Month: April 2021

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NBN Book of the Day - Karlos K. Hill, “The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: A Photographic History” (U Oklahoma Press, 2021)

On the evening of May 31, 1921, thousands of white Oklahomans assaulted the Greenwood District of the city of Tulsa. In what would come to be known as the Tulsa Race Massacre, dozens of Black residents were killed and thousands more displaced as armed whites looted their homes and businesses before burning them to the ground.

Karlos K. Hill’s The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: A Photographic History (University of Oklahoma Press, 2021) provides a visual record of the attack upon the community and the destruction it wrought upon the neighborhood, along with pictures of the aftermath and the testimony of the survivors. 

As Hill’s images reveal, Greenwood had established itself as the most prosperous Black community in the United States prior to the massacre. This prosperity was a source of resentment for many whites, and fueled much of the anger reflected in the massacre. Yet Hill’s photos also reveal the resilience of a community, as in the aftermath of the devastation the residents of Greenwood rallied to rebuild much of what had been destroyed, serving as a foundation for further prosperity in the decades that followed.

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PHPUgly - 234:Tom Finally Quit

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The NewsWorthy - Florida Election Reform, Mysterious Attacks & GMO Mosquitoes- Friday, April 30th, 2021

The news to know for Friday, April 30th, 2021!

What to know about:

  • a big economic rebound in the U.S.: where people are spending their money and who's still struggling
  • major changes likely coming to voting rules in another swing state
  • possible invisible attacks now reported on U.S. soil
  • an update in the case of Lady Gaga's kidnapped dogs
  • a new plan to release genetically modified mosquitoes
  • the Kentucky Derby happening this weekend

Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com or see sources below to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.

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Sources:

U.S. Economy Rebound: AP, NY Times, Axios, Fox News, Commerce Dept.

FL Voting Bill Passes: NY Times, ABC News, Axios, WSJ, FL House

Possible U.S. Energy Attacks: CNN, CNBC, The Hill

Israeli Religious Festival Stampede: BBC, AP, NY Times, Reuters

Severe Storm Damage: USA Today, WaPo, Weather Channel

FDA Wants to Ban Menthol Cigarettes: AP, Politico, FDA, CDC

Suspects Arrested for Lady Gaga Dognapping: ABC News, LA Times, TMZ, LAPD

Genetically-Modified Mosquitoes Released: AP, NBC News, USA Today, CDC

Kentucky Derby This Weekend: Louisville Courier Journal, NY Times, Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby

Feel Good Friday: Boston Marathon Survivor Helps Pay for Prosthetics: CNN, Heather Abbott Foundation

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What A Day - The Fall Of Menthol

The pandemic continues to spiral out of control in India, with the country recently topping 200,000 deaths by the official count. The initial flights carrying relief from the U.S. landed yesterday. Vaccine manufacturing supplies from the U.S. will soon follow.

The Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday that it’s creating standards over the next year to ban menthol in cigarettes and all flavoring in cigars. Flavored tobacco offerings are heavily marketed to Black people, and as a result, 85 percent of all menthol cigarette smokers are Black.

And in headlines: five Lady Gaga dog robbers are arrested, Colorado state legislature okays human composting, and Disaster Girl sells her own meme as an NFT for $500,000.


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NYT: "How to Help India Amid the Covid Crisis" – https://nyti.ms/2Rfo8Tq

Show some love and vote for us as Best News and Politics podcast in the 25th Annual People’s Voice Awards! – https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2021/podcasts/general-series/news-politics


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The Goods from the Woods - “The Corona Diaries #135” with Joe Raines

Three L.A. comedians are quarantined in a podcast studio during a global pandemic. There is literally nothing to be done EXCEPT make content. These are "The Corona Diaries" and this is Episode 135.  Sitting in with us today is our friend, comedian "Shotgun" Joe Raines! Follow Joe on all forms of social media @JoeMFRaines.  Music at the end is "Neil Armstrong" by The Dexateens. R.I.P. Michael Collins.

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The Daily Signal - This Lawmaker Lost His Job Over Georgia’s New Election Law. Here’s His Story.

Georgia state Rep. Barry Fleming lost his job over the state's recently passed election reform legislation.


The Hancock County Board of Commissioners voted 4-0 to ask Fleming to resign as county attorney "after pressure from citizens opposed to his work on proposed voting law changes," Georgia Public Broadcasting reported March 10.


Critics of Georgia's new law say it hampers voting rights, but Fleming, R-Harlem, argues that it does just the opposite.

“It makes it easier to vote in Georgia,” Fleming says, adding:

In Georgia, we actually expanded the days to early vote. There's now or can be an extra 36 hours at least of early voting in Georgia. We made it very simple when it comes to absentee ballots. You still need no excuse to vote absentee in Georgia, and all you have to do is write down your driver's license number. ... So in Georgia we think going forward it will be easier to vote, but hopefully harder to cheat.



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Opening Arguments - OA486: Apportionment Might NOT Be Final

You all probably heard by now that NY lost a House seat by 89 people... But did they? Andrew argues that this has been misreported. Find out why! Along the way, find out way more than you ever wanted to about the math and Al Gore Rhythms behind apportionment! Also, Rudy Giuliani had some things taken in what shouldn't be called a "raid." Couldn't' have happened to a nicer obvious criminal! Then we answer some feedback on the previous episode, OA485: What If Your Client Tells You They’re Guilty?

Links: OA307: Apportionment - The Census Fight Is Not Over, NPR 2020 Census Results, 13 US Code § 141 - Population and other census information, Executive Order on the Census, 2020 Census Apportionment Results, 2 U.S. Code § 2b, Method of Equal Proportions, Reapportionment Under the 1950 Census, "Computing Apportionment," US Census Bureau, Model Rule 3.3: Candor Toward the Tribunal

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The Stack Overflow Podcast - One founder’s journey from personal trainer to “frontend mentor”

You can check out Frontend Mentor here. Try a few challenges or join their Slack, where thousands of students are chatting about how they are approaching the projects.

You can follow Matt on Twitter here. If you want to read about how he made the jump from personal trainer to web developer, he did a nice interview with Indie London.

Our lifeboat of the week goes to Banex for answering the question: why do we use NULL in strtok()?

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Lex Fridman Podcast - #180 – Jeremi Suri: History of American Power

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(00:00) – Introduction
(14:33) – Power of charisma
(20:24) – US presidency
(31:10) – Aliens
(36:17) – Bill Clinton
(39:07) – Students of history
(43:58) – George Washington
(46:44) – Putin
(53:27) – FDR
(1:08:39) – Henry Kissinger
(1:18:32) – Realpolitik
(1:30:22) – What is a just war?
(1:36:27) – Cold war
(1:40:44) – Communism in the United States
(1:50:42) – Vaccines and the future of the human species
(1:55:57) – Book recommendations
(1:57:31) – Learning another language
(2:01:58) – Advice for young people
(2:08:10) – Grandmother
(2:11:03) – Meaning of life