Erik Ledbetter

@Bandoblue
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Park ranger, former cultural property policy wonk, custodian of an embarrassingly large number of musty Civilian Conservation Corps uniforms.
Someone called @Bandoblue says he has an "embarrassingly large number of musty Civilian Conservation Corps uniforms" and my heart went thumpity thump.
#CCC #FanGirl #History
@coyotebroad well then, you might actually enjoy my side project: https://sites.google.com/view/ccc-uniforms/home
CCC Uniforms

Welcome to the Civilian Conservation Corps Uniforms Handbook, a guide to the clothing and accessories issued to enrollees in the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1942. The CCC is the most fondly remembered of the New Deal's emergency relief programs. From Maryland to Montana visitors hike trails,

@brianklaas I've only ever had two custom ringtones:

1. the Prisoner
2. BoJack Horseman

“Go on," said Twitter. “How's it gonna be. We gonna get a little place."

"We'll have a cow," said Elon. "An' we'll have maybe a pig an' chickens . . . . an' down the flat we'll have a . . . . little piece alfalfa- "

"For the rabbits," Twitter shouted.

"For the rabbits," Elon repeated.

Found something remarkable (and also quite sad).

In 1997, Wired published "The Long Boom", a hyper-optimistic article about how we'd achieve Utopia by 2020.

The authors included notes on some "scenario spoilers"—negative events that might send is in a worse direction.

...and those spoilers turned out to be almost spookily accurate.

https://www.wired.com/1997/07/longboom/

I miss the weird old web. Handcrafted html. Webrings. View counters. Frames. Works best in Netscape Navigator. Watching pictures download line by line. Java applets. Chat rooms. There were certainly problems, but the whole space felt limitless and fun - not just repackaged corporate, SEO, and ad riddled garbage...
@Teri_Kanefield I'm very sorry for your and admin/husband's trouble, Teri. I discovered you only after leaving the Birdcage for Mastodon and I look forward every day to your insight and analysis.
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@rikefranke judging from the image alone, it was trained on the collected interviews of Liv Lisa Fries.