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Stanhill, Lancashire, 1764. Wear and carpenter James Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny, the first practical spinning-frame, to make the tedious task of producing cloth a little bit faster. He doesn't know it yet, but this will destroy the world. Spurred by inventions like his, the industrial revolution will transform everything -- work power, the wealth of nations. Society as we know it began here, and it wasn't great for everyone. But a group of weavers and textile workers saw this future coming. And did their best to prevent it.

"Curse you spinning jenny, you ruined everything!" The standard narrative does that LUDDITES were foolish lunatics who, in fear of technology, decided progress was bad, and started hitting it with sticks. But the truth is entire ways of life were being destroyed. Previously, skilled craftsmen were respected for the time and effort it took to do their work. The entire family usit would form a cottage industry - creating something valuable, and command a decent living. But when a machine can work 10 times faster its owner can charge less for the prodcts- craftsmen couldn't compete and were left out of work almost overnight. And as factories became a fixture of the british landscape, these now unemployed labourers often ended up working the factories that had just destroyed their way of life. Britain was the most prosperous nation in history, factory owners became extremely wealthy and influential. But the people doing the actual work saw almost none of it.

Factory work paid little, since "the machines" did "the real work" human labourers were deemed unimportant and replaceable. FUN FACT!: Factory owners preferred to hire ORPHANS since less people would notice if they were maimed or killed on the job! Now the owners quickly realized the workers might notice they did all the work for almost no pay. If they went on STRIKE or ARGUED FOR HGHER WAGES, this would threaten their tremendous wealth. In 1799, Parliament passed the Combination Act, which made FORMING TRADE UNIONS, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, AND GOING ON STRIKE ILLEGAL. Organizing against the rich became a crime.

If you were living through it, opposing the industrial revolution wasn't techno-phobia. It was SELF-DEFENSE. The combination act forced unions underground into secret societies. And the greatest secret of all was their leader - Ned Ludd. Ned had been a folk character for years. In one version after being whipped by his master, he smashed two knitting frames in a rage. In more fanciful versions, he then escaped to the Sherwood forest, here he lived among the animals as their king. Some versions specifically call him 'Much Better Than Robin Hood'.

Happy Labor Day!

Today we're bringing you The First Union, as told by HBomberguy (@hbomberguy.bsky.social) and illustrated by Skutch (@skutchdraws.bsky.social) It's the dawn of the industrial revolution, and of the way many of us work...

Have you ever heard of the term "Luddite" from an elder?

Alice from Whatisbrandecho comic: A dark skinned muscular female wearing a trans pride colored shirt that depicts a screaming crocodile with the slogan "Fuck around and find out" Her hands are on her hips, one eye brow raised.

Older version of same image, done worse and bad. shame on me

Starting 2026 with redoing an old art with new skills and style.

Alice from Whatisbrandecho.com

New Version of Left
Old version on Right

Spiral 🌀 #furry #fursona #alien
Outline credit to eviechane on reddit

Benjamin’s character sheet! They’re a grumpy boy and since he’s from Loess Hills is very adaptable and country. For example, he excels in EPS structure formation for home and water hydraulic manipulation in soil for root zone support.
#ocs #bacteria #bacillus #microbiology #furry

a combination urgent care and taco bell

I'm at the combination

Such a cute concept a.hhwh

Domonique’s character sheet! They’re a Pseudomonas fluorescence with aeruginosa traits. I hope you like them! They’re my angel!
#furry #bacteria #fursona #pseudomonas #charactersheet
(I hope the quality is actually decent I tried so many ways to import this god damn image)

Final part for Gram Strain! I’ll make character sheets before I start the next part #ocs #microbiology

Gram strain pt 5! I tried to figure out how to to increase the image quality to no avail. Ah well. #bacteria #microbiology #comic #ocs #furry

This made me wonder whether a) what results would be like at multiple latitudes/longitudes and continents, and b) how major genus exist throughout the world when high reproductive rates increase opportunity for mutation and out-competition. Then again, we have observed less than 1% of spp.

Note on political alignments: I will make a post with all political alignments, but until then… Mutualism is comparable with mid/far leftist politics. All political alignments are inspired by symbiotic relationships. More to be added later!

Gram strain pt 4! I love bacillus subtilis and pseudomonas spp. God I love soil microbiology furries #ocs #furry #microbes :3

This is so fun

Update to BacFighT6, with presets for easy exploration of complex behaviors:
sites.google.com/view/bacfight6

Try "battle royale" preset where prey (blue) produce capsule, attackers (red) move towards prey and feed on it, defenders (orange) retaliate!

Took a while to eliminate the reds!

Gram Strain pt 3! Biofilms are very important for bacteria to keep themselves secure and allow them to stick to their surroundings. Bacteria otherwise would be flushed away and struggle to
contribute to soil formation :(
#microbiology #bacillus #psedomonas #pedology

Gram strain pt2
Gram staining colors bacteria violet (+) or pink (-). + means the cell wall has a thick peptidoglycan polysaccharide layer unlike -. This is useful for identification

Yes I’ve given a bacteria a southern accent, he’ from Lobelville, TN where the soils are yellow & oxide rich baby!

Bacillus subtilis is a ubiquitous soil bacteria known for its resiliency by use of endospores and mutualistic tendencies. Bacilli lineage may be as old as 4Ga!

References
1: www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/13...
#comic #bacteria #soil #microbes
2: news.northwestern.edu/stories/2024...

Femtanyl fanart
#art #fanart #femtanyl #musicfanart

Come join the sit-in against the MAGA pipeline! 1810 Blanshard St in Victoria. #yyj #bcpoli #stopprgt

So apparently, there's not enough money in the budget to provide free school lunch, but there's millions for Trump to spend to "rebuild and open Alcatraz."
#ProudBlue #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace #Alcatraz #TrumpIsAMoron #MAGAMorons

Screenshot of a passage from the linked Bulwark article about Trump's proposed tariff on movies (?!?). The text: "And indeed, there’s little to do but laugh and curse, because no one has any fucking idea what a “100 percent Tariff on any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands” actually means. Is it a tariff on the entire budget of the movie? Is it a tariff on the tax rebates secured from other nations? Is it a tariff on every ticket sold? Maybe? Maybe not. Who knows! One-time Amazon Studios chief Roy Price highlighted a bunch of very obvious questions about this scheme, such as what even qualifies as a “film” in the age of streaming. No matter: Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick claimed to be “on it.” I’m sure he’ll come up with something really great."

"The irony of all this is that the American film industry is so dominant already that other nations literally pay Hollywood studios to come to their countries and make movies."
www.thebulwark.com/i/162883840/...

"A breakthrough for gender equality in space tourism"

Screenshot of U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) behind a podium on the Senate Floor. A chyron underneath him reads: "SEN BOOKER WILL BREAK SEN THURMOND'S RECORD AT 7:19PM ET"

SEN BOOKER WILL BREAK SEN THURMOND'S RECORD AT 7:19PM ET reads the @c-span.bsky.social chyron under @booker.senate.gov, it'll be an added bonus today if Booker's marathon on the Senate floor overturns a record held by a segregationist to prevent the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957

Longest speaking filibuster ever was 24 hours, 18 minutes by Strom Thurmond in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

In a few hours, that record will be shattered by Sen. Cory Booker, a Black man, laying out the case for saving democracy from an aspiring despot.

A perfect corkscrew shaped mushroom grows on the broken end of a fallen branch above its family and the lichen speckling the branch’s smooth bark. All photos by me

Here are some nice mushrooms

Thanks to you I have it 💖

Promotional image for Teagan Campbells animation project titled “Blackhole”. The image displays the Title “Blackhole” at the top in a gothic font. Below it, the main character of the animation sits at the edge of a large hole in the ground, looking down into the dark abyss. Text featured on image: “support on Patreon” Patreon.com/yugentear

“Blackhole”
A personal animation project that will debut at Slice of Life (Vancouver) in late October.

You can support the project by monthly or one-time donations:

www.patreon.com/c/yugentear

Study of a Figure in a Chair | SH2