Ken Liss
@kmliss.bsky.social
Head of Brookline Historical Society, Brookline, MA. I write about local history, etymology, and other interests. Often found lost (and finding things) in rabbit holes and worm holes. https://kenliss.com
The Defense Department removed the Black History category & 20+ news items from its website, putting "dei" at the front of the former URLs, which brings up a Page Not Found message. I've put together links to the removed items as captured by the Internet Archive. bit.ly/DOD-DEI-Remo...
Black names on DOD site.docx
Top Science, Technology Official Highlights Importance of DOD Outreach to Minority Academic STEM Programs 7/25/2024 404 Page Not Found Internet Archive A Journey of Inspiration, Leadership (Profile o...
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March 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The Defense Department removed the Black History category & 20+ news items from its website, putting "dei" at the front of the former URLs, which brings up a Page Not Found message. I've put together links to the removed items as captured by the Internet Archive. bit.ly/DOD-DEI-Remo...
The 1956 opening of Twin Donuts was advertised in the Brookline Citizen.
March 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The 1956 opening of Twin Donuts was advertised in the Brookline Citizen.
Brookline's Corey Hill was a center tobogganing in the Boston area in the 1880s and 1890s. brooklinehistory.blogspot.com/2022/02/19th...
19th Century Tobogganing on Corey Hill
A winter storm in Brookline today brings sledders to local hills, carrying all manner of conveyance for children and adults alike: classic F...
brooklinehistory.blogspot.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Brookline's Corey Hill was a center tobogganing in the Boston area in the 1880s and 1890s. brooklinehistory.blogspot.com/2022/02/19th...
The 99% Invisible podcast did a great episode on how squirrels became so ubiquitous in American cities. 99percentinvisible.org/episode/upto...
Uptown Squirrel - 99% Invisible
This past fall, hundreds of people gathered at The Explorer’s Club in New York City. The building was once a clubhouse for famed naturalists and explorers. Now it’s an archive of ephemera and rarities...
99percentinvisible.org
January 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The 99% Invisible podcast did a great episode on how squirrels became so ubiquitous in American cities. 99percentinvisible.org/episode/upto...
I could watch this over and over again. What a delight!
December 7, 2024 at 12:43 PM
I could watch this over and over again. What a delight!
Not just bad planning, but bad history. The gas station that was on that site was built in 1947. The house that was there before that was converted to a gas station in 1937. The Kennedy family left Brookline in 1927.
November 28, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Not just bad planning, but bad history. The gas station that was on that site was built in 1947. The house that was there before that was converted to a gas station in 1937. The Kennedy family left Brookline in 1927.
An April 5, 1877 article in the Nebraska Herald proposed village life as a middle ground between the life of a farmer and that of an "urbanist.
November 26, 2024 at 10:52 PM
An April 5, 1877 article in the Nebraska Herald proposed village life as a middle ground between the life of a farmer and that of an "urbanist.