Oct. 7, 1926: University of Kansas students Lee Van Deusen and William Lynn built this device out of a Harley-Davidson to get around a new school rule banning undergraduates from having cars on campus.
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Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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I am going to have a go at social media. I do not know if it will be successful or if anyone will be interested. I would rather avoid the topic of #MECFS and focus on other interests, but it continues to destroy my life and if I can help raise awareness then perhaps the suffering is not for nothing.
I’ve now lived so much longer than I would ever have expected to that I feel I’m living in the future. This is when I imagined Neuromancer happening. And now the creators of today’s AI warn us that it threatens humanity.
"She's kidnapping me! Honest!" Catwoman (Eartha Kitt) and the Joker (Cesar Romero) put a plan in motion in the television series Batman, 1967
The aliens abducted Hunter Biden and, well, things got wild…
HUNTER BIDEN ABDUCTED BY ALIENS!!
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Molly, aka the Thing of Evil, bites her favorite DJT, and reminds you ALWAYS COOK YOUR SALMON IN THE MICROWAVE with oil and lemon juice. 3 minutes per filet! Delicious!
Hear me out. We all apply for the job, the one who gets it one day leaves the backdoor open, we occupy the castle while wearing a weird mix of Victorian & Medieval costumes and then use it as our HQ as we take over the world. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Penrhyn Castle is looking for a new tenant - could you live here?
The National Trust is offering the chance to live in Penrhyn Castle on the edge of Eryri National Park.
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July 2, 1926: A performance of “La Pastorale” by France’s Ballet Russes, in which Serge Lifar dances with a bicycle (first photo) and with Felia Doubrovska.
Musk: Any legislation will do the opposite of its name, which is propaganda to fool the public. Also Musk: We need to pass the SAVE America Act!
A useful reminder of Deth Veggie's First Law of the Internet: LIE TO EVERY SITE YOU CAN ABOUT EVERY SINGLE THING YOU CAN.
Asher Langton@asherlangton.bsky.social · 4mo agoIf, in the year of our lord 2026, you still believe in banning anonymity on the internet, then you’re a privileged unthinking dunderhead who simply can’t conceive of government being weaponized against you.
Look past the cute rats, and you see the bigger picture: clearing land so communities can live safely after conflict, and fighting TB so more people can be cured. There’s still a long way to go — but there is #hope, and we’re grateful to have you with us. #APOPO #SavingLives
“We are collateral damage.” - Mark Graham, Wayback Machine When preservation is caught in the crossfire, it’s not just libraries that lose—it’s the public’s access to history, knowledge, and truth. The web shouldn’t disappear behind closed doors. ➡️ www.sfexaminer.com/news/technol...
Publishers’ AI battle hits Internet Archive
SF organization losing access to some news content
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April 8, 1926: Ruth (left), an elephant of the Al G. Barnes Circus, celebrates her 30th birthday in Los Angeles. The 4-ton animal and her friends are treated to a 150-pound cake that is 6 feet in diameter.
April 5, 1926: Roger Corman, the king of low-budget movies who had a hand in making more than 500 independent films, mostly in the sci-fi, horror and exploitation genres, is born in Detroit. He mentored such young talents as Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Jack Nicholson and Peter Fonda.
My most popular Sora video was “elaborate regency romance where everyone is wearing a live duck for a hat (each duck is also wearing a hat), a llama plays a flute, prestige drama” I am not sure why OpenAI has decided their compute has more valuable uses & is discontinuing Sora. Really a mystery.
March 27, 1926: Edwin Osbaldeston, a 93-year-old ex-soldier of fortune with a record of petty crime, is held in Asbury Park, N.J., on a charge of stealing a horse in Binghamton, N.Y., 46 years ago. The sheriff’s deputy making the arrest is 81 (not 91 as reported). The charge will be dismissed.
March 23, 1926: Harry K. Rogers, a fire prevention engineer with the Chicago Fire Department, putts along in the “Fire Clown” mini-engine to entertain children in Washington, D.C., as he gives them a safety course.
March 10, 1926: The first issue of Amazing Stories goes on sale in the U.S. Its creator and publisher, Hugo Gernsback, proclaims it “The Magazine of Scientifiction” and promises to fill it with stories of “charming romance intermingled with scientific fact and prophetic vision.” 1/7
Sports car and Formula 1 driver Phil Hill with the MG EX181 at the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1959. The 1.5 litre engine produced 300 horsepower and with Hill in the driver's seat it set a Class F speed record of 254.91 mph.
Feb. 6, 1926: Rep. Clarence McLeod (R-Mich.) feeds the pigeons outside the Capitol.
Feb. 5, 1926: WJAZ of Chicago, which is accused by the federal government of being a pirate station for broadcasting on unassigned frequencies, makes the most of its notoriety. Its staff dress up as buccaneers and sing from an operetta they wrote, “The Pirates.”
Yes I know, I post this one too often, but it could be worse, I'm managing to keep myself from posting it every day.
Feb. 1, 1926: Hollywood's biggest dog star, Rin-Tin-Tin, at home in Los Angeles. According to the caption he is dining with "Nanette, his wife, and six-weeks-old son."
Feb. 1, 1926: “There is no place like home to William O'Donnell and wife of Detroit, Mich., so when they go a-traveling they take their home with them. In this house motor they have just reached Washington, and they are on their way to the sunny South.” (Washington Star)
