After the pandemic I am exhausted by a lot of things. Here is the short list. — Things I am sick of are as follows — Video. I might even include streaming here, but I’m sick of video, and I’m not alone (as likely seen by Zoom layoffs). Too many unnecessary things are brought to video, including job interviews and recruiting. Not to mention meetings about meetings about…

AI interpretation versus a 1901 newspaper. Who wins? You decide! — Sometimes when perusing old newspapers I find really interesting advertisements, or facts, or drawings and I like to publish them as I go along. The Most Difficult thing to Draw. Sincerely, AI My art teacher in college would be proud of anything but artificial intelligence here. While we all love chefs, we usually do not like vending machines…

History shows us that blacklisting, as its legal term is known, was common and interwoven into industries that wield power. — To see a list of Blacklisting Laws by state, check here. Be sure to write your Legislature, Senate and Congress to update said law for modern digital landscapes. Origin of the Term Blacklist The English dramatist Philip Massinger first used the phrase “black list” in his 1639 tragedy The Unnatural Combat, according to Wikipedia. Today…

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A very morose April Fool’s day. — In 1934, J. Kelly had been on trial for murder after drinking with, and shooting, one of his friends. He gave no comment as to what happened but reports say he told men who were drinking at his cabin at a Rush Creek California mining camp to stop, and they…

A few years ago I joined Medium, and it was filled with interesting authors and stories. That has changed. — Content, Content, Content A few years ago I joined Medium, and it was filled with interesting authors and stories. That has changed. Though I do have more traffic, the payment metrics have fallen, curation stopped being a thing, and endless follows by bots or accounts trying to push a get-rich-quick scheme, or worse…

He was thirsty. What a weird little story. — This article is taken verbatim from an 1888 newspaper as rewording it distracts from the very dry sense of humor that has me laughing all over the floor tonight. So Fond of Milk that he helped himself from the doorsteps. Dec 3 1888, New York Policeman James J. Rice of the Tenth Brooklyn precinct was arraigned before Justice Walsh today on a serious charge. The case…

The inventor of beveled glass is surely getting a just reward. — Sometimes I find weird newspaper posts such as very messy artist’s beards AND cigar smoking rabbits, and as I research other things there are always humorous non-sequiturs that I like to share, such as this one. …

A common trope to complain about misbehavior in school reaches the next level in 1926. — A very opinionated high-school girl named Virginia Chumley of Dickinson Junior High wrote an entire three paragraph essay on boobs. But not the kind of boobs we think of today, but a boob as in an idiot. …