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Contrast any given GOP elected who espouses the transformative moral power of hard manual labor (despite never having done any) with Alex Padilla working one day in the fields and saying "holy shit we need to help these people"

Mary Magdalen, c. 1620 by Artemisia Gentileschi born #otd 8 July 1593. (Pitti Palace)

trump: “I’ve known Jeff [Epstein] for 15 years. Terrific guy,” Trump told New York magazine in 2002. “He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”

Wow -- Trump jumps in to try to shut down a reporter who attempts to ask Pam Bondi about the missing minute in the Epstein jailhouse tape

From the 1860s, this black lace cloak proves the perfect accompaniment to a white gown, which showcases the intricate detail of the dark lace. This #frockingfabulous bit of #fashionhistory was enhanced with a whole lot of feathers towards the end of the century! Via Augusta Auctions.

#OtD 16 Jun 1983 workers at the Chilean state-run El Salvador copper mines went on strike in protest at Gen Pinochet's dictatorship jailing their union leader, during a major recession with 20% unemployment. The govt fired 550 workers in retaliation

A contemporary portrait of Katharine of Aragon by Joannes Corvus, vs. its better known 17th century copy.

This is a great example of how details can end up being altered during the copying process; Katharine's retroussé nose is straightened, & her rounded chin made more angular.

A comparison of Anne of Cleves’ 1539 portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger, after and before its 2024 cleaning my the Louvre Museum.

Los Angeles school worker shares frustration over parents having to leave their children’s graduation ceremony because ICE raided an elementary school’s graduation today

7 June 1394: d. Anne of Bohemia, wife of Richard II of plague at Sheen Manor #otd In his grief Richard had the palace demolished. The Palace of Richmond was eventually established there. (BL)

This print is part of a 52-card deck of women from countries around the world. Made on behalf of Cardinal Mazarin for the young Louis XIV.

Here's 'Grande Bretagne' including "L'Irlande une autre grande Isle"
(Rijksmuseum)

Louis was crowned king #otd 7 June 1654.

This drawing is of an infant who died aged only twelve hours on 31 Jan 1598 which the artist (perhaps the father) rapidly sketched. (Musée du Louvre)

People keep quoting this and saying "stop using AI!" But this is just a regular Google search. The issue is that Google now shows AI results first. Some people know to scroll past them or click the "Web" tab, but many do not.

#OtD 7 Jun 1780 Gordon rioters in London attacked the Bank of England, and soldiers killed several. Anti-Catholic sentiment had sparked disturbances which then became a rebellion against poor economic conditions for the working class stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1071...

they took a detour to rescue a boat full of migrants yesterday.

this right here should be more popular than the goddamn stuck shipping vessel thing, this should be everyone's page-refreshing major event right now

of course! pares.mcu.es/ParesBusqued...

i’m currently trying to translate the letter, so would love to chat about it.

The first page of an undated letter from Fernando II of Aragon to his daughter Katharine of Aragon, wherein he states that he has received both she & Henry VIII's letters, and that "all of them" caused him "much pleasure[,] principally for having known of your pregnancy."

“The damage this has done to our country is incalculable.” This sentence would feel right at home in some of the 1970s Monday Club/National Front material that I read for Imperial Island.

I think that Blue Labour guy is going to get to live out his fantasy of closing universities, where absolutely no Real People work, and which will definitely not blight any Real Places.

what’s one level above a dog whistle, is it like those weird beep machines they have to deter teenagers from gathering

Gordon Brown apologising for calling that bigot a 'bigot' in 2010... generational L.... stick to your guns lads!!!!

Reinventing... Katharine of Aragon with Heather R Darsie If It Ain't Baroque... · Episode

It's never NOT time to talk about Katharine of Aragon and her Spanish roots - let's indulge ourselves and talk to @hrdarsiehistory.bsky.social about her original new research and the factors behind some major #Tudor decisions, rarely previously discussed. #Amberley open.spotify.com/episode/2EBJ...

John in the opening procession.

John and fellow trumpeters in the opening procession.

John in the closing procession.

John and fellow trumpeters in the closing procession.

John Blanke, a Black trumpeter at the courts of Henry VII & Henry VIII, depicted performing in the opening and closing processions of a joust celebrating the birth of Henry VIII’s son Henry, Duke of Cornwall; from the Westminster Tournament Roll, created in 1511 by Thomas Wriothesley’s workshop.

Full panel.

Katharine.

Mary.

An oak panel, made in the early 16th century, which has recently been posited as depicting Katharine of Aragon and her daughter, the future Queen Mary I.

The panel originally formed part of the decorations of the Great Hall at Halnaker House in Sussex.

Fascinating and eye-opening article on Anne Hathaway Shakespeare with as an added bonus a bit about the provenance of the book, which was in a school library created by the will of Lady Margaret Hawkins #EarlyModern #SortofHerBook

The UK's NHS has given patient data to Palantir. Palantir was given a seven-year, £330m contract with NHS England to gather the data from up to 240 NHS trusts and integrated care systems and put it all on its platform. And this company does not support the ideals of the NHS. It is a scandal.

Just yesterday I was thinking about how, when social media platforms rolled out algorithms, everyone was like “we don’t want that.” And they were like “no no, trust us, the data says you do; it’ll be great.” Now not only are the algorithms not great, they sucked the life out of everything

Biden was so bad on Israel and related issues that making the harm reduction case was genuinely difficult and I can think of little more damning

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hot summer night after exams. avicii on the spotify playlist. a plastic cup full of paint stripper vodka and supermarket brand coke. gazing into the eyes of a beautiful girl whose name I have already forgotten while she tells me about her astrophysics class. life will never be better than july 2013.