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The white man behind it was Elihu Embree, an iron manufacturer and former slave owner who had evolved, at age thirty, into an abolitionist. Elihu mailed his newspapers to Southern politicians, intent on persuading them to end the horrors of slavery.
Fawn Weaver • Love & Whiskey
Nick Peterka
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Tripp Callan
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Behind the story of the modern limbed robotics configuration is an American actuator design ripped off by china.
Ben Katz and the MIT biomimetics lab https://t.co/33gcDAZgtq
🧵Analysis of footage from the Trump assassination attempt shows that Trump and David Dutch were hit in Crook's initial 3 shot volley. Corey Comperatore and James Copenhaver were struck by Crook's follow-up volley a few seconds later. (1/8) https://t.co/mlQ1wz9ZBj
It was also extremely versatile. Its magnetic surface meant that it could be used to blow up turbines, generators, trains – anything, indeed, that was made of metal. It was the perfect weapon for sabotage, small, silent, deadly, and with a touch of dark mischief that particularly appealed to Jefferis.
Giles Milton • Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Nathan Storey
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