A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad β the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
11.02.2026 03:43 β π 25568 π 7256 π¬ 408 π 542@nancybirnes.bsky.social
Writer, editor, reader, weeder, feeder. All around nice person. https://nancyhayfield.birnes.com https://perforatedlines.substack.com https://medium.com/@nancybirnes
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad β the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
11.02.2026 03:43 β π 25568 π 7256 π¬ 408 π 542We have been given instructions
www.themirror.com/news/politic...
Terribly uncanny how relevant this is to today.
16.01.2026 17:35 β π 11636 π 5287 π¬ 522 π 371Everyone has their own line in the sand ... this is mine.
11.11.2025 22:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0But he's just a renter! Renters are not allowed to demo a property they don't own! There oughta be a law.
23.10.2025 02:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It should say "... and the Frogs are boiling mad." Soros should print up a batch.
20.10.2025 21:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0As the Epstein files inevitably leach out, and they will, the new excuse will be a corollary to that old chestnut "Too big to fail." Now it will be "Too rich to sin." π€
19.10.2025 19:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Photo of Brewster Kahle at the Internet Archiveβs physical archive site. He is leaning forward and looking into a large shipping container used for storage, with palettes visible inside.
Go behind the scenes at the #InternetArchive! π Join us Tues in Richmond, CA, for Doors Open 2025 & explore how physical collections are preserved, digitized & shared.
In-Person Only!
π
Oct 21 @ 6β8 PM PT
βΉοΈ & ποΈ eventbrite.com/e/1626423248...
#Wayback1T #tour
Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldnβt write it
26.08.2025 23:41 β π 45561 π 11451 π¬ 1254 π 390We gotta get humans doing the subtitles again, the chaos out there is daft
03.08.2025 22:05 β π 254 π 54 π¬ 7 π 0Marie-ThΓ©rΓ¨se, Face and Profile, by Pablo Picasso, 1931, πΈ via @pbs.org
24.07.2025 03:11 β π 8263 π 1476 π¬ 98 π 62Holy pedos Batman!
16.07.2025 19:29 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Dr. Patricia Esquete and Dr. Sasha Montelli join us to talk about the fascinating world researchers found on the seafloor when an iceberg the size of Chicago broke away from Antarctica.
28.03.2025 19:21 β π 333 π 51 π¬ 10 π 4A list of things everybody should knowβ¦
25.03.2025 21:26 β π 41 π 8 π¬ 3 π 0This fountain in L'Aquila was designed to look like it's pouring lava for a brief time each day when the sun hits it at just the right angle.
25.03.2025 07:49 β π 11563 π 1227 π¬ 162 π 83πΊπ²
20.03.2025 22:43 β π 10695 π 1351 π¬ 231 π 217Under a bridge, an old mattress lies on the ground. On the wall behind it is painted in spray paint, a chest of drawers with a TV on top, a window with curtains, and a stand with a birdcage and bird inside. A homeless man painted this. Homelessness must end.
Swiped this pic from my friend, Jackie @sentenne.bsky.social, because it slammed my heart so hard, and I canβt stop thinking about it.
No one should be without shelter.
We must hold tightly to our humanity and expand our own capacity.
Itβs up to the 99% of us to #EndClassWar
#SheShed
This is Switzerland!
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2qFsFf3/
That's where we spring forward by an hour, right? Then we stay there forevermore? Right?
19.02.2025 23:45 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Here's a thought for the guys in charge: How about we make this the last time we change the clocks? One last time for Springing Forward into DST. We would be so happy!
11.02.2025 02:30 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Excellent idea. I give them a year until they give in and use the inevitable AI, perhaps with a label.
24.01.2025 23:19 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Who is sitting beside Barron Trump? The short guy in front of Musk and beside Usha Vance? He has the very short wife? Anyone?
20.01.2025 17:03 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0So TikTok is actually down, and the notice is thanking Trump in advance for fixing the app. I feel like I've been Rick Rolled.
19.01.2025 05:18 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Every weird or soft pick for a position in the Trump presidency can be seen as another rotten apple set to spoil the entire basket. It's the Enemy's way of conquering us. π
31.12.2024 20:11 β π 27 π 1 π¬ 12 π 0Musk's transphobia really hits different when you realize that he ordered all boys via IVF.
He's worse than a bad father, he's a dissatisfied customer.
Printed instructions for microwaving a potato with encircled bullet point, βPotato may whistle in microwave.β
for the potato fears not death
31.12.2024 13:55 β π 23017 π 3775 π¬ 597 π 286Yes! Thank you. We did huge projects on those floppies, and Word Perfect is still my second favorite software of all time. The first, for me, is still HyperCard.
09.12.2024 00:31 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I mis-remembered. It was on a 5 and a quarter floppy. But where did the data go?
08.12.2024 23:32 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0