6/9/1906 — b. Huguette Clark, American heiress, philanthropist, artist, musician. The youngest daughter of industrialist, copper magnate and U.S. Senator William A. Clark. She left a fortune of $300+ million upon her death at age 104 #womenshistory #womenartists #heiresses #philanthropy

In a field near Wicken, Cambridgeshire larkspur is grown for London florists along with cornflowers & Nigella. It’s quite a sight just now-some floral dopamine for you 🌿:

6/8/1907— b. Wilhelmina Goodson (Billie Pierce), American singer, pianist. Jazz and boogie-woogie piano player with a distinct shouting blues vocal style; she was one of seven piano-playing sisters #womenshistory #WomenInMusic #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #jazz #blues

I wish I were half as cool as this bobcat in the yard. #mammals #nature #cats #caturday #love #trailcam #Seattle #wildanimals #goodnight #PNW #animals #nokings #outdoors #zen #beautiful

#CatsNoirFriday used to be a thing. Not sure about now but it doesn't matter. Sleep well beauteous babies & wake up ready for #Caturday good mischief. My family sends hugs 💤💙💤

A good report show the true scale of the power plants and pollution being created by them at OpenAI's "Stargate" data enter in Texas. Because Texas doesn't give a shit about anything but money and ownin' the Libs.

There is no word in the English language to adequately describe the anger and frustration and disbelief that Americans are feeling….

New Mexico, thank you for believing in what we can build together. I’m honored to officially accept the Democratic nomination for Governor of New Mexico.

6/3/1664 — b. Rachel Ruysch, Dutch artist. Court painter, Dutch #GoldenAge painter; noted for her exquisite floral still-life works. Recorded nature w/ great accuracy; created her own style, achieved international renown during her six decade career #womenshistory #womenartists #womensart #painters

6/2/1899 — b. Lotte Reiniger, German-Eng film director, animated film pioneer. Originator of silhouette #animation; creator of 40+ films. “TheAdventures of PrinceAchmed”(1926), the first full-length animated film, predated Disney by 10yrs #womenshistory #WomenInFilm #womenartists #womensart #FilmSky

#WomensArt #WomensHistory

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6/1/1935 — b. Hazel Dickens, American singer, songwriter, musician, memoirist. Bluegrass, folk, and traditional country vocalist; guitarist, double bassist (1950s-2000s). A pioneer of #bluegrass music + #WomenInMusic; recipient, National Heritage Award (2008) #womenshistory #MusicSky #MusicChallenge

It’s just stunning. The White House trailer park.

Theil's emulating some very infamous fascists: Adolf Eichmann, Josef Mengele, Erich Priebke, Walter Kutschmann, Josef Schwammberger, Walter Rauff, Franz Stangl, Gerhard Bohne and many other small fish. The escape routes were called Rattenlinien (yes, Ratlines).

5/28/1949 — b. Wendy O. Williams, American singer, actor. The “Queen of Shock Rock”; lead singer of the punk band The Plasmatics, solo artist. Known for her near nudity, and blowing up equipment and chain-sawing guitars on stage #womenshistory #WomenInMusic #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #punk #punkrock

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Just watched 'The WASPs: Taking Flight' last night! Excellent documentary focuses on The WASPs, WWII and Nadine Ramsey's aviation career #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #aviation #AVgeeks #SciSky #HistSci #military #WASPs #WWII

5/27/1878 — b. Isadora Duncan, American dancer, choreographer. Pioneer dancer/performance artist; the most famous dancer of her time. Early influencer; revolutionized dance through free movement + elevated modern interpretive #dance to the status of creative art #womenshistory #DanceSky #womensart

❗️🙏 40% of museum items from the exhibition of the National Chornobyl Museum were irretrievably lost after the Russian attack on Kyiv.

5/26/1883 — b. Mamie Smith, American singer, musician, dancer, actor. Versatile entertainer; a vaudeville, #jazz and #blues singer, pianist. The first African-American vocalist to record a blues song, “Crazy Blues” (1920), which became a hit record #womenshistory #WomenInMusic #MusicSky #music #woc

Holy shit this cartoon.

5/22/1930 — b. Otha Lee Moore (Tiny Topsy), American singer. Big vocal style, had the lungs to match her 5 ft, 250 pound physique; sang w/Al Smith band in Chicago, recorded many well-received #R&B records as a solo artist, active(mid-40s-1964) #womenshistory #WomenInMusic #MusicSky #GreatWomenOfRock

My slightly less professional Kodak Instamatic pic of the Lords outside the York hotel in SF during the first US tour.

Stephen Colbert closed out the final episode of The Late Show with an emotional performance of “Hello, Goodbye” alongside Paul McCartney. Paul McCartney symbolically switched off the studio lights one last time to the Ed Sullivan Theater. 🥹🥺

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert may be gone but, it's definitely not forgotten...

Morning everyone. Do you know that your President just exempted himself, his family, and all his family's companies from our tax laws? You are subject to the law. Now he is not. No one should not pretend this is okay or normal. It's an ongoing constitutional crisis.

5/22/1844 — b. Mary Cassatt, American artist. Impressionist painter + printmaker; the only American painter to exhibit with the French Impressionists. Noted for her paintings of women and children; she resided in France most of her adult life #womenshistory #womenartists #womensart #ArtSky #painters

5/21/1844 — b. Amy Fay, American composer, pianist, author. A notable American woman of music; she is known for her book “Music Study” which had over 20 printings. The ‘Music’ journal published her “Women and Music” piece (1900) #womenshistory #WomenInMusic #MusicSky #womenwriters #WriterSky #music

5/20/1933 — b. Patricia Buckley Moss, American artist. Painter, etcher; rural landscapes paintings; she is noted for her rural landscape imagery, and works that captured the culture and life of the Shenandoah Valley area in Virginia #womenshistory #womenartists #womensart #ArtSky #painters

SIGN OF THE DAY…

50 years of knowing you and though all of it great love and respect. I hope you’re feeling the love today @janewiedlin.bsky.social Happy #Birthday…. Here’s to another trip around the sun 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂💕💕💕💕💕💕🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂photo by @hardandfastbook Melanie Nissen

BREAKING: Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn & MPD Officer Hodges are suing to block the $1.8B “weaponization” slush fund.

5/19/1945 — b. Pete Townshend, British musician, songwriter. Guitarist, principal songwriter, vocalist for the #rock band, #TheWho; solo career. On his 20th birthday he wrote the lyrics to ‘My Generation’ on a train ride from London to Southampton #RockMusic #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #RockHistory

Posted by Chinese media in the wake of Trump's failed summit.

5/19/1800 — b. Sarah Miriam Peale, American artist. Portrait and still-life painter; one of the first women in the United States to achieve professional recognition as an artist. She painted the noted celebrities of the day #womenshistory #womenartists #womensart #ArtSky #painters

The Human Condition (La condition humaine) was created in 1935. Artist: René Magritte, a Belgian surrealist painter.

Good morning everyone. A beautiful day in NH. I hope your day is peaceful.

5/18/1852 — b. Gertrude Käsebier, American photographer. One of the most influential early 20th century photographers in the U.S.; founding member of Alfred Stieglitz’s Photo-Secession group (1902) #womenshistory #photography #womenartists #womensart #PhotoSky #PhotoSecession #ArtHistory

BREAKING: SB 2471 has been signed into law! It’s the first of its kind in the nation and renders the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision irrelevant in Hawaii. This is a win for the movement to get big money, especially dark money, out of politics.

5/15/2010 — Jessica Watson, Australian sailor, at age 16 becomes the youngest person to sail solo around the world non-stop unassisted. Departed Sydney 10/18/2009, crossed equator in the Pacific, then the Atlantic+Indian Oceans, returned to Sydney #womenshistory #SheIsTheFirst #WomenInSTEM #OceanSky

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#WomenInSTEM #WomenWhoRock #womenshistory

Lost in the Signal: Radio as Instrument. A list of some of the key pieces in the history of radio as an instrument. Don’t touch that dial.

5/14/1700 — b. Mary Delany, English artist, letter writer, a Bluestocking, and a woman of fashion. Noted for the accuracy of her finely-cut #botanical paper mosaics, and her collages of intricately cut color paper glued on black ink backgrounds #womenshistory #womenartists #womensart #WomenInSTEM