Rutty SEODec 18, 2022
Dave Bittner

Fun fact: It was Giovanni Mastodoni, John’s great-great-grandfather, who first came to America with dreams of decentralized publishing.

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Dec 18, 2022 at 10:54amWeb
Show threadAndrew C.A. ElliottDec 18, 2022
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I'd heard this rumour. Thanks for confirming.
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Show threadqwertzalotlDec 18, 2022

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Can you confirm that it was Giovanni's great-great uncle Guiseppe Mastodoni who founded the "Elephant and Castle" in London around 1750?

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Show thread*The* Paul BrownDec 18, 2022

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Sure, but neither men would've ever made any headway whatsoever in the development of the social media platform without the prior work of Ernestine Wilhelmine "Toot" Frankel in the field of distribution of micro-messages.

As usual, She was forgotten by history solely for being a woman.

Unfortunately, Ernestine died of exposure in 1947, when hiking the New Zealand highlands, having abandoned computer science in disgust:

https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/ernestine-wilhelmine-toot-frankel-24-2mqjdb

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Ernestine Wilhelmine (Toot) Frankel 1867-1947 - Ancestry®

Research genealogy for Ernestine Wilhelmine (Toot) Frankel of Gawler, South Australia, Australia, as well as other members of the Frankel family, on Ancestry®.

Show thread*The* Paul BrownDec 18, 2022

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(Not my joke, but can't find original) (sorry OP. Please claim your joke here.)

Show threadneil howard :verified_paw:Dec 18, 2022
@bittner LOL!