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Worn on this day [Jan 23] in 1931 by famous architects dressed as their buildings--including the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, the Chrysler Building, and the Museum of the City of New York--at the Beaux Arts Ball at the Hotel Astor in New York, NY.

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The first time ever I saw your face, Roberta Flack

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so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god

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(reply to the kroger & walmart chicken fettucine alfredo listeria outbreak)

hey holy shit. the sound I made when I read this. this is exactly why the chicken fettucine recall is so scary, it is such a huge comfort food and a bunch of folks eat it while pregnant. I am so fucking glad my post found you and that you got medical attention right away.

yours is an example of doing exactly the right thing: listeria is especially dangerous while pregnant, and there are antibiotics that can be prescribed for high-risk folks during the early stages of symptoms or even before symptoms begin. and while listeria can take up to 80 days to cause illness, it can also cause issues within hours or days of eating contaminated food.

for you and for everyone else trying to avoid the general news right now, here is a list to help keep up with recalls and foodborne illness outbreaks in the united states since I do not post all of them:

FDA recall list (food, drug, medical device, etc recalls with press announcements, usually bigger food recalls have announcements)

FDA enforcement reports (more recalls go here, but more difficult to navigate than the recall list with announcements)

USDA FSIS recall list (they cover different food than FDA, especially meat. the chicken fettucine alfredo recall was posted here)

NHTSA recall list (vehicles, car seats, tires, and equipment recalls!)

CPSC recall and safety warning list (products! there have been a LOT of recalls of baby stuff recently!)

FDA outbreak investigations (you can see the status of outbreaks as they happen and get investigated, this is often where recalls start)

CDC active investigations of foodborne illness outbreaks (outbreaks can have both an FDA page and a CDC page. they cover different information)

foodsafetynews (news about food safety ONLY! not a government source. mostly focused on the US and canada, but also news around the world. some of what they post involves commentary on the current administration, BUT they post about bigger and more relevant recalls that wind up in the ever-tricky FDA enforcement reports.)

best of luck to you and your baby, and make sure you get plenty of rest!!!!!

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Spin this wheel first and then this wheel second to generate the title of a YA fantasy novel!

(If the second wheel lands on an option ending with a plus sign, spin it again)

Share what you got!

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hi besties in my phone. i hope today is so so good to you. i hope something special happens to remind you that it’s not always bad. ily.

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also I've been slowly watching Angels in America (2003) and it's strange---not because it's so foreign, but because it's too close. I know all of these actors, some from movies, others from recurring bit parts on television series. When Roy Cohen's buddy crows about how the Federalist society is going to churn out attorneys, judges, who will play the game until the exact right moment to sway the country? Well, we know how that turned out. The tides of religion have shifted (imagine being surprised stumbling over a Mormon in 2025!) but I do remember moving through a pre-smartphone world, asking for directions because the mapquest printout didn't go into sufficient detail. 20 years ago seems like an eternity, but I was here, in this America. I remember.

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tanjore tambura made of guord, wood, metal, and bone. india, early 1800s.

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Boots by Maniatis Bottier, 1900-20. The MET.

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Happy Pride from Wonder Woman!

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Happy Pride Month everyone! 🏳️‍🌈💖🏳️‍⚧️ - Beaux-Arts des Modes, 1932 🌈

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What's your opinion on, like, the historicity of Catharism

I genuinely don't know. The scholarship around the cathars like

Scholar A: "The cathars were a quasi-gnostic sect from France in the 12th century that was later eradicated by the crusades and inquisition."

Scholar B: "The cathars literally didn't exist. It was an invented polemic for the church to purge their political enemies. There is no evidence anyone ever called themselves a Cathar."

Scholar C: "were they really Gnostics or were they just dualists? They're actually more like docetists☝️🤓"

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Set designed by Louis C. Tiffany: inkwell, calendar, letter opener, pen tray, blotter, bill holder, paper rack, stamp box, and blotter holder, paper holder, 1910-20. The MET.

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Depeche Mode December

December 7 - Never Let Me Down Again

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A Victorian lead lined stained glass oval panel, depicting a galleon to the centre, 39 x 35cm

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Coat by Paul Poiret, 1923. Kyoto Costume Institute.

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Robert Preston and Julie Andrews in Victor Victoria (Blake Edwards, 1982)