Bruce Wang has a whole channel dedicated to improving one's English by learning to speak it with a Southern (U.S.) accent. Y'all should watch this profile up on Untold America:
Chinese immigrant to U.S. explains value of Southern accent
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DHS whistleblower claims he was instructed to exaggerate threat of Leftists and immigrants, downplay white supremacy
On Friday, December 11, former DHS intelligence chief Brian Murphy testified in a closed-door sessions before Congress, following up on his September whistleblower complaint, when he claimed that he had been instructed to downplay Russian threats so as to not make President Trump look bad. According to Murphy's lawyer, this was not the only bit… READ THE REST
DACA policies made by illegally-appointed DHS head aren't legal, says Judge
NBC News reports that Judge Nicholas Garaufis, the Senior US District Judge in the Eastern District of New York, has ruled that recent DHS suspensions of DACA protections were illegal because the head of DHS is also illegal. Chad Wolf, whose name and face both make him seem like the villain from a bad summer… READ THE REST
The wild story of the first known Chinese person to live in Boston in the 1790s
SAMPAN, a Chinese-English newspaper for Chinese and Asian diaspora in New England published by the nonprofit Asian American Civic Association, has a fascinating new post about the first Chinese person to live in Boston. John Boit, of Boston, was made the Captain of a ship, the Union, when he was only 19 years old. The Union, with… READ THE REST
With this book summary app, you can read an entire best-selling book in 4 minutes
It's a sad fact of modern life. Most people just don't read anymore. And, for those who do make the effort to dive into a new book once in a while, life's busy nature probably means it could take several days, to a few weeks, to maybe even a month or two to finally complete… READ THE REST
The PURO²XYGEN P500 Air Purifier makes sure your air is healthy and breathable
Once upon a time, air purifiers were mostly only found in the homes of the elderly, the environmentally sensitive, and the all-out germaphobe. Of course, after 2020, there's been renewed attention paid to everything that wafts through the air in everyone's homes and office spaces. Where health is concerned, nobody is skimping now. That massive… READ THE REST
This bioluminescent orb glows every night – and will keep you utterly transfixed
Bioluminescence is one of those products of nature that truly makes the average person step back and marvel at the absolute wonder of our world. Found in many types of aquatic life, science explains it as molecules in the body of a living organism that produce light, often when exposed to oxygen. While it may… READ THE REST