Pauline Park
@paulinepark.bsky.social
LGBT & Palestine solidarity activist & writer
I was honored to be invited by Red Canary Song 红莺歌 (@redcanarysong.bsky.social) to speak at the vigil one year ago today for #SongYang, the Chinese migrant murdered by the #NYPD & to speak on behalf of #decriminalization of #sexwork under #NewYork state law (11.30.19)
www.redcanarysong.net
www.redcanarysong.net
November 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I was honored to be invited by Red Canary Song 红莺歌 (@redcanarysong.bsky.social) to speak at the vigil one year ago today for #SongYang, the Chinese migrant murdered by the #NYPD & to speak on behalf of #decriminalization of #sexwork under #NewYork state law (11.30.19)
www.redcanarysong.net
www.redcanarysong.net
I love this quote from Mark Twain, who was born Samuel LanghorneClemens #OnThisDay in 1835; one should never confuse schooling with true education~! #wisdom #Weisheit #sagesse
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November 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I love this quote from Mark Twain, who was born Samuel LanghorneClemens #OnThisDay in 1835; one should never confuse schooling with true education~! #wisdom #Weisheit #sagesse
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tw...
Jean de Valois was born #OnThisDay in 1340 & was immortalized in "Janvier" from "Les Très Riches Heures" commissioned by the Duc de Berry; the #FrèresLimbourg's Book of Hours is one of the supreme masterpieces of medieval #art:
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November 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Jean de Valois was born #OnThisDay in 1340 & was immortalized in "Janvier" from "Les Très Riches Heures" commissioned by the Duc de Berry; the #FrèresLimbourg's Book of Hours is one of the supreme masterpieces of medieval #art:
www.wikiart.org/en/limbourg-...
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"We live not in a post-Holocaust world of 'Never Again' but in the same world that led to the Holocaust," says Raz Segal even as #Democrats join Republicans in continuing to fund #ApartheidIsrael's #GazaGenocide with $3.8 billion a year in US taxes:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The genocide in Gaza is far from over | Raz Segal
We live not in a post-Holocaust world of ‘Never Again’ but in the same world that led to the Holocaust, a world of ‘Again and Again’
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November 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"We live not in a post-Holocaust world of 'Never Again' but in the same world that led to the Holocaust," says Raz Segal even as #Democrats join Republicans in continuing to fund #ApartheidIsrael's #GazaGenocide with $3.8 billion a year in US taxes:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ēadmund Ironside died #OnThisDay in 1016, prompting #CanuteTheGreat to claim all of #England & incorporating it into his #Viking empire along with Norway & Denmark; #CnutTheGreat's empire would not survive not long after his death in 1035...
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November 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Ēadmund Ironside died #OnThisDay in 1016, prompting #CanuteTheGreat to claim all of #England & incorporating it into his #Viking empire along with Norway & Denmark; #CnutTheGreat's empire would not survive not long after his death in 1035...
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_...
Andrea di Pietro della Gondola was born #OnThisDay in 1508, becoming the greatest architect of 16th c. Italy; Andrea Palladio's Villa Capra ('la Rotonda') is a masterpiece of Palladian #architecture; viva #Palladio~!
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_...
November 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Andrea di Pietro della Gondola was born #OnThisDay in 1508, becoming the greatest architect of 16th c. Italy; Andrea Palladio's Villa Capra ('la Rotonda') is a masterpiece of Palladian #architecture; viva #Palladio~!
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_...
#TomStoppard is dead at the age of 88; one of the best known British playwrights, Sir Tom will be remembered from the immortal line from "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead": "Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else..."
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November 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
#TomStoppard is dead at the age of 88; one of the best known British playwrights, Sir Tom will be remembered from the immortal line from "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead": "Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else..."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Leopold II abolished #capitalpunishment in #Tuscany #OnThisDay in 1786, the first ruler in European history to #abolishthedeathpenalty; the #Habsburg prince would eventually be overthrown as grand duke in a bloodless coup in 1859...
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November 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Leopold II abolished #capitalpunishment in #Tuscany #OnThisDay in 1786, the first ruler in European history to #abolishthedeathpenalty; the #Habsburg prince would eventually be overthrown as grand duke in a bloodless coup in 1859...
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Geeta temple ashram on Corona Ave. in Elmhurst (Queens) six year ago today (11.29.19)
November 30, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Geeta temple ashram on Corona Ave. in Elmhurst (Queens) six year ago today (11.29.19)
Jean, duc de Berry (1340), Andrea Doria (1466), Andrea Palladio (1508), Sir Philip Sidney (1554), Jonathan Swift (1667), Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller (1683), Mark Twain (1835), Winston Churchill (1874), #ShirleyChisholm (1924), Christian Bernard (1951) & Kristi Noem (1971) were born #OnThisDay
November 30, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Jean, duc de Berry (1340), Andrea Doria (1466), Andrea Palladio (1508), Sir Philip Sidney (1554), Jonathan Swift (1667), Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller (1683), Mark Twain (1835), Winston Churchill (1874), #ShirleyChisholm (1924), Christian Bernard (1951) & Kristi Noem (1971) were born #OnThisDay
#ClaudioMonteverdi died #OnThisDay in 1643, a key figure in the transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque in music; this is the exquisite closing duet from his last #opera, "L'incoronazione di Poppea" ("Pur ti miro, Pur ti godo"):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_isL...
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November 30, 2025 at 4:50 AM
#ClaudioMonteverdi died #OnThisDay in 1643, a key figure in the transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque in music; this is the exquisite closing duet from his last #opera, "L'incoronazione di Poppea" ("Pur ti miro, Pur ti godo"):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_isL...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio...
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Dwight Eisenhower went to Korea #OnThisDay in 1952 to try to end the #KoreanWar; it's time for the US to negotiate a formal end to the war & support the peaceful reunification of the peninsula~! #전쟁 #한국전쟁 #조국해방전쟁
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November 30, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Dwight Eisenhower went to Korea #OnThisDay in 1952 to try to end the #KoreanWar; it's time for the US to negotiate a formal end to the war & support the peaceful reunification of the peninsula~! #전쟁 #한국전쟁 #조국해방전쟁
koreapeacenow.org
koreapeacenow.org/about/
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
koreapeacenow.org
koreapeacenow.org/about/
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
November 30, 2025 at 3:56 AM
#OnThisDay in 1864, Southern Cheyenne & Arapahoe were massacred by Col. John Chivington's Colorado volunteers at Sand Creek; #ApartheidIsrael now gets $3.8 billion a year in US taxes to ethnically cleanse #indigenous #Palestinians...
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November 30, 2025 at 3:42 AM
#OnThisDay in 1864, Southern Cheyenne & Arapahoe were massacred by Col. John Chivington's Colorado volunteers at Sand Creek; #ApartheidIsrael now gets $3.8 billion a year in US taxes to ethnically cleanse #indigenous #Palestinians...
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#GiacomoPuccini died #OnThisDay in 1924 while Empress Dowager #Cixi #慈禧太后 was born on the same day in 1835; Puccini's last & greatest #opera was set in a mythical #China; here's a complete production:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxyO...
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November 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
#GiacomoPuccini died #OnThisDay in 1924 while Empress Dowager #Cixi #慈禧太后 was born on the same day in 1835; Puccini's last & greatest #opera was set in a mythical #China; here's a complete production:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxyO...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxyO...
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#GiacomoPuccini died #OnThisDay in 1924, one of the supreme masters of opera; has anyone ever written a greater love duet than the first act love duet in "Madama Butterfly"? Here's Victoria de los Angeles & Jussi Björling singing it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-a6...
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November 30, 2025 at 3:03 AM
#GiacomoPuccini died #OnThisDay in 1924, one of the supreme masters of opera; has anyone ever written a greater love duet than the first act love duet in "Madama Butterfly"? Here's Victoria de los Angeles & Jussi Björling singing it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-a6...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-a6...
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#RobertWagner murdered #NatalieWood #OnThisDay in 1981 & literally got away with the murder of his actress wife; but in 2018, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Lieutenant John Corina declared Wagner a 'person of interest':
www.cbsnews.com/news/natalie...
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November 30, 2025 at 2:57 AM
#RobertWagner murdered #NatalieWood #OnThisDay in 1981 & literally got away with the murder of his actress wife; but in 2018, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Lieutenant John Corina declared Wagner a 'person of interest':
www.cbsnews.com/news/natalie...
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/natalie...
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#UN member states voted to partition Palestine #OnThisDay in 1947, leading to over 70 years of conflict; #ApartheidIsrael was founded on the ethnic cleansing of the indigenous people of #Palestine & must be dismantled for there to be peace & justice in the Holy Land~!
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www.history.com/this-day-in-...
November 30, 2025 at 2:40 AM
#UN member states voted to partition Palestine #OnThisDay in 1947, leading to over 70 years of conflict; #ApartheidIsrael was founded on the ethnic cleansing of the indigenous people of #Palestine & must be dismantled for there to be peace & justice in the Holy Land~!
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
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I was delighted to see Lakshman & Sy at the #LGBTQ Symposium at York College CUNY seven years ago today (11.29.18) where I gave the keynote speech on "LGBT rights & progressive politics in the age of #DonaldTrump":
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paulinepark.com?p=8199
November 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I was delighted to see Lakshman & Sy at the #LGBTQ Symposium at York College CUNY seven years ago today (11.29.18) where I gave the keynote speech on "LGBT rights & progressive politics in the age of #DonaldTrump":
paulinepark.com?p=8199
paulinepark.com?p=8199
Maria Theresia died #OnThisDay in 1780; #MariaTheresa was a mixed bag, but her 40-year reign is widely regarded as one of the most successful of any #Habsburg, though that's not saying much; still, she played a crucial role in constructing a centralized state...
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November 30, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Maria Theresia died #OnThisDay in 1780; #MariaTheresa was a mixed bag, but her 40-year reign is widely regarded as one of the most successful of any #Habsburg, though that's not saying much; still, she played a crucial role in constructing a centralized state...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_T...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_T...
Nov. 29 is the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People & an occasion to (re)commit to supporting #BDS to #FreePalestine from #ApartheidIsrael's illegal & genocidal occupation & create #OneDemocraticState in historic #Palestine~! 🍉
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November 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Nov. 29 is the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People & an occasion to (re)commit to supporting #BDS to #FreePalestine from #ApartheidIsrael's illegal & genocidal occupation & create #OneDemocraticState in historic #Palestine~! 🍉
paulinepark.com/2017/07/29/z...
paulinepark.com/2017/07/29/z...
Prussia accepted Austria's continued leadership of the German Confederation (Deutscher Bund) in the #OlmützerPunktation signed on this day in 1850; but Otto von Bismarck would overturn the Olmütz Punctuation & shatter 'Deutscher Dualismus' ('German Dualism'):
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November 29, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Prussia accepted Austria's continued leadership of the German Confederation (Deutscher Bund) in the #OlmützerPunktation signed on this day in 1850; but Otto von Bismarck would overturn the Olmütz Punctuation & shatter 'Deutscher Dualismus' ('German Dualism'):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctat...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctat...
"Il Barbiere di Siviglia" became the first #opera ever presented in #Italian in the United States when Giaochino Rossini's masterpiece was staged by the Park Theater in #NewYorkCity #OnThisDay in 1825; here's the great Cecilia Bartoli singing "Una voce poco fa":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDyX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDyX...
November 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
"Il Barbiere di Siviglia" became the first #opera ever presented in #Italian in the United States when Giaochino Rossini's masterpiece was staged by the Park Theater in #NewYorkCity #OnThisDay in 1825; here's the great Cecilia Bartoli singing "Una voce poco fa":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDyX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDyX...
#GaetanoDonizetti was born #OnThisDay in 1797; the bridge between Rossini & Verdi, Donizetti wrote 75 operas, but his reputation rests on just a few of these, including "Lucia di Lammermoor" & the sextet is a moment of sheer genius:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR1z...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR1z...
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November 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
#GaetanoDonizetti was born #OnThisDay in 1797; the bridge between Rossini & Verdi, Donizetti wrote 75 operas, but his reputation rests on just a few of these, including "Lucia di Lammermoor" & the sextet is a moment of sheer genius:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR1z...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetano...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR1z...
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Cixi was born #OnThisDay in 1835. Cíxǐ Tàihòu 慈禧太后 ruled China for nearly half a century until her death in 1908. Jung Chang's biography challenges the image of her as a reactionary & casts her as a liberal reformer:
www.jungchang.net/empress-dowa...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress...
www.jungchang.net/empress-dowa...
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November 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Cixi was born #OnThisDay in 1835. Cíxǐ Tàihòu 慈禧太后 ruled China for nearly half a century until her death in 1908. Jung Chang's biography challenges the image of her as a reactionary & casts her as a liberal reformer:
www.jungchang.net/empress-dowa...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress...
www.jungchang.net/empress-dowa...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress...