Christine Schmid Engels

Wtf!!

The Kentucky Meat Shower of 1876 is fascinating.
Kentucky Meat Shower Festival marks 150th anniversary of Bath County’s most unusual event share.google/iw4pWJVR3bEl...

Tuxedo cat lying on his side on a sofa with his right arm extended in a manner reminiscent of the early 80s song Safety Dance. But really he's just a cute, lounging cat.

Nomi doing the Safety Dance

Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop

And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)

RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless

"We aren’t taking very good care of [Earth], but that could change. For me, that’s what Star Trek is all about. Not the promise of a high-tech future where we escape our world, but rather one where we learn to respect the incredible spaceship that is our home planet." -Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

In her @newscientist.com column, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein did not mince words: Elon Musk has misunderstood the point of Star Trek.

The idea that a heavily corporate and militarized approach to exploration will create a prosperous future? Illogical.

@chanda.blacksky.app

Flyer for a March in Cincinnati Sunday Oct. 27, 1963. "March and Vote for Jobs and Freedom"

From the Cincinnati Museum Center's University of Cincinnati Hillel Records of the Cincinnati Judaica Fund

photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

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On this day in 1759, 267 years ago, the radical abolitionist Benjamin Lay passed away at age 77. A hundred years before William Lloyd Garrison, Lay called for the immediate and complete abolition of slavery worldwide, with no payments to enslavers. Let us remember him. Art by Marco Lorenzetti.

You may recall that in January of 2025, artist Ann Telnaes announced that she had quit The Washington Post after editors killed a cartoon that depicted owner Jeff Bezos, among others, genuflecting to Trump.

This cartoon feels even more relevant this week.

That is gorgeous!

This is who runs this account

Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.

Wish I could attend both days, but I'm really looking forward to Friday's sessions.

Thanks for reprinting my letter. It is included in Read This When Things Fall Apart: bookshop.org/p/books/read...

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

Historian here, “The republic which sinks to sleep, trusting to constitution and machinery, to politicians and statesmen for the safety of its liberties never will have any.” Abolitionist Wendell Phillips

A Kentucky cathedral called 'America's Notre Dame' gets a rehab, gargoyles and all Workers have been installing new gargoyles on the facade of the Catholic cathedral in Covington, Kentucky, in January as they near the completion of a major renovation.

Workers have been installing new gargoyles on the facade of the Catholic cathedral in Covington, Kentucky, known as “America’s Notre Dame," as they near the completion of a major renovation.

I DO NOT CARE IF THE PERSON ICE IS BRUTALIZING IS A U.S. CITIZEN OR NOT AND EVERY TIME YOU MAKE THE DISTINCTION IT'S LIKE YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE FINE WITH THEM BRUTALIZING IMMIGRANTS

a bald eagle surrounded by stars and stripes and the text "oh my god, what the fuck"

We've published deeply on Cuba, Venezuela, and US policy toward Latin America, and as these issues return to the headlines, history matters more than ever. Authors: if you’ve written on this topic, drop your book title + link below and let's build a thread that helps make sense of this moment.

Tuxedo cat with a half mustache looking neckless.

I have one of those, named Nightmare, ffs. My sweet and loud Klaus Nomi ❤️

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Under Trump, More Than 1,000 Nonprofits Strip DEI Language From Tax Forms As the Trump administration ordered agencies to eradicate “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, we identified more than 1,000 nonprofits that removed such language from the mission statem...

NEW: As the Trump administration ordered agencies to eradicate “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, we identified more than 1,000 nonprofits that removed such language from the mission statements in their tax filings.

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The Radium Girls by Kate Moore

The Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with 2 kids locked up in his wagon.

I see that Pete Hegseth is complaing again about soldiers with facial hair, so in response here is General Ambrose Burnside, shown on a bank note from Rhode Island where he served as governor from 1866-1869 and senator from 1875-1881. Blackstone Canal Bank, Providence, RI, $1, Jan 1, 1863. 🗃️