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FOSS
We’ve got work to do.
Public domain
Art, Writing
Cemeteries
Sports: NHL Hockey, College Basketball
FOSS
We’ve got work to do.
Z got trump to pose in front of fdr bro is cooking up something nasty
November 22, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Z got trump to pose in front of fdr bro is cooking up something nasty
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In Greenwich Village, there used to be “sand hills, sometimes rising to a height of 100 feet, while to the south was a marsh tenanted by wild fowl and crossed by a brook flowing from the north.” More deep history of NYC in Charles Hemstreet’s 1899 book:
publicdomainreview.org/collection/n...
publicdomainreview.org/collection/n...
November 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In Greenwich Village, there used to be “sand hills, sometimes rising to a height of 100 feet, while to the south was a marsh tenanted by wild fowl and crossed by a brook flowing from the north.” More deep history of NYC in Charles Hemstreet’s 1899 book:
publicdomainreview.org/collection/n...
publicdomainreview.org/collection/n...
Frozen hot chocolate? 🤨
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Frozen hot chocolate? 🤨
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I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Big time “I can excuse the racism” vibes from the senator here. DOGE and the ballroom are crimes against the American people
A lot of people have helped Trump cover up his involvement with Epstein. They need to think very carefully about their choices going forward. It's one thing to cheer on his ballroom or root for DOGE. Running interference for pedophiles is something the history books won’t forget.
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: Newly released emails show Jeffrey Epstein told Ghislaine Maxwell that Donald Trump “spent hours at my house,” “knew about the girls,” and “that dog that hasn’t barked is trump.”
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Big time “I can excuse the racism” vibes from the senator here. DOGE and the ballroom are crimes against the American people
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use
Update: The Metropolitan Museum of Art has put online 492,000 high-resolution images of artistic works. Even better, the museum has placed the vast majority of these images into the public domain, mea...
www.openculture.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use
A second schwarbomb has hit dodger stadium
October 9, 2025 at 3:33 AM
A second schwarbomb has hit dodger stadium
These commentators are glazing mahomes after recovering *his own* incomplete backward pass.
September 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
These commentators are glazing mahomes after recovering *his own* incomplete backward pass.
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BNSF office car special headed to Long Island!
September 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
BNSF office car special headed to Long Island!
Throwback bnsf passenger cars at the yard near croton-on-Hudson. Any idea what that’s about? @jeremyzorek.bsky.social
Looked like they were hooked up to a csx loco
Looked like they were hooked up to a csx loco
September 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Throwback bnsf passenger cars at the yard near croton-on-Hudson. Any idea what that’s about? @jeremyzorek.bsky.social
Looked like they were hooked up to a csx loco
Looked like they were hooked up to a csx loco
The Long Island-ification of the United States
September 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The Long Island-ification of the United States
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Comets from The Augsburg Book of Miracles, 16th century.
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More in our post "Flowers of the Sky", of depictions spanning almost a whole millennium of comets, meteors, meteorites and shooting stars: publicdomainreview.org/collection/f... #comets #meteors #shootingstars #meteorshower
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More in our post "Flowers of the Sky", of depictions spanning almost a whole millennium of comets, meteors, meteorites and shooting stars: publicdomainreview.org/collection/f... #comets #meteors #shootingstars #meteorshower
September 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Comets from The Augsburg Book of Miracles, 16th century.
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More in our post "Flowers of the Sky", of depictions spanning almost a whole millennium of comets, meteors, meteorites and shooting stars: publicdomainreview.org/collection/f... #comets #meteors #shootingstars #meteorshower
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More in our post "Flowers of the Sky", of depictions spanning almost a whole millennium of comets, meteors, meteorites and shooting stars: publicdomainreview.org/collection/f... #comets #meteors #shootingstars #meteorshower
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2,178 Occult Books Now Digitized & Put Online, Thanks to the Ritman Library and Da Vinci Code Author Dan Brown
2,178 Occult Books Now Digitized & Put Online, Thanks to the Ritman Library and Da Vinci Code Author Dan Brown
In 2018 we brought you some exciting news.
www.openculture.com
August 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
2,178 Occult Books Now Digitized & Put Online, Thanks to the Ritman Library and Da Vinci Code Author Dan Brown
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The stupidest part about this post is that just north of Manhattan sits one of the only fjords in the Lower 48. We have the entire god damn Hudson Valley a train ride away from New York City and it's spectacular!
August 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The stupidest part about this post is that just north of Manhattan sits one of the only fjords in the Lower 48. We have the entire god damn Hudson Valley a train ride away from New York City and it's spectacular!
Pennsylvania’s principal city is doing a talent show to save its public transit system. Chat, are they cooked?
We're holding a celebration of public transit/benefit show & looking for SEPTA employees who also have a fun skill they'd like to show off. Do you know a bus driver who can play a musical instrument? Do you know a rail machinist who can juggle? Send em my way! gettingbare.eventbrite.com
August 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Pennsylvania’s principal city is doing a talent show to save its public transit system. Chat, are they cooked?
Ants are like if your fingernail clippings came to life
August 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Ants are like if your fingernail clippings came to life
I guess this is a hot take but Coldplay is good live.
July 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I guess this is a hot take but Coldplay is good live.
The commonwealth should get rid of its king too
To the people in Commonwealth countries trying to “well actually” the No Kings message: WE SAID WHAT WE SAID: NO KINGS IN AMERICA.
June 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The commonwealth should get rid of its king too
Hosted Philadelphia’s own Gloopy Goblin for Five Points Designer Toy festival this weekend, in exchange he made me this fantastic ceramic Toynbee tile! Very fun weekend despite torrential rain on Saturday, I got to meet a lot of cool artists and people in general
#FivePointsFest #Ceramics
#FivePointsFest #Ceramics
June 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Hosted Philadelphia’s own Gloopy Goblin for Five Points Designer Toy festival this weekend, in exchange he made me this fantastic ceramic Toynbee tile! Very fun weekend despite torrential rain on Saturday, I got to meet a lot of cool artists and people in general
#FivePointsFest #Ceramics
#FivePointsFest #Ceramics
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City Planner Gets Halfway Through Designing City Before Realizing He’s Just Doing Philadelphia Again
theonion.com/city-pl...
theonion.com/city-pl...
May 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
City Planner Gets Halfway Through Designing City Before Realizing He’s Just Doing Philadelphia Again
theonion.com/city-pl...
theonion.com/city-pl...
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One of a great series of drawings depicting balloonfish and pufferfish made during the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842. More here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/d... #fishfriday
May 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
One of a great series of drawings depicting balloonfish and pufferfish made during the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842. More here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/d... #fishfriday
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Moritz von Schwind’s Cat Symphony (1868) was made as a gift for a violinist friend and fellow member of the Black Cats society.
More on its history in our latest post: publicdomainreview.org/collection/k...
And buy a print of it here: publicdomainreview.org/product/cat-...
More on its history in our latest post: publicdomainreview.org/collection/k...
And buy a print of it here: publicdomainreview.org/product/cat-...
April 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Moritz von Schwind’s Cat Symphony (1868) was made as a gift for a violinist friend and fellow member of the Black Cats society.
More on its history in our latest post: publicdomainreview.org/collection/k...
And buy a print of it here: publicdomainreview.org/product/cat-...
More on its history in our latest post: publicdomainreview.org/collection/k...
And buy a print of it here: publicdomainreview.org/product/cat-...
I one time asked for the “Delaware Special,” and told the cashier that just meant that sales tax was waived. He was confused but he took off 7% with no questions asked.
March 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I one time asked for the “Delaware Special,” and told the cashier that just meant that sales tax was waived. He was confused but he took off 7% with no questions asked.
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Enter a Digital Archive of 213,000+ Beautiful Japanese Woodblock Prints
Enter a Digital Archive of 213,000+ Beautiful Japanese Woodblock Prints
Most of us have now and again seen and appreciated Japanese woodblock prints, especially those in the tradition of ukiyo-e, those 'captivating images of seductive courtesans, exciting kabuki actors, a...
www.openculture.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Enter a Digital Archive of 213,000+ Beautiful Japanese Woodblock Prints