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On this day in 1920, the Negro National League was formed. (stefanbohacek.online)
 

On this day in 1920, the Negro National League was formed.

"Baseball gave you a sense of belonging. The umpire ain’t white. It’s a black umpire. The owner ain’t white. Nobody’s white. This is our thing … and we have our everything – until integration, and then we don’t have our nothing."

Here's a 2020 article celebrating its 100th anniversary: https://daily.jstor.org/100th-anniversary-negro-leagues-look-back-what-was-lost/

More about NNL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negro_National_League_(1920%E2%80%931931)

#BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #history #OnThisDay #OTD #sports #baseball #NegroNationalLeague

"There were very few websites that went beyond text at the start of '94, so to begin with people didn't quite know what to make of [Internet Underground Music Archive]." in c/[email protected]
A list of inclusive holidays to remember, commemorate, and celebrate our diverse culture and history. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

@[email protected] Oh nice, that's a good use case I haven't thought of!

"There were very few websites that went beyond text at the start of '94, so to begin with people didn't quite know what to make of [Internet Underground Music Archive]." in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

@[email protected] Good decision! @[email protected] is doing a great job!

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"There were very few websites that went beyond text at the start of '94, so to begin with people didn't quite know what to make of [Internet Underground Music Archive]." (stefanbohacek.online)
 

"There were very few websites that went beyond text at the start of '94, so to begin with people didn't quite know what to make of [Internet Underground Music Archive]."

https://cybercultural.com/p/iuma-1994/

#music #history #MusicHistory #internet #TheWeb #InternetHistory #InternetUndergroundMusicArchive #IUMA

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From @publicdomainrev's archives: a collection of typographic posters where characters are made up of people posing as letters. (fedia.io)
 

From @[email protected]'s archives: a collection of typographic posters where characters are made up of people posing as letters.

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-human-alphabet/

#typography #fonts #design #letters #history

A list of inclusive holidays to remember, commemorate, and celebrate our diverse culture and history. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I'm pretty happy about the positive feedback this project has received so far, and humbled by it.

More than anything, I hope it inspires others to step up when our governments and corporations let us down.

We have to remember that we have each other, and together we can resist and fight back, even in small ways! ✊

A list of inclusive holidays to remember, commemorate, and celebrate our diverse culture and history. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

@[email protected] I was actually thinking whether it makes sense to include labor-related holidays. I guess those might be under attack next, though.

Let me give this a bit more thought!

A list of inclusive holidays to remember, commemorate, and celebrate our diverse culture and history. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

@[email protected] Of course! I'm still hoping to participate myself one day, I just have to stop making all these new projects 🙃

@[email protected]

A list of inclusive holidays to remember, commemorate, and celebrate our diverse culture and history. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (3 children)

And yes, this is just https://challenges.stefanbohacek.com repurposed, so I might still need to clean up the code in a few places!

A list of inclusive holidays to remember, commemorate, and celebrate our diverse culture and history. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (7 children)

The context for this is, of course, the recent decision from Google to drop these holidays from their own calendar.

https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/113982104046458953

This is very much work in progress and will work best as a group effort.

Either contribute directly at https://github.com/stefanbohacek/holidays, or let me know which holidays should be added!

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A list of inclusive holidays to remember, commemorate, and celebrate our diverse culture and history. (stefanbohacek.online)
 

A list of inclusive holidays to remember, commemorate, and celebrate our diverse culture and history.

https://holidays.stefanbohacek.com

#holidays #diversity #culture #history #celebration

On this day in 1938, BBC Television aired the first science fiction TV program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R.. This play is also famous for coining the term "robot" from in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

@tito_[email protected] Yeah, that part is a bit confusing. In Slovak, "robota" just means "manual labor". I don't think it's used differently in Czech, maybe that's the historical origin, and it's used a bit differently now?

https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/113985902955877155

On this day in 1938, BBC Television aired the first science fiction TV program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R.. This play is also famous for coining the term "robot" from in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

From the Wikipedia article:

"In Czech, robota means forced labour"

Is this correct? I'd think this is just "manual labor".

#czech #CzechLanguage

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Also #OTD: (stefanbohacek.online)
 

Also #OTD:

"The 1936–1937 Flint sit-down strike, also known as the General Motors sit-down strike, or the great GM sit-down strike, was a sitdown strike at the General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan, United States. It changed the United Automobile Workers (UAW) from a collection of isolated local unions on the fringes of the industry into a major labor union, and led to the unionization of the domestic automobile industry."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_sit-down_strike

#labor #LaborHistory #unions #workers #WorkersRights #history #OnThisDay

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On this day in 1938, BBC Television aired the first science fiction TV program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R.. This play is also famous for coining the term "robot" from (stefanbohacek.online)
 

On this day in 1938, BBC Television aired the first science fiction TV program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R.. This play is also famous for coining the term "robot" from the word "labour".

Article from 2016: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/78-years-ago-today-bbc-aired-first-science-fiction-television-program-180958126/

More about the play: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.U.R.

#OTD #OnThisDay #history #scifi #robots

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#TIL about Dandara dos Palmares, an Afro-Brazilian warrior queen of runaway slaves in colonial Brazil. (stefanbohacek.online)
 

#TIL about Dandara dos Palmares, an Afro-Brazilian warrior queen of runaway slaves in colonial Brazil.

Much of her life is shrouded in mystery, but her tributes include appearance in at least two videogames, including Civilization VI.

https://enslaved.org/fullStory/16-23-92877/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandara_dos_Palmares

#history #Dandara #DandaraDosPalmares #Brazil

Happy birthday to civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who was born on this day in 1913 ✊ in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

@zerohero Yeah, I'm glad she's seen (and worked towards) progress during her lifetime, with hopes of it continuing.

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Happy birthday to civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who was born on this day in 1913 ✊ (stefanbohacek.online)
 

Happy birthday to civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who was born on this day in 1913 ✊

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

#RosaParks #CivilRights #OTD #OnThisDay #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth

#history

"The Video Game History Foundation announced it will be launching its digital library platform later this month with "never-before-seen game development materials", as well as "artwork, press kits, in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

And it's officially live.

"The Video Game History Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and teaching the history of video games. This library is our way of sharing our collections of rare video game history materials."

https://library.gamehistory.org/

#DigitalPreservation #archiving #videogames #VideoGameHistory #VideoGameHistoryFoundation #VGHF

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Today is the last day of the Gaming Like It's 1929 game jam, celebrating cultural works that entered the public domain this year. (stefanbohacek.online)
 

Today is the last day of the Gaming Like It's 1929 game jam, celebrating cultural works that entered the public domain this year.

https://itch.io/jam/gaming-like-its-1929

#PublicDomain #copyright #GameJam #videogames #gamedev #GamingLikeIts1929

#PCGaming

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On this day in 1969, The Beatles played their last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert was eventually broken up by the police. (stefanbohacek.online)
 

On this day in 1969, The Beatles played their last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert was eventually broken up by the police.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=NCtzkaL2t_Y

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles%27_rooftop_concert

#OTD #OnThisDay #music #MusicHistory #history #TheBeatles

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Hmm, Dino Crisis 1+2 are now available on PC. (stefanbohacek.online)
 

Hmm, Dino Crisis 1+2 are now available on PC.

https://www.gog.com/en/game/dino_crisis_bundle

#videogames #DinoCrisis #nostalgia #PCGaming

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This is a really nice interactive explainer! (stefanbohacek.online)
 

This is a really nice interactive explainer!

"New research backs up what gamers have thought for years: video games can be an antidote to stress and anxiety."

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/VIDEO-GAMES/MENTAL-HEALTH/akpeewkqgpr/

#dataviz #DataVisualization #explainer #interactive #games #videogames #CozyGames

#PCGaming

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