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Historian of Mexico & California; Computer Science educator. Archives, manuscripts, graphics, document pipelines. Antifascism, degrowth, frisbee, gardening, hi-fi. [bridged from https://mstdn.mx/@aarbrk on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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An excellent idea I lifted from @evan: #NATO ought to clarify the application of #Article5 in the case of a #war between member states, and avoid having to debate this during a (greater) #crisis. Reference: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_Treaty#Article_5

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So if Columbia University were to write off the 20% of its income that was government grants, somehow shrinking by one fifth, could it then ignore the mafia's suggestions? #uspol #highered #budget https://www.columbia.edu/content/financial-overview

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@Cmungall slightly buried the lede here: https://genomic.social/@Cmungall/114152616246522594 Specifically, they have deprecated the concept of being trans in the National Cancer Institute linked data vocabulary. This means at a fundamental level, it is impossible to merely _represent the […]

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Saw this in someone's cart at the grocery store and had to snap fast before they clocked me. Very much um and maybe. How much imitation fish is really in there?

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Hello. I am performing some deeds for my mother-in-law. We found this “126” film and, before I try to get it developed, is it actually unused? In the window instead of a frame number I see parts of right-facing arrows, and the left side of the cartridge is heavier […] [Original post on mstdn.mx]

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English speakers may find this university building hilarious — at least I did. Photo from Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidad_de_Mor%C3%B3n #argentina #university #sign #joke

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I am thoroughly unimpressed with the SFMTA's very expensive “Biking and Rolling Plan.” Apparently, in twenty years, there will still be motor vehicles on every single city street! By then my own street will be “calmed, shared” so basically, still full of cars, driveways, double parking […]

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I am trying not to post too much about politics, and probably failing because it feels all-consuming. Anyway, insurance and reinsurance companies are surely displeased about the dismantling of the weather and health services that previously helped protect our bodies and homes. Does the GOP have […]

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I found this rather fine beige fabric inside a 1907 wall of my house. It wasn't embedded in plaster, but seemingly hung behind the wall panel. Possibly it's made of cotton. Does anyone know what this was called or what it was for? #architecture #materials #fabric #cloth #california #sanfrancisco

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Conseguí este libro mexicano con una estampilla de dueño anterior. Tras un par de años me puse a buscar quién era Enrique de Gandia. Pues el Gandía solía ser un eminente historiador argentino, investigador conocidísimo, quien estuvo en el principio de su carrera […] [Original post on mstdn.mx]

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The death metal of my youth is helping slightly with my feelings about the government.

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Xabarín tamén limpou o chapapote na Costa da Morte. Miguelanxo Prado, «Xabarín e o “Prestige”», tinta e acrílico s/ papel tintado (40x30 cm), 2014, https://www.miguelanxoprado.com/en/work/xabarin/revista-oink

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To measure the amperage of a three-phase circuit, is it right to measure any one of the phases and multiply the result by three? Should I be willing to assume that the three phases are carrying approximately the same current? #electronics #circuitry #monitoring #analog

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Extracto de “Tablas para los niños que empiezan a contar,” el primer libro escolástico impreso en la Alta California, por Zamorano, 1836. Fuente: https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1380603 #mexico #california #historia #libro #dinero #moneda #aritmetica

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https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world

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Decreto de 16 de Abril de 1822.–Pena impuesta á quien proclame á D. Agustin de Iturbide. El soberano congreso constituyente mexicano, en atencion á estar declarado por el artículo 1o del decreto de 8 del corriente, que D. Agustin de Iturbide no ha sido emperador […] [Original post on mstdn.mx]

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Estoy investigando este bello plano, hecho en 1823 por el teniente de navío de la armada mexicana, José María Narváez. Se nota que no quiso incluir al Fuerte Ross. #sanfrancisco #california #mexico #mapa #map

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Algún amigo ¿podría identificar un “pliego de envío”? ¿Es una hoja de portada que cubría y resumía a un documento? La mención que tengo es de #Mexico, del #sigloXIX. #espanol

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an occult education thread - 🧵 1/? let's discuss Austin Osman Spare - one of my favorite occult thinkers, despite (or perhaps because of) his complexity. he's the occultist who told the entire magical establishment to go fuck itself, then created one of the most influential magical systems […]

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