My birthday is six weeks to the day before Christmas. When I changed my nom du net on my birthday I guessed six weeks was long enough to refer to the previous name. So hencetorth you can just call me Daien (pronounced diane. The first lesson I learned online >30 years ago was the folly of using a girl's name among strangers.) … Felicidad Chanukah, Joyeux Christmas, and happy day, friends —df 25 december 2024—————————————————————————————————

What a pleasure to see Paul Krugman unleashed here. Not that I ever sensed the nyt was trying to subdue what he wanted to write, but god forbid anyone should write anything playful on a serious subject in the nyt. Krugman's wit was wasted there. —df 25 december 2024

I have received email requests lately for a substack messaging service that requires use of the substack app, which I do not use nor do I plan to. I consider substack an aggressive developer I have no reason to trust. It posted here as Notes without my knowledge or permission a Comment I had no reason to expect to go beyond the forum where I posted it let alone serve as my signature Note months before I discovered it. My browsers give me control over data that is unavailable on any app I know o…