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German inventor and craftsman Johannes Gutenberg died #OTD in 1468.

His early printing process, and what texts he printed with movable type, are not known in great detail. His later Bibles were printed in such a way as to have required large quantities of type, some estimates suggesting as many as 100,000 individual sorts. In the following decades, punches and copper matrices became standardized in the rapidly disseminating printing presses across Europe. via @wikipedia

#books #printing

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While you were sleeping, #windEnergy reached 58% of the National Grid's electricity demand. winderful.uk

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There is the most amazing blue stuff growing on my very old branches on a neglected and damp woodpile (slime / algae / moss / lichen?). I’ve never seen anything quite like it! (Northern Tuscany, Italy 🇮🇹 ) Not ideal for burning & heating my old house, but aesthetically pleasing. Ideas, anyone?
(No filter used, camera phone)

#mosstodon #lichensubscribe #slimemold #slimemoldsaturday #nofilter

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Wie beliebt sich die Herrschaften mit dem tiefenentkernten Freiheitsbegriff u ständiger Subversion von Einigungen zu Sozial-&Umweltstandards selbst in der eigenen EP-Fraktion machen, ist hier nachzulesen.

Zitate der Kolleg*innen:

„Eindruck, dass die FDP-Abgeordneten ärgerlich wurden, wenn man Umweltthemen ansprach – dann kam immer nur ‘Wirtschaft, Wirtschaft, Wirtschaft’ zurück“

„Sie scheinen einfach eine rechte Partei zu sein“, meint ein Mitarbeiter der Fraktion.

euractiv.de/section/innenpolit

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Die AfD beschäftigt einen russischen FSB-Agenten im Bundestag.

Rechtsextreme und ihre Nähe zu Russlands "starkem Mann".

zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/afd

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French librarian & scholar Gabriel Naudé was born #OTD in 1600. He was a prolific writer who produced works on many subjects including politics, religion, history & the supernatural. An influential work on library science was the 1627 book Advice on Establishing a Library. Naudé was later able to put into practice all the ideas he had put forth in Advice, when he was given the opportunity to build and maintain the Bibliothèque Mazarine, the library of Cardinal Jules Mazarin at Paris.

#library

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Trans people have always been around. Alan L Hart medically transitioned in 1917 and his experiences as a trans man influenced the novels that he wrote. He was a radiologist who made massive contributions to research in tuberculosis.

You can read more by revisiting the article linked in bio, scroll to 'featured articles' to find it.

Alt text: Grey scale photo of Alan L Hart in a suit and smoking a pipe. Text as in post.

#LGBTHistoryMonth #Trans #TransHistory #LGBTQ #LGBT

Carla Denyer goes on rubbish Labour's pro-business credentials...

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"Just as the president of the British Chambers of Commerce calls on the next government to make the transition to a green economy its number one priority, Labour decides to shred their £28bn green investment plan. This is a massive backward step – for the climate, for the economy and for jobs.

"This U-turn will push businesses into taking their investment elsewhere – especially to the EU and US where green investment plans are being rolled out – and threatens thousands of potential exciting new job opportunities. The UK’s future prosperity is dependent on greening our economy and that requires large scale investment.

"While the Tories have broken Britain and left the country’s finances in a dire state, Labour can choose whether or not to have this 'fiscal inheritance' as a millstone around their neck."

"Investing in this secure future is a political choice. By ditching its green investment plan, and making a series of other U-turns, Labour has clearly signalled that it is turning its back on a fairer, greener future. It is clear we are going to need a group of Green MPs in parliament after the next election pushing whoever forms the next government to do the right thing."

If we're lucky, the Green Party could have four MPs returned in the coming election, Denyer among them. Elsewhere, where we are only standing paper candidates with little or no campaigning, I personally will find it well-nigh impossible to encourage voters to choose any other party, given how utterly shit they all are.

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Labour's shameful u-turn on its £28bn green investment pledge has been met with some sharp words from Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer...

"A different approach through tax reforms, in particular by introducing a wealth tax on the super-rich, could help pay for the green transition. There is more than enough money in the economy to pay for this. Indeed, the Green party would go further and faster, investing at least double what Labour originally pledged, so we can turbo charge the transition to a green economy.

"Greens recognise that investing in a green future will provide people with economic, social and environmental security. By decarbonising industry, insulating buildings, and ramping up renewable energy infrastructure, the UK can drastically reduce emissions, cut household bills and create new, good quality, well-paid and secure jobs in every corner of the country."

There is more substance in Denyer's words than in all of Rachel Reeve's hot air and vacuity over recent months.

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"Ex-MP Simon Danczuk suspended for sexting to fight byelection for Reform"

"The final straw for Labour high command came in 2016 when he was exposed as having sexted a teenage dominatrix who 'sold her toenail clippings for £10'."

Add Gorgeous George (Galloway) into this gloriously unholy mix, and the Rochdale byelection later this month promises to be fun for all the family.

theguardian.com/politics/2024/

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111 years ago, Article about possible climate change caused by burning fossil fuel
#climatechange #climatecrisis

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UK Politics 

Is there any policy difference between Labour and Tory now? Other than Self-enriching Cruelty versus Benign Competent Decline.
theguardian.com/politics/2024/

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Dudes will literally lie to investors, get fined by the SEC, dig pointless tunnels, blow up rockets, waste $44b on a dying social media platform, embrace anti semitism, alienate their kids and start a blood feud with Disney instead of going therapy

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