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  1. Miscellaneous Updates

    Every so often, I like to do these. People often ask me questions like this in email so I figure I’ll try to do one of these monthly. 

    What am I reading?: I just finished “Memorial: A Version of Homer’s Iliad” by Alice Oswald. I’ve read this before, but my husband and I were discussing Homer the other day and I shared this with him. It’s an extraordinary retelling …a poem, epic in its way, that catalogues every single death in the Iliad. That’s all it is, a poetic remembrance of the dead. It’s haunting. I highly recommend it. Other than this, I’m reading about 4th century asceticism for my dissertation. 

    What am I watching?: I just finished the second season of “House of David” and I highly recommend it. Samuel is awesome from start to finish. It is an incredibly immersive series. There’s going to be one more season. The young man playing David actually learned how to wield a sling, and all the sling work in the show is his own– the writers actually added more scenes in season 1 of him using the sling because he was so adept at it. I thought that was cool. The music, likewise, is quite haunting. 

    I’ve also been binge watching this martial artist who specializes in teaching girls to protect themselves. It’s good technique and I think this guy is going really important, maybe even sacred work. His Instagram handle is viswa_viswanath_, and here’s a link. 

    I’ve also been enjoying the military videos by “The Fat Electrician” on YouTube. Here’s one of my favorites. I’ve been watching him obsessively the past few days. He’s awesome. 

    What am I currently working on?: my dissertation. I’m hoping to finish by next year.

    That’s about it these days, except for Summer Sunwait, where we celebrate the six weeks leading into Summer Solstice, just like we do for the Winter Solstice. I’ve also been working on the various prayers that I’ve recently posted. 

    I’d love to hear the same from you, my readers. Let’s share cool things. 🙂

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  2. Hype for the Future 155L: Upcoming Content for futoTopFlex

    Introduction The Third Identity of novaTopFlex, located at https://www.youtube.com/@futoTopFlex, will return to standard programming in the near future with surname analysis and associated names with each and every given region of particularly the European continent. What to Expect Upcoming videos will likely contain the flags of different European flags for each and every given video, as appropriate. One of the principal duties of novaTopFlex is to learn the Unicode characters for the […]

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  3. Hype for the Future 155L: Upcoming Content for futoTopFlex

    Introduction The Third Identity of novaTopFlex, located at https://www.youtube.com/@futoTopFlex, will return to standard programming in the near future with surname analysis and associated names with each and every given region of particularly the European continent. What to Expect Upcoming videos will likely contain the flags of different European flags for each and every given video, as appropriate. One of the principal duties of novaTopFlex is to learn the Unicode characters for the […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  4. Hype for the Future 155L: Upcoming Content for futoTopFlex

    Introduction The Third Identity of novaTopFlex, located at https://www.youtube.com/@futoTopFlex, will return to standard programming in the near future with surname analysis and associated names with each and every given region of particularly the European continent. What to Expect Upcoming videos will likely contain the flags of different European flags for each and every given video, as appropriate. One of the principal duties of novaTopFlex is to learn the Unicode characters for the […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  5. Hype for the Future 155L: Upcoming Content for futoTopFlex

    Introduction The Third Identity of novaTopFlex, located at https://www.youtube.com/@futoTopFlex, will return to standard programming in the near future with surname analysis and associated names with each and every given region of particularly the European continent. What to Expect Upcoming videos will likely contain the flags of different European flags for each and every given video, as appropriate. One of the principal duties of novaTopFlex is to learn the Unicode characters for the […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  6. Hype for the Future 156E: Upcoming Content for futoTopFlex

    Introduction The Third Identity of novaTopFlex, located at https://www.youtube.com/@futoTopFlex, will return to standard programming in the near future with surname analysis and associated names with each and every given region of particularly the European continent. What to Expect Upcoming videos will likely contain the flags of different European flags for each and every given video, as appropriate. One of the principal duties of novaTopFlex is to learn the Unicode characters for the […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  7. CBC Response: It’s Not Our Job to Fact Check

    The CBC has responded to my ombudsman complaint and concluded that it's not up to them to question the World Happiness Report.

    freezenet.ca/cbc-response-its-

    #Miscellaneous #News #Canada #CBC #journalism #research #SocialMedia

  8. Ontario Premier Wants to Shield Himself from FOI Requests

    Ontario Premier, Doug Ford, apparently doesn't want to be subject to FOI because transparency is apparently bad.

    freezenet.ca/ontario-premier-w

    #Miscellaneous #News #Canada #DougFord #FOI #FreedomOfInformation #journalism #Ontario

  9. Ontario Premier Wants to Shield Himself from FOI Requests

    Ontario Premier, Doug Ford, apparently doesn't want to be subject to FOI because transparency is apparently bad.

    freezenet.ca/ontario-premier-w

    #Miscellaneous #News #Canada #DougFord #FOI #FreedomOfInformation #journalism #Ontario

  10. Canadian Government Refuses to Respond to Journalist Not Subsidized By Government

    You can ask questions of the government, but if you're not paid by the government, good luck getting a response.

    freezenet.ca/canadian-governme

    #Miscellaneous #News #accountability #BillC18 #Canada #government #journalism #OnlineNewsAct

  11. Canadian Government Refuses to Respond to Journalist Not Subsidized By Government

    You can ask questions of the government, but if you're not paid by the government, good luck getting a response.

    freezenet.ca/canadian-governme

    #Miscellaneous #News #accountability #BillC18 #Canada #government #journalism #OnlineNewsAct

  12. Canadian Government Refuses to Respond to Journalist Not Subsidized By Government

    You can ask questions of the government, but if you're not paid by the government, good luck getting a response.

    freezenet.ca/canadian-governme

    #Miscellaneous #News #accountability #BillC18 #Canada #government #journalism #OnlineNewsAct

  13. Canadian Government Refuses to Respond to Journalist Not Subsidized By Government

    You can ask questions of the government, but if you're not paid by the government, good luck getting a response.

    freezenet.ca/canadian-governme

    #Miscellaneous #News #accountability #BillC18 #Canada #government #journalism #OnlineNewsAct

  14. Canadian Government Refuses to Respond to Journalist Not Subsidized By Government

    You can ask questions of the government, but if you're not paid by the government, good luck getting a response.

    freezenet.ca/canadian-governme

    #Miscellaneous #News #accountability #BillC18 #Canada #government #journalism #OnlineNewsAct

  15. Peter Mansbridge in Hot Water for Failure to Disclose During Interview

    Peter Mansbridge was interviewing Pierre Poilievre and asked about submarine procurement while/after working for a South Korean firm.

    freezenet.ca/peter-mansbridge-

    #Miscellaneous #News #Canada #CBC #journalism #PeterMansbridge

  16. Peter Mansbridge in Hot Water for Failure to Disclose During Interview

    Peter Mansbridge was interviewing Pierre Poilievre and asked about submarine procurement while/after working for a South Korean firm.

    freezenet.ca/peter-mansbridge-

    #Miscellaneous #News #Canada #CBC #journalism #PeterMansbridge

  17. Peter Mansbridge in Hot Water for Failure to Disclose During Interview

    Peter Mansbridge was interviewing Pierre Poilievre and asked about submarine procurement while/after working for a South Korean firm.

    freezenet.ca/peter-mansbridge-

    #Miscellaneous #News #Canada #CBC #journalism #PeterMansbridge

  18. Peter Mansbridge in Hot Water for Failure to Disclose During Interview

    Peter Mansbridge was interviewing Pierre Poilievre and asked about submarine procurement while/after working for a South Korean firm.

    freezenet.ca/peter-mansbridge-

    #Miscellaneous #News #Canada #CBC #journalism #PeterMansbridge

  19. Peter Mansbridge in Hot Water for Failure to Disclose During Interview

    Peter Mansbridge was interviewing Pierre Poilievre and asked about submarine procurement while/after working for a South Korean firm.

    freezenet.ca/peter-mansbridge-

    #Miscellaneous #News #Canada #CBC #journalism #PeterMansbridge

  20. Mainstream Media Receives More Backlash Over Biased AOC Coverage

    The mainstream media has, once again, drawn criticism over blatantly biased coverage of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

    freezenet.ca/mainstream-media-

    #Miscellaneous #News #AOC #journalism #Media #politics