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NPR - The year red-blooded patriotic American high-school jocks replaced migrant farm workers!

The year was 1965. On Cinco de Mayo, newspapers across the country reported that Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz wanted to recruit 20,000 high schoolers to replace the hundreds of thousands of Mexican agricultural workers who had labored in the United States under the so-called Bracero Program.

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I think if left entirely to my own devices, I would basically be a by-default-vegetarian. But in practice, I doubt that would ever be my life because I absolutely cannot say no to community aunties who want to feed me.

This toot brought to you by the jamaican curry handed to me in a repurposed margarine tub that I’m eating for dinner. 🔥😋🔥

I wrote an open letter to artists and other creatives who are thinking about giving the fediverse a chance:

"There’s a better way!"

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/a-fediverse-invitation-for-artists/

Feel free to share, and be sure to add your signature!

#fediverse #mastodon #creatives #artists #musicians #twitter #x

No reason, but two long-ago experiences w/ first aid & little kids...

1. Girlfriend's daughter of 5 or so gets a sliver. I go okay, I'll sterilize a pin & we’ll get it. Mum says—kid screaming now—naw, let the body deal with it.

2. Cycling, I come upon another mom, kid same age, strawberry jam & road grit knee after a fall. I carry minimal first aid & happen to have a mild saline rinse. I hesitate when the kid sees white bottle & screams. Mum says, let's go, just do it.

#children #health

No-AI and solid end-to-end encryption is the new tech hype.

If you don't invest heavily in solid end-to-end encryption, privacy-protective and No-AI features, you will be left behind. People might even laugh at you.

Tell everyone.

#NoAI #Encryption #RootForE2EE #Privacy #Tech

Lunch break means a trip to the Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History and a brief chat with this ex-giant beaver who I guess was between 120 and 220lbs and 5 to 6 feet long and was not closely related to modern beavers purportedly (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castoridae for the family tree)?

Thank you @CuriousMagpie for the suggestion!

#giantBeavers #beavers #Eugene #UniversityOfOregon #NaturalHistory