Like! Thanks for the links, James!

On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 4:13 PM, James Alexander <jalexander@wikimedia.org> wrote:

Meh, the flag is very very old and very much in the PD :) that upload copy of it isn't simply because someone tagged it that way (it's the default) when they uploaded. For example https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pirate_Flag_of_Jack_Rackham.svg is the exact same flag and came from https://openclipart.org/detail/47605/pirate-jack-rackham :)

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On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 4:08 PM, Michael Guss <mguss@wikimedia.org> wrote:

I like the "On this day" framing for the Sydney Opera House.

I think our followers would find Calico Jack interesting because of  we can credit him with the iconic Jolly Roger flag:

"He is most remembered for two things: the design of his Jolly Roger flag, a skull with crossed swords, which contributed to the popularization of the design." 

Sadly, the flag is not in the public domain: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jolly_Roger#/media/File:Calico_jack_pirate.png

But his image is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calico_Jack?utm_content=buffer409ed&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer#/media/File:Rackham,Jack.JPG

On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Jeff Elder <jelder@wikimedia.org> wrote:

On this day in 1720, the British Royal Navy captured Calico Jack, a Caribbean pirate whose crew included 2 women. http://buff.ly/1jxLMVy

On this day in 1973, the Sydney Opera House in Australia officially opened. Today it hosts more than 1,500 performances each year attended by some 1.2 million people. See more about this public domain photo here: http://buff.ly/1PCIRa3 See more about the Sydney Opera House here: http://buff.ly/1PCIUmc

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