Good Day DU (February 5, 2022)

[EarlG]

Today in History: February 5

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Hope you have a good weekend!

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Today's milestones: Congratulations to the following active DU members!

Anniversaries
LearnedHand (19 years), kysrsoze (19 years), PinkTiger (19 years), countingbluecars (17 years), AnotherMother4Peace (17 years), AmBlue (17 years), horacio (14 years), diehardblue (12 years), NewsCenter28 (11 years), erronis (9 years), kytngirl (6 years), Tink41 (3 years), RetiredVogon (2 years), Wingus Dingus (2 years)

Posting milestones
orleans (30000 posts), Bernardo de La Paz (40000 posts)

New members who posted for the first time
InstantGratification

[pandr32]

1. Happy weekend everyone

Congratulations to today's milestones!

[AmBlue]

2. Thanks EarlG!!

I love that you do this. I didn't realize my 17yr anniversary at DU had just passed until I saw your Good Day posts. I actually became an avid reader of DU after the election of 2000-- being a Floridian watching the news back then, I lived in a state of constant, daily horror and shock. This place became a spot of sanctuary during those difficult times. Sadly, I wasn't computer literate enough to figure out how to log in until much later, hence the 2005 anniversary date.

I remember Andy Stephenson and I myself became seriously involved in advocacy for trustworthy Florida elections administration. The work I did as a result, in collaboration with many others, including League of Women Voters, NAACP, Common Cause, and Advancement Project, was a big part of the effort to move our state away from touchscreen voting and onto paper ballots! Governor Christ (who was an R an the time) actually listened and was in support of that change, for which I give him due respect.

Suffice it to say, I am so grateful for DU. This place and it's kind, generous, mostly sane and sometimes cantankerous denizens are precious to me. Though I don't post often, I visit nearly daily and am so glad we're all here.

Thank you for ALL you do, and congrats for all the milestones!!