A quick primer on Mexican regional food differences.
Orange County’s Great Zoot Suit Panic of 1943 | OC Weekly
Yet another event that did not happen as the powers that be told you.
Big surprise.
Africa, Uncolonized: A Detailed Look at an Alternate Continent | Big Think
Africa: what if?
Also references one of my favorite books. Read the article, then pick up the book. Thank me later.
There Will Always Be a Max | Tor.com
General Tso’s Chicken Got Its Start in a Fancy Restaurant in Taiwan | Smart News | Smithsonian
The history of one of my favorite meals.
(((Echoes))), Exposed: The Secret Symbol Neo-Nazis Use to Target Jews Online
I actually started seeing the symbol used by Jewish folks online and wondered why.
Turns out they were flipping the script on the racists hatemongers singling them out.
A Nurse Describes the Smell of the Civil War | Smart News | Smithsonian
Sound and smell are among the things we are not able to gain from history. Photographs and old uniforms and weapons do not tell the whole story of a war.
Oral history: David Ross hits his first career homer off Mark Grace – Chicago Cubs Blog- ESPN
Even ex-Cubs are still Cubs.
Why It’s Perfectly OK for Activists to Wave Mexican Flag at Rallies | OC Weekly
“Anyone so easily swayed by the choice of a piece of cloth that they’ll wish a Trump on this country ain’t an ally you want.”
Much truth in that statement, more here.
The remains of Armageddon: Revisiting the sites of America’s atomic arsenal – The Washington Post
Places that (thankfully) never got their proper use.