. You get the feeling that whoever released the poor thing on the internet is asking us to not be too […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/poorlyconfiguredwebcrawler-in-logs/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-27T18:29:59.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "PoorlyConfiguredWebCrawler in Logs", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=647", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "My privacy-friendly local page-counting solution for WordPress, Koko Analytics, picked up a referral from snapchat.com over at The New Leaf Journal. Snapchat? Really. I thought this was for sending photos. No no, don’t correct me. I am happy living in ignorance. I will just go on living under my assumption that Snapchat is not the […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/snapchat-referral-to-nlj/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-26T16:35:05.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Snapchat Referral to NLJ", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=640", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I enjoy some of the fun public domain images on Openclipart. For Christmas 2022, I shared a “cat Christmas tree” over at The New Leaf Journal. This year, I will use my new social posting site (it seems more conducive for the purpose) to share a fun Openclipart Christmas owl posted by Openclipart artist Michal […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/oca-santa-owl/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-25T16:43:03.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Merry Christmas – Openclipart Santa Owl", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=636", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "My good friend Victor V. Gurbo noted over on The New Leaf Journal that his college friend gave him the prompt for a melancholy Christmas song that would have no prospect of commercial success. I addend his post to note that the unnamed friend was a very versatile character. The person Victor refers to is […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/friend-christmas-music-school-days/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-24T18:11:26.000Z", "wordCount": 965, "title": "Friend With Music Prompts and School Days Hot Takes", "imageUrl": "https://social.emucafe.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-emucafesocial_icon-1.jpg" }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=630", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I send a weekly newsletter attached to The New Leaf Journal called The Newsletter Leaf Journal. Unsurprisingly, I focus on sharing links to my latest articles (including some from here) and news and notes about my projects. 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Ferrell", "description": "I read many video game magazines when I was a kid. Back in my day, E3, which typically took place in May or June, was the major video game expo and a major event in the magazines. I used to look forward to E3 coverage. Over the years, I stopped reading video game magazines and, […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/so-long-e3/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-12T17:35:55.000Z", "wordCount": 747, "title": "So long, E3", "imageUrl": "https://social.emucafe.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-emucafesocial_icon-1.jpg" }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=610", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "Yukinu over at Yukinu blog posted a simple and tasty looking 5am udon recipe. I approve with the qualification that I would opt for unsalted chicken broth (if I am adding soy sauce) and that I am not sure if I am ready for udon at 5 AM (I usually prefer hot cereal for breakfast). […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/mealmaster-udon-recipe/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-11T21:13:29.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "MealMaster Udon Recipe", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=602", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "An article in Ars Technica reported that Systemd Linux distributions (which describes most distributions these days) will receive a much-desired updated from Windows: The Blue Screen of Death. From the article: Today, version 255 of the Linux systemd project honors that original intent by adding a systemd-bsod component that generates a full-screen display of some […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/systemd-bsod-linux/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-11T15:50:18.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "BSOD Coming to Linux", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=597", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "Blogger foreverketh.is put together a very good list of webrings and similar collections of personal websites and blogs. I recall having come across it before, but I had previously missed that I am cited as a contributor for my New Leaf Journal article on the idea of a “social” media consisting of independent personal websites. […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/foreverliketh-blogs-and-webrings/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-09T18:06:20.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Foreverliketh List of Blogrolls and Webrings", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=597", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "Blogger foreverkeith.is put together a very good list of webrings and similar collections of personal websites and blogs. I recall having come across it before, but I had previously missed that I am cited as a contributor for my New Leaf Journal article on the idea of a “social” media consisting of independent personal websites. […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/foreverlikeith-blogs-and-webrings/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-09T18:06:20.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Foreverlikeith List of Blogrolls and Webrings", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=595", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I was inspired to create an article listing my default apps by a project to collect default app posts on Hemispheric Views. I wrote my default apps article and then made a pull request to have the article included in the Hemispheric Views project. The curator merged my pull request within two hours. I am […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/joining-hemispheric-views-app-defaults/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-08T19:09:35.000Z", "wordCount": 953, "title": "Joining Hemispheric Views App Defaults", "imageUrl": "https://social.emucafe.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-emucafesocial_icon-1.jpg" }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=581", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I use YYDevelopment’s free (including of cost) and open source WordPress plugin, Show Pages ID, both here and on The New Leaf Journal. I received a dismissible banner on my plugin page asking for a WordPress review. What about an on-site review? Show Pages ID is a very simple plugin that adds a field to the WordPress admin screen […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/review-of-show-pages-id-for-wordpress/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-07T15:59:41.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Review of Show Pages ID for WordPress", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=579", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "The law office I work for uses Dropbox. I use Dropbox in a browser profile I set aside for work instead of the local app. I just noticed today that when I upload a file, a little gray box appears in the bottom right corner of the screen showing the upload progress. When the upload […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/dropbox-balloons/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-06T20:12:51.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Dropbox Balloons", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=576", "author": "Nicholas A. 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Maybe I never thought about it because I have never been […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/on-round-manhole-covers/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-06T15:49:54.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Why manhole covers are round", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=567", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I primarily use feeds to stay on top of interesting authors and websites. I seldom need to deal with newsletters because almost everything I follow (including a few Substack and Buttondown newsletters and the newsletter for Tablet Magazine) also have RSS feeds. But there are a few exceptions, notably some of the Real Clear network […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/opentrashmal-to-rss/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-05T17:04:04.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "[Bookmark] Email newsletters via RSS", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=560", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I started a GitHub repository for Bing ban stories when The New Leaf Journal ran into a Bing ban. While my project is no longer banned by Bing, I am still maintaining the repository. Today, I added a (now-resolved) Bing ban story from Mr. Andrew Ward regarding his portfolio and blog site.", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/bing-ban-repo-update1/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-03T01:39:08.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Bing Ban Repo Update", "imageUrl": null } ] }, { "title": "The Newsletter Leaf Journal", "feedUrl": "https://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal/rss", "siteUrl": "https://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal", "articles": [ { "id": "https://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal/archive/167/", "author": null, "description": "Welcome to the 167th 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. We had New Years Eve for the last newsletter of 2022, but we will have to settle for New Years Eve Eve in 2023. But while we missed the holiday this year, I think we nevertheless have some holiday-tier content to bring 2023 to a close. \nLeaves from the week that was\nWe (actual \"we\" this time) published five new articles since mailing Newsletter 166. \nVictor V. Gurbo's \"Christmas & You\"\nI included links to Victor's two YouTube videos of his recording of his original song, Christmas & You, with last week's new…", "link": "https://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal/archive/167/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-30T21:53:03.000Z", "wordCount": 3364, "title": "Newsletter Leaf Journal CLXVII 〜 Top-tier new year 〜", "imageUrl": "https://image-generator.buttondown.email/api/emphasize-subject?subject=Newsletter%20Leaf%20Journal%20CLXVII%20%E3%80%9C%20Top-tier%20new%20year%20%E3%80%9C&author=The%20Newsletter%20Leaf%20Journal&date=2023-12-30&img=https://buttondown-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/919fb579-e1c4-44f2-a6d6-67b7ab020810.png" }, { "id": "https://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal/archive/166/", "author": null, "description": "Welcome to the 166th 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. Today's Christmas Eve Eve newsletter comes with six new articles, more links from our new around the web backlog, and other news and notes. \nLeaves from the week that was\nI was busy on Thursday and Friday after a brief publishing drought... \nA Boat Named \"S-cape\"\nDespite being entirely spoiled by the headline, this article strangely had one of the better debut weeks of any 2023 article. \nMake it Christmas With a Santa Hat\nJustin of our Justin and Justina dialogue duo has a theory, supported by evidence in t…", "link": "https://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal/archive/166/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-23T19:28:28.000Z", "wordCount": 2744, "title": "Newsletter Leaf Journal CLXVI 〜 Christmas Eve Eve 〜", "imageUrl": "https://assets.buttondown.email/images/fecd29c3-803a-4631-83e6-5ef9889c3656.png" }, { "id": "https://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal/archive/165/", "author": null, "description": "Welcome to the 165th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the evergreen 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 have plenty of content to share with you this week from many new articles and short posts to the story of how the winds of new beginnings blew over my Around the Web backlog. Because I have plenty to share, I cut the introduction short so we can get to the sharing.\nLeaves from around the web\nI spent more of the last week working on New Leaf Journal projects than publishing them. While many of my articles are in the work in progress phase, I still managed to deliver four new articles since mailing Newsletter…", "link": "https://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal/archive/165/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-16T17:38:29.000Z", "wordCount": 2706, "title": "Newsletter Leaf Journal CLXV 〜 Lost & not found 〜", "imageUrl": "https://image-generator.buttondown.email/api/emphasize-newsletter?subject=Newsletter%20Leaf%20Journal%20CLXV%20%E3%80%9C%20Lost%20%26%20not%20found%20%E3%80%9C&author=The%20Newsletter%20Leaf%20Journal&date=2023-12-16&img=https://buttondown-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/919fb579-e1c4-44f2-a6d6-67b7ab020810.png" }, { "id": "https://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal/archive/164/", "author": null, "description": "Welcome to the 164th 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 editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell. Our second newsletter of December 2023 brings three new articles, news from our other project, links from around the web, and other interesting notes from the week that was.\nLeaves from the week that was\nI published three new articles at The New Leaf Journal since last sending a newsletter...\nBush Clinton Playground in Red Hook\nThe best-named playground in New York City. \nUnpacking a Mississippi Bonsai Tree\nAll the Styrofoam peanuts you could ever want. \nMy Default Apps as of December 2023\nInspired by others, I created a list of my de…", "link": "https://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal/archive/164/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-09T18:23:10.000Z", "wordCount": 2508, "title": "Newsletter Leaf Journal CLXIV 〜 Newslettero 64 〜", "imageUrl": "https://image-generator.buttondown.email/api/emphasize-subject?subject=Newsletter%20Leaf%20Journal%20CLXIV%20%E3%80%9C%20Newslettero%2064%20%E3%80%9C&author=The%20Newsletter%20Leaf%20Journal&date=2023-12-09&img=https://buttondown-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/919fb579-e1c4-44f2-a6d6-67b7ab020810.png" }, { "id": "https://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal/archive/163/", "author": null, "description": "Welcome to the 163rd 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, N.A. Ferrell. Below, I have our six newest articles (one of our more varied collections), 21 links from around the web, links from our own archive, and brief news and notes from the week that was.\nSpeaking of the week that was...\nLeaves from the week that was\nI published six new articles since mailing the Newsletter 162.\n1783 NY Evacuation Day Song\nA short follow-up to my history of Evacuation Day.\nNBA MVPs and MVP Teammates\nFun stats and notes on NBA MVPs who played with other NBA MVPs.\n5 Years Without Breaking My Coffee Glass\nNo…", "link": "https://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal/archive/163/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-02T22:28:24.000Z", "wordCount": 2171, "title": "Newsletter Leaf Journal CLXIII 〜 McNewsletter 〜", "imageUrl": "https://buttondown-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/919fb579-e1c4-44f2-a6d6-67b7ab020810.png" } ] }, { "title": "Hacker News - Newest: \"thenewleafjournal\"", "feedUrl": "https://hnrss.org/newest?q=thenewleafjournal", "siteUrl": "https://news.ycombinator.com/newest", "articles": [] }, { "title": "Emu Café Memos", "feedUrl": "https://memos.emucafe.org/u/2/rss.xml", "siteUrl": "https://memos.emucafe.org", "articles": [ { "id": "https://memos.emucafe.org/m/42", "author": null, "description": "Restarting Pipewire:\n\nsystemctl --user restart pipewire pipewire-pulse\nsystemctl --user daemon-reload\nSource: https://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?326248-Just-upgraded-pipewire-and-want-to-reload-it-without-rebooting&s=58ca81ba2d4b8adaf9adedf8214b6d9f&p=1848593#post1848593\n\n#Pipewire #Linux #Troubleshooting", "link": "https://memos.emucafe.org/m/42", "publishedOn": "2023-12-23T01:35:15.000Z", "wordCount": 21, "title": "Restarting Pipewire:", "imageUrl": "https://www.usememos.com/logo.png" }, { "id": "https://memos.emucafe.org/m/41", "author": null, "description": "Hostinger guide to WP Cron. Considering looking into changing my set-up after a minor issue with missed jobs for ActivityPub on Emu Cafe Social:\nhttps://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/how-to-setup-and-manage-a-wordpress-cron-job\nSee also WordPress Codex guide:\nhttps://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/hooking-wp-cron-into-the-system-task-scheduler/\n#WordPress #Cron #Linux", "link": "https://memos.emucafe.org/m/41", "publishedOn": "2023-12-14T18:26:17.000Z", "wordCount": 21, "title": "Hostinger guide to WP Cron. Considering looking into changing my set-up after a minor issue with mis...", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://memos.emucafe.org/m/40", "author": null, "description": "Docs for pushing from Gitea to other forges.\nhttps://docs.gitea.com/next/usage/repo-mirror\n#Gitea #GitHub #GitLab #Codeberg", "link": "https://memos.emucafe.org/m/40", "publishedOn": "2023-12-10T04:09:09.000Z", "wordCount": 21, "title": "Docs for pushing from Gitea to other forges.", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://memos.emucafe.org/m/39", "author": null, "description": "The first issue is resolved. I do not have an immediate use-case for Micropub at the moment so I will look into that again later if need be. I suspect the issue has to do with page caching (because the issue is always caching).\n#WordPress #IndieWeb #Caching #emucafesocial", "link": "https://memos.emucafe.org/m/39", "publishedOn": "2023-12-08T18:02:43.000Z", "wordCount": 21, "title": "The first issue is resolved. I do not have an immediate use-case for Micropub at the moment so I wil...", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://memos.emucafe.org/m/38", "author": null, "description": "While installing EndeavourOS on a mini PC yesterday, I ran into an error at 13% complete which forced install to fail. The issue was likely tied to a failure to download updates (computer did not have onboard wi-fi, so I was using a cheap Panda Wireless dongle which only supports 2.4 connections). When I tried to go through the installer again, automatic disk partitioning was not available. Solution: Rebooted and went back into live environment and installed offline (no issue since I wanted KDE Plasma). Installed with no issue.\n#EndeavourOS #Calimares #Linux", "link": "https://memos.emucafe.org/m/38", "publishedOn": "2023-12-08T17:44:26.000Z", "wordCount": 21, "title": "While installing EndeavourOS on a mini PC yesterday, I ran into an error at 13% complete which force...", "imageUrl": null } ] }, { "title": "Emu Café Memos", "feedUrl": "https://memos.emucafe.org/u/3/rss.xml", "siteUrl": "https://memos.emucafe.org", "articles": [] }, { "title": "The New Leaf Annex", "feedUrl": "https://newleafannex.emucafe.org/feed", "siteUrl": "https://newleafannex.emucafe.org/", "articles": [ { "id": "https://newleafannex.emucafe.org/foss-simple-mobile-tools-alternatives/", "author": null, "description": "Simple Mobile Tools is a suite of free and open source android apps designed to replace Google’s default apps. However, “free and open source” will likely be a thing of the past after Simple Mobile Tools was acquired by ZippoApps. 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Ferrell", "feedUrl": "https://listed.to/@nafnlj/feed.rss", "siteUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/author/naferrell", "articles": [] }, { "title": "nafnlj on Pixelfed", "feedUrl": "https://pixelfed.social/users/nafnlj.atom", "siteUrl": "https://pixelfed.social/nafnlj", "articles": [ { "id": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/644640615770151186", "author": null, "description": "The ultimate test of my theory that a Santa hat can make just about anything Christmas. Not Tux (surely that penguin is Tux), but the gentleman just behind Tux.
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\nSanta hat dialogue:
\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/make-it-christmas-with-a-santa-hat/
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\n#NYC #Brooklyn #BoerumHill #Christmas #ChristmasDecorations #Penguin #Tux #TerracottaSoldier #Brownstones #BrownstoneBrooklyn #TheNewLeafJournal #NewLeafJournal #Pixel3aXL", "link": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/644640615770151186", "publishedOn": "2023-12-24T20:51:39.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "The ultimate test of my theory that a Santa hat can make just about anything Christmas. Not Tux (surely that penguin is Tux), but the gentleman just behind Tux.\n\nSanta hat dialogue:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/make-it-christmas-with-a-santa-hat/\n\n#NYC #Brooklyn #BoerumHill #Christmas #ChristmasDecorations #Penguin #Tux #TerracottaSoldier #Brownstones #BrownstoneBrooklyn #TheNewLeafJournal #NewLeafJournal #Pixel3aXL", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/644596641601324556", "author": null, "description": "Cardinals are somewhat Christmas-y for a variety of reasons, but I still ordinarily associate them with warmer months (from my New York perspective). However, if you put a Santa hat on a cardinal -- it is clearly and beyond doubt Christmas-y.
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\nDialogue discussion:
\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/make-it-christmas-with-a-santa-hat/
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\n#NYC #Brooklyn #BoerumHill #Cardinal #Bird #ChristmasDecorations #LawnOrnament #SantaHat #Christmas #Pixel3aXL #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal", "link": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/644596641601324556", "publishedOn": "2023-12-24T17:56:55.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Cardinals are somewhat Christmas-y for a variety of reasons, but I still ordinarily associate them with warmer months (from my New York perspective). However, if you put a Santa hat on a cardinal -- it is clearly and beyond doubt Christmas-y.\n\nDialogue discussion:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/make-it-christmas-with-a-santa-hat/\n\n#NYC #Brooklyn #BoerumHill #Cardinal #Bird #ChristmasDecorations #LawnOrnament #SantaHat #Christmas #Pixel3aXL #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/644260926462331416", "author": null, "description": "Just about anything can become a Christmas decoration with a Santa hat: Part 1, \"The Flamingo\"\n\nDialogue:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/make-it-christmas-with-a-santa-hat/\n\n#NYC #Brooklyn #BoerumHill #Flamingo #Angel #Christmas #ChristmasDecorations #SantaHat #Brownstone #BrownstoneBrooklyn #PIxel3aXL #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal", "link": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/644260926462331416", "publishedOn": "2023-12-23T19:42:54.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Just about anything can become a Christmas decoration with a Santa hat: Part 1, \"The Flamingo\"\n\nDialogue:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/make-it-christmas-with-a-santa-hat/\n\n#NYC #Brooklyn #BoerumHill #Flamingo #Angel #Christmas #ChristmasDecorations #SantaHat #Brownstone #BrownstoneBrooklyn #PIxel3aXL #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/644239376505423654", "author": null, "description": "It is easy to remember that Christmas is on December 25. But what if you forget what day it is now? One home in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, worked to make sure that everyone knows how long until Christmas. (Note that the clock works -- but the red LED does not show in my photo).
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\nArticle with additional photo:
\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/snowman-christmas-countdown-clock/
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\n#NYC #Brooklyn #CarrollGardens #Christmas #Snowman #ChristmasDecorations #Clock #Countdown #Reef #Pixel3aXL #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal", "link": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/644239376505423654", "publishedOn": "2023-12-23T18:17:16.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "It is easy to remember that Christmas is on December 25. But what if you forget what day it is now? One home in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, worked to make sure that everyone knows how long until Christmas. (Note that the clock works -- but the red LED does not show in my photo).\n\nArticle with additional photo:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/snowman-christmas-countdown-clock/\n\n#NYC #Brooklyn #CarrollGardens #Christmas #Snowman #ChristmasDecorations #Clock #Countdown #Reef #Pixel3aXL #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/643848118943907802", "author": null, "description": "An inflatable Santa emerging from (or going into, depending on perspective) an inflatable chimney in three acts. Seen (if I recall correctly) in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.
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\nArticle:
\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/dynamic-inflatable-chimney-santa/
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\n#NYC #Brooklyn #BoerumHill #Christmas #ChristmasDecorations #SantaClaus #Inflatables #Brownstones #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal", "link": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/643848118943907802", "publishedOn": "2023-12-22T16:22:33.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "An inflatable Santa emerging from (or going into, depending on perspective) an inflatable chimney in three acts. Seen (if I recall correctly) in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.\n\nArticle:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/dynamic-inflatable-chimney-santa/\n\n#NYC #Brooklyn #BoerumHill #Christmas #ChristmasDecorations #SantaClaus #Inflatables #Brownstones #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/643517454040879425", "author": null, "description": "Seen at the Marina in Brooklyn Park... and I see what they did there... S-cape.
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\nArticle with context about the area:
\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/a-boat-named-s-cape/
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\n#NYC #Brooklyn #BrooklynBridgePark #Marina #Yacht #Pun #Boat #pixel3axl #newleafjournal #thenewleafjournal", "link": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/643517454040879425", "publishedOn": "2023-12-21T18:28:37.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Seen at the Marina in Brooklyn Park... and I see what they did there... S-cape.\n\nArticle with context about the area:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/a-boat-named-s-cape/\n\n#NYC #Brooklyn #BrooklynBridgePark #Marina #Yacht #Pun #Boat #pixel3axl #newleafjournal #thenewleafjournal", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/638086270948333344", "author": null, "description": "I came across a certain Bush Clinton Playground in Red Hook, Brooklyn (NYC) a few years ago and was amused by the name. When I walked by last week, I decided to take a photo and turn it into an article. Despite the fact that the name invokes our 41st, 42nd, and 43rd Presidents, those with a cursory knowledge of New York City history will know that the \"Clinton\" here is DeWitt Clinton, who served as Mayor of NYC, Governor of NY (following his father George on Governor) and was the Federalist nominee for President in 1812 (he lost fairly narrowly to James Madison). What about Bush? I was not sure who Bush Street was named after, and I learned that New York City is also not quite sure.
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\nArticle:
\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/bush-clinton-playground-in-red-hook/
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\nArticle with the full story and photographs of the healthy bonsai:
\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/unpacking-a-mississippi-bonsai-tree/
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