Inna Shtakser
@innash.bsky.social
I am a historian of social movements in the Russian empire and an author of Palgrave published The Making of Jewish Revolutionaries in the Pale of Settlement: Community and Identity During the Russian Revolution and Its Immediate Aftermath, 1905–07.
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“Wages for housework was a means, and its end was the destruction of capitalism.” 💪💪💪
While today’s waged care worker might be doubly burdened—caring within the home and beyond it—this means that unlike her housewife foremother she is not isolated. Within a workplace, there is the possibility of organizing and collective bargaining.
@emilybaughan.bsky.social on Wages for Housework:
@emilybaughan.bsky.social on Wages for Housework:
The Care Factory - Boston Review
In the decades since the Wages for Housework movement, care work has become a site of profit in ways its leaders could never have predicted.
www.bostonreview.net
December 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
“Wages for housework was a means, and its end was the destruction of capitalism.” 💪💪💪
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I realized I never posted this! I took this sometime in October I believe. This was like.. My third attempt at the Orion Nebula? Something like that idk.
About 6 hours of exposure time I believe.
#astrophotography
About 6 hours of exposure time I believe.
#astrophotography
December 7, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I realized I never posted this! I took this sometime in October I believe. This was like.. My third attempt at the Orion Nebula? Something like that idk.
About 6 hours of exposure time I believe.
#astrophotography
About 6 hours of exposure time I believe.
#astrophotography
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"In The #Sky There Are No Limits"
Orion Nebula With Stars
March 15, 2024
Composed of 258 stacked shots
Taken with a Canon 90D and 18-135mm lens at 135mm
#BlueSkyArtShow #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Photography #NightSky
Orion Nebula With Stars
March 15, 2024
Composed of 258 stacked shots
Taken with a Canon 90D and 18-135mm lens at 135mm
#BlueSkyArtShow #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Photography #NightSky
December 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"In The #Sky There Are No Limits"
Orion Nebula With Stars
March 15, 2024
Composed of 258 stacked shots
Taken with a Canon 90D and 18-135mm lens at 135mm
#BlueSkyArtShow #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Photography #NightSky
Orion Nebula With Stars
March 15, 2024
Composed of 258 stacked shots
Taken with a Canon 90D and 18-135mm lens at 135mm
#BlueSkyArtShow #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Photography #NightSky
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🌹 random rose 🌹
December 5th 2023
December 5th 2023
December 2, 2025 at 5:58 AM
🌹 random rose 🌹
December 5th 2023
December 5th 2023
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Roman military helped bring cats to Europe | Popular Science
www.popsci.com/environment/...
www.popsci.com/environment/...
Roman military helped bring cats to Europe
Military roads helped the felines domesticate about 2,000 years ago.
www.popsci.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Roman military helped bring cats to Europe | Popular Science
www.popsci.com/environment/...
www.popsci.com/environment/...
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'They killed his son. They bombed his hospital. They blocked the supplies he used to treat children screaming in pain.
But he wouldn’t stop saving lives – until Israeli forces imprisoned and reportedly tortured him.'
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
But he wouldn’t stop saving lives – until Israeli forces imprisoned and reportedly tortured him.'
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
Free Dr Abu Safiya
Israel has Gaza’s top paediatrician and around 90 other Palestinian medics in military prisons. Join the global call for their freedom!
secure.avaaz.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
'They killed his son. They bombed his hospital. They blocked the supplies he used to treat children screaming in pain.
But he wouldn’t stop saving lives – until Israeli forces imprisoned and reportedly tortured him.'
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
But he wouldn’t stop saving lives – until Israeli forces imprisoned and reportedly tortured him.'
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
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Section of Hadrian’s Wall discovered at Drumburgh – The Past
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Section of Hadrian’s Wall discovered at Drumburgh | The Past
Excavations at Drumburgh, 10 miles (16km) from Carlisle, have unearthed a section of Hadrian’s Wall – the best-preserved part of the frontier fortification ...
the-past.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Section of Hadrian’s Wall discovered at Drumburgh – The Past
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the-past.com/news/section...
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30 November 1936 | A Belgian Jewish girl, Anna van Kreveld, was born in Borgerhout. She emigrated to The Netherlands.
In November 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Ggas chambers & crematoria of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
In November 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Ggas chambers & crematoria of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
30 November 1936 | A Belgian Jewish girl, Anna van Kreveld, was born in Borgerhout. She emigrated to The Netherlands.
In November 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Ggas chambers & crematoria of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
In November 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Ggas chambers & crematoria of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
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An MP in Zimbabwe has called for the repeal of the country's "backwards" 1977 abortion law. He argued that safe abortion should be available to a wider range of Zimbabwean women, as it is currently restricted to a privileged few. Each year, 60,000 women die due to unsafe abortion.
It’s Time To Scrap Zimbabwe’s Outdated Abortion Law - Molokele ⋆ Pindula News
Hwange Central MP Daniel Molokele (CCC) has called for the repeal of the 1977 Termination of Pregnancy Act, describing it as one of the most backward laws in Zimbabwe. Molokele made the comments at a ...
news.pindula.co.zw
November 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An MP in Zimbabwe has called for the repeal of the country's "backwards" 1977 abortion law. He argued that safe abortion should be available to a wider range of Zimbabwean women, as it is currently restricted to a privileged few. Each year, 60,000 women die due to unsafe abortion.
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#OtD 28 Nov 1985 a Shell report showed they knew that global heating was real, caused by fossil fuels, and that global temp and sea levels were rising and would rise further. Shell covered it up and began sponsoring fake studies to deny climate change stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1004...
November 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
#OtD 28 Nov 1985 a Shell report showed they knew that global heating was real, caused by fossil fuels, and that global temp and sea levels were rising and would rise further. Shell covered it up and began sponsoring fake studies to deny climate change stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1004...
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🌹 random rose 🌹
December 5th 2023
December 5th 2023
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🌹 random rose 🌹
December 5th 2023
December 5th 2023
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📜 Collective Petition of the Wallachian Boyars and the Christian community, expressing their satisfaction with the administration of Governor Mati (Voivode of #Wallachia) and requesting the extension of his term of office, 1634. #17thCentury
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
📜 Collective Petition of the Wallachian Boyars and the Christian community, expressing their satisfaction with the administration of Governor Mati (Voivode of #Wallachia) and requesting the extension of his term of office, 1634. #17thCentury
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In Italy, the murders of women killed for misogynistic reasons will now be punishable by life in prison, after lawmakers ratified a law introducing the crime of femicide into the country’s criminal code. nyti.ms/3XXYMZn
Italy Passes a Femicide Law, Seeking to Prevent Violence Against Women
Murders of women killed for misogynistic reasons will now be classified as femicide. Campaigners say a broader cultural shift is still needed.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
In Italy, the murders of women killed for misogynistic reasons will now be punishable by life in prison, after lawmakers ratified a law introducing the crime of femicide into the country’s criminal code. nyti.ms/3XXYMZn
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Lives cut short by whatever means always leave us wondering about lost potential (apart from any other kind of grief). Czechoslovak geologist & mineralogist Ludmila Slávíkova (1890–1943) died aged 53 at the hands of the most brutal regime imaginable ⚒️🧪🌊
www.geological-digressions.com/ludmila-slav...
www.geological-digressions.com/ludmila-slav...
Ludmila Slavikova, (1890–1943)
Czechoslovak geologist and mineralogist Ludmila Slávíkova was scientist who died aged 53 at the hands of the most brutal regime imaginable.
www.geological-digressions.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Lives cut short by whatever means always leave us wondering about lost potential (apart from any other kind of grief). Czechoslovak geologist & mineralogist Ludmila Slávíkova (1890–1943) died aged 53 at the hands of the most brutal regime imaginable ⚒️🧪🌊
www.geological-digressions.com/ludmila-slav...
www.geological-digressions.com/ludmila-slav...
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We must continue pressuring our leaders to ensure that a true, lasting ceasefire becomes reality.
www.972mag.com/gazan-doctor...
www.972mag.com/gazan-doctor...
The Gazan doctors still languishing in Israeli prisons
While some were released in the ceasefire, Israel still holds 80 Palestinian medical workers without charge. Their families are demanding their freedom.
www.972mag.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
We must continue pressuring our leaders to ensure that a true, lasting ceasefire becomes reality.
www.972mag.com/gazan-doctor...
www.972mag.com/gazan-doctor...
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A disruptive neighbour www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Though interesting to look at, NGC 1511 is one galaxy you might not want for a neighbour. Seen in this ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week, NGC 1511 is a peculiar spiral galaxy located roughly 50 million light-years away in the constellation Hydrus.
Though interesting to look at, NGC 1511 is one galaxy you might not want for a neighbour. Seen in this ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week, NGC 1511 is a peculiar spiral galaxy located roughly 50 million light-years away in the constellation Hydrus.
November 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
A disruptive neighbour www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Though interesting to look at, NGC 1511 is one galaxy you might not want for a neighbour. Seen in this ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week, NGC 1511 is a peculiar spiral galaxy located roughly 50 million light-years away in the constellation Hydrus.
Though interesting to look at, NGC 1511 is one galaxy you might not want for a neighbour. Seen in this ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week, NGC 1511 is a peculiar spiral galaxy located roughly 50 million light-years away in the constellation Hydrus.
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the multi-year lack of a truly functional manuscripts catalog at the BL is finally over!!!!
Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
Restoring our services – November 2025 update
In the coming weeks and months we will be restoring a number of key functions.
www.bl.uk
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
the multi-year lack of a truly functional manuscripts catalog at the BL is finally over!!!!
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A spiral galaxy, observed with the Hubble Space Telescope in the CANDELS-GOODS survey.
It is at redshift 0.20 (lookback time 2.52 billion years) with coordinates (53.09177, -27.90789).
76 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo CANDELS.
It is at redshift 0.20 (lookback time 2.52 billion years) with coordinates (53.09177, -27.90789).
76 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo CANDELS.
November 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A spiral galaxy, observed with the Hubble Space Telescope in the CANDELS-GOODS survey.
It is at redshift 0.20 (lookback time 2.52 billion years) with coordinates (53.09177, -27.90789).
76 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo CANDELS.
It is at redshift 0.20 (lookback time 2.52 billion years) with coordinates (53.09177, -27.90789).
76 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo CANDELS.
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Global leaders must fully meet the funding target to replenish the #GlobalFund this week. The failure to prevent catastrophic cuts and soaring costs for patients threatens decades of progress against HIV, TB and malaria.
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Leaders’ failure to fully replenish Global Fund threatens decades of progress against HIV, TB, and malaria | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF urges world leaders to fully fund the Global Fund’s $25 billion target to prevent deadly setbacks in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria ahead of the 2025 summit.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Global leaders must fully meet the funding target to replenish the #GlobalFund this week. The failure to prevent catastrophic cuts and soaring costs for patients threatens decades of progress against HIV, TB and malaria.
ow.ly/gXJH50XuPHe
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#OtD 21 Nov 1897 Jewish anarchist textile worker Mollie Steimer was born in Ukraine (then Russia). Moving to NYC, she was repeatedly jailed for supporting the Russian revolution. Deported to Russia, she was then deported by the Bolsheviks to Siberia stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9424...
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#OtD 21 Nov 1897 Jewish anarchist textile worker Mollie Steimer was born in Ukraine (then Russia). Moving to NYC, she was repeatedly jailed for supporting the Russian revolution. Deported to Russia, she was then deported by the Bolsheviks to Siberia stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9424...