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Steven Lee Cropper (October 21, 1941 – December 3, 2025), sometimes known as "The Colonel", was an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. You may not know his name, but you know his sound, from Dock on the Bay (which he co-wrote with Otis...

Welcome to Street Prophets Coffee Hour’s Helping Humpday, where people wanting to lend a hand can connect with community members in need. Have a cuppa and join us.

A longer, well-referenced version of this post with graphs and illustrations was posted yesterday on my site Examined. Here is the 1000 word version! I hope it helps you :) ~ Nasal saline irrigation might be one of medicine's most underappreciated...

Please read and follow instructions before opening. Or consult your physician. This is a no flame zone . This vent-hole (hereinafter known as IVH), if lost or stolen will not be replaced or ...

Dickens and the Common Good BAH. HUMBUG. ‘But you were always a good man of business, Jacob,’ faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself.” Missed and misused opportunities to work kindly to help those with less:that was the message the...

A gentle reminder of how we do things:   🐱🐶🐦 Do not troll the diary. If you hate pootie diaries, leave now. No harm, no foul. Please do share pics of your fur kids!  If you have ...

When the first American explorers and fur traders began to move out onto the Northern Plains following the Corps of Discovery (i.e. Lewis and Clark) in the early nineteenth century, they encountered ...

Welcome to � Morning Open Thread , a daily post with MOT hosts, who choose the topic for the daily posting. We support our community, invite and share ideas, and encourage thoughtful, respectful ...

Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build Its Surveillance AI Wired An accidental leak revealed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of US communities, is using workers in the Philippines to ...

Mutual Aid groups have been growing since the Pandemic and the #Snap shut down really showed what they can do. So much that AP news is covering them. When formal systems stop working, neighbors turn to each other in what many call ‘mutual aid’ “One of...

Happy Moonday, Peeps!!� Hope everyone had a safe and healthy Fangsgibbing!� After a short week, this one might seem a bit longer, but….nahhhh.�� We can haz funz!� All ob uz! ...

The Polson Flathead Lake Museum in Polson, Montana, has a collection of carriages. A carriage is a horse-drawn passenger vehicle. With regard to etymology, the word carriage entered into English in ...

Presidents throughout history have had some rocky relationships with the free press. It's a natural conflict given the media's mission to report truthfully about everything that a political leader does and says, and the leader's determination to always...

Humans— Homo sapiens —first evolved in Africa and were biologically adapted to life in a warm climate. When humans left Africa and began their migrations north into Europe and Asia, they had to ...

Good morning, everyone. This morning’s artist is the Austrian composer Franz Schubert. Though he was only 31 when he died, he left a vast body of work. This diary only gives you three examples, ...