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2026-07-24 09:07 UTC

The man whose codebreaking may have helped to shorten the Second World War by two years met a grim reward: in 1952 Alan Turing was convicted simply for being gay and chemically castrated; a royal pardon came only in 2013, decades after his death By Space Daily Editorial Team https://spacedaily.com/m-the-man-whose-codebreaking-may-have-shortened-the-second-world-war-by-two-years-met-a-grim-reward-in-1952-alan-turing-was-convicted-simply-for-being-gay-and-chemically-castrated-a-royal-pardon-came/ More information about Alan Turing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing #computerScience #cryptanalysis #lgbt

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@hamishb@mstdn.ca 2026-07-24 12:38

A somewhat happier addendum in today's Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/24/alan-turing-short-story @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

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@atlovato@mastodon.social 2026-07-24 12:25

@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social - Reproductive Rights Unwanted Sterilization and Eugenics Programs in the United States https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/blog/unwanted-sterilization-and-eugenics-programs-in-the-united-states/ January 29, 2016 by Lisa Ko in Beyond the Films Coerced sterilization is a shameful part of America’s history, and one doesn’t have to go too far back to find examples of it. Used as a means of controlling “undesirable” populations – ipeople of color, poor people, unmarried mothers federally-funded sterilization programs.

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