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.@WendellPierce and @SVG__Collection Hello my friends. Thought you might enjoy this. https://t.co/cesAWr5yi0 Thrive.

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For Tilda Swinton's birthday, we recommend watching '‘The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger,' an anthology film co-written and co-directed by and featuring the iconic actress. It's streaming on @OVIDtv. Find out more about it in our review: https://t.co/qXTbJZ19kq

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#OnThisDay in 1968, Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to Congress. The Brooklyn, New York native represented New York’s 12th congressional district for 7 terms from 1969 to 1983.

Learn more on our Searchable Museum: https://t.co/5ItVDRQLkh.

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Tremendous show.

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This brief chapter of art history is often overlooked. Now, an exhibition in New York City makes a strong argument for the integral role played by four artists in the city of Siena. https://t.co/ttKnyEtCST

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The Oxford American mourns the loss of @QuincyDJones, who passed away on November 3, 2024 at the age of 91. We invite you to revisit @T_Blanchard’s 2021 essay, “The Southern Roots of Q,” to learn more about the musical titan’s story and legacy.

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Announcing the inaugural Ida B. Wells Society Investigative Reporting Fellowship! This no-cost fellowship for journalists looking to expand their investigative reporting skills will take place in Atlanta in 2025.
Learn more: https://t.co/U9wNz54EWv

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Yayoi Kusama, prolific and influential Japanese artist who works in sculpture, installation, painting, performance, film, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts #WomensArt

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Walter Iooss Jr. has turned athletes into heroes with his photography. From Michael Jordan to Michael Phelps, Iooss captures iconic images of the world’s most famous athletes. Read about what Iooss values in these photoshoots in Janine Latus’s article. https://t.co/VN1DwAig9c

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

Lovely map by @researchremora shows the river basins of Canada.

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The creation of DST is usually credited to George Vernon Hudson, but 100 years earlier, Benjamin Franklin, inventor of all things useful, pondered a similar question in a letter to the editor of the Journal of Paris. https://t.co/C7rGG6uOej

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God, I hate the careless people who ruin good things

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David Lynch calls Transcendental Meditation “the key to everything,” a pursuit that unlocks “unbounded intelligence, unbounded creativity, unbounded happiness, unbounded energy, unbounded love, unbounded power, unbounded peace.”
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Happy Halloween! It’s time to get into the spooky spirit. And what better way to do that than by looking at photos of eerie vintage dolls? https://t.co/No9X2KPZ4J

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Want to join our team? We are now seeking candidates for several seasonal positions for the 2025 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, taking place on the National Mall, July 2–7. Applications are due December 6.

Learn more and apply: https://t.co/ljS5ed4zjA

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Candy corn is a Halloween staple—dating all the way back to the 1880s. Do you love the waxy treat or hate it?

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Thoughtful piece by @stevenwaldman, who is expert in this subject: Jeff Bezos Should Donate the Washington Post to a Charity https://t.co/2M2CHPoovD via @cjr

[Historic Boxing @BoxerJoeGrim]

Muhammad Ali regained the world heavyweight crown #OnThisDay in 1974 with a Round 8 KO of George Foreman in "The Rumble in the Jungle" in Zaire.

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An assessment from the International Union for Conservation of Nature paints a grim picture of the extinction risk of the world’s trees. https://t.co/p60L3cW48K