{"id":82879,"date":"2023-06-14T22:22:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T02:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=82879"},"modified":"2023-06-14T22:22:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T02:22:31","slug":"wednesday-web-droppings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2023\/06\/14\/wednesday-web-droppings\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday web-droppings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few items that I didn&#8217;t feel required a full post of their own, but might be of interest:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Teacher, leave them kids alone!&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/notthebee.com\/article\/middle-school-students-staged-a-revolt-on-the-day-they-were-told-to-wear-rainbow-colors-to-celebrate-pride\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Middle schoolers staged a revolt on the day they were told to wear rainbow colors to celebrate pride. They wore red, white, and blue, and said their pronouns were &#8220;U.S.A.&#8221; Woke faculty is freaking out<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Sir Humphrey answers the question &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/thinpinstripedline.blogspot.com\/2023\/06\/is-royal-navy-still-blue-water-navy.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Is the Royal Navy still a truly &#8216;blue water navy&#8217;?<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Brendan O&#8217;Neill is nostalgic for a long-distant past before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiked-online.com\/2023\/06\/12\/everyones-as-bonkers-as-the-unabomber-now\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">everyone started sounding like off-brand Unabomber disciples<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>Tim Harford on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/timharford.com\/2023\/06\/the-cheese-the-rats-and-why-some-of-us-are-poorer-than-others\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Giffen goods<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Random meme of the day:<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/History-Imperial-collapse-with-WiFi.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/History-Imperial-collapse-with-WiFi.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/History-Imperial-collapse-with-WiFi.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/History-Imperial-collapse-with-WiFi-480x480.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/History-Imperial-collapse-with-WiFi-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/History-Imperial-collapse-with-WiFi-120x120.jpeg 120w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/History-Imperial-collapse-with-WiFi-50x50.jpeg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few items that I didn&#8217;t feel required a full post of their own, but might be of interest: &#8220;Teacher, leave them kids alone!&#8221; &#8211; Middle schoolers staged a revolt on the day they were told to wear rainbow colors to celebrate pride. 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