• John Tyler, 10th president of the US (1790-1862), had a grandson, Harrison Ruffin Tyler (Nov, 1928) who just recently died in May of 2025.
• The last survivor from the 1800's was Emma Morano, born 11/29/1899 Civiasco, Italy. Died 04/15/2017 in Verbania, Italy. So most people reading this had a chance to speak to someone born in 1899.
• All of Napoleon Bonaparte's 4 brothers lived into the age of photography (1826) and had their photo taken with a camera. His youngest brother Jérôme sat for many photo sessions. Only one of his 3 sisters, Caroline, lived into the era but never had a photo taken. Napoleon Bonaparte (08/15/1769 - 05/05/1821), didn't live into the age of photography.
• Humans are the only animals capable of appreciating art. Yes, chimps and elephants can make their own art, but they have no interest in it after they're done with it.

That building at 7500 S South Shore Drive actually has architectural significance. Built in 1950, all the corner windows wrap around framelessly, allowing nearly unobstructed views of Lake Michigan across the street; one of the first buildings in the nation to implement such window framing. Unfortunately, in 2011 Mayor Daley allowed a school to be built on park land across the street, which blocked the view of Lake Michigan from east-facing windows. I believe losing the lake view is what caused the building to lose prime renters and spiral into subprime building condition it was in at the time of the raid.

I've always assumed that posts that began with "as a black man" were posted by a non-black person. Trying too hard, and invading their own Internet privacy at the same time.

the most openly racist president since Andrew Johnson

That honor goes to Woodrow Wilson, especially since he was president during a supposedly more enlightened time.

Sounds like a man who knows what he likes and doesn't want social involvement with people he doesn't like. Why does that behavior have to have a name?

The rich and famous will live their lives in a bubble no matter where they reside. And Clooney is still going to hear about Trump's criticisms no matter where he lives.

We’d be dead & not giving a fuck. This “care” seems more about yourself than others.

A previous poster answered the situation definitively. A medical professional needs to declare someone as dead. There have been several cases where a person looked dead but was revived.

Allowing volunteer mods was dangerous enough. Allowing those mods to have unlimited subreddits was a magnet for agenda-driven operatives. The changes don't really do enough to get rid of mods with an agenda.

BTW, once a Reddit mod permabans you, there's no way to appeal their ban. The mods can simply ignore your request for a review. Also, after you are banned, Reddit doesn't automatically decrement the membership count. You must unjoin on your own. So its membership numbers are inflated for each subreddit.

“omg thats so cool, can i bring my kids to watch and maybe they can try?”

Context is everything. "The Bible: In the Beginning" (1966) contains a long fully nude Adam & Eve scene, but schools were encouraged to send kids to see it. My school did. But nudity in movies was very rare in 1966 and such a scene would normally have been prohibited by government censorship if not for the biblical framing.

Don’t like it? You can go back to US propaganda sites.

I don't see the benefit of replacing US propaganda with anti-US propaganda.

He was very hostile to wait staff at a restaurant when they messed up his wife’s order.

Ease of mistreating waitstaff is really a good indicator that a person is awful.

the majority of US citizens voted against Trump.

False. But it was close.

• Trump - 77,303,568 - 49.81%
• Harris - 75,019,230 - 48.34%

Humans got to Tasmania, Australia 20 000 years before they got to Scotland despite it being 3x the distance

Early humans out of Africa walked along the south Asian coasts, so Tasmania makes sense it its path was warmer than Scotland. Also, there were land bridges available near Australia that aren't present today.

and featured the first time humans journeyed over the ocean.

We can't possibly know that since Homo Erectus bones have been found on Crete. They could have island-hopped there from Greece, or they could have built a boat/raft.

Designing an opinion platform with "volunteer" mods is asking for agenda-driven operatives to volunteer.

Wheels were useless anyway until the invention of the axle, around 3500 BCE.

You're underestimating the power of being soft on racism.

Why didn't the racism affect Obama's presidential campaign? But let's be clear, the popular vote between Harris and Trump was very close.

• Trump - 77,303,568 - 49.81%
• Harris - 75,019,230 - 48.34%

They think “Now that my family and I got in, let’s pull the ladder and fuck the rest. As long as I am good, others can fucking die.”

That sounds like the voting pattern of US Hispanics.

I don't get the fascination with Musk. He's boring, his writing lacks any signs of cleverness or spark, and he's still physically unattractive after all that plastic surgery. What gives?