Notices tagged with history

If recent events have you feeling down and defeated, @thetyee wants you to know that it’s still worth fighting back. Alvin Finkel, author of “Humans,” writes about “the persistent spark of resistance throughout recorded history, in service of visions of more humane, egalitarian societies.”

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/11/21/Oppressors-Gonna-Oppress-Get-Tossed/

#Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon #Anthropology #History

When will someone make a biopic about Maria Tallchief, America’s first prima ballerina? A member of the Osage nation, she was key to the success of the New York City Ballet, danced with Ballet Russe (which tried to make her change her last name to Tolchieva) and became the highest paid ballerina in the world. Tallchief once said a ballerina “takes steps given to her and makes them her own.” Learn more about her in this story from @TheConversationUS

https://theconversation.com/75-years-ago-maria-tallchief-made-the-ballet-world-reimagine-itself-and-find-a-place-for-a-native-american-prima-ballerina-241205

#Dance #Ballet #Culture #MariaTallchief #History @histodon @histodons #NativeAmericanHeritage #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

The launch of Windows 98 was a major upgrade for Windows users, solving some of the problems of Windows 95. This program previewed the new functionality of Windows 98 and also featured Win98 add-ons including Microsoft's Plus! 98, the Windows utility Tweak UI, and Gizmos 98 from Play. Guests include Linus Torvalds, developer of Linux, Mike Elgan of Windows magazine, and Kiki Stockhammer of Play. Originally broadcast in 1998. https://archive.org/details/Windows9_2

#history #linux #opensource

Slackware is a Linux distribution created by Patrick Volkerding in 1993. It is the oldest distro still in existence. However, someone was dissatisfied with Slackware and created another distro a month later, in August 1993. This was Debian, the second oldest distro, founded by Ian Murdock. Both of these distros are still maintained, and Debian is often known as the "mother distro" because it has spawned many more distributions. #Linux #OpenSource #history

Linux Pro Desktop from the mid-90s. See the Linux kernel version! It had everything installed. The charter of WGS #Linux Pro was different from all other distributions in the late 90s. They were actively pursuing penetration into the commercial marketplace for Linux. Everything they did was aimed at increasing the size of the Linux community and helping Linux to become the one true operating system, not just an operating system. Sadly, it failed its mission, but they did try #opensource #history

You never know where a town might pop up — even if it was established, and later abandoned, during the Bronze Age. The remains of a town being dubbed al-Natah was recently discovered in an oasis in modern-day Saudi Arabia. al-Natah was built around 2,400 BC and home to about 500 residents. It lasted 1,000 years, but no one knows why it was abandoned. There’s more from @CBSNews: https://flip.it/y9KClc
#Science #BronzeAge #History #SaudiArabia #Archeology

“The National Archives museum, under Biden-appointed U.S. Archivist Colleen Shogan, has been working to reshape its narrative of American history in order to make white conservatives more comfortable … The museum has removed references to Martin Luther King Jr., Japanese internment, Native Americans, union organizers, and birth control … A photo of King was replaced with one of Richard Nixon meeting Elvis Presley.”

#UnitedStates #history #neoliberalismToFascismPipeline https://mastodon.social/@law_geek/113411290482072568

Museum specimens have been collected over many years — sometimes centuries — and those jars of frogs, lizards and most often, tissue samples, are used now as much as ever. “Museums provide scientists with ready access to several kinds of biological materials such as preserved specimens that can be used for molecular analysis of tissues, as well as digital images for anatomical studies, which can all be used to understand and document biodiversity, for taxonomic research, and even understanding the impact of climate change on various species,” writes Don Lyman for @thexylom.
https://www.thexylom.com/post/perspective-the-legacy-of-specimen-collections-in-modern-museums

#Science #History @histodon #Museums #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

I don’t know… when has fascism ever been a dealbreaker for all Americans?

Was it during the Native American genocide?

During slavery?

Segregation?

During the current genocide in Gaza?

When?

#USA #UnitedStates #fascism #history #slavery #segregation #israel #gaza #apartheid #genocide

Archaeologists discover 12 skeletons at a buried tomb in Petra, Jordan.

From @npr: "The remains were found beneath the Treasury, also called Al Khazneh, in the ancient city of Petra — famous as a landmark seen in the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."

https://flip.it/_uNuOZ

#Archaeology #Petra #Jordan #History #Anthropology

700,000 years of Egyptian history finds enormous new home.

NBC News reports: "The public has finally been allowed to visit part of the Grand Egyptian Museum, which is the size of 80 football fields."

https://flip.it/kjvSCo

#Archaeology #Egypt #Museum #History #AncientEgypt

Archaeologists say they’ve solved the mystery of a lead coffin discovered beneath Notre-Dame.

From @Smithsonianmag: "When excavations at Paris’ Notre-Dame Cathedral unearthed a pair of lead coffins hidden beneath the church’s nave in early 2022, archaeologists immediately recognized the sarcophagi’s significance. Lead, a metal that keeps out moisture and prevents decomposition, has long been the chosen coffin material of the elite."

https://flip.it/7Gqs-_

#NotreDame #Archaeology #Paris #Mystery #Science #History

The Ferranti Mark 1 was the first commercially available general-purpose computer. Here is Alan Turing's 1950 manual for the Mark I electronic computer in PDF format https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Knuth_Don_X4100/PDF_index/k-4-pdf/k-4-u2780-Manchester-Mark-I-manual.pdf #computer #history

Here is a detail from a traditional, leaded light window for #FensterFreitag. I particularly like the way the sky and trees are reflected in kaleidoscope fashion by the diamond-shaped 'quarries', and the fact that each panel contains a split (presumably repaired) diamond. I've no idea how old this window is, but the building was dated 1420, and this was a dominant style of window making for much of the last 1,000 years.

#Photography #Architecture #History

"Enthusiastic amateur" finds "remarkable" Pictish ring buried for more than 1,000 years.

From CNN: "The 'kite-shaped ring with a garnet or red glass center' was unearthed by a volunteer at the site of a fort in Burghead, in northeast Scotland."

https://flip.it/m3VOsG

For similar stories, follow @archeology-today-science

#Archaeology #Scotland #Jewelry #History #Science

Colossal stone monument built 1,000 years before Stonehenge shows neolithic engineers understood science.

From @Smithsonianmag: "A recent study of the Menga dolmen in Spain reveals complex construction techniques used roughly 6,000 years ago."

https://flip.it/hZTfa9

Here's the original study from Science Advances: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adp1295

#Engineering #Archaeology #Anthropology #Science #History #Spain

Titanic research dive reveals discovery, decay and new photos.

From NPR: "This summer, RMS Titanic, Inc. — the salvor-in-possession of the wreck — made its first unmanned dive to the site in 14 years. The expedition was armed with high-resolution cameras and scanning equipment, and took more than two million photos of the Titanic."

https://flip.it/vIkxp5

#Titanic #Ocean #History #Ship #Shipwreck

Bones unearthed in a Jamestown church recently revealed a long-buried scandal in the family of the colony’s first governor.

My latest for CNN is a deep dive into a tangled web of ancient DNA, a 17th-century court case and genealogy records, with scientists uncovering a secret illegitimate birth.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/23/science/jamestown-colonial-governor-family-scandal-dna/index.html

#science #SciComm #archaeology #DNA #history #AmericanHistory

Long-hidden family scandal in the Jamestown colony in the U.S. revealed 400 years later by ancient DNA.

From CNN: "The findings demonstrate how genetic data in combination with other historical evidence 'can help bring to light narratives that were forbidden or shameful in the past,' said Dr. Christine Lee, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Mississippi."

https://flip.it/i3BHFo

Here's the original study in Antiquity journal: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/historical-and-archaeogenomic-identification-of-highstatus-englishmen-at-jamestown-virginia/E04D83E224FA5C15B5CC08D0703FE9B0

#Jamestown #History #DNA #Anthropology #Science

Humans have long been fascinated with understanding how life began and evolved on Earth, and modern scientists have made significant advances in answering questions around the origins of life here. A recent study might just have unearthed another piece of the puzzle — the organism from which all living organisms have descended. More for ScienceAlert: https://flip.it/e1gpX8
#Science #Earth #Life #Biology #History #Humans

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