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111 bookmarks tagged “history”

The Full Story of the Stunning RSA Hack Can Finally Be Told | WIRED

wired.com/story/the-full-story-of-the-stunning-rsa-hack-can-finally-be-told/

Extreme poverty isn’t natural, it’s created — Jason Hickel

jasonhickel.org/blog/2021/3/28/extreme-poverty-isnt-natural-it-is-created
New research questions the dominant narrative about long-term poverty trends.

The Curious History of Steam Heat and Pandemics - Bloomberg

bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-05/the-curious-history-of-steam-heat-and-pandemics

Eating Too Much Rice Almost Sank the Japanese Navy | by War Is Boring | War Is Boring | Medium

medium.com/war-is-boring/eating-too-much-rice-almost-sank-the-japanese-navy-f985772c81a6

A Spectre is Haunting Unicode

dampfkraft.com/ghost-characters.html

The 100 Most Influential Sequences in Animation History

vulture.com/article/most-influential-best-scenes-animation-history.html
From Bugs Bunny to Spike Spiegel to Miles Morales, the 128-year history of a boundless art form that continues to draw us all in.

Grapefruit Is One of the Weirdest Fruits on the Planet - Gastro Obscura

atlasobscura.com/articles/grapefruit-history-and-drug-interactions

Why Do We Blame Women For Prohibition? - POLITICO Magazine

politico.com/magazine/story/2019/01/13/prohibition-women-blame-history-223972
One hundred years later, it’s time to challenge a long-held bias.

Yes, This Interchange in Houston Is the Same Size as an Entire City Center in Italy – Texas Monthly

texasmonthly.com/politics/highway-interchange-houston-same-size-city-italy/

Defund the Police? We’ve Already Done It Successfully in America.

kottke.org/20/08/defund-the-police-weve-already-done-it-successfully-in-america

The rise, fall, and rise of the status pineapple - BBC News

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-53432877
For a couple of centuries, the British were in an unlikely frenzy for the exotic fruit.

The Need for Speed, 23 Years Later

nngroup.com/articles/the-need-for-speed/
In spite of an increase in Internet speed, webpage speeds have not improved over time.

The Battle to Invent the Automatic Rice Cooker - Gastro Obscura

atlasobscura.com/articles/rice-cooker-history

World's oldest yarn fragment shows Neanderthals were smarter than we thought - CNN

edition.cnn.com/2020/04/09/world/oldest-yarn-neanderthals-scn/index.html

Human Interface: a Guide to Backpack Harness Innovation I CARRYOLOGY

carryology.com/liking/industry/human-interface-a-guide-to-backpack-harness-innovation/

Plot Economics

ribbonfarm.com/2020/03/09/plot-economics/

Processed World

processedworld.com/home.html

Two States. Eight Textbooks. Two American Stories. - The New York Times

nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/12/us/texas-vs-california-history-textbooks.html

CLODO Speaks

processedworld.com/Issues/issue10/i10clodo.htm

How to Fall in Love with Modern Classical Music

lukemuehlhauser.com/how-to-fall-in-love-with-modern-classical-music-4/