#jan 8

[apolladay]

How many people have you lived with in your life (meaning, sharing place of residence, especially cooking areas, living areas, and/or bathrooms).

Group homes count, family counts, everyone in an apartment counts, not everyone in the entire apartment building counts.

How many people have you lived with in your life?

Only 1 other person

2 people

3 people

4 people

5 people

6-8 people

9-12 people

13-17 people

18-23 people

24-30 people

30-50 people

More than 50 people

Voting ended onJan 23

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Luella Bates, the first licensed female truck driver, shaking hands with Francis Hugo, New York state Secretary of State, in the Bronx, at the New York Auto Show, January 8, 1920.

Bates was the first of six female employees of the Four Wheel Drive Auto Co. chosen as test and demonstration drivers, and worked from 1918 to 1922. In January 1920, Bates drove a Model B to New York City, where she attended the New York Auto Show. During her stay, she met with Secretary of State of New York Francis Hugo and became the first female truck driver to receive a New York driver's license. Bates was such a hit in New York that Four Wheel Drive decided to use her skills even further. Later that year, they sent her on three transcontinental tours throughout the United States. The advertising scheme introduced the idea that the FWD truck was easy to steer, as evidenced by a woman driver. During her first tour, she represented Francis Hugo's Safety First Campaign.

Photo & info: Four Wheel Drive Auto Co./Wikimedia Commons

[genxrocker]

[solomon-revisited]

"I interpret this song as a statement of purpose by a guy at the dawn of a thirty-year career in music working under the name "the Mountain Goats." This seems genuinely clear to me; I see symbols in here, most about writing and ambition. But I'm just as certain that all I meant to do at the time was sketch a small scenario that was somewhat disquieting but not lurid or explicit, and then house it within a generally celebratory musical framework, the better to enjoy the tension between these two impulses for a couple of minutes."

-- JD in "This Year: 365 days annotated", 2025

[shysheeperz]

[dogperday]

me waiting at the door for a package that isnt supposed to arrive for several more days

[vocalsynthbdays]

happy birthday tako luka (fanloid) !!!!! [jan 8]

(apr art)

tako luka (aka octopus luka) is a character derivative from megurine Luka. she was first drawn/ introduced in 2009(i accidentally said 2008 last year OOPS) on jan 8 by her creator, Sangatsu Youka/ Sanpachi/ sanpati. however, the truly octopus version wasnt released until apr 6/7 2009. this is also the first instance of her being called tako luka by sangatsuyouka i think, as in the original shes called "miss luka luka" (rukarukasan). tako luka indirectly came from the item war surrounding luka.

im saying apr 6/7, as while the fanloid and vocaloid wikias say she was introduced on the 8th, the original piapro post says it was posted on the 7th. this is just a time zone thing i think and ive seen this happen a lot. as such, while the tako luka piapro post says it was posted on the 6th, im saying it was also kind of the 7th i think, as that seems to be the date the wikias would use if they listed it

(jan art)

[amiablesummer]

by @jovialtorchlight