Stephen Smith 🇺🇦
I am a long-time advocate of space exploration, settlement and commerce. Migrated from @WordsmithFL on Twitter.
Joined Nov 2022
Stupid Microsoft Word tricks ...
I'm editing my history book's final draft. Having not done one of these in decades, I followed obsolete standards, e.g. Ibid in italics. CMOS says no italics.
I've been going one-by-one to remove the italics, then remembered that Word's Replace command lets you search by font too!
This is what it looks like (in Word 2010).
I know there are lots of other tricks I'll have to resurrect, e.g. generating an index, down the road.
The vapor trail from a sunrise #SpaceX launch.
A flock of glossy ibis photobombed my video of this morning's #SpaceX launch.
From #FloridaToday:
"... Republicans make up nearly 37% of Florida’s voters, compared to about 29% for Democrats. A significant number of voters in Florida, 3.92 million, or just over 34%, are affiliated with no political party or the minor parties.
From #FloridaToday: 103,000 books removed from Brevard Public Schools libraries.
"[M]ost of the books aren't banned from the district, but rather, are titles that may have been pulled due to a lack of circulation, damage or similar reasons."
From #Politico: #Trump campaign confirms that it was hacked. Politico confirms that it has received some of the stolen documents.
(The campaign claims it was "Iranian hackers.")
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/10/trump-campaign-hack-00173503
Courtesy of Mike's Weather Page ... Invest 98 is up to 80% chance in the next seven days, but most models think it will be forced north before it reaches #Florida. We'll see.
We do a Saturday movie matinee from our DVD collection.
Today's film is "Downfall" -- the Hitler 2004 version, not the #Trump 2024 version. 🤣
Earlier films:
Shakespeare in Love
Good Night and Good Luck
Solo
Ed Wood
Last Action Hero
The Maltese Falcon
Mamma Mia!
The Hunt for Red October
Citizen Kane
Backdraft
Damn Yankees
Get Smart
Great Expectations
The Right Stuff
Seven Days in May
Dances with Wolves
Buckaroo Bonzai
Serenity
Barbie
The #Arizona Republic on last night's #Harris2024 rally.
"More than 15,000 supporters at Glendale’s Desert Diamond Arena watched as the redrawn Democratic presidential ticket made their first appearance in Arizona and reaffirmed the state’s status as a battleground."
#Politico found the black man who was in the near-helicopter crash with #Trump. It was then-L.A. City Council member Nate Holden, in 1990, and of course #Kamala #Harris had nothing to do with it.
They all look alike to Trump ...
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/09/trump-plane-crash-california-00173487
The #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn test article arrived in town a couple days ago. They were practicing with it today at Port Canaveral. As does #SpaceX, Blue plans to return New Glenn on a ship to the port, then lift it out of the water for reuse.
Amateur photos with my smartphone.
Now up to 60% chance of formation in the next seven days. Some evidence that it might eventually turn northward. If it forms, it will become #Ernesto.
Courtesy of Mike's Weather Page on Facebook.
Stephen Smith 🇺🇦
I am a long-time advocate of space exploration, settlement and commerce. Migrated from @WordsmithFL on Twitter.
Joined Nov 2022