July 4, 2019
NPR's other anthems, and not just for America
NPR has looked at 46 alternative (American) anthems, starting a year ago, discussing the history and meaning of individual songs, from "America the Beautiful" to "To Be Young, Gifted and Black". For ease of review, the full list is also included below the break, with links to individual tracks on YouTube, or enjoy the playlist from NPR on Spotify and Apple Music. [more inside]
41 is right out.
The Tree of 40 Fruit is a project by artist Sam Van Aken to graft 40 different kinds of heirloom stone fruit onto one tree. [more inside]
Click around and explore – will you like what you experience?
Enter FutureBook. Join a new, future-oriented social media site, Ordinary Citizen! Get the appropriate news you like. Learn about the vacations and health treatments that are just right for you. Learn about PetCaptcha. [more inside]
Very Interestinpeace...
Comedic actor Arte Johnson has died, age 90. Johnson was known for playing creepy insectivore Renfield in Love At First Bite, a damned DJ on Night Gallery and many characters on the original Laugh-In. [more inside]
I just invented the Tom Collins
Celebrate the history of the United States with The Firesign Theatre (here spelled Theater) on their first album Waiting For The Electrician Or Someone Like Him [42m]. Presented in two sides from the perspective of 1968, the first side contains Temporarily Humboldt County (in which the American Natives confront outsiders for the first time), W.C. Fields Forever (in which the American Natives encounter the then-rising Counter Culture), and Le Trente-Huit Cunegonde (in which the American Natives face the possibilities of the future of the US). [more inside]
too late to put it on the Common App, sadly
The story of the high-school journalist whose scoop ostensibly stopped his school's use of prison labor forever (mostly in his own words, because of course he was willing to be interviewed for it). [more inside]
Caliph, Calafia, California
Muslims of early America - "Muslims came to America more than a century before Protestants, and in great numbers. How was their history forgotten?"
New development for DIY Insulin Pump
For people who want/need to hack their own Insulin Pumps: From Scott Hanselman's blog:
"You probably didn’t see this coming, [Tidepool] announced an agreement to partner with our friends at Medtronic Diabetes to support a future Bluetooth-enabled MiniMed pump with Tidepool Loop.
Read more here:
Translation? This means that diabetics will be able to choose their own supported equipment and build their own supported FDA Approved Closed Loop Artificial Pancreases.
What Just Happened Also Occurred Before The Last 7 U.S. Recessions
The Empire Is Crumbling
Rails, waterways, pipes, bridges, airports, electricity, even the internet – America is falling apart. (the Nib)
8. Don't let anyone tell you you're small.
In "10 Life Tips from Henry the Dog," Daniel Shumski, cookbook author extraordinaire, learns a lot from his foster dog.
[via mefi projects] [more inside]
What, Me Worry?
King's College London blocked activists from campus during Queen's visit
In March, Queen Elizabeth opened Bush House, to house creative research, on the King's College London campus. On the day, some students were blocked from entering KCL buildings. They were told that they had been identified as 'troublemakers'. KCL has just published an independent review, which acknowledges that the university breached its own policies and that the security measures taken overstepped the authority of the team involved.
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