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1. Denis Warburton (artandtechnic@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 05:21:05 JST Denis Warburton

   Listening to the local school board meeting, in which someone is having to explain to a board member the concept of depreciation.

   Unfortunately, repeatedly saying “I’m struggling [to understand this]” is needlessly painful.

   • Denis Warburton (artandtechnic@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 05:21:03 JST Denis Warburton

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     We are now at the point in the proceeding at which a random member of the public eats the mic, yelling about “incorrect English” taught by “BrainPOP.”**

     That stream-of-conscience scream proceeded to encompass phrases including but not limited to “CRT,” “anti-cop,” and “woke left ideology.”

     In other words, a story “told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

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     ** Specifically, uses of the word “they” that have long been established as valid.

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 05:21:03 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     @artandtechnic I always like to point out that Shakespeare uses the singular they:
     "There's not a man I meet but doth salute me
     As if I were their well-acquainted friend "

   • Denis Warburton (artandtechnic@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 05:21:04 JST Denis Warburton

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     Thankfully, the next item is significantly less ridiculous: choosing to observe Oct 20th (Diwali) as a school holiday.

   • Denis Warburton (artandtechnic@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 05:21:04 JST Denis Warburton

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     (It passed unanimously.)

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 05:21:49 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     @artandtechnic also I'm a they/them with a bunch of CRTs, I should show up to some school meetings and scare off these fools.

     I've also got colored hair, which I think is what they mean by "woke"