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Send some love to this bunch for their birthdays. Kelly MacDonald (50) Josh Gad (45) Emily Blunt (43) Dakota Fanning (32) What are your favorite performances from them? Vote for all your favorites at www.sassawards.com #moviesky #🎥film #sassawards #hbd #botd

"Schweifwedeln um Gunst und Sonnenschein von oben", der Tagesspiegel zitiert #otd 1946 August Bebel zu dessen Geburtstag, #botd 1840.

Wie klein wird einst unser so viel gerühmtes Zeitalter erscheinen: dieses Schweifwedeln um Gunst und Sonnenschein von oben, diese kriechende, hündische Gesinnung, dieser gegenseitige eifersüchtige Kampf mit den gehässigsten, niedrigsten Mitteln um den bevorzugten Platz; dabei Unterdrückung der wahren Ueberzeugung, Verschleierung guter Eigenschaften, die mißfallen könnten, Kastrierung des Charakters, Erheuchelung von Gesinnungen und Gefühlen — diese Eigenschaften, die man kurz mit Feigheit und Charakterlosigkeit bezeichnen kann, treten täglich widerlicher hervor. Was den Menschen erhebt und adelt: Selbstgefühl, Unabhängigkeit und Unbestechlichkeit der Gesinnung und eigene Ueberzeugung, freies Herausgehen aus sich selbst, wird unter den heutigen Verhältnissen meist zu Fehlern und Gebrechen. Oft ruinieren diese Eigenschaften ihren Träger, kann er sie nicht unterdrücken.

“If it is true that we need a degree of certainty to get by, it is also true that too much of the stuff can be lethal.” — Terry Eagleton, The Meaning of Life
#BOTD #TerryEagleton #QOTD #Quotation #Quote #Certanties

https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/22/quote-of-the-day-5437/

#art #history: i love her mississippi goddam face, so here is an evolution of eunice kathleen waymons wearing it well, in honour of what would have been her 93rd birthday.
#ninaSimone #illustration #botd #music #northCarolina #france #activism #jazz

digital black & white ink illustration of legendary musician & anti-racism activist, nina simone.
she looks straight at the viewer, her right eyebrow raised in a way that looks as though she's not, at this moment in time, accepting any shit.
through her hair, extending from the temple, are four jagged lines that resemble lightning bolts.

digital ink illustration of legendary musician & anti-racism activist, nina simone.
she looks straight at the viewer, her right eyebrow raised in a way that looks as though she's not, at this moment in time, accepting any shit.
through her hair, extending from the temple, are four jagged lines that resemble lightning bolts.
colours are deep peach, black, coral & white.

“What we're really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?” — Erma Bombeck, "No One Diets on Thanksgiving" (01981-11-26)
#BOTD #ErmaBombeck #QOTD #Quotation #Quote #Thanksgiving

https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/21/quote-of-the-day-5436/

“Don't let your mouth start nothing that your ass can't stand.” — Toni Morrison, Sula
#BOTD #ToniMorrison #QUotation #Quote #QOTD #accountability #consequences #provocation

https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/quote-of-the-day-5433/

Derf ick Manne Konsten raecken,
Was mijn handelingh te stout?
K’heb op Eer, noch winst ghebout
Als den Keurvorst te vermaecken.

BARBARA OGIER (1648-1720) #botd #17februari

#literatuurgeschiedenis: https://www.literatuurgeschiedenis.org/schrijvers/barbara-ogier

Uit: "Verwellecominghe op de saele van pictura aen syne keurvorstelycke doorluchtigheydt Maximiliaen Emanuel [...] gouverneur deser Nederlanden, gheschiet op den 21. februarius 1693", online via: #flandrica: https://www.flandrica.be/items/show/1438/

Opdracht van Barbara Ogier in "Verwellecominghe op de saele van pictura aen syne keurvorstelycke doorluchtigheydt Maximiliaen Emanuel [...] gouverneur deser Nederlanden, gheschiet op den 21. februarius 1693" Online beschikbaar via Flandrica.be: https://anet.be/record/uantwerpen/opacuantwerpen/c:lvd:694687

“All I have to say is, if kissing invites germs, a large proportion of us are gratifyingly germ-proof!” — Josephine Daskam Bacon, The Memoirs of a Baby
#BOTD #JosephineDaksamBacon #QOTD #Quotations #Quote #JosephineDaskamBacon #Germs

https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/quote-of-the-day-5432/

Happy birthday to astronaut, author, professional football player, and STEM educator Leland Melvin, born on this day in 1964.

He's also one of the stellar cast of astronauts featured in National Geographic's series One Strange Rock, which tells the story of Earth’s history from a planetary perspective. (Plus he has one of the greatest official work photos of all time!)

Within our solar system, planet Earth is utterly unique among the planets, moons, and dwarf planets found there. Only Earth has a breathable atmosphere, the ability to “heal” itself following planetary bombardment in its early history and more recent “extinction events,” and large amounts of liquid water on its surface.

We offer free lessons plans for this series to teach in science, English and history classes.

It's a great cross-curriculum teaching tool for Earth Month!

https://journeysinfilm.org/film/one-strange-rock/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Social+Media&utm_campaign=Brithdays&utm_content=link

#Education #LelandMelvin #StemEducation #Homeschooling #EarthScience #Stem #BOTD #OTD #EarthMonth #EnvironmentalStudies

Astronaut Leland Melvin posing in his flight suit with his two dogs. He is smiling and looking at the camera, while the dogs climb on his lab and lick the side of his face. The flight suit is baggy and orange, with a black ring around the neck where the helmet attaches. A US flag is in the background, and a model of the space shuttle is partially visible.

“At our age there's nothing better than conversation with someone who remembers the world you knew when you were a child — and the people in it.” — Anthony Gilbert, Mr. Crook Lifts the Mask
#BOTD #AnthonyGilbert #QOTD #Quotation #Quote #Nostalgia

https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/15/quote-of-the-day-5430/

Sigmund Gundelfinger https://zbmath.org/authors/gundelfinger.s, known for his work in geometry, was #botd 180 years ago. "Zur Theorie der binären Formen" was reviewed in https://zbmath.org/19.0109.01.

O, spreek mij niet van liefde,
Van vriendschap en van trouw;
Die zijn al sinds lang overleden,
'k Ben lang er al van in den rouw.

PIET PAALTJENS (1835-1894) #botd #14februari

Uit 'Snikken en grimlachjes', #1867, in #dbnl: https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/have010snik03_01/have010snik03_01_0017.php @kbnationalebibliotheek: https://collecties.kb.nl/themas/nederlandse-poezie/historische-dichters/piet-paaltjens-1835-1894 #valentijn #valentijnsdag #fijnevalentijnsdag

Tekst van gedicht LXXXIV uit 'Snikken en grimlachjes' van Piet Paaltjens:

O, spreek mij niet van liefde,
Van vriendschap en van trouw;
Die zijn al sinds lang overleden,
"k Ben lang er al van in den rouw.

Neen, spreek mij van 's menschen ellende,
Van al zijn kommer en nood,
En hoe hij zijn broeders leven Verbittert,
— dan lach ik mij dood!

"Spanky" McFarland made his LITTLE RASCALS debut on this date in 1932.

FREE EATS was the first of his 95 shorts in the OUR GANG series.

"A remarkable, beguiling youngster who is bursting with energy and imagination," Leonard Maltin wrote of Spanky's debut, which included footage from his screen test.

#FilmMastodon #BOTD #ClassicTV #LittleRascals

These three have been around for a long time to still be so young.Send some birthday love to

Josh Brolin (58)
Darren Aronofsky (57)
Christina Ricci (46)

Vote for all their best of career performances at www.sassawards.com What are your favorites?

#movies #actors #🎥movie #sassawards #HBD #BOTD #mastodon

These three have been around for a long time to still be so young.Send some birthday love to Josh Brolin (58) Darren Aronofsky (57) Christina Ricci (46) Vote for all their best of career performances at www.sassawards.com What are your favorites? #moviesky #actorsky #🎥movie #sassawards #HBD #BOTD

“Nothing is harder to topple than a fact that supports a deeply held prejudice denied by its holder.” — Russell L. Ackoff, The Art of Problem Solving
#BOTD #RussellLAckoff #QOTD #Quotation #Quote #Prejudice #Bias #MindChanging

https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/12/quote-of-the-day-5427/

#BOTD Lionel Thomas Caswall (L. T. C.) Rolt. Though most of Rolt’s writing was as a biographer of prominent civil engineers, his ghost stories were very influential. He was inspired by M.R. James, but set his tales in industrial settings, creating a more modern setting for the supernatural. #ghosts #ghoststories #books #bookstodon

Richard Brauer https://zbmath.org/authors/brauer.richard, famous for his work in algebra, was #botd 125 years ago. His seminal paper "On algebras which are connected with the semisimple continuous groups" war reviewed in https://zbmath.org/0017.39105 and https://zbmath.org/63.0873.02.

“Many people lose their tempers merely from seeing you keep yours.” — Frank Moore Colby, The Colby Essays
#BOTD #FrankMooreColby #QOTD #Quotation #Quote #Temper

https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/10/quote-of-the-day-5425/

#BOTD

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