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Did you know Monopoly was invented by a woman named Elizabeth Magie in 1903?
Originally ‘The Landlord’s Game,’ it was designed as a protest against the big monopolists like Carnegie & Rockefeller.
But it was Charles Darrow, an unemployed salesman, who eventually sold it to Parker Brothers after playing a version.
Parker Brothers credited Monopoly with saving their company. Magie died in 1948 without recognition. Darrow became very wealthy & his legend lives on. #history #women #HistoryRemix
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Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
Descripción de la película en español For generations, Monopoly has been America’s favorite board game, a love letter to unbridled capitalism and — for better or worse — the impulses that make our free-market society tick.americanexperience
Some Design Notes
Hey folks. One of the things I realized coming back here after my time away is that I'm not super happy with how the site works &akottke.org
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Walter Cunningham
NASA brings you images, videos and features from the unique perspective of America's space agency. Get updates on missions, watch NASA TV, read blogs, view the latest discoveries, and more.NASA
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Apollo Astronaut Walter Cunningham Dies at 90
Former astronaut Walter Cunningham, who flew into space on Apollo 7, the first flight with crew in NASA’s Apollo Program, died early Tuesday morning in Houston. He was 90 years old.Roxana Bardan (NASA)
Today we mourn the passing of Walt Cunningham: U.S. Marine, patriot, and Apollo astronaut.
Cunningham spent 11 days in low-Earth orbit during Apollo 7, the first crewed Apollo flight, and was instrumental to our Moon landing's program success: go.nasa.gov/3ie82Yf
#NASA
Apollo Astronaut Walter Cunningham Dies at 90
Former astronaut Walter Cunningham, who flew into space on Apollo 7, the first flight with crew in NASA’s Apollo Program, died early Tuesday morning in Houston. He was 90 years old.Roxana Bardan (NASA)
Vanilla OS has just made its first release – the #Ubuntu-based distro scene just got more exciting!
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First Version of Vanilla OS is Available to Download - OMG! Linux
The Linux distro scene just got A LOT more interesting thanks to the first stable release of Vanilla OS. Not familiar with Vanilla OS? You're not alone.Joey Sneddon (OMG! Linux)
Satyendranath Bose was a brilliant theoretical physicist born this week in 1894 in West Bengal (now India).
In 1924, while on faculty at the University of Dacca, he wrote a short paper to Albert Einstein about indistinguishable particles related to quantum theory.
Einstein immediately recognized Bose’ genius, translated the work into German & made sure it was published. Bose ideas led to Bose-Einstein statistics which continue to be studied in quantum mechanics. #science #history #HistoryRemix
"Although seven Nobel Prizes were awarded for research related to S N Bose's concepts of the boson, Bose–Einstein statistics and Bose–Einstein condensate, Bose himself was not awarded a Nobel Prize."
GitHub - an-anime-team/an-anime-game-launcher: An Anime Game launcher for Linux with automatic patching fixing detection of Linux/Wine and telemetry disabling Our discord server: discord.gg/ck37X6UWBp
An Anime Game launcher for Linux with automatic patching fixing detection of Linux/Wine and telemetry disabling Our discord server: https://discord.gg/ck37X6UWBp - GitHub - an-anime-team/an-anime-...GitHub
I just discovered that many long-time #EconTwitter contributors are migrating to the SocialWeb and can now be found at: econtwitter.net/public/local
Watching the EconTwitter.net local feed results in all sorts of interesting discoveries.
Are there any other instances specifically intended for economists or adjacent folk?
Econ (Twitter) Mastodon
Migration from #econtwitter, but in no way affiliated with twitter.com. Discussion, both serious and light-hearted, on economic topics as well as other related fields.Mastodon hosted on econtwitter.net
GitHub - nathanlesage/academics-on-mastodon: A list of various lists consisting of academics on Mastodon
A list of various lists consisting of academics on Mastodon - GitHub - nathanlesage/academics-on-mastodon: A list of various lists consisting of academics on MastodonGitHub
What A Mean Way To End A Game #shorts
What a game#KingdomHearts #Gaming #KingdomHearts3 #DSTwitch: https://brodierobertson.xyz/twitchDlive: https://brodierobertson.xyz/dlivePatreon: https://brodi...YouTube
In the 1960s, the sugar industry funded its own research on the effects of sugar on health.
The results didn't look good - for them. Studies revealed a high-sugar diet may increase risks associated with heart attacks, strokes & certain cancers.
But... rather than share emerging findings, the study was curiously halted & the industry successfully shifted blame onto fats.
It took decades to widely link sugary diets to disease. It didn't have to. npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/… #food #science
What The Industry Knew About Sugar's Health Effects, But Didn't Tell Us
The sugar industry pulled the plug on an animal study it funded in the 1960s. Initial results pointed to a link between sugar consumption and elevated triglycerides, which raises heart disease risk.NPR
Once my research comes out, I will have a lot more to say about the influence of lobbyists & industry in politics & policies.
Will def be covering in detail in my newsletter.
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Jock McCulloch (1945-2018): A Tribute - PubMed
Jock William McCulloch, who died at Melbourne, Australia, in January 2018, was one of the foremost historians of occupational health of his generation.PubMed
Today’s #HubbleClassic brings us back to the 90s!
This Hubble image taken in 1997 shows the young planetary nebula Henize 3-401, one of the longest planetary nebulae ever discovered.
A central star glows in the center of two oblong outflows of gas: go.nasa.gov/3i31yLH
#Hubble
The Originals: A Short Film About Bygone Brooklyn
This is delightful: a group of five friends who grew up on a predominantly Italian block of Union St. in Brooklyn reminisce aboukottke.org
This Pipewire Video Bug Ruined My Entire Weekend!
Pipewire and Wireplumber are great pieces of software but when a problem happens at the audio server level it can become a serious problem especially when th...YouTube
mekka okereke :verified: (@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)
I've told y'all I don't care much for #NFL football anymore. But I do care a lot about NFL players. #DamarHamlin suffered a cardiac arrest on the field and the game would have continued if both teams hadn't protested.Hachyderm.io
#ISS
Station Science Kicks Off New Year Promoting Deep Space Exploration
The Expedition 68 crew kicked off the New Year with an array microgravity research aboard the International Space Station with an eye toward sustaining future crews farther away from Earth.blogs.nasa.gov
Trailer for The 1619 Project TV Series
Hulu and the NY Times are teaming up to bring Nikole Hannah-Jones' The 1619 Project to television. In keeping with the originalkottke.org
@NASAWebb reveals bright starbirth around the center of a spiral galaxy 220 light-years from Earth in the Pegasus constellation. The background is awash with other galaxies and stars. Imagine the worlds within! go.nasa.gov/3ClDV8a
#NASAExoplanets
Starry Wreath in Pegasus
The James Webb Space Telescope spies the spiral galaxy NGC 7469, located 220 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pegasus, in this image released on Dec. 21, 2022.Monika Luabeya (NASA)
News Flip: Steam Deck, Linux, HDR, Ray Tracing & more!
Here's a little early January 2023 round-up of some fun bits of info for you across #SteamDeck, #Linux and more.Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@gamingonli...YouTube
Shift Happens: A book about keyboards
Shift Happens tells the story of keyboards like no book ever before, covering 150 years from the early typewriters to the pixellated keyboards in our pockets.shifthappens.site
NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti launches January 5th
Very much as expected, NVIDIA at CES today announced the new NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti to launch on January 5th.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Intel announces 13th Gen mobile processors, plus 65-watt and 35-watt desktop processors
Today Intel announced their new lineup on 13th Gen mobile processors including a 24-core beast and additionally some 65-watt and 35-watt desktop processors.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
De La Soul’s Catalog Coming to Streaming Services For the First Time
De La Soul’s entire catalog will be available on all streaming platforms and digital retailers for the first time beginning March 3rd, 2023.Alex Young (Consequence)
The first successful planetary science mission in history!
60 years ago today, the Mariner 2 mission ended after its Venus flyby when contact with the spacecraft was lost when it was 86.7 million km (53.9 million mi) from Earth, a new distance record. go.nasa.gov/3GB5kW9
#NASAhistory
In Depth | Mariner 02 – NASA Solar System Exploration
Mariner 2 was the first successful mission to another planet (Venus).NASA Solar System Exploration
Meet the Artists Behind the USPS’s Upcoming ‘Art of the Skateboard’ Stamps
Last month, the US Postal Service revealed some stamps that are due to be released in 2023. Alongside a stamp honoring John Lewiskottke.org
How It Feels to Surf the World’s Biggest Wave - Nautilus
Riding Earth’s mighty forces in Nazaré, Portugal.Kristen French (Nautilus)
A quick reminder The Red Scholar's Wake is out and that I'd love if you got a copy/recommended it to all your friends/posted a review on social media--word of mouth is one of the prime drivers of selling books and I could really use some help.
A sapphic romance between nerdy engineer & sentient spaceship pirate queen
Out now!
geni.us/RedScholarHB (UK)
books2read.com/u/3GWVxL (US)
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@dungeonmistrix Ravven & Alyssa Winans
#theRedScholarsWake #LesbianSpacePirates
Aaron’s 5 Laws Of Bicycling Survival - Bullshit.IST
I’m sure you may have noticed as you made your way to work, either by car, bus, bike, or even on foot, there are a lot more bikes on the road these days. Statistics back your observations up. Bicycle…Ren Willis (Bullshit.IST)
For the first of many new events in 2023, you are invited to actively become metal, to become earth and to become cosmic in a series of guided divinations, telluric incursions, philosophical meditations, and occulted geopoetic invocations.
Featuring Arthur Gouillart, Martin Howse, Patricia MacCormack and Elaine Tam.
In metal, earth and cosmos in the deltaic, coastal and eolian derived sediments of the Netherlands at 20.00 on 5.01.2023 or via digitally inclined substrates.
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The Evening of: Becoming Geological
The Evening of Becoming Geological activates and invokes the multiple becomings provoked by the metallic, earthly and cosmic embrace of the geologic.V2_Lab for the Unstable Media
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Pay It Forward - University of the People
The first tuition-free, non-profit online university. Our mission is to provide higher education opportunities for students worldwide.University of the People
Linux use overtakes macOS on the Stack Overflow Survey
Well this is a fun statistic, it seems Linux has become a fair bit more popular than macOS on the Stack Overflow Developer Survey for 2022.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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