NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
βItβs time to say it plainly. Americaβs leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
βA president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasnβt Zelensky.β
@kyivindependent.com
An Ujosh (wool jacket) from Zakarpattia, Ukraine I recently cleaned and patched up with all the love in my heart β€οΈ
#standwithukraine
February 12, 1835: Anatolij Kralyckyj, belletrist & publicist, is born in Δabiny πΈπ° (β 1894). A prolific writer, his works include historical, geographic & ethnographic studies of Carpatho-Rusyns, short stories about Carpatho-Rusyn village life, tales such as Prince Laborec & many others.
A metal collar that is shaped like a horseshoe and anchored to a piece of wood.
Here's your #DailyDose of medical history!
COFFIN COLLARS were used to thwart bodysnatchers in early 19th century. The collar was fixed around the neck of a corpse and bolted to the bottom of a coffin. Bodysnatchers sold bodies to anatomists and medical schools.
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February 6, 1964: Anna GajovΓ‘, painter & illustrator, is born in PreΕ‘ov πΈπ°. She is a representative of the Slovak fantastic realism school. GajovΓ‘'s work is dominated by fantasy compositions with symbolic or allegorical content. She also illustrated several Carpatho-Rusyn publications.
our lady of palestine
franciscan monastery of the holy land, washington, d.c.
american radicalism in mexico
reuben kadish and philip guston, the struggle against war and fascism, morelia museum, michoacΓ‘n (1934-35)
February 3, 1895: Musician Stephen Skimba is born in WoΕowiec π΅π± (β 1966). He is best remembered for his recordings of a Lemko wedding & folk music. Skimba also played a leading role in producing the film Lemko Wedding (1929), co-founded & worked with several Russophile organizations.
A shack on a hill
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The feminine urge to go completely off grid and live in a shack in the middle of nowhere
February 1, 1931: Painter Volodymyr Mykyta is born in RakoΕ‘yno πΊπ¦. His portraits, genre scenes, landscapes & still-lifes are filled with reflections on human existence & problems faced by the modern society. Mykyta took active part in the post-1989 Carpatho-Rusyn revival movement in Ukraine.
The fact that this exists around us but we got stuck on this stupid planet with a bunch of man babies trying to work out their grievances is just so annoying.
An advertisement for cocaine, listing the various merits of the drug. It says that it is "a first-class, thoroughly reliable preparation" that has "been fully recognized by the majority of physicians, surgeons and chemists."
THE MERITS OF OUR COCAINE - a pharmaceutical advert from 1907. A "first-class, thoroughly reliable preparation" that has "been fully recognized by the majority of physicians, surgeons and chemists."
January 29, 1932: Andrej Gaj, painter & illustrator, is born in Sukov πΈπ° (β 2016). His works are primarily landscapes, still-lifes, portraits & figurative compositions. Gaj has also completed large-scale works (mostly in mosaic) for public buildings in eastern Slovakia.
dahΙdubΕ‘ auntie!! β€οΈππΌ
Honoring the land Iβm on with the practices my ancestors taught me ππΌπͺΆ
Hiawatha belt/Six nations flag beaded hoops
Get your Tribal ID!
Be careful out there, brothers and sisters.
Dark Horse takes seriously the allegations against Neil Gaiman and we are no longer publishing his works.
Confirming that the Anansi Boys comic series and collected volume have been cancelled.
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The heart shaped Antennaea galaxies.
The Heart Shaped Antennae Galaxies.π
Image Credit & Copyright: Kent E. Biggs
January 22, 1880: SΓ‘ndor BonkΓ‘lΓ³, philologist & translator, is born in Rakhiv πΊπ¦ (β 1959). He published several studies that presented all aspects of Carpatho-Rusyn society to the Hungarian public. After WWI, BonkΓ‘lΓ³ also chaired the Rusyn Studies department at the University of Budapest.
I was using this app until it stopped showing me any data unless I put what state I lived in. I switched to the Flo app, but you have to pay a monthly fee to use it. I believe Ovia is the only free ovulation tracker, which makes this much scarier.
January 20, 1888: Ioann Polanski (pseud. Lemkyn), priest, journalist & historian, is born in Banica π΅π± (β 1960). He was the first chancellor of the Lemko Apostolic Administration & a Lemko-Soiuz supporter. After WW2, Polanski wrote a history of the Lemko Region, published in USA.
Roman flask made of translucent cobalt blue glass in the form of a mouse. The neck of the flask is funnel-shaped and slightly up-turned to look like a tail. The body of the vessel is rounded and has four tooled trails for feet. A separate blob of glass forms the head with eyes, ears, and a pointed nose. The flask surface is decorated with distinctive trails of glass which have been flattened and notched, known as βsnake threadβ.
Something lovely for the weekend! A 1,800 year-old Roman glass flask shaped like a little mouse ππ
π· by me www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
Every day I feel my frontal lobe develop more and things start to feel worse and worse π
When youβre trying to signal that youβre conservative but also a Disney adult? Terrifying combination.
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January 16, 1893: Petr Bogatyryov, ethnographer & literary scholar, is born in Saratov π·πΊ (β 1971). While living in Prague, he studied Rusyn ethnography - primarily folk customs, rituals & magic beliefs - applying contemporary structuralist methodology in this field.
