Today's sky is just the clear right shade of blue at a stoplight just before 9/11. Can't ever forget it and the rest of that day. There was joy before... #sensorystudies #senory #sensoryhist

Oooo I want this everywhere possible.

Because class is ignored/"doesn't exist" in the American imagination. Also race is the predominant lens Americans use to analyze themselves (Sinner, Ragtime, etc.) for good and ill.

This ukiyo-e woodblock print, created in the 1810s by Utagawa Toyokuni I, depicts Ono no Komachi, one of the most celebrated poets of the early Heian period and a legendary icon of feminine beauty. She is shown in a luxurious, multi-layered jūnihitoe (twelve-layered robe) featuring complex floral patterns of cherry blossoms and geometric hanabishi motifs, typical of the high-ranking court women of her era. Her long, flowing black hair and the delicate floral crown she wears further emphasize her status and the refined courtly culture she inhabited.

Ono no Komachi. Ukiyo-e woodblock print. 1810’s, Japan. Artist Utagawa Toyokuni I . Ono no Komachi was one of the most celebrated poets of the early Heian period of Japan

Way to go #VA Peter Theil and his minions are defeated again.

Fingers crossed VA05 can finally have a voice in congress.

You also need boosters every 10 years. Get yours!

Yay got into old computer so 2 screens.

Now I'm going to have to figure out how to watch it while I work and do other computer things.

Den stora älgvandringen – Idag 00:00 I flera tusen år har älgarna vandrat samma leder för att ta sig till sommarens rika betesmarker. Följ årets vandring, som är den åttonde säsongen då vi får se älgarna vandra i rutan och på SVT Play.

Oh, it started early. Watch now.

www.svtplay.se/video/8z742P...

Three children in a very Dutch landscape, 1635. Two are acting annoyingly grown-up. Third just likes her yellow flowers. By Jacob Cuyp, whose day has been today.

Did my part to make this happen.

Come on VA! It's our chance to shift the political landscape. Finally hoping to have a voice in VA05. #VoteYesVA

American Kestrel deep dive. Toronto, Canada, April 17th 2026.
Photo by Jose Raposo

Illustration titled "The Comb of Pearl" from 1897 depicts a mermaid with long flowing hair, naked upper body adorned with a necklace of small shells. She is holding and combing her hair with a large, spiked shell resembling a seashell comb. The mermaid's fish tail is faintly visible in the background, blending with the water. The detailed shell she uses has elongated spines, emphasizing its natural texture. The scene evokes a serene underwater moment, blending human and marine elements with soft shading and delicate lines.

🧜‍♀️ The hall of shells;.
New York, D. Appleton and company, 1897..

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Yup...cuz they make money either way.

Den stora älgvandringen I flera tusen år har älgarna vandrat samma leder för att komma till sommarens rika betesmarker. For several thousand years the moose have walked the same path to get to the rich pastures of summer. F...

Guess what is starting soon?

www.svtplay.se/den-stora-al...

Fun fact, if tips+hourly rate ($2.23 some places) don't add up to min wage (Fed or local) employers must make up the difference to the min wage. And as long as the gov't allow lower rates for tipped employees most employers aren't going to pay them.

Street art by French artist Charles Leval (aka Levalet), titled "Celle de trop" ("The One Too Many"). Likely Paris, c. 2015.

Jan Davidsz. de Heem: some ravishing flowers to end his birthday.

France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces.

Equals 10 nuclear reactors
Reduces heat island, shades cars

The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight.

Why aren't we doing this?

I was!

Can attest to seeing this flyer show up in our mailbox. It is very slick and confusing to those not paying attention. Oligarchs should not exist and PT does not believe in democracy.

Ronald H. Spector, Who Traced Social History in Books on War, Dies at 83

Ronald H. Spector, Who Traced Social History in Books on War, Dies at 83 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/b...

Illustration from an 1878 seed catalog titled "Vick's flower and vegetable garden," showing an assortment of vegetables arranged on and around a woven basket. Featured vegetables include corn, lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, peas, cucumbers, radishes, and peppers, each marked with small red numbers. The detailed, colorful drawing highlights the variety of seeds available for planting, emphasizing the richness and diversity of a home vegetable garden. The word "VEGETABLES" appears vertically on the right side, and a small bee is depicted near the top left, adding to the garden theme.

🌱 Vick's flower and vegetable garden
Rochester, N.Y.: Published by James Vick, [1878]

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The latest issue of Environment and History (32.2) is out now! Subscribers can read here: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpeh/32... 🗃️ #envhist

I wish you luck!!! 37% of TSA were absent when I came in, but maybe there will be more when you arrive.

Yes it took more than an hour maybe 2. I lost track after a while. But people were very nice

Poster with pictures of HJ Heinz in a field in Wisconsin, food trash on Hester St. in NYC & rows of lettuce field towards the mountains in Salinas CA. It advertises the Food, Agriculture & The Environment Special Interest Group Come join others interested in the intersection of Food, Agriculture and the Environment a SIG Connects Agricultural History & ASEH. We will meet Friday 27 March from 7:00-8:00 am in Pavillon. For More Information Contact: Gabriella M. Petrick gmpetrick@gmail.com

Poster of Oxford Intersection Environmental Change & Human Experience series featuring the Food Section. (raspberry in the background) Text reads Food and Drink Section Editor: Food I am accepting proposal related to food, drink and the environment for the series. Topics, geographic areas and time periods are open Potential topics include: * Food & the senses * Water as a beverage • Food & Empire/ Colonialism Meat production and animal husbandry * Water, water ways, & agriculture * Fisheries If you are interested in publishing with the series, please contact me at gmpetrick@email.com. Section Editor: Food I am accepting proposal related to food, drink and the environment for the series. Topics, geographic areas and time periods are open Potential topics include: * Food & the senses * Water as a beverage • Food & Empire/ Colonialism Meat production and animal husbandry * Water, water ways, & agriculture * Fisheries If you are interested in publishing with the series, please contact me at gmpetrick@email.com. Gabriella M. Petrick Research Historian and Fellow Ruhr University Bochum, Germany and University of Stavanger, Norway Gabriella M. Petrick is a Research Historian at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany and a fellow with the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities at the University of Stavanger, Norway. Her interdisciplinary research on food combines the fields of the history of technology, sensory history, environmental history, and the history of science. Her newest project looks at the globalization of wine in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, investigating how scientific inquiry and technological innovations have changed the taste of wine in the glass. Dr Petrick has won National Science Foundation and USDA grants, and a Marie S. Curie fellowship. She has published in the Journal of American History, Agricultural History, History and Technology, among other journals and edited volumes.

Heading to @aseh.bsky.social on Tuesday in KC. Two big announcements. The Food, Agriculture & the Environment SIG will meet Fri @ 7 am in Pavilion & @academic.oup.com Intersections Food section will be there (me!) Find me if you are interested in both or either.

D. & R.G. Locomotive - 1925
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104048

This good boy was born when Charles Dickens was 20. And 22 years before Oscar Wilde was born! 💙📚