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Monthly Archives: May 2024
The origin story of Leatherman’s “pocket survival tool”
The origin story of Leatherman’s “pocket survival tool”. Also, Conor Knighton continues to have the best gig.
Idaho Public Library to Go Adults-Only Due to New Book Ban Law
Republicans hate reading and learning so much that they’ve made libraries an adults-only venue.
France Debuts Scratch-And-Sniff Postage Stamps That Smell Like Baguettes
Scratch-and-sniff postage stamps. This is pretty awesome, though I imagine if anyone tries to do this with durian the global postal service will revolt.
Hinckley-Finlayson district wrong to bar Ojibwe song at graduation ceremony
So…you can likely invite a preacher to most school functions.
You can have the Pledge of Allegiance, which has included religious reference since the 1950s to start the school day or at most events. I mean, *I* don’t include it – I was raised right – but the indoctrination is in there for the past few generations.
But don’t you dare include a native ceremony into a graduating class celebration that is 1/3rd native.
Minnesota Historical Society will repatriate the ‘Mankato Hanging Rope’ to the Prairie Island Indian Community
Small steps in making things right around these parts. Symbols matter though.
Josh Gibson becomes MLB career and season batting leader as Negro Leagues statistics incorporated
Major League Baseball begins incorporating the players they refused to let play into the record books today.
Now we will truly see who was the best at what they do.
Comey: Trump election interference case ‘much stronger than I imagined’
The guy who put his thumb on the scale to get Trump elected really, really hopes New York state nails the assclown before he can gut the FBI he once led.
Yeah, NOW you care. Idiot.
Like it’s 1865: The Rochester Roosters are bringing back vintage ‘base ball’
Neat to see these guys get some coverage. We usually catch a game or two every year.
Whitten Inn discrimination lawsuit settled for $87K
In the process of reconstructing the old blog, I ran into this case from 2009.
The EEOC had a case against this racist that didn’t get settled UNTIL LAST YEAR.
Just like that racist criminal running for president, justice can take a very, very long time – if it happens at all. And the perps just laugh all the way to the bank as you wait for the system to recognize the flaws in the system. It never fixes them, but sometimes it recognizes harm has occurred.