@CupcakeGoth I adore Gothic Charm School and I want you to know that I always have a better day for having read your advice posts. I hope you find something that's deeply meaningful and, in the vein of your excellent advice, will not entirely put you in the poor house. <3
@mynameisandong A renaissance pope ordered catholic churches ring bells at noon to commemorate a Hungarian commander, a Corvinus, I think, who held off a Turkish assault successfully, and after he'd held out for way longer than anybody expected.
Bizarre to me that people think the French cleaned the Seine by like, pouring chlorine in for a day?
No, they completely reworked their sewer and stormwater management system! It's going to keep working after the Olympics! This is a *good* thing, cleaning rivers is good.
The fabric she’s making is called Assuit, which is a less well-known textile believed to have originated in the Middle East consisting of net embroidered with metallic strips
Given the equestrian news this week, I want to remind teachers and trainers of all stripes that your character is displayed not in how you work with the talented, but how you work with those who're struggling to do what's asked.
Not breathing a sigh of relief. Just like with mifepristone, the Supreme Court is kicking the can down the road until there's a case that's cherry picked by the far-right to clear these hurdles and allows them to further rip away health care from women in America.
The Supreme Court has opted to not release its decision with the greatest bearing on the presidential race — about whether Trump has immunity from prosecutions — until after tonight’s presidential debate.
"Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women."
That viral quip from @JessicaCalarco unfolds into a deeply illustrated argument in her new book, “Holding It Together: How Women Became America’s Safety Net”. My @Salon author interview: 1/13 https://t.co/0q3NvpXf7C
First attributed to Jacques-Louis David and then Constance Marie Charpentier, this compelling 1801 portrait is now believed to be the work of Marie-Denise Villers: https://t.co/wjPfCkVXWh https://t.co/yRYScRJcGb
@RRSports , I want to shout out the terrific woman at your Tualatin, OR store who helped me return some shoes that didn't work and found me some that did. I have painful feet, and it means the world. I wish I'd gotten her name (I was distracted by comfy shoes).
Still taking mostly a break from here (will be back soon), but can’t resist sharing this funky embroidered picture from @mfaboston. It was embroidered by 17-year-old Anne Peartree in Boston in 1739. I love seeing the back — a great reminder that the past was colourful and bright
A #frockingFabulous Marilyn Monroe as Theda Bara, photographed in 1958 by Richard Avedon. This was one of five iconic cinematic looks that MM and RA recreated for a Christmas special entitled “Fabled Enchantresses”, published in Life magazine on 22 December 1958. See the thread for more and a link to the original magazine spread!