MisterWanko

SallyStrange, 1 month ago to acab

Since people are talking about Kent State, Ohio, 1970, it's a good time to talk about Jackson State, Mississippi, 1970.

Similar situation, except there was no active protest, just a bunch of students hanging out. The mayor of Jackson declared a riot and called in the pigs. Someone threw a glass bottle, not at the pigs, but they still opened fire. Phillip Gibbs, a student at Jackson State, and James Green, a high school student who was walking home from his job, were murdered by cops. Many others were wounded.

Left: photo of James Earl Green, age 17

Right: photo of Phillip Gibbs with his wife, Dale

#ACAB #BlackHistory #history @histodons @blackmastodon

https://www.jsums.edu/margaretwalkercenter/gibbs-green-50th-commemoration-exhibit/the-gibbs-green-tragedy/

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/2986/i-saw-all-the-carnage-jsu-remembers-gibbs-green-tragedy-in-virtual-town-hall

Sepia-toned photo of a couple in a casual seated pose, looking towards the camera. She is on the left, nearly sitting on his lap, smiling, wearing a dark knee-length dress with buttons up the front and a wide collar, holding a white purse. Her hair is straight, shoulder-length, curled at the end, with bangs. He is wearing light-colored slacks and a boldly patterned shirt, like a Hawaiian short, and has his arm around his wife. His hair is short and his expression is more curious than friendly.

ai6yr, 1 month ago to random

Got my entire house moved out of containers back into the house. Boy, do we have a lot of stuff (just in general). You accumulate a lot of stuff over decades. I am going to set up a shredder and attempt to NOT keep a lot of paper, I'd love to go digital on paperwork (like the kids do nowadays, LOL... everything is a photo on their phone). #disasterremodeling #stuff

ps. free rowing machine for anyone in the Conejo Valley, if anyone wants, LOL. (just a run o the mill one, nothing special...)

DoomsdaysCW, 2 months ago to random

So, we occasionally have some mice in the house (even though we have a cat). I've worked on plugging up holes, but some still get through. Rather than use poison, I trap them in Have-A-Heart traps, then release them miles away in rural areas. It's more work than just leaving out poison, but it keeps birds of prey (and our kitty) safe from being poisoned.
#HaveAHeart #MouseTraps #HumaneTraps #NoPoisons

Teri_Kanefield, 2 months ago to random

If you have friends who are unglued about the Supreme Court decision and are simplifying the conclusions, you can send them to the piece I just posted.

Warn them that it is long, and that I will be taking apart some of their favorite legal pundits.

There was a time when I removed names before I critizied people.

No more.

No more Ms. Nice Girl.

https://terikanefield.com/the-outrage-machine-strikes-again-14th-amendment-section-3/

DemocracySpot, 2 months ago to random

Must everything be quantified, measured and compared, just because we can?

CultureDesk, 2 months ago to movies

"Blazing Saddles," Mel Brooks' Western satire about a Black sheriff (Cleavon Little) appointed to save the town with drunken gunslinger, the Waco Kid (Gene Wilder), turned 50 this month. In this slide show, MovieMaker looks at how the film was made. “It was designed as an esoteric little picture. We wrote it for two weirdos in the balcony. For radicals, film nuts, guys who draw on the washroom wall — my kind of people,” Brooks told Playboy in 1975.

https://flip.it/TN.ciP

#Movies #Film #Cinema #BlazingSaddles #Comedy #MelBrooks #CleavonLittle #RichardPryor #GeneWilder

nixCraft, 3 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to linux

Poll: What is the primary source of reliable information for #developers and #Linux / #Unix or IT-related topics when researching topics?

ai6yr, 3 months ago to cycling

Controversial take: MTBs are slow.

But, the fat tires are most certainly are better and safer after the rain with all the debris on the road here than the road bike... quite the slip hazard around here, at least until the city street cleaners show up and get all the wet leaves!!!

(switched to the MTB for a couple of weeks due to rain)

#cycling #BikeTooter

flexghost, 3 months ago to random

Party of personal freedom strikes again!

The Florida Republican House passed HB1 which bans kids from social media
…though it’s intent is to make everyone register in order to track dissent

Don’t want kids posting about having to work a double shift while pregnant?

What’s more: The CDC reports 12 million people had suicidal ideation last year
3,351 Floridians ended their lives in 2021
LGBTQIA+? Higher risk
This bill removes their support network

Fascism

🇺🇸

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1/BillText/e1/PDF

jeffjarvis, 4 months ago to random

For damned good reason, 1.5 million Germans came out to demonstrate against the far-right AfD. Where are our demonstrations against the far-right GOP in the US? We must stand up in this crisis in democracy as Germans do in theirs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/23/germany-far-right-alternative-for-germany-afd-reckoning-protest-future/

emelie, 4 months ago to random

My little sister, who is 16 years old wants to learn game programming. She doesn't have any prior knowledge, and doesn't know where to start. Is there any good learning websites or resources I could point her towards?

Sincerely,
an oblivious artist

Craigp, 4 months ago to random

Now I could have fruit for breakfast... but the deli down the street is serving meatloaf breakfast sandwiches and it's only -10 out. I could probably survive that.

... whoever thought of meatloaf breakfast sandwiches was a genius and whoever decided to only sell them for a month each year has undoubtedly saved my life.

mekkaokereke, 4 months ago to random

They're talking about grade inflation at the Ivies again. And OK, fair. Everyone gets an A. But can we also talk about educator inflation? Educator inflation is a good thing! By educator inflation I mean: the typical educator at a top tier university today, is miles better at educating, than the typical educator at that same institution 50 years ago.

The field of education is not static. There are constant advances in how material is presented, and how students are supported.

davew, 4 months ago to random

I asked ChatGPT to draw Julia Child as a blogger.

Teri_Kanefield, 4 months ago to random

Okay, I did it:
https://terikanefield.com/section-3-and-the-spirit-of-liberty/

I offer the radical idea that the Colorado Trump-ballot case and the application of section 3 of the 14th Amendment isn’t easy or straightforward.

Do your thing Mastodon (I always post here first).

GovTrack, 5 months ago to random

Provisions of S. 452 by Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV] were enacted on 12/22/23 (via H.R. 2670). Nuclear Fuel Security Act of 2023 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/s452 🏛️

gutenberg_org, 5 months ago to books

Ambroise Paré French physician, one of the most notable surgeons of the European Renaissance died #OTD in 1590.

He is considered one of the fathers of surgery and modern forensic pathology and a pioneer in surgical techniques and battlefield medicine, especially in the treatment of wounds. He was also an anatomist, invented several surgical instruments, and was a member of the Parisian barber surgeon guild. via @wikipedia

#books #medicine

Prothèses de jambes selon Ambroise Paré - 1575.