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#OnThisDay, 13 Jan 1976, Sarah Caldwell takes up the baton at the New York Met Opera, becoming the first woman to conduct an opera there.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons
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Those that don't know #programming #languages #history are condemned to repeat it
Is it time to #teach history of programming languages? 👩🏫🤔
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It's time to teach history of programming languages
Those that don't know programming history are condemned to repeat it.Jordi Cabot
Elon Musk and Far-Right German Leader Agree ‘Hitler Was a Communist’.
#WhatHappenedToReality #fascism #History #Madness
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Elon Musk and Far-Right German Leader Agree ‘Hitler Was a Communist’
In a conversation with AfD leader Alice Weidel on X, Musk concurred with her assertion that Adolf Hitler was a communist and pushed disinformation about migrants coming into the US.David Gilbert (WIRED)
Houses in Nuuk. Greenland became a formal territory of Denmark in 1953 and is subject to the Danish constitution, meaning any change to its legal status would require a constitutional amendment. In 2009, the island was granted broad self-governing autonomy, including the right to declare independence from Denmark through a referendum.
#OnThisDay, 7 Jan 1939, French physicist Marguerite Perey discovers element 87, which she later names francium. It was the last element to be discovered naturally.
Perey was a student of Maria Skłodowska-Curie. She was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize but never received it.
#WomenInSTEM #ScienceHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
Happy Birthday to Kathryn 'Kathy' Valentine, songwriter and bassist for the pop punk band the Go-Go's, born on this day in 1959, Austin, Texas
Photo by Pam Martinez at the Roxy Theater in 1981
#punk #punkrock #kathyvalentine #thegogos #womenofpunk #history #punkrockhistory #otd
#OnThisDay, 6 Jan 1907, Maria Montessori opens her first Casa Dei Bambini in Rome. Her aim was to improve the lives of the 50 working class children in her care.
Hundreds of schools worldwide now follow elements of the educational theory she developed through working with them.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
Tips for creating document based #history lessons
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Making Your Own DBQ Style Lesson – Tips to Puttng Your Own Together
Here is Margaret and William Veeck, Sr. in an ad for Quaker Oats The trend of teaching using primary documents has been an instrumental tool of history education the last 40-50 years. When the Inte…The History Rat
Always Go Pee, Even at a Formal Party — The Death of Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe Died Because He Refused To Pee — A blog about toiletsToilets of the World
Evolution at the American Natural History Museum.
#nyc #newyork #americannaturalhistorymuseum #natural #history #museum #photos #photography
On this day in 1983, the ARPANET network officially switched to using the TCP/IP protocol, effectively creating the Internet.
"January 1, 1983 is considered the official birthday of the Internet. Prior to this, the various computer networks did not have a standard way to communicate with each other."
It's ALIVE!
#OnThisDay, 1 Jan 1818, Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' was published anonymously. Her gothic novel was also one of the first science-fiction novels.
#ReadMoreWomen #LiteraryWomen
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Two things happened.
Capitalism was invented 400 years ago by England and the Netherlands.
Then, about 100 years ago, the incredible energy bounty — and tremendous profit — of burning fossil fuels was realized.
If those two things had been kept separate, if they had never interacted, our world might look a lot different today.
But, as we know, they were not kept separate. No chance of that. Instead, capitalism was allowed to fully exploit the burning of fossil fuels in order to make massive profits, trillions and trillions of dollars.
And it still continues — even though scientists have been warning for more than 50 years that we are on the road to ruin.
Look at the charts below. An exponential curve. Yet we're constantly being told to calm down, that everything is fine, there's no need to panic. 🤬
#History #Economics #Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
Jimmy Carter's presidential foreign policy efforts to emphasize human rights have been debated – and often maligned.
Here’s why historian Robert C. Donnelly of Gonzaga University believes Carter’s overseas policies were far more effective than critics claim.
Even Reagan praised Carter's choices and regretted attacking them the way he did when running against him.
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Jimmy Carter left a lasting Cold War legacy: His human rights focus helped dismantle the Soviet Union
President Jimmy Carter’s foreign policy efforts may have been far more effective than critics have claimed.The Conversation
This is a tripwire-triggered weapon used to defend corpses from body snatchers (grave robbers) in the late 19th century. It went by many names such as “cemetery gun,” “grave gun,” and “coffin torpedo.”
More:
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Victorian 'Coffin Torpedoes' Blasted Would-Be Body Snatchers
Grave robbing got more hazardous in the 1880s.Lucy Tiven (Atlas Obscura)
“House of Trump, House of Putin” by Craig Unger
📚 "House of Trump, House of Putin" by Craig Unger explores the troubling link between Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Russian Mafia. The author demonstrates how this alliance has shaped American politics and international relations. An essential read for understanding current geopolitical issues! #Trump #Putin #Geopolitics #History #RussianMafia 🇺🇸🇷🇺 🔍 Check it out now! 🔍 In his compelling book, "House of Trump,…
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« House of Trump, House of Putin » by Craig Unger
📚 « House of Trump, House of Putin » by Craig Unger explores the troubling link between Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Russian Mafia. The author demonstrates how this a…Homo Hortus
‘Destroyed’ #Usenet #Provider Sues Anti-Piracy Group for Millions in Damages
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#piracy #court #justice #internet #problem #economy #damage #money #news #history #Netherlands #copyright
'Destroyed' Usenet Provider Sues Anti-Piracy Group for Millions in Damages * TorrentFreak
Former Usenet giant NSE is suing anti-piracy group BREIN, demanding millions of euros for the legal action that led to the company's demise.Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)
Donald Trump's Gold Toilets
Donald Trump has a dictator's taste in decoration; much like Saddam Hussein and other dictators, he prefers gold-plated bathroom fixtures. All this and more on the Toilets of the World.Toilets of the World
The latest scorecard on cumulative carbon emissions has been published, and the USA is still far out in front of any challengers.
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A #C64 that is still in productive use today: https://x.com/RetroVidGaming/status/1868587811517219090
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The price of art 💔
By #LovelyBalletAndDance / Omar Djaknoun
#Architecture #Design #Style #Nature #Art #Artist #Photo #Photographer #Urbanism #City #Village #Staircases #History #Histoire #Abandoned #AbandonedPlaces #Ballet #Dance #Dancer
#GeoPol #MiddleEastWar #SyrianRevolution #History #Russia
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...what several pundits have long expected: a breakup of the #RussianFederation.
Time will tell, but tathersooner than later, I guess.
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...than the #SovietUnion's at the end of the First #ColdWar, hit by the aftermath of the #Chernobyl disaster. A crippling interest rate of 21%, intended to stifle rampant inflation and to prop up the #Kremlin's ailing currency , huge external debts (AFAIC mostly in Chinese RMB,) and the staggering cost of the #WarInUkraine could lead up to...
#GeoPol #MiddleEastWar #SyrianRevolution #History #Russia
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...supported ruling party is strongly opposed by the people in the street.
In retrospect, the flight from #Afghanistan can be seen as strong evidence for the crumbling #Soviet empire. With hindsight, the #Syrian debacle might be a similar pivotal moment in time for the Kremlin regime of the #RussianFederation.
Arguably, #Russia's current economic situation might already be worse...
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...aspirations.
On the face of it, for now, #Putin is bound to lose the strategically important only Mediterranean naval base. In other regions, where the #Kremlin has stationed RF forces, the boot of the invader on the local people's neck might begin to feel a bit lighter, as in #Georgia, where a political coup by the #Russian...
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Dubbed screenshot from #RussianTV
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...back then, but it also left an important ally of the #Russian empire, then calked the #SovietUnion, without #Kremlin support forces.
Time and again the "Greater Middle East" proves to be a region that is too hot to handle for the impotent #Russian forces.
And once again, #Islamist rebels prove to be the death knell of the death knell of the #Kremlin's imperial...
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*#Syria: The #Islamist tail wags the #Kremlin dog again:*
#Russia's military position in #Syria has become untenable: it has to withdraw its troops in a hurry.
This is reminiscent of the #Soviet flight from #Afghanistan in 1988/89, when the #mujahideen de facto forced the #RedArmee to flee from that country. OFC it was also termed a "withdrawal..."
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![“Withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan”. Last Soviet troop column crosses Soviet border [over the infamous #FriendshipBridge"] after leaving Afghanistan.
Banner reads: "Слава солдатам отечества! Слава сынам!" ("Glory to the soldiers of the fatherland! Glory to the sons of the motherland!")"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_withdrawal_from_Afghanistan?wprov=sfla1](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/3551206 "“Withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan”. Last Soviet troop column crosses Soviet border [over the infamous #FriendshipBridge\"] after leaving Afghanistan.
Banner reads: \"Слава солдатам отечества! Слава сынам!\" (\"Glory to the soldiers of the fatherland! Glory to the sons of the motherland!\")\"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_withdrawal_from_Afghanistan?wprov=sfla1")
Syrien: Russland zieht Truppen aus Syrien zurück
https://www.zeit.de/video/2024-12/6366054171112/syrien-russland-zieht-truppen-aus-syrien-zurueck?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypubGepostet in Video @video-ZEITONLINE
Russland zieht Truppen aus Syrien zurück
Russland hat das russische Militär und Diplomaten aus Syrien abgezogen. Militärstützpunkte sollen aber weiter unterhalten werden.ZEIT ONLINE
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#SanFrancisco jolted awake by its first-ever #tornado #warning
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It was the first tornado warning on record for the area, National #Weather Service meteorologist Dalton Behringer told ...
#climate #problem #news #usa #history #change #California #danger #environment
San Francisco jolted awake by its first-ever tornado warning
The warning, which expired minutes later, urged people to take shelter from possible flying debris.Max Harrison-Caldwell (The San Francisco Standard)
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Links between gender stereotypes and American patriotism date from the Cold War − but weren’t true then either
Traditional ideals of gender roles hark back to a time of extreme American nationalist sentiment in the face of a significant international threat.The Conversation
