Today's abysmal jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich donโt create jobs or grow the economy.
What's required is investment in working people โ and better wages.
When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs.
Remember this.
Dorothy B. Porter is standing in front of window.
8 Badass Librarians We Need to Celebrate This International Womenโs Day
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Obras Selectas de la Celebre Monja de Mejico, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz" at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74087
#womenhistoryMonth #librarians #libraries
Dorothy B. Porter
Very interesting! Thank you @beccyscottuk.bsky.social
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This Day in Labor History: March 4, 1933. The newly inaugurated president Franklin Delano Roosevelt nominated Frances Perkins as Secretary of Labor. This first female cabinet member in American history was an amazing fighter for the working class and let's talk about her!!!!!
A macro photograph of an abalone shell where the abalone attaches
Macro Photograph of an Abalone Shell
#1143 taken 2:02 pm
Free template for writing down the measurements of your favourite sweater
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#knitting #knit #knitsky #bskyknits
#knitter #handknit #beginnerknitter
#showyourknits #knitwear
#sweaterweather #handmade
#justknitting #cables #yarn
#crafts #knitsweater
@capemayfiber.bsky.social Hello Vanessa! I just ordered some lovely yarn and Mermaid Tears and Iโm so excited! I forgot to use the welcome code. Can you help? Thanks, Carolyn
2 hour live stack of M81 and M82 through the Askar 120APO
Gonna head to bed early so I can wake up for the eclipse. My rig in the yard will continue to image throughout the night. Herer's a live stack of about 2 hours of M81/M82 in Dual Narrowband. Going after thst sweet h-alpha.
#astronomy #astrophotography #space
This time, it was Hilary Knightโs turn to provide a big laugh in the wake of a weeklong dustup involving the United States women and menโs gold medal-winning hockey teams.
Best wishes for a happy balcony garden!๐ชด
Iโm in an apartment now, and I miss my garden. So I ordered a plant tower for my balcony. I got one for my grands, too. I hope they work!
Black-and-white portrait photograph of Bertha von Suttner, an Austrian pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, taken in her later years. She faces the camera directly with a calm, dignified expression, her dark eyes gazing to the right right. She has voluminous, curly dark hair styled high and full around her face. She wears an elegant Victorian-era dark dress with a high neck, adorned by an elaborate wide lace collar featuring intricate floral patterns and scalloped edges that drape over her shoulders, giving a formal and regal appearance.
Author Bertha von Suttner, the "Generalissimo of the Peace Movement" was the first woman awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, 1905.
She established the Austrian Peace Society in 1891 & wrote one of the 19th century's most influential books, the anti-war novel ๐๐ข๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด. #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM
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The largest and sharpest image ever taken of the Andromeda galaxy โ otherwise known as M31. It is the biggest Hubble image ever released and shows over 100 million stars, thousands of star clusters in a section of the galaxyโs disc stretching across over 40 000 light-years.
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I went yesterday and got starter plants and seeds. It was glorious!
This is Hippo. He's visiting Scotland for the first time. Had no idea they made squeaky toys for humans too. 14/10 (TT: kelseydarragh)
And good luck with the button band. ๐
Iโm knotsoflove. It may be awhile before I get started on it. I have way too many WIPS! lol
Thank you so much! I love Ravelry!
Leaf sheep (Costasiella kuroshimae), a species of sea slug, retains the chloroplasts from algae they graze on to perform photosynthesis, a process known as kleptoplasty.
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Itโs so pretty. Charming!
Do you mind sharing the pattern for the sweater? Iโd like to try the slip stitch!
She will love it! And it looks like you have all the skill you need to make one for yourself!!
Baby stuff is so much fun to knit! Enjoy!
Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog Remember when they spent years telling us to panic over the hole in the ozone layer and then suddenly just stopped talking about it and nobody ever mentioned the ozone layer Derek Thompson @DKThomp What happened is scientists discovered chlorofluorocarbons were bad for the ozone, countries believed them, the Montreal Protocol was signed, and CFC use fell by 99.7%, leading to the stabilization of the ozone layer, perhaps the greatest example of global cooperation in history.
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This is so pretty! Iโd wear it all the time.
Cool shot.
