<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&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol-videos/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&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>
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<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 "Housecleaning (Things Left in My Mom's House)" 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'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>"Trump's airbrushed version of Jan 6 distorts history. See the evidence for yourself. "</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>
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<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't resist a classic simone stink eye &, as i draw her every year on the anniversary of her birth, here's my tribute to her 'take no shit' glance. <br>most commonly associated with her seminal feminist oeuvre, 'the second sex', simone's philosophy was - true to its existential roots - humanist'; but it can be extended to all members of society, both human & non-human. in her words: 'one's life has value so long as one attributes value to the lives of others.' <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>"The Wayback Machine has a pulse, rhythmic and steady as it loops endlessly through the spaces of the web."</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>
<p><a href="/tags/presentación/" rel="tag">#presentación</a> <br>¡Hola! No me gusta hablar de mi, pero reconozco que está bonito. <br>Hui de FB y otros financiadores de impresentables, harta de desinformación, algoritmos y haters.<br>Soy 90% analógica, curiosa y autodidacta. Me encanta conocer gente y aprender de todo y todes. Preocupada por el <a href="/tags/medioambiente/" rel="tag">#medioambiente</a> y por hacer que este mundo sea mejor. Temas? <a href="/tags/diy/" rel="tag">#DIY</a> <a href="/tags/viajar/" rel="tag">#viajar</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#Nature</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/cultura/" rel="tag">#cultura</a> <a href="/tags/cerveza/" rel="tag">#cerveza</a> y <a href="/tags/noticias/" rel="tag">#noticias</a> que no salen en los medios. Y agradezco buena <a href="/tags/música/" rel="tag">#música</a>, <a href="/tags/lectura/" rel="tag">#lectura</a> o compartir risas.</p>
<p>Statue of Virginia Woolf, statue in London. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Virginia_Woolf" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Virginia_Woolf"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_o</span><span class="invisible">f_Virginia_Woolf</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>This famous poster from the Holocaust Museum displays the early warning signs of <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a>. While still applicable, I want to make it clear that we are chest-deep in the <a href="/tags/fascist/" rel="tag">#fascist</a> <a href="/tags/cesspool/" rel="tag">#cesspool</a> and have been for *years*.</p><p>Pinning this to my profile in case you know someone who still has doubts. Send them this post.</p><p>History is repeating itself once again.</p><p><a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#uspolitics</a> <a href="/tags/antifascism/" rel="tag">#antifascism</a> <a href="/tags/warning/" rel="tag">#warning</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/resistandinsist/" rel="tag">#resistandinsist</a></p>
<p>✨Diana✨</p><p>The goddess of the hunt prepares her bow and arrow in this scene from the Villa Arianna in Stabiae and now held by the MAN Napoli. The gorgeous blue of the background sets the golden yellow hues of Diana’s gown off in delicious contrast drawing attention to just how vibrant the colours could be in ancient Roman art. </p><p><a href="/tags/frescofriday/" rel="tag">#FrescoFriday</a> <a href="/tags/ancientrome/" rel="tag">#AncientRome</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a></p>
<p>On this day, 56 years ago:</p><p>"At 10:30 p.m., 29 October 1969, the first ARPANET message was sent from this UCLA site to the Stanford Research Institute."</p><p><a href="https://ethw.org/Milestones:Birthplace_of_the_Internet,_1969" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ethw.org/Milestones:Birthplace_of_the_Internet,_1969"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ethw.org/Milestones:Birthplace</span><span class="invisible">_of_the_Internet,_1969</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/arpanet/" rel="tag">#arpanet</a> <a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a></p>
<p>"Nettime has been widely recognized for its seminal role stimulating and disseminating ideas about Netzkritik or Net Critique, net.art, and tactical media and pioneered practices such as "collaborative filtering"."</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nettime" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nettime</a></p><p>The internet mailing list Nettime was created in 1995, 30 years ago.</p><p><a href="https://nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-9510/msg00000.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-9510/msg00000.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nettime.org/Lists-Archives/net</span><span class="invisible">time-l-9510/msg00000.html</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/internethistory/" rel="tag">#InternetHistory</a> <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a> <a href="/tags/mailinglist/" rel="tag">#MailingList</a> <a href="/tags/netart/" rel="tag">#NetArt</a> <a href="/tags/nettime/" rel="tag">#nettime</a></p>
<p>"Geocities [which launched in November 1994] has a fascinating history. A roaring beginning, a dramatic climax, the most tragic of endings, and just a sprinkle of hope right at the end."</p><p><a href="https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/an-ode-to-geocities/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="thehistoryoftheweb.com/an-ode-to-geocities/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehistoryoftheweb.com/an-ode-</span><span class="invisible">to-geocities/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/geocities/" rel="tag">#geocities</a> <a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/theweb/" rel="tag">#TheWeb</a> <a href="/tags/internethistory/" rel="tag">#InternetHistory</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>
<p>On this day in 1920, KDKA in Pittsburgh began regular broadcasting. It is considered by many to be the start of commercial radio broadcasting in the U.S,</p><p>Here's a cartoon I did for CQ Magazine in November 2020:</p><p><a href="/tags/hamradio/" rel="tag">#hamradio</a> <a href="/tags/cartoon/" rel="tag">#cartoon</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/kdka/" rel="tag">#KDKA</a> <a href="/tags/radio/" rel="tag">#radio</a></p>
Nomenclature means it's not an empire, right?
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<p>The most objective <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> of the "controversial" film «Quezon».</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/4y-C6rYX-Tc" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtu.be/4y-C6rYX-Tc</a></p><p>A review by Manuel L. Quezon III of «The Explainer».</p><p><a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#Film</a> <a href="/tags/movie/" rel="tag">#Movie</a> <a href="/tags/philippines/" rel="tag">#Philippines</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/bayaniverse/" rel="tag">#Bayaniverse</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@pilipinas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pilipinas</span></a></span> @[email protected] @[email protected] @philippines</p>
<p>Hmm, one of my students found a message in a bottle from 1964 out wedged in rocks on Channel Islands National Park. Now with the appropriate authorities (considered a historical artifact). If anyone knows Becki Walters, formerly of Canoga Park, daughter of Roy A. Walters (Becki is now probably 77 and living in Tucson, Arizona as Becky Higgenbottom), give me a DM. <a href="/tags/mystery/" rel="tag">#mystery</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>
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<p>If there's anyone left who can write, future historians are going to write that the 21st Century people* were the dumbest motherfuckers who ever fucked their mothers for want of a hole in the ground. We made Idiocracy look optimistic in just 20 years!</p><p>I literally can't think of anyone who fucked up this hard. Aztecs are the closest, worshipping Cortez as a god and letting him destroy their civilization. But some people survived that!</p><p>* (yes, your group, too.)<br><a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>
<p>We're pleased to announce this year's monthly archive themes for 2026!</p><p>As a reminder, we share stories about archives on regular themes. We'd love to see more engagement on Mastodon, so please share your stories, consider writing for our blogs etc. </p><p>Find out more about us here: <a href="https://www.exploreyourarchive.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.exploreyourarchive.org/</a></p><p>January is <a href="/tags/eyadustbusters/" rel="tag">#EYADustbusters</a>.</p><p>February is <a href="/tags/eyaconnections/" rel="tag">#EYAConnections</a> / Naisc.</p><p>March is <a href="/tags/eyawildlife/" rel="tag">#EYAWildlife</a> / Fiadhúlra.</p><p>April is <a href="/tags/eyacrime/" rel="tag">#EYACrime</a> / Coir.</p><p>May is <a href="/tags/eeyahandwriting/" rel="tag">#EEYAHandwriting</a> / Lámhscríbhneoireacht</p><p>June is <a href="/tags/eyacolourful/" rel="tag">#EYAColourful</a> / lldaiteJ</p><p>July is <a href="/tags/eyaarchitecture/" rel="tag">#EYAArchitecture</a> / Ailtireacht</p><p>August is <a href="/tags/eyasurprise/" rel="tag">#EYASurprise</a> / lontas.</p><p>September is <a href="/tags/eyaerased/" rel="tag">#EYAErased</a> / Scriosta.</p><p>October is <a href="/tags/eyafolklore/" rel="tag">#EYAFolklore</a> / Béaloideas.</p><p>November is <a href="/tags/eyamemories/" rel="tag">#EYAMemories</a> / Cuimhní.</p><p>December is <a href="/tags/eyafestivetraditions/" rel="tag">#EYAFestiveTraditions</a> / Traidisiúin Fhéile.</p><p><a href="/tags/archives/" rel="tag">#archives</a> @archivistodon @histodons <a href="/tags/galleries/" rel="tag">#galleries</a> <a href="/tags/museums/" rel="tag">#museums</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>
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<p>An abandoned former military base in East Germany</p><p>After 1945, Soviet forces converted the old German base into a closed military town. By the 1970s, around 75,000 soldiers and families lived here. It was abandoned in the mid-1990s.</p><p>Many relics of the Soviet occupation remain. A statue of Lenin stands near the entrance. There is also a large theatre, a decaying swimming pool and a ballroom. Murals decorate walls and corridors.</p><p><a href="/tags/germany/" rel="tag">#Germany</a> <a href="/tags/soviet/" rel="tag">#Soviet</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/lostplace/" rel="tag">#LostPlace</a> <a href="/tags/abandoned/" rel="tag">#Abandoned</a> <a href="/tags/urbex/" rel="tag">#Urbex</a></p>
<p>A 19-year-old accused of setting a Mississippi synagogue on fire allegedly dubbed Beth Israel a “synagogue of Satan.”</p><p>The phrase echoed antisemitic rhetoric used almost 60 years ago by a KKK leader accused of masterminding a bombing of Beth Israel.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/jackson-mississippi-synagogue-arson-antisemitism?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/jackson-mississippi-synagogue-arson-antisemitism?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/jac</span><span class="invisible">kson-mississippi-synagogue-arson-antisemitism?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/mississippi/" rel="tag">#Mississippi</a> <a href="/tags/antisemitism/" rel="tag">#Antisemitism</a> <a href="/tags/whitesupremacy/" rel="tag">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <a href="/tags/racism/" rel="tag">#Racism</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a></p>
<p>A Second World War air raid shelter, filled with fascinating portraits scrawled on the walls.</p><p>Inside one of the chambers is a time capsule underground art gallery, of sorts. The walls are covered with around 20 portraits, mostly drawn in charcoal or soot. Many depict women with 1940s hairstyles, alongside soldiers and well-dressed men. Some are signed with initials.</p><p><a href="/tags/england/" rel="tag">#England</a> <a href="/tags/worldwar2/" rel="tag">#WorldWar2</a> <a href="/tags/ww2/" rel="tag">#WW2</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/bunker/" rel="tag">#Bunker</a> <a href="/tags/shelter/" rel="tag">#Shelter</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="/tags/underground/" rel="tag">#Underground</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#MastoArt</a> <a href="/tags/sketch/" rel="tag">#Sketch</a> <a href="/tags/portrait/" rel="tag">#Portrait</a></p>
