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God Bless Us Everyone

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Christmas greetings from all of us at Ricochet!

If you're just visiting us or you're a long time member, you are all the reason we do what we do. 2024 portends to be a momentous year and we hope you'll take us along for the ride - not just for the politics, but for all the tears, the triumphs, the joys, the sorrows, everything that makes us all human and makes this place a community.

The changes here are being made everyday, the majority of which you cannot yet see but we hope you've felt. About 75% of the code that runs our site has already been replaced and streamlined.

As usual the week between Christmas and the New Year will be a little bit slower than normal. Many of our podcasters are taking the week off for a much needed respite. That makes our member posts and our community even more important.

We'll see you next year!

Charles, John, Rob, Peter, James, Brian and Perry

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  • JennaStocker@JennaStocker

    Thank you for throwing open the doors of a home for us who often feel we have none. Ricochet — which means to say the people behind it, those holding it up from beneath the crawl space, and fellow travelers and members — is one of the blessings I am most grateful for this year and every year. Merry Christmas.

  • Eugene Kriegsmann@EugeneKriegsmann
    It is hard to do better than the preceeding comments. They really say it all. This has been a place that I have enjoyed visiting several times a day, everyday for several years. It has remained civil and friendly even when we disagree. That makes it a very special place. I don't write posts very often, but when I have, and I will admit to feeling a bit inadequate compared many of our members, I have invariably been made to feel respected in a way that I could never expect anywhere else on the web. This is a place that deserves the kind of esteem that has mistakenly been granted to Ivy League schools where the conversations are likely a lot less erudite. I love Ricochet. I can't say much more than that. A very Merry Christmas to all and my deepest wish for all our members to have a wonderful and successful New Year.
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