Cliff Laube

FDR sphinx sculpture.

Hudson. Cat portrait.

Hudson

Hey, friends—

Things are REALLY rough for political cartoonists right now. Their traditional clients are refusing to run their work. New clients can’t afford to pay them. A lot of political cartoonists are subsisting off patreons.

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At the Museum of the City of New York.

At the Museum of the City of New York.

Curse this damnable rat !

DEAR MISS PERKINS with Rebecca Brenner Graham YouTube video by FDRLibrary

from earlier (sorry I start losing my voice ~13min in- under the weather) www.youtube.com/live/TIX4zr1...

👋Sharing something about me everyday while I figure out what to do here.

Day 6: I ❤️ figuring out commonalities. FDR, JFK, LBJ, JQA, & TR all enjoyed skinny-dipping. (Happy bday, FDR!🥳)

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Hudson River Museum textile exhibit.

Hudson River Museum textile exhibit.

Hudson River Museum textile exhibit.

Hudson River Museum textile exhibit.

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this place is becoming a necco chamber

Did you know that FDR was superstitious about Friday the 13th? FDR’s personal secretary, Grace Tully, in her book F.D.R. My Boss (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1949) page 22 said: “The Boss was superstitious, particularly about the number thirteen and the…

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FDR was superstitious.

"Many times, FDR went to great pains to schedule a trip departure on the twelfth of the month or the fourteenth in order to avoid starting on the unlucky day. Occasionally this meant pulling a train out at 11:50 PM on the twelfth or 12:10 AM on the fourteenth." Grace Tully

Barnes & Noble is making a comeback | CNN Business The world’s largest retail bookseller is expanding at a breakneck pace and is on track to reach its goal of more than 60 planned openings this year. The plan marks a dramatic shift from when it closed...

Barnes & Noble is making a comeback: The world’s largest retail bookseller is expanding at a breakneck pace and is on track to reach its goal of more than 60 planned openings this year.

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Yo Columbus Dispatch, nobody does Nazi cosplay except Nazis. You don't have to say "People dressed as Nazis," you can just say "Nazis."

Yellow jacket removed from hive by honey bees.

Yellow jacket removed from hive by honey bees.

Yellow jacket removed from hive by honey bees.

No Wasps Allowed.

book Mary W Shelley He sprang from the cabin window as he said this upon th ice raft which lay close to the vessel. He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance. Written in pen is As he drifted away I could just make out his final words "its ok if you call me 'Frankenstein' instead of 'Frankenstein's Monster' I really don't mind" The end

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Black and white photo of a young white man wearing old fashioned, outdoorsy clothing and holding a rifle. He's standing outside of a house and right behind him in a screen window is an adorable tabby cat making a funny, scrunched up face - I think it was caught mid-meow.

Superb photobomb from my collection - no date or other info known.

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Wow!

Book cover for “A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit” features a photographic portrait of a Black woman in gold brocade, early twentieth century formal dress.

Feel like I need a mental cleanse. So here’s one cool thing: Noliwe Rooks’ powerful new bio of Mary McLeod Bethune has a ton of wisdom and inspiration for people who want to make change.
Review to come soon.

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Smoked in, Poughkeepsie.

Add a Karenina

Me and @harveyjkaye.bsky.social, Revolutionary Times cosplay.

The New Deal actually offers a model here. Its architects saw democracy and prosperity as intricately intertwined and, moreover, knew they had to *promote* the idea that they were connected.