Andrew Chen, co-founder of one of my favorite denim brands, 3sixteen, breaks down how the tariffs affect his company IG 3sixteen

This is insane! A new high school outside Dallas dedicated a THIRD of their space to entrepreneurship. The 1st floor is a mall, where 16 local businesses set up shop so students can be mentored, apply for jobs & learn how to run a business. The school also has (see below):

✏️ “I created a LEGO foosball game. It was hard to build it because you had to get perfect levels on each side… it took so much time testing it. I am better at making things with cardboard.” (5th grader, reflection) Next class… Paper (Cardstock) Foosball (@craftbrain)

Earth Day challenge in @CFBRainwater STEM class involved code breaking, coding and writing a pledge to the Earth 🌍🌎 @gotynker @EscapeRms @craftbrain #EarthDay2024 #BigLeagueLearners

To celebrate #EngineersWeek, here are 50+ awesome engineering projects for kids and #makerspaces from @craftbrain leftbraincraftbrain.com/engi… #makered #edtech #stemeducation

Lego MOD with Set 31210 abstract kinetic art Kandinsky meets Tinguily Modify with some gears #LEGO #kineticart

Only three people in the nation were qualified to hand-pack the parachutes for the Apollo missions. Their expertise was so vital that they were not allowed to ride in the same car together due to the fear that a single auto accident could cripple the entire space program. The Apollo space capsules heavily relied on parachutes to decelerate their descent back to Earth after lunar missions. The three main parachutes used were enormous, each measuring 83.5 feet across. Each of these parachutes contained an impressive 7,200 square feet of fabric, enough to cover the entire floor space of three typical U.S. homes. These parachutes were constructed from remarkably strong fabric capable of slowing the capsule's descent from 160 miles per hour and gently landing it in the Pacific Ocean. Surprisingly, even though they were robust, a square yard of parachute material weighed just one ounce. The assembly of each parachute was an intricate process, with panels of material being sewn together using approximately 3.5 miles of thread. A staggering two million individual stitches were required for each parachute, and all the seams were meticulously sewn by hand using black Singer sewing machines. The attention to detail was critical because even a single flawed stitch could lead to disaster. Therefore, every inch of every seam was carefully inspected using a light table. After assembly and inspection, the parachutes were folded and packed by hand. During the Apollo missions in the 1960s and early 1970s, only three individuals in the entire country were trained and licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration to fold Apollo parachutes. These skilled experts, Norma Cretal, Buzz Corey, and Jimmy Calunga, handled the parachute-packing duties for all 11 Apollo missions. Their roles were considered so vital that NASA enforced a strict rule that prevented them from traveling together in the same car. The agency couldn't take any chances of all three being injured in a single accident due to the irreplaceable nature of their expertise.

Painting water colour cats without a brush 📹Züleyha Aydoğdu

I saw an IG Reel that said something along the lines of “women have no idea how often the men in their lives think about the Roman Empire.” So I asked my husband: “How often do you think about the Roman Empire?” And without missing a beat he said “Every day.” YALL! Why!?