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#TIL about Dandara dos Palmares, an Afro-Brazilian warrior queen of runaway slaves in colonial Brazil. (stefanbohacek.online)
 

#TIL about Dandara dos Palmares, an Afro-Brazilian warrior queen of runaway slaves in colonial Brazil.

Much of her life is shrouded in mystery, but her tributes include appearance in at least two videogames, including Civilization VI.

https://enslaved.org/fullStory/16-23-92877/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandara_dos_Palmares

#history #Dandara #DandaraDosPalmares #Brazil

Happy birthday to civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who was born on this day in 1913 ✊ in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

@zerohero Yeah, I'm glad she's seen (and worked towards) progress during her lifetime, with hopes of it continuing.

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Happy birthday to civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who was born on this day in 1913 ✊ (stefanbohacek.online)
 

Happy birthday to civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who was born on this day in 1913 ✊

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks

#RosaParks #CivilRights #OTD #OnThisDay #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth

#history

"The Video Game History Foundation announced it will be launching its digital library platform later this month with "never-before-seen game development materials", as well as "artwork, press kits, in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

And it's officially live.

"The Video Game History Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and teaching the history of video games. This library is our way of sharing our collections of rare video game history materials."

https://library.gamehistory.org/

#DigitalPreservation #archiving #videogames #VideoGameHistory #VideoGameHistoryFoundation #VGHF

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Today is the last day of the Gaming Like It's 1929 game jam, celebrating cultural works that entered the public domain this year. (stefanbohacek.online)
 

Today is the last day of the Gaming Like It's 1929 game jam, celebrating cultural works that entered the public domain this year.

https://itch.io/jam/gaming-like-its-1929

#PublicDomain #copyright #GameJam #videogames #gamedev #GamingLikeIts1929

#PCGaming

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On this day in 1969, The Beatles played their last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert was eventually broken up by the police. (stefanbohacek.online)
 

On this day in 1969, The Beatles played their last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert was eventually broken up by the police.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=NCtzkaL2t_Y

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles%27_rooftop_concert

#OTD #OnThisDay #music #MusicHistory #history #TheBeatles

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Hmm, Dino Crisis 1+2 are now available on PC. (stefanbohacek.online)
 

Hmm, Dino Crisis 1+2 are now available on PC.

https://www.gog.com/en/game/dino_crisis_bundle

#videogames #DinoCrisis #nostalgia #PCGaming

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This is a really nice interactive explainer! (stefanbohacek.online)
 

This is a really nice interactive explainer!

"New research backs up what gamers have thought for years: video games can be an antidote to stress and anxiety."

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/VIDEO-GAMES/MENTAL-HEALTH/akpeewkqgpr/

#dataviz #DataVisualization #explainer #interactive #games #videogames #CozyGames

#PCGaming

Today in 1996, Germany first observed the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

"Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers."

https://mastodon.world/@auschwitzmuseum/113899733850622835

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Today in 1996, Germany first observed the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. (stefanbohacek.online)
 

Today in 1996, Germany first observed the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

"The essence of the text lies in its twofold approach: one that deals with the memory and remembrance of those who were massacred during the Holocaust and the other with educating future generations of its horrors."

It's truly disappointing that we need this reminder today more than ever.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Holocaust_Remembrance_Day

#OTD #OnThisDay #history #holocaust #HolocaustRemembranceDay #FightFascism

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"The Video Game History Foundation announced it will be launching its digital library platform later this month with "never-before-seen game development materials", as well as "artwork, press kits, (stefanbohacek.online)
 

"The Video Game History Foundation announced it will be launching its digital library platform later this month with "never-before-seen game development materials", as well as "artwork, press kits, and promo materials from iconic video games". The library will also allow readers to access 1,500 out-of-print videogame magazines stretching back to the early 1980s.

The magazine library will be fully text searchable, organisable by chronology, and allow users to filter mags by region, platform, publisher, and more."

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/the-video-game-history-foundation-launches-its-digital-library-later-this-month-providing-access-to-over-1-500-videogame-magazines-and-never-before-seen-game-development-materials/

#news #DigitalPreservation #archiving #videogames #VideoGameHistory #VideoGameHistoryFoundation #VGHF

#PCGaming

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The two landmark cases Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton were decided on this day in 1973, protecting the right to have an abortion. (stefanbohacek.online)
 

The two landmark cases Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton were decided on this day in 1973, protecting the right to have an abortion.

Today, Roe v. Wade has been overturned, and the new administration made it very clear that they will continue their war against reproductive rights.

But we keep on fighting. Support an abortion fund today:

https://abortionfunds.org/find-a-fund/

✊

#history #OTD #OnThisDay #ReproductiveRights #RoeVWade #DoeVBolton #abortion

Ah, well, in less important news, apparently today in 1981, the DMC DeLorean went into production. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

@[email protected] Definitely!

Not really a fan of the relatively recent redesign though. Should've just kept the old look and make it electric.

https://delorean.com/alpha5/

(The back looks fine, but really don't like the front.)

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Ah, well, in less important news, apparently today in 1981, the DMC DeLorean went into production. (stefanbohacek.online)
 

Ah, well, in less important news, apparently today in 1981, the DMC DeLorean went into production.

"Though its production was short-lived, the DeLorean became widely known after it was featured as the time machine in the Back to the Future films."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMC_DeLorean

#OnThisDay #OTD #history #delorean #BackToTheFuture

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A bit of TV history: #OnThisDay in 1953, 73.9% of TV viewers in the US watched the "Lucy Goes to the Hospital" episode of the I Love Lucy TV show. (stefanbohacek.online)
 

A bit of TV history: #OnThisDay in 1953, 73.9% of TV viewers in the US watched the "Lucy Goes to the Hospital" episode of the I Love Lucy TV show.

"When the episode premiered [...], 73.9% of all American homes with television sets tuned in, amounting to 44 million viewers watching the episode, a record until September 9, 1956, when Elvis Presley appeared for the first time on The Ed Sullivan Show, at CBS, which drew a share of 82.6%, a figure unrivaled since. It received higher ratings than the inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, which received 29 million viewers, the day afterward."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz0Q9gaYtPo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Goes_to_the_Hospital

#OTD #history #TV #TVHistory #ILoveLucy

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I'm just going to celebrate every time a platform stands up for its community. (stefanbohacek.online)
 

I'm just going to celebrate every time a platform stands up for its community.

"The last part of that statement is key, as Nexus Mods [a popular home for sharing community mods for PC games] do not own or control the right to Marvel Rivals, nor can they prevent anyone from uploading or sharing the Trump mod to other platforms. They’ve simply prevented access to it on their own site."

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-gaming/marvel-rivals-donald-trump-mod-ban-1235230261/

#news #gaming #videogames #community #PCGaming

Applauding decisions of moderators like @stux and @jerry to stand up for their communities. ✊ in c/[email protected]
Applauding decisions of moderators like @stux and @jerry to stand up for their communities. ✊ in c/[email protected]
Applauding decisions of moderators like @stux and @jerry to stand up for their communities. ✊ in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

@[email protected] Yeah, I've had Threads blocked for a while now. The company has absolutely not earned any sort of benefit of doubt, and the stance to "wait and see" completely ignores the documented history of their actions.

Still, the beauty of the fediverse is that we can organize in communities based on what's important to us, and what trade-offs we're all willing to make.

Applauding decisions of moderators like @stux and @jerry to stand up for their communities. ✊ in c/[email protected]
In one short sentence, why should someone join the fediverse server you're on right now? in c/[email protected]
In one short sentence, why should someone join the fediverse server you're on right now? in c/[email protected]
Hah, #OnThisDay in 1899, The New York Times first used the word "automobile". in c/[email protected]
Pretty neat. I've now seen three examples of fediverse bots that run as independent fediverse servers, rather than using some platform's (most commonly Mastodon's) API. in c/[email protected]
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