A little bit of an odd request. Does anyone know any textile history experts with knowledge on the linen trade in Brittany, Normandy, or Flanders during the 18th century? Trying to identify a marking on an object in our collection!
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I wish they would include in these stories - Despite huge returns, they laid off a bunch of people to increase the stock returns.
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 17h ago'Toy Story 5' powers strong quarter at Disney with a $1 billion box office haul.
Anyone near St Luke's Church, at Haslar Hospital, Gosport, Hampshire? Wall tablet there to an RN officer I'm interested in. The text is on the Maritime Monuments Database, which is great, but without a photo of the tablet. Have emailed the Haslar society, but just in case... #MaritimeHistory
The thing about Odyssey discourse is that we allowed the professors to break containment. The whole purpose of the university system was to find a humane way to segregate them from mainstream society.
It was no artists' commune. The dwarves were miners. Granted gem miners, but they clearly were exploited labor. They all lived together in a 2 room house. All seven slept in one room.
Michael Legel@mjlegel.bsky.social · 2d ago
Thriftbooks is like crack. You get a book reward and it can only be used on a book at the price of the reward -- and then free shipping at $20. The Naval history one is from 1949 - when the Constellation was still in service. And it says that.
This is your annual reminder that if you inadvertently write on a whiteboard with a Sharpie, you can trace over that with a whiteboard pen and then the whole thing will come off.
Making something, anything, is an act of defiance. Today we offer you "Ragescarf: A Knitting Pattern for a World Unraveling" by Amanda Saville Try it out. When things are coming apart, knitting things together can feel so satisfying...
Ragescarf: A Knitting Pattern for a World Unraveling - Small Wonders
Yarn: 500 yards of your own wool. This is the hardest part of the whole pattern. It’s been building up inside you, day by relentless day.
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Can someone explain to me calmly and rationally why a salary cap in baseball would be bad? The NFL has had one (with a salary floor) for 30 years now and the world has not ended. Why would the same be so terrible for baseball?
My old website got super messed up by updates and internet gremlin stuff. My new one, made by my friend Sam Lewis, is really good and ready to go! Check it out and find out what I'm up to! lesliegraystreeter.com
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Today I learned that baby cranes are called "colts" because their legs are so long and they can run around like idiots shortly after hatching. This is delightful, I enjoy knowing this.
Hey DV Survivors on here if the current debate around Max Miller is too much please mute the wirds as necessary. You don't "owe" anyone anything to deal with it. Take care if yourself.
Another in the Deck Log series. Thanks @historicalsoton.bsky.social for this one. Check it out. Donate if you are able. If everyone on my followers donated just $2 a month I could do this full time. ko-fi.com/post/When-Ro...
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You know, we've heard from Max Miller, we've heard from Bernie Moreno. You know who we haven't heard from, Emily Moreno's mother. I bet she has some perspective on this. I fear that Emily may think this is normal in relationships. That its just how men are and you have to just do your best.
Mo'ne Davis scores the first run in WPBL history for the LA Queens (although New York now leads 7-2)
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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and Denae Benites hits the first home run in Women's Pro Baseball League history!
Hubby did a seafoid boil for dinner. He said there would be enough for all week. I laughed. When we were done there was a few potatoes left.
lots of reporters suddenly worried about slipping into communism but strangely f*cking quiet about slipping into fascism
I don't know how to explain to the people who pop up when creatives complain about "AI" to say there are legit uses for it just how much they sound like someone saying "Well actually fire is used to make bread" when people are talking about an organized arson ring burning down their fucking houses
Just please can we ban the black sweater as the "uniform" of tech cults?
CNN@cnn.com · 5d agoFor years, Situational Awareness was tracked by Wall Street, members of the AI community and its founder’s fiercest followers. Outside those circles, however, the multibillion-dollar hedge fund remained largely unknown. But that was before it began unraveling this week. https://cnn.it/4w5VUZk
When I offered my amendment to kill this slush fund, Republicans said we should accept Trump's word that it was dead. We knew they were wrong. This is why. Even in the middle of an illegal war, with prices rising, Trump wants to send your tax dollars to criminals & save his sweetheart tax deal.
No one would ever, ever, demand that a man be grateful and quiet after selling any number of books because of an unsolicited shout-out, and Wilson is right in this interview with the brilliant @katekilla.bsky.social to not even engage that argument.
Kate Tuttle@katekilla.bsky.social · 6d agoI talked with @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social for the @bostonglobe.com. I don't think she loves all the attention online, but she's definitely tough enough to handle it all. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/31/a...
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Common Ground: The Advanced Base Force and the Marine Littoral Regiment
Common Ground: The Advanced Base Force and the Marine Littoral Regiment John S. Naylor 28 July, 2026 Introduction In the face of increased...
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U.S. Naval Institute@usni.org · last wk.Report to Congress on the U.S. Marine Corps Ground Combat Element 2040 Initiative — USNI News news.usni.org/2026/07/29/r...
July 30, 1926: Victoria Woloszyk, 40 years old, dies in childbirth in Alpena, Mich., while delivering her 22nd child, who also dies. Seventeen of her sons and daughters are still living, of whom the oldest is 24.
to lose one representative may be misfortune, to lose two seems like carelessness, to lose three what the fuck are you doing
Soulebreaker@soulebreaker.bsky.social · 7d agoBeen almost two months now newrepublic.com/post/212682/...