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Sometimes when I am poring over primary sources trying to find evidence of something -- oh, say, the word in Anglo-Saxon for loom weights -- I feel that our current era is so over-documented that future historians will wish we would shut up.

submitted 6 hours ago • 1 comment

Robert Ripley's "Believe It Or Not" included Charles Schulz's first published drawing on February 22, 1937 (the hunting dog, credited to Schulz using his nickname Sparky). Schulz, then 14, would go on to a cartooning career of some renown.

submitted 8 hours ago • 11 comments

I think there's a good chance armed violence is coming. I am pretty sure it won't help us non-fascists to instigate it. But I am damn sure it's not safe for people to be calling for it on social media.

submitted 8 hours ago • 1 comment

'I am... we are the federal law'. There you go.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

acknowledging the history and existence of black people in america is not dei; it is not diversity; it is describing what is in front of you.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

So basically what Harvard Square was like in the 1970s. www.thecrimson.com/flyby/articl...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Whew. I had a nice distracting 4 day weekend, half staying awake, half catching up sleep. Now I'm back at work and I'm starting to see the line where cognitive dissonance slips over to moral injury. I write about careers and tech for government employees.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

This is a concentration camp. They are describing a concentration camp.

submitted 3 days ago • 503 comments

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul’s response: “We are a nation of laws, not ruled by a king. The MTA has initiated legal proceedings in the Southern District of New York to preserve this critical program. We’ll see you in court.”

submitted 3 days ago • 527 comments

I cannot think of anything more profoundly un-American than a president declaring himself a “king”

submitted 3 days ago • 140 comments

Bringing these people with them to every media appearance is literally the least Elected Dems could do.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

You know a technology is hot when the main argument for adopting it is, "It's not going away."

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

I keep forgetting to tell you: I was at an event at the Somerville Theater this weekend and there was a line for the men's room on breaks but NO LINE FOR THE WOMEN'S ROOM. I have never seen that happen before. The women's room was huge. I didn't see inside the men's.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

if you were accidentally fired while transporting a nuclear warhead and currently need a place to stay with said warhead please know that i have a sizable backyard and an abiding desire to be a nuclear power

submitted 3 days ago • 506 comments

It starts! Anyone from DHS who wants help with their polygraph examinations, just reach out. I have 25+ years experience representing both polygraphers & polygraphees. And if you want to be a #whistleblower, we're here for you too! @wbaidlaw.bsky.social news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...

submitted 3 days ago • 247 comments

Wait, DeJoy is stepping down and you didn't tell me? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

The New York Times analyzed the electoral impact of annexing Canada instead of asking why the president is talking like a dictator. www.readtpa.com/p/stop-analy...

submitted 4 days ago • 53 comments

Fight fiercely Pharma.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments