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Peace is a state of balance and understanding in yourself and between others, where respect is gained by the acceptance of differences, tolerance persists, conflicts are resolved through dialog, peoples rights are respected and their voices are heard, and everyone is at their highest point of serenity without social tension

The Principle of Least Drama says that given a choice between several ways of dealing with a problem, pick the one that generates the least drama. If the only approach you can think of is laden with drama, sign off for the night. You may think of a new alternative in the morning, or someone else may have implemented a better approach. Wikipedia:Drama#The_Principle_of_Least_Drama

• The first thing to note is that sources must be published, and accessible to at least some members of the public. Therefore things like closed archives, private correspondence, eyewitness accounts, live broadcasts which were not recorded for posterity, etc. are not acceptable sources. Sources should ideally be online, to make them easier to verify, but offline sources are also acceptable as long as they are cited with sufficient bibliographic details to enable them to be reliably identified for verification purposes; see WP:OFFLINE for more on that. There is no need to upload scans, screenshots or other images of any source, in fact that would quite possibly amount to a copyright violation anyway. DoubleGrazing
• Wikipedia is amazing. It’s a dream come true from the perspective of people who want free, accessible knowledge. It’s literally the greatest thing the internet has ever produced. Wikipedia is free, accessible, well-organized, and constantly moderated by an obsessive army of volunteers who make public edits. Articles have citations. Articles link to each other, showing the connection between concepts. We should be ENCOURAGING our students to use Wikipedia. Sure, tell them to cite the sources at the bottom if they are writing a research paper. But in the age of LLMs, we need to dispense with this idea that Wikipedia is generally “unreliable” because humans write it. Wikipedia invariably has the most accurate, comprehensive, and well-organized explanations of historical events online (outside of maybe a really excellent textbook accessible in a pdf or something). Hagne on reddit
• Long-term Capital Gains. Long‑term capital gains apply to assets held for more than one year before being sold. These gains benefit from preferential tax rates, which are typically lower than ordinary income tax rates and are based on your overall taxable income. Reinvesting the proceeds from a sale does not eliminate or defer capital gains taxes in a taxable account. When a capital asset is sold at a profit, the gain is generally taxable in the year of the sale, even if the proceeds are immediately reinvested. Capital gains taxes are triggered by the sale itself, not by how the proceeds are used.
• On the night after the midterms DT posted on Truth Social about the Republican candidates he endorsed and in many cases hand-picked during the primaries. They all fell like dominoes.

...is a Puku I think. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11037/50189881 ...a crisis of confidence

• I completly rewrote the guidlines today

A nomination I made for EOTW received a second six days ago but hasn't been accepted yet. Is there an issue with the nomination? I'm just trying to figure out whether I did something wrong or whether it's just fallen through the cracks. Thanks, QuicoleJR (talk|edits) 18:35, 19 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

Not to worry. No issue whatsoever. No harm done. I will move it to Accepted forthwith. It's been a busy time in RL. Thanks for the gentle reminder of unfinished business. Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 02:57, 20 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

No worries, I definitely know what it's like to be super busy IRL. QuicoleJR (talk|edits) 03:00, 20 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

We just sold a building we have lived in for forty years last week and are in the dire search for a new place to hang our many hats. I very much appreciate your input and involvement in EOTW. Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 03:06, 20 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

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• "...a modern, open and secure" building that was sensitive to London's architectural context".
• A complex envelope of blast-resistant glass and a polymer skin (known as ETFE) will provide both security and energy efficiency while shading the building on its sun-exposed sides.
• "I have to be careful in talking about specific security requirements of this particular building," Timberlake said. "But the glass skin is quite robust." It also helps the building, which is estimated to cost about $500 million, put a transparent face to the city and maximizes natural light for workers inside. Photovoltaics in the building's skin and on its roof will generate electricity.
• The Kieran Timberlake design is more formally pure, and effective at maintaining openness.
• According to Jane Loeffler, author of The Architecture of Diplomacythe selection "...very fashion-forward, but it's not just trendy; it has rationale and science behind it."
• At a hearing in 2015, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a Utah Republican and chairman of the House oversight committee, slammed the administration’s construction process as mismanaged, resulting in a building with an “opulent-looking” glass facade that favored aesthetics over security.

  Architect James Timberlake responded that the design met strict security requirements and the gleaming exterior was “one of the first glass embassies in the world,” which conveyed an “open and welcoming” atmosphere.

• exterior sails

• {https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/12/style/chattanooga-courthouse-trump-federal-architecture?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc&recs_exp=up-next-article-end&tenant_id=related.en}
• According to Kevin D. Murphy, a professor and chair of history of art at Tennessee’s Vanderbilt University, the new design evokes a version of 1930s classicism “associated with fascist states.” Murphy also disputed the architects’ claim that the building symbolizes a value that, he believes, should be central to all contemporary courthouses: transparency. Quite the opposite, in fact: "To me it isn’t at all transparent. It is very formidable and very solid, in a very conventional way," he said over the phone, adding: "Is that the message you want to send about the judiciary? That it’s intimidating?"