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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

mcnees ("Robert McNees") wrote:

Engineer and inventor Frances Hugle was born #OTD in 1927.

She pioneered techniques used in microcircuitry fabrication and obtained patents for many of them, including methods for printing circuits and producing semiconducting films.

Image: IEEE

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• A black and white photo of Frances Hugle. She is sitting on a table or desk, photographed from the side but facing the camera. Her dark dress has elbow-length sleeves and she is wearing what appears to be a sheer, colorful scarf tied around her neck. Hugle is smiling and looking over her shoulder at the camera. Her hair is done up in a 1940s or 50s hairstyle with rolls and curls, and she is wearing bold lipstick.

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:

The Marion County, #Kansas newspaper raid story has gone international. @BBCWorld reporting on it now.

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

luca_lichen@kolektiva.social wrote:

… and small table beside entrance has clear rationale, plus free V-Flex N95s. It can be done 🖤 if you’re in Asheville NC area, you’ll love stopping in. oh, and their book collection is Mind Blowing!!

https://firestorm.coop

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• Tabletop sign reads: “Why are we still requiring masks? - Getting sick means we can’t staff our store. - We have high-risk workers. -We are committed to being in accessible space for our disabled/immunocompromised community members.  Masking is community care.” On table is also stack of free V-Flex N95. (remote)

lloydmeta ("Lloyd") wrote:

Lionel #Corgi in action.

#dog #video #football #footballer #shortKing

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• abd265f4a025c7f4.mp4

Reblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):

EposVox@glitch.lgbt ("addie") wrote:

Stop using Brave Browser. https://www.spacebar.news/p/stop-using-brave-browser

rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

Shiny hunting via eggs isn't too bad in Scarlet/Violet, though. Since you get eggs by idling while camping out, there are regular breaks to rest your hands and do other things built into the design.

rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

In a world historical first, complaining about it on the internet did not do anything

Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):

uspolitics@mastodon.sdf.org ("U.S. Politics in Real Time") wrote:

Massachusetts passed a 4% millionaire's tax last year. Now every public school student is going to get free lunch.

https://www.businessinsider.com/massachusetts-millionaire-tax-gets-kids-free-school-lunches-2023-8

#MassachusettsMillionairesTax #FreeSchoolLunches #PublicSchools #Education #IncomeInequality #SocialJustice #Politics #News

rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

I'm still enjoying Tim Cain's daily youtube videos. In this one he talks about his programming habits, and he mentions that pretty early on, he started adding a comment that just says "zzz" whenever he gets interrupted. It's those areas that he checks for bugs first when something goes wrong. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIV4BTuq6QQ

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

Hacksaw ("Hacksaw{{}{}}") wrote:

@thesiswhisperer @pluralistic
Me: Google search used to be the best, now it’s frustrating more often than not. I don't see how it could be worse.
Google: Hold my beer, a beverage made by brewing malted grains, straining off the liquids and then storing them in oak casks for multiple years.

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

carnage4life@mas.to ("Dare Obasanjo") wrote:

It’s official, cord cutting is now more expensive than cable.

Subscribing to the top US streaming services will cost $87 this autumn, compared with $73 a year ago. Meanwhile the average cable TV package costs $83 a month.

This isn’t sustainable and I expect one or more of these streaming services to throw in the towel within the next year or two.

https://www.ft.com/content/02e7e67d-8367-427e-9aa7-e66c7f7fa8a1

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

MariaHill@progressivecafe.social wrote:

In Texas, a fetus is a person when it can be used to punish pregnant woman or prevent her from getting an abortion.

In Texas, a fetus is not a person if it means the pregnant person carrying said fetus inside her body would need to do anything inconvenient or with any kind of minimal cost to the state, such as be relieved from work to go to the fucking hospital.

https://apnews.com/article/texas-fetus-rights-prison-lawsuit-6c4fa19793cd56e5edade436d1392d90

rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

Having terrible shiny luck in hunting for the 3rd Quaxly I need. Maybe complaining about it online will help.

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

My little one just ran down from upstairs to tell me she could smell I was #cooking something really yummy even while she was in the shower.

This felt really nice :-) And I thought that if your dinners are mainly takeouts or reheated frozen food, you're missing on a whole lot of these happy family interactions…

What I'm saying is, get into cooking! Everyone can do it, and it doesn't take as much time as you're afraid it does.

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

https://music.apple.com/us/album/wham-and-theyre-off/715755085?i=715755770

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:

Reporters Without Borders issues a statement about the August 11th police raid on the Marion County Record in which the #Kansas newspaper’s devices and reporting materials were confiscated.

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• b114412fc1d90842.png (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

gulovsen ("Grant Gulovsen") wrote:

TIL that...

When it premiered in 1921, Shuffle Along became the first hit musical on Broadway written by and about African Americans. It was the first all-black show to reach the Broadway stage in over a decade and included a teenage Josephine Baker among the performers. The musical introduced songs such as "I'm Just Wild About Harry" and "Love Will Find a Way"

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

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• Period photograph of Noble Sissle and other performers

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

art_history_animalia@historians.social ("Art History Animalia") wrote:

When it's #Caturday but #Superb_Owl Sunday is just around the corner...
[Louis Wain (English, 1860-1939), Cats' Nightmare, c.1890]

Attachments:

• black & white illustration of two cats in bed surrounded by a large group of owls staring them down (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

art_history_animalia@historians.social ("Art History Animalia") wrote:

For #Caturday here are a trio of orange #cat #woodcut prints from Julie de Graag (#Dutch, 1877-1924) in the
Rijksmuseum collection:
1. Drie katten, 1916 https://rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/RP-P-1935-885
2. December, 1917 https://rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/RP-P-1935-897
3. Zittende kat, 1918 https://rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/RP-P-1935-901

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• Title: Three cats Date: 1916 print maker: Julie de Glad (autographed) [Julie de Graag] collector's mark, verso, stamped: Lugt 2228 Material and Technique Physical characteristics: woodcut in black and orange, printed from two blocks Material: paper Technology: woodcut Dimensions: height 135 mm × width 130 mm Description: three cats sitting together, orange with white chests (tuxedo) (remote)
• Title: December Date: 1917 Print maker: Julie de Glad (autographed) [Julie de Graag] collector's mark, verso, stamped: Lugt 2228 Material and Technique Physical characteristics: woodcut in black and brown/orange, printed from three blocks Material: paper Technology: woodcut Dimensions: height 155 mm × width 191 mm Description: a sleeping cat, orange with lighter orange swirling stripes (tabby) (remote)
• Title: Sitting cat Date: 1918 Print maker: Julie de Glad (mentioned on object) [Julie de Graag] collector's mark, verso, stamped: Lugt 2228 Material and Technique Physical characteristics: woodcut in black and orange, printed from two blocks Material: paper Technology: woodcut Dimensions: height 190 mm × width 155 mm Description: a sitting cat, orange and white striped (tabby) (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

art_history_animalia@historians.social ("Art History Animalia") wrote:

#WorldFrogDay: Catalina Zunie (#Zuni #Pueblo master potter, 1862-1949)
Olla (Water Jar) w/tadpoles, #frogs, dragonflies, & birds, c.1920
"Much of the imagery...originates from medicine-jar decorations. Toads & frogs were symbols of abundance and healing to the Zuni, likely due to their intimate connections to water & the transformations inherent to their life cycles. The knife-wing birds & dragonflies reflect the traditional themes of water, air, & the cycle of nature.”
https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/4504/Water-Jar/

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• photo of object on display at museum, view #1 (frog centered) (remote)
• photo of object on display at museum, view #1 (bird centered) (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

art_history_animalia@historians.social ("Art History Animalia") wrote:

For #InternationalCatDay 😻
Richard H. Recchia (American, 1885 – 1983)
Persian Cat, 1931
Bronze, black patina, lost wax cast
49.53 x 26.03 x 30.48 cm (19 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 12 in.)
Museum of Fine Arts Boston 1984.746: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/41480/persian-cat

#CatsInArt

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• official museum photo of the cat sculpture on light grey background. A cartoonishly round upright cat loaf! (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

art_history_animalia@historians.social ("Art History Animalia") wrote:

For #WorldElephantDay:
#Elephant masks
Blue cotton cloth, colored beads
Red cotton cloth, glass beads
Bamiléké people (Cameroon)
Field Museum display
#AfricanArt
“Members of secret societies- exclusive groups of men charged with maintaining the peace & safety of the kingdom - wore these elephant masks during rituals.”
“Elephants represented royalty in the sacred or precious objects of Grassfields peoples…objects made from elephant hide or ivory were always reserved for fon (Grassfields kings).

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• photo of the elephant mask display at the museum - both masks side by side (vertical designs with long trunks), with sign on top right: “Elephants were royal animals Members of secret societies- exclusive groups of men charged with maintaining the peace and safety of the kingdom - wore these elephant masks during rituals. Notice the circles that make the elephants' ears and the fancy beadwork that creates their long, flat trunks. Images of elephants represented royalty in the sacred or precious objects of Grassfields peoples, as well as in many other African kingdoms. Grassfields kings, or fon, adopted the elephant as one of their royal animals. Objects made from elephant hide or from ivory were always reserved for fon.” (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

art_history_animalia@historians.social ("Art History Animalia") wrote:

#Parrots often turn up as props in European fruit/food feast still life paintings, such as these works by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865):
1 Fruit Still Life with an Amazon Parrot 1824
🆔Turquoise-fronted Amazon, native to South America
https://www.wikiart.org/en/ferdinand-georg-waldm-ller/fruit-still-life-with-an-amazon-parrot-1824
2 Still Life with Fruit and Parrot 1831
🆔female Eclectus Parrot, native to Australasia/Melanesia
https://www.wikiart.org/en/ferdinand-georg-waldm-ller/still-life-with-fruit-and-parrot
(also note the fruiting pineapple plant in both!)

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• painting: Fruit Still Life with an Amazon Parrot, 1824 parrot: Turquoise-fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva) (remote)
• painting: Fruit Still Life with an Amazon Parrot, 1824 parrot: Turquoise-fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva) (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

openculture@toot.community ("Open Culture (Official)") wrote:

George Orwell Explains in a Revealing 1944 Letter Why He’d Write "1984"
https://www.openculture.com/2014/01/george-orwell-explains-in-a-revealing-1944-letter-why-hed-write-1984.html

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• c5b36458cd021575.jpg (remote)

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

I forgot I made this, lo those many years ago… (and I *really* wish RIT gaming would fix the idiotic ‘bad cert’ mis-configuration error one of these friggin’ centuries)

;^}

https://www.igm.rit.edu/~jxs/services/mediaQueries.html

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

https://music.apple.com/us/album/fin-de-laffaire/715755085?i=715755401

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

ahhhh, funkadelic

https://music.apple.com/us/album/funk-in-deep-freeze/715755085?i=715755358

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

just finished a really interesting book about early web marketing... sounds naive but i hadn't realized how important a role charlotte the spider played

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

via ISW:

“The Wagner Group is likely downsizing and reconfiguring to adapt to financial pressure following the June 24 Wagner rebellion.

Ukrainian partisans claimed to have attacked a Russian military base in occupied Mariupol on August 13.”

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org ("Lauren Weinstein") wrote:

If Trump and his gang are indicted in Georgia, which is reportedly likely for this coming week, it is entirely possible (though definitely not certain) that the trial could be televised. Unlike in the federal court system, Georgia does televise some trials. Also, note that presidents cannot pardon convicted persons for state convictions. Could be quite a show. Get your popcorn ready, just in case!