I. M. Noone

Is it set during The Troubles? I'd maybe buy it then

And when will it open to reveal the stamens, or will one have to burrow in to get at your nectar?

Perhaps a bit from column A, a bit from column B

MF226 Guide to Buried Diversity: Recovering a Lost African-American Community in Machias, Maine Atusville, a Black community established in Machias, Maine at the time of the American Revolution disappeared in the 1960s. Believed to be formed by the descendants of London Atus and freed slaves dur...

Maine had some similar settlements, most of which were destroyed and/or systematically driven out in the 19th century. A former coworker's husband was one of the archaeologists who worked on this one that died out in the 1960s

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My elementary school was majority Black, a Black family took care of my brothers and me and became our second family, and then we moved to Maine. I've been here most of my adult life, and the relentless whiteness is still strange to me

Also, just so fucking cowardly. And boring. Gimme that diversity, let me learn all the languages. My life has been so much more exciting and interesting because of it

My sister's little village had an okay kebab shop owned by a Turkish family, but their landlord booted them to make the whole building residential and run up the rent. They've found a decent location next village over & the landlord hasn't filled his flats

They do not know and/or do not care that most "brown people" countries are ethnically very diverse, with multiple ethnic groups and languages, because they're all just "brown people", and therefore interchangeable.

One of the dog handlers I worked with in Iraq had an English wife and once, completely seriously, said "It's getting so there's no room in England for the Englishman." England is 85% white.

BRRR-R-R-RAAAAAP!

Kinda partial to the eucalyptus but the Basil is making some nice points

The fuck are these motherfuckers eating? Put some damn fiber in your diet

And you have to be able to prove you're registered to get a govt job

The oil fields near Basra are maybe 35 miles or so from the Iranian border. The refinery in Kirkuk is about 65 miles away. Drones could take those out easily

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Only just learned while in Italy that pepperoni is an American invention. "Peperoni" on menus there means peppers

Got two opened jars of Mina in my fridge rn

Actually, this attack on Tehran oil facilities very much falls within the legal realm of a war crime, both because it's civilian infrastructure and because of the endangerment of the civilian population

We should

I got my husband a RoboCop Just Say No t-shirt after he OD'd on IBS meds and Benadryl and blamed it on a mostly innocent half an edible. I don't think he's ever worn it, though, for some reason

I successfully completed four half marathons in my early 40s, and that was enough. My body is not built for running distance - at all - and I'm quite alright with what I accomplished

I don't suppose you know either of the surviving Navajo code talkers

It will grow back. Unless it's already not growing back

I still remember April 28, 1994, when the Twin Cities got 6" of snow. Sure, it pretty much all melted the text day, but still

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If you can't immediately say, "Not that fucker!" that's on you, end of story.

also goodwill has been skimming the best stuff and selling it on Amazon, eBay etc for years

all that's left in their stores is marked up trash

Some people are apparently claiming that Silicon Valley Tech Bros have consciousness, like normal humans.

As someone who studies these issues carefully, I can assure you that this is an utterly preposterous claim. Yes, they can mimic humans, but they are fundamentally incapable of original thought.

I think I'd blame the Hollywood treatment of her stories more than Wilder herself, but then, if there are no stories to begin with....

Many know Ada Lovelace, but too few know about women like Mary Allen Wilkes, who wrote most of the software for the first "personal" computer—the LINC.

Here are stories of modern and historical women in tech and digital rights that inspire us. How many did you already know? #InternationalWomensDay