February is Black History Month
#Training Tuesdays #Training Tuesdays Kid & Fun PostsThe Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States…
A Parliament of Owls . . . And Other Names of Bird Groups
#Training Tuesdays #Training Tuesdays Kid & Fun PostsMaria Popova guides us on an exploration of the naming of groups of birds - from “a deceit of lapwings” to “a pitying of turtledoves.” Could…
Chronicles Of Narnia | Winter Woods Music & Ambience
#Training Tuesdays #Training Tuesdays Kid & Fun PostsPeaceful winter scene with relaxing music from the Chronicles of Narnia soundtrack. Click here to view. YouTube | 5 hour video…
Life Lessons from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9
#Training Tuesdays #Training Tuesdays Kid & Fun PostsLegendary conductor Benjamin Zander explains his view on the difference between "positive thinking" and "possibility" (one's a fraud; the other's the real thing, he says) and…
“Apps I Use and Why You Should Too”
#Training Tuesdays #Training Tuesdays Kid & Fun PostsA Product and Industrial Design student with a passion for creating brilliant designs shares an eclectic selection of apps you may not have heard of. Click…
Internet Artifacts
#Training Tuesdays #Training Tuesdays Kid & Fun PostsAn interactive timeline of some fun internet firsts. Click here to view. Neal.Fun | 8 min read…
How To Lose a Library
#Training Tuesdays #Training Tuesdays Kid & Fun PostsOn October 31, 2023, the British Library suffered a massive cyberattack. Fourteen months later, the Library remains physically open, but its digital infrastructure is almost completely…
The 15 Year Battle for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
#Training Tuesdays #Training Tuesdays Kid & Fun PostsThe legislation to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day was first introduced just four days after his assassination on April 4, 1968. Still, it would take…
How A 40-Ounce Cup Turned Stanley into A $750 Million A Year Business
#Training Tuesdays #Training Tuesdays Kid & Fun PostsThe drinkware manufacturer had made a place for itself in the knapsacks of outdoorsmen and lunchboxes of blue-collar workers with its bottles and thermoses that kept…
TV Series Finales: From ‘Succession’ Down, The Best and Worst Goodbyes Of 2023
#Training Tuesdays #Training Tuesdays Kid & Fun PostsDebating finales has become its own spectator sport, from the ardent defenders and critics of “The Sopranos” to people who felt understandably let down by “Seinfeld”…
Oxford’s 2023 Word of the Year Is … ‘Rizz’
#Training Tuesdays #Training Tuesdays Kid & Fun PostsSorry, Swifties. The Gen Z slang term — possibly derived from “charisma” — went viral this year after the actor Tom Holland claimed to have none. Click here…
The "25 Days of Christmas" Schedule
#Training Tuesdays #Training Tuesdays Kid & Fun PostsIt's the most wonderful time of the year! The holiday season means only one thing – Freeform's 25 Days of Christmas! There’s still time to catch…