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Flipboard Culture Desk boosted
Women have been playing baseball in the U.S. for 150 years, with the first professional team, the Dolly Vardens, being formed in 1867. @TheConversationUS takes a look at how girls were gradually funnelled towards softball — seen as more suitable for the “weaker” female body — and why a new era in women’s baseball may be about to begin.
https://theconversation.com/women-are-reclaiming-their-place-in-baseball-252590
#Sport #Sports #Baseball #Women #WomensHistory #WomensHistoryMonth #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
@rjohnsonmn Thanks for sharing the story of Kyle Higashioka and his grandfather! Fascinating — the idea of all these Japanese Americans still willing to fight for the U.S. in spite of their families being interned.
Erik de la Reguera boosted
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#Brookline firefighters battle house #fire
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/brookline-firefighters-battle-house-fire
"The reemergence of measles, a disease once declared officially eradicated in the United States, didn’t start with Trump. Instead, it started through an unholy alliance between far-right, often religious groups that have pitched the vaccines as either unnecessary or dangerous combined with a far-left group that is often celebrity-driven pushing the same thing The Consequences Of An RFK Jr. HHS Appointment Are Smacking Our Children In The Face https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/27/the-consequences-of-an-rfk-jr-hhs-appointment-are-smacking-our-children-in-the-face/
@jeffjarvis I'm old enough to remember when people now in power were telling us we ought to judge them by what they do for our 401k accounts.
Every computer I use often -- a desktop I use all the time and a laptop that gets a fair amount of use -- comes from System76: These 5 Companies Make Linux-First PCs https://www.howtogeek.com/companies-making-linux-first-pcs/
@kyra_davis We visited Whitney Plantation when we were in New Orleans. The only plantation where history is told from the perspective of Black people instead of plantation owners. Highly recommend.
"Five Rankin County [Mississippi] sheriff’s deputies were charged with civil rights offenses for torturing two Black men in their home."
https://buff.ly/8ztC0Zu