Jessica

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'In Bed.' (1878) Frederico Zandomeneghi's paintings focus almost exclusively on the theme of women: as mothers, friends or solitary figures engaged in private 'rituals' - subjects which were also of interest to his circle of friends including Edgar Degas and Berthe Morisot.

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Laura Knight’s portrait of Corporal Elspeth Henderson and Sergeant Helen Turner captures wartime heroism. Awarded the Military Medal after remaining at their switchboard as their RAF base was bombed, their courage is caught in the patriotic shade of Victory Red by Elizabeth Arden

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'Lunch - the Soup.' (1911) Albin Egger-Lienz's career was marked by a concentrated effort to observe and record the countryside of his youth, in this case, the Tyrol. There was little precedent in western art for serious images of working peasants before Millet.

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Carl Holsøe in this work from the late 1890s lingers over light from a central window. Appearing here and in many of his other paintings is a lone female figure, her back turned, her identity is left to the imagination of the viewer.

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Happy 62nd birthday to one of the coolest to do it. Ellis Burks had a .299/.377/.546 line in 10 seasons after the Red Sox figured he was expendable. They brought him back in 2004.

Ellis Burks minor league card

#ClimateAction of the day: Urge the EPA not to let data center generators skip public review! For years federal rules have guaranteed a public comment period before states issue "minor source" air pollution permits, a category that covers many of the generators now built to power data centers. But👇🏼

Their voting rights are going to be the first casualty in this USPS debacle which is completely intentional.

1. Listen to Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social 2. I worked on the team he led on the Franken recount. One category of rejected ballots that stood out to me in that election where women who had hyphenated or double last names. And guess who women who don’t follow old traditions tend to vote for?