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‘Save Our Signs’ Preservation Project Launches Archive of 10,000 National Park Signs More than 10,000 images of signs, placards, quotes, photos and more are part of the crowdsourced effort from over 300 national park and monument sites around the U.S.

A publicly-sourced archive of more than 10,000 national park signs and monument placards went public as part of a massive volunteer project to save historical and educational placards from around the country that risk removal by the Trump administration.

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nearly all the plant-based products we tested had elevated lead levels: vegan powders had 9x as much lead as dairy and 2x as much as beef

though dairy-based powders had the lowest levels, half were still too contaminated for safe daily use

you may be asking: how could this be? well...

That was probably it then

I never saw it on school in NC (80s-early 90s), but I did see at least part of somewhere on TV during that time

Breaking: We’ve talked to multiple individuals who have confirmed that UNC-CH is merging SILS (library and information science) and SDSS (data science and society). Announcement will be tomorrow morning. Faculty were not consulted.

FWIW their FAQ claims that "We are not planning on shutting down or dissolving any academic programs from either school"

I haven't done a lot of reading on the closing of Baker & Taylor but it's reminding me of when Faxon Company, a major periodicals supplier to libraries, went out of business abruptly. So much has not changed but simply gotten worse, since then. digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlts_fac_pub...

Dhillon is the worst alum of my high school I'm aware of

He was handing out flyers at the Midtown Farmers Market on Saturday morning

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Baker & Taylor appears to be shutting down. A post on the r/libraries subreddit from an employee of B&T breaks the news and there appear to be other employees in the comments confirming the situation.

Let’s talk about ‘whoa.’

First of all, ‘woah’ is not yet considered an established spelling variant of ‘whoa.’

While ‘woah’ has grown in prevalence since the late 20th century, ‘whoa’ is still about 5 times as common as ‘woah.’

NIH decision looms about caps on scholarly-journal publishing fees Researchers are pleased about possible limit to publishers’ profits but say the proposed change is imperfect

Researchers are pleased about the #NIH possibly introducing caps on #OpenAccess fees its grantees can pay from their funding but say the change is imperfect—my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi...

@jeremymberg.bsky.social, @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca, @pamherd.bsky.social

A sign detailing the upcoming closure Nicollet Ave Bridge over Midtown Greenway Upcoming closure Minneapolis City of Lakes 27TH ST W using 28th St W. detour will go from Bryant Ave S to 5th Ave S is crews continue to work on the bridge, the 0-13/2gto10/26/.2025 The Midtown Greenway will be closed: COLFAX AVE S BRYANT AVE S ALDRICH AVE S LYNDALE AVE S GARFIELD AVE HARRIET AVE LAKE ST W PLEASANT AVE PILLSBURY AVE BLAISDELL AVE 29TH ST W NIGOLLET AVE 27TH STE STH AVE S 28TH STE. § EXTy EXIT 158 29TH STE LAKE STE Legend ^ Detour route -Nicollet camp will ect be accessible New Ramp on 1st Ave to be completed Fal 2026

Midtown Greenway will be closed (looks like from Bryant to 5th) 10/13-26

I don't like walking past this house

Thanks for the info!

It's hotter here than where my sister lives in South Carolina

I didn't even know that a fur uprooter was a thing. I might have to investigate for my house

In western NC, you know it wasn't that weird. My mom's friend, Margaret, was married to an actual trucker, too (named Sonny)

You don't realize how weird certain trends are until you have more years of watching trends come and go

This movie was huge for me as a child. My dad mostly doesn't like movies, but this is one of the exceptions

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Truckers and CB radios played a really outsized role in my childhood brain

The suggested alt text said this picture depicted a man holding a cell phone. A few decades off!

I was in a store, and I overheard a man in his 30s say he wanted to watch Kiss Me Kate, and I was shocked that the older woman he was talking to (probably in her 60s?) had never heard of it

It was a little birthday present of hope for me that year

YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic Begin The Begin

Begin the Begin has a little mention youtu.be/aUQ6QVlC2Uw?...

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What a choice! Certainly not a comment on the times