Jake @ HUBhistory

Sun Tzu (D-NY) - “When your enemy is making a mistake, fix it for him at great cost to yourself.”

I just LOVE how all the Reagan-era cultural references I grew up with are suddenly relevant again!

Today I learned that there's a tiny public park in the Bronx called Boston Garden. www.nycgovparks.org/parks/boston...

Two Working LEGO Printing Presses | LEGO® Ideas The development of mechanical printing changed how ideas move through the world. Once text and images could be printed rather than copied by hand, knowledge was…

Hi #EarlyModern Bluesky - did you know that someone brilliant has built working printing presses using Lego and they are trying to get enough supporters so that Lego will release it as a kit?

They look so cool!

beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

My grandpop grew up hoeing tobacco as the son of sharecroppers. He joined the Mississippi ROTC and then the fourth infantry division, because infantry combat was an easier path in life than tobacco farming.

She had a prominent facial scar from a pressure cooker that exploded while preserving tomatoes. The minute she could make a living teaching school, she never looked back.

My wife's grandmother ALSO had a facial scar from an exploding pressure cooker down on the farm.

My grandma at 90 could vividly remember the pain of being hauled 20 miles over dirt mountain roads in an unsprung horse drawn buckboard to the tuberculosis hospital where there was a doctor to set the arm she broke as a young girl on the farm.

Three of my grandparents grew up farming in the early 20th century, and as soon as they hit adulthood, they did everything possible to make sure they and their children would never have to do it again.

Anybody who romanticizes pre industrial farming is a bonafide moron.

This was snow two days ago.

I just had this conversation with my Trump-supporting father in law about two hours ago.

Or like a half inch of bright red sock peeking out of his cuffs.

You need to invest in pocket squares to match her dresses. A red pocket square would be SHARP here.

New bling, who dis?

massholes:

Seeing reports of ICE parked and waiting at Little Sprouts Daycare off Bridge Street in Dedham (3:14pm).

Title page reading: The trial of the British soldiers, of the 29th Regiment of Foot : for the murder of Crispus Attucks, Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, and Patrick Carr, on Monday evening, March 5, 1770, before the Honorable Benjamin Lynde, John Cushing, Peter Oliver, and Edmund Trowbridge, esquires, justices of the Superior Court of Judicature, Court of Assize, and general gaol delivery, held at Boston, by adjournment, November 27, 1770.

printed page with heading "Trial of the British soldiers"

Printed page with transcript of testimony of Ebenezer Bridgham

Otd in 1770, British soldiers in Boston fired on a crowd, killing 5 civilians. Surprisingly, when the soldiers went on trial, future US President John Adams defended them

We recently digitized a trial transcript, Read it for yourself here: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/103271253

That night, an attempted British attack was thwarted by a sudden, violent storm, allowing the Americans to finish their trenches and harden their defenses.

Within two weeks, the redcoats were forced to evacuate Boston, boarding dozens of ships, sailing over the horizon, and leaving Boston free.

According to Abigail Adams, British commander General Wiliam Howe exclaimed upon seeing the new earthworks,

“My God these fellows have done more work in one night than I could make my Army do in three months”

250 years ago today, the British troops occupying Boston awoke to the sight of a new fort on Dorchester Heights with Henry Knox's cannons pointing down at them.

Cuba says four killed after U.S. boat violates territorial waters Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. would carry out an independent investigation about the incident before responding.

Temu Bay of Pigs. www.nbcnews.com/world/latin-...

title page reading "Boston, One Hundred Years a City, a collection of Rare Prints and Old Photographs showing the changes which have occurred in Boston during the one Hundred Years of its existence as A City

Photograph of Scollay Square showing pedestrians, street cards, and the Suffolk Savings Bank

Photograph of the Old Bromfield House on Bromfield Street in 1858 showing the Bromfield Methodist Church and pedestrians

On this day in 1822, Boston incorporated as a city. A century later, State St Trust Co published this commemorative booklet documenting the changes in the city's landscape and built environment over its first 100 years. @universalhub.com @hubhistory.com bc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01...

True, we've only had one stabbing over a saved space this winter.

1. The predictions AI executives make about the next 12-18 months are always wrong.

2. If you had even the slightest belief that you could automate all white collar jobs, saying so out loud is just BEGGING for a new reign of terror.

Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans

Last night, we partnered with Old North Church's congregation and the artist Silence Dogood for a series of special Valentine's Day projections.

In the present moment, we are proud to share biblical verses that remind us to love our neighbors, immigrants, and our community. ❤️

This article lists the JFK Federal in Boston as the planned site for more ICE in Massachusetts @universalhub.com

I know two people who managed to get run over by their own tractors, one of whom was killed and the other had his pelvis, femurs, and part of his spine basically pulverized while still in high school.

Gloucester just lost a commercial fishing vessel in subzero weather. I'm personally related to three people injured in mine collapses. Ever seen what happens if you get your sleeve caught in a baler? These people are clowns. www.oshaeducationcenter.com/dangerous-jo...

I found out in my first meeting at work yesterday.

At this point, I'm glad I went to Women's Rights and Harriet Tubman last year because I'm not sure what will happen to them soon.

If there is a site like Stonewall near you, find out if they have a friends group and see what they are doing to protect the site and how you can help. 🗃️