@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialHistory teaching is not popular at schools lately, some people even think it's not necessary. However understanding current events around Ukraine, in Russia, around Gaza, for all of that is knowledge of history a necessity otherwise you are totally ignorant and you can't understand current events.
#education
@cybeardjm@masto.aiLooks like reality...
#Caturday #Cats #History #Art #Mythology
@josemurilo@mato.social
@mariyadelano@hachyderm.ioThe more I learn about #history of the Soviet Union, the more I realize just how much my native #Ukraine was actively stifled, prevented from developing and innovating, and forced into this image of a backwards and hopeless nation.
Our people have always been so phenomenal, talented, ambitious, kind…
@davej@dice.campMarking time: #CosmicRay storms can pin precise dates on #history from ancient Egypt to the Vikings | #Science | AAAS
@BugatellyMartin@troet.cafeDiese Sammlung stammt aus dem Nachlass eines Juweliers - und wurde vom Erben dem Natural #History Museum vorbeigebracht.
#Londoncalling #gem
@Defiance@sfba.social
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@cheryanne@aus.social
@outer@mas.to"Are you sure it’s that simple?...I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated." Poul Anderson [spoken by Poul's scientist character Arne Viken]
#History #TimelessQuotes
@smurthys@hachyderm.ioHistorical fact: An early version of Bluetooth was codenamed "Harald". 🤓
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Bluetooth
#history #bluetooth #joke
@paulbusch@mstdn.caGood Morning #Canada
When I read the names of French historical figures, in my head it sounds overly comical and very Monty-Python-ish. But that shouldn't dimish the legacy of Pierre Dugua de Mons, who in June of 1604 established the first permanent settlement in Canada, on St. Croix Island in Nova Scotia. He was also responsible for settlements in Port Royal and Quebec City.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Explorers #History
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/pierre-du-gua-de-monts
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@callunavulgaris@mastodon.scotAnyone else about to watch the #EnglishHeritage lecture on the Cold War and the Royal Observer Corps? #history #heritage
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI should probably get out there and find all the sidewalk squares I am missing...
➡️ http://photos.rasterweb.net/index.php?/category/30
#history
@josemurilo@mato.social"I’m wrapping up "Move Slowly & Build Bridges", my book about the #fediverse. I provide some #history, show the struggles of instance #admins… I also develop a concept:
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@hikingdude@mastodon.socialHey friends, one more #history post from me. This is a carriage that was used for the coronation of King Ludwig II. It's exhibited in the Schloß #Nymphenburg / the royal stables.
There's hardly any spot that's not decorated with gold. Not quite my style - but I'm also hardl…
@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyzGaza, destruction of historical buildings & treasures
“human lives are the most important thing, and nothing comes before that. But at the same time, preserving and protecting heritage and culture is an integral component of protecting the people and their spirit.
“Not only the Palestinians in Gaza but humanity as a whole will suffer a great loss if Israel continues to destroy cultural heritage in the Gaza Strip without facing consequences.”
#Gaza #history
@oligneisti@social.linux.pizza> The French newspaper Le Siècle described [Li Hongzhang] as "the yellow Bismarck."
#WikiWeird #Racism #History
@jake4480@c.imAncient megastructure found beneath the Baltic sea
https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-ancient-megastructure-discovered-lurking-beneath-the-baltic-sea
@snerkrabbledauber@mas.toI'm feel as old as the Filet 'O Fish today. What's that? I AM as old as the Filet 'O Fish?
Well heck. I guess that explains it.
#mcdonalds #ageing #history
@teledyn@mstdn.caThe only way out is to go all the way through it
#mayaangelou
@smurthys@hachyderm.ioActual excerpt from a FAQ on a web page about a river in the US south.
Q: How many people have drowned in the river?
A:
All three parts of this answer are sad (the first one is maddening as well) but I need more to fully understand the third part.
#history #interesting
![Black text on white background, one word redacted. Last 2.5 lines underlined in red.
Over the last two centuries I believe that somewhere around a hundred people died from drowning in the [redacted] River. They died running away from slavery. They drowned bathing in the river. They died swimming to ferries tied to the wrong side of the bank.](https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/111/982/342/099/881/946/original/f92bce7a20e9456b.png)
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@farseen@social.linux.pizza#Israel #Palestine #War #History
- Israel is run by people who used to be classified as <…
@brian_gettler@mas.to
@paulusm@scholar.socialMore than 5 stars if possible please to The Years by Annie Ernaux. What a beautiful reflection on the passing of time, and our relationship to social conventions and world events.
#amreading #autobiography #sociology #history
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/d4963db7-777d-4f7d-bc04-498cabb86c09
@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz @snerkrabbledauber@mas.toI'm feel as old as the Filet 'O Fish today. What's that? I AM as old as the Filet 'O Fish?
Well heck. I guess that explains it.
#mcdonalds #ageing #history
@paulbusch@mstdn.caGood Morning #Canada
On this day in 1896, Charles Tupper is sworn in as our 6th Prime Minister. Despite an impressive political career, his term only lasted 10 weeks, the shortest in Canadian history. As the premier of Nova Scotia from 1864 to 1867, he established the public education system and led Nova Scotia into Confederation. He was a builder of railroads and served as President of the Canadian Medical Association.
#CanadaIsAwesome #History #CanPoli
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sir-charles-tupper
@farseen@social.linux.pizza @unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz @paulbusch@mstdn.caGood Morning #Canada
On April 5, 1958, the world's largest non-nuclear peacetime explosion took place under the Campbell River in British Columbia. The explosion that blew Ripple Rock to bits only took a few seconds, but it was a major engineering feat years in the making. It was also one of the first events to be broadcast live across the country by the CBC.
#CanadaIsAwesome #History #Explosion #ThingsThatGoBoom
https://crmuseum.ca/learn/ripple-rock/
@toothFAIRy@scholar.socialRecordings from the Open Research Week 2024 are online
I particularly enjoyed the one on #replication in #history!
#OpenScience #OpenResearch
@shellheim@social.linux.pizzaThe original historian is here - #history
@stefanlaser@social.tchncs.deAs part of #stsleakage, we enjoyed the Robotron selection in #Dresden. Look at these beauties.
#computer #history
@paulbusch@mstdn.caGood Morning #Canada
Happy Birthday to "The Real McCoy," Elijah J. McCoy born on this day in 1844 . McCoy was a Canadian-American engineer whose parents were slaves in Kentucky but escaped to Ontario. McCoy invented an important lubrication system for steam engines that was copied by competitors, but railroads insisted on the real thing.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Inventors #History
https://www.invent.org/blog/inventors/elijah-mccoy-automatic-lubricator
@jake4480@c.imThe oldest photograph of the moon, from 1840, and a photograph of the moon from 2022 🤯🌙
#space #astronomy #history #photography
@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyzcoding, culture, people, communication
Cool thread of people's ideas about what's important to know!
#coding #culture #history #communication #teaching
@paulbusch@mstdn.caGood Morning #Canada
The Dominion Lands Act was passed by the Canadian Government on April 14, 1872. The law was designed to encourage the settlement of the Canadian Prairies and to help prevent the area being claimed by the United States. The Ontario version (1868) brought my paternal grandfather from Pennsylvania to North Bay, and my wife's father from Czechoslovakia to Kapuskasing.
#CanadaIsAwesome #homesteading #History
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/dominion-lands-policy
@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyzcoding, culture, people, communication
Cool thread of people's ideas about what's important to know!
#coding #culture #history #communication #teaching
