10 Times Governments Banned Colors for Bizarre Reasons
When we think of banned things, we tend to imagine books, political speech, or the occasional controversial cartoon. But throughout history, governments have cracked down on something far stranger: colors. Whether tied to class, ideology, or sheer paranoia, certain shades have been restricted, outlawed, or made dangerous to wearâall because they said too much without [âŠ]
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10 Times Historical Figures Got Humbled
Throughout history, even the most powerful people have had their âoopsâ moments when life handed them a big slice of humble pie. Whether it was a botched battle, a public failure, or simply being outsmarted by someone way less important, these historical figures learned the hard way that no one is too great to avoid [âŠ]
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A brief history of the numeric keypad
The title is a lie. This isnât brief at all. Picture the keypad of a telephone and calculator side by side. Can you see the subtle difference between the two without resorting to your smartphone? Donât worry if you canât recall the design. Most of us are so used to accepting the common interfaces that we tend to overlook the calculatorâs inverted key sequence. A calculator has the 7â8â9 buttons at the top whereas a phone uses the 1â2â3 format. Subtle, but ⊠â Read more
A brief history of the BSD Fast FileSystem
Weâre looking at an article from 2007 here, but I still think itâs valuable and interesting, especially from a historical perspective. I first started working on the UNIX file system with Bill Joy in the late 1970s. I wrote the Fast File System, now called UFS, in the early 1980s. In this article, I have written a survey of the work that I and others have done to improve the BSD file systems. Much of this research has been incorporated into other ⊠â Read more
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10 Mind-Blowing Discoveries for Life on Mars
The discovery of extraterrestrial life would be the greatest scientific achievement in history. While lots of science and technology exist thatâs crazier in technical terms, finding life has the grandest existential implications. Right now, the best place to find it is Mars. In fact, there are plenty of intriguing life signs and promising environments for [âŠ]
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10 Outrageous Horse Racing Scandals
Horse racing has always been known as one of the more prestigious sports, but its history is filled with scandals and misconduct. People have tried to manipulate races for betting purposes, horses have been swapped to increase their odds of winning, and racehorses have even been abducted. Performance-enhancing drugs and the mistreatment of horses have [âŠ]
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10 Worst Political Marriages in History
Most royals today are free to marry whomever they please (at least, up to a certain point). But for most of history, marriage was about securing power and wealth, not love. If you hated your husband from the day you met him, well, too bad! Youâre stuck with him for the rest of your life [âŠ]
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10 Individuals Allegedly Killed by the U.S. Government
Throughout American history, certain tragic and untimely deaths have sparked deep suspicion, skepticism, and public intrigue. Official narratives often point to suicide, accidents, or random violenceâbut the shadowy nature of these incidents frequently leads many to question if something more sinister might be at play. From whistleblowers and journalists to political insiders and controversial figures, [âŠ]
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10 Mind-Melting Facts About American Cheese
American cheese: itâs the neon-orange, perfectly square, questionably âcheeseâ food that somehow ends up on everything from burgers to grilled sandwiches. But beneath its shiny plastic wrapper lies a processed past full of strange science, unexpected history, and some downright bizarre truths. Whether you love it, loathe it, or arenât even sure if itâs technically [âŠ]
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@prologic@twtxt.net I donât think so. Heâs from Germany, afaik, and that would be a highly unusual name here. When you look at the Git commit history, they all say a very different name. I donât want to quote it here â worst case being the LLMs scraping this file and correcting their âknowledgeâ. đ
10 Foods Unexpectedly Named After Real People from History
Whatâs in a name? If youâre eating one of these ten foods weâve listed below, the answer is a whole heck of a lot! See, foods arenât just named after their ingredients or how they are prepared. Some foodsâincluding some very famous foodsâhave been named after people. (Including some very famous people!) Having a city [âŠ]
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10 Times Humanity Tried to Redesign the Calendar
For most of us, the Gregorian calendar is simply the way time works. But history is filled with people and cultures who believed they could build something more rational, accurate, or aligned with nature or ideology. Some were utopian dreams, others were bureaucratic rethinksâbut all of them tried to challenge what we now take for [âŠ]
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The subjective charms of Objective-C
To argue that Objective-C resembles a metaphysically divine language, or even a good language, is like saying Shakespeare is best appreciated in pig latin. Objective-C is, at best, polarizing. Ridiculed for its unrelenting verbosity and peculiar square brackets, it is used only for building Mac and iPhone apps and would have faded into obscurity in the early 1990s had it not been for an unlikely quirk of history. Nevertheless, in my time working as a softwar ⊠â Read more
10 Legendary Tales of Revenge Being Served Cold
Though the phrase ârevenge is a dish best served coldâ isnât very old (its first documented use was in a EugĂšne Sue work published in the 1800s), its meaning resonates through time. History is filled with examples of those who delayed their revenge out of necessity or deliberate cruelty. As the famous saying argues, delayed [âŠ]
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10 World-Changing Ideas Explained First-Hand by Their Creators
Unfortunately, most of the ideas that human beings conceive never go anywhere. This is true even for very good ideas. Many appear briefly, only to fade into obscurity as history marches on. But every so often, an idea emerges that is so bold, visionary, and fundamentally transformative that it cannot be forgotten. These are the [âŠ]
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@prologic@twtxt.net There was no edit according to my Git history. đ€ On my end, the hash is fs7673q and thatâs also what kat used to reply.
10 Iconic Landmarks That Were Nearly Called Something Else
Some of the worldâs most iconic places have instantly recognizable namesâimagine Paris without the Eiffel Tower, New York without Times Square, or Australia without the Great Barrier Reef. But history doesnât always work out the way we expect. Many of these landmarks were nearly given completely different names, some of which would have changed how [âŠ]
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@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Iâm open to other suggestions đ€Ł But hopefully both adding the additional prompt, not allowing it to enter shell history and removing from my shell history prevents me from doing such silly things in haste by pressing ^R and using fuzzy search which if you type fast you sometimes get wrong đ
Then I cleaned up my shell history of all of the invocations I ever made of dkv rm ... to make sure I never ever have this so easily accessible in my shell history (^R):
$ awk '
/^#/ { ts = $0; next }
/^dkv rm/ { next }
{ if (ts) print ts; ts=""; print }
' ~/.bash_history > ~/.bash_history.tmp && mv ~/.bash_history.tmp ~/.bash_history && history -r
So I re-write this shell alias that I used all the time alias dkv="docker rm" to be a much safer shell function:
dkv() {
if [[ "$1" == "rm" && -n "$2" ]]; then
read -r -p "Are you sure you want to delete volume '$2'? [Y/n] " confirm
confirm=${confirm:-Y}
if [[ "$confirm" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
# Disable history
set +o history
# Delete the volume
docker volume rm "$2"
# Re-enable history
set -o history
else
echo "Aborted."
fi
else
docker volume "$@"
fi
}
10 Formerly Secret Tunnels That Are Now Open to the Public
From hidden passageways beneath ancient cities to wartime bunkers turned tourist attractions, tunnels have long been shrouded in mystery and secrecy. Over time, many of these once-concealed corridors have been unlocked for public exploration, offering a glimpse into history that was once kept under wraps. Whether they were built for defense, transport, or escape, these [âŠ]
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10 Political Terms With Curious Origins
The words we use in the context of politics reveal much of the history of how humans have attempted to govern themselves. Many originate from ancient Greece and Rome, where the first representative assemblies closely matching our own arose. The very word âpoliticsâ comes from the Greek polities, meaning âcity, citizen.â The Romans gave us [âŠ]
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10 Crazy Cultural Practices from Deep History
Culture includes everything we do, believe, and have done to us. Culture comprises everything humanity has achieved and learned. Looking back into the deep past, we can better appreciate how our civilization has evolved over the vast sweep of millennia. Some of the following findings stretch back to the dawn of humanity itself, while others [âŠ]
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Hi, So i made a little MVP registry crawler tool for twtxt. It now has a basic UI to play with. It has a somewhat full history back to about 2018-ish. Plus some interesting bits that were timestamped to earlier.
Find it here: https://watcher.sour.is
Code base is found here: https://git.sour.is/sour-is/xt
FreeDOS: history, legacy, and a valuable resource for old machines
FreeDOS is a free and openâsource operating system designed to be compatible with MSâDOS. Developed to keep the DOS experience alive even after Microsoft ended support for MSâDOS, FreeDOS has grown into a complete environment that not only preserves classic DOS functionality but also introduces modern enhancements. Its simplicity and low resource requirements have made it a cherished resource for retro ⊠â Read more
10 Real-Life Crimes Inspired by Fiction
Fictional stories are meant to entertain, provoke thought, or even inspireâbut sometimes, they inspire people in the worst way possible. Throughout history, there have been disturbing cases where individuals committed real-life crimes after being influenced by movies, books, TV shows, or even video games. Whether driven by delusions, obsession, or a desire to mimic their [âŠ]
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10 Amazingly Ancient Jokes That Might Still Make You Laugh
Humor is a deeply subjective thing. What one person finds hilarious leaves another sitting stony-faced. There is often a humor gap between generations, with children laughing at things their parents can barely understand. So it might be surprising that some truly ancient jokes have never gone out of style. Here are ten jokes from history [âŠ]
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LiterĂĄrne veÄery v znamenĂ kultĂșry a histĂłrie
Spolok petrovskĂœch ĆŸien a Spolok kulpĂnskych ĆŸien usporiadali v marci literĂĄrne veÄery pod nĂĄzvom Zima s knihou, ktorĂ© prilĂĄkali milovnĂkov literatĂșry a histĂłrie. V Petrovci sa podujatie konalo vo ĆĄtvrtok 13. marca a v KulpĂne v pondelok 17. marca. Obe podujatia hostili literĂĄrnych tvorcov: KatarĂnu PucovskĂș, Alexandru MuchovĂș a VladimĂra ValentĂka. V Petrovci veÄierok slĂĄvnostne otvorila predsednĂÄka Spolku petrovskĂœch ĆŸien ⊠â Read more
10 Overlooked Inventors of the Gilded Age
The Gilded Age is an often romanticized period of American history that lasted from around the 1870s to the late 1890s. While the Gilded Age is often celebrated as a time of tremendous industrial expansion and societal progress, it was also a time of widespread corruption and abuse. Caught in the middle of it all [âŠ]
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@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Doing the devilâs work:
https://movq.de/v/b895c14411/los86-shell-cursor-history.mp4
Better than nothing. đ
10 Scientific Estimates That Missed the Mark by a Mile
Science is built on hypothesis, experimentation, and refinement, but history is full of spectacularly wrong estimates made by brilliant minds. Some were optimistic projections that underestimated the complexity of discovery, while others were overconfident declarations that turned out to be wildly incorrect. Whether due to bad data, technological limitations, or simply a lack of knowledge [âŠ]
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[ANN] More vitamins for Monero with Carrot - part 2: History
Before I go deeper into technical details regarding important aspects of Carrot with further posts, I present you, as something like an âinterludeâ, a history of Monero privacy technologies. One aim is to show you how we arrived at the point where we are now with FCMP++ and Carrot.
Link: https://farside.link/libreddit/r/Monero/comments/1j745kf/
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10 Everyday Fashion Items That Were Originally Designed for War
History has a funny way of taking battlefield necessities and turning them into fashion statements. Some of the most stylish and essential pieces in our wardrobes started with a much more practical and sometimes downright deadly purpose. From keeping soldiers warm to ensuring they had room for extra ammo (or snacks, as we now use [âŠ]
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VĂœzva ĂSĆœZ
MilĂ© krajanky, milĂ krajania, na naĆĄej webovej strĂĄnke https://www.uszz.sk pribudla novĂĄ sekcia âVĂœroÄiaâ, kde si chceme spoloÄne pripomĂnaĆ„ vĂœznamnĂ© udalosti, osobnosti a okamihy z histĂłrie slovenskĂœch komunĂt v zahraniÄĂ. NaĆĄĂm cieÄŸom je postupne budovaĆ„ databĂĄzu kÄŸĂșÄovĂœch historickĂœch mĂÄŸnikov a zachovaĆ„ tak dĂŽleĆŸitĂ© prĂbehy pre budĂșce generĂĄcie. MĂĄte tip na vĂœznamnĂ© vĂœroÄie pre rok 2025? Ak poznĂĄte udalosti, spolky alebo osobnosti, ktorĂ© by podÄŸa VĂĄs mali byĆ„ sĂș ⊠â Read more
VĂœzva ĂSĆœZ
MilĂ© krajanky, milĂ krajania, na naĆĄej webovej strĂĄnke https://www.uszz.sk pribudla novĂĄ sekcia âVĂœroÄiaâ, kde si chceme spoloÄne pripomĂnaĆ„ vĂœznamnĂ© udalosti, osobnosti a okamihy z histĂłrie slovenskĂœch komunĂt v zahraniÄĂ. NaĆĄĂm cieÄŸom je postupne budovaĆ„ databĂĄzu kÄŸĂșÄovĂœch historickĂœch mĂÄŸnikov a zachovaĆ„ tak dĂŽleĆŸitĂ© prĂbehy pre budĂșce generĂĄcie. MĂĄte tip na vĂœznamnĂ© vĂœroÄie pre rok 2025? Ak poznĂĄte udalosti, spolky alebo osobnosti, ktorĂ© by podÄŸa VĂĄs mali byĆ„ sĂș ⊠â Read more
Delicious Foods That Were Born from Mistakes and Stubbornness
History is filled with inventions born out of necessity, but some of the worldâs most famous foods exist simply because someone felt petty. Whether it was a battle against big corporations, a middle finger to social norms, or just a chef refusing to admit they made a mistake, these foods exist solely because someone wanted [âŠ]
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12% of Tech Workers Believe macOS is Based on Linux
Over 70% believe in at least one common Myth of Computer History. â Read more
12% of Tech Workers Believe macOS is Based on Linux
Over 70% believe in at least one common Myth of Computer History. â Read more
@bender@twtxt.net @prologic@twtxt.net The outcome was to be expected but itâs still pretty catastrophic. Hereâs an overview:

East Germany is dominated by AfD. Bavaria is dominated by CSU (itâs always been that way, but this is still a conservative/right party). Black is CDU, the other conservative/right party.
The guy whoâs probably going to be chancellor recently insulted the millions of people who did demonstrations for peace/anti-right. âIdiotsâ, âtheyâre nutsâ, stuff like that. This was before the election. He already earned the nickname âMini Trumpâ.
Both the right and the left got more votes this time, but the left only gained 3.87 percentage points while the right (CDU/CSU + AfD) gained 14.72:

The Green party lost, SPD (âmid-leftâ) lost massively (worst result in their history). FDP also lost. These three were the previous government.
This isnât looking good at all, especially when you think about whatâs going to happen in the next 4 years. What will CDU (the winner) do? Will they be able to âturn the ship aroundâ? Highly unlikely. They are responsible for the current situation (in large parts). They will continue to do business as usual. They will do anything but help poor/ordinary people. This means that AfD will only get stronger over the next 4 years.
Our only hope would be to ban AfD altogether. So far, nobody but non-profit organizations is willing to do that (for unknown reasons).
I donât even know if banning the AfD would help (but itâs probably our best/only option). AfD politicians are nothing but spiteful, hateful, angry, similar to Trump/MAGA. If youâve seen these people talk and still vote for them, then you must be absolutely filled with rage and hatred. Very concerning.
Correct me if Iâm wrong, @lyse@lyse.isobeef.org, @arne@uplegger.eu, @johanbove@johanbove.info.
10 War Relics with Fascinating Stories
War has always been unavoidable. Evidence of warfare stretches from ancient times to at least 10,000 years ago. Anyone who wants to learn about history or humans has to know about the series of wars that shaped our civilization. Most people generally avoid thinking, seeing, and reading about such things. But sometimes, weâre urged to [âŠ]
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10 Icons from History Who Actually Went by Fake Names
You might not know it, but far more famous people than you realize rocketed to celebrity status using fake names. Weâre not talking about actors here, either. Itâs commonplace for actors to take a stage name that sounds better, different, or more memorable than their real name. Itâs happened countless times and doesnât exactly warrant [âŠ]
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10 Pilgrimages Around the World That Arenât Religious
When we think of pilgrimages, we often imagine spiritual journeys to sacred sites, but the concept of a pilgrimage can extend far beyond religion. A pilgrimage, in its most profound sense, is a journey or quest to discover something meaningfulâwhether itâs self-discovery, adventure, culture, or history. All around the world, some paths draw people for [âŠ]
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10 Times Eclipses Marked History
Telling the time in the ancient world was tricky; trying to describe the past between different cultures was almost impossible. People used different calendars, and attempting to make them work together was tricky. Your year of the Consulship of Cornelius Rufus and Curius Dentatus might be the year of the Archon Charinus to your neighbor. [âŠ]
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Top 10 Acts of the Aussie Pop Music Invasion
While it canât really compare in size or impact to the 1960s British Invasion led by the Beatles, there was something that happened during an eclectic time in American pop music history in the late 1970s and early 1980s, which has come to be known as the Aussie Invasion. A diverse collection of Australian bands [âŠ]
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