21 blogs
about United States of America.
Alabama Yesterdays
Random wanderings through Alabama history.
By A.J. Wright.
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Helen Oliver, "Suspicious Person" in 1915
Well, in New Orleans, anyway. My son Amos alerted me to this item, which he found on Reddit, whatever that is.Of course, I immediately began searching for more information. This item does appear in the …
By AlabamaYesterdays, 457 words
Balkinization
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics.
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Access to Life- and Health-Preserving Care - A History and Tradition
Reva Siegel and Mary Ziegler We have just posted a revised draft of Comstockery, the first legal history of the Comstock Act since antiabortion lawyers have attempted to transform it into a de facto national …
By Guest Blogger, 1,119 words
BikePortland
Portland Oregon bicycle news, events, culture, and opinion.
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Podcast: In the Shed with Eva & Jonathan – Ep 19
Happy Friday and Welcome back to The Shed. Retired bike shop co-owner and BikeLoud PDX Board Member Eva Frazier and I (BikePortland Publisher & Editor Jonathan Maus) had a wonderful chat and I can’t wait …
By Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor), 180 words
brr
An Antarctica blog.
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Updated 4 months ago
Redeployment Part Three
Off-continent after 446 days!
Caltrain HSR Compatibility Blog
This blog exists to discuss compatibility between HSR and Caltrain, integration issues, and the impact on adjoining communities.
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Level Boarding is Legal in California
Arrow level boarding platformsat San Bernardino, CAComments to old posts on this blog are stored in a moderation queue that your author doesn't visit often enough. Over a year ago, commenter jpk122s discovered quite a …
Cincinnati Curiosities
Working overtime to keep alive the weird soul of the Queen City.
By Greg Hand.
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Commuters Packed Cincinnati’s Old Streetcars, But The Rides Were Often Adventures
Although the city’s newspapers regularly cited unsafe conditions on the city’s streetcars , the trolleys were popular and heavily used by Cincinnati’s commuters. The hilltop neighborhoods would not have developed without mass transit. Even so, …
DNA Lounge: DNA Sequencing
A late-night, all ages San Francisco nightclub featuring live music, DJ dancing, burlesque shows, and private parties.
By Jamie Zawinski.
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Wherein the planet has again been successfully hacked
That was another excellent Cyberdelia and I need to share these amazing prize statues that Jared made for the costume contest. Now you can store 160 gigabytes inside Johnny Mnemonic's head, just like in the …
Ephemeral New York
Chronicling an ever-changing city through faded and forgotten artifacts.
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The holdout stable squeezed between white brick apartment houses on the Upper East Side
What kind of block was East 63rd Street between Second and Third Avenues in the first half of the 20th century? Like so many other streets hemmed in by elevated trains and relatively close to …
By ephemeralnewyork, 332 words
The Fastest Slow Guy You Know
A blog about bicycles, Oakland, California, roads, trails, history.
By Morgan Fletcher.
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THE PERALTA CLAIM. - San Joaquin Republican, Volume 4, Number 9, 12 January 1854
THE PERALTA CLAIM. The Land Commissioners will decide on the merits of the Peralta claim this morning. The Chronicle says that this is one of the most important claims that has come before the Commissioners …
By Morgan Fletcher, 429 words
Georgia Before People
I’m writing this blog because I’m fascinated with what the ecology of southeastern North America was before people colonized the region and ruined it.
By Mark Gelbart.
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Giant Cottonwood Trees (Populus deltoides)
Eastern cottonwood trees rapidly grow to an enormous size. They reach heights of over 100 feet tall with diameters over 9 feet thick. The U.S. national champion in Beatrice, Nebraska is 89 feet tall and …
By markgelbart, 397 words
Good Stuff NW
By Kathleen Bauer.
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Spring Salad: Barley, Asparagus and Mint Tabbouli
Points have been deducted from my lifetime hosting score because of my penchant for trying out new recipes on guests. Fortunately very few of them have been complete disasters, and with enough wine and a …
Greater Greater Washington
Builds informed and civically engaged communities who believe in a growing and inclusive Washington region and speak up for livable communities for all.
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Transit group wins 2024 Ride for the Region
Eight regional employers – universities, non-profits, and private companies – competed this spring to see who could get the largest share of their employees riding transit. As the organizers of this first-of-its-kind competition in the …
By H.G. Chissell (Guest Contributor), 706 words
Images of Old Hawaiʻi
Bringing People, Places, and Events in Hawaiʻi’s past alive through text and media.
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First Lady Lawyer
“Foreign missionary Harvey Rexford Hitchcock married Rebecca Howard. They sailed for the Hawaiian Islands on the whaleship Averick, arriving in Honolulu 17 May 1832, after a voyage of 173 days. His sister Elizabeth later came …
By Peter T Young, 1,016 words
Old Structures Engineering – Blog
Engineering and Preservation.
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The Inspiration
The 14th Street station on the Eighth Avenue subway has an art installation by Tom Otterness called “Life Underground” It consists of a series of brass figures, both human and animal, engaged in various pursuits. …
By Don Friedman, 110 words
Political⚡Charge
Activating America's Voters.
By Tokyo Sand.
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Weekly Recap 5/11: RFK Jr. and the Worm that Ate His Brain
I can’t tell you how many RFK/worm posts I just skipped right past before I realized that everyone and their mother was posting about it. I decided I should look into it, but I thought …
San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center
A non-commercial, democratic collective serving as the local organizing unit of the global IMC network.
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Wednesday 6/19: Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State
Please email [email protected] a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or obtain Zoom meeting access info.
By Oakland Privacy, 29 words
SCOTUSblog
Devoted to covering the US Supreme Court comprehensively, without bias according to the highest journalistic standards as a public service.
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The morning read for Friday, May 17
ShareEach weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Supreme Court rebuffs challenge to consumer protection agency (Lawrence Hurley, …
By Ellena Erskine, 149 words
Society for US Intellectual History
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“Centuries of Suppression”: Jeanelle D. Horcasitas on Julia Rose Kraut’s *Threat of Dissent: A History of Ideological Exclusion and Deportation in the United States*
Julia Rose Kraut’s Threat of Dissent: A History of Ideological Exclusion and Deportation in the United States, unpacks centuries of legislative statutes and political actions to ideologically exclude and deport Read more The post “Centuries …
By Jeanelle D. Horcasitas, 90 words
StreetsblogMASS
Connecting people from all walks of life to information about how to reduce dependence on cars, promote human-centered, equitable, and environmentally sustainable places….
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June 10 Event: Can You Put a Price on Congestion in Boston?
After years of advocacy and planning, the Board of NYC’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) recently approved the city’s congestion pricing program, which will start on June 30 and help the city finance major upgrades to …
Streets.mn
Transportation and Land Use in Minnesota.
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National Links: Is Bigger Really Better?
Every day, The Overhead Wire collects news about cities and sends the links to their email list. At the end of the week they take some of the most popular stories and post them to …