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The US government has its hands full. Taxes. War. Infrastructure. Impeachments. Pandemics. Nevertheless, no matter the challanges facing the country, lawmakers have always found time for a moral panic about how children entertain themselves. Cartoons. Television. Raves. Why wast…
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✈️ Plane Stupid (1928) In 1928 a writer for The New York Times compared airplane skepticism to similar reactions regarding horseless carriages and the …
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Facebook just announced a pair of Raybans and people have opinions, concerns voiced mimic those directed at Google Glass in 2013, the first camera phon…
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β€œOne might suppose that the popular prejudice against vaccination had died out by this time.” - NYtimes, 1875
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Onlyfans of 1857, Too Many Clocks and Screamtime Limits!
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As reports of medical workers refusing measures to slow the pandemic gain attention, it is worth remembering this happened in 1918 too. As report we fo…
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What would old articles look like if Twitter existed in the 18th and 19th century? We used inspect element to find out! πŸŽ™ Hear whole article read alou…
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