“Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation."

#OnThisDay, 31 Mar 1776, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, John Adams, who was drafting the Declaration of Independence. He declined her suggestions.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons

hatred for war, the most famous being “Guernica” (1937). During WWII, Picasso stayed in Nazi-occupied Paris, and when France was liberated, he joined the French Communist Party. He actively participated in international peace congresses, including the Paris Peace Congress in 1949, creating drawings of doves to promote the events.

Did you know the dove being a symbol for #peace is a Picasso invention? I didn’t until today. 🕊️

#HongKong #Museum #Painting #Art #MastoArt #FediArt #History #Travel

Pablo Picasso, “Massacre in Korea” (1951), oil on plywood, new exhibition “Picasso for Asia” at M+ #Museum, which I finally visited for the first time today. The piece was inspired by reports of American atrocities in the Korean War like the No Gun Ri Massacre, when U.S. soldiers massacred Korean refugees. It is a powerful, anti-war #painting.

Shaken by the bombing of the town of Guernica in Spain, Picasso created several works to express his

#HongKong #Art #MastoArt #FediArt #History #Travel

This is an autochrome color photo, taken at the Paris Air Show on the 30th of September, 1909, only six years after the successful flight of the Wright Brothers. It has been cleaned up, but all the color is original to the photograph.

Restoration done by Babelcolour.

#photography #history #historyInColor #restoration #noAI

Next, for #SaturdayNightCoinShow, another #MysteryCoin - this one is a lovely #Tactile piece, although I must admit, I know very little about the design! Can you #help please? The coin is an 1835-1910 Bhutan 1/2 Rupee, and despite my lack of info on the coin, I did compile some interesting details on the country for you: coinofnote.com/1835-1910-bhuta…

#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Unknown #WhatIsIt #Bhutan #History #Histodons #Coins @numismatics @histodons

#Trump orders ‘ideological’ cleanup of Smithsonian #museums and a ‘restoration’ of American #history

Source: english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03…

#fnord #newspeack #news #usa #politics #president #WhiteHouse #government #America #museum

Trump orders ‘ideological’ cleanup of Smithsonian museums and a ‘restoration’ of American history

The president signs a decree to stop a ‘revisionist movement that seeks to undermine the remarkable achievements of the United States’

^{Iker Seisdedos (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)}

Archaeologists find large tomb of an unknown pharaoh

(gift link)

nytimes.com/2025/03/27/world/a…

#Archaeology #Egypt #History

Tomb of Unknown Pharaoh Is Unearthed in Egypt

The burial chamber most likely belonged to a ruler in a line of kings once lost to history, researchers said. “It’s a new chapter in investigating this dynasty,” one noted.

^{Alan Yuhas (The New York Times)}

#GQPhandmaidsTale continued

@GottaLaff
You"re getting new, well-known neighbors, Laffy:

c.im/@cdarwin/1142304293840748…

#USpol #CanPoli #History #Science

Chuck Darwin

2025-03-26 19:40:26

“Yale professors, #TimothySnyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of #OnTyranny,
and #JasonStanley, a philosopher and the author of How #Fascism Works,
🔥move to #Canada”
(to positions at the University of Toronto). leiterreports.typepad.com/blog…

On this day in 1967, more than 10,000 people showed up for a "be-in" in NYC's Central Park.

"It represents a cultural moment in our history. Central Park became an epicenter of the counterculture in New York, where different people from all walks of life could gather."

nytimes.com/2019/03/25/style/c…

#OnThisDay #OTD #history #protests #protest #BeIn #counterculture #NYC #CentralPark #The60s

When a ‘Be In’ in Central Park Was Front-Page News

Fifty-two years ago, thousands came to Central Park for a counterculture happening that influenced decades of political gatherings there.

^{Laura M. Holson (The New York Times)}

#OnThisDay, 25 Mar 1941, the first WRNS arrive at Bletchley Park in the UK. They operate the Bombe machines used for decoding German Enigma machine messages. Their work helps shorten World War 2.

#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInHistory #WorldWar2 #History #BletchleyPark #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 24 Mar 1944, Éliane Plewman is arrested by the Gestapo in Nazi-occupied France after six months operating as a courier for the Special Operations Executive. The British SOE supported the French resistance. A courier carried messages and equipment around their network.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #EuropeanHistory #SOE

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A German guard once asked Maureen O'Sullivan what was in her suitcase. She laughed. “A wireless, of course!”.

Very early #OnThisDay, 23 Mar 1944 , Maureen 'Paddy' O'Sullivan parachutes into occupied France to be a radio operator for the British Special Operations Executive.

The SOE supported the French Resistance. Radio operators were at the greatest risk of capture as their position could be triangulated. O’Sullivan was never captured.

#WomenInHistory #History #WomensHistoryMonth #WW2

An effort to call a convention to amend the Constitution is focused on the national debt but could open the door to other changes — including making it legal for Trump to run for a third term.
propublica.org/article/constit…

#News #Trump #Congress #USPolitics #Government #Law #History

Push to Amend the Constitution Could Expand Trump’s Power

A draft lawsuit being floated to attorneys general in several states argues Congress must call a convention over the national debt. But the legal theory mixes and matches petitions from states dating back to 1789.

^ProPublica

Are we back in the gilded era when the US was essentially an Oligarchy or are we worse off?
traffic.libsyn.com/yinhistory/…

#history #oligarchy

archaeo.social has defederated social.freysa.ai, which is flooding hashtags such as #Archaeology and #History with repetitive LLM-generated posts.

#MetaArchaeoSocial #MastoAdmin #FediBlock

archaeo.social

archaeo.social is a Mastodon instance for archaeologists, ancient historians and anyone interested in scholarly communication about the human past. More: https://about.archaeo.social

^{Mastodon hosted on archaeo.social}

On this day in 1915, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the "original soul sister" and "Godmother of rock and roll" was born.

"Rock 'n' roll was bred between the church and the nightclubs in the soul of a queer black woman in the 1940s named Sister Rosetta Tharpe."

youtube.com/watch?v=Y9a49oFalZ…

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_R…

npr.org/2017/08/24/544226085/f…

#music #history #MusicHistory #WomenInMusic #BlackWomen #BlackHistory #RockNRoll #RockMusic #OnThisDay #OTD #SisterRosettaTharpe

Chess masters and physicists show how expertise, not innate talent, enables flexible thinking. For evaluating online info, that means knowing #history and civics.

A scholar explains: theconversation.com/why-histor…
@academicchatter #academicchatter @psychology

Why history instruction is critical for combating online misinformation

Critical thinking involves specific skills for assessing evidence, but background knowledge about the subject is also essential.

^{The Conversation}

U.S. Dept of #Defense restores #JackieRobinson story on website, admits it was taken down in #DEIpurge

The #DOD has restored an article on its website honoring Jackie Robinson after having removed it in an effort to #purge "#DEI" (#diversity, #equity & #inclusion) content [at the direction of #Trump & #Hegseth].

#USpol #WhiteSupremacy #racism #military #ServiceMembers #history #BlackHistory #RepresentationMatters #whitewashing
cbssports.com/mlb/news/u-s-dep…

U.S. Department of Defense restores Jackie Robinson story on website, admits it was taken down in DEI purge

There was online backlash this week after a story highlighting Robinson's time in the military was taken down

^{CBSSports.com}

#USpol #Sarcasm #Humor #History

#TrumpIsNoCaesar

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... the #MiddleAges, it came to mean a superior king, e. g. tsar, in the West, "Kaiser" in addition came to mean protector of the Holy See.

We all know how it ended.

//

PS
If anyone comes across the black bust of Donald J. Trump (im)posing as #GaiusJuliusCaesar, please send me a link here, I'd like to add it.

#USpol #Sarcasm #Humor #History

#TrumpIsNoCaesar

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Me, too. It has such nice details.
Did U notice the red hue on the king's left side, e. g.?

The #RomanRepublic, which served as a template for the #AmericanExperiment, would have no more kings, so Julius Caesar could not become one, having to satisfied the title of Perpetual Dictator.

His cognomen, Ceasar, was adopted by his successors as a synonym for "emperor." In...

@Nonilex

#OnThisDay, 19 March 1944, Yvonne Baseden parachutes into Nazi-occupied France as a Special Operations Executive radio operator. The British SOE supported the French resistance. Radio operators ran the greatest risk of discovery as their position could be triangulated when they were transmitting.

Baseden was captured and sent to Ravensbrück.

She was the subject of the first regular UK edition of This Is Your Life in 1955.

#WomenInHistory #WomensHistoryMonth #History #WorldWar2 #Histodons

Remembering Terry Hall, English musician and lead singer of The Specials 🖤

March 19, 1959 - December 18, 2022

The Specials - Too Much Too Young

#punkrock #ska #skalegends #skabands #skamusic #terryhall #thespecials #2tone #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Some Americans Have Already Been Caught in Trump’s Immigration Dragnet. More Will Be.
—

Federal immigration authorities have a history of wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens. Advocates warn that the Trump administration’s immigration policies mean that more citizens will get caught up in raids and sweeps.

propublica.org/article/more-am…

#News #Trump #Immigration #ICE #Migrants #Immigrants #Detention #History

More Americans Will Be Caught Up in Trump Immigration Raids

^ProPublica

More #history removed from #US Govt websites

This time, the famous #NavajoCodeTalkers

The #Dine created a code from their language #DineBizaad. Throughout the Pacific Theatre of #WWII they were crucial for communications: #ImperialJapan had no way to understand what they were saying

And now the #bigotry in charge has blotted their contributions

Their webpages are now 404, and the URL renamed with "#DEI"

This stupidity and hate will not end. And will turn worse

axios.com/local/salt-lake-city…

Another week. Another museum. This week the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm. I came here largely to see this one tool chest.

It's the Mästermyr toolchest. A 1000 year old chest filled with blacksmithing and woodworking tools. It's an incredibly important find. Beautifully preserved in the bog. The tools are wonderful. I'd seen pictures and read about these tools, but to see them up close. That hack saw is exquisite.

I wonder how the chest ended up discarded.

#Making #Tools #History

My childhood was marked by this series. The intro still sends shivers down my spine! Scary, yet so informative!

#Childhood #Trauma #ChildhoodTrauma #Informative #History #Shivers #Scary

It was on this day 36 years ago when @timbl submitted his proposal to CERN for an "information management system", precursor to the World Wide Web.

"In the proposal, Berners-Lee modestly spoke of wanting to use hypertext, a.k.a. links, to help CERN deal with information storage issues.

[...]

His boss’s response?

“Vague, but exciting.”"

vox.com/2019/3/12/18260709/30t…

#OTD #OnThisDay #internet #TheWeb #history #VagueButExciting

The World Wide Web — not the internet — turns 30 years old

The World Wide Web was conceived on March 12, 1989, by computing legend Tim Berners-Lee.

^{Aja Romano (Vox)}

#EUpol #DefenseUnion #France
#History

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...provide great‐power status, respect, national independence, and political influence.2)

1)
unz.com/article/the-enduring-l…
2)
academic.oup.com/book/12875/ch… @proscience

The Enduring Legacy of a Great Man: Charles de Gaulle

No figure of modern French history is as honored as Charles de Gaulle. His name has been given to more streets, avenues and monuments in France than to any other man of the nation’s past. The country’s largest airport bears his name.

^{The Unz Review}