Historian of Technology, Cold War student, Covert communications consultant (non-violent insurrections only need apply), Professor Yes, Documentary filmmaker, Electrician with notions (Lighting designer), Leguminati, Maisie Mae's mom.
Today is the anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia on 21 August 1968. Just as in Ukraine in 2023, 7000 tanks, paratroopers, and a quarter of a million troops invaded without warning. Unlike Ukraine, the people reacted with non-violent resistance. Photo: Libor Hajsky / Reuters
August 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Today is the anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia on 21 August 1968. Just as in Ukraine in 2023, 7000 tanks, paratroopers, and a quarter of a million troops invaded without warning. Unlike Ukraine, the people reacted with non-violent resistance. Photo: Libor Hajsky / Reuters
I can only go with the evidence we have of early drawings of slow matches and then the matchlock, in which the burning cord is fit into a trigger mechanism.
July 23, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I can only go with the evidence we have of early drawings of slow matches and then the matchlock, in which the burning cord is fit into a trigger mechanism.
In 1919, Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, D.W. Griffith, and Mary Pickford, tired of being ripped off by the production and distribution systems, formed their own motion picture studio--United Artists.
Those who have lost their jobs b/c of corporations bowing to Trump need to do this again.
July 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
In 1919, Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, D.W. Griffith, and Mary Pickford, tired of being ripped off by the production and distribution systems, formed their own motion picture studio--United Artists.
Those who have lost their jobs b/c of corporations bowing to Trump need to do this again.
Maisie Mae took my place on the bed, and refused to move. My only choice was her normal bed, which is the living room couch. 3:00 am I heard her grumbling and found her sitting on my chair, staring at me. She has never sat in my chair before. I call the accompanying photo "potential blackmail"
January 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Maisie Mae took my place on the bed, and refused to move. My only choice was her normal bed, which is the living room couch. 3:00 am I heard her grumbling and found her sitting on my chair, staring at me. She has never sat in my chair before. I call the accompanying photo "potential blackmail"
My Saturday night? Spent sweating in PPE with my husband in isolation while waiting for tests to get back. Ever wonder why House, MD, came up with those ridiculous tests for rare diseases? Because waiting two weeks for lab results does not make for dramatic television
November 24, 2024 at 2:27 AM
My Saturday night? Spent sweating in PPE with my husband in isolation while waiting for tests to get back. Ever wonder why House, MD, came up with those ridiculous tests for rare diseases? Because waiting two weeks for lab results does not make for dramatic television