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#Enigma

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Dennis A

#Enigma #HBO #max
The new documentary Enigma about trans lives will be airing tonight June 24th on HBO at 9pm and also will be streaming on max.

HBO documentary ‘Enigma’ explores transgender identity and legacy

“Enigma” dives into the history of Parisian club Le Carrousel and the powerful stories of the transgender women who worked there in the 1950s.
nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-cu

NBC News · HBO documentary ‘Enigma’ explores transgender identity and legacyBy Jo Yurcaba
Bruce MacDonald

"A lover of puzzles and crosswords while growing up in Pittsburgh during the Great Depression, Mrs. Parsons deciphered German military messages that had been created by an Enigma machine, a typewriter-size device with a keyboard wired to internal rotors, which generated millions of codes. Her efforts provided Allied forces with information critical to evading, attacking and sinking enemy submarines."
nytimes.com/2025/04/30/world/j

The New York Times · Julia Parsons, U.S. Navy Code Breaker During World War II, Dies at 104By Michael S. Rosenwald
#Enigma#obituary#codebreaking
Computer History Museum 🇸🇮

An exhibition showcasing the original Enigma, which played a significant role in shaping the fate of World War II, and a lesser-known innocent children's typewriter, Barbie, manufactured in Slovenia. Along with a range of typesetting features, such as letter-spacing and underline, this children’s toy was capable of encoding and decoding secret messages, using a built-in cipher mode

#computermuseum#computerhistory#slovenia
Tommaths (he/him)

Today I am going to watch #TheImitationGame. I'm going to do this at a special screening at #BletchleyPark!

The movie is ten years old, and I was there, on set, looking after (& advising on use of) the #Enigma machine. I also taught Cumberbatch, Knightely & co. how to use it.

(The many and varied historical inaccuracies throughout the film are nothing to do with me and, in my opinion, don't stop it from being a decent watch).

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