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Jean Dieu de Saint-Jean, Habit Noire (Evening Wear), etching, c.1670. A print collected by Samuel Pepys, it depicts elite fashionable Frenchmen proudly wearing lace cuffs and ribbons. Credit: Reproduced with permission of the Pepys Library, Magdalen College, Cambridge A collection of French fashion prints offers valuable new insight into the life of Samuel Pepys many years after his premature final diary entries. The prints show that the tailor’s son continued to be fascinated by the power of fashion even after he achieved wealth and status. But they also reveal the conflict Pepys had over French style. Most of what we…

LGBTQ+ activists and Democratic Party leaders have responded with sympathy and support to President Joe Biden’s announcement that he is dropping out of the presidential race and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee.Known as a strong ally to the LGBTQ+ community, Harris has been a longtime supporter of LGBTQ+ rights. As California Attorney General, she refused to defend Proposition 8, a voter-approved measure that would have allowed courts to invalidate same-sex marriages. As San Francisco District Attorney, Harris officiated some of the first same-sex marriages in the United States two decades ago and has been a vocal…

Vice President Kamala Harris reacts to the support from the crowd during a campaign rally in Las Vegas, Tuesday, July 9. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via The Associated Press) Following President Joe Biden’s announcement earlier today that he is withdrawing from the 2024 presidential race, and a separate statement by President Biden endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee to succeed him, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett of Texas’ 30th Congressional District and Democratic National Committee Member-elect Jeff Strater have both voiced their support for Harris’ presidential bid. Crockett has consistently supported Biden over the past three weeks despite…

The bill introduced in the state assembly raises the risk that democratic organisations that express social grievances through non-violent protests will be labelled as Maoist fronts. There is no way to distinguish between social activists and covert Maoists. Six years after gaining notoriety in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon massacre, Urban Naxals are once again seeking to terrorise residents with the Maharashtra Special Public Safety Bill, which was introduced in the outgoing state assembly but failed to pass and there are fears it could be promulgated as an ordinance before the next government is formed later this year. The public’s fear…

Bella Thorne claimed that people using Ozempic in Hollywood were promoting “abnormal beauty standards.”The actress posted a video to her Instagram Stories on Saturday in which she can be seen standing in a blue leopard print bikini.In the candid clip, Bella spoke about how she believes Ozempic, a drug traditionally used as an anti-diabetes medication called semaglutide, has had a far-reaching impact on her body image.”So I haven’t been happy with my body for a while,” she said. “Especially because everyone who’s on Ozempic is kind of setting this crazy standard of beauty that no one who’s not on Ozempic…

Florida’s Gen Z-led Democratic Party organization says that while the party’s presidential candidate will change, it won’t mean fewer young voters will turn out to vote in November’s election. President Joe Biden has formally withdrawn from the 2024 presidential race. He, along with many others in his party, including Florida Democrats, have endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor. Harris, meanwhile, said it is her intention to seek and win her party’s nomination. She is currently endorsed by three groups of politically active young Democrats in Florida: Florida Future Leaders, Florida College Democrats and Florida High School Democrats. So…

Introducing the Club Car UTV, a small, neighborhood-legal electric vehicle that, according to its manufacturer, combines the practicality of a pickup truck with the efficiency of a golf cart for transporting crews and materials around the job site. In fact, it’s so good that it has me asking myself: “Is this the most practical electric pickup truck you can buy?” Now that the Tesla Cybertruck has become the best-selling electric pickup truck in the US, I think it’s time to ask ourselves what makes a truck a truck, because flat sides, low polygons, and post-apocalyptic wedge shapes just don’t do…

Get Urban Milwaukee’s top stories delivered to you every day A BART train at West Oakland Station, December 2018. Pi.1415926535, (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons Every day, The Overhead Wire compiles over 1,500 stories about the city and shares the best ones with our email list. On the weekend, we take some of the most popular stories and share them with Urban Milwaukee readers. These stories are national (and international) links that are sometimes funny, sometimes silly, but we hope you’ll find them useful. Universal Basic Mobility Pilot Expands: After the success of the first universal mobility pilot in…

Matt Strudwick 2024-07-21 22:03 Updated 2024-07-21 22:08 Share or comment on this article: This is the shocking moment a knife-wielding cyclist is seen brandishing a massive blade as he cycles near a London park in broad daylight.The man appears to be wearing a jacket with the same distinctive design and green hue as takeaway delivery giant Deliveroo.The footage was reportedly filmed in Middleton Green Park in Bethnal Green, east London, and was published on X tonight.The 15-second video shows the intrepid cyclist sitting on his bike outside the park.He then rode off on his bike, still clutching the knife, before…

President William Ruto leaves after addressing a press conference at the Presidential Villa in Nairobi on July 11, 2024. [AFP] Despite President William Ruto’s decision to cater to the demands of Gen Z, they remain adamant against anti-government protests. The President had sought to appease the youth by refusing to give assent to the controversial Finance Bill, 2024 and sacking his cabinet except for the Chief Minister. Gen Z is planning protests on Tuesday, with hashtags such as #TotalShutdown, #OccupyJKIA and #RutoMustGo gaining traction online. The protests highlight the widening gap between Gen Z and the government, who are demanding…