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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.

Formal (and stunning!) black-and-white portrait of Anna Bissell, the first woman CEO in the United States. An older woman with neatly styled white hair gazes directly at the camera with a calm, confident expression. She wears a dark dress with a high collar, and a fur-trimmed coat draped over her shoulders.

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

An image of assembly at a Leeds board school. 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.

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."

2025 Holiday Author Fair - Indiana Historical Society Are you ready for the Indiana Historical Society’s favorite book event of the year? The annual Holiday Author Fair is just the place to find the perfect read for you — or someone who needs a gift! Thi...

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.
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A square fragment of Roman mosaic with a design of guilloche and stylised leaves and flowers in the centre.

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

Cc @jaketapper.bsky.social

Storm brewing. Praa Sands, Cornwall. 🌊

#Cornwall #weather #sky #ocean #sea #coast #beach #walk #winter #storm #life #seasons #photography

Advert for Sunlight Laundry Soap, with the equation 'labour light, clothes white = Sunlight' It was the world's first mass-marketed, pre-packaged, and branded laundry soap.

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? 🤔

Senator Mark Kelly outside of the Senate Chamber at the US Capitol

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”

Martha G. Ripley

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

Her best known book – Anne of Green Gables – was also her first published work. In total, Montgomery published 20 novels as well as 530 short stories, 500 poems, and 30 essays. Despite being raised in the strictly traditional home of her grandparents, Montgomery was able to submit her work to publications –and receive payments– without anyone in her family knowing. All because she had become the assistant postmistress of Prince Edward Island, which was also the setting of Anne of Green Gables and her stories of Avonlea.

An undated photo portrait of Lucy Maud Montgomery. Her hair is quite done up, with a flower corsage. I'm reading into this picture, but there is a confidence in her expression that seems quite unique - outside of royal circles. Image source: Anne of Green Gables (website)

“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

ALFRED JEWEL The Alfred Jewel is a masterpiece of goldsmith's work formed around a tear-shaped slice of rock crystal. Its inscription: AELFRED MEC HEHT GEWYRCAN – 'Alfred ordered me to be made’ – connects the jewe...

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

Maria Orosa seated wearing broad brimmed hat. #WomenInSTEM

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.
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Stockton to gain 240 affordable homes as California repurposes unused buildings Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to repurpose two unused state buildings in Stockton into affordable housing units as part of an initiative to boost housing production.

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.