tomstandage.bsky.social
Author, deputy editor at The Economist, maker of pizzas, drummer, gamer, history nerd
👤 Joined on 01 May 2023
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@tomstandage.bsky.socialJust learned that crank calls had telegraphic predecessors—telegrams sent to L. E. Phant or Lynn C. Doyle. (I had to say that one out loud.) Crank wires were part of the hazing (“salting”) of telegraph operators. (I’m finally reading Tom Standage’s The Victorian Internet. @tomstandage.bsky.social )
Show PostTook a nice sunset photo the other day and forgot to post it so here it is now.
Show PostDay 18 #30DayMapChallenge I 3D-printed John Snow's 1854 cholera map of Soho. It took ages.
Show PostI think we missed a trick with the band name
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