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joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>September 17, 1787<br>_______________</p><p>Elizabeth Willing Powel: "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?"</p><p>“A republic, if you can keep it,” replied Benjamin Franklin.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BenjaminFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenjaminFranklin</span></a><br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElizabethWillingPowel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElizabethWillingPowel</span></a><br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/republic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>republic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/monarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monarchy</span></a></p>
Madelaine Drohan<p>A qualified happy birthday to Benjamin Franklin, who was born on January 17, 1706. He was brilliant in many ways but he was no friend to Canada.<br><a href="https://historians.social/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/benjaminfranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>benjaminfranklin</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/AmericanRevolution250" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanRevolution250</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/HeDidNotConquer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeDidNotConquer</span></a></p><p><a href="https://earlyamericanists.com/2017/02/15/roundtable-ambassador-in-a-hat-the-sartorial-power-of-benjamin-franklins-fur-cap/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">earlyamericanists.com/2017/02/</span><span class="invisible">15/roundtable-ambassador-in-a-hat-the-sartorial-power-of-benjamin-franklins-fur-cap/</span></a></p>
-0--1-<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BenjaminFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenjaminFranklin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ARepublic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ARepublic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IfYouCanKeepIt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IfYouCanKeepIt</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EastTennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EastTennessee</span></a> FAQ:</p><p>What is the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/StateOfFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateOfFranklin</span></a>, in honor of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BenjaminFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenjaminFranklin</span></a>?</p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://c.im/@msbellows" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>msbellows</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BenjaminFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenjaminFranklin</span></a> put it so succinctly at the signing of the Declaration: “We must all hang together…or we’ll hang separately.”</p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@dugglebutt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dugglebutt</span></a></span> <br>They were definitely young, scrappy, and hungry (to quote Hamilton).</p><p>But, at the Constitutional Convention in Philly, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BenjaminFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenjaminFranklin</span></a> was older than Biden is now.</p>
La Historieta Musical (Jesús)<p>Hay un instrumento que nació de la mente de un hombre que fue inventor, diplomático y hasta padre de un país.</p><p>Que durante años fue muy popular y, de repente, desapareció hasta casi el olvido.</p><p>Quizás porque estaba maldito.</p><p>Hoy, en <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LaHistorietaMusical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaHistorietaMusical</span></a>, la armónica de cristal.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LaHistorietaMusical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaHistorietaMusical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/benjaminfranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>benjaminfranklin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/armonicadecristal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>armonicadecristal</span></a></p>
(((Cindy Weinstein)))<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@QasimRashid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>QasimRashid</span></a></span> . Paging <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BenjaminFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenjaminFranklin</span></a>.</p>
Tuckers Nuts Resist! 🇺🇦 <p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@lowqualityfacts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lowqualityfacts</span></a></span> <br>🥥 If Eye'm not mistaken, Mr Facts, it was Benjamin Franklin who originally designated kites as weapons of mass destruction. <br>Eye saw it somewhere on teh internets.🥥<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BenjaminFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenjaminFranklin</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Kites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kites</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LowQualityFacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowQualityFacts</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p>On the subject of looking for excuses to erase progressive black female politicians out of public office, if i hear one more time about <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/IlhanOmar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IlhanOmar</span></a> supposedly being <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/antisemitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitic</span></a> because she said something or other about 'It's All About the Benjamins', I'll lose it! She was referring to $100 dollar bills. Not Jews! Not about conflating jews with money...NOT her point.</p><p>According to my mum, the <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/rap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rap</span></a> song called 'All About The Benjamins' came out in 1997 before I was even fucking born.</p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/BenjaminFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenjaminFranklin</span></a> is on the face of a one hundred dollar bill </p><p>That's it.</p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/USAShitShow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAShitShow</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>There was a 45-year age difference between 81-year old <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BenjaminFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenjaminFranklin</span></a> and 36-year old <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/JamesMadison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JamesMadison</span></a> at the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Constitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitutional</span></a> convention.</p><p>The gap was 49 years between <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AlexanderHamilton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlexanderHamilton</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/generations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>generations</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/JoeBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeBiden</span></a> is the same age as <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BenjaminFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenjaminFranklin</span></a> when he attended the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>Virtue &gt; Orthodoxy</p><p><a href="https://founders.archives.gov/?q=Arian&amp;s=1111311111&amp;sa=&amp;r=1&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">founders.archives.gov/?q=Arian</span><span class="invisible">&amp;s=1111311111&amp;sa=&amp;r=1&amp;sr=</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BenjaminFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenjaminFranklin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AmericanEnlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanEnlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Founders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Founders</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/virtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtue</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/arianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arianism</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>From random capitalizations &amp; unmistakable passive-aggressive tone, I'd have imagined this to be written by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p><p>But it is in fact a 1778 letter from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BenjaminFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenjaminFranklin</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JamesHutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JamesHutton</span></a> calling <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> "the worst and wickedest Nation upon Earth"</p><p>While excoriating Hutton for his "superior Skill in huckstering <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Negotiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Negotiation</span></a>," 😂 Franklin exhorts him to show his "Generosity" &amp; just "throw in those Countries"<br>of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NovaScotia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NovaScotia</span></a>, &amp; the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a>(s) as "Indemnification" 😂</p><p><a href="https://franklinpapers.org/framedVolumes.jsp?vol=25&amp;page=562a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">franklinpapers.org/framedVolum</span><span class="invisible">es.jsp?vol=25&amp;page=562a</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Was Benjamin Franklin the first to incorporate colored fiber into currency? - Enlarge / Khachatur Manukyan and colleagues at the University of Notre ... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1954593" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=1954593</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ramanspectroscopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ramanspectroscopy</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/benjaminfranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>benjaminfranklin</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/spectroscopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spectroscopy</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/xrfmapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xrfmapping</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/currency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>currency</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a></p>
Flipboard Culture Desk<p>On the Fourth of July, here's a look at Founding Father Benjamin Franklin's time in London, where he honed his satirical skills and shifted from proud monarchist to revolutionary republican.</p><p><a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/history/2023/07/start-american-revolution-benjamin-franklin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newstatesman.com/culture/histo</span><span class="invisible">ry/2023/07/start-american-revolution-benjamin-franklin</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/IndependenceDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndependenceDay</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FourthOfJuly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthOfJuly</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/BenjaminFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenjaminFranklin</span></a></p>
(((Cindy Weinstein)))<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://geekdom.social/@NickEast" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NickEast</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstadon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookbubble" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookbubble</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://chirp.social/@books" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>books</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/libraries" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>libraries</span></a></span>. Yes! And thanks to <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BenjaminFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenjaminFranklin</span></a> who got the first one in <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Philadelphia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philadelphia</span></a> started!</p>
IT News<p>Your fave illustration of Franklin’s kite experiment is likely riddled with errors - Enlarge / Hand-colored lithograph published by Currier &amp; Ives in 18... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1941212" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=1941212</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/sciencecommunication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencecommunication</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/benjaminfranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>benjaminfranklin</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/historyofscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historyofscience</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/kiteexperiment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kiteexperiment</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricity</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a></p>
Jon Hancock<p>Reminded that I also have this gem of pre-revolutionary writings on the shelf:</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/BenjaminFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenjaminFranklin</span></a></p>
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