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On June 23rd, the next ObsoleteSony book launches on Kickstarter.
A DRM-free digital copy of Sony Year by Year, and a thank-you for year one.
The year Sony began breaking the Walkman into smaller, stranger, and more personal forms.
More in history
These police mugshots bear witness to a different time, when black trans women were arrested for ‘cross-dressing’ or ‘female impersonation’. They were taken between 1970 and 1979 in Philadelphia when police were the jurisdiction of Police Commissioner (and later Democrat Mayor of Philadelphia) Frank Rizzo (October 23, 1920 – July 16, 1991), the self-proclaimed … Continue reading "Police Mugshots of Black Trans Women Arrested for Cross-Dressing or Female Impersonation in 1970s Philadelphia" The post Police Mugshots of Black Trans Women Arrested for Cross-Dressing or Female Impersonation in 1970s Philadelphia appeared first on Flashbak.
In 480 BC, a colossal Persian army crossed the Hellespont. Led by the power-hungry King Xerxes I, hundreds of thousands of troops traveled towards Greece’s heartland in search of vengeance for a disastrous defeat ten years prior. As their customs demanded, the Athenians sought counsel at Delphi, where the Pythian oracle told them that […]
Using GPT-6 and Opus 5.5 to trace alchemical knowledge and decode 17th century letters
