Karl Dietz Verlag Berlin
Karl Dietz Verlag Berlin  ·  last week

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„Ich mag verhaftet werden, ich mag ins Gefängnis geschmissen werden, aber ich werde nie Ruhe geben! Ich werde nie Autoritäten dulden oder mich ihnen fügen, noch werde ich Frieden machen mit einem System, das Frauen zu nichts als einem Brutkasten degradiert!“ Emma Goldman, heute 1940 in Toronto gestorben, prekär lebend + fast vergessen. Ihr Leben mit O-Ton: https://dietzberlin.de/produkt/emma-goldman-oder-freiheit-um-jeden-preis

#otd #emmagoldman #workingclass#anarchist #womeninhistory#womenrights#smashthepatriarchy #wegmit218 #feminismus

Robert “The Bobby Yaga” McNees
Robert “The Bobby Yaga” McNees  ·  2 months ago

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French civil engineer Charles Joseph Minard was born #OTD in 1781. He was known for his contributions to information graphics, including his famous map of the losses suffered by Napoleon during the 1812 Russian campaign.

Writing about Minard's map, Edward Tufte said “It may well be the best statistical graphic ever drawn.”

Image: Charles Minard / Public domain

Minard’s map famously encodes multiple streams of data describing Napoleon’s disastrous 1812 Russia campaign. A thick beige, which grows narrower from the left edge (Europe) to the right edge (Moscow) of the image, shows the number of troops making up Napoleon’s force. A black line that narrows from right to left across the page shows the same number on the return journey. A plot at the bottom shows temperature on the journey, and numerous other piece of information are inscribed on the map.
Minard’s map famously encodes multiple streams of data describing Napoleon’s disastrous 1812 Russia campaign. A thick beige, which grows narrower from the left edge (Europe) to the right edge (Moscow) of the image, shows the number of troops making up Napoleon’s force. A black line that narrows from right to left across the page shows the same number on the return journey. A plot at the bottom shows temperature on the journey, and numerous other piece of information are inscribed on the map.
Minard’s map famously encodes multiple streams of data describing Napoleon’s disastrous 1812 Russia campaign. A thick beige, which grows narrower from the left edge (Europe) to the right edge (Moscow) of the image, shows the number of troops making up Napoleon’s force. A black line that narrows from right to left across the page shows the same number on the return journey. A plot at the bottom shows temperature on the journey, and numerous other piece of information are inscribed on the map.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg  ·  3 months ago

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Katherine Johnson died #OTD in 2020.

Her work included calculating trajectories, launch windows, and emergency return paths for Project Mercury spaceflights, including those for astronauts Alan Shepard and John Glenn, and rendezvous paths for the Apollo Lunar Module and command module on flights to the Moon. Her calculations were also essential to the beginning of the Space Shuttle program, and she worked on plans for a mission to Mars.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Johnson

#mathematics#womeninStem

Johnson working at the Spacecraft Controls Branch of NASA in 1966. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Katherine_Johnson_at_NASA,_in_1966.jpg She is seated at her desk, wearing a short-sleeved dress with a white collar and buttons. She has short, neatly styled hair and wears glasses. She is smiling while working with documents and a typewriter. The desk is filled with papers, a pen, and a binder, reflecting her analytical work. In the background, there is a large desk with more papers, a chair, and a wall featuring a circular diagram, possibly related to space missions.
Johnson working at the Spacecraft Controls Branch of NASA in 1966. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Katherine_Johnson_at_NASA,_in_1966.jpg She is seated at her desk, wearing a short-sleeved dress with a white collar and buttons. She has short, neatly styled hair and wears glasses. She is smiling while working with documents and a typewriter. The desk is filled with papers, a pen, and a binder, reflecting her analytical work. In the background, there is a large desk with more papers, a chair, and a wall featuring a circular diagram, possibly related to space missions.
Johnson working at the Spacecraft Controls Branch of NASA in 1966. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Katherine_Johnson_at_NASA,_in_1966.jpg She is seated at her desk, wearing a short-sleeved dress with a white collar and buttons. She has short, neatly styled hair and wears glasses. She is smiling while working with documents and a typewriter. The desk is filled with papers, a pen, and a binder, reflecting her analytical work. In the background, there is a large desk with more papers, a chair, and a wall featuring a circular diagram, possibly related to space missions.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg  ·  4 months ago

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Austrian-born American actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr died #OTD in 2000.

Lamarr wanted to aid the Allied forces during World War II. She shared her concept for using “frequency hopping” with the U.S. Navy and codeveloped a patent with Antheil 1941. Today, her innovation helped make possible a wide range of wireless communications technologies, including Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth.

Below, U.S. patent 2,292,387 granted on August 11, 1942, under her legal name Hedy Kiesler Markey.

#womeninStem

U.S. patent 2,292,387 granted on August 11, 1942, under her legal name Hedy Kiesler Markey. H04L9/38 - Encryption being effected by mechanical apparatus, e.g. rotating cams, switches, keytape punchers Subject-matter directed to cryptographic mechanisms involving encryption effected by mechanical apparatus, as rotating cams, switches or key-tape punchers. https://patents.google.com/patent/US2292387
U.S. patent 2,292,387 granted on August 11, 1942, under her legal name Hedy Kiesler Markey. H04L9/38 - Encryption being effected by mechanical apparatus, e.g. rotating cams, switches, keytape punchers Subject-matter directed to cryptographic mechanisms involving encryption effected by mechanical apparatus, as rotating cams, switches or key-tape punchers. https://patents.google.com/patent/US2292387
U.S. patent 2,292,387 granted on August 11, 1942, under her legal name Hedy Kiesler Markey. H04L9/38 - Encryption being effected by mechanical apparatus, e.g. rotating cams, switches, keytape punchers Subject-matter directed to cryptographic mechanisms involving encryption effected by mechanical apparatus, as rotating cams, switches or key-tape punchers. https://patents.google.com/patent/US2292387
Hedy Lamarr publicity photo for the film The Heavenly Body, 1944 This is a publicity photo taken to promote an actress. As stated by film production expert Eve Light Honthaner in The Complete Film Production Handbook, (Focal Press, 2001 p. 211.)
Hedy Lamarr publicity photo for the film The Heavenly Body, 1944 This is a publicity photo taken to promote an actress. As stated by film production expert Eve Light Honthaner in The Complete Film Production Handbook, (Focal Press, 2001 p. 211.)
Hedy Lamarr publicity photo for the film The Heavenly Body, 1944 This is a publicity photo taken to promote an actress. As stated by film production expert Eve Light Honthaner in The Complete Film Production Handbook, (Focal Press, 2001 p. 211.)
Assoc for Scottish Literature
Assoc for Scottish Literature  ·  4 months ago

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“I have a harmonium and it’s going to explode in two minutes”

Ivor Cutler (1923–2006) – poet, humorist, absurdist, musician – was born #OTD, 15 Jan. A 🎂 🧵 …

In 2013, to mark what would have been his 90th birthday, BBC Radio 4 celebrated his life & career:

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0381jzt

#Scottish #literature #poetry #humour #humor #surrealism #absurdist#IvorCutler

Annie Hsh 👾🖖☕
Annie Hsh 👾🖖☕  ·  5 months ago

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Happy 32nd anniversary to the best film adaptation of a book to have ever happened in the entire history of cinema and literature. One of the sweetest and most heartwarming interpretations of 'A Christmas Carol'. The first Muppets film to come out after the passing of Jim Henson and puppeteer Richard Hunt, dedicated to both their memories. The movie that gave us one of Michael Caine's most somber and emotional performances. The only version of the story featuring a blue, furry Charles Dickens of undefined species narrating his own novella. A masterpiece.

#TheMuppetChristmasCarol#Muppets#OTD #OnThisDay#Movies#Cinemastodon #FilmMastodon

A compilation of images including the Muppet Christmas Carol film poster, created by Drew Struzan showing Scrooge walking in a dark, snowed-down alley with all the Muppet characters appearing above him. Also several screenshots from the film including Gonzo as Charles Dickens with Rizzo the rat, several little Muppet mice gathered together inside an opening in a wall, one of them holding a little bowl appearing to be asking for food, Michael Caine and the spirit of Christmas present during the "It feels like Christmas" song scene, and the final scene of the film with Scrooge and the Muppets gathered around the table celebrating together.
A compilation of images including the Muppet Christmas Carol film poster, created by Drew Struzan showing Scrooge walking in a dark, snowed-down alley with all the Muppet characters appearing above him. Also several screenshots from the film including Gonzo as Charles Dickens with Rizzo the rat, several little Muppet mice gathered together inside an opening in a wall, one of them holding a little bowl appearing to be asking for food, Michael Caine and the spirit of Christmas present during the "It feels like Christmas" song scene, and the final scene of the film with Scrooge and the Muppets gathered around the table celebrating together.
A compilation of images including the Muppet Christmas Carol film poster, created by Drew Struzan showing Scrooge walking in a dark, snowed-down alley with all the Muppet characters appearing above him. Also several screenshots from the film including Gonzo as Charles Dickens with Rizzo the rat, several little Muppet mice gathered together inside an opening in a wall, one of them holding a little bowl appearing to be asking for food, Michael Caine and the spirit of Christmas present during the "It feels like Christmas" song scene, and the final scene of the film with Scrooge and the Muppets gathered around the table celebrating together.
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