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<p>Hey history fans, you can watch PeerTube videos about historical topics on this playlist:</p><p>📜 <a href="https://fedi.video/w/p/rJFrNNvXysAm4o5UwA3WZM" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fedi.video/w/p/rJFrNNvXysAm4o5UwA3WZM"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.video/w/p/rJFrNNvXysAm4o5</span><span class="invisible">UwA3WZM</span></a></p><p>- If you&#x27;re watching on a phone: Swipe the first two video titles at the bottom to browse the rest of the playlist, click on a video to watch it.</p><p>- If you&#x27;re on a computer: Choose a video by scrolling through the playlist on the right of the screen.</p><p>- If you&#x27;re watching embedded: Click ⏭️ or ⏮️ to see next or previous videos in the playlist.</p><p>cc @histodons </p><p><a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a></p>

<p>Hey all! My name is Tyler. I want to share a little <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a> post. It&#x27;s so nice to be here! My interests include <a href="/tags/airquality/" rel="tag">#airQuality</a> <a href="/tags/buildings/" rel="tag">#buildings</a> <a href="/tags/community/" rel="tag">#community</a> <a href="/tags/construction/" rel="tag">#construction</a> <a href="/tags/darkskies/" rel="tag">#darkSkies</a> <a href="/tags/design/" rel="tag">#design</a> <a href="/tags/historicpreservation/" rel="tag">#historicPreservation</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/placemaking/" rel="tag">#placemaking</a> <a href="/tags/stainedglass/" rel="tag">#stainedGlass</a> and more. Can you recommend accounts to follow? In any case I&#x27;ve heard good things about Mastodon and the fediverse so I&#x27;m looking forward to connecting with folks.</p>

<p>&quot;Fascism: Here To Stay? How Do We End It?&quot; </p><p>W/ <a href="/tags/davidshuster/" rel="tag">#DavidShuster</a>, an &quot;Amped Up!&quot; INTERVIEW w awesome historian/scholar on <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a>, Ruth Ben-Ghiat!</p><p><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/fascism-here-to-stay-how-do-we-end" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/fascism-here-to-stay-how-do-we-end"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/fascism-here-</span><span class="invisible">to-stay-how-do-we-end</span></a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/world/" rel="tag">#world</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#iran</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#israel</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#uk</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/middleeast/" rel="tag">#middleeast</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>

<p>In Georgian London, a young Scotswoman purloins a handful of handkerchiefs to buy food.</p><p>235 years later, her several greats-grandson sits at a computer in the Antipodes, trying out <a href="/tags/daggerheart/" rel="tag">#Daggerheart</a> via Discord in the morning’s ungodly wee hours.</p><p>They told the Scotswoman her actions would have far-reaching consequences. She could never have imagined time zones, let alone how they’d affect her distant descendant’s sleep deprived taste in entertainment.</p><p><a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a>’s weird like that.</p><p><a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#ttrpg</a></p>

<p>Dear Canada - a love letter composed by # by <a href="/tags/timthompson/" rel="tag">#TimThompson</a>, sports video editor.</p><p><a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a> <a href="/tags/canadianculture/" rel="tag">#CanadianCulture</a> <a href="/tags/canadianhistory/" rel="tag">#CanadianHistory</a> <a href="/tags/canadianmusic/" rel="tag">#CanadianMusic</a> <a href="/tags/canadianart/" rel="tag">#CanadianArt</a> <a href="/tags/dearcanada/" rel="tag">#DearCanada</a> <a href="/tags/tommydouglas/" rel="tag">#TommyDouglas</a> <a href="/tags/annemurray/" rel="tag">#AnneMurray</a> <a href="/tags/michaeljfox/" rel="tag">#MichaelJFox</a> <a href="/tags/gordonlightfoot/" rel="tag">#GordonLightfoot</a> <a href="/tags/painters/" rel="tag">#Painters</a> <a href="/tags/groupofseven/" rel="tag">#GroupOfSeven</a> <a href="/tags/firstnations/" rel="tag">#FirstNations</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#Music</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#Culture</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhiKlhTmwDU" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhiKlhTmwDU"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhiKlh</span><span class="invisible">TmwDU</span></a></p>

<p>An effort to call a convention to amend the Constitution is focused on the national debt but could open the door to other changes — including making it legal for Trump to run for a third term.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/constitutional-convention-congress-donald-trump-power?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/constitutional-convention-congress-donald-trump-power?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/con</span><span class="invisible">stitutional-convention-congress-donald-trump-power?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/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a></p>

<p>Some Americans Have Already Been Caught in Trump’s Immigration Dragnet. More Will Be.<br>—</p><p>Federal immigration authorities have a history of wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens. Advocates warn that the Trump administration’s immigration policies mean that more citizens will get caught up in raids and sweeps.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/more-americans-will-be-caught-up-trump-immigration-raids?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/more-americans-will-be-caught-up-trump-immigration-raids?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mor</span><span class="invisible">e-americans-will-be-caught-up-trump-immigration-raids?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/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/migrants/" rel="tag">#Migrants</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/detention/" rel="tag">#Detention</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a></p>

<p>Finally took the time (my internet connection was down...) to watch Johan Grimonprez&#x27; documentary &quot;Soundtrack to a Coup d&#x27;Etat&quot;.</p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14452174/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.imdb.com/title/tt14452174/</a></p><p>If you&#x27;re interested in <a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/un/" rel="tag">#UN</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> it&#x27;s really worth your time.</p><p>If you want to better understand what happened when <a href="/tags/congo/" rel="tag">#Congo</a> &quot;tried&quot; <a href="/tags/independence/" rel="tag">#Independence</a> from <a href="/tags/belgium/" rel="tag">#Belgium</a> in 1960, how USA conspired to kill <a href="/tags/patricelumumba/" rel="tag">#PatriceLumumba</a> and why there was a war in <a href="/tags/katanga/" rel="tag">#Katanga</a>, then there&#x27;s a lot in this documentary, while listening to good music.</p>

<p>If you need something to celebrate today, the Freedom of Information Act was signed into law <a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a> in 1966.</p><p>&quot;It took [U.S. House of Representatives member John E. Moss] 12 years to get the FOIA through Congress [...] The Moss Committee took it upon itself to reform confidentiality policy and implement punishments for the overuse of classification by officials and departments.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(United_States)" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(United_States)"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_</span><span class="invisible">of_Information_Act_(United_States)</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/foia/" rel="tag">#foia</a> <a href="/tags/freedomofinformation/" rel="tag">#FreedomOfInformation</a> <a href="/tags/anniversary/" rel="tag">#anniversary</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a></p>

<p>I am proud to present you with an interview with an incredible <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@adapalmer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>adapalmer</span></a></span> straight from this year <a href="/tags/bazyliszek/" rel="tag">#Bazyliszek</a> convention, now available as a <a href="/tags/solarpunkprompts/" rel="tag">#solarpunkPrompts</a> special!</p><p><a href="https://podcast.tomasino.org/@SolarpunkPrompts/episodes/special-interview-with-ada-palmer-history-of-ideas-and-our-climate-imaginations" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="podcast.tomasino.org/@SolarpunkPrompts/episodes/special-interview-with-ada-palmer-history-of-ideas-and-our-climate-imaginations"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">podcast.tomasino.org/@Solarpun</span><span class="invisible">kPrompts/episodes/special-interview-with-ada-palmer-history-of-ideas-and-our-climate-imaginations</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/solarpunk/" rel="tag">#solarpunk</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#scienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/rome/" rel="tag">#rome</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> <a href="/tags/purity/" rel="tag">#purity</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/imagination/" rel="tag">#imagination</a> <a href="/tags/hopepunk/" rel="tag">#hopepunk</a> <a href="/tags/apocalypse/" rel="tag">#apocalypse</a></p>

<p>New today: It’s a different camp, different year, different creek, but the same story. This story—the one where the Hill Country experiences devastating and unexpected flash <a href="/tags/floods/" rel="tag">#floods</a> following an intense period of extended drought—is a familiar one for those of us who grew up in the area. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/hill-country-flood-family-home-fourth-of-july-2002/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/hill-country-flood-family-home-fourth-of-july-2002/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/hill-cou</span><span class="invisible">ntry-flood-family-home-fourth-of-july-2002/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/kerrville/" rel="tag">#Kerrville</a> <a href="/tags/kerrcounty/" rel="tag">#KerrCounty</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/centraltexas/" rel="tag">#CentralTexas</a> <a href="/tags/flooding/" rel="tag">#flooding</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/weather/" rel="tag">#weather</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a></p>

<p>A re-<a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a> </p><p>I deleted my account here 2(?) weeks ago in an act of frustation and depresssion and now i restart again.</p><p>I&#x27;m a mid 30&#x27;s <a href="/tags/metal/" rel="tag">#metal</a> and <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> Fan and dad from <a href="/tags/austria/" rel="tag">#austria</a>, likes <a href="/tags/pcgaming/" rel="tag">#pcgaming</a>, <a href="/tags/boardgames/" rel="tag">#boardgames</a> and <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a>. Also playing <a href="/tags/bass/" rel="tag">#bass</a> and want to make music.<br>Sometimes I go <a href="/tags/hiking/" rel="tag">#hiking</a> and <a href="/tags/running/" rel="tag">#running</a>.<br>I toot, retoot and quote things i like, i follow people, who i think are interesting.</p><p>What Else?<br>Well essential i think, people shouldn&#x27;t be cunts to each other </p><p>Love you all :)</p>

<p>What makes this moment distinctive is not the violence, but the audience encountering it. When white Americans describe this behavior as “what dictatorships do,” they are not wrong but they are late in recognition. America has long depended on techniques commonly associated with authoritarian regimes, while insulating much of white America from their routine application. That insulation is now thinning. The shock is real. The surprise is telling. But neither is unprecedented.</p><p><a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ice</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

<p>I think seeing captured film reels from WWII in grade 10 social studies of bodies being bulldozed into mass graves by Nazi labourers and hearing classmates gasp, several of them breaking down, openly weeping, was a turning point in my view of humanity; I expect parents today would be outraged at such shocking material being put before schoolchildren...</p><p><a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#education</a> <a href="/tags/genocide/" rel="tag">#genocide</a></p><p>1/2</p>

<p>While instituting the largest tariff increase in modern history, Trump claimed that the income tax was passed for “reasons unknown to mankind” and caused the Great Depression.</p><p>Here’s the real history.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/history-income-tax-history-16th-amendment-trump-tariffs-great-depression?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/history-income-tax-history-16th-amendment-trump-tariffs-great-depression?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/his</span><span class="invisible">tory-income-tax-history-16th-amendment-trump-tariffs-great-depression?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/tax/" rel="tag">#Tax</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#Tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>New <a href="/tags/intro/" rel="tag">#intro</a>!</p><p>I’m a hyperjack musician, writer &amp; video artist. My latest album, ‘Status’, is mainly about escaping Big Tech dystopia. </p><p>My website <a href="https://meljoann.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>meljoann.com</a> includes nerdy blog posts on Faircamp, Owncast &amp; leaving mainstream social media. </p><p>Some stuff I love: </p><p><a href="/tags/musicproduction/" rel="tag">#musicProduction</a> <a href="/tags/videoproduction/" rel="tag">#videoProduction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/experimentalmusic/" rel="tag">#experimentalMusic</a> <a href="/tags/electronicmusic/" rel="tag">#electronicMusic</a> <a href="/tags/randb/" rel="tag">#RandB</a> <a href="/tags/earlymusic/" rel="tag">#earlyMusic</a> <a href="/tags/improvisedmusic/" rel="tag">#improvisedMusic</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/knitting/" rel="tag">#knitting</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#scienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/alternativecomedy/" rel="tag">#alternativeComedy</a> <a href="/tags/anarchism/" rel="tag">#anarchism</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#foss</a> <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#linux</a> <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a></p>

<p>&quot;There were no books on web design, no best practices.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/the-innovative-designs-of-1995/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="thehistoryoftheweb.com/the-innovative-designs-of-1995/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehistoryoftheweb.com/the-inn</span><span class="invisible">ovative-designs-of-1995/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/theweb/" rel="tag">#TheWeb</a> <a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/earlyweb/" rel="tag">#EarlyWeb</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/design/" rel="tag">#design</a> <a href="/tags/webdesign/" rel="tag">#WebDesign</a></p>

<p>Happy 25th anniversary to this Daily Mail article from the year 2000, proclaiming that internet &quot;may be just a passing fad as millions give up on it&quot;.</p><p><a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/theweb/" rel="tag">#TheWeb</a> <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

<p>In Part 2 of “Sick in a Hospital Town,” we look at how a century-old community hospital in Albany, Georgia, became the only hospital in town — and grew into a sprawling health care system by waging a yearslong battle to eliminate its competition.<br><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/albany-georgia-hospital/part-two/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/albany-georgia-hospital/part-two/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/albany</span><span class="invisible">-georgia-hospital/part-two/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/blackhistory/" rel="tag">#BlackHistory</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a></p>

<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>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><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>&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>