I love the way she survives.
Survival looked good on her.
There were no dark marks under her eyes.
Maybe deep inside,
but I liked the way she looked through them
and laughed at life…
And
honestly
I’m not interested in people
who haven’t lived and died a few times …
The writers who defied Soviet censors
How English Swear Words Evolved Over Thousands of Years Laughing
Elon Musk is the ultimate villain
You ever watch one of those movies where, at first, you think the main villain is obvious—a truly evil and despicable character. But as the story unfolds, there is a plot twist and you realize they’re only a dimwitted and easily manipulated pawn in a larger evil scheme by someone far more cunning. The real evil mastermind turns out to be the charismatic “good guy” everyone trusted at the beginning. Slowly, their true intentions and sinister nature are revealed, exposing them as the ultimate antagonist.
That’s what I think I see when it comes to Trump and Musk.
TIME Person of the Year Fact Check Transcript
Fact-Checking What Donald Trump Said in His 2024 Person of the Year Interview With TIME. Question..has TIME ever fact checked the statements of their choice for Person of the Year? They had to interpret, clarify, restate and correct his statements.
TIME has published the transcript of that conversation. In addition, below is a review for facts and context of several of Trump’s statements from the interview.
Old maps - TimeMap.org presents a world map with a slider bar that starts at 4000 BC and ends at the present day. As you slide through time, you watch empires rise and fall. Any interesting civilization or event you spot can be instantly researched — just click on it and the relevant Wikipedia article appears in a side panel.
New US Elections Web Archive Data Resources Available
Library of Congress Blogs: “For nearly twenty five years, the Library of Congress has been archiving campaign websites for Presidential, Congressional, and gubernatorial elections. Back in 2022, we released a dataset of index files for the United States Elections Web Archive, and we are happy to announce that this dataset is being relaunched as data package on data.labs.loc.gov/packages/, with new resources to help researchers understand and use the data. The new data package includes enhanced documentation explaining the contents of the dataset and how it was created, as well as metadata for candidate campaign sites extracted from the United States Elections Web Archive. The general election seasons from 2000-2016 are currently available, with more recent data to be added later. As before, the data includes index files (CDX file format) rather than archived web content itself. These index files list archived document URLs and help users to automatically construct URLs for fetching the archived web documents. For help getting started, a Python notebook is available to demonstrate the basics of using the dataset—including how to query the metadata, filter and download CDX files, and analyze the text
Pew: Most teens use social media and have a smartphone, and nearly half say they’re online almost constantly. “Nine-in-ten teens report using YouTube, slightly down from 95% in 2022. Roughly six-in-ten teens say they use TikTok and Instagram, and 55% say the same for Snapchat.
