This Fact Is Overdue
By Diane T Sands
This Fact Is OverdueMay 17, 2021
Circuit Breaker
The Chitlin' Circuit, some early rock 'n' roll, and the fabulous Jackie Shane
NYC library firsts
a comparison of the very different lives of Pura Belpre and Belle da Costa Greene
The 500 Club
Dr. Lauren Espisito, 500 Queer Scientists and a few scorpion facts.
The BLF
Barbara Smith, Black, feminist, lesbian, socialist writer, and an obscure fact about Ayn Rand.
Lovely Limu Lady
Dr. Isabella Aiona Abbott and Central Pacific Algae!!!
TEK Two
Red Squirrels, and TEK knowledge from Dr. Seafha Ramos.
All Hail TEK
Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Dr. Seafha Ramos, and a change in my worldview.
Taking the osteopath
A brief history of Dr. Barbara Ross-Lee, osteopath.
Design Chair
Charles Harrison, Industrial Design, and my favorite chair
Savage Thoughts
Augusta Savage, sculptor. And several digressions and opinions.
Greenhouse Effects
Eunice Foote presents a landmark paper and gets forgotten for 200 years.
Algorithmic Bias
Algorithms, Dr. Safiya Noble and an upcoming movie, Coded Bias.
Agar-agar
Dr. Jane Hinton and the development of Mueller-Hinton agar
Reimagine Everything
Grace Lee Boggs: relating to philosophy through imagination
Inertial Guidance System
Have you seen the film Microcosmos? Do you know about the research of Dr. Jessica Ware?
Swamp Bacon
The world's largest invasive species
Satellites, geoids, and GPS, Oh My!
Dr. Gladys B. West is an American mathematician whose geodesic models for the shape of the earth underpin modern GPS usage. Cameo by Dr. Sylvia A. Earle!
The Spatula and the White City
What is the connection between the World's Columbian Exposition and Weird Al Yankovich?
25th Infantry Bicycle Corps
40 Black soldiers bike 1900 miles in 1897
