CIRCLE WITH A DOT

#JesseJackson
#MikeLuckovich 2/18/2026

"And so, Washington’s dire warnings have come true."
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/february-16-2026?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#FranLeibovitz

"Charlie don't surf!"

#ThisModernWorld
#TomTomorrow

#RobertDuvall #FrankBurns

February 16, 2005 - The Kyoto Protocol went into effect after countries responsible for 55% of the world’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions had ratified the treaty, following Russia’s agreement to its terms. The agreement’s purpose was to reduce such gases to 12% below their levels in 1990 by 2012 and, thus, slow global warming.

180 countries had agreed (except for the United States and Australia, two of the world’s top emitters of GHG per capita) to rules for implementing the Kyoto Protocol on July 29, 2001, in Bonn, Germany. President George W. Bush withdrew the U.S. from the process shortly after he took office that same year. His reasoning was that, since India and China had not signed on, they would gain a competitive advantage. The U.S. is now responsible for 15.6% of the earth’s GHG (with 5% of its population).

#KyotoProtocol #ClimateDenialism

"Dreamboat Annie" by Heart released on this day in 1976.
#Heart #DreamboatAnnie #VintageVinyl

The Who "Live At Leeds" concert recorded Feb. 14, in 1970. The Who appeared at Leeds University & recorded their show for the bands forthcoming LP "Live At Leeds". "Live at Leeds" has been cited by several as the best live recording of all time. (I would go with Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison {I know, I know, Allman Brothers fans}) The University of Leeds refectory, has since been named a national landmark.
#TheWho #LiveAtLeeds

I’m on a 7 day streak!
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#GetThePicture

Today's Threads winner.

"The Rolling Stones, Now!" released in the US on this day in 1965.
#TheRollingStones #TheRollingStonesNow #VintageVinyl

Born this day in 1809, the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.
#AbrahamLincoln

February 11, 1978 - Native Americans began The Longest Walk, a march from Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay to Washington, D.C.

The Walk was intended to be a reminder of the forced removal of American Indians from their homelands across the continent, and drew attention to the continuing problems plaguing the Indian community, particularly joblessness, lack of health care, education and adequate housing.

#TheLongestWalk

February 11, 1937 - Forty-eight thousand General Motors workers won their 44-day sit-down strike in Flint, Michigan. On December 30 workers at Fisher Plants 1 & 2 sat down and refused to leave, forcing workers around them to stop work and preventing the next shift from starting.

The sit-down strike ended when the company agreed to recognize the United Automobile Workers union as the representative bargaining agent for the striking hourly employees. Other automakers gradually accepted the legitimacy of the union. The success of the sit-down was an inspiration to workers in other industries to organize their own unions.

#FlintSitDownStrike

February 11, 1916 - Emma Goldman was arrested for lecturing on birth control, presumed a violation of the 1873 Comstock Law which prohibited distribution of literature on birth control, considered obscene under the act.

Goldman considered such knowledge essential to women's reproductive and economic freedom; she had worked as a nurse and midwife among poor immigrant workers on New York’s Lower East Side in the 1890s. She also organized for women's suffrage, later opposed U.S. involvement in World War I, and was imprisoned for allegedly obstructing military conscription.

“. . . those like myself who are disseminating knowledge [of birth control] are not doing so because of personal gain or because we consider it obscene or lewd. We do it because we know the desperate condition among the masses of workers and even professional people, when they cannot meet the demands of numerous children.” ~ Goldman letter to the press following her arrest

#EmmaGoldman

"The Best of The Animals" released in February 1966.
#TheAnimals

Just so we're all on the same page...

February 11, 1790 - The Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, composed mostly of Quakers and Mennonites, petitioned Congress for emancipation of all slaves. Benjamin Franklin had become vocal as an abolitionist and in 1787 began to serve as President of the Society which not only advocated the abolition of slavery, but made efforts to integrate freed slaves into American society.

The proposed resolution was immediately denounced by pro-slavery congressmen and sparked a heated debate in both the House and the Senate.

#ThePennsylvaniaSocietyForPromotingTheAbolitionOfSlaver

#MikeLuckovich 2/11/2026