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#OTD August 5, 1692 in Salem, Reverend George Burroughs was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death for witchcraft.

A great read.

I would only add: what I’ve always loved about the photos from Tokyo Bay are the juxtaposition of American officers in rumpled khaki uniforms and the Japanese in full dress. So uniquely American, lacking in pretense, simply getting the job done.

A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.

More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.

Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.

“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”

Pope Leo Declares All Pizza Now Chicago Style reductress

We are about to witness the world honour a person’s chosen name. It really is that easy.

Pope Leo ate at this suburban pizza parlor growing up. Now, it has a pizza dedicated to him Aurelio’s, a pizza chain with locations across the Chicago area, has announced a ‘Poperoni Pizza’ to celebrate Pope Leo XIV dining at the restaurant.

You might remember my talking about one of my favorite aunts, who passed away last Easter. This pizza place was both her & Pope Leo XIV’s favorite pizza place. A small world!
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/s...

Was it good? It's a southern suburbs place—never been there.

Today's artist without a (known) birthday: Jacob van Hulsdonck, still-life painter of Antwerp. Here, from around 1620, wild strawberries in a wan-li bowl. And a carnation.

Joy and relief as lotus flowers bloom again in Kashmiri lake after three decades Wular Lake once supported 5,000 people who harvested the plant’s edible roots, until the lake silted up after floods. Now the lotuses are back

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Donate to Help Give Sansa a Chance to Live, organized by Neil Ramsay Hi. I'm Neil. We've a very sick cat, our beloved tortoiseshell named Sansa, that's in dir… Neil Ramsay needs your support for Help Give Sansa a Chance to Live

If anyone knows any big cat-friendly charities or philanthropists, we could desperately use some help right now. After taking in the ferals for rehab, we're stretched very thin. And then this huge bill for our older girl...

We're very much at a breaking point.

Between my TBR pile and my Kindle, even if I live to be relatively old, I may not finish them all.

As a person who from ages 13-15 probably read at least 1-2 books a week, I can absolutely guarantee there is not a supply problem.

Popular 1980s actor Loni Anderson of the hit TV series 'WKRP in Cincinnati' has died Loni Anderson, who played a struggling radio station’s empowered receptionist Jennifer on the hit TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” has died.

I'm so sorry to hear that Loni Anderson has died.
apnews.com/article/loni...

I do not know this person or her band but I am tearing up cause I'm so happy for her. What a thing to have happen!

Welcome to Jurassic Pork 🦕🥟🦖
#Delicious #Dinosaur #Dumplings

This is fun.

Requiem for the Montrose Beavers The author was delighted when the wood-chomping rodents surfaced at the harbor. Then one turned up dead.

@levistahl.bsky.social Since we discussed it last night, here's my Chicago magazine story about the Montrose beavers: www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga...

Fun fact! We are more than twice as removed in time from the release of #TheSoundOfMusic as it was from the events it depicts. #TCMParty

Well, it was. I saw it in the theater when it came out. The adults had all lived through WWII in one way or the other. My parents were both veterans. We skipped a Girl Scout Gala to go see it.

Probably both—they don't spend a lot of time in cities and aren't used to the environment, and it also works with their political agenda.

Cleansing history.
A great nation should discuss and commemorate the entirety of its past.

It may be time to break out my old copy of The Consolation of Philosophy. @hudsonette.bsky.social

YouTube video by LeonardCohenVEVO Leonard Cohen - Who By Fire (Official Live in London 2008)

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Oh, you know, just the New Yorker quoting Sarah :) @sarahebond.bsky.social

An old time-y illustration of a Ewes.

Today is Quintidi the 15th of Thermidor in the year 233.
Thermidor is the month of heat.
Today we celebrate ewes. #JacobinDay

More information on ewes

Mount Rainier looks in the background with an amazing prairie of wildflowers in the foreground

Mount Rainier again, with more sun and different wildflowers

Had a *perfect* day at Mount Rainier, with spectacular weather and the most amazing wildflower bloom I've ever seen! I ❤️ our national parks so much (and my dogs are barking from doing the full Skyline Trail!)

Lots of synthpop, shoulder pads, and big hair.

There is a goblet that looks like this I saw in grad school. It was on our exam. I can't remember where it is, and it's very annoying.

I didn't, because we had a black-an -white TV.🤣

Maybe you've been offline all day? Maybe you've wondered if "art crime reporter" was a real beat? Maybe you didn't know the US government is currently selling four very valuable artworks on a sad looking auction website? Or maybe you just want to know what experts think might affect actual bids?

They don't realize it.