I’m fracking polite, okay?

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Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything." For once, I believe him.

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Happy Halloween! Here's evidence of the time I tried to carve a turnip! Believe me, pumpkins are so much easier! Pumpkins were not common in England, Scotland or Ireland, but folks did carve turnips or beets into lanterns to scare the dead away on this day of thinned veils between worlds

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Perfect #historical read for the #autumn season #regencyromance with a touch of #fantasy www.debmarlowe.com/moonsight-ma...

Happy Book Birthday! Dark Tidings on the Thames is out today! 7th in the #kierandlevettmysteryseries. Victorian Mysteries with a slow burn romance. #booksky #historicalmystery

Coming tomorrow! Dark Tidings on the Thames, 7th book in the #kierandlevettmysteryseries. Enter the Goodreads contest!

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CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

I love this bandage from c.1900 featuring illustrations on how to wrap wounds resulting from accidents involving a soldier, a sailor, a miner, and a woman whose clothes have caught fire. This amazing object is part of the Wellcome Collection in London.

The last time troops policed America was in the 1770s. We fought a revolution against that king, and wrote into the Constitution the Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments to prevent it from ever happening again. Pass it along…

Thank you, Boston Globe. This is how it's done.

That long wait for summer reruns…

Button #artbots #themet https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/97475

#usa #diseased #infested #magats #biohazard #cancercapitalism #conservatism #christofascists

Wednesday is with us again, so grab your family and friends and drag them out to buy a book! - Michael

Fan #artbots #themet https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/97353

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Next time you visit York, take note of this carving of a plague doctor outside York Minster Cathedral. It was recently carved out of magnesian limestone to replace figures eroded by time, as part of the ongoing restoration of the East Front. I love this little fellow.

Died #OnThisDay 1850 Sir Robert Peel, twice Conservative prime minister. This short article from our editor Dr Philip Salmon explores his relationship with the Conservative party, which Peel helped to shape but also divided: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2020/02/05/s...

And he does not approve …

Fidelity to framing the natural world, with American Pre-Raphaelite artist, Fidelia Bridges (1834-1923) #MondayMood. Bridges worked and exhibited her art in New York for over forty years. As well as embarking on an extended European tour in the 1860s and later, regular visits to the UK.

New Yorkers: come one, come all! My friend @bschillace.brandyschillace.com is releasing an inspiring, important book on #trans history and you aren't going to want to miss it! 👇🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Yes, please!

This is fucking GREAT news!

Heart-shaped pendant with a lock of hair from Marie Antoinette. If this is her hair, it must have been presented before the abortive flight to Varennes in 1791, when Marie's hair allegedly went white overnight. Is it possible for a person’s hair to go white overnight? 1/2

Evening dress #artbots #themet https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/95848

Covent Garden market women, 1747 collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:...

Azeleas are having a good spring

It’s here! Betrayal from Beyond, the next book in the #kierandlevettmysteryseries #booksky #historicalmystery #slowburn #victorianmystery

The Muses Garden by Lionel Royer (French artist, lived 1852–1926). There are nine Olympian Muses - each a supernatural force that provides artistic inspiration in different areas - poetry, history, music, dance etc.

Betrayal from Beyond, sixth book in the #kierandlevettmysteryseries is out! #historicalmystery #victorianmysteryseries

Wow!

🎨 To celebrate #WorldArtDay, three of our most liked and shared paintings. Which is your favourite? 🖼️ ‘Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May’, John William Waterhouse, 1909. 🖼️ ‘Ophelia’, John Everett Millais, 1851-52, Tate. 🖼️ ‘Lady Lilith’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1866–73, Delaware Art Museum.

Riding habit #artbots #themet https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/100355

“There is a silent eloquence In every wild bluebell That fills my softened heart with bliss That words could never tell.” Extract from ‘The Bluebell’ by Anne Bronte. The heady scent of Bluebells is beginning to permeate across the UK this week.

Tomorrow is the last day of the preorder price! Betrayal from Beyond comes out on April 14!

Surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library.

The Fourth Circuit is famously succinct. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

“This does not just affect North Carolina,” Riggs said. “This is like dropping a match in a really dry forest. And if we let this kind of anti-democratic effort take hold, we will not be able to contain it. So this is a fight for the very soul of democracy. Today’s decision was deeply misinformed.”

Wow: 10,000+ people marching through Providence, RI in the freezing rain for the Hands Off! Protest of Trump and Musk. Larger crowd than the Women’s March.

Scenes from the Chicago Hands Off rally/march, including my mom, dad, brother and his friend!

Hands Off! Big turnout in Des Moines, Iowa. #RicohGR3x #ricohsnaps #grsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #StreetPhotography #HandsOff #protest

Paid? I live in a rural town of about 9,000 people, having moved here from Los Angeles. We had about 1000 people out in the plaza today. That's about 10% of this town. Some people drove in from up in the the hills, their farms outside of town,nobody was gettin' paid. After the speakers, we marched

West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.

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