Notices tagged with history, page 8

On the 25th of August 1981 Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn exactly eight years later (on the day!) in 1989 it makes its closest approach to Neptune, the second to last planet in the Solar System at the time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_2
#history #space

On August 24th 1456 the printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed. #history #bible

On August 24th 1349 six thousand Jews are killed in Mainz after being blamed for the bubonic plague.#history #antisemitism

So, I listened a bit of radio today and found out that we have 1391 #castles (the fortification kind called "Burg" in german, one to only live in would be "Schloss")
Only 60 of them are still visible for ordinary person/laymen. The rest only for professionals, them being burried.
#LowerSaxony is the second biggest german state and next to the #netherlands
#history

On this day (23rd of August) William Wallace, scottish rebel commander (or freedom fighter, depends on your point of view), was hanged, drawn and quartered.#history #scotland #england

@freemo @Surasanji
My grandfather was son of a jewish mother and in the Wehrmacht. A year ago I got his picture diary and I decided to make it accessible to the internet. I left it mostly uncommented.

http://commandelicious.blogspot.com/2017/07/my-grandfathers-picture-wardiary.html
#history #ww2
I decided for a new thread and not derailing the discussion there. <3

Hello you fine people, born in 1980 in Germany. I basically grew up with computers. My dad being a tech nut I learnt to repair tube TVs in my apprenticeship (that went well …) and studied informatics for a year (that also went “well”).
I love tech, scifi and the internet with all my heart. I am recording my gameplay in various indie and Paradox games for years and nearly got rid of my formerly horrendous accent.

I don’t like censorship but my countries history taught be to be cautious. Left leaning doesn’t describe me well. I am on the very fringe of that axis but liberal to a fault. I don’t care what you do with your life if it doesn’t hurt other or infringes on their rights.

Labels are just a tool to divide us on this ride. We only have a few decades and I want to make mine the best I could possibly have.

Thanks to @freemo I am giving this whole thing another chance.

So this is not capped at some random low three digit number so I will list some more or less interesting hobbies of mine:
#History #writing #linux #gaming Painting little warhammeresque miniatures #cats #politics

Yup, I got a channel https://www.youtube.com/user/Commandelicious
Yeap, I totally display my grandfathers picture war diary http://commandelicious.blogspot.com/2017/07/my-grandfathers-picture-wardiary.html

Never forget that if you are sure about something without thinking about it, it usually means you either have a bias or are totally wrong.

#introductions

#introductions

Hi. I'm MasterBeef and I joined Mastodon because I'm sick of Twitter's bs, and because I believe in the developer's idea and want to pioneer the app; forge it alongside them for it to become a big community like Reddit, Twitter, etc. I'm interested in #gaming: you can find me on #Xbox Live and #Steam as ChanchipolloRes, I mainly play FPSs such as #battlefield, #halo and #csgo, and RPGs. (mainly #bethesda titles.) I am interested in #history, but I don't really know much about it, as I am overwhelmed by the massive amount of time we have been around as a race in this place. (Obligatory #WorldWars #WWI #WW1 #WWII #WW2 hashtags, but I won't accept any wehraboo in my DMs.) I like #music, but who doesn't like music? I am interested in #metal #folkmetal, #kpop #bts #loona #blackpink #twice (Yeah I know) #classicalmusic I guess, although I don't really know much about it, #punk #popunk #poppunk, communist propaganda #communism (No, I'm not a communist #betterdeadthanred) and #franksinatra #sinatra to name a few. English is not my first language so if you want to talk in #spanish #español it's ok. :)

Alewives: The Women Who Crafted Beer and Split Hell Wide Open

> In every ancient society where beer existed, the craft was created and carried out by women. Often, they even received their instruction from goddesses they conjugated with for life. There’s no mythology in which a male god gifts brewing instructions to humanity, and no mythology in which a man receives brewing instructions from a deity. It’s always goddesses and it’s always women brewers.

-- https://www.autostraddle.com/ale-wives-the-women-who-created-beer-and-split-hell-wide-open-427858/

#beer #feminism #history #shaarlien

The noted English diarist Samuel Pepys is now live-tooting in real time from 1665:

@samuelpepys

(Courtesy of timetraveller @philgyford )

#London #TimeTravel #LiveTooting #History #Diaries

p.s. Yes, I know this isn't a privacy-friendly alternative to anything, but it just seems so cool :blobsunglasses:

The BBC finally admits that MI5 secretly vetted its employees, an open secret for generations https://boingboing.net/2018/04/23/auntie-mccarthy.html #officiallies #employment #redscare #History #spooks #ukpoli #Post #bbc #mi5 #uk

RT @edteck
A Map Showing How the Ancient Romans Envisioned the World in 40 AD http://www.openculture.com/2018/04/a-map-shows-how-the-ancient-romans-envisioned-the-world-in-40-ad.html  via @openculture #sschat #history
Original URL: https://twitter.com/edteck/status/984478059649646592

The mystery of the Basques.
The Guardian @argia

"The ancient Basque culture has survived against the odds. We tour the region to see what's being done to preserve its unique identity".

#basque #ondarea #historia #history

http://www.argia.eus/multimedia/english/the-mystery-of-the-basques