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The Statue of Liberty, which 17 congressmen from New York and New Jersey agree "stands in a slum," towers above rubbish and junk on Bedloe's (now Liberty) Island, March 5, 1948. A congressmen asked a House Appropriations committee for $1,000,000 for slum clearance on the Island.
Photo: Associated Press via The Atlantic
I like to challenge myself. Make things more difficult. Not take shortcuts.
It's fine if people do. I just like to test myself. My resolve. My stubbornness.
On Duolingo, when you lose all your hearts, you can buy all five of them for 350 gems. I don't always have that amount lying around - I like to use them for turning my lessons into shining gold. But today I do.
Most days I end up losing all my red hearts. It's almost unavoidable when you're actively and sometimes distractedly practicing seven different languages.
Today, as I move down the menu to click the button that allows me to practice in order to gain a heart, I accidentally click the button with which one buys all five. Duo doesn't even ask me if I am sure. It takes away my gems and colours in all my hearts.
It was a misclick, and yet I feel like I somehow betrayed a core tenet of my very being.
Toyota Center | Houston, TX | 5 March 2017
5 March 1963
During a photo shoot in London on this day, Paul is sad and small, and John cannot see. But this parking meter can.
#OTD in Irish History | 5 March:
In the liturgical calendar, today is the Feast day of St. Kieran, sometimes listed as ‘Kevin the elder’. 1389 – Thomas Mortimer is appointed Justiciar of Ireland. Mortimer was an English soldier and nobleman. He moved to Ireland as a deputy to his brother Edmund after he was made Lord of Ireland. 1716 – Martin Bladen, soldier, politician, civil servant, gambler and writer, is given leave in the…
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@Ashton5SOS: This is one of the strangest videos I’ve found in my camera roll. Here’s a dramatic rendition of Purple Rain, whilst wearing an eye patch after my eye surgery late last year.
5 March 2019
5 March 2024, Dublin. Pattuglia Acrobatica
very excited. soon.
