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@stefanlaser@social.tchncs.de
2025-05-06 14:50:38

50 years of reunification, the end of the second Indochina war, #Vietnam had a blast with a mammoth celebration. The nationalism is troubled but it goes strong. An entire day of a parade in Saigon and on TV, and we had a tank in the newspaper 🤷
Interesting, since it’s the final days abroad for us

Lots of tiny red Vietnam flags lined up across a tree, blue sky avoce and curbside below
A cardboard build your own tank as part of the newspaper. A gift to readers, all under the header of 50 years of glory, the propaganda of the government. The longer you read about propaganda propaganda, the less dramatic it sounds. But lest not forget that this was a civil war and that there's a history with a yellow flag, communities still strong, e.g., in the US
@bourgwick@heads.social
2025-06-05 15:38:14

today, rich & i hit the end of our enjoying the ride deadcast season with some deep head history. thanks to sociologist rebecca adams (& her receipts!) we can pinpoint wide use of “shakedown street” to describe the parking lot scene to summer ’89. dead.net/deadcast/enjoying-rid

Grateful Dead backstage pass, Alpine Valley, July 18, 1989 Alpine Valley with skeleton in space
screenshot of Rebecca Adams from Deadheads: An American Subculture documentary

Donald Trump issued an Executive Order on April 9, 2025, directing federal agencies to investigate #Miles #Taylor, a former Chief of Staff at the Department of Homeland security, for his public criticisms of the president.
This appears to be the first time in U.S. history that a president has explicitly invoked his in…

@karlauerbach@sfba.social
2025-06-05 19:05:49

I just saw the images of the DHS "rennovation" of the old St. Elizabeths in DC as the new DHS HQ.
The architectural renditions suggest that they will be turning it into something rather different than its historical shape (but the drawings i saw didn't look too bad - at least they didn't turn it into a Frank Gehry monstrosity with leaky roofs, dead-end hallways, and external stairs that require people to step open crevices.)
Given DHS head Noem's history, I …

@samerfarha@mastodon.social
2025-05-30 17:01:06

I finished reading GĂ­sli Pšlsson’s “The Last Of Its Kind” recently, and if you want a great look at the Great Auk and the history of extinction, this book is fascinating, if a bit depressing in the end. Well worth reading, especially if you like to learn more about life in Iceland in the 1800s.

A screenshot from the Libby app of the cover of “The Last of Its Kind”. Is shows a drawing of a penguin-like bird on a blue-gray background with yellow lettering.
I’ve been fascinated with the great auk since stumbling on Todd McGrain’s five foot tall great auk sculpture, part of his Lost Bird Project, on Reykjaness in 2011. The sculpture, a patinated bronze great auk, looks out to sea, towards Eldey, where the last two living great auks were thought to have been killed (there’s credible evidence that great auks were seen later than that date off Newfoundland).
@raiders@darktundra.xyz
2025-06-04 20:39:19

Ex-Raiders defensive end has jersey displayed in Smithsonian reviewjournal.com/sports/raide

@Rob_Oost@mastodon.social
2025-05-03 06:50:29

"Four Points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction": how the cardinal points of the compass have changed our world view.
A journey through history, discovery, religion, maps and much more.
And how online maps and GPS are reducing its relevance.
By Jerry Brotton.
flic.kr/p/tAv8JZ

@alejandrobdn@social.linux.pizza
2025-04-29 18:29:54

Yesterday, for the first time in the modern history of Spain, the whole country was left without electricity and with the communications of the end of the analog era.
Children had to play ball in the parks, families had to have barbecues in the parks and play board games... And I had to read a book. Going back to the 20th century was hell!
#spain

Photo of the total power blackout throughout Spain
@arXiv_csIR_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-06-03 07:29:17

DV365: Extremely Long User History Modeling at Instagram
Wenhan Lyu, Devashish Tyagi, Yihang Yang, Ziwei Li, Ajay Somani, Karthikeyan Shanmugasundaram, Nikola Andrejevic, Ferdi Adeputra, Curtis Zeng, Arun K. Singh, Maxime Ransan, Sagar Jain
arxiv.org/abs/2506.00450

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2025-05-28 10:09:41

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@arXiv_astrophGA_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-06-03 16:48:03

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