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Congress used to have the power of the purse and the power to declare war.

Reading the entire thread of this post made me happy yet again that I joined BlueSky. What a wonderful collection of inquisitive people!! Thank you @ewacat.bsky.social !!

They need to release this video to the public

James Harrison donated blood for almost 6 decades. His plasma carried rare Anti D antibodies that prevent Rh disease, a condition that once cost countless newborns their lives. He gave 1,173 donations. 3 million babies protected & saved. James passed away in 2025 at 88. #Goodpeople #Kindness

Molas, textiles using a reverse appliqué technique by women of the Indigenous Guna people, Panama #WomensArt

“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.

So many new followers; thought I'd say hi and answer questions 👋🏼 I'm Jessý, scientist & founder of Sidequest: Iceland (launching soon!) We do travel for nerds (yes, nerds.) We have tours w/ scientist guides. The biggest #northernlights question we get: why are there so many big auroras right now?

#ReliefWednesday from Capri Archaological Museum! Here we have "The Horse Ride" of a Man and Woman. A couple (perhaps Tiberius and a Nymph) are on horseback in a rural sanctuary. From the Villa Jovis, 1st Century AD. #AncientBlueSky🏺

Goldfinches (the European species) in the winter’s morning sunshine. Ink and watercolour. #artAdventCalendar 🪶🐡

ATTN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES: The VA sent out an announcement with a link for employees to self-report their disabilities. I wouldn’t do this if I were you. They’ll likely use it to discriminate against you.

JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election. As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.

Hey America, if you were a Christian nation, you’d be feeding the poor, not yelling at them for using food stamps.

The boats the regime is claiming are going from Venezuela to the US would need to refuel over 20 times to get to Miami. They are lying to us.

Collared trogon. #birdoftheday #stripes #birds

SEPTOPUS. BLOB OCTOPUS. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Roslyn Carter said Ronald Reagan, "makes people comfortable with their prejudices." Trump didn't create MAGA, he just brought it out from under its white sheet and put a red hat on it.

This.

“I’d rather go down in history as one lone Negro who dared to tell the government that it had done a dastardly thing than to save my skin by taking back what I have said.” ~Ida B. Wells, “Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells.” Image: Public domain.

First woman CEO in the United States? Anna Bissell. Born #OTD in 1846. She took over the Bissell company in 1889. She secured patents, boosted marketing & grew exports to Europe & Latin America and, by ~1899, had created the largest organization of its kind in the world. #WomenInBusiness

Board Schools were introduced as a result of the 1870 Elementary Education Act. Drafted by William Forster, Education Minster in Gladstone's government and MP for Bradford. Elementary education was compulsory from 1876 but fees could still be charged making it difficult for

Facts

As many expected, the truth is finally coming out, they were just fishermen. The family of the Colombian man killed in the Sept. 15 U.S. military strike in the Caribbean Sea has now filed a formal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, alleging

Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.

Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.

Reminder from journalist Malcolm W. Browne: “In a free society the duty of all newsmen is to tell all of the people all of the truth all of the time. The newsman is obliged to fight forces that interfere with this vital process."

The countdown is on for the annual Indiana Historical Society Holiday Author Fair. More than 60 authors, including yours truly, will be offering great books from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Indiana History Center, 450 W. Ohio St., Indianapolis. indianahistory.org/events/2024-...

This fragment of Roman mosaic was discovered under the site of the Bank of England as it was being rebuilt in 1805. A year later it was purchased by the British Museum, where it can still be seen today. #MosaicMonday

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Storm brewing. Praa Sands, Cornwall. 🌊 #Cornwall #weather #sky #ocean #sea #coast #beach #walk #winter #storm #life #seasons #photography

The coming of December allows me to share some of my favourite winter images and fascinating nuggets of information not directly connected to Yorkshire. Sunlight soap was a groundbreaking product launched in 1884 by the British company Lever Brothers, founded by William and

#Dogs #Dog #RacismIsStupid #SameAnimal #BestFriend #GoodDog #FaithfulFriend #LoveDogs #DogsAreLove

One of my favorite places.

Checking in on Cyber Monday — or as we call it here at the bookshop, “Monday.” Browse our gift guide: us4.campaign-archive.com?e=%5B0d99c9b...

#MosaicMonday with the Catalogue of Fish from the House of the Faun at Pompeii. Now on display in the MANN. #AncientBlueSky🏺

Why didn’t Trump order flags to be flown at half staff for National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom like he did for Charlie Kirk? 🤔

Mark Kelly: “Pete Hegseth is not a serious person. He’s unqualified for this job. I think he is the least qualified Secretary of Defense in the history of our country by far. & this President thinks he can bully & intimidate people? He’s not gonna stop me from speaking out & holding him accountable”

11/30/1843 — b. Martha G. Ripley, American physician, medical educator, reformer, suffragist, humanitarian. Founder of the ‘Maternity Hospital’, Minneapolis(1887), a pioneer social agency. #PublicHealth +wmn's/children's rights advocate #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #NurseSky #HistNursing #OTD

“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” -Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery, born on this day in 1874. #WriterSky #BookSky #History #BOTD

Offline, I've been asked why the Dark Ages isn't an appropriate term for the Early Medieval period. Bottom line, you'd be hard pressed to make something as stunning as the Alfred Jewel if you couldn't see what you were doing. End of. www.ashmolean.org/alfred-jewel

"To get the right word in the right place is a rare achievement. To condense the diffused light of a page of thought into the luminous flash of a single sentence, is worthy to rank as a prize composition just by itself.” Mark Twain, born on this day in 1835

María Orosa, Filipina food technologist, chemist, war heroine. Experimented w' foods native to Philippines #WWII developed Soyalac from soybeans & Darak preventing beriberi disease, saved 1000s lives. Invented banana ketchup. d #OTD 13 Feb 1945 from US friendly fire en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%...

Adella Prentiss Hughes (November 29, 1869 – August 23, 1950) was an American pianist and impresari based in Cleveland, Ohio. She is best known for founding The Cleveland Orchestra. clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/464

We’re turning underutilized state land into 843 new affordable homes for California families across the state. With faster approvals and real results, more people will have a place to call home.

ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join. NYPD arriving with barricades.

Federal immigration enforcement officials called off a planned raid on Canal Street today shortly before it was slated to begin. New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.

scitechdaily.com/it-looks-lik... The history of Crocodilians is amazing. There have been herbivores crocodiles, bipedal crocodiles, crocodiles with hooves, crocodiles as fast as Greyhounds. And much more. Dinosaurs get all the hype but crocodilians rock.

Java Moss Agate Cabochon, a variety of Chalcedony known for its distinctive scenic inclusions 😍