Lou Reed in the studio mixing Take No Prisoners (1978)

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NY - summer of 2001. Washington Square park. 18 years old.

I feel incredibly blessed to have experienced this city just before the world completely changed.

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Beastie Boys and George Clinton, 1985. 📸 by Glen E. Freidman

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Winona, Jodie and Julia in 1989

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19 year old me at the Louvre circa 2001 (photo by Emmanuel Crooÿ)

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Til: Babe Ruth (1895-1948) was and advocate for MLB integration

"HERES SOMETHING YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT ONE OF THE BEST BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO EVER LIVED ... “Babe Ruth actually played against negro league players to help make them money and try and bring awareness to how good these players actually were. According to Buck O'Neill and Monte Irvin, players in the Negro Leagues received the equivalent of a dollar a day. When Babe Ruth joined them, he would bring them $1,500 to share among all the teams. Ruth was, for a long time, an advocate of the integration of baseball.” WHAT A 🐐🐐 " -Smashmouth Baseball

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Winston Churchill is carried from a nursing home following being struck by a car in New York City. (1931). He was crossing Fifth Avenue and forgot that cars drove on the opposite side of the road from England, and failed to look to his right.

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An electronic computer delivery 1958

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Comb Tooth and Shaggy Mane?

Found in Northern Saskatchewan, near Big River. Comb tooth was found growing out of deadwood in shade, shaggy mane was growing in tall grass (there were many with the inky black spores melting right next to it). Just want to confirm what these are before we use them!

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Found an orange friend in Yelpowstone Park

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I found these puffball mushrooms blown open, still safe to eat?

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