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57°/38° Wind 17 mph Gusts - mph
Active
Fire: 347 miles away Risk of fire: Very Low Nearest Lightning: 276 miles away
Air
Quality: Moderate Sunshine Mostly
Cloudy
April
Averages: Temps: 60°\35°
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Monthly Observations
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Adopt A Ferret Month |
ASPCA Month Link Link |
Weekly Observations
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3/22-4/4 Passiontide APAWS Pooper
Scooper Week |
1-8 Explore Your
Career Options Week |
Daily Observations
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April
Fools or All Fools Day |
National
Fun at Work Day |
Today’s Quotes
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Today’s Memes
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Today’s Thoughts
I’m wondering what will be this year’s
April Fools Day viral video. This year is so bizarre, I wonder if April Fool’s
Day jokes will even happen.
I have an upcoming Medicare Annual
visit. That means another blood test. Sadly my Dr. sent the request to the
wrong lab, and I had to call to get it to the only place that offers ultrasound
draws. This morning I did the draw. Had I known this last week, I could have
had it done when I did another one. I’m tired of the jabs.
I am hoping that April will indeed
bring showers. The forest I live in is very dry and needs lots of moisture. It
was a nice mild winter, but has put our forest at risk.
I was excited to read that there were
over 8 million who participated in the No Kings Demonstrations. That is a lot
of people, but only a drop in the bucket of the 350 million Americans.
I am shocked that Pete Hegseth was
giving a press conference about the war and chose to quote the Bible. I do not
think he should be trying to make this a religious war. Our country is based on
Freedom of Religion, and his belief is fine, but it does not represent the
America I know.
The administration has a case before
the Supreme Court to change birthright citizenship. If the court changes that,
one group has not been considered. As an adoptee I have no idea who my birth
parents were, let alone if they were ‘real’ Americans at the time of my birth. All
I know is that I was born in a hospital in Southern Colorado. I have done Ancestory.com
and I have only European DNA, will that be enough? I can hope that the Supreme Court does not
change birthright citizenship.
Real Hoaxes
The
Tasaday Stone Age Tribe (1971)
In 1971,
officials in the Philippines introduced the Tasaday as an isolated Stone Age
tribe untouched by modern society. Photos and documentaries showed cave living,
simple tools, and gentle harmony with the forest.
The story
captivated global media and aligned with romantic ideas about noble isolation.
After
regime changes, journalists and anthropologists revisited and found signs the
narrative was staged or heavily managed. Some Tasaday members reportedly wore
modern clothes off camera and had contact with nearby communities.
Political
incentives during the Marcos era likely shaped access, presentation, and
messaging.
While
debates continue about the extent of fabrication, the core claim of pristine
isolation did not hold. The case underscores how gatekeeping, staged access,
and selective filming can craft persuasive fictions.
Ethical
fieldwork requires long-term observation, triangulation with local knowledge,
and independent oversight. When an extraordinary anthropological discovery
arrives via tightly controlled tours, skepticism is healthy.
Respect
for communities and truth both demand careful, transparent methods.
The
Protocols of the Elders of Zion (early 1900s)
Published
in the early 1900s, the Protocols of the Elders of Zion claimed to reveal a
secret Jewish plot for world domination. Investigations quickly showed it was a
plagiarized forgery assembled from earlier political satire and fiction.
Despite
exposure, it spread widely and fueled antisemitic propaganda for decades.
The
text’s power came from conspiratorial structure and adaptable vagueness,
allowing readers to map any event onto its claims. Governments and extremists
used it as a propaganda tool, reprinting and translating it for new audiences.
Each
crisis became proof, rather than a test, of the document’s false theories.
Responsible
scholarship and court rulings in multiple countries dismantled the text’s
credibility. Yet the Protocols demonstrate how forgeries can outlive debunkings
when they meet ideological needs.
The
lesson is stark: evaluate sources, demand provenance, and understand rhetorical
tactics. Conspiracy literature rarely invites falsification.
Healthy skepticism pairs with empathy to resist narratives that target whole communities.
Rare Native American Facts
The
Hopi Have Lived in the Same Place for Over a Thousand Years
The
Hopi people have lived in northeastern Arizona for more than a millennium, and
they established the village of Oraibi around 1100 AD-it's one of the oldest
continuously inhabited settlements in the United States! Even all these years
later, the Hopi have preserved their way of life, with the same ceremonies
& traditions of days gone by. They also follow some of the same
agricultural practices like dry farming and continue to live on their ancestral
lands.
Ancient
Puebloans Built Homes in Cliffs
In
places like Mesa Verde, Colorado, the Ancient Puebloans built more than 600
huge homes into cliff faces. They did so between 1190 and 1300 AD and used
sandstone, mortar & wooden beams to build structures that include one-room
houses and multi-story complexes. Some of them have over 150 rooms! The most
famous is Cliff Palace, which archeologists believed was once an important
cultural & administrative center for the community.
Historic Events
Birthdays
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1939 American actress (Love
Story, Goodbye Columbus), born in Pound Ridge, New York ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Paul Manafort (77
years old), American political consultant (Trump campaign chairman), born in
New Britain, Connecticut ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Samuel Alito (76
years old), U.S. Supreme Court Justice (2006-), born in Trenton, New Jersey ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Scottish pop singer (Britain's
Got Talent, 2009 -"I Dreamed A Dream"), born in Dechmont, West
Lothian, Scotland ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ American radio and
TV personality and political analyst (MSNBC), born in Castro Valley,
California ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ American
comedian, actor,
and writer (Saturday Night Live, 2010-16; Single Parents), born in Culver
City, California ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ |
William Harvey, English physician (discovered blood circulation), born
in Folkestone, Kent (d. 1657; @79) ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Otto von
Bismarck (1815-1898; @83) German
chancellor (1866-90) who helped unify Germany, born in Schönhausen,
Prussia ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Sergei
Rachmaninoff (1873-1943; @69, melanoma) Russian-American piano virtuoso, conductor,
and composer (Aleko;
Piano Concerto No. 3, Vocalise), born in Oneg or Semyonovo, Russian Empire ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Edgar Wallace (1875-1932; @56, double pneumonia) English novelist,
jornalist, playwright, and screenwriter (The Terror; The Four Just Men) who co-created
King Kong, born in Greenwich, England ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Wallace Beery (1886-1949;
@64, heart attack) American circus performer (Ringling Brothers Circus) and actor (Alias a
Gentleman, Dinner at 8), born in Kansas City, Missouri ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Abraham
Maslow (1908-1970; @62, heart attack) American psychologist (Maslow's
hierarchy of needs), born in Brooklyn, New York ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Toshiro
Mifune (1920-1997; @77, organ failure) Japanese writer and actor (Rashomon,
Seven Samurai, Shogun), born in Tsingtao, China ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Anne
McCaffrey (1926-2011; @85) American sci-fi author,
first woman to win a Hugo and Nebula Award (Dragonflight, Dragondrums), born
in Cambridge, Massachusetts ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Debbie
Reynolds (1932-2016; @84) American actress and singer (Singin' In
The Rain -"Kathy Selden"; The Unsinkable Molly Brown), born in El
Paso, Texas ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Gordon Jump, American actor (WKRP in Cincinnati - "Arthur
Carlson"; Growing Pains - "Ed"; Maytag Repairman), born in
Dayton, Ohio (d. 2003; @71, pulmonary fibrosis) ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Wangari
Maathai (1940-2011; @71, ovarian cancer) Kenyan environmentalist and political activist, founder of the Green
Belt Movement, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (2004) and Indira Gandhi
Peace Prize (2006), born in Ihithe village, Kenya ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ |
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