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1. Canadian professor working towards inclusion for British Columbia's Indigenous communities
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

Our European immigrant ancestors did an unspeakable number of shitty things to North America's Indigenous peoples. Massacres, rapes, pillaging and residential schools designed to destroy their culture ...

2. Read Christine Blasey Ford's letter accusing Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... in their floating world of prep-school privilege, vomit-soaked excess and maybe-we-did-maybe-we-didn't misogyny. Kavanaugh denies the accusation. Judge says "“I have no recollection of that.” Read all ...

3. Korean 'Uncle Service' lets you hire thugs to intimidate your kids' bullies
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

For 500,000 KRW (443 USD), an Uncle Service will send a rough-looking, hulking man to your bullied kid's school to warn the bullies to stop picking on them -- or else. This is called the "Uncle Package."  ...

4. School apologizes for promo photo manipulated to darken students' skin for "diversity"
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

Art school Émile Cohl in Lyon, France formally apologized after students noticed that a group photo on the school's United States promotional web site had been manipulated to make several of the people ...

5. Simple way to draw a 3D optical illusion of cubes falling through the paper
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

Circle Line Art School explains how to draw this simple but effective anamorphic illusion of cubes falling into a hole in the page. (via The Kid Should See This) Read all  ...

6. 12 year olds write a book on making afterschool mischief
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Storyboard Pandemonium writes, "I am twelve years old. Me and a friend who I met at an afterschool program wrote this book to help people deal with unfair rules, beat boredom, protest in a respectful ...

7. How to keep your kid from falling out of a chairlift in 1965
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Who needs a pull-down bar when you have an arm to keep your kid from plummeting hundreds of feet? [via r/OldSchoolCool] Read all  ...

8. Gallery of stop-motion wizard Ray Harryhausen movie posters
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

Stop-motion-animation wizard Ray Harryhausen (1920-2013) is widely regarded as the master of old-school special effects. Harryhausen called his method of animating small models of monsters and superimposing ...

9. Government seizes fraudulent military recruitment sites
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... made roughly $11 million selling data to private schools. The companies would contact the potential recruits and encourage them to enroll at specific for-profit schools under the false impression that ...

10. In 'Fortnite' Monopoly, Tilted Towers is the new Boardwalk
(English/engadget)

How do you get Fortnite-obsessed kids to play an old-school board game? By putting Fortnite in the board game, of course. Epic and Hasbro have revealed a Fortnite version of Monopoly that replaces the ...

11. "The Mystery" of Tucker Carlson
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... there are only two genders? Just two. And no high school teacher in the world would tell me otherwise. But it makes liberals mad when you say the truth. Get a biologist to say he’s wrong and he’ll listen ...

12. Microsoft to make Skype usable again
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... outcry from Skype users was such that, last month, Microsoft announced that they'd continue to offer the old school version of Skype's desktop app. Now, in the name of not alienating their users, they've ...

13. You can play 600 classic games on this $50 retro gaming console
(English/engadget)

... ever to get your hands on an original old school gaming sys... Read all  ...

14. Make back-to-school time a little more fun with these supplies
(English/the-gadgeteer)

NEWS – As a kid, did you ever look forward to the new school year, just a little, because you would get new school supplies?  I did, and my love of school supplies has matured into a love of office supplies. ...

15. Logitech's Crayon for iPad is available to everyone September 12th
(English/engadget)

Logitech's Crayon was a dream for 2018 iPad owners who wanted stylus input without paying a premium for Apple's Pencil, but there was a catch: the schools-only focus ruled it out for anyone besides ...

16. Bernie Sanders' new bill will force companies to reimburse governments for low-paid employees' welfare costs
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... to reimburse the government for any workers whose wages are so low that they end up on food stamps, national school lunch/breakfast programs, Section 8 housing or Medicaid. (more…) Read all  ...

17. Michigan school board members recalled for enacting LGBTQ-friendly policies
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

John Frost writes, "Four members of the Williamston, Michigan Board of Education are being recalled because they enacted policies that enable schools to treat children with respect regardless of their ...

18. Kindergarten principal fired after welcoming back students with pole dancers performance
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

The principal of Xinshahui kindergarten in Shenzhen, China was fired after bringing pole dancers to perform for the students during back-to-school celebrations. From CNN: "The district education ...

19. How to kickstart a programming education—without the student loans
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... stripes, though. While going back to school is certainly an option, there exists a much faster, economical way to learn the coding tools of the trade: the 2019 Complete Computer Science Bundle. Packed ...

20. Parkland victim's dad says Kavanaugh walked away from him, wouldn't shake his hand today
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Fred Guttenberg, father of 14-year-old Jamie, who was murdered during the Parkland school shooting, says he was snubbed today by Judge Brett Kavanaugh, nominee for the Supreme Court. When he tried to shake ...

21. Back to School Asus: 125€ di rimborso per i laptop
(Italiano/webnews)

Asus lancia il Back to School con una promozione che vede offrire sino a 125 euro di rimborso a fronte dell'acquisto di un nuovo notebook. The post Back to School Asus: 125€ di rimborso per i laptop appeared ...

22. Casio turns back time with the re-introduction of two Baby-G watches
(English/the-gadgeteer)

NEWS – If you prefer an old-school watch over a smartwatch, you need to check out these newly released watches from Casio.  I had a beautiful Baby-G watch years ago with a translucent blue case and band, ...

23. Back to School Amazon, migliaia di offerte
(Italiano/webnews)

Amazon ha lanciato il Back to School; gli studenti potranno acquistare online i libri per la scuola e approfittare di sconti sino al 14 settembre. The post Back to School Amazon, migliaia di offerte appeared ...

24. Chip Chick’s Back To School Picks For Your Favorite Brand New College Kids
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... favorite brand new college kids. I rounded up Chip Chick’s back to school picks so you can get something […] Read all  ...

25. Ghostbuster arrested for firing gun at an apparition
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... most recently encountered an apparition at the former Mansfield Training School and Hospital, investigators said. Devaux said that while he did not want to be considered “insane,” he had to allow for the ...