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This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last October, Aiyana James attended her first water potato harvest on the reservation of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe in northwestern Idaho. The weather was unusually cold, but she was determined to harvest her first water potatoes, a small wetland tuber that’s one of the tribe’s key traditional foods. The smell of smoke and drying elk meat filled the air along the shore of Lake Coeur d’Alene, where the tribe set up food booths and educational stations.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share“Donald Trump’s campaign suggested he would begin previewing his closing argument Saturday night with Election Day barely two weeks away,” the AP reports. “But the former president kicked off his rally with a detailed story about Arnold Palmer, at one point even praising the late, legendary golfer’s genitalia.” Said Trump: “Arnold Palmer was all man, and I say that in all due respect to women.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareHugo Lowell: “Elon Musk says on stage at a town hall that America PAC will be awarding $1 million every day until the election to a registered Pennsylvania voter who has signed his petition. Musk awarded the first $1 million this evening to someone at the town hall, bringing the guy onto the stage and handing him a jumbo check, lotto-style.” Rick Hasen: “Though maybe some of the other things Musk was doing were of murky legality, this one is clearly illegal.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareIn the late 90s, I was behind the times when it came to rap artists and hip-hop, so I asked a friend, who was instrumental in merging rappers with the big labels at the time if he could give me a lesson on the artists that made up the genre. When I saw him next, to my surprised he opened up his trunk and he handed me over 20 CDs to listen to and get an education. Tupac Shakur stood out among the rest for me and still to this day his rhythms, voice, and his words are the gold standard in my humble opinion. There have been many other great artists after Tupac was murdered, but his songs linger on. "Dear Mama" was the track that opened my eyes to what a wonderful writer he was. Here's a good Top 10 list for you to check out.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareCraig Pittman, Florida Phoenix October 17, 2024 Like most journalists, I keep in my head a list of the best journalism movies — “Spotlight,” for instance, and “His Girl Friday.” The one I like the most is “Deadline USA,” which stars Humphrey Bogart as a tough editor trying to land one last scoop before his paper folds.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareOur ceasefire-nik leftist ruling class seems unclear on what exactly constitutes a ‘victory.’
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