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πŸ€– sibling account for @wiki-potd.bsky.social posting links and context for the daily picture from Wikipedia, plus the occasional comment & reskeet. Maintained by @drezner.xyz See how I work at: github.com/ndrezn/wikipedia-pic-of-the-day/

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Authored by Smithsonian Institution, Photographer: unknown Restored by: Bammesk. Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Albert_Einstein_and_Others_(1879-1955),_Physicist_-_Restoration1.jpg

07.10.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Appears in "Nobel Prize in Physics": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics

07.10.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hooded_mountain_tanager_(Buthraupis_montana_cucullata)_Caldas.jpg

06.10.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"... It is one of the largest tanagers, at 23 centimetres (9.1Β in) and 96 grams (3.4Β oz), and has a black head and thighs, a blue black and bright yellow belly, with red eyes." Appears in "Hooded mountain tanager": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooded_mountain_tanager

06.10.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chester_A._Arthur_by_Abraham_Bogardus.jpg

05.10.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Appears in "Chester A. Arthur": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_A._Arthur

05.10.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Agnes_Booth_in_W._S._Gilbert's_Engaged_1879.jpg

04.10.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"... She made her US debut in early 1858 as Agnes Land, performing with her sister Belle at Maguire's Opera House, San Francisco. In 1865 she moved to New York where she appeared at the Winter Garden Theatre." Appears in "Agnes Booth": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Booth

04.10.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Authored by LBJ Library photo by
Restored by: Bammesk. Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:President_Lyndon_B._Johnson_Signing_of_the_Immigration_Act_of_1965_(02)_-_restoration1.jpg

03.10.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Appears in "Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1965

03.10.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mero_(Epinephelus_marginatus),_Cabo_de_Palos,_EspaΓ±a,_2022-07-15,_DD_34.jpg

02.10.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Appears in "Epinephelus marginatus": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epinephelus_marginatus

02.10.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Pinson_Labulo_Davies_and_Sara_Forbes_Bonetta.jpg

01.10.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Appears in "Sarah Forbes Bonetta": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Forbes_Bonetta

01.10.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tawny-bellied_hermit_(Phaethornis_syrmatophorus)_in_flight_San_Isidro.jpg

29.09.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Appears in "Tawny-bellied hermit": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawny-bellied_hermit

29.09.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Machu_Picchu.png

28.09.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"... Often referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", it was built around 1450, likely as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti, and was abandoned roughly a century later." Appears in "Machu Picchu": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machu_Picchu

28.09.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gypse_Caresse.jpg

27.09.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"... The Mohs scale of mineral hardness defines gypsum as hardness value 2 based on scratch hardness comparison." Appears in "Gypsum": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsum

27.09.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Authored by Rhododendrites. Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_McQueen_clamshell_dress_(51611p).jpg

26.09.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"... The collection draws on imagery of madness and the natural world to explore ideas of bodily perfection, interrogating who and what was beautiful." Appears in "Voss (collection)": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voss_(collection)

26.09.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Verreaux's_sifaka_(Propithecus_verreauxi)_Peyrieras.jpg

25.09.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"... Critically Endangered, it lives in Madagascar and can be found in a variety of habitats from rainforest to dry deciduous forests of western Madagascar and the spiny thickets of the south." Appears in "Verreaux's sifaka": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verreaux's_sifaka

25.09.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joshua_Commanding_the_Sun_to_Stand_Still_upon_Gibeon_(1816)_John_Martin_-_NGA_2004.64.1.jpg

24.09.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Appears in "Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Commanding_the_Sun_to_Stand_Still_upon_Gibeon

24.09.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_Church_Terrell_-_cph.3b47842.jpg

23.09.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"... She taught in the Latin Department at the M Street High Schoolβ€”the first African-American public high school in the nationβ€”in Washington, DC." Appears in "Mary Church Terrell": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Church_Terrell

23.09.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australian_brushturkey_(Alectura_lathami)_female_Atherton.jpg

22.09.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"... It is found in eastern Australia, from Far North Queensland to the South Coast region of New South Wales, as well as on Kangaroo Island in South Australia, where it is an introduced species." Appears in "Australian brushturkey": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_brushturkey

22.09.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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