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Making beautiful data visualizations about the economy since 2004, lurking on the internet since 1990.
The murals under Hennepin on the Greenway are finished! This is the one on the south side.
As I have said before (this from April 2020) the most important, timeless lesson of the French Revolution is that PEOPLE make history. It rarely turns out the way they expect, but their actions nonetheless matter.
!["People sometimes imagine yesterday’s revolutions as planned and carried out by self-conscious revolutionaries, but this has rarely, if ever, been the case. Instead, revolutions are periods in which social actors with different agendas (peasants stealing rabbits, city dwellers sacking tollbooths, lawmakers writing a constitution, anxious Parisians looking for weapons at the Bastille Fortress) become fused into a more or less stable constellation. The most timeless and emancipatory lesson of the French Revolution is that people make history. Likewise, the actions we take and the choices we make today will shape both what future we get and what we remember of the past." [from Rebecca Spang, "The Revolution is Under Way Already," The Atlantic, April 4, 2020.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:srjglkkyyugosgyvj53znuts/bafkreiejftig5gnc2vjahi5fn3jhwct6yosobqpkrghqfsnegswbjj23fy)
I have also seen just one. It was in Florence, Italy, in the Palazzo Vecchio (the town hall).
Malaclypse the Middle@malaclypse.bsky.social · 3w agoA couple of weeks ago I rode to Newburyport MA and saw this COVID memorial and realized this is the only one I have ever seen anywhere. And the fact that I nearly broke down seeing it is something I still think about.
Update on recent ICE activity in Jersey City.
The great Peter Gill - a genius, a one-off, my friend & teacher, the true keeper of the early Court flame - is dead. I wrote this about him a few years back. I'd be honoured if you had a look at it. playfortoday.substack.com/p/peter-gill
Peter Gill
'What used to be called directing, dear.'
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Reminds me of this really good, if cynical, comedic summary of what note taking is:
A Clear Conscience | Yes, Prime Minister | BBC Comedy Greats
YouTube video by BBC Comedy Greats
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After my parents were visiting set for the first time, I asked my dad what he thought. He said “I didnt realize, it’s like you’re building a house, and once an hour good looking people run in and put on a play for five minutes. Then they leave and you go back to construction.”
Alvaro M. Bedoya@bedoyausa.bsky.social · 3w agoPeople think "Hollywood" is rich and famous. The reality? Film and TV is a national industry. It's a blue collar industry. And it is an industry free fall. My latest for @newrepublic.com on how the Paramount merger would crush blue collar workers who can not afford it newrepublic.com/article/2136...
No idea what's going on. Here's some boring bow watch (best kind)
John Johnson understands Canadians: youtube.com/shorts/0bTcc...
The Canadian Stereotype 🇨🇦
YouTube video by Josh Johnson
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For those, like me, who were a bit small in 1966 and knew there were things, but not this thing, wikipedia has a decent summary: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_... Includes a quote from Cleese in the footnotes, and mentions that John Sergeant did occasional readings. Yes, the journalist.
On the Margin - Wikipedia
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This is an actual holy grail.
Gary Brannan@garybrannan.bsky.social · 4w agoAch, you know what? Why not. Here’s Alan Bennett’s closing monologue from ‘On the Margin’, missing for nearly 60 years, and found on a Sony CV2000 tape in the Galton and Simpson archive You, dear viewer, are one of the few people ever to have seen this. Enjoy! discover.york.ac.uk/collections/...
There is nothing more I love in this world right now than these two lunch ladies performing Firestarter by The Prodigy. [instagram.com]
Esha 👠 on Instagram: "#theprodigy #lunchladyenergy"
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unraveled@unraveledpress.com · last mo.Happening now in Chicago: community members and activists are in the La Villita/Little Village neighborhood to demonstrate against continued ICE violence in across the country. In just the last two weeks, ICE agents have killed 2 men. A 3rd died running from agents, and a 4th died in ICE custody.
was literally crying at Sally Ride and Amelia Earhart’s flight suits being side by side
i first met sam neill in the late 80's on the set of jeremy brett's sherlock holmes. i think it was manchester studios. he and jeremy were pals. i was moving a light wi'out gloves cause i'm a tosser. i burned my hand. yelled "FUCK!" jeremy came right over, sam (who was visiting) in tow. (1/4)
You could get mad about dead senator discourse *or* you could enjoy this video of sea lions who have retaken an island with a decommissioned lighthouse off the coast of Oregon and now use the staircase as a giant slide.
Reminds me of my dad, had his work ethic matched his charisma and talents www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Bill Withers Was a Working Man Who Became a Star (Gift Article)
He went from manual labor to musical phenomenon in a matter of months, but his struggles were always there in the music.
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Farmer & farm worker tips on working outside in hot humid weather: First, the normal stuff. Stay hydrated. Take breaks in the shade. These are the basics! They'll get you pretty far & you won't make it without them! They are also not enough to get through a day on the farm IME!
LOL Boston airport is now selling ranch dressing after security for departing European passengers!
I am not certain, but I think this might be the greatest thread (and greatest use of alt text) of all time.
Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 2mo agoI've decided to compile a definitive thread of photos of the best sheep I've photographed during my walks in the countryside, together with supporting biographical information. I will put the vital story associated with each sheep in the alt text, since some of it is a little long to fit in a post.
really cannot be emphasized enough that the drafters of the birthright clause very much considered cases analogous to undocumented immigrants and *included them too*
Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 2mo agoThat's right.
![During the ratification debates, Senator Cowan took aim
at the Roma people too, characterizing them as undeserving
of birthright citizenship because they “wander[ed] in
gangs,” “infest[ed] society,” and “impos[ed] upon the simple
and weak everywhere.”49 And again, Senator Conness dismissed Senator Cowan’s prejudices: “The only invasion of
Pennsylvania within my recollection was an invasion very
much worse and more disastrous to the State, and more to
be feared and more feared, than that of Gypsies. It was an
invasion of rebels [at Gettysburg].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lzlqyldh7nfc34pfffvd24ko/bafkreihrli2ghfantwmdgc4pk4rr4ddt4ajq4xgnggxhs4qv4hojeppmpi)
Scottish soccer fans in town for the World Cup made a side-trip to Fenway on Sunday and brought actual magic with them. It was such a delight and honor to get to accompany their singing.
The Dutch doing this in fuckin Dallas, Texas is very funny to me, an American who has seen Cowboys fans who represent one of the most valuable sports teams on earth never approach this level of enthusiasm this century.