Black women can’t swim because of societal expectations’: Michelle Obama’s claims spark controversy.
Michelle Obama makes racist remarks to offend everyone.
“Let me explain something to white people. Our hair comes out CURLY. When we straighten it to follow YOUR beauty standards, we are TRAPPED by the straightness! That’s why so many of us can’t swim, won’t go to the gym because we’re trying to keep our hair straight for y’all!”
Let me explain something to Black people.
WSJ: Old Age Will Be Different in the Robotic Age
WSJ: Old Age Will Be Different in the Robotic Age
Machines could soon help elders get out of bed, bathe them, even provide them with emotional support.
I always figured this problem would be solved by the Japanese inventing competent Elder-bots, the Chinese making cheap knock-offs and an American start-up company offering free robots that tended to the feeble as it harvested confidential medical information to defraud Medicaid. That won’t happen.
A new truck means new projects.
That yellow jounce block was removed from above the rear axle, and replaced with an air spring.
The weather was mild, so we went for a long walk. Sparky found the worst looking pear ever, and brought it up to the house as a souvenir. I tossed it out.
WSJ: Why Every Family Needs a Code Word
WSJ: Why Every Family Needs a Code Word
If you receive a call from someone who sounds just like your grandson and says he needs money or a gift card, the best thing to do is hang up and call your grandson. But if the voice is so convincing that you can’t bear to do that, ask for your family code word.
This happened to my mother. She got a call from somebody who identified himself as her grandson, and needed money to get out of jail. The same thing has happened to the elderly parents of several of my friends.
Efforts to remove fluoride from drinking water make steady progress amid mainstream headwinds
A growing movement to remove fluoride from public drinking water is gaining steam, fueled by modern research and safety concerns.
Everybody has teeth and billions of dollars goes to medical research. It shouldn’t be difficult to get an answer on fluoride and clearly explain the results.
RCI: Americans Are Increasingly Alone, But Are They Really Lonely?
In 2023, then-U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released a bombshell report, “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation,” that painted a bleak picture of citizens feeling “isolated, invisible, and insignificant.” Most provocatively, it stated that perhaps half of Americans face a personal crisis of aloneness that poses health risks “similar to that caused by smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day.”
The “Crisis of Loneliness” issue has been in the news for over a decade. It has always sounded phony to me. How does anyone gauge the loneliness of others?
It’s embarrassing to be watching a reality show. I watched the first season of Road Rules. That was the last, and maybe only, reality show that I followed for a whole season. That was thirty years ago.
I’ve got a big project to do today, but I’m watching Celebrity Traitors.
Fetishists infiltrate group promoting barefoot living
The largest group dedicated to “barefoot living” in the UK has been forced to bring in strict rules after being infiltrated by people with a sexual “foot fetish”.
The largest group? That means there are several groups in the UK for people who don’t wear shoes. I hope at least one group has a hobbit theme.
Yesterday, it was 40o and a little misty. The wind was heading to the east, so it was a good time to blow the leaves into the woods. Glad I did.
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