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Curators from the Smithsonian will be diving for balloons, scooping up signs and hoping to score some hot dish at the #DNC this week.

We talked to three of them about how they select items to be used in the future to explain what's going on now (republished on @medium) https://medium.com/@ConversationUS/how-smithsonian-curators-scavenge-political-conventions-to-explain-the-present-to-the-future-d90a8cb99f80 #News #USPolitics #DNC2024 @histodons

"Dad, I’m hungry."

"Hi, hungry. I’m Dad."

There's an example of the beloved form of humor: The Dad Joke.

But what makes something a dad joke instead of just a corny joke? We've got two folklorists answering that question and looking at the history of the 'art' form. Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there, funny or not!

Leave a favorite #DadJoke in the replies, so we can all groan together
https://theconversation.com/an-homage-to-the-dad-joke-one-of-the-great-traditions-of-fatherhood-231996
#FathersDay #Dads @folklore

The price of asthma medication has soared in the U.S. over the past decade and a half.

The pharmaceutical company Teva sells QVAR RediHaler, a corticosteroid inhaler, for $286 in the U.S.

In Germany, Teva sells that same inhaler for $9.

https://theconversation.com/asthma-meds-have-become-shockingly-unaffordable-but-relief-may-be-on-the-way-222858
#health