Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@social.cleverlibre.org

Elijah McCoy was born in 1844 in Ontario to formerly-enslaved parents from Kentucky. They saved enough to send him to Scotland to study mechanical #engineering. When he returned and couldn't get work in his field, he took a job as a train oilman and invented a method of automatic lubrication that eliminated the frequent stops trains had to make to oil up axles & bearings. Railroad companies asking for his product rather than copycat devices spawned the phrase "the real McCoy." #BlackHistoryMonth

“As veterans, we have sworn an oath to our Constitution — and actually understand it; not like the Oath Keepers, right? We’re the real keepers of that oath.” https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/nazi-hunter-fascism-antifa-veteran-1234672732/

Winter light: First lit in 1910 and retired by the U.S. Coast Guard in 1969, Minnesota’s Split Rock Lighthouse on Lake Superior is relit a couple of times a year for special occasions. One of those occasions is the memorial for the sinking of the steamer Edmund Fitzgerald on 10 November, 1975. Photo by Steve Simmer.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakesHistory
#SplitRock

It also feels like something at the end of the show bears repeating: @Gargron, and all the other folks who have been working tirelessly for the past seven years, saved our asses.

To all of you who had the foresight to build Mastodon, a sincere THANK YOU. We're in your debt.

This teeny tiny 1930s prefab (castle shaped!) diner was offered for free to whoever could haul it away, and it needs some restoration work, but it's the cutest architecture you'll see this week.

Article about its historical significance: https://amp.kansas.com/entertainment/restaurants/dining-with-denise-neil/article228241389.html

More pictures: https://www.instagram.com/p/CoIDIycuBvX/

Damn, Ruth Buzzi.
Just DAAAAAAAMN

51 years ago today, Hewlett-Packard introduced the first scientific hand-held calculator, the HP-35
https://buff.ly/3jnMEjS #technology #Today

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6724175 TL;DR battery manufacturers have unknowingly been using wrong tape inside battery cells causing discharge, shortened life. Change tape from PET = better battery life #battery #science #canada #research

Hunter Biden's legal team is on the offensive, demanding state & federal investigations into the dissemination of material from his laptop, & threatening a defamation lawsuit against Fox's Tucker Carlson for allegedly failing to correct false statements.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hunter-biden-laptop-investigations-retractions-rudy-giuliani-fox-news/

@ristkof

I don't drive white people's cars. Not joking. If a white friend asks me to drive their car, the answer is usually no. White folk can drive cars with minor issues without getting pulled over, but Black folk can't.

I don't drive my own car the entire month before the tags are due to expire.

I avoid certain entire cities. Part of my problem was I was often the one Black guy driving in the white town. For example, in over 25 years in Cali I've never once been pulled over in Oakland.🤷🏿‍♂️

It went down into the single digits last night so I went out and did the frozen soap bubble thing. It was ~6°F when I made these photos in Reno. I need to experiment with a different soap solution chemistry. All of my bubbles froze with polygon shapes. I didn't get any with a fern leaf looking shape which I think looks better.

What is my worst crime?

1) I choose mashed cauliflower over mashed potatoes.

2) I have no qualms about taking the last doughnut or the last slice of pizza.

3) I have no trouble sleeping, ever.

4) I will attempt early morning conversation before you've had your coffee.

A fine-dining restaurant is open two days a week, Friday and Saturday, from 5 PM to 9 PM. Nearly all seating is by reservation. They've always unlocked the door at 5 PM sharp. It's been proposed to unlock the door 5 or 10 minutes before 5 PM so early arrivers can come in. Staff is sharply divided on this question. Owners are also divided.

So I thought I'd get some opinions from people who are not personally involved. Feel free to express your opinion / boost. I'm looking for input.

If you were a customer with a 5 PM reservation, would you expect the door to be unlocked:

#poll #restaurant #food

I do not care if people quote toot me but if quote tooting is to be integrated is only fair that it be an opt-in feature.

I panicked when I saw #DollyParton was trending in the other place, then I found it was for the best-worst reason.

Get your shit together, Oklahoma

Utah didn’t ban youth hormone therapy such as testosterone boosters for cis boys. It didn’t ban “gender affirming surgery” such as breast augmentation for cis girls.

Just for trans kids.

You know, in case you’re wondering if lawmakers are really out to “protect the children” like they claim.

Give me a break.

@chadloder
Elon dumped dozens of far right accounts into my timeline like I followed them, then twitter silently hid, did not deliver , my tweets telling my followets what they had done.

Twitter did not prevented my tweeting, it didnt show rules then prevent tweeting against the rules.

👉They let me tweet, then didnt deliver any of them, to any followers in any time line.👈