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Porcupette

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Nov. 28, 1924: Dennis Brutus, a white South African poet, journalist and anti-apartheid activist who led the campaign that got the country banned from the Olympics from 1968-88, is born in Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe).

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I had the chance to visit the Sylmar wildlife learning Center. Watch my full video about these amazing porcupines. youtu.be/pgzxaE8PrEc?si…

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Klickitat Log & Lumber three-truck Shay #7 switches out loads of logs for the trip down to the mill at Klickitat, Washington during April of 1964. Drew Jacksich photo. american-rails.com/geared.html

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The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is the largest intact remnant of a vast forested wetland in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. It once covered more than a million acres. Photo by Rebecca Wynn / @USFWS

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Not only is @luisjrodriguez a recipient of our Robert Kirsch Award, but he has been advocating for literacy, the arts and creative engagement in L.A. for more than two decades. We are proud to call him a friend of the Festival of Books. 25 weeks to go! 👏☺️


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Muhammed Ali kissing a young girl, Chicago, Illinois, 1983. He is standing in a crowd of people, campaigning for Harold Washington on North Avenue near Cabrini Green in the week before the mayoral election. #ChicagoHistory ☑️

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Milwaukee Road "Little Joes" E-21 and E-77, along with GP9 #804, exit picturesque Eagle Nest Tunnel at Sixteen Mile Creek with an eastbound freight train on May 20, 1962. Ronald Nixon photo. american-rails.com/nest.html

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Santa Fe's only streamlined steam locomotive, 4-6-4 #3460, (nicknamed the "Blue Goose") has Train #7, the 9-car "Fast Mail Express," hustling west of Syracuse, Kansas on February 9, 1941. Otto Perry photo/colorized by Patty Allison. american-rails.com/goose.html

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‘The Boss’ is known to be the largest and most famous grizzly bear in Banff National Park. 🐻 He’s been hit by a train twice, fights other big grizzlies and is believed to have fathered up to 70% of the grizzlies in Banff.


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One of the B&O's four handsome Class P-7d's, #5301, makes a station stop at Deshler, Ohio with the westbound/southbound Cincinnatian, in July, 1956. This was the later version of the train which operated between Cincinnati and Detroit. Steam was in its twilight powering this…

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Name your favorite quote by a celebrity.



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Incredible photo of the #BridgeFire in the mountains behind downtown Los Angeles.

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The whimsical bungalows that lured artists to Laurel Cyn. are part of its DNA. Notwithstanding Cahuenga Pass, it was the first passage between LA and the Valley, offering the Bungalow Inn and cabins for overnighters. In 1910, a "Trackless Trolley" shuttled visitors up the hill.

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Vegetable Weapon by Ozawa Tsuyoshi (2011)

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Steve, we can't keep wasting vodka like this!


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One of New York Central's two 4-6-4s (J-3) streamlined for the Empire State Express service is seen here in a publicity photo from late 1941. The two Hudsons lost this unique shrouding in 1950. Ed Nowak photo. american-rails.com/empire.html

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The Burlington's sleek Twin Cities Zephyr hustles through the snow along a frozen Mississippi River during the 1950s. Mike Danneman artwork. american-rails.com/burlington.html

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Lieutenant Calley has joined his fellow monsters in hell


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It's so fucked up that an entirely different planet just looks like Arizona.

Mars captured by NASA's Curiosity Rover.

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spotted at the barbican this evening

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