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Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 56m

Shin Shin Yunbok (a.k.a., HyeWon) (1758?), "Secret meeting on the night of the moon" (Kangsong Art & Culture Foundation)
혜원 신윤복 (1758~?) 의 풍속화를 묶은 화첩, \'혜원풍속도첩\'에 있는 그림들입니다. 모두 30점이 수록돼 있습니다. 현재 서울 성북구 간송 미술관에 보관돼 있으며, 국보 제 135호입니다. 1. 월야밀회 (달이 뜬 야밤에 몰래 만남)이하 간송미술문화재단
#Korea #Korean #art #미술 #한

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Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 59m

Sasha Senderovich: "This frame of @rafaelshimunov.bsky.social's video that places #EllenDeGeneres justifying her 'being kind' to #GeorgeWBush against the infamous #AbuGhraib photo is brilliant. Our culture's inability to process the severity of war crimes is damning"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-IL...

Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 1h

Lady Jane Grey (1537), Lillie Langtry (1853), Yves Montand [Ivo Livi] (1921), Margaret Thatcher (1925), Nana Mouskouri (1934), Paul Simon (1941), #MordechaiVanunu (1954), Maria Cantwell (1958), Jamal Khashoggi (1958), Ari Fleischer (1960) & Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (1989) were born #OnThisDay...

Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 1h

Ægishjálmur (Œgishjalmr) is a magical stave (the 'Helm of Terror') Sigurd takes from the dragon Fafnir's hoard after slaying him in the #Völsunga: "Ægishjálm er ég ber milli brúna mér" (I bear the helm of awe between my brows!)
norse-mythology.org/symbols/helm...
www.ancientpages.com/2018/05/25/t...

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Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 2h

#OnThisDay in 539 BCE, Persian troops of #Cyrus the Great entered Babylon as part of #Persia's conquest of the vast Babylonian empire — which included ancient #Palestine — an important moment in the #history of the ancient Near East...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_t...

Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 2h

#LucianoPavarotti was born #OnThisDay in 1935, becoming one of the leading tenors of his day & even a pop culture celebrity before he declined into self-parody; here's "Bella figlia dell'amore":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYRZ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bella_f...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciano...

Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 3h

#CharlesVI became Holy Roman Emperor #OnThisDay in 1711 but Kaiser Karl VI wasted most of his reign trying to get European states to accept his daughter as his heir instead of reforming the ramshackle #Habsburg empire he'd leave to Maria Theresa virtually bankrupt...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles...

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Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 4h

I just watched "Brian & Maggie" on PBS & Steven Coogan is wonderful as journalist Brian Walden; Harriet Walter is always superb; this is well written & well acted & very entertaining but communicates only a sliver of the truth about Thatcher & Thatcherism...

www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

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Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 7h

Kronprinz Ludwig (later Ludwig I) von Bayern married Prinzessin Therese von Saxe-Hildburghausen in München #OnThisDay in 1810, creating the #Oktoberfest that's become the world's largest Volksfest:
www.oktoberfest.net/history-okto...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oktober...
www.history.com/this-day-in-...

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Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 8h

#EdwardVI was born #OnThisDay in 1537, succeeding #HenryVIII in 1547 in a reign that was one of the most turbulent in England's history; his government was controlled by the Duke of Somerset & then by the Duke of Warwick...
www.worldhistory.org/Edward_VI_of...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VI

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Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 9h

#EricAdams "will go down in history as the anti-Black, Black mayor," Margaret Kimberley wrote eight months ago (2.19.25), saying of #AndrewCuomo that he's "smoother & smarter than Adams but brings the same bad political baggage": #ZohranMamdaniForMayor~!

www.blackagendareport.com/fall-eric-ad...

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Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 10h

#RalphVaughanWilliams was born in #England #OnThisDay in 1872; one of his greatest works is the "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis," performed here by the BBC Symphony Orchestra at Gloucester Cathedral, where it premiered in 1910:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihx5...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_V...

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Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 10h

Morticia & Gomie joined me in bed for a little catnap three years ago today (10.12.22) #chatons #gattini #gatitos #Kätzchen #kattunger #새끼고양이

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Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 11h

"Hoffnung auf Frieden" (hope for peace), declares Der Standard of Vienna (10.12.25). 2 million Gazans being deliberately starved to death by #ApartheidIsrael over the course of two full years now have hope that the #GazaGenocide is finally coming to an end...

www.democracynow.org/2025/10/9/ga...

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Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 11h

I'm breaking my fast with #dairyfree cashew & coconut yogurt, pomegranate arils, organic pecans & raw cacao nibs, eating for the first time in 19 hours; read the Mercy for Animals report on #AnimalCruelty in the #dairy industry:

dairy.mercyforanimals.org

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Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 12h

2.3 million Gazans being deliberately starved to death by #ApartheidIsrael over the course of two full years now have hope that the #GazaGenocide is finally coming to an end; it's time to release Marwan Barghouti & all Palestinian political prisoners~! 🍉
www.democracynow.org/2025/10/9/ga...

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Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 14h

#RalphVaughanWilliams was born in #England #OnThisDay in 1872; one of his greatest works is "The Lark Ascending," performed here by Hilary Hahn at the George Enescu Festival:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOWN...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_V...

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Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 1d

Edward VI of England (1537), Ramsay MacDonald (1866), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872), #AleisterCrowley (1875), Dick Gregory (1932), Luciano Pavarotti (1935), Chris Wallace (1947), Hugh Jackson (1968), Nancy Kerrigan (1969), Kirk Cameron (1970) & Li Wenliang (1986) were born #OnThisDay...

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Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 1d

#AnitaHill testified about being subjected to #sexualharassment by #ClarenceThomas #OnThisDay in 1991; #JoeBiden blocked corroborating witnesses from testifying & ensure confirmation of the most right-wing justice in the history of the #SupremeCourt... #CreepyJoe

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_H...

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Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 1d

New York State Assembly Member Brian Barnwell's staff with me at his National Coming Out Day event in Queens six years ago yesterday where I accepted a proclamation from his office recognizing Queens Pride House for the work we do on behalf of the LGBT community of Queens (10.10.19)

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Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 1d

We are like ships on the silver waves,
drifting out of control;
like capricious winds are our affections,
every pleasure is a rock,
the whole of life a sea.
Antonio Vivaldi, "Siam navi all'onde algenti" — aria from the opera "L'Olipiade" (text by Pietro Metastasio)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLgB...

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Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 1d

St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx had a special event 12 years ago today to launch its #LGBTQ initiative (10.11.13); this is the talk I gave on that occasion:

paulinepark.com/2013/10/09/t...

Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 1d

Holy Roman Emperor Charles V conferred rights to the succession of the duchy of #Milan to Philip II #OnThisDay in 1540; #Milano was the nodal point of the #CaminoEspañol, which was crucial in holding the #Habsburg empire together:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_o...

Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote this short blog post 15 years ago but it seems more relevant than ever for #ComingOutDay as the #transgender community faces unprecedented attacks from #DonaldTrump's #fascist administration:

paulinepark.com/2010/06/22/f...

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Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 1d

Hua Guofeng had Mao Zedongs's widow Jiang Qing & the other members of the #GangOfFour arrested #OnThisDay in 1976, bringing an end to the #CulturalRevolution that had torn #China apart for 10 years 江青

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang_Q...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_of...