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By Art and Architecture, mainly on Oct 20, 2020 in: architecture, history
Eusebio Leal Spengler (1942-2020) was 16 when the dictator Fulgencio Batista, having made millions from bribes from mafia-run casinos, fled into exile on New Year’s Day 1959. A devout Catholic, Leal rushed to ring the church bells to usher in the...
By Doug's Darkworld on Oct 17, 2020 in: History, Personal
The 1989 loma Prieta earthquake. 31 one years ago today. I was in my vegetable garden in the Berkeley hills. The ground started to really shake, not scary, but I was like “wow, this in the biggest quake I ever felt.” Little quakes are common in t...
By Doug's Darkworld on Oct 16, 2020 in: History, Personal
In the “Well, this is new from a POTUS” file: Trump retweets satirical news story about Joe Biden and Twitter. Apparently not realizing it was satire. On the one hand, whatevs, most people have fallen for a satirical article onc...
By Art and Architecture, mainly on Oct 16, 2020 in: Australia, family, history, medicine, Melbourne, women
Dr Wainer read the Board of Enquiry into Police Corruption in 1971 (top image) Bertram Wainer (1928-87) grew up fatherless in Gorbals, Glasgow’s poor district, during the Great Depression. He had to go to work after primary school.
By Boing Boing on Oct 16, 2020 in: History
This animation shows how the 14th-century Charles Bridge was built in Prague.Here's the video description, machine-translated: The digital model "Charles Bridge – construction of a pillar and vaulted field in the 14th century" was created f...
By !! omg blog !! on Oct 15, 2020 in: history
Jingles dominated the American advertising sector for a large portion of the mid to late 1900s. But now they’ve mostly become a relic of a... The post OMG, explained: The unexpected death of the AD JINGLE appeared first on OMG.BLOG.
By Doug's Darkworld on Oct 14, 2020 in: History, Politics, War
October 14, 1066. It was a bright late fall day in Southern England. English King Harold and possibly 10,000 or more foot soldiers were arrayed on top of a hill behind a shield wall (that’s a line of men holding large shields touching or even overl...