Ukraine’s National Flower 🌻
🚌On the bus to Kharkiv, passing field after field of late August sunflowers—past bloom, but still standing. They remain a symbol of beauty and resilience.
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
#Flowers #nature#HarvestSeason #Ukraine#Photography #culture #history #volunteer#Sunflowers
"We sit down with Steve Ballmer, the legendary former Microsoft CEO and owner of the LA Clippers, for an epic conversation covering his 34 years at Microsoft"
So much history here. Great get for Acquired, from a few months ago. [Via MJTsai blog]
https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/the-steve-ballmer-interview
#History #Microsoft #technology
First time I've seen it in the wild! The Mathematicians' Library on sale at a stand run by Kenilworth Books at #TMiP25
I was so surprised I accidentally signed them all!
Beijing’s commemoration is a bold rebuttal to the West’s monopolization of WWII memory.
European leaders’ refusal to attend, citing concerns about offending Japan, reveals a glaring gap exists in Western collective memory of World War II – a war we call “global”, yet one where the role of the fourth allied victor, China, is consistently sidelined.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/28/a-black-hole-in-collective-memory-china-and-ww-ii/
First time I've seen it in the wild! The Mathematicians' Library on sale at a stand run by Kenilworth Books at #TMiP25
I was so surprised I accidentally signed them all!
Orphaned by a massive air raid during World War II, Yoriko Suzuki had to endure living on the streets before she finally found refuge. It took her decades before she finally opened up to tell her story. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/28/japan/history/tokyo-air-raid-orphan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #wwii #tokyoairraids #tokyo
![Mre. Dartigen [maker mode]](https://mediacdn.aus.social/accounts/avatars/108/195/770/473/016/150/original/d5b937db377b2251.gif "Mre. Dartigen [maker mode]")
“A handful of letters scattered in archives in Castellón, Paris, New York, and California reveal the existence of a vast and intricate international network of anti-fascist librarians who, during the Spanish postwar period, collaborated from different parts of the world, providing aid to Republican intellectuals interned in French concentration camps.”
This week’s archive article is a considerably sillier one, with Jubal diving into the world of Shakespeare, mashing famous plays up with famous modern films, and then seeing what the resulting plots might look like…
You can read “Shakespeare: The Expanded Film Universe” here:
https://exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?msg=116720
Do give us a boost if you know anyone else who might enjoy this! :)
From 1862, this was a comparative chart that provides you with the best of what was known for the major rivers and mountains of the world.
Great visualization let's you wander and discover, this does the job well
This week’s archive article is a considerably sillier one, with Jubal diving into the world of Shakespeare, mashing famous plays up with famous modern films, and then seeing what the resulting plots might look like…
You can read “Shakespeare: The Expanded Film Universe” here:
https://exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?msg=116720
Do give us a boost if you know anyone else who might enjoy this! :)
On the surface, Bruce Springsteen is the workingman’s troubadour—the bard of highways and mill towns. But for a Black listener, his voice carries another weight: it echoes the sorrow songs, borrows from Black survival, & exposes the fracture at America’s core.
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#history #photography #music #blackandwhite #blackmastodon #histodons #newjersey
Image: Bruce Springsteen Up The River with Clarence Clemons, Dec 31, 1980, Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, Photographer: Brooks Kraft.
From 1862, this was a comparative chart that provides you with the best of what was known for the major rivers and mountains of the world.
Great visualization let's you wander and discover, this does the job well
Happy Birthday Gaye Black aka Gaye Advert, bassist with The Adverts in the late 1970s and one of the first female rock stars of the punk rock movement, born August 25, 1956.
📸 by Gus Stewart
#punk #punkrock #womenofpunk #gayeadvert #theadverts #history #punkrockhistory
It’s #MosaicMonday and we’re taking a dip in the sea to freshen up with this marine life mosaic from Pompeii. This intricate mosaic is so detailed that it’s possible to identify the different species including the central tussle between an Octopus vulgaris (common octopus) and a Palinurus vulgaris (European spiny lobster).
Happy Birthday Gaye Black aka Gaye Advert, bassist with The Adverts in the late 1970s and one of the first female rock stars of the punk rock movement, born August 25, 1956.
📸 by Gus Stewart
#punk #punkrock #womenofpunk #gayeadvert #theadverts #history #punkrockhistory
It’s #MosaicMonday and we’re taking a dip in the sea to freshen up with this marine life mosaic from Pompeii. This intricate mosaic is so detailed that it’s possible to identify the different species including the central tussle between an Octopus vulgaris (common octopus) and a Palinurus vulgaris (European spiny lobster).
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