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    History (or not)

    Imagine, for a moment, a carpenter opening his toolbox to find T-squared pillars, bas-relief animals, and carved serpents — and a plaque that reads, “Built by hunter-gatherers, ca. 9600 BCE.” If you were raised on a literal-days, literal-genealogies reading of Genesis (the sort that gives you a...
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    What Happened Today

    I'd stopped posting these because they were getting lost in the Second Term of Trump thread - hence their own thread. I'll try to keep on top of these in the future The authoritarian takeover is escalating, but so is the resistance. ?️? From city halls to state highways, local leaders are...
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    Black Ribbon Day

    The Black Ribbon Day, officially known in the European Union as the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism and also referred to as the Europe-wide Day of Remembrance for the victims of all totalitarian and authoritarian regimes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Ribbon_Day
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    Peanuts and Franklin

    Didn't want this one to get lost or just be part of another thread On this day, July 31st in 1968, a young, black man was reading the newspaper when he saw something that he had never seen before. With tears in his eyes, he started running and screaming throughout the house, calling for his...
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    Trump administration releases records of Martin Luther King Jr.

    The Latest: Trump administration releases records on FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. Story by The Associated Press The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s family and the...
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    Happy Towel Day

    Celebrated every May 25th as a tribute to the author Douglas Adams by his fans. On this day, fans openly carry a towel with them, as described in Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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    Suicide hotline

    This one is important enough to have its own thread
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    Happy National Banana Day

    Yes it is a real thing. And in honor of that we want to remind you
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    For my Canadian friends

    While many (most?) of the problems are the results of Trump's actions I don't want this to be lost there. Besides, Canada has a federal election coming up. -------------------------------------------------------------------...
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    Happy Pi Day

    Only in America where dates are written month/day so today is 3/14. Elsewhere Pi Day is 22/7
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    It's Springtime for ....

    I didn't want this one to get lost on a longer thread
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    National Cancer Day

    Today is national cancer day and that brings this to mind - welcome to Valhalla where only the bravest sit at Odin's right hand
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    Immigration - they should get in line like my family did ...

    Since immigrants are less welcomed in the United States, should the Statue of Liberty be removed? Richard Butler Former Police Sergeant at Dallas Police Department (1982–2011)5y Sigh,this again. Legal immigrants within sustainable numbers are welcome. Illegal aliens are breaking the law and, by...
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