Ms.Maude

Peak Xennial culture is pretending you're playing Cooking Mama as you skim the scum and foamy bits off your turkey giblet stock the night before Thanksgiving.

The problem for me is that I was already hosting friends and family at my house, so I had to disinvite the family. Woooo ruining Thanksgiving for them but saving it for me. XD

That sounds right because I remember the name being kind of generic, but I really don't remember. I feel like it was in the back of a small two story shopping center, but my memories of that are pretty dicey.

Shout out to all my gals who are shouldering the emotional labor of absolutely ruining Thanksgiving for our families this year. Drop your favorite Thanksgiving recipes in the comments so we can all have something to revive us from the psychic damage we've taken over the past few weeks.

It's a fascinating book of history, which touches on many topics that we are still dealing with today, and Bill Bryson has a very relaxing yet engaging voice. Learn about Babe Ruth, transatlantic flight, early films, flagpole sitters, America eugenicists, Italian Fascists, Charles Ponzi, and more!

Tonight, I realized the only reason I know anything at all about boxing is that Bill Bryson wrote about the famous Dempsy/Tunney "Long Count Battle" of 1927 in his book "One Summer: America, 1927", which is a great favorite of mine. I highly recommend the audio book if you need a pleasant diversion.

Awright, 'arry? See that ludicrous display last night?

Those gals had me at the edge of my seat! I've never been so afraid I was gonna see someone's eyelid get pulled off on live TV! :o

Google AI chatbot responds with a threatening message: "Human … Please die." In an online conversation about aging adults, Google's Gemini AI chatbot responded with a threatening message, telling the user to "please die."

I want to talk to you a little bit about how and why Google's Gemini "AI" just told someone that they were a drain on resources and they should die. And, frankly, why I'm a little bit furious with CBS right now.

Because it's actually very simple, and we've even talked about it before, a few times:

I don't remember its name, but it was in Valdosta, Georgia.

Thanks for the link! Now, I just have to figure out if I need two to get free shipping. XD

I've seen this one before! It's definitely very powerful, particularly considering the media landscape at the time. However, "Let us write down on the blackboard all absentees, all grumblers, all pessimists" makes me think they missed the memo that snitches get stitches.

TIL Bonne Maman has an advent calendar, and now I have to figure out where to buy one.

That poster has endured for over 20 years as one of my favorite pieces of graphic design. As you said, it was a really interesting time, so maybe I'll post about more art and design from that era on here. You know, scream into the void about Suprematism and stuff.

lol I was wondering if someone would come along to correct me! I'm glad it was you! I'm not used to working within a character limit, so I had a really hard time condensing the information down. I had originally included more about who the Whites were, but in the end I gave up and oversimplified.

A litograph propaganda poster by El Lissitzky depicting an intrusive red wedge penetrating and breaking a white circle.

I love how art from over 100 years ago can resonate so strongly today. Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge by El Lissitzky was created as propaganda for the revolutionary communist Bolshevics, known as the Reds. The red wedge penetrating the white circle depicts their defeat of the socialist Whites.