Please return to Gwen.

National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation. Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.

Art Cr: wendie.gikono #affirmationoftheday “My illness is part of me but does not define me”

Donald Trump said the Spanish Flu in 1919 ended WW1. And this probably isn't even the stupidest thing he has said today.

A new Welsh language immersion centre has opened to support children who are new to Welsh-medium education

WOW, this is the earliest known group of chess pieces in the world! 🤩 It includes two foot-soldiers, two mounted riders, an elephant with rider, a figure driving two horses, and a figure driving a three-horse chariot. Ivory, AD 700s. Samarkand State Museum-Reserve, Uzbekistan. 📷 me #Archaeology

"My love and care are making a difference". #affirmationoftheday #IDP #schoolbasedidp #lookIdidyourjobforyou

Tickets have gone on sale for the highly-anticipated Llangollen and Corwen Railway's Branch Line Gala

I flew down to south Texas today to do my job - investigate why people are dying in ICE detention centers. I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.

Italian voice actor Carlo Bononi was the voice of all of the characters on Pingu. A trained clown by trade, he used a theater technique called grammelot, which consists of "speaking" in a mix of babbled gibberish noises. He improvised all the voices live and unscripted.

Fun Fact: The last person to invade Denmark was Adolf Hitler.

Practicing deep breathing exercises can calm your mind and reduce stress. 🌬️🌷 Take a few mindful breaths whenever you can. 🧘‍♀️💫

Coetan Arthur (also known as Arthur’s Quoit) - the remains of a Neolithic burial chamber close to St. David’s Head in Pembrokeshire, dating to around 3000 BC. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Prehistory #Archaeology #Pembrokeshire

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: a glass mosaic face bead. 1st century AD. 📷️ Landesmuseum Württemberg

DAVID ENTERED A POOL COMPETITION BUT DIDN'T GET ANYWHERE AS THE TABLE WAS WONKY.

How are things in general?

From America, #Christmas 1944: Toys and Dolls from Montgomery Ward (more at @OldInCatalogues.bsky.social#Christmas (+Wool cuddle bear; Dumbo; Sleeping bear; Cuddle bear; Cuddle dog; Lazy baby; Thumper; Donald duck; Mickey mouse; and Cuddly unbreakable soft doll)

rēafigende, adj: ravening, rapacious. (RAY-ah-vi-en-duh / ˈreːa-vɪ-jɛn-də) Image: Compendium Salernitanum; N Italy (Venice?), 1350-1375; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.873, f. 87v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

French Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot, Young girl with bird cage, 1885. Bird cages appeared in many paintings of the era, perhaps a reference to the limited freedom women endured at this time #WomensArt

"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"

Awww

This is probably the most accurate description. Someone in their mid-50s today told me that this is the first time he had thought about or been affected by politics. And that guy is actively guarding buildings and his coworkers from ICE.

Amelia may be seeing her last ever birthday in a couple of weeks, due to being in palliative care with neuroblastoma. Her last birthday wish is to break a UK Record, immortalising her name & memory for all who love her, by receiving 8000 birthday cards for her 8th Birthday. Details in comments >>

We saw each other there across a busy room and there was nothing but a look to communicate the endless passion, the unsaid prayers, the hands that would touch, the lips that would kiss— all hung heavy in the air between us and then he was gone. #poem #poetry

Kids loved playing with toys in #Roman times too! Some 1,800 years ago, a child in Cologne was buried with a terracotta horse with a rider on for wheels. It was definitely a beloved toy that the kid was also meant to play with in the afterlife. 📷 Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln 🏺 #archaeology

Tony Blair on a peace committee is like putting Pennywise on a PTA board.

Renee Good was still alive when ICE stopped a doctor at the scene. She may have been able to be saved. #FuckIce #IceOutForGood #Pinks #ProudBlue www.alternet.org/renee-good-i...

We heard scratching outside the caravan. I quietened the girls by telling them it was a Welsh sex maniac with a tin opener. The talent here is chronic. I had an embarassing moment with one of the older generation but I brought it to an abrupt end when I told him about my husband.

I have to make a speech this morning and have been up early preparing for it. I shall be glad when it is done.

I did not know I had won a prize.

From France, #Christmas 1981: Dolls from Galeries Lafayette (+Josephine; Ultra-Supple Baby; Marie Martine; Carina; and Rag Dolls) [ENGinALT]

Remembered this Poem all of a sudden

Truly touched that we’ve had 22 new members in just 4 days. Thank you so much for believing in letter writing and The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society. Find me up here in my Letter Writing Shed over the next few days writing welcoming letters. ☺️✍️✉️✨

“With every exhale I take, I release those negative thoughts about my illness bottled up inside” #affirmationoftheday

Oh I used to love watching this when I was a tween 🥰🏇🎀

The Bure Valley Railway in Norfolk is starting its 2026 operating season with a series of Teddy Bear Expresses during February half-term. https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/01/teddy-bears-welcome-at-norfolk-narrow-gauge-railway.html #BureValleyRailway #NarrowGauge #norfolk

“I am grateful for being part of a community of readers who I’m proud to call my friends” #affirmationoftheday

From Denmark, #Christmas 1942: Women's Dresses from Buldog (+Beautifully embroidered wool jacquard dress; Crepe Georgette Sunday dress; Smart Swing Dress; Woolen jacquard dress with embroidery; Modern Scottish Dress; and Silk Charmeuse House Dress) [ENGinALT]

Advert Lucky Dip: From Australia, Jan 1955: Fruit Juices & Jellies ad from Mynor (more at @OldInPrintAds.bsky.social) (+Fruit Juices; Jellies; Fruit Cup; Tops; Orange; Lemon; Pineapple; Raspberry; Strawberry; Lime Juice; Pasito; G.L. Cordial; Milyan Milkshake Cordial; and Fruit Jelly Crystals)

Don't forget to drink plenty of water today. 💧 Stay hydrated and nourish your body. 🌼

#Amaryllis #Hippeastrum #twilight #gloew #gloaming