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<p>👣🦴 Scientists at White Sands National Park have found 23,000-year-old fossilized footprints that rewrite human <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> in the Americas, pushing back the timeline nearly 10,000 years.</p><p>👉 Learn more: <a href="https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/who-left-these-23000-year-old-footprints-in-new-mexicos-white-sands?utm_source=bluesky&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=new_content&amp;utm_content=white_sands_footprints" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="thekidshouldseethis.com/post/who-left-these-23000-year-old-footprints-in-new-mexicos-white-sands?utm_source=bluesky&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=new_content&amp;utm_content=white_sands_footprints"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thekidshouldseethis.com/post/w</span><span class="invisible">ho-left-these-23000-year-old-footprints-in-new-mexicos-white-sands?utm_source=bluesky&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=new_content&amp;utm_content=white_sands_footprints</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/fossils/" rel="tag">#fossils</a> <a href="/tags/paleoanthropology/" rel="tag">#paleoanthropology</a> <a href="/tags/archaeology/" rel="tag">#archaeology</a> <a href="/tags/newmexico/" rel="tag">#newmexico</a> <a href="/tags/pleistocene/" rel="tag">#pleistocene</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>

<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@classicalmusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>classicalmusic</span></a></span> <br>Antonio Vivaldi </p><p>Concerto D-Moll P 259 Für Oboe, Streicher Und Cembalo<br>Sinfonia C-Dur P Sinf. 9 Für Streicher Und Cembalo <br>Concerto A-Moll P 72 Für Fagott, Streicher Und Cembalo <br>Concerto A-Dur P 231 Für Streicher Und Cembalo <br>Concerto D-Dur „Il Gardellino“ P 155 Für Flöte, Streicher Und Cembalo <br>Sinfonia H-Moll „Al Santo Sepolcro“ P Sinf. 21 Für Streicher </p><p>Rundfunk-Kammerorchester Leipzig, <br>Herbert Kegel </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZbWtq6MhVs" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZbWtq6MhVs"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZbWtq</span><span class="invisible">6MhVs</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/barock/" rel="tag">#barock</a> <a href="/tags/concert/" rel="tag">#concert</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

<p>and here is that video of the talk. <br>The Glenkens is the wide valley of the Ken river and Loch on the eastern end of <a href="/tags/galloway/" rel="tag">#Galloway</a>. flanked by the Rhins of Kells on the west, with the Southern Upland Way going through it Travelling from north to south, we will take you on three walks that give both a flavour of the beautiful landscape of the glen, but also a flavour of the history and folklore of this corner of <a href="/tags/scotland/" rel="tag">#Scotland</a> .</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/XbNITSAKWW4" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtu.be/XbNITSAKWW4</a></p><p><a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/walking/" rel="tag">#walking</a> <a href="/tags/hiking/" rel="tag">#hiking</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#video</a> <a href="/tags/talk/" rel="tag">#talk</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a></p>

<p><a href="https://communitymedia.video/w/rqokDpoYckC42rBoVTd1d1" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="communitymedia.video/w/rqokDpoYckC42rBoVTd1d1"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">communitymedia.video/w/rqokDpo</span><span class="invisible">YckC42rBoVTd1d1</span></a> <a href="/tags/archive/" rel="tag">#archive</a></p><p><a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#climateCrisis</a> <a href="/tags/haiku/" rel="tag">#haiku</a> by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@kentpitman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kentpitman</span></a></span> </p><p>Depressing actual <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> specific <a href="/tags/nz/" rel="tag">#nz</a> <a href="/tags/llm/" rel="tag">#llm</a> eg (source invidious link as response)</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.linkerror.com/@jns" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jns</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/gopher/" rel="tag">#gopher</a> gopher://gopher.linkerror.com<br>- gopher://perma.computer<br>- <a href="/tags/warez/" rel="tag">#warez</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a><br>- <a href="/tags/eternalgameengine/" rel="tag">#EternalGameEngine</a><br>- <a href="/tags/unix_surrealism/" rel="tag">#unix_surrealism</a></p><p><a href="/tags/lisp/" rel="tag">#lisp</a> <a href="/tags/programming/" rel="tag">#programming</a><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://ieji.de/@vnikolov" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vnikolov</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/commonlisp/" rel="tag">#commonLisp</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a> <a href="/tags/declares/" rel="tag">#declares</a><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://appdot.net/@mdhughes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mdhughes</span></a></span> &amp; <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@dougmerritt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dougmerritt</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ksaj" rel="nofollow">@ksaj</a> <a href="/tags/automata/" rel="tag">#automata</a>, in <a href="https://gamerplus.org/@screwlisp/115245557313951212" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="gamerplus.org/@screwlisp/115245557313951212"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gamerplus.org/@screwlisp/11524</span><span class="invisible">5557313951212</span></a></p><p><a href="https://lambda.moo.mud.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>lambda.moo.mud.org/</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a>: a bit of much needed wonder (in these odd &amp; bleak times) on the 76th anniversary of his birth. let&#x27;s all chill &amp; listen to &#x27;journey through the secret life of plants&#x27;. happy b, stevie.<br><a href="/tags/steviewonder/" rel="tag">#stevieWonder</a> <a href="/tags/illustration/" rel="tag">#illustration</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/vegan/" rel="tag">#vegan</a></p>

<p>On the third day of <a href="/tags/christmas/" rel="tag">#Christmas</a> my true love gave to me... an essay commemorating the Feast of Saint John the Evangelist. Hopefully something as good as three french hens (or three dried squid, if you&#x27;re local kine). </p><p><a href="https://catecheticconverter.com/on-saint-john-the-evangelist" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="catecheticconverter.com/on-saint-john-the-evangelist"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">catecheticconverter.com/on-sai</span><span class="invisible">nt-john-the-evangelist</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/church/" rel="tag">#Church</a> <a href="/tags/christianity/" rel="tag">#Christianity</a> <a href="/tags/theology/" rel="tag">#Theology</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a></p>

<p>On the fourth day of Christmas we get... a pretty horrible story, actually. But, good news, it&#x27;s probably fictional. Bad news, it&#x27;s a fictional story meant to capture the all-too-real horrors of much of our world.</p><p><a href="https://catecheticconverter.com/on-the-holy-innocents" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="catecheticconverter.com/on-the-holy-innocents"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">catecheticconverter.com/on-the</span><span class="invisible">-holy-innocents</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/christmas/" rel="tag">#Christmas</a> <a href="/tags/christianity/" rel="tag">#Christianity</a> <a href="/tags/theology/" rel="tag">#Theology</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#Ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/episcopal/" rel="tag">#Episcopal</a></p>

<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@classicalmusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>classicalmusic</span></a></span> <br>Renata Tebaldi&#x27;s Washington concert - <br>11/03/1967</p><p>Orchestra of the National Symphony, Washington<br>Conductor...........Haward Mitchell</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZKWavxHVro" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZKWavxHVro"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZKWav</span><span class="invisible">xHVro</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/classic/" rel="tag">#classic</a> <a href="/tags/concert/" rel="tag">#concert</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@classicalmusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>classicalmusic</span></a></span> <br>Umberto Giordano &quot;Andrea Chenier&quot; </p><p>26th March 1960, New York</p><p>Andrea Chénier: Richard Tucker<br>Madeleine di Coigny: Renata Tebaldi<br>Carlo Gérard: Ettore Bastianini<br>La mulatta Bersi: Margaret Roggero<br>La Contessa di Coigny: Martha Lipton<br>Madelon: Belen Amparan<br>Roucher: Frank Valentino<br>Fouquier Tinville: Norman Scott<br>Dumas: Osie Hawkins<br>...<br>Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York<br>Conductor Fausto Cleva</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzSilx_hSiI" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzSilx_hSiI"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzSilx</span><span class="invisible">_hSiI</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/classic/" rel="tag">#classic</a> <a href="/tags/opera/" rel="tag">#opera</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@classicalmusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>classicalmusic</span></a></span> <br>Giacomo Puccini &quot;Tosca&quot;</p><p>Metropolitan Opera House<br>25th January 1966, New York</p><p>Tosca: Birgit Nilsson<br>Cavaradossi: Franco Corelli<br>Scarpia: Anselmo Colzani<br>Sacristan: Lorenzo Alvary<br>Spoletta: Andrea Velis<br>Angelotti: Norman Scott<br>Sciarrone: Russell Christopher<br>Shepherd: Stuart Fischer<br>Jailer: Gene Boucher</p><p>Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York</p><p>Conductor............George Schick</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzSX0HzUqFk" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzSX0HzUqFk"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzSX0H</span><span class="invisible">zUqFk</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/classic/" rel="tag">#classic</a> <a href="/tags/opera/" rel="tag">#opera</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@classicalmusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>classicalmusic</span></a></span> <br>Gala Performance Honoring Sir Rudolf Bing</p><p>Metropolitan Opera House<br>22nd April 1972, New York</p><p>Conductors<br>James Levine/Richard Bonynge/Kurt Adler/Max Rudolf/Karl Böhm</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dol3TH7Dd-A" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dol3TH7Dd-A"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dol3TH</span><span class="invisible">7Dd-A</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/classic/" rel="tag">#classic</a> <a href="/tags/concert/" rel="tag">#concert</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@classicalmusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>classicalmusic</span></a></span> <br>Opernabend<br>25. Juli 2026, 20:00 Uhr </p><p>Suppè, Franz von <br>Boccaccio</p><p>Giovanni Boccaccio: Hermann Prey<br>Fiametta: Anneliese Rothenberger<br>Lotteringhi: Adolf Dallapozza<br>Beatrice: Edda Moser<br>Scalza: Kurt Böhme<br>Leonetto: Walter Berry</p><p>Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Bayerisches Symphonie-Orchester<br>Leitung: Willi Boskovsky</p><p>Diese Aufnahme entstand im Jahr 1974 </p><p><a href="https://radioklassik.at/programm/sendungsformat/17804/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="radioklassik.at/programm/sendungsformat/17804/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">radioklassik.at/programm/sendu</span><span class="invisible">ngsformat/17804/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/classic/" rel="tag">#classic</a> <a href="/tags/opera/" rel="tag">#opera</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

<p>Hey all!<br>Just a small reminder: name change to reflect a slight shift in content. For sure, still plenty of <a href="/tags/optoutside/" rel="tag">#OptOutside</a>, <a href="/tags/running/" rel="tag">#running</a>, <a href="/tags/photosafari/" rel="tag">#PhotoSafari</a>, <a href="/tags/travel/" rel="tag">#travel</a>.</p><p>Now with more <a href="/tags/videogames/" rel="tag">#VideoGames</a> and entertainment biz. <br>Plus, <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#China</a> (<a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a>, <a href="/tags/martialarts/" rel="tag">#martialarts</a>, especially <a href="/tags/hunggar/" rel="tag">#HungGar</a> 洪拳)</p>

<p>On the fifth day of <a href="/tags/christmas/" rel="tag">#Christmas</a> my true love gave to me... the commemoration of a man who should probably be the patron saint of England: Saint Thomas of Canterbury.</p><p><a href="https://catecheticconverter.com/on-saint-thomas-of-canterbury" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="catecheticconverter.com/on-saint-thomas-of-canterbury"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">catecheticconverter.com/on-sai</span><span class="invisible">nt-thomas-of-canterbury</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/church/" rel="tag">#Church</a> <a href="/tags/england/" rel="tag">#England</a> <a href="/tags/episcopal/" rel="tag">#Episcopal</a> <a href="/tags/anglican/" rel="tag">#Anglican</a> <a href="/tags/christian/" rel="tag">#Christian</a> <a href="/tags/theology/" rel="tag">#Theology</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a></p>

<p>Taliesin (Frank Lloyd Wright&#x27;s Home &amp; School) near Spring Green in southwest <a href="/tags/wisconsin/" rel="tag">#Wisconsin</a> </p><p>Again picking away at my archive. Combining photos from two visits in 2012 &amp; 2023.</p><p>Wonderful place to visit BTW! More to come...</p><p><a href="https://richard.mdpaths.com/history/taliesin/index.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="richard.mdpaths.com/history/taliesin/index.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">richard.mdpaths.com/history/ta</span><span class="invisible">liesin/index.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/architecture/" rel="tag">#Architecture</a> <a href="/tags/taliesin/" rel="tag">#Taliesin</a> <a href="/tags/franklloydwright/" rel="tag">#FrankLloydWright</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a></p>

<p>After the events of Jan. 6, 2021, we sifted through thousands of videos taken by Parler users during the riot at the Capitol.</p><p>Then we created an interactive database that lets you sort through the footage.</p><p>See the full collection here: <a href="https://projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol-videos/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol-videos/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/parler</span><span class="invisible">-capitol-videos/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a> <a href="/tags/insurrection/" rel="tag">#Insurrection</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#Video</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/archive/" rel="tag">#Archive</a></p>

<p>More buttons</p><p><a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/caregiving/" rel="tag">#Caregiving</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#Photography</a></p>

<p>Smurfs Log: Buttons</p><p>* Part of the &quot;Housecleaning (Things Left in My Mom&#x27;s House)&quot; series</p><p>Mom moved out of her house about four months ago. I have been spending a few hours every week organising things. Today I began the final leg of this journey: sorting her sewing room.</p><p>Throughout her life, she collected thousands of buttons of all shapes and colours. I&#x27;m finding it very difficult to decide what to do with this treasure trove…</p><p><a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/caregiving/" rel="tag">#Caregiving</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#Photography</a></p>

<p>&quot;Trump&#x27;s airbrushed version of Jan 6 distorts history. See the evidence for yourself. &quot;</p><p>NPR does a great job sharing details -</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/01/04/g-s1-102891/jan-6-archive" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.npr.org/2026/01/04/g-s1-102891/jan-6-archive"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.npr.org/2026/01/04/g-s1-10</span><span class="invisible">2891/jan-6-archive</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@NPR" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NPR</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#jan6</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/freedom/" rel="tag">#freedom</a> <a href="/tags/liberty/" rel="tag">#liberty</a> <a href="/tags/washingtondc/" rel="tag">#washingtondc</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/ruleoflaw/" rel="tag">#ruleoflaw</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/antifa/" rel="tag">#antifa</a></p>

<p>This is cool - the prolonged dry weather has revealed the outline of ‘The Great Parterre’ beneath the South Lawn at <a href="/tags/chatsworth/" rel="tag">#Chatsworth</a>. It was a <a href="/tags/garden/" rel="tag">#garden</a> created for the 1st Duke of Devonshire around 1699 and it disappeared beneath a new landscape in the 1730s. The hot, dry conditions created contrast between the shallower-rooted turf and the original garden layout, and have allowed its spectacular swirling patterns to re-emerge.</p><p>Photo downloaded from Chatsworth&#x27;s social media.</p><p><a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/archaeology/" rel="tag">#archaeology</a></p>

<p>An early alpha version of the design for ‘Frogger’, the popular video game from the 1980’s has been traced back to the 12th century:</p><p>Bibliothèques d’Amiens Métropole, Ms. 108, f. 042v</p><p><a href="/tags/retrogaming/" rel="tag">#Retrogaming</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/manuscripts/" rel="tag">#manuscripts</a> <a href="/tags/games/" rel="tag">#Games</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a>: can&#x27;t resist a classic simone stink eye &amp;, as i draw her every year on the anniversary of her birth, here&#x27;s my tribute to her &#x27;take no shit&#x27; glance. <br>most commonly associated with her seminal feminist oeuvre, &#x27;the second sex&#x27;, simone&#x27;s philosophy was - true to its existential roots - humanist&#x27;; but it can be extended to all members of society, both human &amp; non-human. in her words:  &#x27;one&#x27;s life has value so long as one attributes value to the lives of others.&#x27; <br><a href="/tags/simonedebeauvoir/" rel="tag">#simoneDeBeauvoir</a></p>

<p>Doftana Prison, Romania. This vast fortress-like penitentiary has housed inmates during some of the most turbulent periods in Romania’s history. Today, it stands derelict and collapsing, a haunting reminder of the terrible conditions offenders were once incarcerated in. </p><p>More history and photos from my visit - <a href="https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/military/doftana-prison-romania/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/military/doftana-prison-romania/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.obsidianurbexphotography.c</span><span class="invisible">om/military/doftana-prison-romania/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/romania/" rel="tag">#Romania</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/ruins/" rel="tag">#Ruins</a> <a href="/tags/phorography/" rel="tag">#Phorography</a> <a href="/tags/doftana/" rel="tag">#Doftana</a> <a href="/tags/urbanexploration/" rel="tag">#UrbanExploration</a> <a href="/tags/urbex/" rel="tag">#Urbex</a> <a href="/tags/explore/" rel="tag">#Explore</a> <a href="/tags/dark/" rel="tag">#Dark</a> <a href="/tags/darktourism/" rel="tag">#DarkTourism</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/jail/" rel="tag">#Jail</a></p>

<p>When Paris was paved with wooden cobblestones.</p><p>Passage Saint‑Maur still has a few of those wooden blocks left, some of the last in the city.</p><p>In the 1800s Paris used wood because it made the streets quieter, and it was cheaper to replace.</p><p>But most were removed because they rotted or became slippery, which is why the surviving ones in Passage Saint‑Maur are so rare.</p><p>@xmuse_ <a href="/tags/globalmuseum/" rel="tag">#globalmuseum</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/paris/" rel="tag">#Paris</a></p>

<p>The Wayback Machine was launched 24 years ago!</p><p>&quot;The Wayback Machine has a pulse, rhythmic and steady as it loops endlessly through the spaces of the web.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/archiving-the-web/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="thehistoryoftheweb.com/archiving-the-web/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehistoryoftheweb.com/archivi</span><span class="invisible">ng-the-web/</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_</span><span class="invisible">Machine</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a> <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/theweb/" rel="tag">#TheWeb</a> <a href="/tags/internetarchive/" rel="tag">#InternetArchive</a> <a href="/tags/waybackmachine/" rel="tag">#WaybackMachine</a></p>