Belgian nerd
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Born in 1914, Hedy Lamarr was a famous American actress who pioneered the technology that would lead to WiFi, GPS, cell phones & Bluetooth communication.
Lamarr was brilliant. Among many fascinating inventions, she developed a new communication system with composer George Antheil that used “frequency hopping” among radio waves.
Once called the “most beautiful woman in the world," Lamarr is now remembered as "the mother of Wi-Fi."
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/thank-world-war-ii-era-film-star-your-wi-fi-180971584/ #science #history #HistoryRemix
"Donald Trump would be immune against lawsuits even if he had urged his supporters to "burn Congress down" while in office, his lawyer argued in court today"
@zoetillman That's the new "Well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal".
@markhertling They might say: "You know, he says a lot of things, you have to take him in context..”
Oh look, that's what rep Dave Joyce (R-OH) just said.
https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1599442203717390337?t=0LQH_Pddcb58ROlkuRXqsQ&s=19
Biden: "And instead of giving it a platform, our political leaders should be calling out and rejecting antisemitism wherever it hides.
Silence is complicity."
https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1598714500286406657?t=uHhVGa2t5MNVIeNRf1p7uw&s=19
@upliftingtoots "The measure passed with 79.54% of the vote"
24.46% voted against banning all forms of slavery? 🤨