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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?

these may become a full image someday. and perhaps rendered more fully. or not. i do not control the gay hyperfix.

a sketch of riku from kingdom hearts drifting/reaching for the upper left corner

the same sketch of riku as before, with a background and some text floating around him in stylized italics, with the final line larger than the others: Sora… I will find you. Whatever it takes. Even if it’s a hundred years from now. I will find you… I promise.

a sketch of sora from kingdom hearts drifting/reaching for the bottom right corner

the same sketch of sora as before, with a background and some text floating around him in stylized italics, with the final line larger than the others: Riku… I’ll come home. I’ll find a way. I promise.

back from pax west and it’s time to learn how to be a human again (at least until unplugged lol). sketched on the plane while listening to kingdom hearts orchestral music

WHAT

chuck tingle is the closest we’re ever gonna get to a superhero, in the sense that everyone theorizes about his secret identity

This is the heart of the anger so many feel. Labor is paying for bad strategy, bad decision making, bad trend chasing… and no one is ever held accountable in AAA.

If small indie studio owners can step up and own this, so must millionaire execs.

Layoffs should never be made in the passive voice.

message to all bitches please survive

got my tickets last week 🙏 so hype

it’s past midnight typos don’t count

i’m the middle of this insane d20 marathon manifesting being the dm i want to be

worked 15 out of 16 days in a row time to crash

a final fantasy roegadyn male character posing with their arms in a wide v shape and a big smile. they are wearing glasses, green-skinned and white haired, and wearing full platemail with a sword strapped to their back. there is a bright lamp next to them on the wall and they are in front of a fireplace.

when you finally get dark knight up to msq after not playing for a year

needed to read this thread today. thank you

i don’t think you can get more boston than standing in the rain at a protest listening to the dropkick murphys live while someone holds up a sign saying the only ice i want is in my coffee

the poses and the order they’re in make me ridiculously happy

bought my parents frozen f’sh fillets for their anniversary

this is DELIGHTFUL i always love getting maddy lore in comic form

i nobody ever filibusters with a tingler during my lifetime i am going to be furious

anyways book of bill SLAPS. i laughed, i cried, i cursed out an evil dorito, the works

true story i’m so spaced rn i just scrolled twitter for a bit thinking it was here 😭😭😭

once i deem it finished enough i’ll post the info for our ggj game. in the meantime - i finished reading lotr! have some gimlas doodles, for they occupy my mind very much

i told my friends abt how well ggj went and how i was pleasantly surprised i’m good at making games and such and my friend said “isn’t that literally what you went to college for”

anyways i made a game (w an awesome group of people) for the first time in almost 7 years 🥺

have you tried uninstalling your browser? or performing an exorcism?

game jam tomorrow. last time i touched game dev was when i taught it in summer 2023, i’m nervous to dip my toes back in among all these professionals 🥺

me when i can’t post my doodles bc they happen after like a hundred unreleased episodes of previous story and i want things ~unspoiled~

the dragon prince s7 finale
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PRINCE ZUKO??!?

it my birth. autism stare

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