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welcome to the cotkey ride home for for Tuesday, January 25th, 2022.

I'm Jackson Bird today.

A look into the world of extreme ironing.

Plus, how China has been making strides in controlling the weather by shooting rockets at the clouds,

and a much more low-key opportunity

to help NASA collect data about real non-modified clouds. Here are some of the cool things

from the news today. In Cheryl Mendelson's home comforts, the art and science of keeping house, she explains how,

while some time-consuming chores of certain eras made sense, given contemporary hygiene concerns and technological constraints,

there were also always chores that societal preference dictated servants and housewives perform, even though they had,

as Mendelssohn puts it, quote, no justification in concrete benefits for safety and health,

end quote. One of the biggest offenders from around the turn of the 20th century through the 50s

was ironing. Quoting again, our forebears were fanatics about ironing.

They insisted on ironing everything from sheets to underwear,

even though this caused horrendous labor from women,

and most did it themselves without maids or did it alongside a maid,

who were already devoting enormous amounts of labor

simply to ensure survival.

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