a Better Bubble™

Aggregator

The History of Greeting Cards

1 hour 54 minutes ago
A greeting card is one of the few things people still mail even when they never mail anything else. Bills go paperless. Photos live on phones. Yet a folded piece of paper with a few careful words still shows up in mailboxes—and it can feel more personal than a text ever could. That staying power comes from a long, surprising history. Greeting cards were not invented as a cute modern habit. They grew out of older traditions of public announcements, private letters, printed art, and social

This Day in History on February 20: John Glenn Becomes First American to Orbit Earth

2 hours 4 minutes ago
On February 20, 1962, American astronaut John Glenn became the first U.S. citizen to orbit Earth, circling the planet three times aboard Friendship 7. At the time, the flight mattered because it proved the United States could carry out a full orbital mission in the intense early years of the Space Race, when space achievements were closely tied to national confidence, scientific prestige, and military technology. It still matters today because Glenn’s mission helped turn human spaceflight

This Weekend's Weather: Cooler with Windy Conditions

2 hours 14 minutes ago
Friday morning starts off breezy with partly cloudy skies and temperatures around 25 degrees. As the day progresses, expect partly sunny skies with a high reaching 43 degrees. Winds from the west will gust up to 33 mph making it feel colder than the actual temperature, with a feels like high near 34. Evening brings intermittent clouds and winds calming down to around 7 mph, with clouds increasing overnight. Lows fall to about 25 degrees with a very chilly overnight feel near 19 degrees. Saturday

Judge strips ‘ballot candy’ from plan to make it harder to amend Missouri Constitution 

2 hours 29 minutes ago
A Republican judge in Cole County on Thursday ruled that the ballot summary must be rewritten for a proposed constitutional amendment that would make it much harder for Missourians to amend the constitution through citizen initiative petitions. Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green ordered the first three bullet points of the summary voters will see […]
Jason Hancock

Hyperthermia by Design

2 hours 41 minutes ago
Ben West takes a look at the potential "heat island" effect that could be generated by the proposed Armory data center development in Midtown.
Guest Contributor