Post by @blogdiva@mastodon.social

2026-10-04 16:57 UTC

which brings me to the point i wanted to make. i columbused #NASA’s LOLs a few years ago ―thanks to a Tumblr post. sure enough, at that time all there was, was oral history, some articles here and there; but nothing and i mean there was NOTHING in trade books, popular culture and even less in history books. i was never taught about the LOLs nor did i have teaching materials about them when i taught PS history. all this to say: SILICON VALLEY IS BUILT ON MISOGYNY, RACISM & CLASS WAR…

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@blogdiva@mastodon.social 2026-10-04 17:06

that my mother had the architectural and engineering skills to solder components for aeronautical electronics yet was made to believe they were useless because they were the skills of a garment worker, and an exploited sweatshop worker, is why we need a new Luddite revolution. imagine a world in which we had 3 generations of engineers with sewing, beading, embroidery, quilting, carpentry, metallurgic arts skills running with what #NASA learned with the LOL program? imagine that computing…

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@fluffykittycat@furry.engineer 2026-10-04 17:43

@blogdiva@mastodon.social we need a "hidden history of the Apollo program and NASA" compendium of all the forgotten people behind the scenes who made it happen

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@Guillotine_Jones@beige.party 2026-10-04 21:20

@blogdiva@mastodon.social ...Pleez don't leave out greed and ignorance, Auntie.

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