206 years ago, on the 8th of April 1820, the Venus de Milo was discovered on the Aegean island of Milos by a farmer. French naval officer D'Urville bought the statue, it was displayed in the Louvre as soon as 1821. #otd #history 🗃️

And the appraiser exam isn't that hard with a bit of studying.

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein holds a candle of hope for these turbulent times in her new book. #booksky

@mimicofmodes.com

My phone is charging while I get ready for the rally near me (on Montana Ave in Santa Monica), but I settled on this as my main sign: WAR CRIMES CAN'T HIDE SEX CRIMES

Giving The Onion a run for their money

China donates 5,000 solar energy systems to Cuba, government prioritizing hospitals! Beyond the hospital network, which includes more than 280 hospitals and 430 clinics, the project will also reach some 2,000 homes in isolated rural areas.

This is why EVERY STATE should pass recall election legislation. Legislators not doing the will of their constituents should not remain in the position. Demand your legislators be transparent and put recall teeth on it.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

It is the anniversary of the My Lai massacre today. I'd say that even more than most years, it's important to remember what happened. And the role Hugh Thompson, an active serviceman, played in both stopping and publicising it. Despite enormous military, political and public pressure to stay quiet.

@wamc.org This.

Took photographs of a coat, waistcoat, and gown from the 1840s today for the museum magazine! fenimoreartmuseum.org/heritage-mag... Very pleased to have gotten the chance to write something about clothes in our collection. And there will also be patterns ...

@pbsnews.org no reporting on this?

How to get the most out of your time on #booksky! a 🧵 from the moderator... 💙📚 ✛ be generous with your hearts, reposts and comments! People love getting interactions on their posts and you may just meet your new BFF. ✛ don't like what someone's posting? block/mute them or mute a whole hashtag.

I'm attending Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Congress's event, “Glens Falls Town Hall with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Pat Ryan!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/ocasiocortez...

One last graphic showing Arctic sea-ice volume, running second behind 2017, this one using the "monthly average" volume posted by PIOMAS. The accelerating Arctic sea-ice catastrophe is bad enough, no need to catastrophize. Data: psc.apl.uw.edu/wordpress/wp...

You can read even more about the trial of the VIR-5500 T-cell engager drug that we've been trialling in #ProstateCancer here ⤵️ #GU26 www.icr.ac.uk/about-us/icr...

Here's a new book out on the subject: share.libbyapp.com/title/10382399

1. On January 23, Crypto.com donated $5 million to MAGA Inc, Trump's primary Super PAC. (The donation was first disclosed in a FEC filing Friday night.) Less than 1 month later, on February 17, the Trump administration intervened on Crypto.com's behalf in a high-stakes federal lawsuit.

Delightful ‘Dancing Dogs’ figurine. Blackware ceramic, 200 BC - 200 AD. Comala, Late Formative Period. Colima, West Mexico. 📷 Princeton University Art Museum artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/collecti... #Archaeology

hello minnesota and beyond! thank you for your kind messages. it is very weird to be the news when you cover the news. i love this beautiful state and journalism, and i am hopeful for better days. but we will be forever changed bc of the last two months.

Ratboys new album Singing to an Empty Chair is a work of art. It is challenging to come up with fresh music but every track dovetails so nicely with the next. Thank you Julia and the band, nice guitar work. #ratboys #singingtoanemptychair #grammy2027 open.spotify.com/album/74sjx2...

@reprileyny.bsky.social True?

@jeopardyofficial.bsky.social FloUNDER is equally reasonable for that fish as was HaliBUT. Kinda dumb category, though.

The other states need to participate as well and send their Guards for the same reasons. Much like TX and WV were quick to invade our cities.

I'm reading Justin's new book #humanish now. Good fun!

Can someone explain the appeal in the return of the Shah? To the Iranian people, that is. I get they want the current regime out (we have that in common) but I'm not asking for Prince Andrew.

Time to starve the beast. Otherwise states are just paying 'protection' money to the mob. medium.com/@carmitage/e...

The Empire State Building honors Bob Weir.

Police keep the fucking FBI away from the crime scene challenge c’mon Portland

Once again begging journalists to write about Mount Sinai, one of the biggest hospital systems in NYC, splitting with Anthem, one of the biggest insurers in NYC. Crickets!!!

So wait! Now does Ice deport him or something?

A woman found a ring commemorating the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City in Niskayuna earlier this month.

Tell us: As the U.S. prepares to observe its 250th anniversary, what does being an American mean to you right now? https://bit.ly/3YCG6Pf

this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)

During the Ottoman Empire era, miniature palaces with elaborate decorations for birds to live in were carved on the outer walls of buildings, and this one, which remains at Istanbul's Topkapi Palace, appears to still be in use as a home for birds @sciencegirl #globalmuseum #birds #Ottoman #Istanbul

Happy Winter Solstice! On midwinter’s day, the sun sets between the pair of stones that form the largest trilithon at #Stonehenge Farewell to the shortest day of the year, as we look forward to lighter days ahead! ☀️ #StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology

Neat find, a set of fisher tracks in the woods! These lead to a very large maple tree it climbed. The leash is for scale. #Fisher #animaltracks #winter

From your lips...

A wonderful trip through the history of life on earth. Thank you for an entertaining and informative book. I'm not done yet, no spoilers. Don't tell me how it ends.

1. If America were fascist right now, I would not be posting here. Neither would you. Instead, I - and you - would be trying to build networks of people *offline* who can support and protect each other, in the dark, rather than yelling at the president and his stooges in our own names. /2

NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends. It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.

In a statement, DHS said, “DHS has no involvement with the selection of subcontractors.” They said the agency does its contracting “by the book” and the process is run by career officials. “It is very sad that Pro Publica would seek to defame these public servants,” DHS added.

“Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day.”

The only thing that has improved Democrats’ approval rating among their voters has been fighting back against Trump. We cannot afford another “Schumer Surrender.” Urge your Democratic senators to continue holding the line to keep healthcare costs down and protect coverage for millions of Americans.

@mimicofmodes.com how is this?

@lordbusinessman.bsky.social Here's the things for djt and his minions: when the tariffs get ruled out and the debt explodes, I would expect interest rates to jump. I don't think the Fed can cap that well. But I defer to @unusualwhales.bsky.social or lordbusinessman for more thought. #econsky

The head of security at the Louvre.