Douai 24 Dec 1914
Dear doctor, dear madam!
Your dear Christmas package came into my hands at just the right time, but don't be alarmed if I tell you that I've got it at the Bavarian Reserves Field Hospital No. 7. In the meantime it has struck me again; a French mine dearly damaged the top of my skull in the trenches near Arras: I had to let go my „curl of fat“ [a big greased curl of hair on the forehead] , so to speak..

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History made: 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈Scotland becomes the first constituent country of the UK to adopt a system of ‘self-ID’ and the reversal of the medicalisation of gender recognition.

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21 December 1944 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Angela Orosz Richt, was born in Auschwitz II-Birkenau.

Her mother was deported from Hungary when she was 3-month pregnant. She risked her life in the camp to keep the pregnancy secret.

Angela was liberated on 27 January 1945.

Today she lives in Canada & turns 78.

Happy birthday!

Learn her story at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation page: https://www.preserveauschwitz.org/survivor/angela-orosz-richt/

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I read this essay by @[email protected]
earlier today. I am struck at the pressure on individuals to make these strong moral decisions while those who have the power to address systemic problems do so little. #WorldCupFinal
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https://www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-football-is-life-football-is?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/havoviw/status/1604579294038331393

#DYK that COFFIN COLLARS like this were invented to thwart bodysnatchers in the early 19th century? The collar was fixed around the neck of a corpse and bolted to the bottom of a coffin, making it nearly impossible to remove the body from its grave. Bodysnatchers (or "Ressurectionists") stole bodies to sell to anatomists and medical schools during this period.

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