“911—what’s your emergency?” “Hi, I . . . uh . . . I work from home." [Colin Nissan/The New Yorker]
I never watch “meerkat videos.”
The British “full breakfast” is dying: The fry-up may be toast – but, much to my own surprise, I don’t really care [Tony Naylor/The Guardian]
When my wife and I first visited Britain in 1994, even then people told us “full breakfast” was mainly for old people and tourists.
Brawny Disneyland guest removes park’s sword in the stone/Boing Boing
I guess he’s the king of Disneyland then?
This statement could be read as Dave Winer disavowing blogging and RSS. Which would be extraordinary.
I expect I’m misunderstanding him.
TSA issues apology to Native American woman who had braids pulled by agent
The federal Transportation Security Administration has apologized to a Native American woman who said an agent at Minneapolis-St Paul international airport “pulled her braids” and said “giddy up!” when she took a flight from there this week.
“The agent said she needed to pat down my braids,” tweeted Tara Houska, an indigenous rights advocate and attorney. “She pulled them behind my shoulders, laughed and said ‘giddyup!’ as she snapped my braids like reins. My hair is part of my spirit. I am a Native woman. I am angry, humiliated. Your ‘fun’ hurt.”
Houska, who is Ojibwe, added: “When I informed the middle-aged blonde woman who had casually used her authority to dehumanize and disrespect me, she said, ‘Well it was just in fun, I’m sorry. Your hair is lovely.’
“That is NOT an apology and it is NOT OK.”
TSA issues apology to Native American woman who had braids pulled by agent The Guardian
National Archives edited Women’s March picture to be less critical of Trump Vox
The National Archives' justification here – golly! they just wanted to avoid controversy and political partisanship! – is bullshit.
More pizza, fewer vegetables: Trump administration further undercuts Obama school-lunch rules The Washington Post
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has taken another whack at former first lady Michelle Obama’s signature achievement: Establishing stricter nutritional standards for school breakfasts and lunches. And on her birthday.
On Friday, USDA Deputy Under Secretary Brandon Lipps proposed new rules for the Food and Nutrition Service that would allow schools to cut the amount of vegetables and fruits required at lunch and breakfasts while giving them license to sell more pizza, burgers and fries to students.
Potato lobbyists applauded the decision.