Japanese artist Tomoko Sato, known for her carving skills as a food sculptor, often using fruit such as melons and apples #WomensArt

Gently read... • Emily Dickinson •

"The unknown heroes of the street have more talent than some who occupy a privileged place" - @patcamu #globalmuseum #music #Streetmusician

A League of their Own original throws out the first pitch in the new Women’s Pro Baseball League (WPBL).

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99 year-old Maybelle Blair with the final first pitch 🫶🏻

Sixty-four years ago, in a dark, aging hockey arena in Hershey, Pa., Wilt Chamberlain set an NBA scoring record that has yet to be broken. One fan saved their ticket stub and now it's up for auction. My story. tinyurl.com/ebjhv8ry @PennLive

Ticket stub for NBA legend’s history-making game in Hershey hits the auction block

Considered one of the greatest games in NBA history, Philadelphia Warriors star Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points against the New York Knicks at Hershey Arena.

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During the Great Depression, Douglass Crockwell made several paintings for the Works Progress Administration including this work from 1932, which celebrates the industrial workers at the newspaper plant in the town of Glens Falls, New York.

A giant locomotive called Big Boy huffed and puffed its way across the country this summer and, for a brief moment, brought Americans together. By David Smith via @PennLive tinyurl.com/nhkyd28u

A steam engine succeeded where politicians failed: Big Boy united America | Opinion

The restored locomotive's journey drew millions together in celebration of shared heritage, offering a glimpse of national cohesion that Washington can't deliver.

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Art show is cancelled over popsicle stick messages. #1A

NPR@npr.org · 3w ago

The Trump administration's executive orders have meant that administrators are questioning what art can — and can't — be seen on campus.

Veterinary bills are soaring and in some cases care is declining. There’s a reason. Let PBS Newshour explain: www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

As veterinary costs climb, private equity ownership of clinics draws scrutiny

Veterinary care is becoming increasingly expensive for American pet owners. As prices rise, attention is turning to a major shift in the industry: private equity firms and large corporations buying up...

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So ICE has thugs wearing “media” vests and masks filming protesters, something that is totally normal in a democracy www.ctinsider.com/news/article...

Dan Haar: Fake news? No, fake media may be the real danger at a Connecticut ICE raid

"This is a reality-TV-show president... And it sounds to me like they were making a reality TV show," Amanda Crawford said.

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Gordon Parks Department Store, Mobile, Alabama 1956.

The tragic loss of fledgling falcons born on the state DEP (Rachel Carson) building is fueling calls for bird-safe buildings in Pennsylvania. My piece @pennlive.com tinyurl.com/2h6m4rju

Spring brings tragedy for Harrisburg’s falcon fledglings

Three baby falcons collided with buildings shortly after leaving their nest and two of them died, raising calls for "bird safe" windows.

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Our history is being rewritten and the truth buried at a frightening pace.

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In 1952, 22-yr-old WAC Sarah Louise Keys Evans of NC bravely refused to give up her seat for a white man on bus from NJ to NC. She was arrested, filed suit (w/ lawyer Dovey J. Roundtree), & won. Now Army removed her story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202... www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sa...

JUST IN: A federal judge in Ohio, describing hostility toward nonwhite immigrants expressed by President Trump/VP Vance, becomes the latest judge to order the administration to unfreeze immigrant benefit applications frozen by USCIS. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

New York Auroras: Jessica, July 4, 2026, Binghamton. "Natural 4th of July fireworks. The aurora built up very quickly once Bz dropped. ..substorm. The best was between 12:20 and 1 am EDST. Despite thick haze, clouds, and near full Moon, this was an absolute spectacle in upstate NY." Spaceweather.com

Born into poverty during peak Jim Crow, Ray Charles stood against the system that sought to keep him destitute. He famously fought against segregation until the state that banned him apologized & made his song their state anthem. Brother Ray loved America & made her better as a result.

Ray Charles - America The Beautiful (Official Video)

YouTube video by Ray Charles

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Anyone been to the vet lately? Helping cover pet food and spay/neuter costs in NYC will no question save lives. An impactful, humane move by the new mayor.

Mebs ⭕️@mebs.bsky.social · last mo.

This is amazing! 😻 $750,000 in the FY2027 budget, specifically to help pet owners who can't afford food for their animals. Another $750,000 goes toward affordable spay/neuter services. $1.5 million total, aimed at keeping people and their pets together"

Remember RFK Jr.’s slam on autistic children who will “never play baseball? “ Pro tennis player Jenson Brooksby takes on No. 1 Sinner now at Wimbledon. Views autism as his super power.

Researchers at UCLA and the Barcelona Institute for Global Health projected that the continuing absence of USAID funding will cause 4.5 million child deaths under the age of five by the year 2030 Via The Lancet

"We're the test case." At NIH, even grants that have passed peer review are delayed for political screening. Officials warn the proposed OMB rule would codify this chaos aross the fed. government. Politicians shouldn't be able to decide what questions science is allowed to ask. zurl.co/f6hmm

Inside the new political screening that’s stalling NIH grants

Mandatory reviews by top health officials and checks for 235 disfavoured terms have left hundreds of vetted grant applications in administrative limbo.

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Forty miles of wheels: Along with envisioning a local bike path, the Morning Times of Washington, D.C. determined that "If all the bicycles ridden in Washington were in a parade, the line would reach to the city of Baltimore". June 28, 1896

Not since Mayor Ed Rendell canonballed off the diving board to usher in summer in Philly in the 1990s have we seen a big city mayor make such a splash.

Lucky Shitt 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇲🇽 🇺🇦@luckyshitt.bsky.social · last mo.

I hereby declare that Rudy Giuliani be stripped of the title "America's Mayor" for multiple reasons and nominate Zohan Mamdani

Federal climate scientists, fired by Trump, saved U.S. climate data and launched their own website, www.climate.us, to provide actual critical data after their NOAA programs were DOGEd. This is why they’re called public servants.

Climate.us Home

independent, nonprofit, and immune to politics

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“OG Anunoby has become the cat’s meow in New York. He helped the New York Knicks bring an NBA championship back home, and now he’s helping the city’s cats find their forever homes.” www.nbcnewyork.com/clear-the-sh...

How Knicks' OG Anunoby is helping New York City shelter cats find their forever homes

Anunoby has shifted his focus from the Finals to felines. See what he's doing to help shelter cats around New York City.

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🔥 Tiny baby rhino, wearing its protective blanket, trots along behind its keeper at the Sheldrick Trust nursery

#OTD in 1873, Susan B. Anthony went on trial for illegally voting in Rochester, NY, on November 5, 1872. Ultimately, she was ordered by the court to pay $100 + court fees. She said she would never pay a penny of the "unjust penalty." And she never did. #suffrage #USHistory

Coney Island. Knicks in five. Brooklyn is exploding. New York City!

Took a different angle of the Washington Mystics buzzer beater of a game last night: the pastel shoe line up. That’s Lauren Betts in sea green.

Doing god’s work. Great NYT pic of the rainbow at the Kennedy Center last night for the “Great Unnaming”