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 new Python documentary is good. Definitely worth watching if you think you might be interested. It's on YouTube.
#python #programming #history
I have been reading parts of Isherwood's Goodbye to Berlin.
Sure seems like History repeats itself.
#history #Isherwood
Statue of a rifleman on the old battlefield at Gettysburg, PA
#photo #photography #landscape #history
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&…
What's the charge? A brigade? A cavalry light brigade?
#history
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
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 🗃️
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
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
#JDraper’s latest London #History Show: “How We Beat The #Fascists Last Time”
A really good, solid 48 1/2 minutes on how #antifa
"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
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