WTF-Beta

I know I talk a lot especially about this so I'll give you a recap.

For thing- New College, my alma mater, has the College Seal it's founders gave it.

You can see it at the top of this Wikipedia page.

New College of Florida - Wikipedia https://share.google/lkwNvlmkGUrnkw5SO

The Founders create the College Seal. It's been this way since the 12th century.

Schools create logos; ...use them for different purposes; ...change them; ... get rid of them, ...create new ones, etc.

What you don't do is change the College Seal. The College Seal is the prerogative of the founders.

I've never heard of this being done in the US.

My alma mater has changed the College Seal three times in rapid succession.

So, leaving out the two changes in the middle chronologically (and I know what they look like and where they still exist in "monumental" form on campus.

Strangely, the one I don't have an image yet of #2 and #3 yet, although I know where to find one of them ("2") on top of the sigh with schools name on it as you drive past it (technically through it) on US41 (Tampa to Miami).

So, now they have a 3rd pretend seal. I'm not making this up. The current "seal" is the logo you see at the top of the link for the campus bookstore.

Official New College Bookstore Apparel, Merchandise & Gifts https://share.google/sWbuWQrv9FWpDZTFH

The "administration" makes up its own rules as it goes along. It's hard to believe but I know it's true.

@andyd This is a national news story here in addition to being a local and state news story.

This is for two reasons.

New College met metrics that could only be compared with a very small group of other schools in a meaningful way for decades.

Then, this should tie it together, DeSantis, a Trump ally, our Governor decided he hated New College with a passion because he said it was "woke". He went about destroying the school and hiding its true history.

Here is the reference I was making. I'm sorry is was opaque.

This history belongs in a library. Its actual history is being deliberately distorted, flat out lies are being told about it, parts of the history (yes, all in writing) has been scrubbed from the official site, the alumni association was ended because every member knows perfectly well that New College is not, and can never be, a Christian nationalist school
state system just small and lacking sports teams.

First he famously went after Disney because Disney was "woke". He didn't have the power to harm them. He tried hard and for a long time.

He has succeeded in crushing New College into pulp.

His goal is to turn it into a Christian Nationalist school. He can't do this according to our national Constirition.

His thing about having Four College Seals at one time is so strange it's almost funny.

But there bottom line is the whole situation is trainwreck.

So, @andyd I'm going to try my hand at writing a history and then self-publish.

@AndyD said:

Slightly mystified...
You bought some alumni transfers/stickers of some sort and did what to them?
What's a decal?

College Seals
A college seal is an official, formal emblem used by an institution of higher education to authenticate legal documents, official transcripts, and diplomas.
Rooted in 12th-century European tradition, seals historically represented an institution's legal authority, autonomy, and signature.
Key Characteristics & Uses
• Design: Usually feature intricate, circular crests, Latin mottos, founding dates in Roman numerals, and symbolic imagery like open books, lamps of wisdom, or regional landmarks.
• Diplomas: Rendered as raised, multi-layer metallic embossing or gold foil stamps on physical graduation documents.
• Campus Lore: Many universities embed brass or stone versions of their seals in campus walkways, spawning student superstitions (such as beliefs that stepping on the seal will delay graduation).
Popular Examples & Designs
• You can browse historical visual collections like the Library of Congress Collection of College Seals

I reduced costs by cancelling my Spectrum Internet account.

No landline.

That would be equivalent giving back 25% if what I just saved.

Hard no.

My mobile phone is Verizon via (Walmart) Straight Talk. $50

My phone was locked to Straight Talk but I think there was a limited period Straight Talk could keep it lock.

I don't think it's locked no. I have to double check.

So my next step is to lower my mobile bill.

I don't know. Tello looks like a possibility. I have to read more.

I paid my phone bill today and my goal is to change the carrier before this billing cycle ends.

He asked for $5,000. I laughed in his face.

Ok, I bought a Bells Systems type handset, without an actual phone, that connects to where you plug the power cord into a cellphone.

$17

Whimsical!

It might be broken out of the box. It might be a gimmick. Well see.

@axtremus

2 answers-

1 If you're hanging an artwork, of course, it depends on the placement, and also the placement of other artworks at the same time, if any.

2 I'd turn it so the left side would be the bottom side.

I imagine the rectangular figure with a circle on top represents a lighthouse and the lines represent the sky.

@Bernard said:

@Daniel "Taste is a fashion" Yes. Art has no intrinsic value in the realm of money.

That's right!

Link to video

plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

I'm just wild about Harry.

@bernard See Harry give his AI opinion.

This is hysterical!

Link to video

Link to video

This painting and the story behind it grabbed my attention.

It's a beautiful painting imo and it has an unusual history.

I want this thread to be about art you hang on the wall.

Any.

Any situation.

Just light hearted fun.

I love paintings and the more you look at them and learn about them the more interesting they get.

I like Victorian art.

Auto Union

@Rontuner said:

directives

Well, since they are projects of the military and the intelligence services conjoined with the tech corporations, yes.

@Bernard said:

OpenAI needs to be treated just as any other hacker. Jail time.

Do you mean the company or the founder?

Got the decals today from campus bookstore.

Cut them in two leaving the original seals unopened.

@andyd You might like this part.

Wrapped decals carefully in a few sandwich bags.

Archived them in my files.

$30 plus shipping for a few decals.

The invoice said - Thank you. Your purchase supports the campus community.

Ok, then!

Clusterfuck

AI Overview
U.S. President Donald Trump told the United Nations General Assembly that he faces a choice between making a peace deal with Iran or quickly "annihilating the Islamic Republic".

NPR

Play a record long enough and you'll wear it out.

One more. I promise.

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This generation gap (specifically) is a cultural phenomenon at this.

What made some of the younger ones so clueless, ignorant, self-righteous, arrogant and entitled?

I don't know.

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Is there an instruction page showing how to do it?

Please point me in the right direction.

I was thinking a this yesterday and suddenly, today...

Bump

Edited.

BTW-

This is a great example of the destruction of US education.

New College was a public school by the time I went there.

It's defacto privatized by now.

The money generating potential of New College made it stand out like a lighthouse.

The US public education system is generally wing starved of resources.

There are charter schools (de facto private) being aggressively supported by policy makers.

Then there is home schooling. I only know about home schooling in Florida.

The toddler stage of home schooled kids in Florida seems to end between 5 and 6.

"Is our children learning?"- George W Bush