the fact that i'm actually finally 23 today lmao https://twitter.com/aguaardientes/status/1224790200770973697

happy birthday to me nobody likes you when you're 23 or whatever that blink band said

besides my birth, there's a lot of cool things that happened today so i'm gonna highlight my faves

today is the feast day and 385th anniversary of the patron saint of costa rica - nuestra señora de los ángeles o "la negrita"

today in 1343 jeanne de clisson's second husband is executed by the french king so she goes completely apeshit

today in 1937 the u.s. enacts the marihuana (lol) tax act which effectively lays a lot of the groundwork for the "war on drugs" that we are still living today https://hightimes.com/culture/the-marihuana-tax-act-of-1937/

today in 1943 prisoners at the polish nazi death camp treblinka revolt against their killers, seizing weapons from the armory. more than 300 escape https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-23557979

- today in 1978 mexican composer carlos chávez dies
- today in 1997 nigerian afrobeat legend fela kuti passes away

i forgot to pay my phone bill last night and i fell asleep which is pretty on brand for me lmao but i still need to finish this thread

happy belated birthday to james baldwin, someone whose writings did indeed teach me that the things that torment me most are the very things that connect me with all the people who are alive, who have ever been alive