Screaming in 1918 pandemic

lady: Please stop singing Backstreet Boys fella: Tell me why

This black-and-white studio portrait photograph captures Mary Louise Booth (April 19, 1831 – March 5, 1889), the pioneering American journalist, translator, and editor who became the founding editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar. Shown from the waist up against a plain, neutral studio backdrop, the young Booth gazes directly at the viewer with a calm, serious, and intelligent expression—lips gently closed, eyes steady and composed—conveying quiet determination and intellectual poise. Her dark hair is elegantly styled. She wears a dark, high-necked Victorian dress with voluminous puffed sleeves, a row of small buttons down the front, and a delicate white lace collar fastened with a prominent brooch. The formal, centered composition and soft lighting create a mood of dignified professionalism and quiet strength typical of mid-19th-century portraits of accomplished women. Booth rose from modest circumstances and multiple low-paying writing and translation jobs to lead Harper’s Bazaar for 22 years (1867–1889), shaping it into America’s premier fashion and literary magazine for women. Her salary was frequently cited as the highest earned by any woman in the United States at the time. This image powerfully symbolizes her trailblazing role in opening high-level editorial positions to women in American publishing.

Mary Louise Booth became the founding editor of 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘻𝘢𝘢𝘳 in 1867 & held the position for 22 yrs until her death.

Rising from low-paying gigs as a writer, editor & translator, her editor-in-chief salary was often cited as the highest for any woman in the US. Born #OTD in 1831. #WomenInHistory

Poe from Star Wars saying “Somehow Palpatine returned.”

Whenever I feel bad about my own writing, I remember this:

The Patriarchy is trying to deny women to vote in 2026. To take away every importright we've fought for & already won

These women were the justice bringers that the Patriarchy is so afraid of
Afraid we will turn into. I have great & saddened news
We're already there
WELCOME TO THE MATRIARCHY TEAM

Did someone say All-Canadian Stanley Cup Final?!? :-) #SuckItBettman #LetsGoOilers

21. Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive. All cultures are now equal. Criticism and value judgments are forbidden. Yet this new dogma glosses over the fact that certain cultures and indeed subcultures . . . have produced wonders. Others have proven middling, and worse, regressive and harmful. 22. We must resist the shallow temptation of a vacant and hollow pluralism. We, in America and more broadly the West, have for the past half century resisted defining national cultures in the name of inclusivity. But inclusion into what?

Palantir a partagé un manifeste supremaciste qui ressemble au délire d'un méchant de James Bond mais tout va bien la France continue à bosser avec eux.

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Opinion | The Truth About Mary Todd Lincoln

Historian here 💯some of the unhinged attacks on Mary Todd Lincoln by historians like Michael Burlingame border on misogyny and completely misrepresent the historical record. She was a favorite among radicals like Charles Sumner and black abolitionists. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/o...

Meme of a man boldly standing up to share his opinion

I don't think it's ethical to build a majority government through floor crossings and I think democracy works better when we have minority governments with opposition MPs working together to best reflect the interests of Canadians who voted them in and scrutinizing legislation

Who Gets Guggenheims? - Public Books Unfortunately, 100 years of data show that those whom such fellowships might represent the greatest departure from their everyday experience—that is, those not at elite institutions—are least likely t...

Woohoo, here's my essay with my fav co-author on 30,000 fellowship wins across the Guggenheim, Stanford CASBS, NAEd, National Humanities Center, RSF visiting scholar, and Harvard Radcliffe.

Spoiler: it's the people working at prestigious universities

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I have a doctorate and have never mistaken myself for a doctor.

Wild that Altman is being sued by his sister for repeated sexual abuse and that doesn’t come up in basically every conversation about him. I get that it’s alleged but if that shit was happening to someone else I feel like that would come up, particularly if that person had a history of lying a lot.

Japanese sci-fi: two robots in space, yearning

American sci-fi: man gets the author's beliefs on polygamy confirmed by the aliens of ramalama IV

french sci-fi: two horny bounty hunters visit the Galaxy of Breasts

British sci-fi: nuclear war. Everyone dead. America's fault

Une compétition féminine de course de haie

Le généticien Andrew Sinclair conteste la décision du Comité International Olympique d'utiliser le gène qu'il a découvert pour déterminer l'éligibilité des athlètes aux compétitions féminines.

"Cela repose sur l'idée simpliste que la présence du gène SRY suffit à définir le sexe masculin"

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Has anvone dealt with fake reviews? This person is mad because I used Al to illustrate my book and wrote a review without actually reading or purchasing the book. I reported it to Amazon but was just wondering if anyone else has experienced this? Miss 會文文文女 Book contains generated content that does not belong to the author Reviewed in Canada on April 11. 2026 When I see authors like Choosing to use generated illustrations, it makes me believe they do not stand by their own product. I would support the author if they paid for real illustrated artwork- it is shameful since the story could have been helpful to children going through the same thing. Since the art is obviously generated by artificial intelligence, I don't have confidence that the written content belongs to the author; The author chose to use generated art and so the book content is likely to be generatec as well. Invest your money elsewhere, this book is not worth the price.

Don't want negative attention for selling slop?

Don't sell slop.

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I just discovered that #Amazon is charging for a Kindle copy of my e-book, which the publishers and I published CC-licensed and free of cost. We didn't list it on Amazon, only on Archive .org, the publisher's site, and Google Play.

We will build a second Strait of Hormuz, and Mexico is going to pay for it.

by Donald J. Trump

In Bruges scene where Colin Farrell is pointing a gun at his head and Brendon Gleeson is also pointing a gun at Colin Farrell's head

Current status of the Strait of Hormuz dispute

How is any country still having diplomatic relationships with let alone selling weapons to Israel?

anyone who says people opposing data centers are just nimbys need to stop echoing industry propaganda and see what it’s actually like to live near one

Greta Thunberg is right.

i will never forget how elon musk said absolutely nothing at all about the NASA artemis ii mission except one post making fun of that women who took the photo of the launch in the reflection of her glasses. he hates space

En voyant cette image au moment où j’allumais mon écran, j’ai brièvement pensé, non sans étonnement, que les chaînes d’infos s’intéressaient au sort des réfugiés en détresse en Méditerranée… J’oubliais que it’s all about Artemis.

This black-and-white portrait of Frances Perkins captures her in a dignified, close-up pose. She is wearing a dark, structured tricorn-style hat and a coat with a voluminous, dark fur collar that frames her face. A small white bow or decorative element is visible at her neckline. Her expression is calm and composed, with a slight, thoughtful smile as she looks directly at the camera. The background is a soft, neutral grey, keeping the focus entirely on her.

Frances Perkins was a principal architect of the New Deal.

As FDR’s Secretary of Labor (1933–1945) & the first woman to serve in a US cabinet, she was one of the most important figures shaping the New Deal’s landmark labor & social welfare programs.

She was born #OTD in 1880. (1/2)

Chessmen at NMS National Museums Scotland - National Museums Scotland

195 years ago, on the 11th of April 1831, the Lewis chessmen were first exhibited at a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland shortly after being rediscovered. The pieces wee made between 1150 and 1200 and commonly believed to have been made in Norway. #otd #history 🗃️

The autism community has been quietly revolutionizing workplace communication for years — turns out clear expectations, sensory awareness, and direct feedback work magic for neurotypical brains too. Your son's teaching you management gold.

The cartoon of the guy saying “say I am alive” to a computer” and the computer says “I am alive” and the guy replies “Oh my god”

Every credulous buffoon in Tech Journalism: