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Dorothea Lange<p>Standing chimneys are a common sight in Greene County, Georgia. They often stand in gullied fields and indicate where once was a plantation home </p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/GreeneCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreeneCounty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Barbed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Barbed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/undefined" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>undefined</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/DorotheaLange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DorotheaLange</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017770448/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">loc.gov/pictures/item/20177704</span><span class="invisible">48/</span></a></p>
Richard Pierce<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@stevencudahy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stevencudahy</span></a></span> </p><p>Clocks</p><p>The clocks retreat<br>Constrained by human<br>Intervention trying<br>To tame nature<br>Most unnaturally.</p><p>The dark closes in<br>Too soon now, this<br>Barbed wire of night<br>And cold made<br>By human invention,</p><p>The sharpened ends<br>Of convention, tying<br>Minds and bodies with<br>Artificial restraints<br>Of pretence.</p><p>The freedoms we once<br>Had before time was<br>Measured by clockworks<br>Of useless science<br>Have long since gone.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Barbed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Barbed</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a></p>
juma<p>zingers zig and zag<br>barbed insults baked perfectly<br>icing on the cake</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PoetryCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoetryCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/zinger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zinger</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/insults" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insults</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/cake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cake</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/icing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>icing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/barbed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>barbed</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@stevencudahy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stevencudahy</span></a></span></p>
Steven Cudahy<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> for Sunday 27 October 2024 is:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/barbed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>barbed</span></a></p><p>The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.</p><p>@ me, if you like, or just include the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.</p><p>If you're including an image please do include alt-text so I can boost your post. <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoem</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fiction</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MicroFiction</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallStories</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>A 1902 issue of the Chicago-based magazine Telephony reported on a barbed wire fence telephone network that operated between Broomfield and Golden, Colorado (U.S.A.) <br>over a distance of 25 miles and which cost roughly $10 to build. </p><p>The line was used for a “woman operator” to notify a worker at the end of the line <br>“when to send down a head of water and how much.” </p><p>The author notes one “peculiar feature of this system is that only the operator can begin the talk. </p><p>When it is decided to send down water the operator calls up the man at the headgate and gives him specific instructions, which he must follow. </p><p>If he has anything to say he must say it then or hold his peace till he is called up again, <br>for it is not a circuit system and only the Broomfield office can call up. </p><p>This gives the lady the advantage of being able to shut off the other fellow at will and of getting in the last word.” </p><p> <a href="https://c.im/tags/barbed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>barbed</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/wire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wire</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/telephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telephone</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>If you look at the table of contents for my book, "Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook", <br>you’ll see that entries on networks before/outside the internet are arranged first by underlying infrastructure and then chronologically. <br>You’ll also notice that within the section on wired networks, there are two sub-sections: <br>one for electrical wire and another for barbed wire. <br>Even though the <a href="https://c.im/tags/barbed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>barbed</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/wire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wire</span></a> section is quite short, it was one of the most fascinating to research and write about <br>– mostly because the history of using barbed wire to communicate is surprisingly long and almost entirely undocumented, <br>even though barbed wire fence phones in particular were an essential part of early- to mid-twentieth century rural life in many parts of the U.S. and Canada!</p><p><a href="https://loriemerson.net/2024/08/31/a-brief-history-of-barbed-wire-fence-telephone-networks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">loriemerson.net/2024/08/31/a-b</span><span class="invisible">rief-history-of-barbed-wire-fence-telephone-networks/</span></a></p>
Jochen Lingelbach<p>Help needed on <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a> <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/colonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonial</span></a> <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> in <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a>! </p><p>I found this image below in the Frankfurt UB colonial photo archive without any description. It shows a group of <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/Africans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africans</span></a> and <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a> <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/colonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonial</span></a> soldiers in front of a building with a <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/barbed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>barbed</span></a> wire fence. <br>Does anyone know of any context? During the <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/Herero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Herero</span></a> and <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/Nama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nama</span></a> <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> in <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/Namibia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Namibia</span></a> maybe? </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/historikerinnen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>historikerinnen</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/africanstudies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>africanstudies</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://assemblag.es/@rheinze" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rheinze</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://historians.social/@todzi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>todzi</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/kolonialesbildarchiv/content/pageview/11425825" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de</span><span class="invisible">/kolonialesbildarchiv/content/pageview/11425825</span></a></p>
Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p>Triggered by shifts in the security landscape, the project aims to erect a barrier designed to deter unauthorized crossings. The wall, featuring <a href="https://noc.social/tags/SteelMesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SteelMesh</span></a> construction, surveillance enhancements, and <a href="https://noc.social/tags/barbed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>barbed</span></a> wire, is targeted to span approximately 200 kilometers of critical border areas by the end of 2026. <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a></p><p><a href="https://noc.social/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a> Accelerates Construction of <a href="https://noc.social/tags/BorderFence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BorderFence</span></a> with <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a><br><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/finland-accelerates-construction-of-border-fence-with-russia/ar-BB1kkPcp?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&amp;PC=EMMX01" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/money/companies/</span><span class="invisible">finland-accelerates-construction-of-border-fence-with-russia/ar-BB1kkPcp?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&amp;PC=EMMX01</span></a></p>
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