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posting links and context for the daily picture from Wikipedia, plus the occasional comment & reskeet.
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posting links and context for the daily picture from Wikipedia, plus the occasional comment & reskeet.
Maintained by @drezner.xyz
See how I work at: github.com/ndrezn/wikipedia-pic-of-the-day/
Authored by Beard, Frank, 1842-1905, artist Restored by Bammesk. Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Another_voice_for_Cleveland_-_F.B._LCCN95522869_-_restoration2.jpg
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Authored by Beard, Frank, 1842-1905, artist Restored by Bammesk. Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Another_voice_for_Cleveland_-_F.B._LCCN95522869_-_restoration2.jpg
"... The election was narrowly won by Cleveland, who won 219 Electoral College votes to Blaine's 182, ending a run of six consecutive Republican victories." Appears in "1884 United States presidential election": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1884_United_States_presidential_election
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"... The election was narrowly won by Cleveland, who won 219 Electoral College votes to Blaine's 182, ending a run of six consecutive Republican victories." Appears in "1884 United States presidential election": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1884_United_States_presidential_election
Authored by Domeian. Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_basilica_al_tramonto.jpg
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Authored by Domeian. Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_basilica_al_tramonto.jpg
"... The building of the church fulfilled a vow Victor Amadeus had made during the Battle of Turin, after defeating the besieging French army in the War of the Spanish Succession." Appears in "Basilica of Superga": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Superga
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"... The building of the church fulfilled a vow Victor Amadeus had made during the Battle of Turin, after defeating the besieging French army in the War of the Spanish Succession." Appears in "Basilica of Superga": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Superga
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Major_Mitchell's_Cockatoo_-_Mt_Grenfell.jpg
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Major_Mitchell's_Cockatoo_-_Mt_Grenfell.jpg
"... The sexes are quite similar although males are usually bigger, while the female has a broader yellow stripe on the crest and develops a red eye when mature." Appears in "Pink cockatoo": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_cockatoo
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"... The sexes are quite similar although males are usually bigger, while the female has a broader yellow stripe on the crest and develops a red eye when mature." Appears in "Pink cockatoo": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_cockatoo
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Renate_Reinsve-9937.jpg
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Renate_Reinsve-9937.jpg
Appears in "Renate Reinsve": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renate_Reinsve
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Appears in "Renate Reinsve": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renate_Reinsve
Authored by Avustfel. Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lactarius_resimus_Груздь_настоящий.jpg
November 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Authored by Avustfel. Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lactarius_resimus_Груздь_настоящий.jpg
"... Its spores are white-yellow, elliptical and bumpy. An edible fungus, it is considered a delicacy in Russia and some other countries of Eastern Europe, often pickled in salt." Appears in "Lactarius resimus": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactarius_resimus
November 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"... Its spores are white-yellow, elliptical and bumpy. An edible fungus, it is considered a delicacy in Russia and some other countries of Eastern Europe, often pickled in salt." Appears in "Lactarius resimus": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactarius_resimus
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Litoria_infrafrenata_-_Julatten.jpg
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Litoria_infrafrenata_-_Julatten.jpg
Appears in "White-lipped tree frog": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-lipped_tree_frog
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Appears in "White-lipped tree frog": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-lipped_tree_frog
Authored by John Vermette
. Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C2014_Q2.jpg
. Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C2014_Q2.jpg
November 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Authored by John Vermette
. Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C2014_Q2.jpg
. Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C2014_Q2.jpg
"... Its blue-green glow is the result of organic molecules and water released by the comet fluorescing under the harsh UV and optical light of the sun as it passes through space." Appears in "C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2014_Q2_(Lovejoy)
November 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"... Its blue-green glow is the result of organic molecules and water released by the comet fluorescing under the harsh UV and optical light of the sun as it passes through space." Appears in "C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2014_Q2_(Lovejoy)
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oliver_Mark_-_Otto_Habsburg-Lothringen,_Pöcking_2006.jpg
November 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oliver_Mark_-_Otto_Habsburg-Lothringen,_Pöcking_2006.jpg
"... In 1922, he became the pretender to the former thrones, head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, and sovereign of the Austrian Order of the Golden Fleece, upon the death of his father." Appears in "Otto von Habsburg": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Habsburg
November 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"... In 1922, he became the pretender to the former thrones, head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, and sovereign of the Austrian Order of the Golden Fleece, upon the death of his father." Appears in "Otto von Habsburg": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Habsburg
Authored by JJ Harrison. Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grey-headed_Honeyeater_0A2A3929.jpg
November 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Authored by JJ Harrison. Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grey-headed_Honeyeater_0A2A3929.jpg
Appears in "Grey-headed honeyeater": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-headed_honeyeater
November 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Appears in "Grey-headed honeyeater": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-headed_honeyeater
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Broke,_baby_sick,_and_car_trouble!_-_Dorothea_Langes_photo_of_a_Missouri_family_of_five_in_the_vicinity_of_Tracy,_California.jpg
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Broke,_baby_sick,_and_car_trouble!_-_Dorothea_Langes_photo_of_a_Missouri_family_of_five_in_the_vicinity_of_Tracy,_California.jpg
"... The drought came in three waves, 1934, 1936, and 1939–1940, but some regions of the high plains experienced drought conditions for as many as eight years." Appears in "Dust Bowl": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"... The drought came in three waves, 1934, 1936, and 1939–1940, but some regions of the high plains experienced drought conditions for as many as eight years." Appears in "Dust Bowl": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Passages_d'outremer_Fr5594,_fol._19r,_Concile_de_Clermont.jpg
November 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Passages_d'outremer_Fr5594,_fol._19r,_Concile_de_Clermont.jpg
"... The council was intended as a synod focused on implementing the Cluniac reforms, enacting decrees and settling local and regional issues." Appears in "Council of Clermont": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Clermont
November 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"... The council was intended as a synod focused on implementing the Cluniac reforms, enacting decrees and settling local and regional issues." Appears in "Council of Clermont": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Clermont
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:African_buffalo_(Syncerus_caffer)_male_with_Oxpecker.jpg
November 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:African_buffalo_(Syncerus_caffer)_male_with_Oxpecker.jpg
"... It lives in savannas, swamps and floodplains, as well as mopane grasslands, and the forests of the major mountains of Africa." Appears in "African buffalo": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_buffalo
November 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"... It lives in savannas, swamps and floodplains, as well as mopane grasslands, and the forests of the major mountains of Africa." Appears in "African buffalo": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_buffalo
Authored by Adrian Grycuk. Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pałac_Czapskich_w_Warszawie_2021.jpg
November 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Authored by Adrian Grycuk. Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pałac_Czapskich_w_Warszawie_2021.jpg