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#OnThisDay, 13 Feb 1907, around 15 suffragettes rush into the lobby of the House of Commons in London: around 60 more are arrested outside.

The picture shows their release the next day.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #VotesForWomen #Histodons

newspaper clipping headed "three more suffragettes released from Holloway gaol yesterday" above photos of five women (the three released and two of the women greeting them)

started a #wikipedia article on US soprano Nadine Roberts Waters (1892-1985): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadine_Roberts_Waters @wikiwomeninred @ohiowikimedians #BlackHistoryMonth #WomeninMusic

Nadine Roberts Waters, from a 1930 publication; a Black woman with hair cut in a bob, wearing a dress with a white V-shaped yoke, and a strand of beads

Nadine Roberts Waters, from a 1940s newspaper; a Black woman with hair in a bouffant style, wearing a dark blouse

started a #wikipedia article on US pediatrician Lydia T. Wright (1922-2006), the first Black member of the Buffalo Board of Education when she was appointed in 1962: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_T._Wright @wikiwomeninred #BlackHistoryMonth @ubuffalo #NAACP #UrbanLeague #EpiscopalChurch @meharrymedical @fiskuniversity #HBCUs

Lydia T. Wright, from a 1962 newspaper; a smiling Black woman with dark hair in a bouffant style, wearing a checked top and a strand of beads

Lydia T. Wright, later in life; a smiling older Black woman with grey hair in a bouffant, curly style, wearing a green jacket over a white blouse

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I've always wanted to make a quilt honoring the lives lost in the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, but I could never have done anything as good as what Helen Geglio has done here. #Sigh #WhenYouKnowYouWillNeverBeThisCreative

The Triangle Fire: Flightless Birds
52 x 40″
Cotton, linen, found shirtwaist blouse and lace

#Quilting

Appliqué quilt with a central image of a brown brick tower building, with symbolic flames coming out the top floors. A found shirt has been stitched in such a way that the building appears to be wearing it (or perhaps is being held within it.) Flames are also coming off of the sleeves of the shirt which are raised as if asking for help. The background of the quilt is light blue (top), grey (middle) and black (near the bottom) and blue dyed white lace is placed in the bottom left corner and lower right side. Dark blue triangles are falling down the tower and leaves appear to flutter across the scene as well.

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It's amazing to see posts on r/Seattle from people complaining about traffic and public transit difficulties downtown on this day of celebration.

The estimate of a million people downtown for the #Seahawks parade has been widely advertised since Sunday, as have the expected disruptions to public transit.

If you expected a semi-normal commute on a day when 1,000,000 people are in the downtown of a city with 800,000 people then I don't know what to tell you.

#Seattle

started a #wikipedia article about LA businesswoman and activist Odessa Cox (1922-2001), founder of Los Angeles Southwest College (LASC): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_Cox @wikiwomeninred @wikipedia_la #LASC #CSUDH #Watts #Cuba #Peace #Alabama #BlackHistoryMonth

Odessa Cox in the 1960s, a smiling Black woman with an Afro hair style, wearing drop earrings and a light-colored jacket and top

Odessa Cox shaking hands with Tom Bradley in about 1967; a Black woman and a tall Black man, both smiling, shaking hands, in front of a curtain

started a #wikipedia article on US educator Edna S. Landers (1882-1952), dean of women @tuskegeeuniv from 1919 to 1935: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_S._Landers @wikiwomeninred #blackhistoryMonth #Chicago #Tuskegee

Edna S. Landers, from the 1928 yearbook of Tuskegee Institute; a light-skinned woman with dark hair parted offcenter, wearing a v-neck dress and a strand of beads or pearls

Title section of 1924 journal article, "Carrying the Gospel of Play to the Rural Community" by Edna S. Landers

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BAD BUNNY TURNED IT OUT! Fantastic dancers. Very good production. Something new, loving and with lots of FLAVOR. Beautiful music. LOVED IT.

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That was the best Halftime show in years. #BadBunny sure knows how to make a point and you couldn't not dance. #Superbowl

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I read exactly one novel by Asimov and vowed never to read him again because his female characters were so poorly written.

I didn't know he was a misogynist prick out in the real world but I can't say I'm surprised.

https://daily.jstor.org/asimovs-empire-asimovs-wall/

"Arts & Culture
Asimov’s Empire, Asimov’s Wall

The science fiction author Isaac Asimov engaged in forms of unwanted touching with countless women. It set the tone for the entire genre."

[black and white picture of Asimov in a questionable pose with a woman in his arms, making a face as though he is about to kiss her]

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Smart people don't ignore the risks of #COVID19 and other viruses before important events. These are the members of the U.S. women’s Olympic cross-country ski team posing for a photo Thursday, Feb. 5 in Italy. Not only are they wearing masks to make sure they can compete healthy, they are living outside the Olympic village in an off-site hotel during the entirety of the Games — a substantial financial investment intended to protect “health and wellness.”

https://fasterskier.com/2026/02/in-italy-four-years-after-the-covid-games-olympic-teams-are-still-isolating/

Masked members of the U.S. women’s Olympic cross-country ski team pose for a photo Thursday, Feb. 5 after a news conference at their competition venue in Tesero, Italy. From left , Jessie Diggins, Hailey Swirbul, Sammy Smith, Julia Kern, Novie McCabe and Rosie Brennan. (Nathaniel Herz for FasterSkier)

@fak they’ll shorten it for the prime time version, I assume? #openingceremony

#openingceremony the Brazilian and Bulgarian teams dancing into the ceremony made me smile.

@fak the walk through a big ring has time portal vibes #openingceremony

Time portal scene from Star Trek, with Kirk and Spock

@fak winter burritos!

@fak the costumes have been wonderful and so Italian.

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People are all “ how could #Epstein happen? How could grown men abuse hundreds of girls and there be no consequences?”

This week, at a high school “#ICE out” protest in #Buda, TX, a grown man, 45-year-old Chad Michael #Watts, was so incensed by a little girl, that he stopped his car, got out and attacked her, taking three other people to pull him off.

Was he initially arrested? Na. Was he only arrested when a ton of video came out? Yep. Is he a Magat? Of course he is. Did our governor have any words of comfort for this child, or suggest the man did anything wrong? Don’t be ridiculous.

He and the #GOP are cutting funding to schools that obey the constitution by allowing protests.

That’s how #Epstein happened. Girls aren’t “people” to far too many men. Sure a little girl got pummeled by a grown ass man, but how very dare she have an opinion he didn’t like?

#texas #yeehawdists

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