#OTD in 1845, 250 veterans of the Battle of Baltimore were honored in Washington DC on the battle’s
31 st anniversary – and they took time to honor their wartime First Lady.
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The Weekly National Intelligencer reported that, after marching from the railroad depot to the White
House to meet President James K. Polk, the “Old Defenders of Baltimore ... marched in admirable order
to the residence of the venerable Mrs. Madison, where they saluted that much-respected lady, as she
stood on her front steps, attended by the Mayor and several of her friends in the city.”
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Dolley Madison,
by then 77 years old, had become an icon of an earlier time in American history.
William Elwell, 1848 portrait of Dolley Madison, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
I just wanted to remind everyone that if you ever wished to play The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, but found it aged poorly, that a Unity engine conversion is freely available.
Remember that once non-WGA writers cross the picket line, they won't be able to join the union later, should they want or need to. It's worth reminding them of this.
#WGA seem to have reached a tentative agreement for a new collective contract.
Here's the message, shared on twitter by Adam Conover (of "Adam Ruins Everything"):
"We did it. We have a tentative deal.
Over the coming days, we'll discuss and vote on it, together, as a democratic union. But today, I want to thank every single WGA member, and every fellow worker who stood with us in solidarity. You made this possible. Thank you. #WGAStrong #SupportUnions#SupportWorkers
10 years ago, teacher Twitter was extremely helpful to me. There's the #teaching hashtag here, which is nice, but are most people still on X? Or worse, Facebook?
Trying to build that side of my timeline back up. Boots appreciated along with recommendations of who to follow.
@brianb@NewScience101@edutooters Facebook has some amazing groups relevant to science, etc. they are more focused. Are you a #tcea member? We have free membership drive in October and that would give you access to TCEA Community which has over 80k educators via Mobilize.io community. Learn more at https://tcea.org
Anyone lucky enough to be in NYC on Oct 17, 2023 might consider attending this fascinating lecture.
Neil Gaiman @neilhimself is a wonderful speaker, and basically a world expert on Norse mythology.
Maria Dahvana Headley's new translation/rewriting of Beowolf is like seeing it in a whole new light. The depth of meaning and beauty of her word choice made me shake my head in wonder more than a few times.
Online post by Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.n.. October 17th in NYC. It will be fun and educational and you will learn a lot about Norse Mythology and the Iliad and suchlike. Do come.
I would like to thank #Romancelandia for all the info on fair use and copyright from a few years back when blogs were getting dinged. My work has us doing a training and my Twitter friends taught me more than my work
Robin Jenkins (1912–2005), one of Scotland’s most prolific & acclaimed 20th-century novelists, was born #OTD, 11 Sept. In this paper from 2012, Dr Linden Bicket argues that Jenkins anticipates the urban realist fictions of Galloway, Kelman & Welsh
@BrianHarrod
Oh how I wish that people would stop using invisible disability and mental health issues when referencing people like Mr. My pillow, and other right wing zealots. It's insulting to an entire community and extremely stereotypical. Just ask Olympic gold winner Simone Biles actress, Emma Stone or millions of others.
The fact that Mike Lindell is a combative right-wing asshole into conspiracy theories, has nothing to do with the rest of that community or with health conditions. It has everything to do with the fact that he's a combative right-wing asshole into conspiracy theories, that supports fascists. It's also extremely ablest.
Deine Lakaien is a German band project active since 1985. It is formed by the vocalist Alexander Veljanov and by the composer and multi-instrumentalist Ernst Horn. The group unites influences from dark wave with pop music and elements of avant-garde