#OtD 18 Jul 1917 a furniture worker in Rio de Janeiro learned of a strike in São Paulo and walked off the job. By the afternoon, 150 workers were out. The stoppages escalated over the next few days into a successful general strike. Commemorated here: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/t-shirt-of-the-month0523

#Christmas sale. ‘Maciejowski Bible’, Paris ca. 1240. NY, Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.638, fol. 36v.
#medieval #MedievalArt

#FIFA is set to disburse proceeds from the World Cup to a number of russian football clubs owned by internationally sanctioned entities, including russian oil and gas companies, an investigation by outlet Follow the Money published on July 18 found.

https://kyivindependent.com/fifa-sanctions/

18 July 1914 | A Norwegian Jewish woman, Hanna Jaffe, was born in Kristiania (today Oslo). A printer.

She arrived at #Auschwitz on 1 December 1942 in a transport of 532 Jews from occupied Norway. She was among 346 people murdered in gas chamber after arrival selection.

A hot summer day on the track to Annat.

Numismatist alert!
I just found this very old penny in my pocket because it *stuck to my headphone case's magnetic clasp*

Wait, you say. Isn't ol' Abe supposed to be copper (or copper and zinc)?

Apparently not in 1943!

#notesArt #mastoArt #art #illustration #fediArt

A former Japanese minister has blamed Indian authorities for a delay in completing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious high-speed rail corridor backed by funding and technology from the East Asian nation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/18/japan/japan-minister-india-shinkansen-complaint/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #india #rail #indiajapanrelations #shinkansen #bullettrains

🔭 Astronomers Accidentally Photographed The Faintest Planet Ever Imaged From Earth

https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-have-accidentally-discovered-the-faintest-planet-ever-imaged-from-earth

#science #exoplanets #astronomy

@lowqualityfacts
If 42 were the biggest number, you could never split anything 50-50.

#ThatsWhatIRead

@ami_angelwings Lynch's Dune is the best Dune, winged decadent space speedos and all.

@neuralreckoning Sounds like a great summing up of our present situation globally. Confused, teetering on the edge of something, not sure whether to be afraid or not.

@DGI
Do workers have to identify their own bullshit job for it to be one??? Most advertisers probably think they're awesome even though we're #AdvertisingOurselvesToDeath ...

@David @tshirtman War. Political changes.

@doczkal
We miss you, and all the best for your recovery!!
@martandr

I’ve been informed that @TheBreadmonkey earns approximately 20% more money per toot than I do here on Beige.Party. I’m not angry; I’m simply using this as motivation to up my toot game.