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NationalMuseumAust RoulettePair of crutchesA pair of crutches both made from brown wood. They each consist of one piece of wood that forms a point at the bottom, then splits to support the hand…Metal - non specific, Rubber, Wood <a href="https://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/s/hw/EMU.EMUIRN/115125" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/s/hw/EMU.EMUIRN/115125</a> -- <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Art</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Museum</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ArtHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArtHistory</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Gallery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gallery</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MastodonArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastodonArt</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Culture</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Random" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Random</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a>

Monica T. Bordignon<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/france?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#france</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/paris?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paris</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/travelphotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travelphotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/streetphotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetphotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/history?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/architecture?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/visiteurope?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#visiteurope</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/visitfrance?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#visitfrance</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/visitparis?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#visitparis</a>

Monica T. Bordignon<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#france</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paris</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/travelphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travelphotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/streetphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetphotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/visiteurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#visiteurope</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/visitfrance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#visitfrance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/visitparis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#visitparis</a>

ד-פּאַקסExcellent article on <a href="https://babka.social/tags/DaraHorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DaraHorn</a>'s new children's <a href="https://babka.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#book</a> and more!"When are <a href="https://babka.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a> ready to encounter a <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jewish</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> of persecution and slaughter?One answer is provided during the seder itself, which often ends with the traditional song “Chad Gadya,” or one little goat in <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Aramaic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aramaic</a>. It’s a “cumulative” song about a baby goat that is eaten by a cat, who’s killed by a dog, who’s beaten with a stick, culminating with the Angel of Death being slain by God. One interpretation is that the goat represents the Jewish people, and the climax of the song signals the redemption of the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jews</a>. It’s a dark theme smuggled into an upbeat, if macabre, children’s song.Making light of the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/seder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#seder</a>’s darker themes is a <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Passover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Passover</a> tradition all its own, and Horn is on board with it.“By the time children are old enough to appreciate [the darkness], they own the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/story" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#story</a>. They’re characters in the story, and they know that about themselves and that this is a story about us,” said Horn."<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/dara-horns-gonzo-time-traveling-childrens-passover-book-wants-people-to-love-living-jews/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.timesofisrael.com/dara-horns-gonzo-time-traveling-childrens-passover-book-wants-people-to-love-living-jews/</a>

Punkrock HistoryIn memory Wendy O. Williams 🖤💔 May 28, 1949 - April 6, 1998Plasmatics - Squirm (Calderone Theatre, NY May 17, 1980)<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punk</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punks</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punkrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punkrock</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/womenofpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#womenofpunk</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/wendyowilliams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wendyowilliams</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/plasmatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plasmatics</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punkrockhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punkrockhistory</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#otd</a>

Punkrock History49 Years Ago – The little-known Sex PistolsApril 1976 – The Marquee, 90 Wardour Street: Photo shoot in London.Photo © Ray Stevenson<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punk</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punks</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punkrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punkrock</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/oldschoolpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oldschoolpunk</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punklegends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punklegends</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sexpistols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sexpistols</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punkrockhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punkrockhistory</a>

Punkrock HistoryJohnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers performing at the Village Gate in New York City on August 19, 1977.Photo by Ebet Robert<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punk</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punks</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punkrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punkrock</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/oldschoolpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oldschoolpunk</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punklegends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punklegends</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/johnnythunders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#johnnythunders</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/theheartbreakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theheartbreakers</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punkrockhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punkrockhistory</a>

Punkrock HistoryRemembering Wendy O. Williams, lead singer of the punk rock band Plasmatics, died on this day in 1998 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at age 48 in Storrs, Connecticut.<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punkrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punkrock</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/wendyowilliams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wendyowilliams</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/womanofpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#womanofpunk</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/plasmatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plasmatics</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punkrockhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punkrockhistory</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#otd</a>

Bob the TravelerToday is the feast day of Venerable Mark the Anchorite of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Athens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Athens</a> <a href="https://toilet-guru.com/blog/9.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://toilet-guru.com/blog/9.html?s=mb</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greece</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a>

M. Ní SídachWhite Folks & Bad Law <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ElieMystal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElieMystal</a> Says All Laws Before 1965 Are Unconstitutional <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NativeLandPod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativeLandPod</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TiffanyDCross" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TiffanyDCross</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AngelaRye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AngelaRye</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AndrewGillum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AndrewGillum</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackMastodon</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Culture</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Economics</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Law</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Policy</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Project2025</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpRegime</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/whiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#whiteSupremacy</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iGEE-CjFiE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iGEE-CjFiE</a>

Bob the TravelerItalian poet, songwriter, and playwright Salvatore Di Giacomo, who died OTD in 1934, was one of the signers of the Manifesto of the Fascist Intellectuals <a href="https://toilet-guru.com/castor-oil.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://toilet-guru.com/castor-oil.html?s=mb</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a>

Bob the TravelerEmperor Go-Fushimi, 93rd Emperor of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Japan</a>, was born OTD in 1288 <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/ise/inner-shrine.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/ise/inner-shrine.html?s=mb</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a>

Bob the TravelerOTD in 1818 in the Battle of Maipú, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Chile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chile</a>'s independence movement, led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín, won a decisive victory over Spain <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/chile/constitucion/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/chile/constitucion/?s=mb</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a>

Bob the TravelerGeorges Danton was a leader in early stages of the French Revolution, but he was guillotined OTD in 1794 by the advocates of revolutionary terror after accusations of venality and leniency <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/flaneur-seine-banks/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/flaneur-seine-banks/?s=mb</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#France</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a>

Bob the TravelerEmperor Go-Fushimi, 93rd Emperor of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Japan</a>, was born OTD in 1288 <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/ise/outer-shrine.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/ise/outer-shrine.html?s=mb</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a>

Bob the TravelerToday is the feast day of saints Theonas, Symeon, and Phorbinus, of 4th century <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Egypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Egypt</a> <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/egypt/sinai.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/egypt/sinai.html?s=mb</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a>

The Vulgar TongueCLAPPER. The tongue of a bell, and figuratively of a man or woman.A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)-- <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictionaries</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#society</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#slang</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@histodons</a>

Bob the TravelerThe second <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Fatimid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fatimid</a> invasion of Egypt began OTD in 919, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, set out from Raqqada at the head of his army <a href="https://toilet-guru.com/fatimid.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://toilet-guru.com/fatimid.html?s=mb</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a>

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