One seriously old sock ~ child’s split-toe left-foot sock, multi-striped with plant-based pigments, 1,700 years old, from ancient city of Antinoupolis, Egypt. (The right-foot one hasn’t been found, so maybe check your sock drawer) www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
My Latest: I am not a gambler. But if I were, I would always bet against congressional Republicans acting with integrity or demonstrating political courage. newsletters.democracydocket.com/tillis-and-c...
Tillis and Cornyn had nothing to lose — and still folded
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Diahann Carroll The first Black woman to win a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, No Strings (1962) 🎼
Today’s Canadian painting is “Cobalt” painted by Yvonne McKague Housser in 1931. N
Claude Monet - Landscape, undated, pastel on paper, private collection
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, an opponent of Donald Trump’s anti-voting agenda, won the Democratic nomination Tuesday to be the state’s next governor. She’ll face off against a Republican who opposes virtually everything she stands for. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Michigan election chief Jocelyn Benson to face prominent election denier in governor’s race
Benson has been a frequent target of election deniers and anti-voting activists, who falsely accused her of perpetuating voter fraud during subsequent elections in the Great Lakes State.
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Street of the Great Captain, Cordoba https://www.wikiart.org/en/childe-hassam/street-of-the-great-captain-cordoba
Die Arachniden: Nürnberg: In der C. H. Zeh'schen Buchhandlung, 1831-1848. (source: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37087944) #nature #illustration #art
St Andrew‘s Church, Harberton, Devon A “Green Man” Dr Sue Andrew (an authority on Devon roof bosses) states it is about confession - sin leaving the body through the mouth. The bosses may date to 1436, with some replaced in 1871 when they were painted. #Woodensday #WoodCarvingWednesday #medieval
Paul Nash (1889-1946) Wood on the Downs, 1929. oil on canvas.
This is a man who has a hard time looking in the mirror
Jocelyn Benson, who has cultivated a national profile during two terms as Michigan’s secretary of state, on Tuesday won the Democratic nomination for governor, The Associated Press said. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...
Pomona Herefordiensis: London: Printed for the Agricultural Society of Herefordshire, by W. Bulmer ... and sold by W. Hooker ... White and Cochrane ... and J. Harding ..., 1811. (source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55941751) #nature #illustration #art
The Boys recording one of the greatest albums of all time — REVOLVER — at Abbey Road in 1966. This seminal album was released 60yrs ago today.
A Dew Drop Falling from a Bird's Wing Wakes Rosalie, who Has Been Asleep in the Shadow of a Spider's Web https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/a-dew-drop-falling-from-a-bird-s-wing-wakes-rosalie-who-has-been-asleep-in-the-shadow-of-a
Reclining Nude Lying on Her Stomach and Facing Right https://botfrens.com/collections/109/contents/28550
La Valse hésitation / The hesitation waltz - 1955 #artbots #magritte
