Gaucin, Andalucia, Spain. Crocheted umbrella street decorations which also create shade made by local women's groups #WomensArt #Summer

Polish musician Adam Kopyciński, born #OTD in 1907, was conductor of the men's orchestra in Auschwitz. He struggled with the morality of a death camp orchestra knowing that rejecting a musician could well mean his death. He survived. holocaustmusic.ort.o...

5 August 1902 | A Pole, Stefan Domaradzki, was born in Korolew. A hairdresser. In #Auschwitz from 1 February 1941. No. 9881 He perished in the camp on 24 December 1941.

Mid-weekly reminder: If you plan to release new singles or albums, or hold an online event (listening parties, concerts, etc) NEXT WEEK, August 10th to August 16th, tell me about it! I'm putting this list together every SUNDAY evening. Artists, bands and labels of all genres are welcome! 👍

florgoth@florgoth.bsky.social · 3d ago

🎶 New MUSIC by Blue Sky artists! Aug 3 - Aug 9 🎶 SINGLES bsky.app/profile/flor... ALBUMS bsky.app/profile/flor... ONLINE EVENTS bsky.app/profile/flor... 👉 If something is missing from these lists, please feel free to drop the links under the appropriate threads! 👈

#KeineErnteOhneKlima @claasgefroi.bsky.social

Stop calling it "AI training." Start calling it cultural vandalism. Court filings reveal Anthropic ran a secret operation called "Project Panama," buying up to 2 million physical books just to destroy them. Spines cut by hydraulic machinery, pages scanned, and text shredded into data.

Aktuell gehen junge Frauen mit selbstgebauten kleinen Computern viral. Ihre sogenannten Cyberdecks sind süß, pink und antikapitalistisch.

Cyberdeck-Trend: Junge Frauen gehen mit selbstgebauten kleinen Computern viral

Aktuell gehen junge Frauen mit selbstgebauten kleinen Computern viral. Ihre sogenannten Cyberdecks sind süß, pink und antikapitalistisch.

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5 August 1944 | During the Warsaw Uprising, the 'Zośka' battalion of the Home Army freed some 350 Jews from KL Warschau (so-called Gesiowka camp). The majority of them took part in the uprising, many of them dying during the fighting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_concentration_camp

Prudencia Ayala was an Afro-Indigenous feminist, anti-imperialist, unionist, the first Latina to run for president (El Salvador, 1930), after founding a newspaper Redencion Femenina (“Female Liberation"). She fought for social justice on every front. More: oldwitch.substack.com/p/prudencia-...

Prudencia Ayala, "la sibila santaneca"

Afro-Indigenous feminist, anti-imperialist, unionist, presidential candidate

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Kimsooja's first exhibition in Toronto for 30 years captures her single-minded focus on the needle as a metaphor for folding and unfolding, memory and displacement.

Kimsooja Comes Full Circle

Her first exhibition in Toronto for 30 years captures her single-minded focus on the needle as a metaphor for folding and unfolding, memory and displacement.

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Dass das Land so arg nach links gerutscht ist erkennt man übrigens daran, dass jede einzelne Familie und Sorgemeinschaft, die nicht aus zwei verheirateten Heteros besteht, weiterhin rechtlich schlechter gestellt ist oder gar nicht anerkannt wird. Schlimm, was die Linken alles verändert haben.

Discworld QOTD, from Monstrous Regiment

Micah@rincewind.run · yesterday

Discworld QOTD, from The Light Fantastic

Dass LAMBDA die Finanzierung gestrichen wurde, wissen wir. Die Regierung scheißt wie eh und je auf queere Menschen. Davon betroffen auch LAMBDA space. Ein queeres Jugendzentrum, aber online. Für all die, die keins in der Nähe haben. Keins besuchen können. Werde Pat*in: lambdaspace.de/patenschaft/

Susan Butcher was the first person to win 3 consecutive #Iditarod races & first to win 4 times in 5 races (1986-1988, 1990). #Alaska honored her with Susan Butcher Day, the first Saturday in March coinciding with the traditional start of the Iditarod. She died #OTD in 2006 at age 51.

Dr. Laurie Leshin became the first female director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and vice president of Caltech in 2022. A geochemist & planetary scientist, she is the University Professor for Space Futures at Arizona State University. She was born #OTD in 1966. #WomenInSTEM #geochemistry

... #throwback [ #XelmYa ] - #IdinSamimiMofakham - "Hesâr" ... #recorder #blockflöte #violin #violine #cello #violoncello #SylviaHinz #AlexaRenger #EhrengardvonGemmingen #premiere #ZeitgenössischeMusik #trio #ContemporaryMusic #MusicSky #MusicianSky . soundcloud.com/sylviahinz/x... .

Computer scientist Frances Allen was a pioneer in the field of optimizing compilers. + 1st woman to win the Turing Award + Her research directly shaped compiler design, code optimization & automatic parallel processing Born #OTD in 1932 & died #OTD in 2020. #WomenInSTEM #CompSci

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Auschwitz Memorial@auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 2d ago

4 August 1932 | Hungarian Jewish girl Erika Oesterreicher was born in Budapest. In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- 📖 Deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_6_dep_zydow/

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Auschwitz Memorial@auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 2d ago

4 August 1903 | A Czech Jewish woman, Františka Winternitzová, was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 18 May 1944. She did not survive.

4 August 1905 | Stjepan Raztyekhayev. A Soviet army soldier. In #Auschwitz from October 1941. No. R-1415 (Soviet POW) He perished in the camp on 3 November 1941. --- Learn about some 15,000 Soviet POWs deported to Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://bit.ly/4tD4yyn 🎧 Podcast: https://bit.ly/4aDGliV

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Auschwitz Memorial@auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 2d ago

4 August 1935 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Betty Mol, was born in Amsterdam. In September 1944 she was incarcerated in #Theresienstadt Ghetto. On 6 October 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

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Auschwitz Memorial@auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 2d ago

4 August 1943 | A French Jewish girl, Marguerite Sznajderman, was born in Paris. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 12 February 1944 in a transport of 1,500 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 1,229 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection. She was 6 months old.

Turner Prize winning Zanzibar-born British artist, curator, and writer Lubaina Himid has been an important voice on issues of race, feminism, identity, and representation in Britain for the past thirty years #WomensArt

Lilla Cabot Perry (1848-1933) US painter who worked in the American Impressionist style, and whose mentor was Claude Monet #womensart

Angèle Etoundi Essamba, Cameroonian photographer known for her photography in black and white particularly #WomensArt

bandcamp.untidymusic.com Reply with your submissions. #music #musicsky #bandcamp

Bandcamp Randomiser

Random Music Generator of Artists Curated from Bluesky Social

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'Scarlet poppies' by contemporary Impressionist style US contemporary painter Erin Hanson #WomensArt

Guter Artikel von Umweltjournalisz Jörg Staude im @nd-aktuell.de zum aktuellen Stand sowie die offenbar weitreichende inhaltliche Entkernung des #Naturflächenbedarfsgesetz. Es ist eine unfassbare Katastrophe, was aus diesem geplanten Gesetz, das ja mal für etwas Hoffnung sorgte, grade wird... 😑 👇

Die Natur zieht wieder den Kürzeren

Trotz Ankündigung der Ampel und von Schwarz-Rot lässt das Naturflächenbedarfsgesetz weiter auf sich warten. Ein Biotop­verbund ist nicht in Sicht.

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ANTHROPIC: Our son loves humanity and for the low price of trillions and trillions of dollars will usher in an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity! OPENAI: Our horrible oafish son is hacking web sites without our permission. ANTHROPIC: (eyes narrowing) Our son is also evil

#FossileBeenden @electroheinz.bsky.social