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“Abraham Lincoln artifacts that were once in a museum are going up for auction
The Lincoln Presidential Foundation is in debt, so it is putting more than 100 of its artifacts up for auction. The collection’s original owner is “appalled.””
#Anno117 is coming: arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/05…
#game #gamer #gaming #news #rome #history
Anno 117 Pax Romana hands-on: Gorgeous, deep, and tricky to learn
After a return to form in Anno 1800, 117 aims to seize an even bigger audience.Samuel Axon (Ars Technica)
“I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.”
#OnThisDay, 19 May 1952, Lillian Hellman writes to the House of UnAmerican Activities refusing to testify against others.
In the 1940s, Hellman had been twice nominated for an Academy Award for her screenplays. As a result of refusing to testify about others to HUAC, she was blacklisted by Hollywood.
#HollywoodHistory #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
Watching 1920s/1930s films, it's amazing how close their life was to ours technically. They had telephones, cameras, moving pictures, radio, sound recording, early television, telegrams were a form of email in effect. They could send pictures and text wirelessly through radio. They had trains, planes, cars, bikes, early rockets. The concept of the robot was well known in fiction, as was space travel, even if they hadn't happened yet. They had mechanical calculators and primitive computers (IBM already existed).
Struggling to think of any modern tech that would have been totally unknown or unthinkable 100 years ago?
#OnThisDay, 18 May 1953, pilot Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AviationHistory #Histodons
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#OnThisDay, 16 May 1975, Japanese climber Junko Tabei reaches the summit of Everest. She is the first woman to make it to the peak of the world's highest mountain.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
SF Chron editor-in-chief accuses mayoral candidate of adultery. Candidate responds: "your mom runs a brothel". Enraged editor shoots candidate in the street. Twice. Wounded candidate gets elected Mayor of SF. Later, mayor’s son enters Chronicle building and shoots editor dead.
All of this really happened.
#sfpol in 1880 was on another level.
The Book of Negroes is more than a ledger—it is a story pressed into parchment, a testament to the brutal arithmetic of freedom. It begins in the final days of the American Revolution, a conflict that promised liberty but delivered it unevenly.
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#History #BlackMastodon #Education #Histodons #Politics
Image: Rose Fortune came to Nova Scotia after the Revolutionary War, about June 1784. She earned a living as a "trucker," carrying baggage with a wheelbarrow.
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#OnThisDay, 15 May 1946, Camilla Williams makes her operatic debut as Cio-Cio San with the New York City Opera. She is the first Black woman to sign a contract with a major US opera company.
Read more: carvehername.org.uk/eight-famo…
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #BlackHistory #Histodons
Eight famous women singers - Carve Her Name
We take a quick look at eight of the most famous female singers in opera history. These iconic women were as big as Bey in their day.MP&MH (Carve Her Name)
Geopolitical Bee Feces in Southeast Asia
Nerve Agents or Geopolitical Bee Feces? — A blog about toiletsToilets of the World
Amaze Yourself With the Unbelievable Story of Bessie Coleman, the Black Aviator Who Wowed the Nation With Her High-Flying Achievements
Long before the Tuskegee Airmen, Coleman inspired a generation of pilots to take to the skies
By Victor Luckerson
smithsonianmag.com/history/ama…
More information:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_C…
Happy Birthday to David Byrne, lead singer and guitarist of the Talking Heads, born on this day in 1952, Dumbarton, Scotland
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Earliest Live Video, Live at CBGB's,1975)
#punkrock #postpunk #newwave #davidbyrne #talkingheads #history #otd
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#programming #engineering #software #computerscience #history #interview
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@kentpitman unpublished essay reading and #live
Also Cross-Referencing Editor Facility Kent wrote at Open University in England one summer on the Zmacs/Zwei #emacs substrate.
Live chat in #lambdaMOO as always, and I will also be watching #emacsconf on #irc. Please do engage with Kent directly live (through my voice)
Happy birthday to Dr. Cecilia Payne! Her 1925 PhD thesis has been described as “the most brilliant ever written in astronomy.”
At a time when few women entered academia, Payne discovered what the universe is made of. Her work began a revolution in astrophysics & more should know her name. #science #history
#OnThisDay, 9 May 1922, the International Astronomical Union formally adopts Annie Jump Cannon's stellar classification system. The principles in it still underpin modern classification.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Astronomy #WomenInSTEM #AmericanHistory #Histodons
In 1985, contaminated milk from one Illinois plant caused the largest Salmonella outbreak in US history, sickening thousands and killing at least 12.
The outbreak underscores the importance of disease surveillance, careful food production monitoring, and professional public health leadership in preventing future crises. theconversation.com/contaminat…
#health #history #publichealth
Contaminated milk from one plant in Illinois sickened thousands with ‘Salmonella’ in 1985 − as outbreaks rise in the US, lessons from this one remain true
The legal, political and public health consequences of the largest Salmonella outbreak in the US underscore the importance of food safety inspections and disease surveillance.The Conversation
80 years ago, Germany surrendered to Allied forces in WWII, leading to the declaration of May 8 as Victory in Europe Day. @npr spoke to 96-year-old Harry Miller, who was a soldier in the 740th Tank Battalion stationed in northern Germany, about what that day was like and the things he's learned. "I hope, I hope people will see the futility of it all," he says.
#VEDay #WWII #History @histodons #MilitaryHistory #WorldWarTwo
When he died, there were no flags, no procession, no cannon fire. William “Billy” Lee was always there—riding with Washington in war, walking beside him in peace. He served at Cambridge, Valley Forge, Yorktown—silent, indispensable. But when the story of Washington was told, Billy was left out of the frame. His life was one of duty without recognition, loyalty without reward.
1/20
#history #histodons #education #Politics #BlackMastodon
"Billy Lee, Portrait in Tar." 2016. Titus Kaphar.
KC9RG — HF QRP
QRP HF, VHF/UHF, SWL — KC9RG's amateur radio pageBob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and More
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
Extreme inequality between rich and poor is a feature of capitalism, an inevitable and desired result. Another feature is contemptible disregard for those less fortunate.
As the world continues heating up, millions or even billions of disadvantaged humans in the Global South will suffer the consequences of rampant consumerism and capitalist greed in the Global North.
This is all deliberate. It's not an accident.
That's how capitalism works: shift the damage of our lifestyles far away so we don't have to see it or think about it.
#History #Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateJustice #Capitalism
45 years ago
"Holiday in Cambodia" is the second single by the American punk rock band Dead Kennedys, released in May 1980 with "Police Truck" as the B-side.
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #deadkennedys #history #punkrockhistory
Beatrix Potter is best remembered for her charming tales of Peter Rabbit, but did you know she also studied #science?
Potter collected & examined beetles, butterflies, plants, bird eggs, shells, rocks, fossils & especially fungi. She conducted experiments & wrote a scientific paper with her own illustrations, presented at the Linnean Society of London. However, as a woman in the Victorian era, she couldn’t even attend the meeting.#history #art #books
Ministers call to #destroy #Hamas after #hostages return looking like ‘Holocaust survivors’
source: timesofisrael.com/ministers-ca…
“The Hamas terrorists and the #Gaza residents look excellent. The Israeli hostages look like #Holocaust survivors, and they are the only ones in the pictures who look like they have clearly suffered from malnutrition,” the foreign minister said, accusing Hamas of “committing crimes against #humanity” in its treatment of the hostages.“The #Hamas-Nazi #evil must be eradicated,” #Sa’ar added.
#Israel #war #terror #terrorism #hostage #politics #military #news #nazi #history
#USpol #History
👉The *Real* Story Of What's Been Happening To The #AmericanDream👈
*A Wrapup Of The Background Story*
Succinct!
youtube.com/shorts/IX1vw0V2MY0
#PowellMemo (0) #MandateForLeadership (3) #MAGA #Trumpism #FederalistSociety #Reaganism #DavidKoch (1) #MasterPlan (2)
#Project2025
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Progressive Blog—The Precursor to Project 2025
Project 2025 didn’t just emerge during the four years Biden was president.Keith Frohreich (Keith’s Substack)
#OnThisDay, 3 May 1933, Nellie Tayloe Ross took up post as director of the US Mint. She was the first woman to hold the position, and stayed in post for 20 years.
She'd been the first woman to be elected governor of a state, Wyoming, back in 1924.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons
🚨 Call to Action: #UK #Archaeology Community 🚨
An open letter is being organized to the #CBA, #UAUK, #CIfA, & #FAME regarding the #EHRC Guidance and April 2025 Supreme Court ruling.
📢 If you work in UK archaeology (in any capacity in the broadest sense), add your voice!
✍️ Sign here (form closes Wed 7 May, 17:00 GMT):
docs.google.com/document/d/1vs…
#trans #transrights #ukpolitics #history #archeology #anarchism #academia #ukpol #histodons
@archaeodons @archaeology @academicchatter @academia
Open Letter to CBA, CIfA, FAME, and UAUK, in relation the Supreme Court Ruling and EHRC Interim Guidance
If you are in any way involved in UK Archaeology (in its broadest sense), and you would like to sign this open letter then please fill in GOOGLE FORM LINK. Responses will be manually inputted.Google Docs
A reminder to everyone, especially RFK Jr. and those who underestimate #autistic people:
Reading and writing poetry, which is anchored in patterns of words, images, sounds and forms, is particularly well suited for people with autism.
And there’s a rich #history of neurodivergent artists to prove it.
theconversation.com/rfk-jr-sai…
Peter Salem was born into bondage in Massachusetts, a man owned, unnamed, unseen by the nation that would soon claim to fight for liberty. And yet, at Bunker Hill, in the chaos of battle, he would fire a single shot that struck down a British major—and force his name into a history that tried to forget him.
1/18
#History #Histodons #BlackMastodon #Education #Politics
Re-enanactor. Photo by Kenneth Bohrer at American Revolution Photos..
Be concerned. Be VERY concerned.
Only MAGA, the “Camp Auschwitz” clique, can say what anti-Semitism is.
Only MAGA, the “internal enemies and vermin” clique, can say what genocide is.
Trump Fires Biden Appointees, Including Doug Emhoff, From Holocaust Museum
nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/poli…
#history #uspol #fascism #democracy
Trump Fires Biden Appointees, Including Doug Emhoff, From Holocaust Museum
“Holocaust remembrance and education should never be politicized,” Mr. Emhoff said in reaction to the removal of him and senior Biden White House officials from the board that oversees the museum.Katie Glueck (The New York Times)
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
#OnThisDay, 29 April 1945, French women vote for the first time.
Newsreel: ina.fr/video/AFE86003075
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #EuropeanHistory #Histodons
There are currently over 8 billion people on Earth. Yes, that’s a lot BUT there are about 1.4 billion insects for every human. Combined, they weigh about 70x more than all of us.
And insects have been around for over 350 million years. That's longer than the dinosaurs. Modern humans only showed up between 200-300,000 years ago.
We need insects to survive. They don't need us. This is their world. #science #history
👉The real #History of concentration camps👈
It is true, the first #German #ConcentrationCamp was the one in #Dachau, a suburb of #Munich, in 1933.
The #Americans, however, not only had the first concentration camps, but also, they invented the concept to eliminate #NativeAmerican tribes, probably in 1863, with #BosqueRedondo, NM.
👉#Hitler even studied that particular concept, as well as the #Boers' in SA, at the beginning of the 20th century👈:
jewishjournal.com/mobile_20111…
Hitler's Inspiration and Guide: The Native American Holocaust
While attending the annual Garifuna Film Festival held here in Los Angeles, we watched films about indigenous cultures, and saw the 1985 AcademyLia Mandelbaum (Jewish Journal)
Yesterday, I attended the unveiling of the 1965 Freedom Rally Square in #Boston. Though I grew up in Boston, Malden has been my home for the past seven years, and I’m continually inspired by its rich #history.
During the event, Segun Idowu shared a powerful connection: his grandfather, Reverend Earl W. Lawson, was the first pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Malden. A dedicated civil rights and social justice leader.
#northshorema #civilrights #freedom
