New Review Essay on @lmesseri tremendous new book, ethnography & tech, social hopes, & false dreams of tech solutionism. Also discussing work of Andrew Brock, Zeynep Tufekci & Kelsie Nabben on Black Twitter, Twitter & ethnographies of DAOs.
Reservoir builders in South Wales used an astonishing array of railways, gauges and engines!
This is a book for the devotee of industrial locos and the systems which they worked
It includes huge variety of machines - in an industry beset with problems!
See our latest review online (text/audio): ‘Reservoir Builders of South Wales’ by Harold D. Bowtell & Geoffrey Hill from The Industrial Locomotive Society
This is a picture of Brixham harbour, which is only a few miles from where I live. It made the national news last week as the epicentre of an outbreak of cryptosporidium, but is normally thought of as a picturesque fishing port.
It's a popular tourist destination and, to the left of the shot, you can see its well-known replica of Sir Francis Drake's 'Golden Hind', in which he circumnavigated the globe. It's a disturbingly small vessel.
Happy Birthday to Ron Emory, American rock musician and guitarist for the punk rock band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty), born May 20, 1962, Lynwood, California
47 years ago today
In the City, ist the debut studio album by British mod revival/punk rock band The Jam, released on this day in 1977 and featured the hit single and title track 'In the City'
Happy Birthday Jane Wiedlin, co-founder, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist of the all female band The Go-Go's and also the drummer and backup vocalist of the rock band The Hex Girls, born on this day in 1958
The famous #graduation song is a send-off fit for a king! It was originally written for the coronation of King Edward VII in 1901, but evolved to be used during ceremonies for accomplished graduates.
Please RT for reach: I’m trying to #FOIA records on computer intrusions into DOD systems during first Gulf War (1990), I have a GAO report which gives a high level summary but am looking for more.
Does anyone know what DOD department might have investigated #hacking back then?
Battle of Actium (www.trustpast.net)
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