Deeply saddened to learn that Mira Furlan, who played Delenn in Babylon 5, has died. Only 65.

Over to JMS:

Dave Winer asks:

What’s “neo” about neo-Nazis? Why not just call them Nazis? I’ve asked this question a bunch of times, over many years, never heard a satisfactory answer.

– Dave Winer, Scripting News

I’ve always thought it was just to distinguish from the original Nazis, the ones in Germany in the 30s and 40s.

And of course, congratulations Kamala. Her swearing-in was historic.

Biden’s speech talks of unity, and states that white supremacists will be defeated. I think we can all get behind that.

A new dawn for America. Congratulations, Joe.

Watching the US presidential inauguration. Somebody sanitises the podium between speakers. Covid times.

We finished Schitt’s Creek last night. Late to the party, but it was worth the wait.

We also finished the Christmas cake today. The true end of the season.

Submitted the first assessed pieces for my two modules today.

I could use such short, tweet-like posts as, effectively, paragraphs on a ‘Today Page,’ as Dave Winer and some other bloggers do.

I have a sort of mental goal of increasing my post-count this year. Ideally I’d like to hit 365. That doesn’t mean posting every day, necessarily (I didn’t post yesterday); but would need me to post several times per day. Even inconsequential fripperies like this.