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Sunday, March 8, 2020

How-to Eat Like a Marine in the Field

5 Deliciously Unique Coffees Around the World

This Turkish Ice Cream Doesn’t Melt

For Life - Official Trailer

Meet The Real-Life Inspiration Behind ABC’s New Series, “For Life”

The Feynman Technique

How Ancient Palestinian Soap Is Made

What Happens If There Is A Pandemic? | CORONAVIRUS

Why Drinking Chai in Clay Cups Is So Much Better

Florida Gymnastics: Trinity Thomas Perfect 10 Floor 3-7-20

Saturday, March 7, 2020

Snacks!

Monday, March 2, 2020

A Black Walk

From Upworthy -

Man's eye-opening story about taking 'a black walk' in a white neighborhood goes viral
By Annie Reneau

David Summers shared a story on Facebook that reflects the experience of many black Americans—one that can help us non-black folks see through a lens we simply do not and cannot have. Perhaps that's why it's been shared more than 20,000 times. From the fear that any object he carries might be mistaken as a gun to figuring out how to smile at a stranger just right so he won't be considered a threat, the "black thoughts" Summers describes during his walk through a beautiful, white neighborhood—presumably a neighborhood most of us would consider "safe"—are heartbreaking.

He wrote:

"I took a black walk this morning. I took a black walk through a white neighborhood. When I take black walks, I think black thoughts. I am conscious of where I've placed my gun, my gun, and my gun. I mean, my phone, my wallet, and my keys. Because Peace Officers have a hard time telling the difference. I rehearse what I'll say if a concerned resident, or a law enforcement employee has questions about why my black body is walking through their white space. And I remind myself to make sure the law enforcement employee has his body camera recording. Sometimes it helps if there is video evidence to accompany the hashtag.

There is no way to be stealthy when you take a black walk. White neighborhoods are blanketed by a sophisticated security system comprised of nosy neighbors, Ring doorbell cameras, and white women walking their dogs. So, I've learned to notice the white world through my periphery. To be aware of the dangers without acknowledging them. There is an art to making white people feel safe. To say 'Good Morning' and flash a smile that shows confidence and deference at the same time. To being polite because your life depends on it.

I felt the squad car behind me before I saw it.

Read the rest of it at the link below.

https://www.upworthy.com/mans-eye-opening-story-about-taking-a-black-walk-in-a-white-neighborhood-goes-viral

Saturday, February 29, 2020

The Best Little Person Basketball Team in the US

How leap year works

Momma Deals With Baby Throwing a Tantrum

From the Daily Mail - 

He’s throwing an oranguTANTRUM! 
Stroppy baby ape is dragged around his safari park home by his nonplussed mother
By BRYONY JEWELL FOR MAILONLINE




https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8049601/Stroppy-baby-orangutan-dragged-safari-park-home-nonplussed-mother.html

Black Girl Magic

Friday, February 28, 2020

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Genius Ideas That Should Exist Everywhere

How NYC’s Stop Signs Are Made | The Making Of

Reimagined Spaces

From Bored Panda and the New Republic -

A 100-Year-Old Church In Spain Converted Into A Skate Park


https://va.news-republic.com/a/6796920990883381766?app_id=1239&c=sys&gid=6796920990883381766&impr_id=6797189406526720262&language=en&region=us&user_id=6717278245165171717

Wacky Furniture

From Bored Panda and the New Republic -

This Man Creates Intricate Dressers That Belong In Fairytales


https://va.news-republic.com/a/6797034622216569349?app_id=1239&c=sys&gid=6797034622216569349&impr_id=6797188923661404422&language=en&region=us&user_id=6717278245165171717

Monday, February 24, 2020

Saturday, February 22, 2020

How This Guy Builds Mesmerizing Kinetic Sculptures | Obsessed | WIRED

I Draw Like A Printer ( Drawing Will Smith ) - DP Truong

MAPY VIOLINIST - Luv by Tory Lanez (Violin cover)

Black-Owned Restaurants That Defied the Odds

From the Huffington Post -

4 Black-Owned Restaurants That Serve Food With A Side Of History
How Patillo's Bar-B-Q, The Four Way Restaurant, Sylvia's and Ben's Chili Bowl have found ways to thrive.
By Shontel Horne

History remembers 1912 as the year that saw the sinking of the RMS Titanic, the election of Woodrow Wilson as the 28th U.S. president and the establishment of Arizona’s statehood.

But for a small town in southeast Texas, 1912 was the year an entrepreneur named Jack Patillo Sr. opened Patillo’s Bar-B-Q, a Beaumont, Texas, institution that is both the state’s oldest family barbecue business and oldest Black-owned restaurant.

Patillo’s is in an elite club of independently owned American restaurants that have reached their centennial, a feat considering various reports and studies have found that restaurants have, at best, a five-year lifespan. But for establishments that have remained owned and operated by Black restaurateurs, the rare accomplishment is a testament to resilience, particularly during tumultuous and violent moments in American history.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/black-owned-restaurants_l_5e1df927c5b6640ec3dc48dc

Black Polo Players

From The Undefeated -




https://theundefeated.com/videos/why-i-play-being-black-in-polo/

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Young Black Ballerinas

From People -

Young Ballerinas Celebrate Black History Month with Fierce, Misty Copeland-Inspired Photo Shoot
The young girls dance together at iRule Dance Studio in Beaumont, Texas
By Joelle Goldstein

Group of ballerinas BRANDIE PERRY/BEE PHOTOGRAPHY


https://people.com/human-interest/young-ballerinas-pose-photoshoot-black-history-month-misty-copeland/

Monday, February 17, 2020

Valentine's Day Flowers

An excerpt from CNN -

What happens to the Valentine's Day flowers that don't get sold?
By Scottie Andrew

They're donated

There are dozens of charities in the US that accept unsold bouquets from florists, repurpose them and donate them again.

Take Random Acts of Flowers, a nonprofit that donates bouquets to patients in hospice or assisted living care facilities. And Valentine's Day is the nonprofit's equivalent of the Super Bowl, said Christina Sayer, Random Acts of Flowers' director of marketing and communications.

The charity has three branches in the South and Midwest, which each receive around 5,000 to 6,000 bouquets of flowers every month. That number will likely double this month counting post-Valentine's Day deliveries, she said.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/15/business/valentines-day-flowers-what-happens-trnd/index.html

Sunday, February 16, 2020

Stuck In The Middle With You

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

The O'Jays - Use Ta Be My Girl

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Higher Ground | Playing For Change | Song Around the World

Charlie Wilson - I'm Blessed (Audio) ft. T.I.

Bruno Mars - Count On Me - Lyrics on screen

For All We Know

Blessed Assurance

Salute to Kobe

Top 10: Animal Encounters on the PGA TOUR

How All You Can Eat Restaurants Make Money

Dustin Brown's Magic Tennis Points/Winners | Part. 1

Dustin Brown's Magic Tennis Points/Winners | Part. 1

Front lawn becomes a stage for a house-ridden boy

How to Spot a Leader

From TheLadders.com -

How to spot a leader in 10 seconds or less, according to 3 experts
By Deborah Sweeney

https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/how-to-spot-a-leader-in-10-seconds-or-less-according-to-3-experts

Justin Bieber - Love Yourself (Lyrics)

Saturday, February 1, 2020

Speaking 5+ Languages with my Polyglot Grandma

Why Dubai Built An Underwater Floating Train

The Savitsky Cats: Super Trained Cats Perform Exciting Routine - America...

Meet The Oil Tycoon That Was Once A Janitor | Blue Collar Millionaires |...

Greensboro Sit-In Honored

From Mashable -

Google Doodle honors 60th anniversary of Greensboro Sit-in
BY NATASHA PIÑON

Sixty years ago, four young students in Greensboro, North Carolina, staged a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter — and started a movement, spurring sit-ins throughout the country to protest segregation.

Now, the famed "Greensboro Four" — David Richmond, Ezell Blair Jr. (now Jibreel Khazan), Franklin McCain, and Joseph McNeil — will be honored in a Google Doodle, debuting at 11 p.m. EST on Jan. 31 and staying up for 24 hours in the U.S., until Feb. 1, the sixtieth anniversary of the historic sit-in and the first day of Black History Month. (According to Google, the Greensboro Sit-in is the most searched sit-in in history.)

The design in the Google Doodle is the work of Karen Collins, artist and founder of the African American Miniature Museum. The Google Doodle will feature a photograph of a diorama that depicts the sit-in made by Collins.

https://mashable.com/article/google-doodle-greensboro-sit-in/

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