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David Wojnarowicz,1988

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Wojnarowicz died in his Manhattan home on July 22, 1992 at the age of 37, from what his boyfriend, Tom Rauffenbart, confirmed was AIDS

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The Dixie Dugan White Collection of Women's Rights Memorabilia

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Japan’s Artistic Manhole Covers Paving The Way For Street Art

Photographer S. Morita travelled the streets of Japan for several years, documenting the artistic manhole covers that have become a centrepiece of street art in the country. Japan’s eccentric art has conquered the street in the most unreal style- by donning the metal caps of manhole covers with beautifully carved and painted art dedicated to the rich culture of Japan.

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Illustrations of medieval outfits from Auguste Racinet’s Le costume historique v.4 (1888).

Full text with many other colorful illustrations available here.

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STS-107 by NASA on The Commons on Flickr.

STS-107, was a scientific research mission,and carried seven crew members including the first Israeli astronaut. Experiments in the SPACEHAB RDM included nine commercial payloads involving 21separate investigations, four payloads for the European Space Agency with 14 investigations, one payload/investigation for ISS Risk Mitigation and 18 payloads supporting 23 investigations for NASA's Office of Biological and Physical Research (OBPR). KSC landing was planned for Feb. 1 after a 16-day mission, but Columbia and crew were lost during reentry over East Texas at about 9 a.m. EST, 16 minutes prior to the scheduled touchdown at KSC. A seven-month investigation followed, including a four month search across Texas to recover debris. The search was headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport, La. Nearly 85,000 pieces of orbiter debris were shipped to KSC and housed in the Columbia Debris Hangar near the Shuttle Landing Facility. The KSC debris reconstruction team identified pieces as to location on the orbiter, and determined damaged areas. About 38 percent of the orbiter Columbia was eventually recovered.

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”Why Z is for Putin”, The Economist

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Saint Javelin

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War is Hell!

Marine Lance Corporal D.R. Anderson displayed his sentiments on the back of his flak jacket,  2/10/1967.

File Unit: Divider/Subject - 223 - Helicopters troops Embarking/Disembarking, 1962 - 1975

Series: Black and White Photographs of Marine Corps Activities in Vietnam, 1962 - 1975

Record Group 127: Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1775 - 

Image description: View of the back of Lance Corporal Anderson. He is wearing a flak jacket with “War is Hell!” hand-written on it. He is seated in front of what I think is a vehicle-mounted machine gun, probably a M1919. 

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STS-51L by NASA on The Commons on Flickr.

STS-51L was the final mission for the Challenger Space Shuttle due to the failure and subsequent explosion of the Right Solid Rocket Booster. Just seconds into the flight it was noticed on video that thick smoke was coming from the Right Solid Rocket Booster. The O-Ring and grease in the joint was being bunt away by the high temperatures in booster. At the 72 second mark the booster failed and ignited an explosive burn of the external fuel tank, ending the mission and tragically taking the lives of all astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Challenger.

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Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University Library // Moscow 1995

A distinctive feature of the building is the “Healing a Man” mosaic panel that adorns the outer walls. This panel with an area of ​​2000 square meters was created by the monumental artists L.G. Polishchuk and S.I. Shcherbinin. The mosaic is dedicated to medicine and includes 4 compositions: “Healing”, “Salvation”, “Birth”, “Hope”.

photos: Greenlynx

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The Tynemouth Medal, 19th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1896 Size: Diameter: 51 mm Medium: Silver, struck

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/188036