Michele

Surviving one day at a time

[Michele @Michele_L64]

Lane Kiffinn didn't play chess. He blinked.

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

In 1907, an American woman could be born in the United States, live there her entire life, and lose her citizenship for one reason: she married the wrong man.

The Expatriation Act of 1907 declared that an American woman who married a foreigner would take her husband's nationality. Her own birthplace, family history and attachment to the United States did not protect her. Marriage could legally transform an American-born woman into an alien.

The rule did not apply equally to men. An American man's citizenship was not automatically surrendered because he married a foreign woman.

The consequences could be severe. Some women discovered that regaining the citizenship they had possessed since birth meant going through naturalization procedures much like immigrants arriving in the country for the first time. The situation was particularly damaging for women who married men who were themselves legally barred from naturalization under America's racial restrictions.

Congress finally began dismantling the system with the Cable Act of 1922. After its passage, most American women no longer automatically lost citizenship by marrying foreign men, although important discriminatory exceptions remained. Women who had already lost their citizenship were not simply given it back.

In 1936, Congress created a simpler path for some women whose marriages had ended through death or divorce. It was not until 1940 that all women who had lost citizenship through marriage under the earlier law were permitted to seek repatriation regardless of whether they were still married.

The history is an extraordinary reminder of how recently American law treated a married woman's national identity as something that could follow her husband's.

She could be born American.

Marriage could make her legally foreign.

#archaeohistories

[Michele @Michele_L64]

@canadian_royal1 Doesn't speak well of Diana. That would take her off the pedestal people put her own and she seemed to have, up to a point, enjoyed.

[Michele @Michele_L64]

@ABC A barrel and Niagara Falls.

[ABC News @ABC]

Dolly Parton, the beloved country music superstar, has died at 80.

From epic performances, to awards shows, to Dollywood theme park, take a look at the legendary singer over the years.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

The world does not need an artificial intelligence that diminishes humanity; rather, it needs human intelligence enlightened by wisdom, political authority guided by conscience and technological innovation directed by charity. Only then will artificial intelligence become not a rival to humanity but a servant of the common good.

[ABC News @ABC]

A California drone operator captured the moment rainbows formed within the blow of a humpback whale as it exhaled. https://t.co/addGVbzvIh

[Michele @Michele_L64]

@ABC Forget unicorns and rainbows. It's whales and rainbows. 🐳🌈

[Michele @Michele_L64]

@oelma__ Something that is not burnt to a crisp. Did the ghost of Chef Paul Prudhomme make it?

[Michele @Michele_L64]

@archeohistories Was anything not learned from Ryan White?

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

In Poland's Catholic folk tradition, a special candle was kept in many homes. Given at birth or baptism, it was kept for a lifetime, lit during storms, placed in the hands of the dying on their deathbed, and finally laid in the coffin.

It's called the gromnica: the 'thunder candle.' The word comes from the Old Polish phrase gromna świeca, meaning a candle that protects against lightning.

These candles were traditionally made of beeswax and decorated with various green sprigs, flowers, and usually white or light blue ribbons. On February 2, during the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, they were taken to church to be blessed.

They were even believed to keep wolves at bay.

Polish painter Piotr Stachiewicz captured this image in his composition Gromniczna, part of the Legenda o Matce Boskiej series he painted between 1892 and 1893. The scene was later reproduced on postcards. It's a snowy village night.

Mary stands in the center. She's holding a burning gromnica pointed downward, its small orange-gold flame glowing near her hand.

The wolves' heads are turned toward Mary. They're waiting.

Wolves are a part of this belief. In Polish folklore, Mary is known as 'Our Lady of the Wolves' (Matka Boska z wilkami).

In winter, hungry wolves emerging from the forest and approaching settlements were a real danger, especially to livestock and barns.

According to folklore, Mary used her gromnica to protect humans from wolves - and wolves from human harm. She'd wander between villages on winter nights, keeping the wolves calm.

[Willie Nelson @WillieNelson]

To whom it may concern and to everyone else as well,

[Michele @Michele_L64]

#OscarWilde #books

[Michele @Michele_L64]

@HalfwayPost They could probably stand to lose the weight. But with Louisiana food it won't last long.

[Michele @Michele_L64]

@RNN_RoyalNews She can't even create a dish fit for a duchess. She is a flower girl.

[ABC News @ABC]

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has rejected President Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship in the U.S. by executive order, reaffirming more than a century of legal precedent and national tradition that babies born on American soil are automatically American citizens.
https://t.co/hZX3ZV294P

[Michele @Michele_L64]

@ABC I thought LeBron retired.

[Michele @Michele_L64]

@WSJ Brings to mind a cross between ' Logan's Run ' & the original ' Planet of the Apes '.

[Ibrahim Sannie Daara @SannieDaara]

One of the most beautiful moments before Spain vs Peru pre-World Cup did not come from a goal, a tackle or a piece of skill. 🇪🇸 v 🇵🇪 💘

It came from kindness.

As the players walked onto the pitch, Peruvian defender Fabio Gruber noticed that the young boy with Down syndrome accompanying him was feeling cold in the stadium. Without hesitation, he removed his own jacket and gently placed it over the boy’s shoulders.

In that simple act, football showed its heart.

Moments like this are why the world loves football.

As we head towards the 2026 World Cup, may we see more of this spirit on and off the pitch.

#FIFAWorldCup #fwc2026 ⚽❤️

[Michele @Michele_L64]

@Kinza1278 The only class I ever failed.