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Ted Ngo
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#VintagePostcards #NewYearGreetingCards #Nostalgia
www.mentalfloss.com/article/6527...
11 Odd Vintage New Year’s Cards
Forget images of glittery champagne bottles and fireworks bursting over snow-covered cities. From dancing pigs to unnerving children, these vintage postcards were a more unusual way to ring in the new...
www.mentalfloss.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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#ChristmasInAmerica #ReligiousTraditions #CulturalShift
Secular Christmas Traditions Persist as Sacred Ones Decline
Most Americans still celebrate Christmas, but fewer observe it religiously, while secular customs remain highly popular.
news.gallup.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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#2026Forecast #FutureTrends #DataScience
The 26 Most Important Ideas For 2026
Modern trends and history lessons—across culture, politics, AI, economics, science, and the long story of progress. But first: an announcement!
www.derekthompson.org
December 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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#HolidayParties #GoodbyeTips #FarewellEtiquette
The 4-Word Trick to Saying a Great Goodbye
There’s an art to bidding your host adieu, even if you’re slipping out early.
time.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:07 AM
tedngo.bsky.social
#HistoryQuiz #Geography #WorldEvents
Test your historical knowledge in this interactive map quiz!
www.tripgeo.com/1000years
1000 Years
www.tripgeo.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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#SocialMediaUsage #MediaConsumption #OnlineDemographics
We need more people using BlueSky!
Americans’ Social Media Use 2025
YouTube remains the most popular, but adults are increasingly using Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp and Reddit. Use of some platforms varies by age, gender, and race and ethnicity.
www.pewresearch.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:42 AM
tedngo.bsky.social
#Sunflower #Gardening #PlantRecord
Tallest sunflower – as high as a three-storey house – topples decade-old record
After 10 years, the world has a new tallest sunflower, grown by competitive gardener Alex Babich and his family in Indiana USA
www.guinnessworldrecords.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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#LongestWords #Vocabulary #Linguistics
The Longest Long Words List
Don't read this if you have hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (fear of long words).
www.merriam-webster.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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#Trump #MAGA #USDecline
November 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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#AmericanDream #RisingCosts #Economy
The American dream now costs $5 million. Here's a breakdown.
Inflation has darkened the American dream, Investopedia reports: Those lofty aspirations will now cost $5 million over a lifetime.
www.usatoday.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
tedngo.bsky.social
#HalloweenFun #SpookyMusic #HorrorFilms
Halloween Haven — deNobelDotCom
You're horror home for the Halloween season! Watch Halloween videos, listen to a spooky jukebox, curl up for a scary story and enjoy the fright of your life!
www.denobeldotcom.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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#TariffImpact #USTradeQuiz #GlobalEconomy
Where does the U.S. get its goods from?
Test your knowledge of where products come from.
www.reuters.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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#AIEthics #AIandSocietyImpacts #PublicOpinion
How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society
Americans are worried about using AI more in daily life, seeing harm to human creativity and relationships. But they’re open to AI use in weather forecasting, medicine and other data-heavy tasks.
www.pewresearch.org
October 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
tedngo.bsky.social
#CountryMap #Cartograhy #GeographyEducation
Country Centered Map Projections - Engaging Data
What does it look like if you center a map on a specific country? Click on a country to find out. World maps are used to show the geographic relationships between the countries and regions of the worl...
engaging-data.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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#Shutdown #Trump #GOP
October 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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#FallFoliage #AutumnColors #NatureLovers
2025 Fall Prediction Map
When will the leaves start changing? When will they peak? Our Nationwide 2025 Fall Foliage Map and leaf prediction tool has answers and progressive county-level predictions.
smokymountains.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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#deadlyanimals #humankills #science
World's deadliest animals!
YouTube video by The Brain Maze
youtu.be
September 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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#USNationalParks #NPS #Outdoors
Every Type of US National Park, Explained
YouTube video by National Park Diaries
youtu.be
September 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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#SmartGlasses #TechEthics #MetaAI
thehill.com
September 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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#WorldCultures #PopularEvents #Travel
10 Unique Cultural Events around the World
YouTube video by The Brain Maze
youtu.be
September 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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#DOJ #SupremeCourt #TrumpLawsuits
Two-thirds of the DOJ unit defending Trump policies in court have quit
Seven lawyers who spoke with Reuters cited a punishing workload and the need to defend policies that some felt were not legally justifiable among the key reasons for the wave of departures.
www.reuters.com
August 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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#Punctuation #Semicolons #LanguageTrends
Marked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggests
Usage of punctuation down almost half in two decades as further research finds 67% of British students rarely use it
www.theguardian.com
August 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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#InjuredBirds #BabyBirdCare #FledgingRescue
What to do if you find a baby bird out of its nest
It's a myth that parents will reject a lost chick because of a human scent.
www.popsci.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
tedngo.bsky.social
#NewYorkCity #JapaneseRestaurant #HanddrawnArts\
Fantastic!
This Lower Manhattan Restaurant Doubles as an Immersive Black-and-White Sketchbook
Stepping into Shirokuro, the new Japanese omakase restaurant in New York City, you'd be forgiven for thinking you stepped into a sketchpad.
www.thisiscolossal.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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#DigitalAfterlife #DigitalLegacy #MemoryAndAI
Logging off life but living on: How AI is redefining death, memory and immortality
Ethical and legal issues around death in the digital age are thorny enough dealing with social media accounts. AI puts the notion of a digital afterlife into overdrive.
theconversation.com
August 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM