In 1928 a small team of Black basketball players began doing exhibition "performances" in dance clubs in Chicago. Shortly thereafter, they were renamed the New York Harlem Globe Trotters and took their show on the road. The Globetrotters won games easily because + They had the monopoly on ALL Black basketball talent. Until the 1950s, anyway, when the NBA picked up steam and began recruiting Black athletes. In the 1940s, the Globetrotters began incorporating comedy and showy tricks into their games, and became entertainment more than sports

Part of my PhD education was in history of childhood (Anglo-American). For hundreds of years, parents were devastated when their infants and kiddos died of diphtheria, tuberculosis, scarlet fever, mumps. Or when babies were born with horrible, untreatable disabilities + Because the mom had or was exposed to rubella (German measles). Beloved siblings, friends, neighbors died or were disfigured from smallpox. In a time before decent care for the disabled, being blinded, losing hearing, developing other post-illness disabilities was catastrophic

There are two (2) raccoons at least. I do not have skills, tools, materials, knowledge, or patience to properly board over the ceiling holes but i did the best i could. My arm hurts like fuck from having all my nerves & veins pinched off while my arm was extended. I am so tired Of dealing with this. I don't know how to fix it. I can't afford to hire a raccoon trapper guy. No one seems to know a guy with a gun who wants to shoot raccoons. I'm about one more sleepless night away from murdering them with a fucking claw hammer. But then more will show up

It is my mom's birthday. She would be 75.
If you can do something kind for someone today, please do it. @cheryl_marlin and @astrotoya could use some help (in search of
Enfamil AR for her little baby!)
@jaymanji_ could also use some help! Or your local animal shelter! Or just go one step out of your way for someone. Hold a door for a person with a stroller or carrying something. Compliment a stranger. Stick up for trans & queer kids. Wear a mask in public. Neighborly stuff.
My mom was pretty great. And funny. She loved disney stuff & cats.