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Guy living in New England
✅ #history, #retro pics, and #trivia
✅ #quotations and surprising eloquence spotted in the wild
✅ #baseball, especially the #Boston […]
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✅ #history, #retro pics, and #trivia
✅ #quotations and surprising eloquence spotted in the wild
✅ #baseball, especially the #Boston […]
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from Africa, to the slave ship, to the river boats, to the big city, to the jazz clubs
"The Evolution of Swing"
by Raymond Steth, Works Progress Administration artist c.1940
#jazz #swingmusic #swingdancing #ushistory #blackartists #musichistory #blackhistory #1940s #americanart
"The Evolution of Swing"
by Raymond Steth, Works Progress Administration artist c.1940
#jazz #swingmusic #swingdancing #ushistory #blackartists #musichistory #blackhistory #1940s #americanart
January 2, 2026 at 10:04 PM
from Africa, to the slave ship, to the river boats, to the big city, to the jazz clubs
"The Evolution of Swing"
by Raymond Steth, Works Progress Administration artist c.1940
#jazz #swingmusic #swingdancing #ushistory #blackartists #musichistory #blackhistory #1940s #americanart
"The Evolution of Swing"
by Raymond Steth, Works Progress Administration artist c.1940
#jazz #swingmusic #swingdancing #ushistory #blackartists #musichistory #blackhistory #1940s #americanart
from Africa, to the slave ship, to the river boats, to the big city, to the jazz clubs
"The Evolution of Swing"
by Raymond Steth, Works Progress Administration artist c.1940
#jazz #swingmusic #swingdancing #ushistory #blackartists #musichistory #blackhistory #1940s #americanart
"The Evolution of Swing"
by Raymond Steth, Works Progress Administration artist c.1940
#jazz #swingmusic #swingdancing #ushistory #blackartists #musichistory #blackhistory #1940s #americanart
January 2, 2026 at 10:04 PM
from Africa, to the slave ship, to the river boats, to the big city, to the jazz clubs
"The Evolution of Swing"
by Raymond Steth, Works Progress Administration artist c.1940
#jazz #swingmusic #swingdancing #ushistory #blackartists #musichistory #blackhistory #1940s #americanart
"The Evolution of Swing"
by Raymond Steth, Works Progress Administration artist c.1940
#jazz #swingmusic #swingdancing #ushistory #blackartists #musichistory #blackhistory #1940s #americanart
January 2, 2026 at 12:40 AM
"The Philosopher"
beer advertisement
American Beer Company
Boston, Mass. c.1880
#beer #boston #massachusetts #oldadvertisements
beer advertisement
American Beer Company
Boston, Mass. c.1880
#beer #boston #massachusetts #oldadvertisements
December 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"The Philosopher"
beer advertisement
American Beer Company
Boston, Mass. c.1880
#beer #boston #massachusetts #oldadvertisements
beer advertisement
American Beer Company
Boston, Mass. c.1880
#beer #boston #massachusetts #oldadvertisements
It's a tiny comfort to know the current struggle with housing supply and landlords has happened before. Rebecca Rogers died in Kent, UK in 1688. Of all the things about Rebecca's life that could serve as her epitaph, she (or her family) chose to carve this on the gravestone:
"A house she hath […]
"A house she hath […]
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hear-me.social
December 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
It's a tiny comfort to know the current struggle with housing supply and landlords has happened before. Rebecca Rogers died in Kent, UK in 1688. Of all the things about Rebecca's life that could serve as her epitaph, she (or her family) chose to carve this on the gravestone:
"A house she hath […]
"A house she hath […]
Fenway Park and MGM Music Hall concession workers ratified a new contract with Aramark! They had been without a contract from the end of 2024 until yesterday.
Full details are not released yet. But it sounds like the employees got more stable hours, increases in wages/commissions, and better […]
Full details are not released yet. But it sounds like the employees got more stable hours, increases in wages/commissions, and better […]
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hear-me.social
December 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Fenway Park and MGM Music Hall concession workers ratified a new contract with Aramark! They had been without a contract from the end of 2024 until yesterday.
Full details are not released yet. But it sounds like the employees got more stable hours, increases in wages/commissions, and better […]
Full details are not released yet. But it sounds like the employees got more stable hours, increases in wages/commissions, and better […]
detail from "Pineapple, Corn, and Peppers," in Die Pflanze in Kunst und Gewerbe, vol. 2 (1886)
h/t @oldbookillustrations
#illustration #mesoamerica #mesoamerican #lithographs #latinamerica #german #19thc #c19th #plants #oldbook #pineapple #paprika #maize #corn
h/t @oldbookillustrations
#illustration #mesoamerica #mesoamerican #lithographs #latinamerica #german #19thc #c19th #plants #oldbook #pineapple #paprika #maize #corn
December 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
detail from "Pineapple, Corn, and Peppers," in Die Pflanze in Kunst und Gewerbe, vol. 2 (1886)
h/t @oldbookillustrations
#illustration #mesoamerica #mesoamerican #lithographs #latinamerica #german #19thc #c19th #plants #oldbook #pineapple #paprika #maize #corn
h/t @oldbookillustrations
#illustration #mesoamerica #mesoamerican #lithographs #latinamerica #german #19thc #c19th #plants #oldbook #pineapple #paprika #maize #corn
I got to read about a dozen nonfiction #books in 2025, and here are the best few (if anyone is looking for ideas):
1) Big Hair and Plastic Grass: a funky ride through baseball and America in the swinging '70s
by Dan Epstein
Seriously, this book made me prouder to be American. And it's […]
1) Big Hair and Plastic Grass: a funky ride through baseball and America in the swinging '70s
by Dan Epstein
Seriously, this book made me prouder to be American. And it's […]
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hear-me.social
December 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I got to read about a dozen nonfiction #books in 2025, and here are the best few (if anyone is looking for ideas):
1) Big Hair and Plastic Grass: a funky ride through baseball and America in the swinging '70s
by Dan Epstein
Seriously, this book made me prouder to be American. And it's […]
1) Big Hair and Plastic Grass: a funky ride through baseball and America in the swinging '70s
by Dan Epstein
Seriously, this book made me prouder to be American. And it's […]
I know #gerontocracy is the rule rather than exception in the U.S., but oh my, the #lds Church is extreme. They make the Catholic hierarchy look like a K-pop fan club:
- LDS President Russell M. Nelson died a few months ago at 101
- he was succeeded by the […]
[Original post on hear-me.social]
- LDS President Russell M. Nelson died a few months ago at 101
- he was succeeded by the […]
[Original post on hear-me.social]
December 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I know #gerontocracy is the rule rather than exception in the U.S., but oh my, the #lds Church is extreme. They make the Catholic hierarchy look like a K-pop fan club:
- LDS President Russell M. Nelson died a few months ago at 101
- he was succeeded by the […]
[Original post on hear-me.social]
- LDS President Russell M. Nelson died a few months ago at 101
- he was succeeded by the […]
[Original post on hear-me.social]
December 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Reposted by 🧑🎄Santa Prefers Falafel🧆
Towards a leftist reading of Home Alone (1990 American holiday film):
Eight year old Kevin, innocent but clever, represents the generation raised in Ronald Reagan's America. The character was born c.1981.
His parents reveal their bad judgment in the first […]
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Eight year old Kevin, innocent but clever, represents the generation raised in Ronald Reagan's America. The character was born c.1981.
His parents reveal their bad judgment in the first […]
[Original post on hear-me.social]
December 21, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Towards a leftist reading of Home Alone (1990 American holiday film):
Eight year old Kevin, innocent but clever, represents the generation raised in Ronald Reagan's America. The character was born c.1981.
His parents reveal their bad judgment in the first […]
[Original post on hear-me.social]
Eight year old Kevin, innocent but clever, represents the generation raised in Ronald Reagan's America. The character was born c.1981.
His parents reveal their bad judgment in the first […]
[Original post on hear-me.social]
December 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Do content warnings prevent hashtags (below the "Show more" line) from working? In other words, will my CW'd post still show up in the feeds of people who follow the hashtag, but don't follow me?
#askmastodon #fedihelp
#askmastodon #fedihelp
December 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Do content warnings prevent hashtags (below the "Show more" line) from working? In other words, will my CW'd post still show up in the feeds of people who follow the hashtag, but don't follow me?
#askmastodon #fedihelp
#askmastodon #fedihelp
[CW: ad for human "exhibit” in the 1800s; it's as racist as you'd expect]
The "Aztec children," who were in fact Salvadoran adults with microcephaly, were exhibited in Boston at least twice: 1850 and 1862. I'm not sure who the African woman who toured with […]
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The "Aztec children," who were in fact Salvadoran adults with microcephaly, were exhibited in Boston at least twice: 1850 and 1862. I'm not sure who the African woman who toured with […]
[Original post on hear-me.social]
December 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
[CW: ad for human "exhibit” in the 1800s; it's as racist as you'd expect]
The "Aztec children," who were in fact Salvadoran adults with microcephaly, were exhibited in Boston at least twice: 1850 and 1862. I'm not sure who the African woman who toured with […]
[Original post on hear-me.social]
The "Aztec children," who were in fact Salvadoran adults with microcephaly, were exhibited in Boston at least twice: 1850 and 1862. I'm not sure who the African woman who toured with […]
[Original post on hear-me.social]
December 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"The cultural foundations of America" by Allan Crite, 1968.
- The Spaniard
- The Indian
- The African
- The English
Crite was an artist and working draftsman in the South End of Boston, active from the 1930s-1970s. He mentored other Black artists in the city […]
[Original post on hear-me.social]
- The Spaniard
- The Indian
- The African
- The English
Crite was an artist and working draftsman in the South End of Boston, active from the 1930s-1970s. He mentored other Black artists in the city […]
[Original post on hear-me.social]
December 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"The cultural foundations of America" by Allan Crite, 1968.
- The Spaniard
- The Indian
- The African
- The English
Crite was an artist and working draftsman in the South End of Boston, active from the 1930s-1970s. He mentored other Black artists in the city […]
[Original post on hear-me.social]
- The Spaniard
- The Indian
- The African
- The English
Crite was an artist and working draftsman in the South End of Boston, active from the 1930s-1970s. He mentored other Black artists in the city […]
[Original post on hear-me.social]
December 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Data visualization from the American Civil War, featuring ...
Illiterate White Adults!
Miles of Canals!
Postage Collected!
Enrolled Militia!
and of course, Bushel-Measure Products.
"Comparison of Products, Population, and Resources of the Free and Slave […]
[Original post on hear-me.social]
Illiterate White Adults!
Miles of Canals!
Postage Collected!
Enrolled Militia!
and of course, Bushel-Measure Products.
"Comparison of Products, Population, and Resources of the Free and Slave […]
[Original post on hear-me.social]
December 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Data visualization from the American Civil War, featuring ...
Illiterate White Adults!
Miles of Canals!
Postage Collected!
Enrolled Militia!
and of course, Bushel-Measure Products.
"Comparison of Products, Population, and Resources of the Free and Slave […]
[Original post on hear-me.social]
Illiterate White Adults!
Miles of Canals!
Postage Collected!
Enrolled Militia!
and of course, Bushel-Measure Products.
"Comparison of Products, Population, and Resources of the Free and Slave […]
[Original post on hear-me.social]
Reposted by 🧑🎄Santa Prefers Falafel🧆
Here are the names of the neo-Nazis who rallied at a Little Rock civil rights site on Saturday
Only one of them was actually from Arkansas
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/12/12/here-are-the-names-of-the-neo-nazis-who-rallied-at-a-little-rock-civil-rights-site-on-saturday
#arkansas […]
Only one of them was actually from Arkansas
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/12/12/here-are-the-names-of-the-neo-nazis-who-rallied-at-a-little-rock-civil-rights-site-on-saturday
#arkansas […]
Original post on mastodon.world
mastodon.world
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Here are the names of the neo-Nazis who rallied at a Little Rock civil rights site on Saturday
Only one of them was actually from Arkansas
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/12/12/here-are-the-names-of-the-neo-nazis-who-rallied-at-a-little-rock-civil-rights-site-on-saturday
#arkansas […]
Only one of them was actually from Arkansas
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/12/12/here-are-the-names-of-the-neo-nazis-who-rallied-at-a-little-rock-civil-rights-site-on-saturday
#arkansas […]
Best seven consecutive movies as a director - Rob Reiner vs. Steven Spielberg.
(star ratings are mine/irrefutable)
RR:
1. This is Spinal Tap ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. The Sure Thing ⭐⭐⭐
3. Stand By Me ⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. The Princess Bride ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. When Harry Met Sally ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. Misery ⭐⭐⭐⭐
7. A Few Good Men ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
SS:
1 […]
(star ratings are mine/irrefutable)
RR:
1. This is Spinal Tap ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. The Sure Thing ⭐⭐⭐
3. Stand By Me ⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. The Princess Bride ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. When Harry Met Sally ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. Misery ⭐⭐⭐⭐
7. A Few Good Men ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
SS:
1 […]
Original post on hear-me.social
hear-me.social
December 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Best seven consecutive movies as a director - Rob Reiner vs. Steven Spielberg.
(star ratings are mine/irrefutable)
RR:
1. This is Spinal Tap ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. The Sure Thing ⭐⭐⭐
3. Stand By Me ⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. The Princess Bride ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. When Harry Met Sally ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. Misery ⭐⭐⭐⭐
7. A Few Good Men ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
SS:
1 […]
(star ratings are mine/irrefutable)
RR:
1. This is Spinal Tap ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. The Sure Thing ⭐⭐⭐
3. Stand By Me ⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. The Princess Bride ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. When Harry Met Sally ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. Misery ⭐⭐⭐⭐
7. A Few Good Men ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
SS:
1 […]
Cormac, keeping the group chat light, as usual
#quote #quotes #quotation #cormacmccarthy #existentialism #maps #americanliterature
#quote #quotes #quotation #cormacmccarthy #existentialism #maps #americanliterature
December 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Cormac, keeping the group chat light, as usual
#quote #quotes #quotation #cormacmccarthy #existentialism #maps #americanliterature
#quote #quotes #quotation #cormacmccarthy #existentialism #maps #americanliterature
Unexpected tourism ads of the early 20th century:
Ketchum, Idaho promotes its "progressive" image, with a sweaty shirtless man on skis
and visit Chicago – for the beaches, naturally
#idaho #ketchum #chicago #illinois #travelposter #travelart #posters […]
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Ketchum, Idaho promotes its "progressive" image, with a sweaty shirtless man on skis
and visit Chicago – for the beaches, naturally
#idaho #ketchum #chicago #illinois #travelposter #travelart #posters […]
[Original post on hear-me.social]
December 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Unexpected tourism ads of the early 20th century:
Ketchum, Idaho promotes its "progressive" image, with a sweaty shirtless man on skis
and visit Chicago – for the beaches, naturally
#idaho #ketchum #chicago #illinois #travelposter #travelart #posters […]
[Original post on hear-me.social]
Ketchum, Idaho promotes its "progressive" image, with a sweaty shirtless man on skis
and visit Chicago – for the beaches, naturally
#idaho #ketchum #chicago #illinois #travelposter #travelart #posters […]
[Original post on hear-me.social]
leaflet for a new play in Boston, c.1890
The "Museum" was a theater on Tremont Street. I can't find a date for this production, but they were in business from 1841-1903. More illustrations from the playbill are here […]
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The "Museum" was a theater on Tremont Street. I can't find a date for this production, but they were in business from 1841-1903. More illustrations from the playbill are here […]
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December 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
leaflet for a new play in Boston, c.1890
The "Museum" was a theater on Tremont Street. I can't find a date for this production, but they were in business from 1841-1903. More illustrations from the playbill are here […]
[Original post on hear-me.social]
The "Museum" was a theater on Tremont Street. I can't find a date for this production, but they were in business from 1841-1903. More illustrations from the playbill are here […]
[Original post on hear-me.social]
souvenir from the 10th Annual Convention of Matchcover Collectors, in 1950
The convention lasted three days! They clearly had lots to discuss 😆 21st century geek/fan culture is fine; but I feel like this is the type of social life that has been lost.
Yet […]
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The convention lasted three days! They clearly had lots to discuss 😆 21st century geek/fan culture is fine; but I feel like this is the type of social life that has been lost.
Yet […]
[Original post on hear-me.social]
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
souvenir from the 10th Annual Convention of Matchcover Collectors, in 1950
The convention lasted three days! They clearly had lots to discuss 😆 21st century geek/fan culture is fine; but I feel like this is the type of social life that has been lost.
Yet […]
[Original post on hear-me.social]
The convention lasted three days! They clearly had lots to discuss 😆 21st century geek/fan culture is fine; but I feel like this is the type of social life that has been lost.
Yet […]
[Original post on hear-me.social]