78 records

78s were the first type of standardized phonographs. They were 10″ in diameter and held one song on each side. They were replaced by 33 1/3 and 45 records. Many 78s have been digitized

The history of 78 RPM recordings

How The Great 78 Project is saving half a million songs from obscurity

The Great 78 Project – over 300,000 recordings have been digitized

a well-known collector of 78s

The Thing 40th Anniversary – 6/25/22

The Thing was released on June 25, 1982. It was based on a novella that had previously been filmed in 1951.

National Sunglasses Day – June 27

Red states vs. blue states

California pays more in federal taxes than it gets back.

"The Texas Legislature ranks 10th in the nation for dependency on the federal government to pay for state spending… Imagine what would happen to Texas if the Legislature had to come up with $30 billion to make up for federal spending cuts?"From @cltomlinson.bsky.social's newsletter:

Keri Blakinger (@keribla.bsky.social) 2025-01-02T15:25:03.609Z

World leaders oppose US abortion ruling

I expect this to reduce interest in immigration to the US, too. That’s bad for the country but fine with Republicans.