"Capitalism = Climate Crisis"
Poster spotted in Los Angeles, CA

TIL that lightsaber fights have become an official sport in France. As of 2019, it was the first country in the world to recognize it as such. [source, comments]

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Good Idea: Understand Computers from the basics

https://julian.bearblog.dev/the-internet-from-rocks/

Understanding computers is essential in today's interconnected world, where they serve as powerful tools shaping our daily lives.
Imagine explaining these complex machines to someone from the 17th century, who would find the concept of a device capable of storing vast information, processing data rapidly utterly mindblowing.
By breaking down the complexity of computers into relatable terms, such as likening them to skilled scribes and digital libraries, we can inspire curiosity and appreciation for the transformative impact of technology throughout history and into the future.

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"Don't stop talking about Palestine"
Sticker spotted in Flatbush, Brooklyn

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On this day, 8 April 2013, former Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher died. Street parties broke out across the UK, particularly in working class areas and in former mining communities which were ravaged by her policies. Her legacy is best remembered for her destruction of the British workers' movement, after the defeat of the miners' strike of 1984-85. This enabled the drastic increase of economic inequality and unemployment in the 1980s. Her government also slashed social housing, helping to create the situation today where it is unavailable for most people, and private property prices are mostly unaffordable for the young.Thatcher also complained that children were "being cheated of a sound start in life" by being taught that "they have an inalienable right to be gay", so she introduced the vicious section 28 law prohibiting teaching of homosexuality as acceptable. Abroad, Thatcher was a powerful advocate for racism, advising the Australian foreign minister to beware of Asians, else his country would "end up like Fiji, where the Indian migrants have taken over". She hosted apartheid South Africa's head of state, while denouncing the African National Congress as a "typical terrorist organisation". Chilean dictator general Augusto Pinochet, responsible for the rape, murder and torture of tens of thousands of people, was a close personal friend. Back in Britain, she protected numerous politicians accused of paedophilia including Sir Peter Hayman, and MPs Peter Morrison and Cyril Smith. She also lobbied for her friend, serial child abuser Jimmy Savile, to be knighted despite being warned about his behaviour. Margaret Thatcher was eventually forced to step down after the defeat of her hated poll tax by a mass non-payment campaign.Pictured: Jimmy Savile welcoming Thatcher to hell, reportedly. We are currently working on a podcast miniseries with former miners about the strike. Listen to it first and help fund its production by joining us on patreon at https://patreon.com/workingclasshistoryTo access this hyperlink, click our link in bio then click this photo

TIL "borderline personality disorder" was named to describe patients who seemed on the borderline of psychosis [source, comments]