Emperor Kōmei, 121st emperor of #Japan, died OTD in 1867 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/kofun/empress-iwa-no-hime.html?s=mb #travel #history
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Use Your Illusion I is the third studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released by Geffen Records on September 17, 1991, the same day as its counterpart Use Your Illusion II. It was the band's first album with keyboardist Dizzy Reed, and drummer Matt Sorum, who replaced Steven Adler
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Use Your Illusion I is the third studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released by Geffen Records on September 17, 1991, the same day as its counterpart Use Your Illusion II. It was the band's first album with keyboardist Dizzy Reed, and drummer Matt Sorum, who replaced Steven Adler
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Keep the Faith, released on November 3, 1992, by Mercury Records, is the fifth studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi. Produced by Bob Rock, and recorded at the Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, it is the band's last studio album to include all five original band members.
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Keep the Faith, released on November 3, 1992, by Mercury Records, is the fifth studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi. Produced by Bob Rock, and recorded at the Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, it is the band's last studio album to include all five original band members.
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What makes this moment distinctive is not the violence, but the audience encountering it. When white Americans describe this behavior as “what dictatorships do,” they are not wrong but they are late in recognition. America has long depended on techniques commonly associated with authoritarian regimes, while insulating much of white America from their routine application. That insulation is now thinning. The shock is real. The surprise is telling. But neither is unprecedented.
What makes this moment distinctive is not the violence, but the audience encountering it. When white Americans describe this behavior as “what dictatorships do,” they are not wrong but they are late in recognition. America has long depended on techniques commonly associated with authoritarian regimes, while insulating much of white America from their routine application. That insulation is now thinning. The shock is real. The surprise is telling. But neither is unprecedented.
March 31, 1870, the morning after the 15th Amendment became law, Thomas Mundy Peterson (1824-1904) entered a polling place in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and cast a ballot, the first Black American to vote under its authority, while the nation barely noticed. In this unremarkable setting an ordinary act of governance, a single vote in a small city, federal citizenship met local power and the meaning of political inclusion was tested in practice rather than proclaimed in theory.
March 31, 1870, the morning after the 15th Amendment became law, Thomas Mundy Peterson (1824-1904) entered a polling place in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and cast a ballot, the first Black American to vote under its authority, while the nation barely noticed. In this unremarkable setting an ordinary act of governance, a single vote in a small city, federal citizenship met local power and the meaning of political inclusion was tested in practice rather than proclaimed in theory.
Bronze Age hilltop settlement and 2400 BCE farming evidence found in Northumberland Cheviot Hills
https://archaeologymag.com/2026/01/bronze-age-settlement-in-northumberland-cheviot-hills/
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Bronze Age hilltop settlement and 2400 BCE farming evidence found in Northumberland Cheviot Hills
https://archaeologymag.com/2026/01/bronze-age-settlement-in-northumberland-cheviot-hills/
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The Challenger disaster is the first major world event that I can remember from childhood.
40 years ago today.
Dick Scobee, commander
Michael J. Smith, pilot
Ronald McNair, mission specialist
Ellison Onizuka, mission specialist
Judith Resnik, mission specialist
Gregory Jarvis, payload specialist
Christa McAuliffe, payload specialist, teacher
New York City’s oldest resident, Louise Jean Signore, has died at the age of 113. Born in Harlem in 1912, she lived long enough to witness two world wars, the Great Depression, the moon landing, and the World Trade Center twin towers being both built and destroyed. At the time of her death she was the 4th oldest living person from the U.S., 15th in the world.
New York City’s oldest resident, Louise Jean Signore, has died at the age of 113. Born in Harlem in 1912, she lived long enough to witness two world wars, the Great Depression, the moon landing, and the World Trade Center twin towers being both built and destroyed. At the time of her death she was the 4th oldest living person from the U.S., 15th in the world.
Australia Day is a fine time to learn about Oliver Cromwell's discovery of the antipodal continent where the coriolus force does not reverse your toilet https://toilet-guru.com/blog/41.html?s=mb #travel #AustraliaDay #history @PopeGrover
Australia Day is a fine time to learn about Oliver Cromwell's discovery of the antipodal continent where the coriolus force does not reverse your toilet https://toilet-guru.com/blog/41.html?s=mb #travel #AustraliaDay #history @PopeGrover
Here's something to brighten up everyone's timeline. Yesterday she who is my girlfriend and I went to the pen museum in Birmingham.
Fun fact: back in the day 75% of all pen nibs were made in this city ✒️
It was a fun experience where you got to make your own nib on Victorian machines (under supervision) and got a free antique nib.
Pictures of my nib will be forthcoming as I left mine at my swimgf's place.
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For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (often abbreviated as F.U.C.K.) is the ninth studio album by American rock band Van Halen. It was released on June 17, 1991, on Warner Bros. Records and is the third to feature vocalist Sammy Hagar.
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For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (often abbreviated as F.U.C.K.) is the ninth studio album by American rock band Van Halen. It was released on June 17, 1991, on Warner Bros. Records and is the third to feature vocalist Sammy Hagar.
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