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All things history! Mostly Tudor, Regency, and Victorian, but also Neolithic, Celtic tribes, Roman invasion, Angle-Saxons, Middle Ages, Stewarts, Jacobean, Georgian, Edwardian, and more. Largely but not entirely British. Occasional political rants.
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Happy Caturday! :) Starbuck and Bongo, who have now crossed the rainbow bridge. #cats #cute

Today in 1942, three members of the White Rose, an anti-Nazi group that advocated nonviolent resistance, were beheaded in Munich. Since identifying Nazis is enough to get you in trouble again today, let's remember these martyrs. www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles...

If you're following the story of the Clackamas Cty cats with avian flu, Bebop beat bird flu and is coming HOME!! :) In honor of that, here's an extremely cute pic of my cat, Amethyst, and her bag.

On this day in history in 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated. To this day, there are questions about who was really behind it. www.history.com/this-day-in-...

On this day in 1547, King Edward VI was crowned. The last Tudor king, he would die at the age of just 15.

Sure you can have your Christlike peaceful martyr fantasy if you want but I prefer the fantasy where I take a few of the bastards with me

!!!! Bookmark this one. What an incredible historical resource.

Resisting comes in all forms. Here is a very creative one starting to pop up.

Beautiful Edwardian painting.

OnThisDay in 1835 the House of Commons elected a new Speaker. In a defeat for Peel’s ministry, James Abercromby (R), the Whig MP for Edinburgh, was chosen in place of the Tory, Charles Manners Sutton (L): api.parliament.uk/historic-han...

On this day in 1847, the Donner part was rescued from the Sierra Nevada! Okay, not ALL of them were rescued, let's just say... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_...

SHE'S GOING HOME! Sekhmet the goddess of war and healing! She beat bird flu

Agreed! Unless you were raised by wolves in an underground cave, REVIEW WHAT YOU READ. Actually, the wolves in the cave thing is no excuse... ;) #AO3

What a beautiful use of light.

And now it's time for a liminal moment: downtown Nashville, 15 years ago.

I'm going down the rabbit hole of the Old Bailey Criminal Proceedings AGAIN. It's all there, the record of every trial from 1674 to 1913! Here's the only "guilty but insane" verdict handed down during the literal Regency period: www.oldbaileyonline.org/search/crime...

Happy #Caturday! At my sister's house, Baby seems to be thinking about... something. 😉 #cats #cute