LauraEH/Opheliacat
@lauraeh.bsky.social
NYC by way of Chicago. Editor, design historian and educational consultant, now having fun telling people where to go (as a museum volunteer).
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"We can't allow fact checkers into the country" is late-stage USSR shit, real end-of-empire stuff
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"We can't allow fact checkers into the country" is late-stage USSR shit, real end-of-empire stuff
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Trying out a new PCP's office, and their "preferred language" dropdown on the intake form is time-traveler inclusive.
December 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Trying out a new PCP's office, and their "preferred language" dropdown on the intake form is time-traveler inclusive.
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Does empathy make you less reasonable?
New study shows empathy and reasoning aren’t rivals – they work together.
"Each predicts more generous, far-reaching acts of assistance. And when they operate side by side, people tend to help in the fairest ways."
theconversation.com/empathy-and-...
New study shows empathy and reasoning aren’t rivals – they work together.
"Each predicts more generous, far-reaching acts of assistance. And when they operate side by side, people tend to help in the fairest ways."
theconversation.com/empathy-and-...
Empathy and reasoning aren’t rivals – new research shows they work together to drive people to help more
Those driven by both heart and mind help the most people, even far beyond their own circle.
theconversation.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Does empathy make you less reasonable?
New study shows empathy and reasoning aren’t rivals – they work together.
"Each predicts more generous, far-reaching acts of assistance. And when they operate side by side, people tend to help in the fairest ways."
theconversation.com/empathy-and-...
New study shows empathy and reasoning aren’t rivals – they work together.
"Each predicts more generous, far-reaching acts of assistance. And when they operate side by side, people tend to help in the fairest ways."
theconversation.com/empathy-and-...
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Macy's throwing nostalgia goggles on State Street nearly 20 years after then-CEO Terry Lundgren openly mocked Chicagoans pissed about the assimilation of Marshall Field's will never not be weird to me.
December 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Macy's throwing nostalgia goggles on State Street nearly 20 years after then-CEO Terry Lundgren openly mocked Chicagoans pissed about the assimilation of Marshall Field's will never not be weird to me.
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For the first time ever, the most famous American in the world is not the president or a Hollywood icon or tech billionaire—it’s the pope.
In a society that often equates American influence with might or money, now our foremost representative on the global stage is a humble man in a white cassock.
In a society that often equates American influence with might or money, now our foremost representative on the global stage is a humble man in a white cassock.
December 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
For the first time ever, the most famous American in the world is not the president or a Hollywood icon or tech billionaire—it’s the pope.
In a society that often equates American influence with might or money, now our foremost representative on the global stage is a humble man in a white cassock.
In a society that often equates American influence with might or money, now our foremost representative on the global stage is a humble man in a white cassock.
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But the memory of the Victory Bike program, and the imagery of women on the homefront (bravely independent in wartime work on bicycles), persisted. This 2016 Talbots catalog cover re-creates the 1942 New Yorker #treebybike cover faithfully, down to the dog and the farmhouse and even the layout.
December 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
But the memory of the Victory Bike program, and the imagery of women on the homefront (bravely independent in wartime work on bicycles), persisted. This 2016 Talbots catalog cover re-creates the 1942 New Yorker #treebybike cover faithfully, down to the dog and the farmhouse and even the layout.
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It's time once again for my annual #treebybike post. This is the 12/19/42 cover of @newyorker.com, so one full year after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This would be the first real Christmas alone, or without a family member, for millions in the US. Gas and tire rationing had begun earlier that year.🗃️
December 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It's time once again for my annual #treebybike post. This is the 12/19/42 cover of @newyorker.com, so one full year after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This would be the first real Christmas alone, or without a family member, for millions in the US. Gas and tire rationing had begun earlier that year.🗃️
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Berenice Abbott, Automat, 977 Eighth Avenue, Manhattan, February 10, 1936
August 3, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Berenice Abbott, Automat, 977 Eighth Avenue, Manhattan, February 10, 1936
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Nordic people know how to beat the winter blues. Here’s how they do it.
apnews.com/article/be-w...
apnews.com/article/be-w...
Nordic people know how to beat the winter blues. Here's how to find light in the darkest months
The Nordic countries are no strangers to the long, dark winter. Despite little to no daylight, people who live in parts of northern Europe have learned how to cope mentally and physically with the ann...
apnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Nordic people know how to beat the winter blues. Here’s how they do it.
apnews.com/article/be-w...
apnews.com/article/be-w...
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L Frank Baum wrote The Wizard of Oz at this location at 1667 Humboldt Blvd,
Chicago
Chicago
December 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
L Frank Baum wrote The Wizard of Oz at this location at 1667 Humboldt Blvd,
Chicago
Chicago
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And yet…not all writing endures. In this painting from c1490, we see a man taking down notes on a wax tablet. You can see the metal stylus he uses has a “rake” at one end for erasing once he needs to re-use the wax.
December 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
And yet…not all writing endures. In this painting from c1490, we see a man taking down notes on a wax tablet. You can see the metal stylus he uses has a “rake” at one end for erasing once he needs to re-use the wax.
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Pope Leo XIV had an important meeting this morning.
December 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Pope Leo XIV had an important meeting this morning.
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The 14th Amendment is as clearly and unambiguously written as any law on the books. Politically it was intended to suppress former Confederates and prevent the conditions that led to the Civil War. To attack it is to give comfort to their heirs and cut into the seams of our society.
December 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The 14th Amendment is as clearly and unambiguously written as any law on the books. Politically it was intended to suppress former Confederates and prevent the conditions that led to the Civil War. To attack it is to give comfort to their heirs and cut into the seams of our society.
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Fritz Lang mixing a drink in his Berlin apartment. 1932 📸 by Martin Munkácsi.
#smlpdf #sheetmusic #Noten #partituras #spartiti 乐谱 樂譜
sheetmusiclibrary.website
#smlpdf #sheetmusic #Noten #partituras #spartiti 乐谱 樂譜
sheetmusiclibrary.website
December 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Fritz Lang mixing a drink in his Berlin apartment. 1932 📸 by Martin Munkácsi.
#smlpdf #sheetmusic #Noten #partituras #spartiti 乐谱 樂譜
sheetmusiclibrary.website
#smlpdf #sheetmusic #Noten #partituras #spartiti 乐谱 樂譜
sheetmusiclibrary.website
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Aw, man. RIP — British photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73
Parr rose to prominence in the mid 1980s, his colourful images capturing British life.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Aw, man. RIP — British photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Still beautiful though…
December 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Still beautiful though…
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- Isla: The Paris Years
- Laszlo on the Run
- Brazzaville: A Rick & Renault Story
- Letters of Transit: Mystery & Murder
- SAM! The Musical
- Laszlo on the Run
- Brazzaville: A Rick & Renault Story
- Letters of Transit: Mystery & Murder
- SAM! The Musical
The Casablanca Cinematic Universe #CCU
December 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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eu trabalhandinho
December 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
eu trabalhandinho
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the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
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Brett Kavanaugh sees no problem with this woman being forced to do this every day for the rest of her life
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Brett Kavanaugh sees no problem with this woman being forced to do this every day for the rest of her life
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I think we’ve found the most British crime:
Four people have been arrested after custard and apple crumble were flung at a display case containing part of the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London.
Four people have been arrested after custard and apple crumble were flung at a display case containing part of the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London.
Four arrested after Tower of London display case containing State Crown defaced
The group Take Back Power says its members poured custard and apple crumble on the Crown Jewels display.
www.bbc.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I think we’ve found the most British crime:
Four people have been arrested after custard and apple crumble were flung at a display case containing part of the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London.
Four people have been arrested after custard and apple crumble were flung at a display case containing part of the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London.
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I've been saying this for a year now: the Democrats have missed a gigantic political opportunity--and, at this point, have failed in an ethical obligation--to create a shadow-government health department that dispenses medically accurate information, guidance, and advice.
WATCH: A CDC panel voted to end the recommendation that newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine, despite a 99% drop in cases since in the 30 years since it was implemented. Chris Hayes and Brandy Zadrozny react. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6REM...
CDC Panel ends recommendation for newborn hepatitis B shot
YouTube video by MS NOW
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December 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I've been saying this for a year now: the Democrats have missed a gigantic political opportunity--and, at this point, have failed in an ethical obligation--to create a shadow-government health department that dispenses medically accurate information, guidance, and advice.