the Mittineague Blog

Mittineague Wildflowers

• There are no plants in blossom on December 18th.
  The earliest date currently listed is Mar 15, and the latest date is Nov 11

WordPress

• WordCamp US 2019 dates announced December 13, 2018
  Save the date! The next WordCamp US will be held on November 1-3, 2019, in beautiful St Louis, Missouri. One of our largest events of the year, WordCamp US is a great chance to connect with WordPress enthusiasts from around the world. This is also the event that features Matt Mullenweg’s annual State of the […]
• WordPress 5.0.1 Security Release December 12, 2018
  WordPress 5.0.1 is now available. This is a security release for all versions since WordPress 3.7. We strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately. Plugin authors are encouraged to read the 5.0.1 developer notes for information on backwards-compatibility. WordPress versions 5.0 and earlier are affected by the following bugs, which are fixed in version […]
• WordPress 5.0 “Bebo” December 6, 2018
  Say Hello to the New Editor We’ve made some big upgrades to the editor. Our new block-based editor is the first step toward an exciting new future with a streamlined editing experience across your site. You’ll have more flexibility with how content is displayed, whether you are building your first site, revamping your blog, or […]

HCFAMA

Code Pink

• Jes is building a Bridge of Hearts
  Dear CodePink Friends,Please check out my website: bridgeofhearts.orgIf you're on Facebook, I'd love to be your friend!I'll be using Facebook to set up house parties for a tour of the U.S. this summer,and I'll be showing a personal documentary on Iran, featuring footage from my last two trips.If you're interested in hosting a house party, […]
• Questionnaire for Tea Party
  Dear Tea Party members, In an effort to better understand the sentiments of your group and see where we, in the peace movement, might find common ground, we would appreciate it if you would answer a few questions. Thank you for your time.o The Cold War has been over for 20 years, yet we maintain […]
• There Are No Goodbyes
  I just wanted to briefly abuse my posting privileges here and say goodbye to the Pink House. I will never forget that great space full of joy, love, action, energy and creativity. A big thanks and hug to Des for being my surrogate mama when I was in DC, and to everybody I met who […]

ACLU

• People Should Be Allowed to Sue Facebook If It Violates Law on Face Recognition Privacy
  We filed a court brief opposing Facebook’s effort to make it harder to enforce a pro-privacy law. Ten years ago, Illinois enacted a law that imposes important protections against companies collecting and storing our biometric information — including using facial recognition— without our knowledge and consent. The law is called the Biometric Information Privacy Act. […]
• New Hampshire Police Arrested a Man for Being Mean to Them on the Internet
  Criminal defamation laws belong in the dustbin of history. Should it be a crime to call public officials corrupt? Yes, according to the police in Exeter, New Hampshire. Earlier this year, they arrested a local man for writing a comment on a news website accusing Police Chief William Shupe of covering for a corrupt officer. […]
• Will the Supreme Court Overturn Roe v. Wade After All?
  Reading the tea leaves on abortion rights. This piece was originally published in The New York Times. When the Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear cases brought by Louisiana and Kansas attempting to exclude Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers from their Medicaid programs, legal soothsayers were out in full force opining about what it means […]

Taxpayers for Common Sense

• Farm bill 2018, trade warTrump Administration, Making Farm Welfare Payments Great AgainSimple solutions to complex problems create more complex problems
  The trade mitigation payments to agriculture should be called There and Back Again because we’ve essentially gone back to direct payments to farmers and ranchers. Ag Secretary Perdue this week announced USDA’s launch of the second and supposedly final (don’t hold your breath) tranche of hush money payments to farmers and ranchers affected by Trump’s […]
• Shutdown 2018Another Shutdown LoomsSpoiler: There are no real winners in a shutdown.
  Here we are, staring at yet another shutdown conversation. We’ve had so many, we have a page devoted to the subject, believe it or not. Lots could change is changing, by the minute, as the powers-that-be stare at the terrible optics of people going without paychecks, even if temporarily, just before Christmas. Government Grinch much? […]
• Sales SummaryEnd of Year Oil and Gas Lease Sales Bring Low Bids for TaxpayersDOI offers up three million acres for oil and gas development in eight December lease sales
  In the first two weeks of December, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), an agency within the Department of the Interior, held eight lease sales offering more than 3 million acres of federal land for oil and gas development in 12 states ranging from Arizona to Alaska. The lease sales had mixed results, underscoring the […]