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1. in 2000, the democratic national convention was in downtown los angeles. i went down to participate in the immigration rights march. it was permitted, it was official, it was peaceful. at the time, i was working at a legal organization where...

Romanian Traditional House

source: Zestra Neamului

Welcome to Walachia (aka Romania), 1835, where life is nasty, brutish and … brutish. Welcome to the land of “Aferim!” — a place where the social practices are as harsh as the dusty, desolate landscape in which this Romanian-language picture is set.

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Celebrate the Year of the Monkey with our Asian New Year Family Festival on February 7. Pay what you wish to catch a performance by Dance China NY, make a Chinese lantern, and explore the East Asian galleries on a family tour.

Monkey of Kii Province, c. 1860, by Matsukawa Hanzan

Figure of Monkey, 9th century, China

Monkey on Perch, mid-19th century, by Kawanabe Kyosai

Zan Romanoff clears up some misconceptions about Los Angeles.

Illustration by Rob Engvall

David Scott taking in the view during an EVA from Command Module Gumdrop, seen from docked Lunar Module Spider, 1969 [4400 x 4600] x-post /r/HI_Res

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GLOW-IN-THE-DARK CEMENT COULD TOTALLY CHANGE HOW WE LIGHT CITIES

After nine years of research, Dr. José Carlos Rubio has overcome this hurdle and figured out a way of altering the micro-structure of cement itself, eliminating the opaque crystalline byproducts of the normal production process that blocked phosphorescence.

When fully charged by exposure to light, Rubio’s cement can glow for up to 12 hours, and should retain this ability for about a century.

— FROM CURBED

The late Phyllis Hyman sings What You Won’t Do For Love on Late Night with David Letterman, 1986.