Update: RandomNeuron is taking Saturdays and DHM is taking Fridays, so the only open date is now Thursdays.

Hello MOTs, welcome to Morning Open Thread. No special theme, so the forum is open for whatever you wish to write.

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There is an essential requirement for diarists to claim the MOT diary slots for Thursdays, no later than the beginning of September.

While a short-term commitment would be helpful, the main need is for a long term serial commitment, something like ‘I’ll take Thursdays’.

Details:

For each date, compose and schedule a diary for 5:30 AM Central Time. You can compose and schedule before the publication date. In theory, you do not need to be viewing the site at publication time, but we have found such to be prudent, due to oddities with the new system.

It is necessary to cite ‘MOTs’ as a ’publish group’, so that followers get notified. You need to be a member of the MOT group to cite them, I can add you if needed. It is customary to select ’MOTs’ and ’MorningOpenThread’ as ’tags’. A handy place to do this is during the selection of a ’title image’.

Common topics are poetry, music, or historical items, but a ’blank slate’ diary would suffice as well. The main goal is to have a diary each of your days. An unwritten standard is: avoid topics that are pure politics, and especially those involving the orange slobbo. There are plenty of other diaries of that nature.

To request a slot(s), contact officebss. The best way to contact is by KOSmail, but officebss has some difficulties with messaging, so may have to use MOT comments for replies.

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For the 250th anniversary of the U.S., here’s the U.S. Navy Band performing The Stars And Stripes Forever. It was difficult to find a version of this where the piccolo solo(s) in the middle are distinctly audible, this is the best I could find.

And here’s Leonid and Friends doing a fine cover of the Chicago song: Saturday In The Park (I think it was the Fourth Of July)

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