If you’ve followed this blog for more than a year, or (more likely) existed in the United States media landscape for the past few years, you probably already know that we—though largely Black communities in the United States—celebrate Juneteenth or Emancipation Day today, recognizing the day following the Civil War, when the military (officially, at least) freed Texan slaves, the final state to have received the official declaration, due to its position in the southwest of the country at the time and the sunk cost by its leaders in maintaining slavery. (No, really. Its occasional independence, the Oklahoma panhandle, the Alamo, and a lot more all revolve around refusing to free slaves.)

I mention this blog, because I have made an effort to recognize it in 2020, 2021, and 2022, where you’ll find my general thoughts on (frankly) one of the few holidays that we have that actually celebrates something unambiguously good, the dismantling of a toxic institution.

A 1905 Emancipation Day celebration in Virginia, the precursor to Juneteenth

While you hum Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing to yourself, read about what (little) I’ve worked on this past week.

Library Updates

I needed to bump (finally) versions of libraries for the Bicker, Fýlakas Onomáton, Morning Dashboard, Ham Newsletter, Play to Slack, Scan Data, Slack-up, and Zoea repositories.

Next

I have at least come close to the end of required library updates, so expect a return to actual projects, like the Mastodon Tool Trunk.

Credits: The header image is Emancipation Day in Richmond, Virginia, 1905 formerly curated by VCU Libraries, long in the public domain due to an expired copyright.