“It is by far the grandest of all the special temples of Nature I was ever permitted to enter.” 🏞
— Naturalist John Muir
#OTD in 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill that protected Yosemite Valley, ushering in the national parks system!
“I live many lives, but photography is my own personal life.” 📸
Photographer Dorothea Lange was born #OTD in 1895.
Her work below shows San Francisco schoolchildren reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in 1942, shortly before the forced removal of families of Japanese descent.
Their ordeal might have remained largely unknown, like those of so many other asylum seekers. Only on this occasion, it was captured in its entirety on video. Harrowing evidence of Greece’s actions @MatinaStevis https://t.co/cTnooSMdg9
NEW: Clarence Thomas secretly accepted lavish luxury travel for decades from a billionaire businessman/GOP donor, in apparent repeat violation of ethics law.
Fmr judge: “It’s incomprehensible to me that someone would do this."
https://t.co/JlHQQzTGkm w/@js_kaplan@Amierjeski
#LACoFD USA-2 has been activated by @usaid and is deploying to the Turkey earthquake. The deployment team will consist of 81 personnel, 6 K9 teams, and 3 structural engineers. A press conference is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. at 12605 Osborne St. Pacoima CA 91331.
“A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution,” #DonaldTrump actually wrote today (12/3/22).
Can one use the word “unfuckingbelievable” on Twitter?
The Free Speech Movement in Berkeley began on Oct. 1, 1964 when Jack Weinberg was arrested for sitting at a table in Sproul Plaza supporting the Congress of Racial Equality. 3,000 students surrounded the police car. A 32-hour stand-off ensued, people speaking from the car's roof.
@GratefulDead I thought it was a 10am start time...but you might know better. What I do remember, for sure, is that a lot of the Deadheads left after the Dead's set...not to be seen after that (they had their reasons). My first show...of many. :-)
@alisonmartino Now, if only, you had a photo of Jim Morrison going down Main St. (Santa Monica) in one of these Santa Monica Transit busses in 1967, just as their first album is released (including the song that speaks of a Blue Bus like this). :-)