I still like the idea of @npub1azsd...wad9 surfacing fun/interesting monuments, but is there anyone more knowledgeable about #wikidata who can help me filter out statues of racists?
A few weeks ago I shared a tutorial on how to make a simple HTML gallery and host it online for free.
Here's a version that uses the 11ty static site generator.
"As the Industrial Revolution began, workers naturally worried about being displaced by increasingly efficient machines. But the Luddites themselves “were totally fine with machines,” [...] They confined their attacks to manufacturers who used machines in what they called “a fraudulent and deceitful manner” to get around standard labor practices."
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-the-luddites-really-fought-against-264412/
#luddites #labor #WorkersRights
View quoted note →
This weekend, the International Space Station marks a quarter-century of continuous occupancy.
"By NASA’s count, 290 people from 26 countries have visited the space station. Seven are up there right now, representing the U.S., Russia and Japan."
On this day, 56 years ago:
"At 10:30 p.m., 29 October 1969, the first ARPANET message was sent from this UCLA site to the Stanford Research Institute."
