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#History

The new Python documentary is good. Definitely worth watching if you think you might be interested. It's on YouTube.
#python #programming #history

Great way to learn history.
#History #Education

Past Loves - A History Of The Greatest Love Stories
Podcast · Holly · Join our host Holly, with a range of guests from the world of heritage and academia, as we take a trip into the most gut-wrenching and heart-warming depths of history to explore affection, infatuation and attachment across time. As we ask, what is the best love story of all time?

I have been reading parts of Isherwood's Goodbye to Berlin.
Sure seems like History repeats itself.

#history #Isherwood

macOS Icon History #apple #icons #history https://…

macOS Icon History — Basic Apple Guy
Documenting the evolution of macOS system icons over the past several decades.

Army Soldier Recalls the Day that Victory over Japan Was Declared | Military.com #history

What It Was Like to Be Fighting the Japanese on V-J Day
It took almost a week to convince the six to seven thousand Japanese on Cebu that the war was really over. They had to be provided with radio communication to hear their emperor declare it was so.

No, #LaborDay is not simply Americans refusing to be like everyone else and celebrate May 1st. If you're looking for something on the holiday's #history in #Canada, Heron and Penfold's "The Workers' Festival&…

The workers' festival : a history of Labour Day in Canada : Heron, Craig : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
1 online resource (xviii, 340 pages) :

What's the charge? A brigade? A cavalry light brigade?
#history

Oh, my. I truly hope this gets released to the public in some way. #WW2 #familyhistory #history

World War II prisoner of war diary uncovered
Daughter and son-in-law find a diary of her father's life as a prisoner of war written on toilet paper.

Some wonderful photos here.
A new book edited by the State Library of New South Wales’s Margot Riley showcases 250 striking photographs from the PIX magazine archives from 1932 to 1972
#Photos #Archives #History

From breakfast with a koala to Sydney Harbour high jinks: era-defining photographs from Australia’s PIX magazine
A new book showcases 250 striking photographs from a publication that captivated readers and reshaped Australian photojournalism

63 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962,
Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published.
It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT
and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry.
Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy.
#otd #history 🗃️

#WorkingClass #History

How Ancient Receipts Ushered in the Dawn of the Written Word ‹ Literary Hub #history

How Ancient Receipts Ushered in the Dawn of the Written Word
If the birth of history happens when people begin to write things down, then our own journey must start with the first written words in ancient Mesopotamia. It was with these first words that my ow…

macOS Icon History #apple #icons #history https://…

Enjoy the evening everyone, get a good night's sleep wherever you happen to end up, and good luck getting home in the morning.
"Young Man Has Snooze In Coffin As Hearse Carries Him 15 Miles," Toronto Daily Star, 1 November 1934, p. 1.
#Halloween #history

Great meet the author event tonight with Frank Bongiorno in conversation with Virginia Haussegger about her new book (launched tonight) *Unfinished Revolution*. Elizabeth Reid was there too!
#Books #History #Politics

Currently researching life goals.
#travel #history #spain #mallorca #alemany #torre

Currently making my way through this podcast, S4, which is all about how the USA was founded, and how its supposed ideals have played out since then.
It strikes me that the root problem, before the genocide, the slavery, the exploitation and racism, is oligarchy.
#history #AmericanHistory

The Land That Never Has Been Yet
Scene on Radio host/producer John Biewen :Over the past few years, the survival of the United States as a democratic republic has become a topic of national conversation—Trumpian authoritar

#satellite #mystery

Skynet-1A: Why did the UK's oldest space satellite end up thousands of miles from where it should have been?
Britain's oldest satellite is in the wrong part of the sky, but no-one's really sure who moved it.

Good Morning #Canada
When I'm on the interwebs looking for material to post every morning, I occasionally come across an interesting bit of history that isn't taught in school. Today, courtesy of @…, we get the tale of two French aristocrats who are embezzling from the colony of Quebec that they were sworn to oversee and protect. The wife of one of the men is having an affair with the other, apparently with permission. After narrowly escaping death by British cannonball, the trio fled to France after Quebec City fell to Britain. There, they faced scandal and were blamed for the loss of France's colonies, facing prison and banishment. French aristocracy knew how to have a good time.
#CanadaIsAwesome #LoveTriangle #History
https://youtu.be/PsdPCuBg3fs?si=olJU6_qOFUK_im8F

"Mocha Dick was a rogue albino sperm whale"
Probably #juvenile of me, but I'm guessing the name Dick for a sperm whale was no accident. 🧐
#whales #history #names #inspirations

#JDraper’s latest London #History Show: “How We Beat The #Fascists Last Time”
A really good, solid 48 1/2 minutes on how #antifa

Statue of a rifleman on the old battlefield at Gettysburg, PA
#photo #photography #landscape #history

Good Morning #Canada
Collingwood Ontario today is known as a resort town, supporting skiers at Blue Mountains and swimmers at nearby Wasaga Beach. But the town was built on their reputation for ship building for over 100 years. The Collingwood Shipyard, established in 1882, was a major shipbuilding center, building over 200 ships including Great Lakes freighters, naval vessels, and the HMCS Hochelaga. During #WWII the shipyard launched ships for the Canadian Navy. The shipyard was famous for its unique side-launching technique, necessary due to harbour constraints, which became a significant local spectacle. It closed in 1986, and after significant remediation efforts, the site is now a waterfront park with mixed housing and a marina.
#CanadaIsAwesome #History
https://definingmomentscanada.ca/all-for-9/historical-articles/whats-a-side-launch/

Enjoy the evening everyone, get a good night's sleep wherever you happen to end up, and good luck getting home in the morning.
"Young Man Has Snooze In Coffin As Hearse Carries Him 15 Miles," Toronto Daily Star, 1 November 1934, p. 1.
#Halloween #history

Then, France: Let them eat cake. 🥪
Now, USA: Let them eat $hit. 💩
USA the clear winner. 🙄
#USA #uspol #NoKings #shame #history

Good Morning #Canada
On August 19th, 1942, Operation Jubilee was launched. Commonly known as the Dieppe Raid, it was a disastrous Allied amphibious attack on the German-occupied port in northern France. Over 6,050 infantry, predominantly Canadian, supported by a regiment of tanks, were put ashore from a naval force operating under the protection of Royal Air Force fighter aircraft. Aerial and naval support was insufficient to enable the ground forces to achieve their objectives. The tanks were trapped on the beach, and the infantry was largely prevented from entering the town by obstacles and German fire. After less than six hours, mounting casualties forced a retreat. Within ten hours, 3,623 of the 6,086 men who landed had been killed, wounded, or taken prisoner. 5,000 were Canadians, who suffered a 68% casualty rate, with 3,367 killed, wounded, or taken prisoner. The operation was a fiasco and a dark day for Canada’s military.
#CanadaIsAwesome #History #WWII
https://youtu.be/jiFKJNiXFok?si=fWzmcigVM8ZFfmHE