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It may no longer be implemented in time for the next Census, but I think the latest version of SPD-15 still requires that detailed race / ethnicity categories be included in federal surveys e.g. Asian Indian, Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean.

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its cruel that so many beautiful creatures have had their existance threatened by human impact, yet somehow these stupid syphilitic 'bears' have sailed along making their horrid little honks, never having to worry in the slightest

From a time when internal State Department policy dictated that all peoples be described in Tolkienesqe terms, identifying all cultures along an Elvish-Dwarvish axis.

many people dislike steven pinker's habit of laundering dubious personal opinions that don't hold up to factual scrutiny, but people shouldn't sleep on the fact that he's also an asshole.

okay okay there's a rule that a dog can't play basketball but what if he just happened to be there scoring baskets, i mean that's not necessary 'playing' right

millions of cousin aunties everywhere rising up today to smack the shit out of some people for disrespecting their position

in my mothers family, the oldest and youngest are 21 years apart so my first cousins range something like 14 to 60

all manner of kids who aren’t my sister’s kids call me uncle jacob and i’m very happy with where things have ended up

very much a stapeliad

thanks! i'd still like to find a way to add more contrast and detail in the engraving, and its a struggle to find the right thickness of veneer, but they feel great. i'm hoping to get back to making more of these over the winter.

eurorack panel blanks in cherry

eurorack panel blanks in cherry

i made these for one of my cases a few years ago and they turned out rather nice, they’re laser engraved cherry veneer bonded to aluminum

'would such a consultation be considered illegal coordinated communications?' seems a good place to start this sort of thing

Stations and transfers A gallery of drawings depicting the topology of metro stations from different European cities.

Cool website by @albertguillaumes.cat
showing station maps of most European and American underground stations (nice colouring of TfL axiomatics).
stations.albertguillaumes.cat

carpentry and bricklaying come to mind though. like those, cooking is a last mile sort of assembly: all the steps preceding have been thoroughly industrialized, but when its time to make a final soup/wall/roof, individualized work becomes really valuable.

Du Bois basically did a version of this in his bibliography in Black Reconstruction

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Curious why there's been huge nationwide changes in speeding enforcement over this period, but seemingly no change in the percentage of speeding-related serious incidents.

More larger SUVs may partly explain the increase in deaths, but its clearly not the whole picture.

that looks amazing congratulations!

Wall painting of a seated baboon with his penis aimed forward, from the tomb of Tutankhamen, not a wall clock, but you get the idea. Hanna-Barbera vibes.

"So strong was the Egyptian interest in the baboon penis that it was employed as the central feature of their water-clocks. Carvings of seated male baboons were created in which water flowed through a hole in the phallus, marking the hours."
- Desmond Morris (2013)

A view of the back of an1890s dress showing the bodice with clusters of oranges woven into the fabric. It has black lace on the sleeves and a high collar

A detail of the front of the bodice of the orange patterned 1890s dress showing black lace at the neckline and the detailed fruit

Sleeve detail of the 1890s orange patterned dress which has a yellow silk trellis work trim with black lace

Full length view of the front of the 1890s dress patterned with oranges and trimmed with black lace

It took a highly sophisticated Jacquard weave to create the incredibly detailed oranges that form the fabric of of this early 1890s dress. You can almost smell the citrusy peel. There so many details to observe here, the pattern matching, the cuff trim, the drama! #V&A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

the mini whisk is delightful both for its smallness and its utility

i don't love the idea of a popular platform slowly shifting to align somebody's larger corporate strategy, which seems to be the plan. worst case everything is forked, but that'd just make an even bigger mess of things.

be still and quiet my son, lest you attract the the MR2 enthusiasts

neat!

i will never go back

hey installing and maintaining gas lines are totally no big deal (pay no attention to the gas explosion that ripped apart a 20 story building in the bronx this morning)

Miracle in the Bronx after gas explosion blows through NYC apartment building, sends bricks flying to street A huge chunk of a Bronx public housing building collapsed during a gas explosion Wednesday morning.

this happened this morning and it’s happened many times before.

We both know Mamdani's policies and we both know why Schumer and Jefferies don't support him. It's fine if don't like the guy, but acting like a petulant child about it is unbecoming of the party.

1950s rolling stock trundling along the River Dee, the sun setting behind a hill, a stone bridge in the middle distance

choo choo mf