#OtD 11 Dec 2005 racist riots took place in Sydney. After media coverage of a beach fight between Arab men and white lifeguards, white racists put a call to "reclaim the beach from outsiders" and gathered to abuse anyone they thought looked 'foreign' https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8283/cronulla-riots
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Dec 11, 2025
Punkrock History
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Pictures, facts, memories and emotions from an irrepressible, sweeping, wild, exciting time of the 70s and 80s.
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Pictures, facts, memories and emotions from an irrepressible, sweeping, wild, exciting time of the 70s and 80s.
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Dec 07, 2025
46 years ago today
The Clash released the legendary single “London Calling” from the band’s double album of the same name
The Clash - London Calling Live in Vienna 1981
#punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #londoncalling #history #punkrockhistory #otd
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Husband, father, side project enthusiast: https://stefanbohacek.com/projectsBig fan of the #fediverse: https://stefanbohacek.com/fediverseEnjoy my work? Here's how you can pay me back: https://stefanbohacek.com/support-my-work/He/him. 🗺️ Bratislava ➜ NYC ➜ NJ
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Dec 05, 2025
Happy 25th anniversary to this Daily Mail article from the year 2000, proclaiming that internet "may be just a passing fad as millions give up on it".
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Nov 28, 2025
#OnThisDay, 28 Nov 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovers the existence of pulsars.
Not included in the 1974 Nobel prize for the discovery, Bell received a £3m prize for her work in 2018. She's used it to set up a foundation to improve the diversity in STEM.
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Nov 15, 2025
#OnThisDay, 15 Nov 1982, at least 11 women* from the Greenham Common Peace Camp in the UK are sent to prison. They had refused to be bound over to keep the peace after occupying a sentry box on the US base.
*some sources say 23, others 11.
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