Mother and her two teenagers pass this pop-art piece depicting Reagan at the Hirshhorn. “Who is that?” she asks the daughter, who doesn’t know. Distressed, she then asks her son: “Who is that?” He doesn’t know. The look on her face... pic.twitter.com/HhNo4rN3k8

— Dan Zak (@MrDanZak) March 31, 2018

They probably think Paul Newman is the old dude who makes salad dressing.

Hi everyone! A tweeting mistake on our part meant to tell you earlier this week that Underground has officially moved to Friday nights again (that’s right now!) — we’re still on the air, we promise!

— TCM Underground (@TCMUnderground) March 10, 2018

What was that I was saying about the lack of religious literacy in the national media? https://t.co/fI0CvWTNuZ

— Rod Dreher (@roddreher) March 31, 2018

Because my ability to keep up with good stuff that I should be reading is barely adequate I missed this superb tribute to "adequacy" as a concept & a standard for most people most of the time. One does something well enough to contribute &/or to enjoy. https://t.co/DgRMfY9qQ0

— Jim Grossman (@JimGrossmanAHA) March 22, 2018

Rappers Discussing Rappers

How historians @jmjafrx and @marthasjones_ extended the reach of their graduate seminar far beyond @JohnsHopkins . Any historian can do this: #EverythinghasaHistory & all histories have people who are interested. https://t.co/aWjkG4bIRm

— Jim Grossman (@JimGrossmanAHA) March 22, 2018

CeCe Rogers, "All Join Hands."

The Lessons of a School Shooting--in 1853

The Lessons of a School Shooting–in 1853 via @politicomag https://t.co/WSjMbONrmH #everythinghasahistory

— History Bizarre (@HistoryBizarre) March 25, 2018

#Everythinghasahistory

#EverythinghasaHistory https://t.co/PAYg44ABhe

— Jim Grossman (@JimGrossmanAHA) March 27, 2018

Nachlass (Nachlaß)

is what I need to learn more about.

A single computer failure can wipe out an entire digital photo collection, destroying years of a family's carefully curated memories.
How can library and information professionals help? https://t.co/jVMYn3Hwci#digitalarchive #archiving #digitalpreservation #digitalmemory pic.twitter.com/Ha7w5DSAFj

— Facet Publishing (@facetpublishing) March 22, 2018

every archivist has done this. there's no shame. we all have to eat. https://t.co/CQwbIiPTQo

— Mayne Gauche (@Bibliocracy) March 21, 2018

Just in time for #NEAARTSP18! JCAS volume 5, article 1 has been published: https://t.co/UcIMQC1it3

Meghan Rinn of @BarnumMuseum discusses gaps in subject headings related to disabilities.@NEarchivists @ArchivistsRT pic.twitter.com/5IVfU5m7El

— Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies (@JCASonline) March 22, 2018

No More Kings, "Sweep the Leg."

Paul Lekakis, "Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)."

An Essay About the Anthropocene

An essay by Richard Seymour about the Anthropocene. Much to ponder.

Johnny Halliday

The children of Johnny Hallyday are fighting his widow over his will.

Kunstler: Not So Happy Motoring.

Kunstler: Not So Happy Motoring.

On another note, this is interesting: U.S. Utilities Look To Electric Cars As Their Savior Amid Decline In Demand.

Jan Adams makes a dystopian prediction re: driverless cars.

31 March update:

bumping this again after reading the @nytimes story on the recent Model X crash, which it incorrectly called the “second fatal crash in which the Autopilot system.” https://t.co/i9jExgMOM6 https://t.co/KOIsZkVest

— Ryan Felton (@ryanfelton) March 31, 2018

Ratt, "Lay It Down."

Reel 2 Real feat. The Mad Stuntman, "I Like to Move It."

The Beverly Hillbillies: "The Clampetts Strike Oil."

Isn't That Something?

"Study: Cancer Vaccine Cures 97 Per Cent of Tumors in Mice, Human Trials to Begin Soon."

Thanks to Ian Lind's post today I found this:

Federation of American Scientists link to CRS Reports

Congressional Research Service [CRS] Reports

The Congressional Research Service, a component of the Library of Congress, conducts research and analysis for Congress on a broad range of national policy issues. While many CRS memoranda are generated in response to individual Member or staff inquiries and are confidential, most CRS reports are available to anyone who has access to a congressional intranet.

Yet at the direction of Congress, CRS does not make even its non-confidential publications directly available to the public online. In order to help overcome this unnecessary barrier, the Federation of American Scientists endeavors to provide current, regularly updated public access to as many non-confidential CRS reports as possible. These reports are provided without congressional or CRS authorization as a public service.

Past and Present

Like many other people I watched the Roseanne premiere last night.

Max Blumenthal opines:

.@ABC rewarding #Roseanne's long record of industrial level racism and anti-Palestinian incitement with a sitcom reboot is just another instance of corporate media fueling right-wing Trump culture https://t.co/pih8HpGcb0

— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) March 28, 2018

The interesting thing to me is when something is revisited after many years, and seeing what changes and what stays the same. Imperial Bedrooms, the Bret Easton Ellis novel from 2010 is an example. Set twenty-five years after Less Than Zero, Imperial Bedrooms is current, but its characters haven't changed much. Rip may be constantly texting and watching CNN on a laptop, but he's still malevolent.

Then there's the new YouTube Red series, Cobra Kai. From what I can tell from the trailer h


http://democratherald.com/blogs/of-being-and-johnny-lawrence-sweep-the-leg/article_1b2d98b1-224f-51e8-9277-221c6ed38569.html

An Intriguing Book

I'll try to get and read a copy sometime.

What They Saw in America: Alexis de Tocqueville, Max Weber, G. K. Chesterton, and Sayyid Qutb, by James L. Nolan, Jr. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016).

Cilla Black, "Anyone Who Had a Heart"

So Bad It's Good

If you have free time and want a laugh, check out @WorstDamnTweet. It compiles tweets from everybody: Sh!tlibs, Kekistanners, the Acela Corridor (Beltway people), Clown Politicians (a redundancy?), Never Trumpers, Brits, the extremely online, celebrities....

Examples:

pic.twitter.com/NhP9UY1vhB

— WorstTweetAllTime (@WorstDamnTweet) March 26, 2018

REGION: CLOWN POLITICIANS PLAY-IN MATCH

Lieu's "Prison labor is good..."
vs.
King's "American babies..."

Whose tweet was worse?

— WorstTweetAllTime (@WorstDamnTweet) March 22, 2018

On the Decline of Philippine Spanish (a post in progress)

Quora.com: Do Filipinos Care About the Preservation of Philippine Spanish?"

On the Decline of German Restaurants

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/grandmas-food-how-changing-tastes-are-killing-german-restaurants/2018/03/19/de4c4994-0b93-11e8-8b0d-891602206fb7_story.html?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.250ca7fa21ff

Linked from NancyNall.com

Awkwafina, "NYC Bitche$"

Tolstoy was an pacifist anarchist,, u oaf https://t.co/0ZupMaxS20

— Carlgoyle Beijer (@CarlBeijer) March 6, 2018

This Blog is Twelve

The twelfth anniversary of this blog came and went, and I realized it just yesterday. That shows how hectic things have been lately. They've been discussing small towns a lot recently at NancyNall.com. Much I can say--if I can find the time. I doubt any of the commenters are familiar with Kunstler.

Three Women Who Launched a Movement https://t.co/b6Tt7PavWN #InternationalWomensDay

— David Boaz (@David_Boaz) March 8, 2018

Some Historians to Check Out

That said, I'm just a simple, country 20th-century historian. Let me tag in some 19th-century folks who actually work on these issues. @Ed_Baptist @arothmanhistory @HC_Richardson @rothmanistan @TheTattooedProf @KevinLevin @karpmj

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) March 7, 2018

On Uber and Ambulances

This is called an ambulance. It already exists. WHY IS TECH SO FUCKING DETERMINED NOT TO ADVANCE A DAMNED THING? https://t.co/7FDmLZ2KQm

— Mikki Kendall (@Karnythia) March 2, 2018