38 years ago today
Husker Du (Greg Norton, Grant Hart and Bob Mould) at the Vic Theater in Chicago Illinois, October 10, 1987.

Photo by Paul Natkin

#punk #punks #punkrock #huskerdu #hüskerdü #history #punkrockhistory #otd

38 years ago today
Husker Du (Greg Norton, Grant Hart and Bob Mould) at the Vic Theater in Chicago Illinois, October 10, 1987.

Photo by Paul Natkin

#punk #punks #punkrock #huskerdu #hüskerdü #history #punkrockhistory #otd

The late Empress Kojun received lectures from academics and other experts that ranged from women's roles to World War II, according to official records of her life recently released. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/japan/history/japan-empress-kojun-historical-records-lectures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #empresskojun #emperorshowa #wwii #shigetohozumi #imperialhouseholdagency #imperialfamily

The full text of official records the Imperial Household Agency released regarding the 97-year life of the late Empress Kojun, Emperor Showa's wife, includes details of her experiences during World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/japan/history/japan-late-empress-kojun-life-published/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #empresskojun #emperorshowa #wwii #imperialhouseholdagency #imperialfamily

Anyone know a good reference for what travellers' accommodations looked like across the centuries? #ttrpg #history

Inns, that sort of thing, not especially Europe focused.

Anyone know a good reference for what travellers' accommodations looked like across the centuries? #ttrpg #history

Inns, that sort of thing, not especially Europe focused.

“The Reichstag fire wasn’t set by a Nazi agent. It was set by a committed antifascist, a Dutch council communist (think like, a communist who doesn’t like the USSR and believes in the working class ruling itself through democratic bodies instead of top-down hierarchies). His name was Marinus van der Lubbe. He grew up poor and rough, and he once threw a cop through a window, and he’s been done dirtier by history than just about anyone I can think of.

Marinus set fire to the Reichstag because he was tired of the Left not doing anything about the Nazis who’d just seized power, and because he hoped his arson would spark a workers’ rebellion against fascism. Instead, it was the pretext the fascists used to seize even more power. Strategically, the fire didn’t work out. Morally? I simply can’t be mad. His actions could have sparked a rebellion. They didn’t. If they had, it coulda saved the whole world an awful lot of trouble. (You can hear me discuss his story in part one and part two of my podcast.)

No one seriously believes that without Marinus’s fire, the Nazis wouldn’t have done, you know, the whole Nazi thing. No part of me believes that Marinus significantly changed the course of history. Under some pretext or another, or without one at all, the fascists would have taken power. Blaming all their evil deeds on a working class antifascist Dutch kid is one of the most lasting lies of the era. Why do we even entertain the thought?

Why are we priming our movement to fall for the same thing again, 92 years later?”

#Reichstag #history
https://margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/without-the-awful-roar-of-its-many

“The Reichstag fire wasn’t set by a Nazi agent. It was set by a committed antifascist, a Dutch council communist (think like, a communist who doesn’t like the USSR and believes in the working class ruling itself through democratic bodies instead of top-down hierarchies). His name was Marinus van der Lubbe. He grew up poor and rough, and he once threw a cop through a window, and he’s been done dirtier by history than just about anyone I can think of.

Marinus set fire to the Reichstag because he was tired of the Left not doing anything about the Nazis who’d just seized power, and because he hoped his arson would spark a workers’ rebellion against fascism. Instead, it was the pretext the fascists used to seize even more power. Strategically, the fire didn’t work out. Morally? I simply can’t be mad. His actions could have sparked a rebellion. They didn’t. If they had, it coulda saved the whole world an awful lot of trouble. (You can hear me discuss his story in part one and part two of my podcast.)

No one seriously believes that without Marinus’s fire, the Nazis wouldn’t have done, you know, the whole Nazi thing. No part of me believes that Marinus significantly changed the course of history. Under some pretext or another, or without one at all, the fascists would have taken power. Blaming all their evil deeds on a working class antifascist Dutch kid is one of the most lasting lies of the era. Why do we even entertain the thought?

Why are we priming our movement to fall for the same thing again, 92 years later?”

#Reichstag #history
https://margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/without-the-awful-roar-of-its-many

‘The Magic Circle’ 1886 by John William Waterhouse is our pick for φαρμακίς ‘witch, sorceress’ #ClassicsTober25

This painting captures the power and potential of harnessing a knowledge of nature to achieve certain ends. Whether this is potentially Medea or Circe or yet another powerful ancient figure (or even one closer to us in time), Waterhouse imagines a world of power and possibility.

#Ancient #History #Witch #Sorceress

‘The Magic Circle’ 1886 by John William Waterhouse is our pick for φαρμακίς ‘witch, sorceress’ #ClassicsTober25

This painting captures the power and potential of harnessing a knowledge of nature to achieve certain ends. Whether this is potentially Medea or Circe or yet another powerful ancient figure (or even one closer to us in time), Waterhouse imagines a world of power and possibility.

#Ancient #History #Witch #Sorceress

41 years ago
The Lords Of The New Church posed in a stonemason's yard in Islington, London in October 1984.

Clockwise from top: Brian James, Nicky Turner, Stiv Bators , Dave Tregunna

#punk #punks #punkrock #postpunk #lordsofthenewchurch #history #punkrockhistory

Released 45 years ago
"Kill the Poor", a song by the Dead Kennedys

Dead Kennedys - Kill The Poor - Live at The Warfield, San Francisco, March 25, 1980

#punk #punkrock #hardcorepunk #deadkennedys #killthepoor #history #punkrockhistory

Released 45 years ago
"Kill the Poor", a song by the Dead Kennedys

Dead Kennedys - Kill The Poor - Live at The Warfield, San Francisco, March 25, 1980

#punk #punkrock #hardcorepunk #deadkennedys #killthepoor #history #punkrockhistory

41 years ago
The Lords Of The New Church posed in a stonemason's yard in Islington, London in October 1984.

Clockwise from top: Brian James, Nicky Turner, Stiv Bators , Dave Tregunna

#punk #punks #punkrock #postpunk #lordsofthenewchurch #history #punkrockhistory

This is what democracy looks like.

Regular people preserving the past, warts and all, in the face of a petty tyrant bent on nullifying the experiences of others.

#history #democracy

https://hyperallergic.com/1045848/documenting-the-history-trump-wants-to-erase/

38 years ago
HR from Bad Brains with his trademark backflip on stage with the band in Munich, October 1987

#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #badbrains #HR #punklegends #history #punkrockhistory

38 years ago
HR from Bad Brains with his trademark backflip on stage with the band in Munich, October 1987

#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #badbrains #HR #punklegends #history #punkrockhistory

“I took some of the natives by force.” — Christofolo Columbo (Christopher Columbus), diary entry on his *aCHiEveMeNtS*, October 1492 #otd #history

45 years ago today
Killing Joke is the debut studio album by English postpunk band Killing Joke, released on this day in 1980, featuring the singles 'Wardance', 'Change' and 'Requiem'.

#punk #punks #punkrock #postpunk #killingjoke #history #postpunkhistory #otd

45 years ago today
Killing Joke is the debut studio album by English postpunk band Killing Joke, released on this day in 1980, featuring the singles 'Wardance', 'Change' and 'Requiem'.

#punk #punks #punkrock #postpunk #killingjoke #history #postpunkhistory #otd