Historical Marker Ahead
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Yes, I’m pulling the car over to look at plaques. I’ll be just a minute. Not a historian, but did minor in history at Indiana University. Formerly notgoingpro on other socials.
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Inside Indiana’s 'best-kept secret,’ historical markers • Indiana Capital Chronicle
The Indiana State Historical Marker Program began in 1946 and has administered more than 750 historical markers across the state.
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A good primer on historical markers: how they’re researched, approved and made. And, why they matter, and the biggest threats to their existence. Thanks for the tip, @grrlherstorian.bsky.social! indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/07/21/i...
The Pacers were known for being resilient, but now? I get that the rash of injuries has been an enomrous factor. But with few exceptions, this is a team of players who had a chance to step up to raise their profile or salaries, and haven’t, to to the point it feels like they’ve quit. Sheesh.
Final: Bucks 111, Pacers 94. Sixth-straight loss for the Pacers, who are 6-24. Their offense, outside of one hot half against the Celtics, has been VERY poor in the last three games. Jumpers won't ball, energy isn't there. McConnell the leading scorer with 16. Celtics next up.
December 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
The Pacers were known for being resilient, but now? I get that the rash of injuries has been an enomrous factor. But with few exceptions, this is a team of players who had a chance to step up to raise their profile or salaries, and haven’t, to to the point it feels like they’ve quit. Sheesh.
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December 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In the Indiana Welcome Center in Hammond, hometown of “A Christmas Story” inspirer and narrator Jean Shepherd, there’s (no surprise) a celebration of the movie: displays of famous scenes and a Santa visit setup with slides just like Higbee’s. Outside, Flick’s tongue is always stuck to the flagpole.
December 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
In the Indiana Welcome Center in Hammond, hometown of “A Christmas Story” inspirer and narrator Jean Shepherd, there’s (no surprise) a celebration of the movie: displays of famous scenes and a Santa visit setup with slides just like Higbee’s. Outside, Flick’s tongue is always stuck to the flagpole.
What’s also cool is how going back to events like Empty Chair Town Halls, regular people in the hopeless-looking early days of Trump II figured out how to channel their fears and connect with empathy and humor, starting the ball rolling on the avalanche we now see. youtu.be/aZUYCjT0uHU?...
December 23, 2025 at 4:56 AM
What’s also cool is how going back to events like Empty Chair Town Halls, regular people in the hopeless-looking early days of Trump II figured out how to channel their fears and connect with empathy and humor, starting the ball rolling on the avalanche we now see. youtu.be/aZUYCjT0uHU?...
The power of advertising: going to DealDash to bid for a new Colts GM
After the 10th DealDash spot, I wonder — does anyone buy ads on Monday Night Football? Is a 30-second spot available for $50
December 23, 2025 at 3:57 AM
The power of advertising: going to DealDash to bid for a new Colts GM
After the 10th DealDash spot, I wonder — does anyone buy ads on Monday Night Football? Is a 30-second spot available for $50
December 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
After the 10th DealDash spot, I wonder — does anyone buy ads on Monday Night Football? Is a 30-second spot available for $50
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New candidate for album of the year just dropped
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
New candidate for album of the year just dropped
Marker may need to be updated to show the NFL team being bribed across the state line to become the Olathe Chiefs fox4kc.com/sports/chief...
The Kansas City-Houston playoff game will kick off from the historic Truman Sports Complex, a tribute to concrete and the American desire to walk only if it’s in an enormous parking lot. Marker likely won’t be updated to show voters rejecting a new stadium in 2024 www.kmbc.com/article/kans...
December 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Marker may need to be updated to show the NFL team being bribed across the state line to become the Olathe Chiefs fox4kc.com/sports/chief...
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I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
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December 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
New Greatest Show on Turf
December 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
New Greatest Show on Turf
Extremely English metal detecting content incoming
What a Coin Shoot History Count Up From Detecting at the Haggate Hillside. youtube.com/shorts/-kX9H...
What a Coin Shoot History Count Up From Detecting at the Haggate Hillside
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December 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Extremely English metal detecting content incoming
2300 Jackson Street, Gary, Ind., preserved home of the Jackson family, where the Jackson 5 was born. The football stadium for Roosevelt High (as mentioned in Goin’ Back to Indiana) is the next block over. Given the house’s focus on Michael, maybe nix the statue of children playing.
December 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
2300 Jackson Street, Gary, Ind., preserved home of the Jackson family, where the Jackson 5 was born. The football stadium for Roosevelt High (as mentioned in Goin’ Back to Indiana) is the next block over. Given the house’s focus on Michael, maybe nix the statue of children playing.
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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Going after Tom Emmer’s statements on Somalis is curious stone-throwing from my rep’s glass house. He represents a district with a large Palestinian population, with which he has his own issues www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/u...
December 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Going after Tom Emmer’s statements on Somalis is curious stone-throwing from my rep’s glass house. He represents a district with a large Palestinian population, with which he has his own issues www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/u...
If you’ve taken road trips recently you may have noticed truck stops, even in (or especially in) the most rural of areas, have Indian restaurants and grocery stores catering to Sikh truckers, including one off I-10 in Bowie, Arizona, that features a mural of “native” John Rambo.
December 22, 2025 at 6:34 AM
If you’ve taken road trips recently you may have noticed truck stops, even in (or especially in) the most rural of areas, have Indian restaurants and grocery stores catering to Sikh truckers, including one off I-10 in Bowie, Arizona, that features a mural of “native” John Rambo.
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Soskin shared her personal experiences and those of African American workers during the war at Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, CA: “What gets remembered is a function of who’s in the room doing the remembering.”
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Betty Reid Soskin, Oldest U.S. Park Ranger and Trailblazing Historian, Dies at 104 | KQED
Betty Reid Soskin, the nation’s oldest National Park Service ranger and a pioneering historian at Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park, devoted her life to preserving Black histo...
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December 22, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Soskin shared her personal experiences and those of African American workers during the war at Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, CA: “What gets remembered is a function of who’s in the room doing the remembering.”
www.kqed.org/news/1206821...
www.kqed.org/news/1206821...
A summary of a historical figures fueled by donuts and coffee
December 22, 2025 at 5:32 AM
A summary of a historical figures fueled by donuts and coffee
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In the summer of 1950 most US newspapers ran an AP story about how race had become the main issue in the upcoming Georgia governor's race. Segregationist Herman Tallmadge, governor from '47 to '55 and then a Senator until 1981 made a name for himself by refusing to "apologize for being a white man."
December 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
In the summer of 1950 most US newspapers ran an AP story about how race had become the main issue in the upcoming Georgia governor's race. Segregationist Herman Tallmadge, governor from '47 to '55 and then a Senator until 1981 made a name for himself by refusing to "apologize for being a white man."
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The Site of the St John's The Evangelist Church 1848 Nelson Lancashire UK. youtube.com/shorts/MpIfH...
The Site of the St John's The Evangelist Church 1848 Nelson Lancashire UK
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December 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The Site of the St John's The Evangelist Church 1848 Nelson Lancashire UK. youtube.com/shorts/MpIfH...
Murals of local legends in Gary, Indiana: the NBA’s Glenn “Big Dog” Robinson, near his now-closed Roosevelt High School, and legendary soul label Vee-Jay Records, also know as the first American label to release a Beatles record.
December 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Murals of local legends in Gary, Indiana: the NBA’s Glenn “Big Dog” Robinson, near his now-closed Roosevelt High School, and legendary soul label Vee-Jay Records, also know as the first American label to release a Beatles record.
I’ve seen QR codes on or near markers on occasion and they are helpful to get more details and context lehifreepress.com/2025/12/20/q...
QR codes add modern convenience to Lehi’s historical markers
Nicole Kunze | Lehi Historical Society The Lehi Historical Society recently added QR [quick response] codes to each pole on the 15 historical markers it has unveiled since June 2024. The QR codes link...
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December 21, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I’ve seen QR codes on or near markers on occasion and they are helpful to get more details and context lehifreepress.com/2025/12/20/q...
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A milestone worth celebrating! Maryland transportation leaders unveiled a new roadside historical marker honoring 75 years of BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport and its evolution into the major international gateway it is today.
December 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A milestone worth celebrating! Maryland transportation leaders unveiled a new roadside historical marker honoring 75 years of BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport and its evolution into the major international gateway it is today.
I grew up in the industrial Midwest (Michigan and Indiana) in the 70s and 80s and it was bleak. I remember lots of moving trucks (including ours, frequently) and @wishtv.com’s “Job Trac,” where people in Indianapolis went on the local evening news and read their resume to beg for a job.
not that the present economic picture is rosy, but i do think that popular culture — and specifically nostalgia bait television — is a big part of the reason that our public memory of the 1970s, 1980s and even 1990s seems to miss the real economic pain that marked each of those decades.
December 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I grew up in the industrial Midwest (Michigan and Indiana) in the 70s and 80s and it was bleak. I remember lots of moving trucks (including ours, frequently) and @wishtv.com’s “Job Trac,” where people in Indianapolis went on the local evening news and read their resume to beg for a job.
Currently at IU-Northwest watching the best point guard who sounds like Tyrese currently playing in Indiana — IU-Kokomo’s Ty’Reese Burnett @tonyreast.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Currently at IU-Northwest watching the best point guard who sounds like Tyrese currently playing in Indiana — IU-Kokomo’s Ty’Reese Burnett @tonyreast.bsky.social
Bah to the modern Sooner Schooner. Bring back the one capable of unsportsmanlike conduct. bsky.app/profile/hist...
The marker at the University of Oklahoma is fine but my excitement in seeing this Sooner Schooner, pulled by horses in football celebrations, is it’s the one that went onto the field at the 1985 Orange Bowl and drew a critical 15-yard penalty in a loss to Washington. youtube.com/shorts/FyK1c...
December 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Bah to the modern Sooner Schooner. Bring back the one capable of unsportsmanlike conduct. bsky.app/profile/hist...