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Blake PattersonRIP Bill Atkinson<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Macintosh</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inventor</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#artist</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/pirate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pirate</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintageApple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vintageApple</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MacPaint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MacPaint</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/HyperCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HyperCard</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/QuickDraw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#QuickDraw</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/hero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hero</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RIP</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDHappy birthday to British <a href="https://spore.social/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#engineer</a>, <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mathematician</a>, <a href="https://spore.social/tags/physicist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#physicist</a> & <a href="https://spore.social/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inventor</a> Hertha Ayrton (1854-1923). I’ve shown her in my <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> with a diagram of the dividers from her 1st of 26 (!) patents, one of her diagrams about the origin & growth of ripple marks & one of her diagrams of an electric arc lamp (a subject on which she literally wrote the textbook).⁠ ⁠ Born Phoebe Sarah Marks, she was the 3rd of 8 children 🧵 <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/WomenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WomenInSTEM</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histstm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#histstm</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/suffragette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#suffragette</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a>

Ingrid Hoeben Ⓥ 🇧🇪Hedy Lamarr has been celebrated as "the most beautiful woman in the world," she was actually a remarkable inventor who devised a system for remote-controlling torpedoes that became the basis for bluetooth and wifi.Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler (9 November 1914 – 19 January 2000)<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hedylamarr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hedylamarr</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inventor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wifi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bluetooth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bluetooth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/actress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#actress</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cinema</a>

IT NewsJosephine Cochrane Invented the Modern Dishwasher — In 1886 - Popular Science has an excellent article on how Josephine Cochrane transformed how... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/03/11/josephine-cochrane-invented-the-modern-dishwasher-in-1886/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2025/03/11/josephine-cochrane-invented-the-modern-dishwasher-in-1886/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/womenintechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#womenintechnology</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/dishwasher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dishwasher</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inventor</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/patent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#patent</a>

IT NewsThe Engineer Behind Mine Detection - According to [Joanna Goodrich]  in IEEE Spectrum, prior to World War II, soldiers ... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/01/10/the-engineer-behind-mine-detection/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2025/01/10/the-engineer-behind-mine-detection/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/metaldetector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metaldetector</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/minedetector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#minedetector</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/mischacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mischacks</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/worldwar2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#worldwar2</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inventor</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDin particular).A career civil servant in Nanyang, Heng was also an <a href="https://spore.social/tags/astronomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astronomer</a>, <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mathematician</a>, <a href="https://spore.social/tags/seismologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#seismologist</a>, hydraulic engineer, <a href="https://spore.social/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inventor</a>, geographer, cartographer, ethnographer, artist, <a href="https://spore.social/tags/poet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poet</a>, philosopher, politician & literary scholar. He was a bit of a controversial figure politically, sparing over calendar reform & with rivals amongst the palace eunuchs. But both his poetry & famous inventions are still remembered. He also improved the Chinese approximation for pi & 🧵2/n

Ingrid Hoeben Ⓥ 🇧🇪Hedy Lamarr was born on this day in 1914. Once celebrated as "the most beautiful woman in the world," she was actually a remarkable inventor who devised a system for remote-controlling torpedoes that became the basis for bluetooth and wifi.Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler (9 November 1914 – 19 January 2000)<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/actress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#actress</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inventor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/scientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scientist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hedylamarr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hedylamarr</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/botd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#botd</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/icon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#icon</a>

Ingrid Hoeben Ⓥ 🇧🇪Hedy Lamarr Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler (9 November 1914 – 19 January 2000)<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/actress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#actress</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inventor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/scientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scientist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hedylamarr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hedylamarr</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/botd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#botd</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/icon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#icon</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDHappy birthday to <a href="https://spore.social/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inventor</a> Hedy Lamarr (1914 – 2000) & Hollywood star. Born Hedwig Keisler in Vienna, she gained fame after her risqué & notorious starring role in Machatý's ‘33 film Ecstasy. Mandl, 1st of 6 husbands, objected & tried unsuccessfully to buy all copies of film. Hedy objected to him, a munitions manufacturer, dealing with fascists despite both being of Jewish heritage. She learned secret of her beauty was 🧵1/n<a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/WomenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WomenInSTEM</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a>

Johnny D: ( moved to @purrperl@mastodon.social )<a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a> Aloha! 🌈💐Here's a <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photo</a> I just took, on my way from Kona to Hilo, Hawai'i.I started programming computers 40 years ago. Got a degree in Computer Science. I'm interested in a wide range of subjects. Love word play, puns, poems, stories, and <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> in general.Have a sense of humor that's very eccentric and spicy.Introverted. Love <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nature</a>, solitude, <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/meditation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#meditation</a>, camping, hiking and <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ocean</a> frolicking.Excited about using <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technology</a> to improve people's lives in a tangible way.<a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/SolarPunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SolarPunk</a> <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/Inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Inventor</a> Support <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unions</a> !Into <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#degrowth</a> Avid user of <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/Cannabis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cannabis</a> Enjoy a good exchange of ideas.Live in <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/Hawaii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hawaii</a> Enjoy learning <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#languages</a> ( human and otherwise )Wide and eclectic taste in <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#music</a> Do say hello!

aproitz<a href="https://spacey.space/@isaackuo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@isaackuo</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@scottsantens" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@scottsantens</a> I wrote it in a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Post" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Post</a> before: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> is a tricky <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Inventor</a>, but he has zero emotional <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Intelligence</a>, maybe due to his <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AspergerSyndrom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AspergerSyndrom</a>-who knows, but he definetly lacks it and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/People" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#People</a> like him claim such <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nonsense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nonsense</a>-Stuff, you cited above, to fill their own <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vacuum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vacuum</a> and distract from their own <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Incapabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Incapabilities</a>.

Dave Muth<a href="https://mstdn.party/@holeinthehead2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@holeinthehead2</a> OMG! And he's a darn cute, old lifelong inventive genius. What a smile! And I want one of his lightsabers. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/StarWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StarWars</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Brilliant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Brilliant</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Inventor</a> More <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Patents</a> than you can name.

Ingrid Hoeben Ⓥ 🇧🇪<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HedyLamarr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HedyLamarr</a> on the set of Boom Town (1940) - photo by Laszlo Willinger<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/actress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#actress</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cinema</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/icon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#icon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inventor</a>

Janice SelbieMore cool inventions from young people! Way to go, young human! <a href="https://mas.to/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/STEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#STEM</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/teens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#teens</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/girl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#girl</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inventor</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/invention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#invention</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#safety</a> <a href="https://theheartysoul.com/14-year-old-girl-invents-a-way-for-drivers-to-see-through-blindspots/?utm_source=smartnews" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theheartysoul.com/14-year-old-girl-invents-a-way-for-drivers-to-see-through-blindspots/?utm_source=smartnews</a>

Ramesh #NotGoingBack<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FakeIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FakeIntelligence</a> cannot be <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/patent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#patent</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inventor</a> Stephen <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thaler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Thaler</a>, a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> computer scientist, lost his bid to register patents over inventions created by his <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> system in a landmark case in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Britain</a>. The dubious inventions were devised by his "creativity machine" called <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DABUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DABUS</a> Thaler appealed to UK's Supreme Court, which unanimously rejected it, as under UK patent law "an inventor must be a natural person".It doesn't preclude a PERSON using AI to devise an invention.<a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/ai-cannot-be-patent-inventor-uk-supreme-court-rules-landmark-case-2023-12-20/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/technology/ai-cannot-be-patent-inventor-uk-supreme-court-rules-landmark-case-2023-12-20/</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDHappy birthday to <a href="https://spore.social/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inventor</a> Hedy Lamarr (1914 – 2000) & Hollywood star. Born Hedwig Keisler in Vienna, she gained fame after her risqué & notorious starring role in Machatý's ‘33 film Ecstasy. Mandl, 1st of 6 husbands, objected & tried unsuccessfully to buy all copies of film. Hedy objected to him, a munitions manufacturer, dealing with fascists despite both being of Jewish heritage. She learned secret of her beauty was to "stand there and look stupid” … 🧵1/n<a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/WomenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WomenInSTEM</a>

The Video Game Library 📚Discover Jerry Lawson, the genius who transformed gaming, in this picture-book biography 🎮📚 From inventing swappable cartridges to founding the country's first African American-owned video game company, his journey reshaped the industry forever🕹️ 👉 <a href="https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/jerry-changed-the-game-how-engineer-jerry-lawson-revolutionized-video-games-forever" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/jerry-changed-the-game-how-engineer-jerry-lawson-revolutionized-video-games-forever</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JerryLawson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JerryLawson</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GamingPioneer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GamingPioneer</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Innovator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Innovator</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VideoGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VideoGames</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Biography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GameChanger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GameChanger</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Inspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Inspiration</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TechInnovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechInnovation</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VideoGameHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VideoGameHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GamingIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GamingIndustry</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Inventor</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AfricanAmericanInventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AfricanAmericanInventor</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Book</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

Nando161Muriel Fahrion, the creator of Strawberry Shortcake and Care Bears, was under a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#work</a> for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hire</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/contract" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#contract</a> when she created them and as a result has received no residuals over the last 40+ years. If you like either of those properties, consider purchasing something from her website. She has art and cute jewelry!<a href="https://www.outtathinairstudio.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.outtathinairstudio.com/</a>Yet another <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/example" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#example</a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> not rewarding the actual <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#artist</a>/ <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inventor</a>/ <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/producer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#producer</a> of a particular thing. If you want to get ahead in this <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/system" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#system</a>, it's not about hard work or innovation; it's about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/owning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#owning</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/capital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#capital</a>. <a href="https://www.tumblr.com/left-reminders/725754675401572352/yet-another-example-of-capitalism-not-rewarding?source=share" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.tumblr.com/left-reminders/725754675401572352/yet-another-example-of-capitalism-not-rewarding?source=share</a>

The Kid Should See This 🌈🪐✨✏️ <a href="https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/spirograph-inventor-1977-denys-fisher-video" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/spirograph-inventor-1977-denys-fisher-video</a>In 1960, self-taught <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#engineer</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DenysFisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DenysFisher</a> studied the design of a one-pound note. 💷 “He thought its intricate patterns were made by a simple gearing mechanism,” explains the narrator of this 1977 clip from the British <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#television</a> series Tomorrow’s World. “There and then, he decided to make a pattern drawing <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/toy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#toy</a> based on that principle.” That toy was the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Spirograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Spirograph</a>.<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#video</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/play" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#play</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/patterns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#patterns</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#math</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/maths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maths</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inventor</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/inventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inventions</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/symmetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#symmetry</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/mechanics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mechanics</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/toys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#toys</a>

Kara W. Swanson<a href="https://mastodon.social/@Deglassco" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Deglassco</a> thanks for this great thread! Sadie’s family also included aunt Gertrude Bustill Mossell, a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writer</a> publishing as Mrs N.F. Mossell. (The Work of the African American Woman (1894)). Gertrude was also an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inventor</a> who did not patent her invention, a form of camping equipment. Interesting to think about how her niece embraced law as a tool & (maybe?) also claimed her own name in public spaces. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackInventors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackInventors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LegalHist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegalHist</a> <a href="https://blogs.stockton.edu/litrecovery2019/mrs-n-f-mossell/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blogs.stockton.edu/litrecovery2019/mrs-n-f-mossell/</a>

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