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Joan Didion and Kurt Vonnegut had something to say. We have it on tape

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/books/james-baldwin-joan-didion-92ny-recordings.html

#HackerNews #JoanDidion #KurtVonnegut #Literature #History #Tapes

"In 1958 [Daphne Oram, "visionary pioneer in electronic music"] co-founded the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, a studio set up to create sound effects and electronic scores for radio and TV. On the wall she pinned a passage from Francis Bacon’s 17th-century utopia New Atlantis about imaginary sound-houses where scientists manipulate echoes, invent new instruments and transmit sound “in strange lines and distances”."

https://theconversation.com/5-things-to-know-about-daphne-oram-the-visionary-pioneer-in-electronic-music-266591

#music #history

The German government is facing renewed pressure to overhaul its pension system, with leading figures from the conservative CDU and even within the governing SP... https://news.osna.fm/?p=28554 | #news #age #gains #history #linking

The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union formally dissolved the Soviet Union OTD in 1991 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/estonia/?s=mb #travel #history

💫 AMAZING REVELATION: The Grand and Sacred Temple of Artemis, A Wonder of the Ancient World
📈 Trending with 100K+ readers! This will blow your mind! 🤯
https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/grand-and-sacred-temple-artemis-wonder-ancient-world-003120
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #Temples #Sacred #HumanOrigins #Evolution #Incredible #Civilization #Heritage

Pope Dionysius died OTD in 268 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/avignon/corrupt-popes.html?s=mb #travel #history

Lead units of Patton's 4th Armored Division and 26th Infantry Division opened a corridor to Bastogne OTD in 1944 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/belgium/bastogne-ardennes/?s=mb #travel #history #BattleOfTheBulge

OTD in 1934, Pullman Car and Manfacturing and several other subsidiaries of Pullman Inc. merged with Standard Steel Car Co. to form the Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company https://toilet-guru.com/pullman/?s=mb #history #labor #railroad #Chicago

Clock from the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia

A circular battery-powered plastic wall clock. It has a white face beneath a perspex window surrounded by a silver coloured rim. The hour and minute h…

Metal - non specific, Plastic - non specific

China

https://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/s/hw/EMU.EMUIRN/106860

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#Art #History #Museum #ArtHistory #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random #Australia

1941 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill addresses a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress.[23]

1972 - Esteban Fuertes, Argentinian footballer, born

1988 - Pablo Sorozábal, German-Spanish composer and conductor (born 1897), died

Data from zenquotes.io #history

Turan is a large and mountainous land. You could trek across it by foot, but why not ride in comfort? #travel #history https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/buses/?s=mc

100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes

'DAWN FISH' FOSSIL THROWS NEW LIGHT ON ORIGIN OF MAN
Primitive Vertebra, More Than 50,000,000 Years Old, Is Found in Vermont.
THE FIRST OF ITS KIND
Scale of the Earliest Chordate, Size of the Head of a Match, Is Dug Up.
NOW IN PRINCETON MUSEUM
Dr. Howell's Discovery Extends History of Man's Predecessors Back Millions of Years.

Lázaro Cárdenas, statue in Spain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_L%C3%A1zaro_C%C3%A1rdenas_(Madrid)

#statue #history #map

A photo of a statue from the linked Wikipedia article, overlaid on a cropped world map where it's located.

Medieval doctor uniforms were sick (Pun intended) #History #HistoryMeme #HistoryMemes.

#Meme #Memes #Humour #Humor

Pope Zosimus died OTD in 418 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/avignon/corrupt-popes.html?s=mb #travel #history

Building Open-Source Robotics as a Community

https://peertube.eqver.se/w/9HEvVq4VqtJA4cUAbLE2jw

Not a deep dive, but interesting glance at non-university-based history data sets:

‘The hidden engine room’: how amateur historians are powering genealogical research

Wealth of datasets compiled as private passions are now a goldmine for those hunting for their ancestors

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/dec/26/hidden-engine-room-amateur-historians-genealogical-research

#History

#History lesson for #Hockey fans. To understand their relationship, imagine that #Rome are the #Habs, #Greece are the #Leafs and #Carthage are the #Bruins. They’re all rivals, but Rome and Greece agree that they both hate Carthage 🤝 Ultimately, Rome conquers both 😁 overcast.fm/+ABClHgZYk1U

422. Ancient Carthage: Rise of...