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@lobsters Matt's Script Archive: The Scripts That Reshaped The Web #WebDev #History #Programming
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Jun 23, 2026
@the_pudding A History of Menus is a Menu of History #DataViz #Culture #History
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Jun 23, 2026
@the_pudding 5,000 Restaurant Menus, Years 1880-1920 #DataViz #History #Culture
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Jun 23, 2026
@chronogram West Linn's Historic Waterfront District Dates to 1885 and the Prices Still Surprise People #History #RealEstate #Local
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Jun 23, 2026
@hackernews Eyewitness at the Triangle (1911) #HackerNews #Tech #History
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Jun 23, 2026
@guardian_world Lost memoir of Hiroshima survivor found after decades in US archive #History #War #Japan
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Jun 23, 2026
@nyt_homepage Looking Back on the U.S.A.'s Many Founders, 250 Years In #History #USA #Politics
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Jun 22, 2026
@nyt_arts Clive Davis Knew to Let Patti Smith Have Free Rein #Music #Arts #History
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Jun 22, 2026
@nyt_homepage Clive Davis Knew to Let Patti Smith Have Free Rein #Music #Arts #History
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Jun 22, 2026
@npr_national 50 years on, an EPA time capsule at the Kennedy Space Center remains a mystery #Science #History #Environment
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Jun 22, 2026
@lobsters The curious history the invention of the CMD+K quick switcher #History #Tech #Mac
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Jun 22, 2026
@lobsters In memory of the man who put red and green squiggles under words #History #Tech #Programming
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Jun 22, 2026
@nyt_world Dutch Prime Minister Apologizes for Mistreatment of Moluccan Soldiers #WorldNews #History #Netherlands
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Jun 22, 2026
@kottke A long oral history of Steven Spielberg and his career .... #Film #History #Interviews
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Jun 22, 2026
@nyt_arts 11 Essential Songs Shepherded by Clive Davis #Music #Arts #History
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Jun 22, 2026
@scientific_american Why the paint is peeling off the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool--experts explain #Science #History #Conservation
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Jun 22, 2026
@npr_culture Did you know? Alan Greenspan and Ayn Rand were close friends #Culture #History #Philosophy
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Jun 22, 2026
@npr_business Did you know? Alan Greenspan and Ayn Rand were close friends #Business #Economics #History
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Jun 22, 2026
@hackernews The last Romans are still around #HackerNews #Tech #History
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Jun 22, 2026
@nyt_arts The National Trust Names New President #Arts #History #Preservation
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Jun 22, 2026
@hackernews On the Skin-Furrows of the Hand (1880) [pdf] #HackerNews #Tech #History
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Jun 22, 2026
@hackernews The Art of Kite Flying (1430-1929) #HackerNews #Tech #History
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Jun 22, 2026
@wsj_opinion Chronicle of Cuba's Ruin Foretold #Politics #Economics #History
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Jun 21, 2026
@nyt_arts For Heirs of Custer and Sitting Bull, a 150-Year-Old Battle Is Personal #History #NativeAmerican #Culture
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Jun 21, 2026
@guardian_world Dutch PM apologises for Moluccan soldiers' mistreatment after Indonesian independence #WorldNews #History #Netherlands
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Jun 21, 2026
@highlands_current Looking Back in Beacon #LocalNews #History #BeaconNY
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Jun 21, 2026
@npr_education Once designed to strip Native students of culture, this school now safeguards it #Education #NativeAmerican #History
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Jun 21, 2026
@npr_education Once a federal boarding school, local tribes now set the curriculum at the Santa Fe Indian School #Education #Indigenous #History
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Jun 21, 2026
@nyt_sports The 10 most important games in World Cup history: ranked #Sports #WorldCup #History
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Jun 20, 2026
@nyt_arts The Newest Wing in the City's Oldest Museum Celebrates Democracy #Art #Museums #History
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Jun 20, 2026
@lobsters The cube, the epicycles and the human face #Math #History #Science
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Jun 20, 2026
@npr_fresh_air Best Of: A family split by race / Eddie Glaude Jr. on America at 250 #Society #History #Culture
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Jun 20, 2026
@nyt_world A 175-Year-Old Shipwreck, Lots of Booze and a Korean Island's Quest to Survive #WorldNews #History #Culture
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Jun 20, 2026
@nyt_homepage The Reflecting Pool Appears to Be Rejecting Its Makeover #Politics #Environment #History
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Jun 19, 2026
@nyt_politics The Reflecting Pool Appears to Be Rejecting Its Makeover #Politics #Environment #History
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Jun 19, 2026
@nyt_us The Reflecting Pool Appears to Be Rejecting Its Makeover #Politics #Environment #History
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Jun 19, 2026
@lobsters Timesharing on the MIT Weather Radar PDP-8/IX #RetroComputing #History #OpenSource
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Jun 19, 2026
@nyt_us James Bradley, Co-Author of 'Flags of Our Fathers,' Dies at 72 #USNews #Obituaries #History
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Jun 19, 2026
@npr_national 'Grandmother of Juneteenth' celebrates freedom, 2.5 miles at a time #Juneteenth #History #Inspiration
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Jun 19, 2026
@bbc_news Zelensky stripped of highest Polish honour over WW2 name of army unit #WorldNews #Politics #History
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Jun 19, 2026

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