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46 years ago
Wendy O. Williams, lead singer of the Plasmatics, stands in the Milwaukee County District Attorney's office on January 19, 1981, hours after she was arrested following a scuffle with police at The Palms nightclub, 2616 W. State St.

📸 Ronald Overdahl

The Alfred Jewel: A 1,100-year-old treasure from England's first king that proclaims 'Alfred ordered me to be made'

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/the-alfred-jewel-a-1-100-year-old-treasure-from-englands-first-king-that-proclaims-alfred-ordered-me-to-be-made

"The Alfred Jewel: An Historical Essay" at PG:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59372

The front, enamel and back of the Alfred Jewel. "The jewel measures 2.4 by 1.2 inches (6.2 by 3.1 centimeters). Its design consists of dozens of small cells filled with colorful enamel paste and accented by thin strips of gold. It depicts a person from the mid-thighs up. The Old English inscription in capital letters around the edge of the jewel's bezel connects it to Alfred the Great." - from article "At the base of the jewel, in what looks like the mouth of a dragon or snake, experts have noticed a cylindrical socket. This was likely where the pointer itself was once connected." - from article

47 years ago today
Black Flag released their debut EP, Nervous Breakdown, January 26, 1979

It features the songs "Nervous Breakdown," "Fix Me," "I've Had It," and "Wasted."

I love pie. Living my entire life in , my favourite pies are steak and mushroom, steak and steak and cheese, and pepper steak.

But I love about PIE almost as much as I love eating pie, and Laura Spinney's "Proto was a delicious read. 4.5/5 at for me

@bookstodon

Cover of "Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global" by Laura Spinney

Content warning Death Mother has uploaded, it's all about the Boston Molasses Flood of 1919.

It's always fun when my hobbies interact

Laura Spinney's fascinating book "Proto" this quote made me think of the fine
"The Altai are beautiful. Prehistoric people would have been as sensitive to natural beauty as we are"
The stunning beauty of the Altai is a star of that show, images from the Drama came to mind while reading this and other references to the Altai in the book 😍 @bookstodon