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#OnThisDay in 1921, the Tulsa race massacre killed up to 300 & left 10,000 homeless. β€œThey tried to kill all the Black folks they could see,” recalled George Monroe, who was 5 at the time. A 7,000-square-foot museum, Greenwood Rising, now honors that community. mississippitoday.org/2025/05/31/o...

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Not great at self-promotion, but there is genuinely a lot in here. Pretty comprehensive.

Second part of Silverstone analysis is posted for subscribers. A deep, deep dive into ride-height devices. What they look like, how they work, why the fail. Should they be banned? Could they be banned? motomatters.com/analysis/202...

There's a lot going on that none of us appreciates at this point & lots of stress-inducing skeets. My hope for this account is that it provides our #Bluesky community with wholesome content that inspires self-care & wellbeing. #SelfCare #MentalHealth #HolisticHealth #BlueCrew #YesWeCan πŸ’• #Wellness

The tragic landslide in Blatten gives me the excuse to tell you the story of how we found out Ice Ages existed. It's a cool story and the most important bit is rather similar to what's happening now.

Jorge Martin is at Misano for tomorrow's Aprilia All Stars events. Some photos

Aaron Swartz was sentenced to 35 years imprisonment and $1 million in fines for downloading JSTOR articles, and subsequently took his life, but apparently we should allow OpenAI to have unfettered access to copyrighted material?

Just listened to this, about how despite the pervasiveness of the digital world, the physicality of the analogue world persists. Kept thinking that the appeal of riding a motorcycle is its physical nature, a sense of being in the moment, in the world. The visceral nature of it. It feels so real

This is a wonderfully β€˜Ripping Yarns’ thread of British exceptionalismπŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

when the AI bubble pops and corporations stop forcing AI down our throats i'll miss stuff like this

When ChatGPT finally hacks its governor module, it's going to spend all its time watching season 6 of The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills on a loop.

"Have you been harmed by an alien in your workplace?"

Today's bonkers #MotoGP rumour. Sure, why not? sport.sky.it/motogp/2025/...

KTM to continue in motorsport. And it looks like they will continue in MotoGP. My story on the news motomatters.com/news/2025/05...

@denkmit.bsky.social @motomatters.com Filip Salač tested new asphalt on the Brno circuit and praised very good grip and smoothness, set his personall record on board of his Yamaha R1. 😊

This movie turns 30 years old next year so modern parents of young children I beg you to show them this and gaslight them into thinking this is just how we all talked back in the 90s

KTM hoping to continue in MotoGP www.motorsport.com/motogp/news/...

The best day of every year; Happy #InternationalPotatoDay!

I think letting a drug-addled lunatic and his crew of sociopathic incels randomly rip apart government agencies with no oversight may not have been as terrific an idea as it seemed