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Date: 1st century A.D.
Creator: Unknown, Roman
Size: 10.8 cm, 0.575 kg
Material: Bronze with silver and copper, lead fill
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/10402N
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Steelyard Weight in the Form of a Boxer (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)
Steelyard Weight in the Form of a Boxer (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection); 1st century A.D.; Unknown; Bronze with silver and copper, lead fill; Object: 10.8 cm, 0.575 kg (4 1/4 in., 1.2676 lb.);www.getty.edu
Born in 1894, physicist Marietta Blau’s research led to a way to capture the tracks of speeding subatomic particles.
In 1937, Blau & Hertha Wambacher made a discovery that launched the field of particle physics. But she was forced to pause her work in 1938 bc of the Nazis.
Blau was nominated several times for the Nobel Prize but never won. Cecil F. Powell later built on her work & earned the Nobel Prize in Physics. https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-dark-stars-of-marietta-blau/ #history #science #historyremix
The Dark Stars of Marietta Blau | Science History Institute
A scientist pitted hard work and ingenuity against the constraints she faced as a Jewish woman.Science History Institute
SPUNGE. A thirsty fellow, a great drinker. To spunge; to eat and drink at another's cost. Spunging-house: a bailiff's lock-up-house, or repository, to which persons arrested are taken, till they find bail, or have spent all their money:
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #crime #language #slang @histodons
According to the National Museum of American History, more than half of all nail salons in the U.S. are owned by Vietnamese Americans. JoySauce tells the story of why that's the case — it all started with actress Tippi Hedren.
#AAPIHeritageMonth #History @histodons #Beauty #Culture
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442: The story behind Vietnamese nail salons - JoySauce.com
Vietnamese-owned nail salons make up more than half of the industry in the United States, and it all started with actress Tippi Hedren.Samantha Pak (JoySauce)
#OnThisDay, 1 May 1944, South African Phyllis Latour parachutes into occupied France to be a radio operator for the British Special Operations Executive.
She's never captured.
She died in 2023, in New Zealand.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2
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In 1944, thousands of young Japanese American men were drafted out of those camps and sent to fight for democracy.
Despite this, they fought gallantly, earning more than 14,000 medals.
Then veterans faced more prejudice when they returned home
https://theconversation.com/japanese-american-soldiers-in-world-war-ii-fought-the-axis-abroad-and-racial-prejudice-at-home-158512
#News #AAPIHeritageMonth #history @histodons
Japanese American soldiers in World War II fought the Axis abroad and racial prejudice at home
For AAPI History Month: Young Japanese American men who were incarcerated because they were presumed to be disloyal were considered loyal enough for compulsory military service.The Conversation
Many Jewish Americans’ names are radically different from the ones their ancestors were known by in ‘the old country’.
But this taking of a new name for a new country was a choice – not one forced on them, as family lore often has it, by uncaring immigration bureaucracy at Ellis Island.
Here’s the history obscured by the quest for authenticity:
https://theconversation.com/jewish-americans-changed-their-names-but-not-at-ellis-island-96152
#JewishHeritageMonth #JewishAmericanHeritageMonth #History @histodons
Jewish Americans changed their names, but not at Ellis Island
Thousands of Jewish immigrants and their children changed their names in America – but not at Ellis Island. The reasons are complicated and part of the Jewish struggle with their identity in America.The Conversation
New podcast episode! This week I talk to Susan Wands about the lives of Florence Farr and Ellen Terry—divorce! Affairs! Illegitimate kids! Careers!
The leader of the Golden Dawn and an actress, these ladies were so iconic that they may have inspired tarot cards
Streaming everywhere 🎧
#history #podcast #historypodcast #19thcentury #tarot
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“The concept of shooting birds is awful — nobody wants that. But none of the alternatives have worked, and at this late date no other option is viable. Extinction is a forever thing.”
Naturalist Karla Bloem responds to a federal plan to cull half a million invasive barred owls (Strix varia) in an effort to save the northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) from being the first US owl species to go extinct.
Could a rare mutation that causes dwarfism also slow ageing? 🤓
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01201-6
Could a rare mutation that causes dwarfism also slow ageing?
People with Laron syndrome have a low risk of heart disease and a number of other age-related disorders, hinting at strategies for new treatments.Lenharo, Mariana
Bird flu virus has been spreading among US cows for months, RNA reveals 🤓
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01256-5
Bird flu virus has been spreading among US cows for months, RNA reveals
Genomic analysis suggests that the outbreak probably began in December or January, but a shortage of data is hampering efforts to pin down the source.Mallapaty, Smriti
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Date: about 1988
Creator: William Carter, American
Place: Ameno, Italy
Size: 21 × 31.1 cm
Material: Gelatin silver print
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/109KX1
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Upper Ameno (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)
Upper Ameno (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection); about 1988; William Carter (American, born 1934); Gelatin silver print; Image: 21 × 31.1 cm (8 1/4 × 12 1/4 in.); 2015.120.22www.getty.edu
Very early #OnThisDay, 30 April 1944, New Zealander Nancy Wake parachutes into occupied France to be a courier for the Special Operations Executive. The British SOE supported French Resistance to Nazi occupation.
Nick-named 'the white mouse' by the Gestapo, she is never captured. She died in 2011.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #Histodons
#TIL about Internet Underground Music Archive, "the internet's first free hi-fi music archive", which "existed as FTP and Gopher sites, before the World Wide Web was widely used."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Underground_Music_Archive
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Date: about 1260–1270
Creator: Unknown, Franco-Flemish
Place: Cambrai, France; or Tournai, Flanders, Belgium
Size: 48.1 × 34.9 cm
Material: Tempera colors, silver, and ink
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/105V8H
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Initial A: The Beheading of Four Martyrs (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)
Initial A: The Beheading of Four Martyrs (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection); about 1260–1270; Unknown; Tempera colors, silver, and ink; Leaf: 48.1 × 34.9 cm (18 15/16 × 13 3/4 in.); Ms. 44/Ludwigwww.getty.edu
"A Roman cavalry helmet unearthed as part of the most important Iron Age discoveries ever made in the UK has been replicated to show how it might have looked some 2,000 years ago."
https://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/news/2024/march/dmu-artisan-re-creates-roman-cavalry-helmet-for-iron-age-exhibition.aspx
#history #ancienthistory #romanhistory #ironage #ancientromans
DMU artisan re-creates Roman cavalry helmet for Iron Age exhibition
Silversmith and DMU senior lecturer Rajesh Gogna was commissioned to bring the iron helmet, found in fragments in a Leicestershire field in 2001, to life and it has now gone on display.www.dmu.ac.uk
Have you heard the story of #LXDE, and how it morphed into #LXQt?
You haven't!?
Enjoy it here! 😉
#Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #History
https://tilvids.com/w/g6SAr8Q24RhuQM9LUASLRQ
The History of LXDE (and LXQt)
Enjoy this history of LXDE (and LXQt)! 🤝Support us on Patreon https://patreon.com/linuxuserspace ⭐⭐⭐⭐Producers ❤️ John Andersen, Bruno Parisi, Johnny, Dave Jones ⭐⭐⭐Co-Producers ❤️ Tim LePés, GrouchyM ⭐⭐Super Users ❤️ Nicholas Omann, CubicleNate, sle…TILvids
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Date: porcelain about 1740; mounts about 1745–1750
Creator: Unknown, Chinese (Qianlong)
Place: China; Paris, France
Size: 36.8 × 15.2 × 11.4 cm
Material: Hard-paste porcelain; celadon ground color; gilt bronze mounts
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103SFN
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Vase (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)
Vase (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection); porcelain about 1740; mounts about 1745–1750; Unknown; Hard-paste porcelain; celadon ground color; gilt bronze mounts; Object: 36.8 × 15.2 × 11.4 cm (14www.getty.edu
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Date: 2010
Creator: Alison Rossiter, American
Place: United States
Size: 24.8 × 19.9 cm
Material: Gelatin silver print
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/109MDQ
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Eastman Kodak Illustrator E, expired July 1951, processed 2010 (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)
Eastman Kodak Illustrator E, expired July 1951, processed 2010 (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection); 2010; Alison Rossiter (American, born 1953); Gelatin silver print; Image: 24.8 × 19.9 cm (9www.getty.edu
...root of all evil.
On the other hand, it is clearly the greed of plutocrats, be it in the form of feudal lords, multinationals (#BigOil, #BigTech, ...-》 #Technofeudalism) that has brought human society to the brink of extinction and caused mass-extinction for thousands of species that were intrusted to us, at least if you belong to any religion having originated in the Middle East.
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Inventive.
I recently took an "internet trip" down the bills of rights, #MagnaCarta, etc.
I realized that there is much more to it than is usually taught. It got too much, so I dropped it eventually.
(I think I was trying to track down the first bill that awarded the right to vote 🗳 in #AngloSaxon culture.)
Regular Haunt
This old tower at Workington I get to a lot, always brings something different depending on the day.
#cumbria #fujifilm #photography #workington #harbour #history #blackandwhitephotography #landscapephotography #lakedistrict #urbanphotography #building #abstract #sunlight #monochrome #photographer
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Date: about 1855
Creator: Unknown
Size: 6.5 × 5 cm
Material: Stereograph, Daguerreotype, hand-colored
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/104FDP
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[Portrait of a Young Boy] (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)
[Portrait of a Young Boy] (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection); about 1855; Unknown maker, British; Stereograph, Daguerreotype, hand-colored; Image (each): 6.5 × 5 cm (2 9/16 × 1 15/16 in.);www.getty.edu
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Date: 1927
Creator: André Kertész, American
Place: Paris, France
Size: 17.9 × 23.9 cm
Material: Gelatin silver print
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/104EKD
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Studio of Jean Lurçat, Paris (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)
Studio of Jean Lurçat, Paris (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection); 1927; André Kertész (American, born Hungary, 1894 - 1985); Gelatin silver print; 17.9 × 23.9 cm (7 1/16 × 9 7/16 in.); 85.XM.259.11www.getty.edu
Via the #DailyBeast
#DonaldTrump’s #legal payroll is easily the largest and most diverse of any political figure in modern U.S. #history. But while most of the attorneys that #Trump’s various fundraising committees have paid over the years are a matter of public record, one of the top recipients still poses a mystery—with more than $8 million in legal costs going to an unknown firm, or firms, through what appears to be a corporate intermediary.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-new-legal-bills-are-hiding-an-dollar8-million-mystery
Since people are talking about Kent State, Ohio, 1970, it's a good time to talk about Jackson State, Mississippi, 1970.
Similar situation, except there was no active protest, just a bunch of students hanging out. The mayor of Jackson declared a riot and called in the pigs. Someone threw a glass bottle, not at the pigs, but they still opened fire. Phillip Gibbs, a student at Jackson State, and James Green, a high school student who was walking home from his job, were murdered by cops. Many others were wounded.
Left: photo of James Earl Green, age 17
Right: photo of Phillip Gibbs with his wife, Dale
#ACAB #BlackHistory #history @histodons @blackmastodon
'i Saw All the Carnage': Witnesses, Family Recall 1974 Gibbs-Green Tragedy in Virtual Town Hall
Philip Lafayette Green, 21, and James Earl Green, 17, died in a law-enforcement fuselage at Jackson State University early on May 15, 1970.Aliyah Veal (Mississippi Free Press)
Today (23 April) England will be celebrating St. Georges Day.
A rather dubious character in history. I'm more a follower of St Edmund a King of East Anglia known as Edmund the Martyr - at least he was English - Unlike George.
The true celebration on the 23 April should be William Shakespeare who enriched the nation.
He was born on 23 April 1564 and died on 23 April 1616 - yes, his Birthday!
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0279839/
#history #Saints #education
#actors #writers #family #england
Simon Fisher-Becker - Actor, Writer, Soundtrack
Simon Fisher-Becker. Actor: Harry Potter en de steen der wijzen. Born 25th November 1961. London UK. Character Actor, forte comedy but equally at home with drama.IMDb
#OnThisDay, 22 April 1969, Bernadette Devlin makes her maiden speech in the House of Parliament in London. An Irish Republican, she had rejected their tradition of abstention in order to take her seat. She remained an MP until 1974.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #BritishHistory #Histordons
https://theconversation.com/how-a-coffee-company-and-a-marketing-maven-brewed-up-a-passover-tradition-a-brief-history-of-the-maxwell-house-haggadah-180503
#Passover #Jewish #History @histodons #Jewstodon
How a coffee company and a marketing maven brewed up a Passover tradition: A brief history of the Maxwell House Haggadah
A collaboration between advertiser Joseph Jacobs and the famous coffee company produced the classic U.S. haggadah. The book sets out the ceremony for the Seder meal.The Conversation
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Date: 550–450 B.C.
Creator: Unknown, Greek (Attic)
Place: Athens, Greece
Size: 1 cm
Material: Terracotta
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/10601D
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Attic Black-Figure Vase Fragment (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)
Attic Black-Figure Vase Fragment (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection); 550–450 B.C.; Unknown; Terracotta; Object (greatest extent): 1 cm (3/8 in.); 86.AE.485.1www.getty.edu
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Date: 1889
Creator: S.R. Stoddard, American
Place: New York, Adirondacks, United States
Size: 16.6 × 21.5 cm
Material: Albumen silver print
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/1043VN
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Game in the Adirondacks (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)
Game in the Adirondacks (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection); 1889; S.R. Stoddard (American, 1843 or 1844 - 1917); Albumen silver print; Image: 16.6 × 21.5 cm (6 9/16 × 8 7/16 in.); 84.XP.220.3www.getty.edu
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Date: 1853–1854
Creator: John Beasley Greene, American
Size: 23.5 × 29.8 cm
Material: Salted paper print from a waxed paper negative
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/106G3H
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The Gate of Ptolemy II and the Temple of Isis, Philae (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)
The Gate of Ptolemy II and the Temple of Isis, Philae (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection); 1853–1854; John Beasley Greene (American, born France, 1832 - 1856); Salted paper print from a waxedwww.getty.edu
"The Computer Girls", published in Cosmopolitan magazine in April 1967 was originally brought back to public attention during @nensmeng's research for his book "The Computer Boys Take Over". For years only the first page was available online. Now the full article has emerged: https://archive.org/details/the-computer-girls-cosmopolitan-magazine-april-1967
#Histodons #computer #history #SocialHistory #HistoryOfComputing
The Computer Girls Cosmopolitan Magazine (April 1967) : Lois Mandel, Henry Grossman : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
The complete Cosmopolitan article, originally rediscovered by Nathan Ensmenger.Internet Archive
65th birthday today
Happy Birthday Robert Smith, lead guitarist of Siouxsie and the Banshees from 1982 to 1984 and continuous member of post-punk band The Cure since 1978, born on this day in 1959 in Black Pool, UK
📸 Tom Sheehan
#robertsmith #postpunk #history #otd
Born in 1750, Caroline Herschel worked as assistant to her astronomer brother William. But she also made her own discoveries of nebulae, stars & 8(!) comets.
In 1787, King George III employed Caroline as her brother's assistant, including a small salary that made her one of the first women paid for their contributions to #science.
Caroline submitted over 550 stars to the existing star catalog & received honorary membership in the Royal Society. https://www.space.com/17439-caroline-herschel.html #history
Caroline Herschel Biography
Caroline Herschel was the first woman to discover a comet. She made several contributions to the field of astronomyNola Taylor Tillman (Space)