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<p>The Mother of All Demos was &quot;a landmark computer demonstration of [...] many of the fundamental elements of modern personal computing: windows, hypertext, graphics, efficient navigation and command input, video conferencing, the computer mouse, word processing, dynamic file linking, revision control, and a collaborative real-time editor.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-z</span><span class="invisible">dhzMY</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moth</span><span class="invisible">er_of_All_Demos</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/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/computers/" rel="tag">#computers</a> <a href="/tags/demo/" rel="tag">#demo</a> <a href="/tags/motherofalldemos/" rel="tag">#MotherOfAllDemos</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;La Fanciulla Del West&quot; </p><p>MET<br>21st February 1970, New York</p><p>Minnie: Renata Tebaldi<br>Dick Johnson: Sándor Kónya<br>Jack Rance: Anselmo Colzani<br>Joe: Andrea Velis<br>Handsome: Richard Best<br>Harry: Robert Schmorr<br>Sonora: Clifford Harvuot<br>Trin: Gabor Carelli<br>Jim Larkens: Raymond Gibbs<br>Wowkle: Frederica von Stade<br>...<br>Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York</p><p>Conductor...............Fausto Cleva</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txQJZypH_8c" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=txQJZypH_8c"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=txQJZy</span><span class="invisible">pH_8c</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>Dorking Cockerel, public sculpture in Dorking, Surrey, England. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorking_Cockerel" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorking_Cockerel"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorking_</span><span class="invisible">Cockerel</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/statue/" rel="tag">#statue</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/map/" rel="tag">#map</a></p>

<p>An abandoned pottery factory, somewhere in <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#France</a></p><p>The small French <a href="/tags/pottery/" rel="tag">#pottery</a> works thrived for decades. It remained modest, while competitors expanded and modernised. While this gives the <a href="/tags/ruins/" rel="tag">#ruins</a> a quaint charm, it was certainly a major factor in their closure!</p><p>Inside, the upper floors have long rows of wooden racks stacked with 100s of moulds. Heavy pieces were moved on wooden carts along a rail system.</p><p><a href="https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/industrial/faiencerie-s-pottery-s-france/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/industrial/faiencerie-s-pottery-s-france/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.obsidianurbexphotography.c</span><span class="invisible">om/industrial/faiencerie-s-pottery-s-france/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/ceramics/" rel="tag">#Ceramics</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#France</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/abandonedplaces/" rel="tag">#AbandonedPlaces</a> <a href="/tags/urbex/" rel="tag">#Urbex</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/auspol/" rel="tag">#Auspol</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/italianhistory/" rel="tag">#ItalianHistory</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> <a href="/tags/dodgyandgreatleaders/" rel="tag">#DodgyAndGreatLeaders</a></p><p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> or more like dipping into</p><p>B. A. SANTAMARIA<br>ITALY CHANGES SHIRTS:<br>THE ORIGINS OF ITALIAN FASCISM<br>MA THESIS<br>UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE<br>1934</p><p>and am enjoying focusing on sentences and letting my mind mull over ideas while i do/ watch/ read other stuffs. this might become a thread with occasional ramblings.</p><p>i’m struck by some parallels with USA (how could one not be?) but for context am reminded mussolini had established himself as leader much earlier than hitler and was, in fact, admired by hitler. (i think a great deal of hitler’s success was down to goebbels.) both mussolini and hitler lived in a time when the ongoing war of ideas between communism and capitalism were front and centre. </p><p>the labels and the details morph and change over time, but when our previous opposition leader threw words like “liberal”, “commie” or “woke” around, i suspect it was really more of the same.</p><p>in the red corner, people who think governments can and should care about everyone, and in the blue corner, those who think individualism is essential to god’s grand design.<br>I wonder, sometimes, if the USA is one western country that never really had a “left” at all.</p><p>On the very first page of his thesis, Santamaria suggests the Italian public embraced fascism (and the idea of a strong leader) because parliamentary democracy seemed to suck. <br>(Echos of this in Trump’s “drain the swamp” rhetoric, and his now open contempt for the system altogether)</p><p>Discussing Mussolini, Santamaria goes on to say Lenin believed “the only man who could successfully rule Italy was the one who reproduced in himself the main characteristics of the great mass of Italians”</p><p>The USA has a problematic electoral system, and many people are disenfranchised in one way or another. I don’t want to slander an entire nation, but I do wonder how many people found it easier to identify with Trump than with Harris?</p><p>Closer to home, how well do we identify with this or that type of leader in Australia? Do we reject potential leaders more easily than we embrace them? </p><p>1975 in Australia was a disappointment, but I distinctly remember that, apart from the scare about whitlam overspending/ seeking dodgy loans from someone with a foreign name, a lot of people were fed up with having to vote, and all the campaigning that goes with more-frequent-than-usual elections.</p>

<p>Our reporting found at least 79 children have been harmed by tear gas or pepper spray during Trump’s deportation campaign.</p><p>To better understand the chemicals’ effects on children, we spoke with an activist tear-gassed as a teenager at Selma in 1965.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/charles-mauldin-selma-tear-gas?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/charles-mauldin-selma-tear-gas?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/cha</span><span class="invisible">rles-mauldin-selma-tear-gas?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/blackmastodon/" rel="tag">#BlackMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a> that I&#x27;m never happy with:</p><p>I joined Mastodon during the Second Great Twitter Migration of 2022, if that&#x27;s what we&#x27;re calling it. </p><p>You may know me from:</p><p>@[email protected] (Oct 2022-Sept 2023)<br><a href="https://firefish.lgbt/@alex" rel="nofollow">@[email protected]</a> (RIP) (Aug 2023)<br><a href="https://xim.ca/@alex" rel="nofollow">@[email protected]</a> (Sept 2023-May 2024)<br>@[email protected] (May 2024-Oct 2024)<br><a href="https://anarres.family/@alex" rel="nofollow">@[email protected]</a> (Oct 2024-Aug 2025)</p><p>I&#x27;m a neurodivergent (AuDHD / GAD / cPTSD[?] <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/pawb.fun/neocat_thinking.png" class="emoji" alt=":neocat_thinking:" title=":neocat_thinking:">), ace/aromantic pan/aegosexual, 40s year old from <a href="/tags/ottawa/" rel="tag">#Ottawa</a>, <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a>. 🇨🇦 </p><p>Interests include: <br>• <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> (including <a href="/tags/startrek/" rel="tag">#StarTrek</a> &amp; <a href="/tags/doctorwho/" rel="tag">#DoctorWho</a>) <br>• <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#Linux</a> <br>• <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a><br>• <a href="/tags/genealogy/" rel="tag">#genealogy</a> <br>• <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <br>• <a href="/tags/travel/" rel="tag">#travel</a> (when I can afford to)<br>• ....way too many special interests.</p><p>(Please don&#x27;t reply to the introduction post. Mentions or DMs are OK.)</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>Wagner - DIE WALKÜRE</p><p>Siegmund: James King<br>Wotan: Theo Adam<br>Hunding: Martti Talvela<br>Sieglinde: Leonie Rysanek<br>Fricka: Ursula Boese<br>Brünnhilde: Birgit Nilsson<br>Gerhilde: Danica Mastilovic<br>Ortlinde: Isabella Doran<br>Waltraute: Gertraud Hopf<br>Schwertleite: Lili Chookasian<br>Helmwige: Liane Synek<br>Siegrune: Elisabeth Schärtel<br>...<br>Das Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele <br>Karl Böhm</p><p>Bayreuth, Festspielhaus, 26. Juli 1965</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAOQCKlCZig" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAOQCKlCZig"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAOQCK</span><span class="invisible">lCZig</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>Georges Bizet - Carmen Suite<br>Arrangement: Arturo Toscanini</p><p>Arturo Toscanini: <br>NBC Symphony</p><p>Date: 5 August 1952</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX2XnXPRnbI" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX2XnXPRnbI"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX2XnX</span><span class="invisible">PRnbI</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>Béla Bartók - Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 1, Sz. 26</p><p>Piano: Géza Anda<br>Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra<br>Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay</p><p>Recorded in 1959</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh2tTbAap7M" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh2tTbAap7M"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh2tTb</span><span class="invisible">Aap7M</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>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart<br>&quot;Die Zauberflöte</p><p>Franz Crass - Sarastro<br>Roberta Peters - Königin der Nacht<br>Evelyn Lear - Pamina<br>Fritz Wunderlich - Tamino<br>Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Papageno<br>Lisa Otto - Papagena<br>Hans Hotter - Sprecher<br>Sieglinde Wagner - Dritte Dame der Königin<br>Martti Talvela - Zweiter geharnischter Mann<br>...<br>RIAS-Kammerchor <br>(Chorus Master: Günther Arndt)</p><p>Berliner Philharmoniker<br>Karl Böhm</p><p>Recording: June 1964,</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzIcXmlKKpZ5rvquI5McJ3clNvhTBe0ZX" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzIcXmlKKpZ5rvquI5McJ3clNvhTBe0ZX"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/playlist?list=</span><span class="invisible">PLzIcXmlKKpZ5rvquI5McJ3clNvhTBe0ZX</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>Sergei Rachmaninoff<br>Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18</p><p>Sergei Rachmaninoff, pianist<br>Leopold Stokowski, conductor<br>The Philadelphia Orchestra</p><p>Recorded on April 10/13, 1929</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2fbyk6Yyak" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2fbyk6Yyak"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2fbyk</span><span class="invisible">6Yyak</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>Vincenzo Bellini &quot;Beatrice di Tenda&quot; </p><p>Teatro di San Carlo<br>4th May 1962, Naples</p><p>Beatrice di Tenda: Joan Sutherland <br>Filippo: Mario Zanasi <br>Agnese: Margreta Elkins <br>Orombello: Renato Cioni</p><p>Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples</p><p>Conductor...........Nicola Rescigno</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se8oWvDenVs" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=se8oWvDenVs"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=se8oWv</span><span class="invisible">DenVs</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>Niccolò Paganini<br>Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 7 &quot;La Campanella&quot;</p><p>Violin: Ruggiero Ricci<br>London Symphony Orchestra<br>Conductor: Anthony Collins</p><p>Recorded: February, 1955</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bl1h9hI5u8" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bl1h9hI5u8"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bl1h9</span><span class="invisible">hI5u8</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>&quot;The first two-network TCP/IP transmission was between the [Packet Radio Van] and ARPANET on August 27, 1976; the van was parked next to Rossotti&#x27;s (since 1956, officially the &quot;Alpine Inn&quot;), a well-known Portola Valley, California biker bar, and wires were run to one of the picnic tables.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_Radio_Van" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_Radio_Van"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_R</span><span class="invisible">adio_Van</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/internethistory/" rel="tag">#InternetHistory</a> <a href="/tags/internetage/" rel="tag">#InternetAge</a> <a href="/tags/packetradiovan/" rel="tag">#PacketRadioVan</a> <a href="/tags/arpanet/" rel="tag">#arpanet</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a> <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</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>Wagner - SIEGFRIED</p><p>Siegfried: Wolfgang Windgassen<br>Mime: Erwin Wohlfahrt<br>Der Wanderer (Wotan): Josef Greindl<br>Alberich: Gustav Neidlinger<br>Fafner: Kurt Böhme<br>Erda: Lili Chookasian<br>Brünnhilde: Birgit Nilsson<br>Stimme des Waldvogels: Erika Köth</p><p>Das Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele<br>Karl Böhm</p><p>Bayreuth, Festspielhaus, 28. Juli 1965</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGg3i6V0yTg" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGg3i6V0yTg"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGg3i6</span><span class="invisible">V0yTg</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>&quot;Interaction on the Web is a little like a mirror, like communicating with a manifestation of yourself. Because it is so chaotic, so decentralised, I find that using the Web becomes like communicating with a hardware version of me. It’s not exactly a doppelgänger, but an alternative version of myself.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://cybercultural.com/p/internet-1999/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="cybercultural.com/p/internet-1999/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cybercultural.com/p/internet-1</span><span class="invisible">999/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/theweb/" rel="tag">#TheWeb</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/cyberculture/" rel="tag">#cyberculture</a></p>

<p>We’re so sorry to hear that Guppe Groups have shut down.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FediTips</span></a></span>/115164286964463451</p><p>Guppe was a really big influence on us when we first joined the Fediverse and served communities across the Fediverse.</p><p>Fortunately, conversations and communities can continue! Here are 3 ways how:</p><p>1/3 Keep the conversation going by hopping over to Newsmast Channels:</p><p>Bookstodon 👉 Follow <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@books" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>books</span></a></span> &amp; use <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p><p>Histodons 👉 Follow <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@history" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>history</span></a></span> &amp; use <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p><p>Academic Chatter 👉 Follow <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@academia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>academia</span></a></span> &amp; use <a href="/tags/academia/" rel="tag">#academia</a></p><p>Photography 👉 Follow <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> &amp; use <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a></p>

<p>Hello Fedi! We are the still-in-progress Twin Cities Radical Community Archive. This project aims to collect, preserve, and increase access to left-wing, working-class activism in the Twin Cities metro, both historically and currently.</p><p><a href="/tags/glam/" rel="tag">#GLAM</a> <a href="/tags/imls/" rel="tag">#IMLS</a> <a href="/tags/galleries/" rel="tag">#Galleries</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#Libraries</a> <a href="/tags/archives/" rel="tag">#Archives</a> <a href="/tags/museums/" rel="tag">#Museums</a> <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/msp/" rel="tag">#MSP</a> <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#Minneapolis</a> <a href="/tags/stpaul/" rel="tag">#StPaul</a> <a href="/tags/twincities/" rel="tag">#TwinCities</a> <a href="/tags/antifa/" rel="tag">#Antifa</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#Labor</a> <a href="/tags/activism/" rel="tag">#Activism</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a></p>

<p>&quot;Reducing typing&quot; seems to be an important value for some software developers. Is there some material origin to this? I.e. was too much typing ever a problem itself? <br>(Triggered by an add for an LLM that announced that programmers need to type less code, but the idea is not new)</p><p><a href="/tags/programming/" rel="tag">#programming</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/efficiency/" rel="tag">#efficiency</a></p>

<p>We currently offer over 28 vintage systems for free remote guest access featuring historic operating systems, programming languages and games. BOOTSTRAP members may request personal accounts on these machines. Thank you for supporting our efforts at <a href="https://icm.museum" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>icm.museum</a></p><p><a href="/tags/vintagecomputing/" rel="tag">#vintagecomputing</a> <a href="/tags/retrogaming/" rel="tag">#retrogaming</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

<p>&quot;The internet emoticon truly traces its lineage directly to Fahlman, who says he came up with the idea after reading &quot;lengthy diatribes&quot; from people on the message board who failed to get the joke or the sarcasm in a particular post -- which is probably what &quot;given current trends&quot; refers to in his own, now-famous missive.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/2011/09/0919fahlman-proposes-emoticons/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.wired.com/2011/09/0919fahlman-proposes-emoticons/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.wired.com/2011/09/0919fahl</span><span class="invisible">man-proposes-emoticons/</span></a></p><p>Archived link: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250223224043/https://www.wired.com/2011/09/0919fahlman-proposes-emoticons/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="web.archive.org/web/20250223224043/https://www.wired.com/2011/09/0919fahlman-proposes-emoticons/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2025022322</span><span class="invisible">4043/https://www.wired.com/2011/09/0919fahlman-proposes-emoticons/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a> <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/internethistory/" rel="tag">#InternetHistory</a> <a href="/tags/emoticons/" rel="tag">#emoticons</a> <a href="/tags/emoji/" rel="tag">#emoji</a> <a href="/tags/smiley/" rel="tag">#smiley</a></p>

<p>How Segregated Are Your Local Private Schools? We Made a Tool to Help You Find Out.<br>—</p><p>Our reporters mined a trove of data that revealed detailed demographic information about private schools. That helped us find illuminating stories about how those schools divide communities.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/segregation-academies-demographic-data-private-schools?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/segregation-academies-demographic-data-private-schools?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/seg</span><span class="invisible">regation-academies-demographic-data-private-schools?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/segregation/" rel="tag">#Segregation</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</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>Die Debütaufnahme des Ensembles Hespèrion XX von 1976</p><p>&quot;Mit der Sopranistin Montserrat Figueras, dem Lautenisten Hopkinson Smith sowie Lorenzo Alpert auf Perkussions- und Blasinstrumenten gründete Savall in Basel das Ensemble Hespèrion XX. In der Debütaufnahme spürte es [...] auch jener sephardischen Kultur nach, die in Spanien mit der Vertreibung der Juden 1492 ein abruptes Ende fand.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/die-debuetaufnahme-des-ensembles-hesp-rion-xx-von-100.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.deutschlandfunk.de/die-debuetaufnahme-des-ensembles-hesp-rion-xx-von-100.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.deutschlandfunk.de/die-deb</span><span class="invisible">uetaufnahme-des-ensembles-hesp-rion-xx-von-100.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/renaissance/" rel="tag">#renaissance</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

<p>&quot;Ceefax was the world&#x27;s first teletext service, going live on 23 September 1974. In a pre-internet world, the revolutionary system allowed people to check the latest BBC news and sport updates at the touch of a few buttons.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/articles/cvg360rr91zo" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.com/articles/cvg360rr91zo"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.com/articles/cvg360rr9</span><span class="invisible">1zo</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/teletext/" rel="tag">#teletext</a> <a href="/tags/ceefax/" rel="tag">#ceefax</a></p>