Throughout former Yugoslavia, brightly colored kiosks began to emerge as hot dog stands, flower shops, currency exchanges, ticket booths, and more. "Kiosk: The Last Modernist Booths Across Central and Eastern Europe," features more than 150 examples photographed by David Navarro and Martyna Sobecka.
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#OnThisDay, 27 Jun 1833, Prudence Crandall stands trial for running a school to educate African-American girls in Canterbury, Connecticut. She spends the night in County Jail until bail is posted, and pursues her case as far as the Supreme Court.
Read more: http://ow.ly/eGQj30kF35C
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons
Hm, #TIL about the "most widespread security incident in the history of the Web", when in 1999 a security flaw in Hotmail was revealed that permitted anybody to log in to any Hotmail account using the password "eh".
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#art #history: 'when the rich go to war, it's the poor who pay.'
this, dear friends, is why jean-paul sartre, born #otd in 1905, will always be relevant & why i embraced existentialism over nihilism.
it instructed me that 'being' is an individual's responsibility, but that we all, as humans, have a collective responsibility to each other.
anyway, j-p was a righteous dude.
#jeanPaulSartre #sartre #philosophy #illustration #france #existentialism
These Researchers Study the Legacy of the #Segregation Academies They Grew Up Around
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Three young academics in #Alabama are examining these mostly white private #schools through the lenses of #economics, #education and #history to better understand the persistent division of schools in the #South.
#News #Race #School #Students #Teachers #CivilRights
https://www.propublica.org/article/alabama-researchers-segregation-academies-school-vouchers
读过 Economy Hall 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕
[Made in NOLA] 一堆險些被當廢紙處理的破舊日誌記載的竟是延續百年的紐奧良黑人社群協作和抗爭的歷史。從這些破舊記錄裡還原的一個個鮮活個體的故事竟可以一直延續到作者著手調查和寫作的過程中，從可以在這些日誌找到自己祖先的左鄰右舍，到見證社團舊址最後一刻命運的父母摯友，更不用說熟識的樂界泰斗無不將這個曾經位於 Treme 社區裡的小樓尊為爵士樂的聖堂。所以說嘛，我們在紐奧良的小學從來沒教過愛國歌曲，coz New Orleans is way much Greater than this sick country. 真是受不了沒文化的北方佬“my country my country”地叨叨叨…NOLA獨立 刻不容緩！
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“I know I have the body of a weak, feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.”
#OnThisDay, 19 Aug 1588*, Queen Elizabeth I of England addresses the troops at Tilbury as they prepare to defend England against the Spanish Armada.
Her reported speech is best seen as propaganda establishing her as a symbolic Britannia. https://www.elizabethfiles.com/the-spanish-armada-8-elizabeths-tilbury-speech/4065/
*date converted from OS calendar
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #TudorHistory #EnglishHistory #Histodons
#art #history: i promised myself that this year would be the one during which i paid tribute to the revolutionary, frida kahlo (born #otd in 1907), & then i was too busy to do her any sort of justice. not only have i rushed her portrait, but i've also had no time to write up the sort of blurb that she merits. she was a death-defying, genre-spanning communist powerhouse & diego was punching waaaaaaaay up. :)
#fridaKahlo #illustration #sketch #artist #mexico #communism
#art #history: it's quite apt that a fascist-killing machine owner's birthday should coincide with recent events. he had the trump klan's number back in 1954 when he wrote about elder t's racist housing practices. this, alone, is enough for woody to've earned your undying love, but he was also a steadfast socialist/communist, an avowed anti-racist & a fierce defender of workers' rights. to top it off, his music remains an influence on the best folk. #woodyGuthrie #illustration #antifascist
#art #history: i could never pull myself away from any screen i chanced upon if gena rowlands was on it. from 'the alfred hitchcock hour' to 'columbo' & every collaboration with john cassavetes & peter falk in between, nobody will ever touch her enigmatic presence, her passion, her heart, mind, humour or spirit.
#illustration #cinema #genaRowlands #portrait
“The South really did not lose [the Civil War] when it came to maintaining this form of free labor.”
New from @josephinelee and Michelle Pitcher in our magazine, tracing two centuries of forced labor in Texas: https://texasobserver.org/texas-prison-plantations/
#prison #slavery #history #news #politics #HumanRights #labor #WorkersRights
This year has felt like nonstop #news, with significant events coming on a weekly or even daily basis. But it's not unique in #history.
For example, there was 1940: War, the draft and FDR’s historic reelection.
1968: Assassinations, political turmoil and more war.
1973 had legal abortion, a historic peace deal, Watergate and plenty of political mayhem.
#Histodons @histodons #USPolitics
The Theological Hall in Strahov Monastery library in Prague is one of the best historic places I've ever visited. The books, the globes, the intricate architecture, all of it a feast to the intellect. And our intellect could do with some inspiration...
Available with FREE SHIPPING to the US and Canada: https://www.pictorem.com/1961497/Prague%20Czech%20Republic%20-Strahov%20Monastery%20Library%20-%20Theological%20Hall%20.html?iframe=1
#library #monastery #prague #praha #czech #art #buyintoart #history #historic #fediverse
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#art #history: 'i am willing, & always have been, to jeopardise my career to be on the right side of history & express opinions i think are really important.'
this is a bit embarrassing because i'm not massively familiar with her oeuvre, but anyone who'll risk her popularity to stand up for a persecuted people is someone who wins my heart. paloma faith (born #otd in 1981) is just such a person &, therefore, i celebrate her with a sketch. :) #palomaFaith #freePalestine #illustration #music
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#OnThisDay, 10 Aug 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsburg is sworn in as an Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons
On this day, in 1969, for the first time in thousands of years of human history, people walked on the surface of a celestial body that was not our world.
First, tentative steps out of the cradle by those who really did go where no-one has gone before...
"We came in peace, for all mankind"
#Apollo11 #Apollo #science #OTD #1969 #history #NASA #SpaceExploration
#OnThisDay, 7 Aug 1948, American high jumper Alice Coachman wins Olympic gold, the first Black woman to win gold.
Later in life, she established the Alice Coachman Track and Field Foundation to help support younger athletes and provide assistance to retired Olympic veterans.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #OlympicWomen #Histodons
José de Acosta: the pioneering, overlooked precursor to Darwin and Humboldt.
Beginning in the 15th century, the Renaissance in Europe saw a shift in the continent’s mindset towards greater interest in the world beyond its own borders.
By Beatriz Fernández Herrero. via @Conversation_E
Books by José de Acosta at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/45903
#OnThisDay, 9 Aug 1956, more than 20,000 women of all races march through Pretoria, South Africa, to petition against the law forcing women to carry passes in order to move about.
Since 1994, a public holiday on 9 Aug marks National Women's Day in South Africa.
Read more about the women who led the movement here: https://issuu.com/topcomedia/docs/public_sector_leaders_august_2021/s/13071366
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AfricanHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 2 Aug 1947, Dorothy Shay (the "Park Avenue Hillbilly") becomes the first woman to reach no 1 on the Billboard album charts with Dorothy Shay Sings.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory
Leonardo da Vinci Studied the Science of Smell
The artist experimented with perfumes and created his own fragrances from flowers and fruit.
By Sonja Anderson via @Smithsonianmag
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/leonardo-da-vinci-studied-the-science-of-smell-180984978/
#OnThisDay, 12 Aug 1990, American Sue Hendrickson finds the remains of a T Rex, the largest specimen found to date, in South Dakota.
The fossil remains are now known as Sue and are on display in Chicago.
The majestic Alhambra in Granada, Spain, bathed in the golden glow of a vibrant sunset. The ancient fortress’s exquisite Moorish architecture stands out against the backdrop of the Sierra Nevada mountains, with lush greenery in the foreground enhancing the scene's depth, contrast, and timeless beauty.
#architecture #art #photography #buyintoart #spain #mastoart #giftideas #wallart #photo #history #sunset #travel
How Michelangelo’s Dome Survived Through the Centuries.
A new book resurrects the oft-overlooked story of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, whose dome was saved from collapse by a team of mathematicians and the Pope.
By Anthony Majanlahti via @hyperallergic
More information about St. Peter's Basilica:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Basilica
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