In 1890 the advertising of Copes Tobacco still included images of enslaved people alluding to the days when the cultivation of this valuable crop relied totally on an enslaved work force.
Just been for a dental checkup Dentist is Indian Soon to make first trip to the USA Never heard of ICE
This looks like a great event for Stoke-on-Trent & The Potteries. I wish I could attend.
The Staffordshire Signal@news.www.thestaffordshiresignal.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 2d agoRunning for 3 days this August a brand new FREE film festival is coming to the Potteries that aims to celebrate the area’s working class history and culture via the medium of cinema.
A prize-winning image sponsored by Asahi Camera, 1938, Okutama, Tokyo.
Commentators on the German Broadcast of the FIFA World Cup Final didn’t hold back 💀 #FIFA
Neoliberalism in a nutshell. UEFA on FIFA's proposal: “The moment external investors acquire ownership interests ... football changes forever. Commercial return becomes a permanent obligation. ... Every decision is no longer driven by what best serves the game, but by what best serves shareholders.”
So this was a right wing misinformation campaign. He says Facebook and instagram. Who bought those ads and where does the money go back to? This boy’s face, it’s heartbreaking 💔
TheBossRoss 🧶@thebossross.bsky.social · 5d agoIf you watch anything on #Moroccans coming to #Ceuta, make it this report. CBS News have interviewed some of them & they confirm that social media posts on Facebook & Instagram told them Spain had opened its borders. They're playing with people's hopes & lives. It's awful. We must combat fake news.
Officials declare the outbreak the fastest spreading ever, warning the world to 'pay much more attention' https://aje.news/2zo3bw
Britain today: An elderly woman in a wheelchair is escorted away by the police and risks up to 14 years in prison for supporting terrorism since the Home Secretary proscribed a protest group in 2025. Her crime? She said: "I support Palestine Action and I encourage you to join".
Rice Harvesting, Yamagata Prefecture, , Japan, 1955. Photography by Hiroshi Hamaya
The more I hear from and see of the Spanish team the more they impress me.
Sassy0210@sassy0210.bsky.social · 2w agoEspaña por siempre! 🇪🇸 🙌
The WOMAD festival starts next weekend ( 23rd - 26th July ) in a new home at Neston Park, Wiltshire
The Tribe of Benjamin. Stained glass window for the synagogue of the Hadassh Hebrew University Medical Center in..., 1962 #marcchagall #chagall
Sir Garfield Sobers has died aged 89 Watching him play at Porthill Park CC, for Norton ( opposite our house ) was an absolute thrill Norton Cricket Club 1963-1967 North Staffs & South Cheshire League www.macearchive.org/films/midlan...
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Around Wall Street or portrait of Pablo in NY https://www.wikiart.org/en/leonora-carrington/around-wall-street-or-portrait-of-pablo-in-ny-1973
Infantino taking a well-earned night off in Stoke at The Artisan Tap
Norway's Football Federation has donated the entire ticket profit from FIFA World Cup against Israel to humanitarian relief efforts in Gaza, saying it could not remain silent in the face of civilian suffering. the total donation 4.5 million Norwegian kroner, going to Doctors Without Borders
El partido entre Argentina e Inglaterra se va sin goles al descanso y con muy poco fútbol (0-0)
Inglaterra - Argentina, las semifinales del Mundial en directo | El encuentro se va sin goles al descanso y con muy poco fútbol
El primer tiempo fue un intercambio de golpes y entradas que interrumpieron el juego constantemente y provocaron la ausencia de ocasiones
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The Laser Hundreds@laserhundreds.bsky.social · 4w agoHere is the deeply moving story behind how @countbinface.bsky.social (Jon Harvey) became involved in UK politics. The people of Clacton could do far worse than vote for this man to be their parliamentary representative. Please read and share. #BritishPolitics #ByElection #CountBinface
OF COURSE Thor came back from the US of A with a taxidermied raccoon holding a whisky bottle. So 70s retro - so like all those package holiday tourists coming back from the Costa del Sol with a sombrero, raffia donkey and, naturally, the flamenco doll toilet roll holder...
From Asahi Camera magazine, 1938, taken during spring in the Tokyo suburbs
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The Laser Hundreds@laserhundreds.bsky.social · 4w agoHere is the deeply moving story behind how @countbinface.bsky.social (Jon Harvey) became involved in UK politics. The people of Clacton could do far worse than vote for this man to be their parliamentary representative. Please read and share. #BritishPolitics #ByElection #CountBinface