My family and I are greatly interested in events featuring people who were directly involved with the Civil Rights movement, specifically the fight against segregation and racism. I am keenly aware that time is limited for hearing them speak in person, and I want my kids to be able to meet them and hear their stories.

To give you an idea of the sorts of things I mean: over the past year, we have been able to book a tour of Selma with Joanne Bland (which was an incredibly wonderful experience!), and attend a panel discussion with Bernard Lafayette and other Freedom Riders.

Aside from repeatedly doing internet searches for names of people we would be interested in seeing, is there a way for us to keep track of upcoming events along these lines that we might be interested in? We're willing to travel, so we're looking for more than local options. And if you happen to know of upcoming events along these lines, please share!

Thanks in advance for any ideas you may have.

There are plenty of famous examples of ad campaigns explicitly targeting competitors going back a few decades. What are some examples in the modern era, possibly using social media and/or other new forms of attack?

I'm trying to remember the title of a book that, realistically, I probably read about somewhere here on MeFi. It's post-apocalyptic, I believe it was written by a female author.

The plot summary, as I remember it: Humanity has ruined/is in the process of ruining the environment, and so an unknown entity releases a virus(?) that makes everyone infertile. As a result, an unknown entity puts together a system of cameras, computers, etc. that will record the last days of humanity for posterity. The book is comprised of chapters about the last human on earth (female, named Sarah?), as well as flashbacks of when the world was circling the drain. There are also additional chapters that are written from the point of view of the AI(?) that is compiling the data of the last human on earth. The last human on earth is not happy about her situation, and destroys the drones and cameras that are recording her last moments.

Maybe the cover was blue?

Thanks in advance!

I looked for a previous post for this, but the one closest to my ask is ten years old. I'm looking for websites with good writing on current events – not even mostly political, but also pop culture, accessible science-y content, and other stuff I might not even know I'll like...

I've realized that my online perusing world has gotten very small, and after this past week I've had to stop looking at some to save my sanity (farewell Reddit main page randomness). I like Boing Boing and Laughing Squid, for reference. That old ask recommended these, all of which I've read here or there, but never had as regular online visits:

The New Republic
The Atlantic
The New Yorker
Vox
Raw Story

Thoughts on their current quality? What other sites do you head to after you catch up on MeFi?

free download.

This item belongs to: audio/opensource_audio.

This item has files of the following types: Item Tile, Metadata, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

No Description.

This item belongs to: texts/godaneinbox.

This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Image Container PDF, Metadata

Snap.

This item belongs to: image/opensource_image.

This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, JSON, Metadata

No Description.

This item belongs to: texts/godaneinbox.

This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Image Container PDF, Metadata

No description available.

This item belongs to: audio/opensource_audio.

This item has files of the following types: Metadata, VBR MP3

No description available.

This item belongs to: web/archiveteam_inbox.

This item has files of the following types: JSON GZ, Metadata, TAR

No description available.

This item belongs to: web/archiveteam_inbox.

This item has files of the following types: JSON GZ, Metadata

Agenda: Overview of Reinvestment Housing Incentive Districts (RHIDs); Lead and Copper Rule Revision Project Update; Floodplain Management and Community Rating System (CRS) Program Annual Update; 2024 Street Maintenance Update; City Manager Briefing View full agenda online at https://cityofmhk.com/Ar....

This item belongs to: movies/mnhtks.

This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Metadata, h.264 HD

No Description.

This item belongs to: texts/godaneinbox.

This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Image Container PDF, Metadata

Internet Archive crawl data from the Tweets Media crawl, captured by crawl917.us.archive.org:tweets-media from Thu Nov 14 04:22:40 PST 2024 to Wed Nov 13 20:27:52 PST 2024..

This item belongs to: web/tweets-media.

This item has files of the following types: Metadata

Taken From Emily's New Coaches.

This item belongs to: movies/opensource_movies.

This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Item Tile, MPEG4, Metadata, Thumbnail, h.264 IA

No Description.

This item belongs to: texts/godaneinbox.

This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Image Container PDF, Metadata

No Description.

This item belongs to: audio/opensource.

This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Metadata, PNG, VBR MP3

No Description.

This item belongs to: texts/godaneinbox.

This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Image Container PDF, Metadata

Sample is the Less I Know, the Better by Tame Impala..

This item belongs to: audio/opensource_audio.

This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, MPEG4, Metadata, Thumbnail

Un magnifique conte d'amour de Xavier Eyma (1816-1876) parue dans La Presse littéraire le 15 février 1854..

This item belongs to: audio/opensource_audio.

This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Metadata, VBR MP3

Play against the opponent to show who gets the most points..

This item belongs to: software/open_source_software.

This item has files of the following types: Metadata

No description available.

This item belongs to: web/archiveteam_inbox.

This item has files of the following types: Metadata

Approved For RqL se 2006/08/29: CIA-RDP83-01034R000200150016-7 80TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION He R. 3979 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 25,1947 Mr. HOFrMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Corn- mittee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments A BILL To promote the nation....

This item belongs to: texts/godaneinbox.

This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Image Container PDF, Metadata

Internet Archive crawl data from the Tweets Media crawl, captured by crawl917.us.archive.org:tweets-media from Thu Nov 14 04:24:49 PST 2024 to Wed Nov 13 20:28:40 PST 2024..

This item belongs to: web/tweets-media.

This item has files of the following types: Metadata

Approved For Release 2006/06/14: CIA-RDP83BOO100R000100100002-3 [EYES ONLY) 50/p8/ *EYES ONLY* PER#201 CO,,F J 'E IT: L f op: 0 STATE , 4, AL 1 JUN: NONE INFO: FILE, rF C/L;,;-I, :.t L'EA, D/OCR-3, D/OER,`D/ORPA-12, D/SwS- NFAC/CL....

This item belongs to: texts/godaneinbox.

This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Image Container PDF, Metadata

No description available.

This item belongs to: audio/opensource_audio.

This item has files of the following types: Metadata

SECRET W* NFAC No.5436-79 Approved For Release 2007/02/08 : CIA-RDP83BO1027 000200030009-4 MEMORANDUM FOR: See Distribution 10 October 1979 SUBJECT : Alert Memorandum on Pakistani Plan for an Early Nuclear Test We are preparing an Alert Memorandum on Pakistani plans for an early nuclear test....

This item belongs to: texts/godaneinbox.

This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Image Container PDF, Metadata

No description available.

This item belongs to: web/opensource.

This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Metadata, Unknown, Web ARChive GZ

More than 80 New England Conservatory alumni and faculty have been honored with 41 Grammy nominations, maintaining a longstanding presence among the world's leading musicians. NEC-affiliated artists have been nominated across 27 categories for this year’s Grammy Awards, with winners to be announced at the Los Angeles ceremony on Sunday, February 2, 2025....

The first name Thelonious--does it come from the word theology? Is a parent giving a newborn a form of divinity with the appellation? This is speculation; the answer is up in the air, but the most famous Thelonious is Thelonious Sphere Monk, one of the brightest of jazz stars to emerge in the age of bebop... [ read more ]

Birds descended from the dinosaurs, but researchers have known relatively little about how the bird's brain took shape. An 80 million-year-old bird fossil that sheds light on that mystery.

President-elect Donald Trump has announced he will nominate Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host and Army veteran to be his secretary of defense. The 44-year-old Hegseth came as a surprise.

I could listen to peace-builder and story-teller Kiran Singh Sirah all day. Not because he’s a gifted and generous story-teller — he most certainly is — but because his world […]

The post Sprouts: Curiosity, Stories & Belonging appeared first on KKFI.

In this episode of _Making Contact_, we sit down with Kev Choice, a classically trained pianist, rapper, composer, and educator, who has reshaped the Bay Area music scene. Raised in […]

The post Making Contact: Love, Growth, and the Power of Music appeared first on KKFI.

It’s a sonic map of New Orleans music from the recording studios and nightclubs to jazz parades. Songs about life on Basin Street and Bourbon Street, to Rampart Street and […]

The post American Routes: A Music Map of New Orleans Lives – with Creole Jazz Singer John Boutté appeared first on KKFI.

American author, activist, lesbian, teacher, anthropologist, and working-class escapee, Dorothy Allison, died November 6th, 2024. She was 75 years old. In her honor, Arlene Zaucha shared the radio program she […]

The post In Memoriam, Dorothy Allison (Author, Lesbian, Working-class Escapee) appeared first on KKFI.

Good morning Kansas City and welcome again to The Totally Throwback Thursday show. I’m DJ Mason and I’m going to take you back in time, where big hair ,big shoulder […]

The post The Totally Throwback Thursday Show with Special Guest Tracy Moore!! appeared first on KKFI.

Codeless Platforms has revealed that Meridian Farm Market, a Canadian-based retailer of meat and farm produce, has automated its sales orders and data transfers between SYSPRO, Shopify and its POS system using BPA Platform.

Augury, provider of AI solutions that help industrial and manufacturing companies increase their productivity, efficiency and reliability, has unveiled its next generation of its Machine Health sensing platform with the release of the Halo R4000 series of sensors.

By Aaron Stillman, Head of Product Marketing at Tresorit.

Research shows that 81 per cent of UK businesses handle digitised personal data, digitised non-personal data, or both, making secure and efficient data management crucial, particularly when critical transactions and confidential processes are at play. This is where virtual data rooms (VDRs) become invaluable.