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Philosopher of pride

For Mandeville, humankind has a bottomless need to be liked: it is this perennial craving that forms the foundation of society

By Andrea Branchi

https://aeon.co/essays/the-hidden-role-of-pride-and-shame-in-the-human-hive?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=de76c78df1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_20&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972

Mandeville at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2543

#books #literature #history

Possible portrait of the writer Bernard Mandeville.

Mandeville is shown from the waist up, turned slightly to the side but looking directly at the viewer.

He has long, softly curled brown hair falling to his shoulders, pale skin, and a calm, reserved facial expression.

He wears an elegant blue satin or silk coat with elaborate gold embroidery and decorative fastenings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Mandeville#/media/File:Unknown_man,_formerly_known_as_Sir_James_Thornhill_by_John_Closterman.jpg

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“Had she been a man she would have become Prime Minister.“

#OnThisDay, 21 Oct 1958, Stella Isaacs (Baroness Swanborough) becomes the first woman to take a seat in the UK House of Lords.

She campaigned tirelessly for the rights of refugee children.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #histodons

Stella Isaacs in the uniform of the WVS she helped found. She is a white woman with light or silver hair and she's looking thrilled about something.

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Love is like an itchin' in my heart...

#OnThisDay, 22 Oct 1966, The Supremes become the first all-woman group to get to no 1 in the US Billboard album charts with The Supremes A' Go-Go.

Listen to their version of Get Ready: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD_7_MhgHhc

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #AmericanHistory #PopHistory #Histodons

Cover of the album, showing the members of the Supremes dancing

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35 years ago
13 Songs is a compilation album by the hardcore punk band Fugazi, released on October 1989 by Dischord Records, and consists of all the songs from the band's first two EPs, Fugazi and Margin Walker.

#punkrock #hardcorepunk #hardcore #fugazi #history #punkrockhistory

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How Christmas Cards Came to Be (From Henry Cole to Norman Rockwell)

"Christmas cards are sent and received every holiday season. But how did these charming well-wishes come to be?"

https://www.thecollector.com/history-christmas-cards/

#holiday #history

Banner says "A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year To You"

"Horsley’s card was designed in a triptych style, with the centerpiece depicting three generations of the Cole family around a large wooden table, raising a toast to the receiver. An eye-catching pink banner drapes below them, with the message “A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU.” Either side of the joyful image are black and white sketches capturing scenes of acts of giving: “feeding the hungry” and “clothing the naked.” - from article

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#OnThisDay, 27 Oct 1967, the Abortion Act gains royal assent. It allows women in the UK – except for Northern Ireland - to legally have an abortion on a range of medical grounds but stops short of making abortion legal.

It came into effect in April 1968 everywhere except Northern Ireland: NI passed their own act in 2020.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #Histodons

Six women holding up signs that together read "no return to back street abortion"

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Hello 👋

I'm giving Mastodon another go after quietly despairing about the awfulness of normie social media.

I'm a late diagnosed autistic humanoid, living in tranquil rural sometimes- bliss with my wife and dog, in Cornwall, UK.

I'm a freelance copywriter, voracious reader and aspiring writer of crime fiction, history geek & nature lover.

It would be good to connect with nice folks whoever and wherever you may be.

#Introductions

#actuallyautistic
#books
#writing
#crimefiction
#history

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#OnThisDay, 28 Oct 1908, Muriel Matters, Violet Tillard and Helen Fox unfurl a banner and then chain themselves to the grille in the Ladies Gallery in the House of Commons, London, demanding votes for women.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #Histodons
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Dramatic newspaper illustration of Muriel Matters being taken away along with the trellis she had chained herself to. She is white, as are all the dudes in tailcoats trying to tell her off.

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#art #history:
‘kiss me & you will see how important i am.’
i'm wishing a sketchy birthday to la plath, born #otd in 1932 - &, even though i've not a chance in high hades of achieving a scintilla of the written eloquence that she displayed, here's my scribbled ode. [cheeky wee thread follows]
#sylviaPlath #illustration #poet #literature #poetry

digital pencil & ink sketch of a young & smiling young writer, sylvia plath. her gaze meets yours & she exudes quiet confidence, her arms crossed in front of her chevron-bearing, cap sleeved collegiate jumper. an abstract broad-stroke background cut through by lines that form a trapezoid sits behind sylvia.
colours are peach, coral, auburn, red & off-white.

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46 years ago today
Recorded on this day in 1978, The Feeding of the 5000, the first album by the anarcho-punk band Crass

A revolutionary album that was able to shine with anarchist political ideas and visions for the time

#punk #punks #punkrock #anarchopunk #crass #history #otd

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Inventing Silk Roads

The idea of a Silk Road, though it conjures up visions of exotic goods passing between Asia and Europe via ancient trade routes, is a thoroughly modern one.

By: Matthew Wills via @JSTOR_Daily

https://daily.jstor.org/inventing-silk-roads/

#history #travel

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Working to Preserve The Man Who Weighed the World

By Corinne Mona

https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/ex-libris-universum/working-preserve-man-who-weighed-world

#books #science #history

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Often carved and decorated, a box-bed was the pride of its owners. In homes with usually only one room, the box-bed allowed some privacy and helped keep people warm during winter. It was the main furniture of rural houses in Brittany until the 20th century.

Source: Archaeology & Civilizations
#History #Brittany #beds #furniture

the box-bed allowed some privacy and helped keep people warm during winter

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All of our puzzles go on sale today. 25% OFF across the board. Until midnight tonight ET.

Each puzzle is made of thick high quality pieces and can be stored in a sturdy box as beautiful as the puzzle itself. Great idea for gifting or maybe just get one for yourself.

https://rebeccaherranen.com/shop/puzzles

#giftideas #puzzles #JigsawPuzzles #photography #LandscapePhotography #nature #wildlife #birds #architecture #ocean #seascape #buyintoart #travel #history #florida #california #art

Beautiful arched ornate hallway flooded by sunlight through the window at the Vatican. Sculpture and and fresco paintings on the walls and ceilings. A jigsaw puzzle.

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Glorious sunrise under the Juno Pier in Florida. Sunlight glistens through the turquoise waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Beautiful vibrant and colorful puzzle.

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#OnThisDay, 5 July 1957, Althea Gibson becomes the first Black person to win a #Wimbledon Singles tennis trophy.

Blogpost by Moira from 2019:
https://illustratedwomeninhistory.com/althea-gibson/

Newsreel: https://youtu.be/2EJCqBsh2Dk?t=1m15s

Listen to her being interviewed here (dead bird link)
https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/1412427791396659204

#BlackHistory #TennisHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

Althea Gibson holding the rosewater bowl and a bouquet of flowers. She's looking thrilled.

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#OnThisDay, 1 Aug 1786, Caroline Herschel discovers comet C/1786 P1, becoming one of the first women to find one (and have it named after her). Her brother was appointed court astronomer to King George III. When Caroline took a government salary for helping him she became the first woman to be paid for her astronomical work.

This week, 2025, Prof Michele Dougherty became the first woman to be Astronomer Royal.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInSTEM #Histodons

engraved illustration of Catherine Herschel. She is an older white woman in a most excellent bonnet. She is giving the engraver the side eye.

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#OnThisDay, 28 Nov 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovers the existence of pulsars.

Not included in the 1974 Nobel prize for the discovery, Bell received a £3m prize for her work in 2018. She's used it to set up a foundation to improve the diversity in STEM.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInSTEM #Histodons

Jocelyn Bell Burnell in the 1960s, in front of a radio telescope. she is a white woman with dark hair, wearing a sensible duffle coat given how cold it must have been out there.

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Jocelyn Bell Burnell in the 2010s. She is a white woman with dark grey hair.

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Leeds City Museum

https://justin-farrimond.pixels.com/featured/leeds-city-museum-justin-farrimond.html

Is it the hippo, the tiger or bear, or an elk that you seek from here and elsewhere?
The Leeds City Museum in West Yorkshire, England. Now occupying the former Mechanic's Institute in what was Cookridge Street, renamed Millenium Square.

#PhotoOfTheDay #Architecture #Museum #Photography #Monochrome #Heritage #BnW #History #Leeds #Travel

Black and white portrait photograph showing steps leading up to the entrance of the grand looking Leeds City Museum.

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“The more we gave in, the more we complied with that kind of treatment, the more oppressive it became.”

#OnThisDay, 1 Dec 1955, Rosa Parks does *not* give up her seat on the bus for a white passenger, and is arrested. Her refusal is a key moment in the American civil rights movement.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons
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Mugshot of Rosa Parks after her arrest. She is a black woman with glasses.

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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?

Sophocles’s Oedipus Rex (aka Oedipus the King) … Is it the mother of all Western drama? The father? Or both?

By Thom Delapa

https://www.thecollector.com/oedipus-rex-mother-drama/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_Rex

Oedipus King of Thebes by Sophocles at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27673

#books #literature #culture #history

Bénigne Gagneraux, The Blind Oedipus Commending his Children to the Gods.

Oedipus, aged and blind, is the central figure, seated with his arms extended in a gesture of fervent prayer. His tattered robes and gaunt appearance reflect his physical suffering and moral struggles. His face, lined with age and anguish, conveys a mix of despair and hope as he entrusts his children to the divine powers.

His children, Antigone and possibly Polynices or Ismene, are depicted nearby. Antigone, often portrayed with a sense of grace and compassion, might be kneeling or standing close to Oedipus, offering support. The other child may exhibit a contrasting demeanor, illustrating the familial tension inherent in the myth.

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Meet the Mysterious and Brooding Norwegian Painter Responsible for 'The Scream'

Born on this day in 1863, Edvard Munch lived a life marked by mental health struggles and sought to brush themes of anxiety and dread into his art

By Eli Wizevich

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-the-mysterious-and-brooding-norwegian-painter-responsible-for-the-scream-180985572/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Munch

#art #culture #history

Edvard Munch, 1893: 'The Scream', famous oil-painting on canvas which inspired the later early 20th-century Expressionists; current location National Gallery in Oslo, Norway

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It's ALIVE!

#OnThisDay, 1 Jan 1818, Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' was published anonymously. Her gothic novel was also one of the first science-fiction novels.

#ReadMoreWomen #LiteraryWomen
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

painting of Mary Shelley by Rothwell. It shows a white woman with sloping shoulders, dark hair and gold glasses

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Frontispiece of Frankenstein’s first edition without any author’s name on it.

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The founders’ version of #memes and trash talk involved making obscure references to orators, philosophers, senators, consuls, and generals of the ancient republics.

https://inaniludibrio.com/2024/05/19/if-you-can-keep-it-from-caesar-and-catiline/

#history #culture #philosophy #Renaissance #SPQR #American #shitposting

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Happy Birthday to Kathryn 'Kathy' Valentine, songwriter and bassist for the pop punk band the Go-Go's, born on this day in 1959, Austin, Texas

Photo by Pam Martinez at the Roxy Theater in 1981

#punk #punkrock #kathyvalentine #thegogos #womenofpunk #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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After Failing Math Twice, a Young Benjamin Franklin Turned to This Popular 17th-Century Textbook

A 19th-century scholar claimed that “Cocker’s Arithmetick” had “probably made as much stir and noise in the English world as any [book]—next to the Bible”

By James Fox

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/after-failing-math-twice-a-young-benjamin-franklin-turned-to-this-popular-17th-century-textbook-180985664/

1716 edition of Cocker's Arithmetick is available at @internetarchive
https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_cockers-arithmetick-be_cocker-edward_1716/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater

#books #history