After posting Robert F. Sargent's photograph taken on D-Day, with the title 'Anti-fascists disrupt a white supremacist gathering,' I felt compelled to explore the story behind it.
Please boost, historical stories like this are so important.
"Let them eat brioche"
The French are launching historic protests and strikes against the government's pension reform, which raises the retirement age by ONE year. Roadblocks, shutdowns of universities and schools, and closures of oil refineries are among the planned actions for an entire week.
The French don't take any s**t.
Historically this doesn't end well for the ruling class.
Day 7, Dr. Shirley Jackson
Dr. Jackson is a physicist and was the first black woman to earn a doctorate from MIT & chair the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
She conducted groundbreaking scientific research that enabled the invention of portable fax, touch telephone, solar cells & fiber optic cablet to name a few
@Miriamm
Must be a lot of people getting pleasure from me right now.
@billyjoebowers
And forget going to a restaurant.
Is it just me or do headlines feel like they're being generated randomly by AI lately #NotTheOnion
"Holy anointing oil for King Charles III's coronation will not contain the intestinal wax of sperm whales or civet secretions"
@swagpussc @Miriamm "Initially they were used in telegraphy, which developed in the late 1830s and 1840s as the first use of electrical engineering... The machines were adapted to provide a user interface to early mainframe computers and minicomputers, sending typed data to the computer and printing the response. Some models could also be used to create punched tape for data storage (either from typed input or from data received from a remote source) and to read back such tape for local printing or transmission."
So there ya go!
Florida bill would require bloggers who write about governor to register with the state
“Florida Sen. Jason Brodeur (R-Lake Mary) wants bloggers who write about Gov. DeSantis, Attorney General Moody, and other members of the executive cabinet or legislature to register with the state or face fines.”
He says bloggers are lobbyists. I’m speechless— or literally about to be