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We finished the hat! (Plus a little more...)

We finished the hat! (Plus a little more...)

I am fired up to volunteer this weekend! https://mobilize.us/s/MybOCj

I am fired up to volunteer this weekend! https://mobilize.us/s/MybOCj

The best thing about backyard falconing? No bear cubs were hurt!

The best thing about backyard falconing? No bear cubs were hurt!

"Thanks to the record-setting rain that has washed over California during the last six months, Lake Manly — which dried up thousands...

"Thanks to the record-setting rain that has washed over California during the last six months, Lake Manly — which dried up thousands of years ago — has reformed on the floor of Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America. This unlikely and exceedingly rare comeback is a message from the warming climate, which baked the region in a years-long megadrought and has now flooded it with rain."
[Reis Thebault]
#giftarticle https://wapo.st/3V1cfiQ

This East-side restaurant was just getting started in a new location, when it was damaged by a fire. Help them out, if you can!...

This East-side restaurant was just getting started in a new location, when it was damaged by a fire. Help them out, if you can! https://gofund.me/6220e7ae #HoosierMast

This week's #EasyGerman conversation was a bit more challenging, and not just because of vocabulary or grammar. @HasnainKazim addressed...

This week's #EasyGerman conversation was a bit more challenging, and not just because of vocabulary or grammar.
@HasnainKazim addressed the issue of racism in Germany: https://www.easygerman.org/podcast/episodes/429

Will future historians say that this is the day Trumpism finally died?

Will future historians say that this is the day Trumpism finally died?

"One in five of Indiana’s current representatives and senators were first appointed via a political caucus instead of by the...

"One in five of Indiana’s current representatives and senators were first appointed via a political caucus instead of by the voters." [Niki Kelly] #HoosierMast https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2023/09/29/time-to-reconsider-how-state-handles-early-legislative-departures/

Yesterday I found "Programmers are also humans" and I've been binge-watching ever since......

Yesterday I found "Programmers are also humans" and I've been binge-watching ever since... https://youtu.be/urcL86UpqZc?si=c8kJom_wB6xhGhM7

Ted Gioia was fifteen when he first heard Jim Croce in concert. The singer was just the opening act, but he left a lasting impression....

Ted Gioia was fifteen when he first heard Jim Croce in concert. The singer was just the opening act, but he left a lasting impression.
https://www.honest-broker.com/p/jim-croce-and-me?r=4mo0o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

"A gold record is strangely similar to a gold mine. There’s a huge amount of value in that hit song, but less so with each passing...

"A gold record is strangely similar to a gold mine. There’s a huge amount of value in that hit song, but less so with each passing decade. The more value you extract, the faster you approach the point of exhaustion. That’s especially true when you bought it from an 80-year-old musician whose core audience is dying off." [Ted Gioia]

https://open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia/p/investment-funds-are-now-selling?r=4mo0o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

My colleague Salvador Perez Lopez created a fantastic streaming playlist to honor the late Marianne Tobias. I couldn't be more proud!...

My colleague Salvador Perez Lopez created a fantastic streaming playlist to honor the late Marianne Tobias. I couldn't be more proud! https://www.classicalmusicindy.org/cmi-streaming/#/post/334867

At what point should accredited universities simply refuse to admit high school graduates from Florida? https://wapo.st/3YzJdXt

At what point should accredited universities simply refuse to admit high school graduates from Florida? https://wapo.st/3YzJdXt

"A system that brutalized, raped, and killed human beings while stealing their freedom and denying their humanity is rotten to its...

"A system that brutalized, raped, and killed human beings while stealing their freedom and denying their humanity is rotten to its core. That enslaved people were able to find resilience and build lives in some form is a testament to their courage and spirit. There is no 'other side' to the story of slavery." [Dan Rather]

https://open.substack.com/pub/steady/p/teach-the-truth?r=4mo0o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

RIP Tony Bennett https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/07/21/singing-star-tony-bennett-dies/

RIP Tony Bennett https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/07/21/singing-star-tony-bennett-dies/

Kitty cameo in this intro! Listen at about 2.25...

Kitty cameo in this intro! Listen at about 2.25...

I love these two! #RachaelAndVilray...

I love these two! #RachaelAndVilray https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiZzICAtoqAAxVRkIkEHdE3CXQQwqsBegQISxAF&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DW92EOB88KUg&usg=AOvVaw3VtWbBBpNftFkD2RCsGtxk&opi=89978449

Rick Sowash gives Izaak Walton due credit for inventing the word "finimbrun." In much the same sense as "doodad" or...

Rick Sowash gives Izaak Walton due credit for inventing the word "finimbrun." In much the same sense as "doodad" or "gimcrack," it refers to things we don't need (or at least don't understand). The meaning would have been lost on me, had I not heard Sowash's lively setting of it: "The Country Fair." https://www.sowash.com/recordings/mp3/country_fair.mp3

A Christian band was allowed to do a gig inside the Statehouse back in May. Will the venue now host a band backed by the Satanic Temple?...

A Christian band was allowed to do a gig inside the Statehouse back in May. Will the venue now host a band backed by the Satanic Temple? https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2023/07/06/satanic-temple-affiliated-band-cites-religious-liberty-in-seeking-indiana-statehouse-performance/ #HoosierMast

Video of tornadoes on local TV is mesmerizing. The meteorologists are very good about keeping viewers informed of the dangers in this...

Video of tornadoes on local TV is mesmerizing. The meteorologists are very good about keeping viewers informed of the dangers in this weather. But I wish from time to time that they would mention the danger involved in just making the videos. Who is recording them? Are these viewer-submitted? #HoosierMast #wthr #BlameSean