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#TIL about The Grillo telephone, a 1960s flip phone telephone from Italy.

https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/works-and-artists/the-grillo-phone-a-nice-way-to-make-a-phone-call

"The modern styling, compact form factor, and automatically opening clamshell design set "Grillo" apart from other telephones that were available at the time."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grillo_telephone

via @[email protected]

#grillo #vintage #phone #technology #history

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Huh, jaywalking is still illegal in #NYC?

"Police hand down few fines for jaywalking, but more than 90 percent of them go to Black and Hispanic New Yorkers, said the sponsor behind the Council bill."

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/09/12/breaking-council-balks-on-legalizing-jaywalking

#news #NycNews #jaywalking

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"The original Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater was released for PlayStation on Sept. 29, 1999, so a possible reveal could be imminent."

https://www.polygon.com/gaming/451091/tony-hawk-pro-skater-25th-anniversary-thps-3-4

#videogames #GamingNews #news #THPS

#Games

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Kind of neat how they made the game in two different visual styles.

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Hey, remember the Rugrats TV show?

There's apparently a new platformer game based on it and it's free to download this week in the Epic Game store.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX0UyVgDQi4

Download: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/rugrats-adventures-in-gameland-737402

#videogames #rugrats #nostalgia #EpicGamesStore

#Games

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I can't remember if I ever played it. Seems too stressful!

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Remember Flappy Bird? Its developer pulled the game offline 10 years ago after it "ruined his simple life".

Now the game is coming back.

https://www.ign.com/articles/10-years-after-it-was-pulled-offline-viral-mobile-game-flappy-bird-is-coming-back

#videogames #news #GamingNews

#Games

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"By the first decades of the nineteenth century [Gottfried Mind's] distinct talents later encapsulated in the moniker mentioned in every obituary and retrospective account that appeared in the English-speaking press, from the Gentleman’s Magazine to the children’s periodical Chatterbox: “Der Katzenraphael”, or, “The Raphael of Cats”."

https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/gottfried-mind-the-raphael-of-cats/

#art #history #cats

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"The tardigrade’s tiny size belies both its astounding physical resilience and its charisma."

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/tardigrade/

#science #history

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

@[email protected] Briefly unblocking you to say, there are ways to correct people without being rude. Something to perhaps work on. Wish you all the best.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

@[email protected] Well that was a quote from the article, but thanks for sharing the links!

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"Never in its 50-plus years in existence has the regulator issued new rules for automakers requiring them to change their vehicle designs to better prevent pedestrian fatalities."

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/10/24241047/nhtsa-rule-pedestrian-safety-fmvss-suv-truck-design

#transportation #cars #CarsRuinCities #RoadSafety

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@creative A list of monthly, weekly, and ongoing creative challenges https://challenges.stefanbohacek.dev

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"Of the thousands of New York City employers identified in the Dashboard, the employers highlighted below are some of the largest violators in each section."

https://comptroller.nyc.gov/services/for-the-public/employer-violations-dashboard/employer-wall-of-shame/

via https://jacobin.com/2024/09/nyc-comptroller-worst-employers-lander/, with links to similar resources.

#nyc #employees #labor #workers #WorkersRights

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Web Design Museum exhibits thousands of screens and videos of old websites, mobile apps and software from 1990s to mid-00s.

https://www.webdesignmuseum.org

#history #technology #OldWeb #design

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This is how it's done ✊

Days ahead of the next release in a popular videogame franchise, a development studio is joining a strike with another studio against their parent company.

"If no improvement in our working conditions is offered because “it would drive other studios within the group to ask for the same”, it stands to reason then that we make those demands together."

https://traxion.gg/test-drive-unlimited-solar-crown-developer-goes-on-strike/

#news #labor #WorkersRight #WorkerSolidarity #solidarity #gamedev #videogames #strike

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Also a good article about #MayDay:

"The ruling class did not want to have a very active labor force connected internationally," said Peter Linebaugh, author of The Incomplete, True, Authentic, and Wonderful History of May Day. "The principle of national patriotism was used against the principle of working-class unity or trade union unity."

https://www.npr.org/2022/04/30/1095729592/what-is-may-day-history

#LaborDay #workers #WorkerSolidarity #history

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

@liaizon @gedaliyah Thank you for tagging me, saving this to check it out later!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

@MostlyBlindGamer That's really great to hear!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

@MostlyBlindGamer @alttexthalloffame I was a bit surprised that there's a sizable community of blind gamers.

One thing I've realized over the past few years is that it's not the disability that keeps you from enjoying life, it really is about how the rest of the world treats you.

And it's always great to see when people put in the effort to make sure everyone is included.

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