Eighty years on, the Occupation remains one of history’s unlikeliest success stories. The story of one couple demonstrates how enemies could eventually become family. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/01/japan/history/wwii-occupation-couples-ghq/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #wwii #occupation #ghq #us #douglasmacarthur #usmilitary
alcinnz
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What are some of your favorite YouTube channels that are not related to gaming, particularly those that are smaller or less well known? I am looking to expand my knowledge and diversify my FreeTube feed.
#Fediverse#YouTube#Recommendation#NewPipe#FreeTube#Invidious#PeerTube#Technology#OpenSource#FOSS#Linux#Unix#GNU#Debian#ArchLinux#Fedora#BSD#Privacy#Security#SelfHosting#Decentralization#Freedom#Nature#ClimateChange#Climate#Science#History#Culture#Education#Politics#Philosophy#Anarchism#Anarchy#AntiCapitalism#Economics#DigitalRights
Raúl Chouza
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"We're gonna have to do more than talk. We're gonna have to do more than listen. We're gonna have to do more than learn. We're gonna have to start practicing, and that’s very hard."
Happy Birthday, Fred Hampton Sr. Your life was stolen all too soon.
Fire of Love is the debut album by American rock band The Gun Club, released today in 1981.
Reviews were extremely positive, praising the band's strong songwriting and performances, which combined punk rock with blues music.
#punk #punks #punkrock #postpunk #thegunclub#fireoflove #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Pretty heartening macro view
"This 1-per-cent view has skewed our perspective on collapse and history. What we need now is a history of collapse for the 99 per cent. Only with that can we truly understand what the rise and fall of empires meant, both for the people of the past and also for us today."
What are some of your favorite YouTube channels that are not related to gaming, particularly those that are smaller or less well known? I am looking to expand my knowledge and diversify my FreeTube feed.
#Fediverse#YouTube#Recommendation#NewPipe#FreeTube#Invidious#PeerTube#Technology#OpenSource#FOSS#Linux#Unix#GNU#Debian#ArchLinux#Fedora#BSD#Privacy#Security#SelfHosting#Decentralization#Freedom#Nature#ClimateChange#Climate#Science#History#Culture#Education#Politics#Philosophy#Anarchism#Anarchy#AntiCapitalism#Economics#DigitalRights
"We're gonna have to do more than talk. We're gonna have to do more than listen. We're gonna have to do more than learn. We're gonna have to start practicing, and that’s very hard."
Happy Birthday, Fred Hampton Sr. Your life was stolen all too soon.
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
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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
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“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.”
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https://www.usluck.com/634744/americans-gather-outside-the-white-house-the-night-of-pearl-harbor-december-7-1941-963x491/ Americans gather outside the White House the night of Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941 [963×491] #History#HistoryPorn
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https://www.usluck.com/634744/americans-gather-outside-the-white-house-the-night-of-pearl-harbor-december-7-1941-963x491/ Americans gather outside the White House the night of Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941 [963×491] #History#HistoryPorn
James Baillie
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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! :)
STOP OCCUPATION 🍉 S. Costa
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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! :)