maryjehane.bsky.social
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Remembering Thelma Ritter on her birthday 🎂
📷 Erich Hartmann, 1961

"She was never properly publicly recognized as an actress. She was a character actress, which means only that they don’t write any starring parts for middle-aged women."
- Paddy Chayefsky

Six Oscar noms & a Tony, though, Paddy!
February 14, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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Two of our senior mini horses, Jack and Dolly, breaking a trail in the snow. It always fills us with joy to see our older residents still living full, active, healthy lives!
February 14, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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Not the sharpest animal owner. 😎
February 14, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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How quickly some have forgotten:
No Irish
No Blacks
No Dogs.

We say:
No Trump,
No ICE,
No White House Shamrock.

#trump #eu #ICE #ForTheLoveOfDublin
February 11, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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11 February 1940 | Dutch Jewish girl, Carla Meijer, was born in Amsterdam (middle).

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork with her sisters Mia and Hetty in October 1943. They were all murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection with their mother Margaretha.
February 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Our new goats from the neglect case last month are so incredibly sweet. They seem very happy here getting all the food and water and love they want!
February 11, 2026 at 4:17 AM
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9 February 1923 | A Polish Jewish woman, Chawa Rosenfarb, was born in Łódź. A writer creating in Yiddish.

Deported from Litzmannstadt ghetto to #Auschwitz in August 1944. Liberated in Bergen-Belsen. From 1950, she lived in Canada. She passed away in 2011.
https://bit.ly/3ZYd5hC
February 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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4 February 1925 | A French Jewish woman, Ginette Kolinka (née Cherkasky), was born in Paris.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy in April 1944. She was transferred to Bergen-Belsen and then to #Theresienstadt. She survived.
Today she turns 101.
February 4, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Style section matriarch Myra MacPherson has died.

“When I sought my first newspaper job, there were no women covering anything but society news, fashion. I fought my way out of that niche..." www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Myra MacPherson, trailblazing Washington Post journalist, dies at 91
The longtime Style section reporter defied gender stereotypes, covering current affairs and writing books about the Vietnam War and power-couple marriages.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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Sweetest boy Buster making his bed! 💕
February 3, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Indeed, he is!
February 2, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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ICE was stealing equipment from the Islip Long Island fire department and a Islip Forward member documented it. ICE tried to arrest the community member but the firemen said “I don’t think so” www.islipforward.org
February 2, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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1 February 1928 | A Czech Jewish boy Petr Ginz was born in Prague. In #Theresienstadt Ghetto he was an editor-in-chief of a #magazine "Vedem" (In the lead): http://vedem-terezin.cz/en/home_en.html | Ginz was deported to #Auschwitz on 28 September 1944 and murdered in a gas chamber after
February 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Silent film actress Justine Johnstone - BOTD in 1895

After retiring from acting, Johnstone became a pioneering scientist and pathologist, helping to develop the cure for syphilis
January 31, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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Bout to close mine eyes. Say nite nite to this #Caturday. Wishing you sweet, peaceful sleep. Family sends hugs. Love you all 💤💙💤
February 1, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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Now, red yarn is sold out in knitting shops across Minneapolis

Inspiration came from a 1940s Norwegian hat

As a history buff, Neary chose the pattern based on a hat used to protest the Nazi occupation of Norway in the 1940s. The hats were called “nisselue,” which roughly translates to Santa hat.
A red hat, inspired by a symbol of resistance to Nazi occupation, gains traction in Minnesota — NPR
A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant commu...
apple.news
January 31, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it."
- Fred Korematsu

Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
January 30, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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Checking in with our new pigs Gus and Agnes! The vet saw them this week and while their body condition is poor, they are eating and drinking well so we're optimistic about their future. If you missed their complicated emergency rescue story you can read it here: www.patreon.com/posts/148954...
January 30, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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BRAVO, PHILIP GLASS 👏🏼

Kennedy Center hero 🎼
January 27, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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Hello from Agnes and Gus! It’s a bit emotional seeing them so eager for food attention, knowing that they likely would not have survived the weekend if we had not rescued them last week. Here’s the story in case you missed it: www.patreon.com/posts/emerge...
January 27, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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all three ladies are in the cat tree today! we get two on there pretty often but all three is unusual. a little hissing but now comfy.
January 25, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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25 January 1925 | A Polish Jewish woman, Blima Leipziger, was born in Königshütte (today Chorzów). During the war she lived in Sosnowiec.

She was deported from the ghetto there to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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🎧 Mass murder infrastructure at Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/tRwZ49q-9e0
January 25, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Say their names and spit
Say their names: Reps. Henry Cuellar (Texas), Jared Golden (Maine), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.), Laura Gillen (N.Y.), Don Davis (N.C.), Tom Suozzi (N.Y.) and Vicente Gonzalez
January 24, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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He was the greatest marathoner in Canadian history. He won the Boston Marathon, and defeated nearly all challenges in his career. On top of all that, he served Canada in the First World War.
Enjoy my the long form video for this week about Tom Longboat!
youtu.be/gWg37WLy1RA
Our Greatest Marathoner: Tom Longboat
YouTube video by Canadian History Ehx
youtu.be
January 24, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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24 January 1932 | A Pole, Bogdan Bartnikowski, was born in Warsaw.

He arrived at #Auschwitz in a transport from the Warsaw Uprising on 12 August 1944
No. 192731
He was evacuated from Auschwitz & survived the war.
Today, he celebrates his 94th birthday.
January 24, 2026 at 9:30 AM