Sorry it's been a while

[conuly]

I've just had a lot to do.

Wednesday I dragged Eva and her best friend, and also the two boys I babysit, to the Bronx Zoo. Because it's free Wednesdays. It's also packed Wednesdays, for some reason. Never could figure that out... :P (This week, it looked almost like there was no line! Then we saw that the line had been redirected to the other wall of the entrance. Boo.)

The kids had a reasonable amount of fun, they rode the camels, we ate Dippin' Dots (first time for 75% of the children!), and then we went to the playground. And then we came home, and I got to rest my feet for a minute before walking the dogs.

It's a very good zoo, but too much walking. Also: Not enough bathrooms or water fountains. I don't know what they were thinking when they designed that place, but they urgently need to renovate and add more of both... and put some of the water fountains in the anterooms to the bathrooms so you can get a drink even when it's cold out.

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Fannie Quigley, the Alaska Gold Rush’s All-in-One Miner, Hunter, Brewer, and Cook

Seersucker’s Curious Class Struggle

This yarn makes its own electricity

Rosa Parks' house may be returned to US from Germany

How to tell if you damaged your eyes during the eclipse (Also, this)

The Unsolvable Mystery of the Word ‘Hoosier’

Artistic Maps of Pakistan & India Show the Embroidery Techniques of Their Different Regions

No microbes? No problem for caterpillars

Nabisco's X-Rated Toy Scandal of 1971

Civil War lessons often depend on where the classroom is (Also, this)

More than 200 doomed Puerto Rico dogs saved by airlift to US

The Fight for America's Disappearing Ancient Dairy Cows

Kung Fu nuns strike back at rising sex attacks on women in India

The Great Divide: Growing up in Rural Washington as a Muslim Immigrant

Procter and Gamble’s new anti-racism ad is roiling white America

The Urban-School Stigma

A police union’s new video claims that “blue racism” against cops is more racist than actual racism

A recent FOIA request unveiled the contents of the Guantanamo Bay library. We talked to a prison librarian about what makes the collection notable.

Hooked, hoodwinked: Some drug rehabs aim for relapse and $$$

Atlanta homeless wary as city closes its last-resort shelter

GMOs Are Making an Agricultural Crisis in India Even Worse

'They're like the mafia': the super gangs behind Africa's poaching crisis

Police clear migrants from Rome piazza with water cannons

Where's the kelp? Warm ocean takes toll on undersea forests

Worrisome trend for health of wild dolphins

Hurricane Harvey, hours from landfall, is dangerous Category 4 storm

Secret Service depletes funds to pay agents because of Trump's frequent travel, large family

Trump administration imposes sweeping sanctions on Venezuela

CNN Anchor Has to Take a Drink Just to Get Through Reading the News (One week ago)

Trump pardons ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio over federal conviction (FUCK!)

A Most American Terrorist: The Making of Dylann Roof

Comments

[ioplokon]

ugh honestly we all saw the arpaio pardon coming but having it actually happen is so depressing. like the deportations under trump were more of an escalation of obama's policies than a rupture, you know? but actually pardoning arpaio & getting rid of the one chance for him to be held accountable for KNOWINGLY continuing with illegally discriminatory policies... it's just shitty.

[conuly]

I know and I want to scream omg

[dine]

while I truly appreciate the many and varied links you share, putting your own life/activities first is more than understandable. and epic trips to the zoo sound like lots more fun than coding links.

[conuly]

Well. I really like to read the news, so I missed out on that :)

And while I'm sure the kids had fun, four children (one of whom is four) is a lot of work! Then the next day it was run around with my mother. I love spending time with her, but I feel like for every hour I spend in her company, I need another hour to recuperate! She talks.

It's good to be able to clear up these open tabs and read what they actually say.

[wpadmirer]

I love that P&G ad. I have a black friend who told me years ago about having "the talk" with her two sons. I know this is all too real.

Fuck whites who think it's racists. If they weren't racists, they wouldn't be offended.

[conuly]

Fuck whites who think it's racists. If they weren't racists, they wouldn't be offended.

I think it's possible to not be an overt bigot and because of this be very sensitive to the idea that you might be part of a discriminatory structure and that your advantages are just that - advantages.

Of course, the thinking person strives to overcome this.

[wpadmirer]

Yeah, I've had that discussion, too. An high school acquaintance got angry with me because I said there were only three reasons for vote for Trump, 1) you're a racist, 2) you're rich, or 3) you're stupid. With her, it's definitely 1 and 2. (grin)

[kitcatwoman]

CNN Anchor Has to Take a Drink Just to Get Through Reading the News

I need a drink after watching that clip. :(

[conuly]

I know :(

[stardreamer]

From the P&G article: One popular Youtuber, Mike the Cop, asked his viewers, “Just imagine if the roles were reversed and instead of painting the entire group of law enforcement as this potentially deadly force when you get stopped by them, we painted, as cops, an entire race as potentially deadly?”

As if that's not ALREADY what they do!