Exc: First Government department quits Twitter over racism and violence concerns
Richard Hermer sent a directive to staff last week saying the Attorney General's Office would be coming off the platform
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"Black cat in pine tree"
Art by Maeda Masao
woodblock print
1940
Since the Edo period (1603 to 1868), the black cat (kuro-neko) is seen as a good luck charm, a protector against illness, and a talisman for lonely people to find love; therefore, go get a few more black cats.
#MenWithCats
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Concern about the spread of misinformation from right-wing figures prompts Richard Hermer to pull Attorney General’s Office off platform
#Onthisday in 1837, Queen Victoria ascended to the throne and so began the Victorian era. Of the vast amounts of Victorian content on our site, this is perhaps our favourite — a dictionary of Victorian slang: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/a-dictionary-of-victorian-slang-1909
arrest. On 1 February 1913 she smuggled an iron bar into the Tower of London hurling it through a showcase containing the Insignia of the Order of Merit. A note demanded voting rights for women. She was arrested many times and went on hunger and thirst strike in Armley Jail. More this afternoon.
"Suffragette's Sacrifice.
Captain H. J. Davison, R.N.,
A well-known Bexhill resident who will be the principal mourner at the funeral, which takes place to-day, of his half-sister, Miss Davison, who succumbed to injuries received in trying to upset the Derby."
#Bexhill Observer 14.6.1913. #1910s
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interesting how many liberals use "he's gay!" and "that looks like something a poor person would do" as their go-to Trump insults
hmm wonder why
