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She is gilded to within an inch of her life, the black wool highlighting the surfeit of gold dripping from Schiaparelli’s late #1930s evening jacket. Part couched goldwork, part rhinestone studs, all the sparkles @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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i wanna have a fashion line.. :( i love making fits and designing them a lot, but unsure how well my designs would translate to reality

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Rita Hayworth looking spectacular in her Jean Louis costume for the 1946 movie Gilda. The two piece white and gold is as daring as the Hays Code would allow, ensuring not too much flesh is on display. Sold via #bonhams #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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Political appointees at the Department of Homeland Security wanted CISA, an agency that protects election systems, to acquire and hack a voting machine, which shocked staffers. “This goes against everything CISA represents,” a former official said.

propublica.orgTrump Appointees Asked a Federal Cybersecurity Agency to Secretly Acquire a Voting Machine — and Hack ItThough not acted on, the request shows how the Trump administration has tried to use the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency for its own ends while draining it of resources to help its mi...

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It's spooky season and I've added all of my Witch Hat Atelier fanarts to my shop! Plus everything is 10% off when you use code FALL10 during checkout :) Yuumeiart.com/shop 1/3 #witchhatatelier #Δ帽子 #WHA

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The Callot Soeurs remain one of my favourite designers of the late c19th & early c20th. Always innovative, they played with colour & embellishment beautifully. Here a late #1920s contrast of teal & green silk charmeuse with feathery pearlescent beadwork @chicagomuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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We’ve reported on how easily people have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hurdles to open a school were so low, could we do it? And what would we learn along the way?

propublica.orgAlmost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur...

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Cherise Doyley was in her 12th hour of contractions at the hospital when a tablet was brought to her bedside. On the screen was a Zoom call with a judge and several lawyers and doctors. She was in court, a nurse told her. The reason? For failing to agree to a C-section. (Published March)

propublica.orgShe Was in Labor at a Florida Hospital. Then She Was in Zoom Court for Refusing a C-Section.A virtual court hearing from a pregnant mother’s hospital bed shows what forced medical treatment can look like.

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The Trump administration has signed an oil deal with a Venezuelan energy baron who has faced money-laundering investigations in three countries. ProPublica reviewed a copy of the 18-page agreement.

propublica.orgThe Secret Terms of Trump’s Venezuelan Oil DealThe Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view. The exact details of the agreement over o...