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wrestling is trans because someone who was gone for a while will come back with a new name and everyone immediately accepts that and forgets the old name

Robert Pious (March 7, 1908-Feb. 1, 1983) was a painter, illustrator, & cartoonist. His work appeared in books, magazines, & comic books from publishers such as Fiction House & Novelty. In 1933, he produced the comic strip, The Dopes, that was syndicated in Black newspapers. #BlackHistoryMonth

"You need to look at context and not judge old movies by modern standards!" Meanwhile, political cartoonists when these movies were made were like:

I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

This is just to say I have fired the bureaucrats throughout your government Even the ones that were probably keeping planes in the air Forgive me I am not very smart So efficiency Much savings

This gave me a good chortle this morning. Vance has that mysterious property that I believe Terry Pratchett referred to as "Char-isn't-ma".

“Not often is it given to a generation to be able to change the course of events in ways that may significantly affect the future. Yet this is at once the privilege and responsibility of us who live today.” Rachel Carson writing in opposition to businesses downplaying and discrediting science. 1963.

Astronaut, author, professional football player, and STEM educator Leland Melvin was born OTD in 1964. Here he is in the greatest photo ever produced by the US space program. Image: NASA

William S. Hart in the introduction of THE BARGAIN (1914). Many 1910s films featured this type of introduction, with the actors smiling in their civvies and then dissolving into costume with their demeanor changing to match. Hart was from the stage and this type of intro emphasized his resume.

If you want an extra layer of nerdism Drake was the first challenger on Orange Island that Ash thrashed.

looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.

A lot of people add a coda of "don't obey later" to "don't obey in advance, and that's good, but I want to make sure we don't lose the full meaning. Obeying in advance isn't giving in before they make you. It's doing what you anticipate will be demanded, before it is..

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NOT NOW, MELVILLE. READ THE ROOM.

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