Long before weed was legal anywhere, I planted some that sprouted beautifully. I came home one day to find only stems sticking out of the dirt. Assumed with paranoia that some law enforecement took samples & we'd get busted.

Then we saw the cat happily nibbling the stems.

A black-and-white photograph of astronomer Dr. Dorrit Hoffleit (1907–2007), a pioneering variable star researcher and co-author of the Yale Bright Star Catalogue, seated at a wooden desk in a dimly lit observatory or office. She is a middle-aged woman with short, neatly styled dark hair, wearing a patterned geometric blouse or dress with a textured, abstract design. Dr. Hoffleit smiles warmly and directly at the camera with a gentle, engaged expression. In front of her rests a large binocular microscope (likely for examining photographic plates of stars), its eyepieces and adjustment knobs clearly visible, positioned on the desk surface. The background shows wooden paneling and faint outlines of shelves or equipment, evoking the scholarly, hands-on environment of mid-20th-century astronomy. The image captures her dedication, intellectual curiosity, and significant contributions to stellar astronomy, including cataloging thousands of variable stars and advancing women's roles in the field.

🔭 Astronomer Dr. Dorrit Hoffleit is best known for her work in variable stars, astrometry, spectroscopy & meteors.

She was the compiler/editor of the most significant revisions to the Yale Bright Star Catalog, a standard reference in the field. She was born #OTD in 1907. #WomenInSTEM #astronomy

3/12/1934 — b. Virginia Hamilton, American author. Influential Af-Am children’s book author; changed children’s literature for generations of readers w/her impressive body of work. Wrote 41 books in many genres; recipient of every major #KidLit award #WomensHistoryMonth #womenwriters #WriterSky #woc

Mayan art from Palenque reveals the exceptional creativity of the city-state of Lakamha, Chiapas. Flourishing in the 7th century, it showcased its artistic achievements through intricately carved reliefs, stucco sculptures and painted ceramics and their deep connection to the environment and deities

Susan B Anthony

The contributions of Susan B. Anthony, an abolitionist and Quaker, are immeasurable. She was an American civil rights leader who fought for the rights of the enslaved African Americans and of women who had no rights. Without her, there would have been no women’s movement.
#ProudBlue #Women’sHistory

Dozens of U.S. service members in Kuwait suffered serious injuries, including burns, brain trauma and shrapnel wounds, sources say About 30 U.S. service members remained hospitalized Tuesday after an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait.

NEW: The Iranian drone strike that killed 6 U.S. troops in Kuwait at the start of the war was far more devastating than previously disclosed.

Dozens suffered traumatic brain injuries, burns, and shrapnel wounds. At least one required an amputation. More than 30 remain hospitalized. (CBS News)

Surviving women of sex abuse and trafficking by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislane Maxwell with photos of themselves at photos of themselves at the age of their abuse.

Remember these women? Have you been too distracted to think of them? That’s what they’re hoping you’ll do-forget about them. Please don’t. Demand all the files, investigation and prosecution. Justice delayed is justice denied.

The Dead South - In Hell I'll Be In Good Company [Official Music Video] YouTube video by The Dead South

Crazy day deserves a crazy type video. Makes us smile ..
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My hero and favorite Yankee tshirt.

It was a good workout.

I had 2 friends in NYC with whom I got together 3-4 times a week and followed this workout. We had a blast.

Hard to find anyone I dislike as much as Pumpkin and Elon, but Petey is it.

"I want freedom, the right to self-expression, everybody's right to beautiful, radiant things. Anarchism meant that to me, and I would live it in spite of the whole world — prisons, persecution, everything."

Emma Goldman

#InternationalWomensDay

Markwayne Mullin's Departure Allows Tommy Tuberville to Secure Title of Dumbest Senator The jubilant Alabaman celebrated his new title.

Markwayne Mullin's Departure Allows Tommy Tuberville to Secure Title of Dumbest Senator
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Both of these cost $220 million.

Still true.

Chronic pain affects every part of one's life. You have my most sincere sympathy.

I hope you find docs/meds that can pinpoint and alleviate your discomfort.

Copper alloy Roman zoomorphic brooch in the form of a seated greyhound.
1st/2nd century AD, found in Lincolnshire.
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Nope!!!!

#Iran

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

Epstein files must be released.

Lovely. Thank you for posting it.

Fatoumata Diawara - Nterini YouTube video by Fatoumata Diawara

Some rhythms don’t knock.
They just rock up — like a yard filling up before you even realize the music started.

You can almost see it: warm air, neighbors leaning over balconies, somebody clapping the beat from across the way.

Agree.

As an aside, this was turned into a wonderful Bway musical by Hal David & Burt Bacharach with a book by Neil Simon.

Rare that one gets a double gem like that.

I loved Farscape.

I have been to neither Ravenna nor Instanbul in decades. Thanks for the tip. Now I can pull out the mammoth box of old slides and see what I can find.