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Feb 26 - Ethnohistoric Legacy of Slavery in America as a Root Cause of Health Inequities for African Americans and Post Traumatic Slavery Disorder (PTSD) - Dr. Rodney G. Hood

This month we are honored to have a presentation from Dr. Rodney G. Hood, MD, FACP followed by Q&A.

3:30PM Social time and check-in 4:00PM Meeting on Zoom Zoom registration Ethnohistoric Legacy of Slavery in America as a Root Cause of Health Inequities for African Americans and Post Traumatic Slavery Disorder (PTSD) This month we are honored to have a presentation from Dr. Rodney G. Hood, MD, FACP followed by Q&A. Dr. Rodney Hood serves as CEO and Managing Partner at Care View Medical…

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Tahuya è una comunità non incorporata nella contea di Mason, Washington, Stati Uniti; si trova sul canale Hood alla foce del fiume Tahuya, un sottile e profondo fiordo di acqua salata che scorre dallo Stretto di Juan de Fuca.

Tahuya, il cui nome deriva da un termine 𝑡𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑎 che significa quello fatto, presenta una serie di aree ricreative.

Il primo sabato di luglio segna l'annuale celebrazione del Tahuya Day, che include una parata, bancarelle e venditori di cibo e altre attrazioni. Secondo il sito web ufficiale del turismo della contea, la gente del posto riconosce ampiamente il Tahuya Day come una celebrazione del luogo bizzarro in cui i residenti vivono per scelta.

La nautica e la pesca dei molluschi sono popolari qui in primavera, estate e autunno. Il Rendsland Creek di Tahuya è designato dal Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife come una spiaggia per la pesca di molluschi potenziata, dove i visitatori possono raccogliere vongole sei mesi all'anno e ostriche di Hood Canal tutto l'anno.

Nelle vicinanze si trova la Tahuya State Forest, che comprende diversi campeggi e oltre 100 miglia di fuoristrada (ORV) e percorsi per mountain bike.

Il Rodney White Slough a Tahuya prende il nome da Rodney White, un pioniere nero che aveva una fattoria nella zona.

Twana è il nome collettivo di un gruppo di nove popoli Coast Salish nella regione settentrionale-centrale di Puget Sound. Gli Skokomish sono il principale gruppo sopravvissuto e oggi si identificano come Twana. La lingua parlata, chiamata anche Twana, fa parte del gruppo linguistico Central Coast Salish. La lingua Twana è strettamente correlata a Lushootseed.

I nove gruppi che componevano i Twana erano Dabop, Quilcene (gente di acqua salata), Dosewallips, Duckabush, Hoodsport, Skokomish (Skoko'bsh), Vance Creek, Tahuya e Duhlelap (Tule'lalap).  

Nel 1860 c'erano 33 insediamenti in totale, con gli Skokomish che costituivano la maggioranza della popolazione. La maggior parte dei discendenti di tutti i gruppi ora sono membri della Skokomish Tribal Nation e vivono nella riserva indiana Skokomish a Skokomish, Washington.

Tahuya

[fuck-customers]

Working in a store that attracts both new money & old money is so fucking funny because you get to compare and contrast them all day long.

Older folk who are actually rich and have “big jobs” will politely excuse themselves when they get a phone call, they take the call outside and don’t come back inside until they are done, and afterwards they apologize for the interruption.

On the younger end of the wealthy spectrum, these young men NEED you to listen to their oh so important phone call. They ramble on & on at a volume like they want you to hear them. If you walk away they still end up getting near you and force you to hear them chew out their employees, complain about how they just lost a million dollars and inflate their egos by saying how they’re about to close a million dollar business deal.

No one fucking cares, and honestly as someone who grew up in the hood it’s fucking stupid? It’s like: hey everyone!! Listen to me talk about how much money I have, listen to me give out my address over the phone!!! Listen to me talk about which bank I use and where I’m going to be later!!!”

I’m not kidding, I probably could have stolen some identities with the information these morons shout out in public. It reminds me of the bling ring, the kardashians and XXXtentacion.. when you own nice things just stfu unless you want someone to rob you or potentially harm you.

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[readyforevolution]

"I walked into restaurants and they would point at me and say ‘The (N-word) can’t eat here.’ I would go to a hotel and they would say ‘The (N-word) can’t stay here.’ We want to Charlie Finley’s country club for a welcome home dinner, and they pointed me out with the N-word, ‘he can’t come in here.’ Finley marched the whole team out. Finally, they let me in. He had said ‘We’re gonna go to a diner and eat hamburgers; we’ll go where we’re wanted.'

“I slept on their couch (Rudi and his wife) four nights a week for about a month and a half,” Jackson said. “Finally, they were threatened that they’d burn the apartment complex down unless I got out. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.”

Jackson’s response to the one question lasted more than three minutes.

No one on the Fox set interrupted him.

No producer screamed into a headset trying to stop him.

“I really didn’t think it would get as much attention as it has gotten,’’ Jackson told USA TODAY Sports after the game, “but as much response as it generated, I didn’t get one negative response. Not one.

“I didn’t know Alex would ask me that question, but I’m glad they gave me a chance to respond.

“I’m glad people listened."

Reggie Jackson

Loud. And clear.

Really, the oddest reaction was from America itself.

Folks acted as if they were shocked this was happening 50 years ago and not centuries ago.

Wake up.

It was in the ’80s when Al Campanis, general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, uttered on national TV that Blacks lacked “the necessities" to be general managers or managers in the game.

It was in the early ’90s in Los Angeles when Rodney King was brutally beaten by police officers on the city streets and every officer was acquitted.

It was in the mid-’90s in Vero Beach, Florida, when an apartment complex refused to allow a reporter’s two black children to swim in its community swimming pool.

It was in the past five years that George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, Breonna Taylor was shot and killed in her bedroom in Louisville, and Ahmaud Arbery was murdered jogging in Georgia.

So, really, we’re shocked that Jackson couldn’t eat in restaurants, sleep in hotels and hang in country clubs with his white teammates 57 years ago?

Welcome to America.

Racism still flourishes in this country, but the only difference, as Hank Aaron once told me, “the difference back then is that they had hoods. Now, they have neckties and starched shirts."

“In the South," Jackson said, “you knew they didn’t like you. You knew they didn't want you. They didn’t hide it."

Now, racism may not be as overt, but as Jackson reminded the country this week, don’t be naive to think it has gone away, or even greatly diminished.

Oh, and just in case you needed a reminder, there are only two Black managers in baseball, one Black general manager and there still has never been a majority Black owner. Jackson said Saturday he still is incensed the he was denied the opportunity to bid on the Oakland Athletics in 2005 when it was sold to John Fisher.

So, you really believe things have changed?

“I am glad,’’ Jackson said, “that I said what I did. It needed to be said."

And repeated over and over again.

[ltwilliammowett]

Sailor's love token for or from W B with an image of the Ville de Paris, late 18th century

The Ville de Paris, built at Rochefort, laid down in 1757 as Impétueux but renamed after Paris, the city that funded her construction. She was completed in 1764, a 90-gun first rate. She fought at the Battle of Ushant (1778) and sailed for the West Indies and Americas in 1781 and fought at the Battles of Fort Royal, the Chesapeake and St. Kitts. On 12 April 1782, at the Battle of the Saintes, she was captured by Admiral Hood on HMS Barfleur, under the command of Admiral Rodney. In September 1782 she was hit by a hurricane off Newfoundland on the voyage back to England and sank with the loss of all hands but one.

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Non-sexual kinktober continues...

Chapter 4: Sensory Deprivation

“It’s about trust,” John said, his voice firm.

“Yes, well we’ve established I’m not very good at that, this is why I’m the Dom and you’re the sub.

“Not today.”

His voice was achingly patient.

The blindfold had been easy. Ish. Having his sensitive, expressive hands shoved into mittens and cuffed behind his back, that was harder.

But a gag ?

“Look I just want to say-”

“ Rodney .”

“Okay. Okay.”

Suddenly Rodney felt it. Submission . It felt like falling. Swooping. Oh. Interesting.

John pulled the hood over his head. The world went silent.

He had no choice but to let go.

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as promised the separate comics/graphic novels roundup for 2023! this is a normal post until May when I realized I could (as a graphic novel librarian) become an Eisner voter and read 54 comics in a month (and then slightly less so in August when the Harveys came up.) below a cut because it's heinously long. I'll include my little write-ups and some panels right after my faves

JANUARY

Under the Red Hood by Judd Winick and Doug Mahnke I read this January second. Begin as you mean to go on! For all its flaws (Dick's Squidward face) the emotional arc of this story puts me right into the pit about Jason Todd.

Superman: Reign of the Supermen by Dan Jurgens and others

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest (ongoing) by Mark Waid, Dan Mora, and Travis Moore First off Dan Mora draws everyone like the most beautiful people in the world, which never hurts to look at. But also this is just a really fun comic! The action is fun the characters are very sweet and we get an honest to god Superbat gem fusion

Young Justice (1998) by Peter David and Todd Nauck MY CHILDREN! I was finishing up my Tim readthrough and was so delighted to meet Kon and Cassie and Bart and Cissie and Anita (I still don't care for Lobo.) Nauck's art is cartoony in a way that fits the comic really well.

Red Robin by Christopher Yost, Fabian Nicieza, Ramón Bachs, and Marcus To THEEEEE ARC for Tim. Everyone says read Red Robin. Yes read Red Robin but also understand this is him at his worst and most scrungly. This is not normal Tim. This is Tim's failgirl era.

Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day by Judd Winick and Ale Garza

MARCH

You and a Bike and a Road by Eleanor Davis Beautiful little memoir comic about biking across the US, and also about borders and travel and isolation/togetherness.

Superman for All Seasons by Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale, and Bjarne Hansen I love this comic. Tim Sale draws Clark like the biggest, softest person you've ever seen, and Bjarne Hansen's colors are so gentle. (if you remember the rock metaphor from mission parameters, it's inspired by this scene from Book 1: Spring)

APRIL

Superman: Lost by Christopher Priest and Carlos Parlaguyan (ongoing) This series cuts right to the horror of being Superman and also the horror of being Lois Lane SO deftly. a few plot points I don't love but overall God it makes me miserable

Birds of Maine by Michael Deforge A delightful, dreamy collection of comics about birds living in a utopian society on the moon. The art is weird, the story is weird, everything about it is lovely.

MAY

Divinity v1-2 by Matt Kindt and Trevor Hairsine

The City of Belgium by Brecht Evans This is not a perfect graphic novel but the stuff it does with art and page and rhythm is so so phenomenal.

Lights, Planets, People! by Lizzy Stewart and Molly Naylor

Killadelphia v1-3 by Rodney Barnes, Jason Shawn Alexander, and Christopher Mitten

The Department of Truth v1-4 by James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds This is a book about conspiracy theories and it is DEEPLY unsettling. Martin Simmonds' art makes me legitimately queasy to look at. Really really good but also it did send me into a little spiral for a bit.

Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King and Bilquis Evely (Mat Lopes' colors also deserve a shoutout) This book made me cry! Also I have yet to read another Kara comic because this one was so good and I'm afraid the others won't be. She's sharp and angry in all the best ways and also deeply deeply caring and good. Capes meets space fantasy at its best. I would die for Ruthye

Nightwing (2016) v1-2 by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo

Batman: One Bad Day: The Riddler by Tom King and Mitch Gerads

She-Hulk (2022) v1-2 by Rainbow Rowell, Luca Maresca, Rogê Antônio, and Takeshi Miyazawa

Superman: Space Age by Mike Russell and Michael Allred

Revenge of the Librarians by Tom Gauld

Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball by Jon Chad

Down to the Bone: A Leukemia Story by Catherine Pioli

So Much for Love: How I Survived a Toxic Relationship by Sophie Lambda

Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure by Lewis Hancox 

Chef’s Kiss by Jarrett Melendez and Danica Brine

Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser and Robyn Smith

Animal Castle v1 by Xavier Dorison and Felix Delep

Bungleton Green and the Mystic Commandos by Jay Jackson

Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith by Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer Masterclass in writing a biopic that doesn't shy away from its subject's being kind of a wretched person while also producing art that is deeply meaningful to many, many people.

Rain by Joe Hill and Zoe Thorogood

Tiki: A Very Ruff Year by David Azencot and Fred Leclerc

Ten Days in a Madhouse by Nellie Bly, adapted by Brad Ricca and Courtney Sieh

Ultrasound by Conor Stechschulte

Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes, The Graphic Album (various)

A Visit to Moscow by Rabbi Rafael Grossman, adapted by Anna Olswanger and Yevgenia Nayberg

Look Back by Tatsuki Fujimoto

Shuna’s Journey by Hayao Miyazaki

Come Over Come Over by Lynda Barry

It’s So Magic by Lynda Barry

My Perfect Life by Lynda Barry What a lovely collection of comics. Barry captures being a teen in all its mess and glory.

Macanudo: Welcome to Elsewhere by Liniers

Always Never by Jordi Lafebre

The Pass by Espé

Mary Jane and Black Cat Beyond

Moon Knight: Black, White and Blood by Jed Mackay and Carlos Villa

The Nice House on the Lake v1-2 by James Tynion IV and Álvaro Martínez Bueno (Jordie Bellaire colors) I know Tynion can do horror, but he really really can do horror. This is like Glass Onion meets the worst nightmare you've ever had, and the way it unfolds is masterful. Martínez Bueno's art is dreamy and unsettling, especially combined with Bellaire who colors like she's painting oil slicks.

A Vicious Circle by Mattson Tomlin and Lee Bermejo

Booster Gold (1986) by Dan Jurgens Booster my friend Booster. I really didn't expect this to be as FUN as it is! There are occasional storylines that drag but overall a delight.

The Human Target v1-2 by Tom King and Greg Smallwood

Heartstopper v2-4 by Alice Oseman

Killer Queens by David Booher and Claudia Balboni

I Hate This Place v1 by Kyle Starks and Artyom Topilin I really need to read v2 because this was so fun. Queer backwoods horror, sarcastic, delightful, and never heavy-handed. I read this right after Killer Queens, which read like someone fed a bunch of Drag Race episodes and 2012 tumblr posts into a comics generator, and Heartstopper, which was so blandly unobjectionable I actually forgot I'd read it, so I Hate This Place felt refreshing as hell. (actually while looking up screencaps I remember why I didn't read v2 which is that v1 has a LOT of gore and body horror and I gotta be careful with that stuff. however if you like a slasher go forth)

It’s Lonely at the Center of the Earth by Zoe Thorogood Gut punch on every page. Thorogood's art is weird and wild. It does feel a bit as though she's opened up her ribs for us to peruse.

Chivalry by Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran

Sensory: Life on the Spectrum (various)

Cryptid Club by Sarah Andersen

Public Domain v1 by Chip Zdarsky

Love Everlasting v1 by Tom King and Elsa Charretier

Mazebook by Jeff Lemire A twisting fable about grief and the paths it takes you down. A lot of the Eisner noms had dead wives or daughters which I began to resent, but I gave this a pass because it was really, really beautiful.

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton Everyone has told you it's good! oh it's good. Beaton's style, which I associate more with her humor work, at first feels somewhat at war with the subject matter, but it ended up really working for me.

Days of Sand by Aimee DeJongh

Talk to My Back by Yamada Murasaki This was one of my favorite books of the whole year. Beautiful meditation on the compromises of marriage and motherhood in beautiful, sparse drawings that lingered with me long after I'd finished reading.

Crushing by Sophie Burrows

JUNE

Do a Powerbomb by Daniel Warren Johnson Do you like wrestling? I don't really care about it, but I do love weird wacky stories about grief and trying to fight your way through the afterlife to get your mom back. Both hilarious and poignant. The art is as bombastic as it needs to be.

The Night Eaters v1 by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda Liu and Takeda are back! This time with some horror about a pair of siblings and their fucked up parents. Great stuff.

Ripple Effects by Jordan Hart and Bruno Chiroleu

Superman: Up in the Sky by Tom King and Andy Kubert Oh the Clark Kent of it all. the panel where Clark is calling home from alien customs because he has flown to the ends of the universe for one little girl is really what got me in this one

Kingdom Come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross

Superman: American Alien by Max Landis and various artists

Superman Red and Blue (anthology) This is a whole lot of writers and a whole lot of artists and all of them are excellent. Once again the Clark Kent emotion is happening to me.

JULY

Superman: Birthright by Mark Waid and Leinil Francis Yu

Superman (2011) v5-6 by Greg Pak and Aaron Kuder

Superman: Warworld by Philip Kennedy Johnson and various artists

Justice League International by Keith Giffen, J. M. DeMatteis, and Kevin Maguire Booster my friend Booster is here and also so are all of my other new friends. I loved the initial run (though it has its weak spots) but then I had to slog through a lot of very bad later stuff.

AUGUST

Blue and Gold by Dan Jurgens and Ryan Sook

New Teen Titans (various Brother Blood issues) by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez

Acting Class by Nick Drnaso

Follow Me Down: A Reckless Book by Ed Brubaker

Girl Juice by Benji Nate

Little Monsters v1 by Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen

Mimosa by Archie Bongiovanni

Who Will Make the Pancakes by Megan Kelso

Cat + Gamer by Wataru Nadatani

Goodbye, Eri by Tatsuki Fujimoto

Spy x Family v1-2 by Tatsuya Endo

Alice on the Run: One Child’s Journey Through the Rwandan Civil War by Gaspard Talmasse

Ashes by Álvaro Ortiz

The Extraordinary Part: Book One: Orsay’s Hands by Florent Ruppert and Jérôme Mulot The art and story here are simply so fabulous. A better world is possible and sometimes you have to take direct action to make it!

SEPTEMBER

Batman RIP by Grant Morrison and Tony S. Daniel

Batman Incorporated by Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham

Batman and Robin (2011) by Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason I've talked about this one before but I think it is truly one of my favorite depictions of Bruce as father in all the ways he succeeds and all the ways he fails. John Kalisz's luminous colors also deserve a shoutout.

OCTOBER

Batman: Failsafe and Gotham War by literally everyone currently working in DC but especially Zdarsky

Birds of Prey (1999) by Chuck Dixon and then Gail Simone and a number of other people (this continued into November and December) This made the worms in my brain wriggle so bad that I wrote a whole yuri zine piece about Dinah and Babs, coming to a PDF (or physical copy!) near you soon!

DECEMBER

Dungeon Meshi v1-11 by Ryoko Kui Is it romantic to devour and be devoured in turn? Ryoko Kui sure thinks so. I was hungry the whole time I was making these my bedtime reading.

Through the Woods by Emily Carroll Emily Carroll is among the best to ever do it. This collection of stories is her at her unsettling best.

When I Arrived at the Castle by Emily Carroll

Batgirl (2000) v1-3 by Kelley Puckett and Damion Scott thanks to Mssrs Puckett and Scott I am now fully unhinged about Cass Cain and her quest for immolation. the art in this is so stylized but so well-done, especially given how little text is in much of the series. when the paneling hits it HITS.

Bruce Wayne Murderer/Fugitive by everyone working at DC in 2002 When a good crossover storyline works, it really really works. I love to see Bruce completely blow up his life because he doesn't see any point in existing outside the cowl anymore. Even more do I love to see the fallout from this on everyone who loves him! delight delight delight.

and that's everything I read this year!! god there was a lot of it. I liked a lot of the stuff I didn't bold, but also I hated some of it. please feel free to talk to me about any of it!!!

[blackhistorychatgpt]

Black inventors

From Perplexity:

Famous black inventors have significantly contributed to various fields, from everyday household items to groundbreaking technological advancements. Here are some notable figures:

George Crum (1824-1914): A chef who is credited with inventing the potato chip in 1853[1].

Frederick McKinley Jones (1893-1961): Developed refrigeration equipment for trucks, trains, ships, and planes, receiving over 40 patents. His invention, the Thermo King, revolutionized the food and medical transport industries[1].

Granville T. Woods (1856-1910): Accumulated almost 60 patents, improving railroad functioning. Notably, he invented the induction telegraph system for train communication[1].

George Washington Carver (1864-1943): An agricultural chemist who developed 518 products from peanuts and sweet potatoes, including ink, dye, soap, and synthetic rubber[1].

Madam C.J. Walker (1867-1919): Became the first African American woman self-made millionaire by creating a line of hair products for African American women[1].

Garrett Morgan (1877-1963): Invented the traffic signal and a safety hood that served as a prototype for the gas mask[1].

Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner: Patented the sanitary belt in 1957, a significant advancement in women's health and hygiene[1].

Thomas L. Jennings (1791–1859): The first African American to receive a U.S. patent, for a dry-cleaning process[4].

Patricia Bath (1942-2019): Invented a laser cataract treatment, becoming the first African American female doctor to receive a medical patent[4].

Mark Dean (1957-present): Holds over 20 patents, including contributions to the creation of the color PC monitor and the first gigahertz chip[4].

Elijah McCoy (1844-1929): Known for his invention of the automatic lubricator for oiling steam engines, leading to the phrase "the real McCoy" to denote something authentic[4].

These inventors have left a lasting impact on society, demonstrating ingenuity and perseverance in the face of challenges.

Citations: [1] https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/work-money/g30877473/african-american-inventors/ [2] https://www.parents.com/kids/education/world-changing-black-inventors-that-every-kid-should-know-about/ [3] https://www.black-inventor.com [4] https://www.biography.com/inventors/g46697619/famous-black-inventors [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African-American_inventors_and_scientists

From Gemini (formerly Bard):

20 Famous Black Investors with Short Descriptions:

Dr. Shirley Jackson: First Black woman to earn a doctorate in nuclear physics, invested in research and development for the U.S. Department of Defense.

Robert F. Smith: Founded Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm with over $85 billion in assets under management. Known for his philanthropic endeavors.

Oprah Winfrey: Media mogul and investor, known for her investments in cable channels, production companies, and Weight Watchers.

Udayan I. Lekhraj: Founded CMG Partners, a private equity firm specializing in healthcare investments. Advocate for diversity and inclusion in venture capital.

Catherine Hughes: Founded Urban One, a media company serving the African American community. First Black woman to chair a publicly traded company in the U.S.

Rodney Bryant: Co-founded JUST Capital, a firm that measures and incentivizes corporations to prioritize stakeholder capitalism.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: Former President of Liberia, Nobel Peace Prize winner. Focused on economic development and investment in her country.

Ronald Lauder: CEO of Estee Lauder Companies, known for his investments in the beauty industry and philanthropic work.

Charles R. Bronfman: Chairman of The Seagram Company Ltd., invested in various industries including entertainment, real estate, and philanthropy.

John Rogers Jr.: Founded Ariel Investments, a mutual fund company with over $28 billion in assets under management. Advocate for responsible investing.

Marc Morial: Former mayor of New Orleans, currently president of the National Urban League. Focused on economic empowerment of Black communities.

Ronald Watkins: Founding CEO of Watkins Investing Group, invests in real estate and businesses within the Black community.

Melody Hobson: President and CEO of Ariel Investments, known for her work on financial literacy and diversity in boardrooms.

Aisha Evans: Founded BE Capital, a venture capital firm focused on Black and Latinx tech entrepreneurs.

Kevin Hart: Comedian and investor, known for his investments in production companies, streaming platforms, and sports teams.

Jay-Z: Rapper and entrepreneur, known for his investments in music streaming, sports teams, and venture capital funds.

Will Smith: Actor and investor, known for his investments in production companies, media platforms, and venture capital funds.

Serena Williams: Tennis champion and investor, known for her investments in venture capital funds focused on women and diverse founders.

Rihanna: Singer and entrepreneur, known for her investments in beauty brands, fashion lines, and technology startups.

LeBron James: Basketball player and investor, known for his investments in media companies, production companies, and technology startups.

Please note: This list is not exhaustive and can be debated in terms of individual importance and impact.

Reading List on Black Inventors:

Black Inventors: Lives That Mattered by Darlene R. Medford

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

Lifting the Veil: Celebrating the Unsung Heroes of Black History by Michael Hill

Lost Genius: The Forgotten Black Inventors Who Changed the World by Dennis Freeman

Pioneering Women in American Mathematics: From Agnes Scott to Emmy Noether by Pamela Prochazka

Black Inventors in Science and Technology by Shirley J. Smith

A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James M. Whitfield: With Recollections of the Early Struggles of Colored Men in Boston by Wilbur H. Siebert

Inventing the Future: Black Inventors in Science and Technology by Geneva Gay

African Americans in Science, Math, and Invention by Darlene R. Medford

Black Inventors in the United States by Darlene R. Medford

This list offers a variety of books covering different periods and areas of innovation by Black inventors. Consider exploring further based on your specific interests.

I hope this information is helpful!

[47burlm]

In May of 1941

In the dark predawn hours of May 19, 1941, the colossal Bismarck, a battleship of unrivaled might, slipped into the Baltic Sea, commencing her voyage. The German navy had not produced such a gargantuan vessel since the First World War. Its task was monumental, to disrupt the lifeline between the United States and Great Britain by severing the flow of supplies across the Atlantic. The German high command believed the Bismarck, deemed "unsinkable," would force Britain into capitulation.

By the fateful morning of May 24, the Royal Navy's HMS Hood, a revered symbol of British naval power, and the newly commissioned HMS Prince of Wales had engaged the Bismarck in the Denmark Strait. The confrontation was marked by the thunderous exchange of gunfire, culminating in a catastrophic blow to the Hood. A single shell from the Bismarck penetrated Hood's ammunition magazine, igniting an explosion that cleaved the ship in two, plunging it into the depths and snuffing out over 1,400 British lives in moments. It was the Royal Navy's gravest single-ship loss in history.

The British, incensed by the loss of the Hood and eager to avenge their brethren, unleashed a relentless pursuit of the Bismarck. With damage from the clash taking its toll on the German leviathan, Admiral Gunther Lutjens veered towards occupied France, seeking refuge. However, on May 26, the Bismarck's fate veered into dire straits as British Fairey Swordfish biplanes, in an astonishing display of aerial might, launched torpedoes that crippled its steering gear.

The subsequent British naval offensive was a calculated and overpowering response. On the morning of May 27, the King George V, HMS Rodney, and other vessels of the Royal Navy unleashed a torrent of fire upon the German titan. The Bismarck, a behemoth unable to navigate or flee, endured a relentless barrage. Ultimately, the HMS Dorsetshire's torpedoes delivered the final blows, sending the once-feared Bismarck to its watery grave at approximately 10:40 a.m.

[justforbooks]

In the late 1960s, Burt Young dashed off a letter to Lee Strasberg, who ran the Actors Studio in New York, hoping to be taken on as a student. “Seriously, Lee, I don’t know if acting has anything for me, or vice versa, but I’m treading water,” he wrote. “So see me.”

The letter was intended to curry favour with a woman whom Young was trying to impress, and whose dream it was to study with Strasberg. Both she and Young were invited to audition. She quit after drying up during her first acting class but Strasberg was impressed by the stubby, paunchy Young, telling him: “You have huge tension about you. I feel you’re an emotional library.”

Less than a decade later, Young, who has died aged 83, found fame playing Paulie Pennino, the gormless, rough-and-tumble butcher who is brother-in-law to the aspiring prizefighter Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) in the rags-to-riches hit Rocky (1976).

“I thought the script had the cleanest street prose I’d ever read,” said Young. Among the film’s 10 Oscar nominations was one for him as best supporting actor. It won three prizes, including best picture.

In Young’s hands, Paulie was roguishly endearing as well as exasperating. The actor described him as “all burly on the outside and all quicksand inside”. Paulie’s tenderness toward Rocky is forever being complicated by his jealousy at the boxer’s success. Any initial tension or piquancy in the drama, however, was diluted by a stream of sequels in which Stallone and Young reprised their roles. One low-point was Rocky IV (1985), which begins with Paulie receiving a robot butler as a gift from Rocky, whose success has made him profligate. Paulie modifies the robot to give it a female voice.

He is last seen in the sixth instalment, Rocky Balboa (2006), where he is once again the boxer’s corner-man. The character’s death is alluded to in the spin-off Creed (2015), in which Young does not appear.

Paulie was typical of many of the roles that came Young’s way: you could hear the hair growing in their ears, smell the stink on their singlets, feel their brain cells dying. In Back to School (1986), for instance, he played a tough-guy chauffeur described by the hero, played by the comic Rodney Dangerfield, as “an animal. In his family, he’s only the second generation to stand upright.”

For Young, it was never that simple. In Robert Aldrich’s vulgar cop comedy The Choirboys (1977), his turn as a cackling sergeant was singled out by the Washington Post as “human and appealing”. Cast as the flawed, the coarse or the criminal in films such as Sergio Leone’s gangster epic Once Upon a Time in America (1984) or Alan Alda’s whimsical Betsy’s Wedding (1989), he allowed a rumpled warmth to shine through the cracks, his actorly intelligence informing every choice.

Esteemed co-stars respected his craft. Jack Nicholson shared a scene with Young at the start of Roman Polanski’s neo-noir thriller Chinatown (1974), and was said to have greatly admired the actor and to have used him as the model for the laconic hood he played in Prizzi’s Honour (1985).

James Caan, with whom Young first worked on the shore-leave love story Cinderella Liberty (1973), wangled parts for him in The Gambler (1974), inspired by (though not adapted from) the Dostoevsky novella of the same name, and The Killer Elite (1975). The latter was the first of two films that Young made for the director Sam Peckinpah, the other being the action-comedy Convoy (1978).

“Everybody was scared of [Peckinpah],” said Young. “The studios were scared of him. The other actors. And so they would go through me, because I had no fear of nobody.”

It was Aldrich who became Young’s friend and loyal collaborator, directing him in The Choirboys, the nuclear-age thriller Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977) and …All the Marbles (1981), a salty comedy about female wrestling released outside the US as The California Dolls.

A 1978 Esquire magazine profile dwelt on the actor’s history of juvenile delinquency and general criminality, noting that his life was “lifted right out of the pages of Damon Runyon”.

He was born in Queens, New York. His birth name has been listed variously as Gerald De Louise and Richard Morea, with Burt Young the name he adopted once he became an actor. His mother, Josephine, and father, Michael, an ice-delivery man and sheet metal worker who later trained as a teacher, tried to improve his chances by sending him to Bryant high school, an establishment in a better neighbourhood, but he was soon expelled. He attended St Anne’s academy, from which he was also ejected.

At 16, he joined the Marines, served tours of duty in Japan and the Philippines, and developed an aptitude for boxing. After a dishonourable discharge, he returned to New York and boxed professionally, training under the renowned Cus D’Amato and Charley Goldman. Fighting under three different aliases, he claimed to have amassed a record of 17 wins to one loss.

He became a truck driver, managed a silk-screen printing business that went bankrupt, part-owned a bakery and a bar, and worked for his brother’s Manhattan carpet-cleaning firm, before starting an outlet of his own in Queens. He later opened his own restaurant, Burt Young’s Il Boschetto, in the Bronx.

His first acting jobs included parts in the daytime soap The Doctors (1969) and the crime comedy The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight (1971). Over more than half a century, he accumulated around 160 movie and TV credits including The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) with Mickey Rourke, a harrowing adaptation of Hubert Selby Jr’s Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989), the Hugh Grant comedy Mickey Blue Eyes (1999), which reunited him with Caan, and Transamerica (2005), in which he was the father of a trans woman played by Felicity Huffman.

He also wrote and starred in two films: the TV movie Daddy, I Don’t Like It Like This, about a boy whose father tries to toughen him up, and the sentimental Uncle Joe Shannon (both 1978), in which he played a bereaved trumpeter. In recent times, Young devoted much of his life to painting.

One of his most wrenching performances was in a 2001 episode of the HBO series The Sopranos. He played an ageing hoodlum, dying of cancer and grateful to be given one final hit to carry out. The assignment ends unforgettably in blood and bathos.

Crime was an area he felt he might have lapsed into were it not for the approval he received from Strasberg. “I come from that life,” he said. “To this day, two of my best friends are doing 100 years.”

But he was acting well into his dotage. “Rather than flying high, I’m wide,” he said in 2002. “I still have ambition, but I’m slow. I’ll never be Tom Cruise.”

Nor would anyone have wanted him to be: there was more character in one grin or grimace from Young than in a dozen vehicles featuring sleeker, shinier stars.

He is survived by Anne, his daughter, from his marriage to Gloria, who died in 1974.

🔔 Burt Young (Gerald De Louise), actor, born 30 April 1940; died 8 October 2023

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HeatWave Hill, dirt texture of Iberon sc4 (found on mts I think)

The central circle has been named Lost Circle, and the lane off the left is Lost Lane and where my founders have started. I have ignored most of the restricted rules, I want to see if I can get them to max careers...

So, I'm using morbid's decade death roles. I have sort of used a wood themed esthetic, and an electricity free game (I forgot to put lights in the houses before donating all the money away-which they almost immediately got right back by marrying townies 😅

It was after I aged my first baby up that I realized my sims with jobs will have to hire a nanny...or ask a jobless friend to baby sit? I think I have the ask someone to babysit mod...

I'm sort of using this hood to test some things. I don't have the sun and moon stuff in, having my first test couple die from disease from the chickens turned me off (I have not retested with the fixed version of the sickness mod in yet...)

The first year was a series of arranged marriages and acr taking over the try for baby attempts (I was trying to let Icad's method testing) then when second round resulted in zero preggo I checked acr...still not sure how it works because it was reading 39% each day of the round...(four day round = 1 year)

Anyway...

Jesse Cooper's wife had twins, then failed to get repreggo. This is Miles Cooper...his twin sister was SIDS baby.

I am trying to test cats hunt roaches mod...but without making my sims sick...

I've never played with pets...so this was a new interaction to me...and I had to pause and cry "that poor cat!"

I have also recently added a mod that was a modification of educationizgud. I haven't seen criminal show up since...and athletic shows up twice in same newspaper/ computer...

She was trying to catch the last fish before the waters froze...

And Rodney's Death Creator allows toddlers to die of up to 9 things - when I did the satellite death with an adult I had to send them outside...it crashed through the roof on the poor toddler...

Oh, she won!

Huh. That's a lot of money...

That's all for now...

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 11.22

Beer Birthdays

John Palmer (1963)

Eric Alan Clarke S��rensen (1964)

Brett Joyce (1972)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Benjamin Britten; English composer (1913)

Rodney Dangerfield; comedian (1921)

Terry Gilliam; animator, film director (1940)

Scarlet Johansson; actor (1984)

Robin Hood; fictional character (1422)

Famous Birthdays

Abigail Adams; first lady of John Adams (1744)

Wilhelm Friedmann Bach; German composer (1710)

Kristara Barrington; adult actress (1965)

Boris Becker; tennis player (1967)

Hoagland "Hoagy" Carmichael; songwriter (1899)

Tom Conti; British actor (1941)

Thomas Cook; British travel entrepreneur (1808)

Jamie Lee Curtis; actor (1958)

Robert Cavelier de La Salle; explorer (1643)

John Nance Garner; politician, 32nd US VP (1868)

Charles De Gaulle; French politician, opportunist (1890)

George Eliot; writer (1819)

Andre Gide; French writer (1869)

Mariel Hemingway; actor (1961)

Arthur Hiller; film director (1923)

Andrew Huxley; English biophysicist, physiologist (1917)

Arthur Jones; Nautilus exercise machine inventor (1926)

Billie Jean King; tennis player (1943)

Geraldine Page; actor (1924)

Wiley Post; aviator (1898)

Mark Ruffalo; actor (1967)

Roger L. Simon; writer (1943)

Roy Thomas; comic book writer (1940)

Steve Van Zandt; rock guitarist (1950)

Robert Vaughn; actor (1932)

Tina Weymouth; rock bassist (1950)

Jesse Colin Young; rock singer (1941)

[rurpleplaysmuttingtonac]

Added more lot décor around the edges of Downtown, which I am calling West Fenton in the series.

It's not complete yet as I have a few lots I want to remodel, which I will be posting on this blog with the Behind The Scenes tag. I want to tweak all the lots in the Downtown hood, but some will have bigger updates than others.

The ones that I plan to edit (and post pictures) are:

Crypto O' Night

The Hub

Similar Sights Sculpture Park

Fresh Rush Grocery

Bernard's Botanical Dining (renamed to St Bernard's Botanical Dining)

Londoste (using Plumtales's version with my own tweaks, renaming it Henley Hall)

Speedy's Fast Lanes Bowling & Eats

Maple Springs Spa & Pool

Sims Gone Wired! (renamed to Fenton's Gone Wired!)

Cold Issue Clothing (renamed to Helmond & Marks)

Red's Famous 50's Diner (renamed to Red's Famous Dancing Diner)

Oresha Family Dining

Sugar Cube Gym & Ice Rink

FM - using this version from MTS with very few changes.

Rodney's Hangout (renamed to Michelle's Coffee).

Fenton Centre Parks - North & South

Lucky Shacks (renamed to The Orange Lantern Pub)

Hans' Trap Door Corp (renamed to Han's Corp Wedding & Tattoo Salon)

SimsBowls Lanes (renamed to Fenton Bowls)

Lulu Lounge

One Twenty Five Café (renamed to Little Italia Café)

Midnight Flows (remodelled to a Library)

Lots Left to remodel:

Deh'Javu Modern Art Museum

We're nearly at the end of the remodels and the city's looking so good!

[fuck-customers]

“Why do you have your hood up and headphones on you look like a criminal” the dress code says i can and i dont interact with any customers. Mind ur business

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[halestrom]

For WIP Wednesday: 👞💥🎯

This is giving comical vibes tbh, so something that made me amused in my Slowburn firefighter Rodney story

A car appeared around the corner, and it took a second before he recognized Dave's Lexus and he sighed, knowing that he was in for a world of teasing. The car parked behind the cruiser and got out, Dave took one look at him and then burst out laughing, pressing one hand against the hood of the car. John flipped him off. "Laugh it up, asshole." Dave kept laughing. "Siblings," John muttered, butting his shoulder against Rodney's again. Rodney sighed and waved a hand as a second car came around the corner, screeching to a stop behind Dave's. John was suddenly very glad that it was late at night, in a smaller town and so all the shops were closed, and he couldn't see any other people. A short woman got out of the car, and there was no mistaking their relationship even before she started speaking. "Goddamn it, Meredith! What the hell did you get yourself into?" Rodney's sister demanded. "My pants, almost," John muttered so only Rodney could hear, hoping to get a snort of laughter, but Rodney huffed instead.

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LynnHF

@batsyforyou

Avatar: The Last Air Bender

Zuko

Avengers

James Buchanan Barnes “Bucky” (Winter Soldier) 

Stever Rogers (Captain America)

Tony Stark (Iron Man)

Ben 10

Ben Tennyson (Bad)

Ben Tennyson (Prime)

Ben Tennyson (No Watch)

DC Superheros

Bat-Family

Bruce Wayne (Batman)

Damien Al-Ghul Wayne (Robin)

Jason Todd (Red Hood)

Richard John Grayson “Dick” (Nightwing)

Timothy Drake “Tim” (Red Robin)

Green Lantern(s):

Hal Jordan (Green Lantern)

Detentionaire

Lee Ping

Fire Emblem

Dimitri

Chrom

Kaze

Marth

M!Byleth

M!Robin

Legend of Zelda

Link BOTW

Link TP

Revali

Sidon

Zelda BOTW

Zelda TP

Lord of the Rings

Haldir

Legolas

MacGyver (1985)

Angus MacGyver “Mac”

NCIS

Anthony Dinozzo “Tony”

Original Artwork

Pokémon

Humans:

Arven

Aged Up! Ash Ketchum

Grusha

Jacq

Leon

Raihan

Steven Stone

Pokémon (Platonic):

Ceruldge Fire and Ghost Type!

Armarouge Fire and Physic!

Eevee

Power Rangers Samurai

Jayden (Red Ranger)

Rune Factory 4 Special

Leon

Scooby-Doo

All as Friends

Fred?

Skyrim

Farkas

Hadvar

Miraak

Vilkas

Spider-Man

Andrew!Peter

Stargate Atlantis

Lt. Aiden Ford

Lt. Colonel John Sheppard

Doctor Carson Beckett

Doctor Rodney Mckay

Major Evan Lorne 

Ronon Dex

Stargate Sg-1

Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell

Doctor Daniel Jackson

General Jack O’Neill

Jonas Quinn

Stardew Valley

Rasmodiue (Wizard)

Sebastian

The Hobbit

Bard the Bowmen

Thranduil

Transformers Prime

Bumblebee

Jack Darby

Knock Out

Optimus Prime

Soundwave

Voltron: Legendary Defender

Keith Kogane