This would never have happened without the BLM protests across the globe

[malaise]

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Bet they never taught you about the light bulb filament either.
The light bulb itself was invented by Thomas Edison, but the innovation used to create longer-lasting light bulbs with a carbon filament came from African-American inventor Lewis Latimer.

Mikey was one of the great West Indian fast bowlers. He was among those who refused to play on a rogue team in South Africa.

[empedocles]

1. That 8 minute televised murder seen around the world. So striking.

Nothing quite like it.

[malaise]

2. Watch the entire interview

and you're right Mikey even mentions the possibility of change

[empedocles]

3. The world saw the trump/trumper imprint - set them off.

[Alex4Martinez]

4. Edison and Trump were cut from the same cloth, I always tell students about Latimer and Tesla...

Thank you, malaise.

[leftieNanner]

5. I never knew that

Funny that I watched a rerun of The Big Bang Theory last night about Edison, Latimer, and Tesla. They had the same take.

[Alex4Martinez]

10. I'll have to look for that episode, thanks!

I worked for an architect as a designer/inventor an my original ideas and patents bear his name, not mine, which is fraudulent but common.

Edison v Tesla was this on steroids and to this day Edison gets credit for being a fabulous inventor when what he really did was opportunism and theft, taking credit for others' ideas.

There are some great documentaries out there about the Tesla v Edison battle of the current, Tesla won but Edison still gets the fame and credit.

Latimer is just more of the same, POC and women regularly get robbed of credit for their contributions, part of our culture of honoring white men, it's just how it's been for so long.

[LakeArenal]

16. Saw the same.

[central scrutinizer]

6. I became a cricket fan last summer.

I hosted two students from Chennai, India during the World Cup. They were devastated that India didn’t win but the final match between England and New Zealand was riveting. If you’ve got four hours to kill, watch Lagaan, a Bollywood movie on Netflix. I promised one of the students that I would go to a match with her in India for the 2023 World Cup.

[malaise]

7. New Zealand was robbed last year

Stokes was clearly out. What was even more painful is that he was born in New Zealand.
England are playing my side right now in a match with no spectators and two teams that have been quarantined in hotels next to the ground.

I love cricket..

I have my own copy of Lagaan -watched it back in my research days - amazing. British colonialism was evil

[central scrutinizer]

8. What is your side?

I usually pull for India but I’m open to a second favorite.

[malaise]

9. West Indies of couse

Mikey played for West Indies

[central scrutinizer]

12. I see they took a knee during the national anthems

Nice!

[malaise]

13. Check your PMs

It was lovely to watch

[CatLady78]

11. Cool

Informative
Imagine how brilliant he had to be to work against odds like those....

https://ethw.org/Lewis_Latimer

[Midnightwalk]

14. That was an excellent interview

Thanks for the link

[malaise]

15. You're welcome