#in the damaged society in glasgow

[ssphiree]

if the dude who recognised my red dwarf jacket in a damaged society the other day is out there somewhere pls reveal urself to me i am absolutely kicking myself for not getting ur socials

[scotianostra]

The Scottish engineer James Blyth died on May 15th 1906 in Glasgow.

Another innovative Scot, Blyth gave the world the First Electricity Generated Wind Turbine

Us Scots have always been innovators, wind turbines are popping up all over but when Kincardineshire man James Blyth invented a turbine to light his holiday home in Marykirk and offered to light the village street it was the work of the devil.

James Blythe was described as “a true man of science…one who by insight, patient toil, and mechanical ingenuity did much in his day to explain and illustrate many of the facts of physical science."

Born in April 1839 in Marykirk, Kincardineshire, Blyth was educated at the local Parish school and Montrose Academy before winning a scholarship to the General Assembly Normal School in Edinburgh. After obtaining a BA from the University of Edinburgh, he taught mathematics at Morrison’s academy in Crieff.

After obtaining his MA in 1871, Blyth was appointed Freeland Professor of Natural Philosophy at Anderson’s College in 1880 (now the University of Strathclyde), where he began a research program on the use of wind power for electricity generation and storage. This research culminated in the installation of a cloth-sailed, horizontal wind turbine (as opposed to the now more common vertical wind turbine) at his Marykirk holiday cottage in July 1887.

This was several months before the American Charles F. Brush installed what many mistakenly believe to be the first wind turbine, though Brush’s was considerably larger and included the useful safety feature of an automatic brake to prevent damage in high winds. Blyth’s design was 33 ft in diameter and stored the electricity generated in ‘accumulators’, otherwise known as batteries.

After a lack of success offering his surplus electricity to local villagers, who branded electricity 'the work of the devil’, Blyth was able to install a larger, much-improved version of his wind turbine at the Montrose Lunatic Asylum, Infirmary and Dispensary, where it ran successfully for 30 years.

In 1891 Blyth presented a paper to the Royal Society of Edinburgh espousing his belief in the benefits of renewable energy sources, particularly wind but also wave energy.

Blyth received an honorary doctorate from the University of Glasgow in 1900 and died on this day in 1906. After the turbine at Montrose Asylum was dismantled in 1914, there would not be another public utility wind turbine in Britain until 1951. However, his legacy today is an important one, as his old college, the University of Strathclyde, conducts world-leading research into wind turbine technology and Scotland seeks to become a world leader in wind energy generation.

So that’s another first for Scotland, the wind turbine.

[daggerzine]

MY FAVORITE RECORDS OF 2023! (lists in no particular order....well, sort of)

MY 20 FAVORITE RECORDS OF 2023  

Anna Hillburg- Tired Girls (Speakeasy Studios)

RVG- Brain Worms (fire) 

The Tubs- Dead Meat (Trouble in Mind) 

Seablite- Lemon Lights (Mt St Mtn)

The Reds, Pinks & Purples- The Town That Cursed Your Name (Slumberland)

Lewsberg- Out and About (12XU)

Melenas- Ahora (Trouble in Mind)

Blues Lawyer- All in Good Time (Dark Entries) 

Colored Lights- S/T (Bobo Integral)

Doe St- Stepping Stones (Legless) 

Guardian Singles- Feed Me To The Doves (Trouble in Mind) 

Corvair - Bound To Be (WIAIWYA)

The Garment District- Flowers Telegraphed To All Parts of the World (HHBTM)

Royal Ottawa- Carcosa (self released)

Tough Age- Waiting here (Bobo Integral)

Soft Science- Lines (Shelflife)

The Midnight Sailors- S/T (self released)

Robert Forster- The Candle and the Flame (Tapete) 

Civic – Taken By Force (ATO) 

Sumos- Surfacing (Meritorio) 

WAIT….HERE’S 20 MORE!

Connie Lovatt- Coconut Mirror (Enchante’)

En Attendant Ana- Principia (Trouble in Mind) 

Withered Hand- How to Love (Reveal) 

The High Water Marks- Your Next Wolf (Minty Fresh)

The Feelies- Some Kinda Love: Performing the Music of the Velvet Underground (Bar-None)

Connections- Cool Change (Trouble in Mind) 

The Ex Bats- Song Machine  (Goner)

The Photocopies- Top of the Pops (Ultra Modern)

Amanda Brown- Eight Guitars (Lillipilli) 

Arthur Alexander- …Steppin’ Out!  (Big Stir Records)

Eyelids- A Colossal Waste of Lights ((Jealous Butcher) 

Panic Pocket- Mad Half Hour (Skep Wax)

Yo La Tengo- This Stupid World (Matador)

Swansea Sound- Twentieth Century (Skep Wax)

Kevin Robertson- Magic Spells Abound (Futureman)  

Super 8- Hoopla (The Beautiful Music) 

The Radio Fields- Dos and Dont’s (Subjangle)

Joe McAlinden- Where The Clouds Go Swimming (self -released)

The Black Watch- Future Strangers (ATOM) 

Rob I Miller- Companion Piece (Vacant Stare)

….AND HERE’S 10 MORE

The Lost Days- In the Store (Speakeasy Studios) 

Life Strike- Peak Dystopia (Bobo Integral)

Belle & Sebastian- Late Developers (Matador)

Lauds- Imitation Life (Fort Lowell) 

The Hepburns- Only the Hours (Lavender Sweep) 

Lomma- Torrey Pines (self released)

C.O.F.F.I.N.- Australia Stops (Goner)

Special Friend- Wait Until the Flames Come Rushing In (Skep Wax)

Burning Ferns- World of the Wars (Country Mile)

Wojtek the Bear- Second Place on Purpose (Last Night From Glasgow)

I ALSO REALLY LIKED ALBUMS BY:  Diners, Moving Targets, Bill Orcutt, Skull Practitioners, the Suncharms, Divine Horsemen, The Flashcubes, Hurry, Teenage Fanclub, Lydia Loveless, The Make Three, Shana Cleveland, The Ekphrastics, Ryan Allen, Fruit Bats, Nicole Yun, Dippers, Lost Film, Tony Jay, Cindy, Class, The Clientele, Lemon Twigs, Sweeping Promises, The National Honor Society, The Whiffs, Infinite River, Silver Biplanes, Jason Isbell, The Cuticles, Mudhoney, Alex Lahey, Crocodiles, Peter Hall, Cherry Fez, The Angles, Scott Gagner, Mainland Break, Christian Kjellvander, Sick Thoughts, Grand Drifter, The Motifs, The Sunshine Convention, The 1981, Roy Moller, Youth Valley, Soft Covers, Deadlights, The Smashing Times, The Spires, Helen Love, Motorbike, Silverstiles, Water Damage, Uni Boys, The Royal Arctic Institute, Gina Birch, Gee Tee, etc.

MY  10 FAVORITE REISSUES OF 2023 

The Chills- Brave Words (Fire)

The Replacements- Tim (Sire)

The Ocean Blue- Davy Jones Locker (Korda)

Wild Carnation- Tricycle (Delmore) 

Neutral Milk Hotel- The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel (Merge)

Das Damen- 1986- Keeps Me Wild (Dromedary)

Heavenly -Le Jardin de Heavenly (Skep Wax) 

The Verlaines- Bird Dog (Schoolkids Records) 

The Toms- S/T (Feel It) 

Celibate Rifles  Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Bang!)

MY 15 FAVORITE EPS OF 2023 

Lightheaded- Good Good Grief (Slumberland)

Minor Threat-  Out of Step outtakes (Dischord)

The Cucumbers- Old Shoes (self released)

The Reds, Pinks & Purples- Unloveable Losers (digital) 

The Vapour Trails- On a Beautiful Day (Futureman)

Blues Lawyer- Sight Gags on the Radio (Dark Entries)

Deary- S/T (Sonic Cathedral)

The Wends- Better Will (WWNBB) 

Te Vista- S/T  (Cripes) 

Red Sleeping Beauty- From Sarah With Love (Matinee)

Letting Up Despite Great Faults- Crumble (S/T) 

The Prize- Wrong Side Of Town   (Anti Fade) 

Touch Girl Apple Blossom- S/T (self released)

Galore- Blush (Paisley Shirt) 

Lost Tapes- Crossing Towns (Shelflife)

MY 5 FAVORITE COLLECTIONS OF 2023 

The Particles- 1980’s Bubblegum (Chapter Music)

Primal Scream- Reverberations (Travelling in Time) (Acid Jazz/XTRM/Young Tiki)

The Shapiros- Gone by Fall: the Collected Works of (World of Echo) 

Dot Dash- 16 Again (Country Mile)

Comet Gain- The Misfit Jukebox (Tapete) 

Eric "Eggman" Eggleson's favorite records of 2023!

A Colossal Waste Of Light - Eyelids

Aeterna - Vinyl Williams

Away From The Castle – Video Age

Babydoll – Rat Columns

Bananasugarfire – Golden Apples

Careless By The Coast - Marvin Powell

Cartwheel - Hotline TNT

Colored Lights

Compact Trauma – Ulrika Spacek

Continue As A Guest – The New Pornographers

Disenchanter - Alaska Reid

EP IV – Yumi Zouma

Flowers Telegraphed To All Parts Of The World – The Garment District

Henry St. - The Tallest Man On Earth

Hindsight is 50/50 – Ghost Woman

I Held The Shape While I Could – Bodywash

Javelin – Sufjan Stevens

Left Hand - Becca Mancari

Life and Life Only - The Heavy Heavy

Love as Projection – Frankie  Rose

May Cause Dizzy Ness - The Musical Chairs

My Entire Life – SUSTO

Pearlies – Emma Anderson

Perennial - Woods

Pictures – Dean Owens

Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) - Yves Tumor

Prize - Rozi Plain

Radio Red – Laura Groves

So Soon Now – Trillion

Strange Loops and Outer Psyche – Andy Bell

Suntub – ML Buch

The Greater Wings - Julie Byrne

The Natural Lines

The Queen Is Not Dead – Spiritual Front

the record – boygenius

The Sunshine Convention

The Twits - bar Italia

This Candle Is For You - Spearmint

Waiting Here – Tough Age

We Live In Strange Times – Ian M Bailey

When Horses Would Run - Being Dead

[steamship-historical-society]

#OnThisDay in 1940, the Veendam left New York on her last crossing to Rotterdam before being seized by the Germans. The Veendam was a 15, 450 gross ton passenger liner built in 1922 for Holland-Amerika by Harland & Wolff in Glasgow. She had passenger accommodation for 262-1st, 436-2nd 1,200-3rd class. Her maiden voyage from Rotterdam to New York started on April 18, 1923 and she continued this service until leaving New York on her last crossing to Rotterdam on March 30, 1940. In May 1940, she sustained fire damage at Rotterdam and was seized by the Germans and used as an accommodation ship for submarine crews at Gdynia and Hamburg. After the war she was reconditioned at Amsterdam in 1946 and given accommodation for 223-1st and 363-tourist class passengers, she resumed Rotterdam - New York sailings on February 21, 1947. Her final voyage on this service was on October 30, 1953 and she was then scrapped at Baltimore. Image: Poster for Holland-Amerika line featuring the ship Veendam advertising services between Rotterdam and New York via Boulogne and Southampton. The ocean liner is illustrated under sail and centered, with a stylized map in the background highlighting New York and the Statue of Liberty. Stephen Barrett Chase Collection, SSHSA Archives. See more than 200 digitized posters from this collection at bit.ly/ChasePosters. (at The Steamship Historical Society of America) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqatGGjM-9w/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 12.14 (before 1950)

557 – Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake, which cracks the dome of Hagia Sophia. 835 – Sweet Dew Incident: Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dynasty conspires to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Tang court, but the plot is foiled. 1287 – St. Lucia's flood: The Zuiderzee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people. 1542 – Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen of Scots at the age of one week on the death of her father, James V of Scotland. 1751 – The Theresian Military Academy is founded in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. 1780 – Founding Father Alexander Hamilton marries Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton at the Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York. 1782 – The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2.5 km (1.6 mi). 1812 – The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armée are expelled from Russia. 1814 – War of 1812: The Royal Navy seizes control of Lake Borgne, Louisiana. 1819 – Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state. 1836 – The Toledo War unofficially ends as the "Frostbitten Convention" votes to accept Congress' terms for admitting Michigan as a U.S. state. 1863 – American Civil War: The Confederate victory under General James Longstreet at the Battle of Bean's Station in East Tennessee ends the Knoxville Campaign, but achieves very little as Longstreet returns to Virginia next spring. 1896 – The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company. 1900 – Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law (quantum theory) at the Physic Society in Berlin. 1902 – The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu. 1903 – The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 1907 – The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die. 1909 – New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory. 1911 – Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole. 1913 – Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II. 1914 – Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1918 – Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Väinö I, renounces the Finnish throne. 1918 – Portuguese President Sidónio Pais is assassinated. 1918 – The 1918 United Kingdom general election occurs, the first where women were permitted to vote. In Ireland the Irish republican political party Sinn Féin wins a landslide victory with nearly 47% of the popular vote. 1918 – Giacomo Puccini's comic opera Gianni Schicchi premieres at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. 1939 – Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland. 1940 – Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California. 1942 – An Aeroflot Tupolev ANT-20 crashes near Tashkent, killing all 36 people on board. 1948 – Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann are granted a patent for their cathode-ray tube amusement device, the earliest known interactive electronic game.

[agrisprayerindia]

How Can Boom Sprayers in Agriculture Contribute to Sustainable Farming Practices?

One of the most widespread myths about organic and sustainable farming emerges as the agriculture sector gradually adopts more environmentally friendly practices, especially given the threat of global warming and climate change. At first glance, both organic and sustainable agriculture seem to be ideologies that, at the very least, share the same objective of supplying society's needs for agriculture while minimising environmental damage. Both strategies are gradually gaining acceptance among farmers and international leaders.

For instance, 45 nations, including India, the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, Ghana, and Vietnam, pledged more than $4 billion to support sustainable farming at the COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow last year. Similar to this, there is a steady increase in the amount of land used for organic farming in European Union (EU) nations.

Why is organic farming not a long-term solution?

An industrialised agricultural system's niche segment of organic farming functions reasonably well. By forgoing chemical inputs, producers save money, and higher selling prices offset the lower yields of organic produce. However, one cannot ignore the role of synthetic fertilisers in lowering labour costs and pest infestations while raising yields when it comes to feeding a growing population with a small workforce engaged in agriculture. The long-term advantages of organic farming are comparatively limited when it comes to meeting the enormous agricultural needs of a country like India, aside from a small population of privileged consumers willing to pay a slightly higher price for products labelled as "organic".

The ongoing disaster in Sri Lanka demonstrates why it is impossible to feed large urban populations solely through organic production. According to the majority of estimates, even a long-term switch to organic farming would result in yield reductions for every significant crop in Sri Lanka, including drops of 35% for rice, 50% for tea, 50% for maize, and 30% for coconut.

What exactly are sustainable farming methods?

Sustainable farming practises, also referred to as sustainable agriculture, are a collection of farming practices that aim to increase agricultural productivity while minimising environmental impact, protecting natural resources, and ensuring the long-term viability of farming systems. These methods support a holistic approach to food production by taking into account the economic, social, and environmental facets of agriculture.

Agriculture Boom Sprayers: What Are They?

Agricultural boom sprayers are tools used in agriculture to apply liquid pesticides, herbicides, fertilisers, or other agricultural chemicals on crops or fields. They are also known as crop sprayers or field sprayers. They use a boom that typically extends horizontally from the sprayer to efficiently and uniformly distribute these substances over a sizable area.

The following are a boom sprayer's primary parts:

1) Tank: Whether it's a pesticide, herbicide, or fertiliser, the tank is where the liquid solution is kept. The size of the sprayer and the demands of the particular application can affect the tank's capacity.

2) Pump: The pump presses the liquid inside the tank to generate the force required to spray it through the nozzles. Sprayers use a variety of pumps, including piston pumps, centrifugal pumps, and diaphragm pumps.

3) Boom: The horizontal arm-like structure that extends from the sprayer is known as the boom. It is divided into several sections, each with a spray nozzle. Depending on the size of the machine, the boom's length can range from a few feet to several metres.

4) Spray Nozzles: These are affixed to the boom and are in charge of evenly dispersing the liquid solution. To achieve the desired spray pattern and droplet size for efficient and effective application, the nozzle type and configuration can be changed.

5) Control System: Modern boom sprayers frequently have sophisticated control systems that let the operator change spray parameters like pressure, flow rate, and nozzle choice. For precise spraying, some systems even use GPS technology, allowing for precise application and reducing chemical drift.

6) Filters and Agitation: Sprayers are fitted with filters to get rid of any debris or particles that could clog the nozzles. Additionally, agitation systems are present to maintain a consistent application by keeping the liquid solution thoroughly mixed inside the tank.

Where are boom sprayers employed?

1) Field Crops: Boom sprayers are widely employed in the production of field crops such as corn, wheat, soybeans, cotton, canola, and rice. Agriculture Boom sprayers make it possible to apply agricultural chemicals efficiently and consistently across the fields of these crops, which frequently cover large areas.

2) Orchards and Vineyards: Boom sprayers are used in orchards and vineyards to control pests, diseases, and weeds, as well as to apply nutrients. The adjustable booms minimise spray drift and maximise coverage while enabling precise targeting of trees or vines.

3) Vegetable Production: Boom sprayers are employed in extensive vegetable farming operations where crops like lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers are grown. They aid in the uniform application of foliar fertilisers, pesticides, and herbicides across the vegetable fields.

4) Pastures and Forages: Boom sprayers are used in livestock farming to treat pastures and forage crops, which are pastures and forage crops, respectively. They are employed to apply fertilisers to promote better forage growth, herbicides for weed control, and other treatments particular to pasture management.

5) Golf Courses and Turf Management: Boom sprayers are used in the management of turf on golf courses, athletic fields, and other turf areas. They are used to apply nutrients, fungicides, and herbicides to maintain healthy turf growth and control weeds and diseases.

6) Forestry: Boom sprayers are used in some forestry practises to apply herbicides for vegetation management, particularly for site preparation and reforestation purposes, via aerial spraying from helicopters or ground-based sprayers.

How Can Boom Sprayers in Agriculture Contribute to Sustainable Farming Practices?

1) Precise Application: A precise application of agricultural chemicals is possible with boom sprayers that have cutting-edge control systems, such as GPS technology. This accuracy lowers the possibility of overlap or excessive application, resulting in less chemical waste and potential environmental contamination.

2) Reduced Chemical Drift: Chemical drift, or the movement of sprayed substances outside the intended target area, is minimised by modern boom sprayers. Boom sprayers can lessen off-target drift by using the proper nozzle selection, spray patterns, and spray droplet sizes, thereby reducing the impact on non-target plants, water bodies, and nearby ecosystems.

3) Integrated Pest Management (IPM): Boom sprayers can be used as part of an integrated pest management strategy, which focuses on combining different pest control tactics to reduce the use of chemicals. Farmers can lessen their reliance on pesticides while managing pests and diseases by using boom sprayers in conjunction with cultural practices, biological controls, and monitoring techniques.

4) Optimal Timing: Boom sprayers let farmers use agricultural chemicals when they are most effective, focusing on pests or nutrient needs at crucial growth stages. By reducing unnecessary applications and minimising chemical use, this precision ensures that crops receive the necessary treatments at the optimal time.

5) Efficient Resource Management: Agriculture Boom sprayers and uniform coverage of the fields makes it possible to manage resources more effectively. As a result, waste is minimised and the efficacy of agricultural chemicals is maximised. Resource efficiency is further improved by sprayers with adjustable booms and section control systems that enable on-the-go application adjustments.

6) Environmental Protection: Boom sprayers contribute to environmental protection by lowering the possibility of chemical drift, applying agricultural chemicals precisely, and handling them correctly. They promote biodiversity and ecological health on the farm and in the surrounding area by reducing the potential adverse effects on water sources, wildlife habitats, and non-target organisms.

7) Economic Benefits: In the long run, sustainable farming methods frequently improve cost effectiveness and profitability. Boom sprayers can help maximise crop production, minimise crop losses from pests or diseases, and improve overall farm productivity, all of which help to support a sustainable economy.

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[moderndiplomacy]

COP27 begins a ‘new era to do things differently’

The UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, should shift the world towards implementation of previously agreed plans to tackle humanity’s greatest challenge, Simon Stiell, the new Executive Secretary of the UN Climate Convention (UNFCCC), said on Sunday at the opening of COP27.“Today a new era begins – and we begin to do things differently. Paris gave us the agreement. Katowice and Glasgow gave us the plan. Sharm el-Sheik shifts us to implementation. No one can be a mere passenger on this journey. This is the signal that times have changed,” Mr. Stiell told delegates gathered in the main plenary room of the Tonino Lamborghini International Convention Centre.

The creation of rules on international emissions trade risk being delayed for another year as negotiations stumble in Sharm el-Sheikh over whether host countries can amend or even revoke their authorisation for the transfer of carbon credits.

The UN climate chief said leaders –be they Presidents, Prime Ministers or CEOs – would be held to account for promises they made last year in Glasgow.

“Because our policies, our businesses, our infrastructure, our actions, be they personal or public, must be aligned with the Paris Agreement and with the [UN Climate] Convention”, he underscored.

The UNFCCC convention entered into force on 21 March 1994 to prevent “dangerous” human interference with the climate system. Today, ratified by 198 countries, it has near-universal membership. The Paris Agreement, agreed in 2016, works as an extension of that convention.

Deliver what has been promised

Acknowledging the current complex geopolitical situation, Mr. Stiell said that COP27 is an opportunity to create a safe political space, shielded from whatever is going on “out there”, to work and deliver world change.

“Here in Sharm el-Sheikh, we have a duty to speed up our international efforts to turn words into actions”, he emphasized.

The UNFCCC Executive Secretary underlined three critical lines of action for the Conference:

Demonstrate a transformation shift to implementation by putting negotiations into concrete actions.

Cement progress on the critical workstreams – mitigation, adaptation, finance and crucially – loss and damage.

Enhance the delivery of the principles of transparency and accountability throughout the process.

“I welcome detailed plans on how we deliver what we have promised”, he told delegates.

No backsliding allowed

Mr. Stiell, dubbing himself an “accountability chief”, stated that 29 countries have now come forward with tightened national climate plans since COP26, five more since the publication of last week’s UNFCCC NDC Synthesis report, but still not a majority.

“So here I am now, looking out at 170 countries that are due to be revisiting and strengthening their national pledges this year,” he said.

He reminded delegates that last year the Glasgow Climate Pact was agreed at COP26, and he expected them not to rescind their word.

“Stick to your commitments. Build on them here in Egypt. I will not be a custodian of back-sliding,” he said.

An inclusive process

In words that drew an ovation in the plenary room, the UN climate chief underscored that women and girls must be placed at the center of climate decision-making and action.

“Their empowerment leads to better governance and better outcomes,” he said, also highlighting the importance of civil society organizations and the youth in the COP27 process.

[iwrotesomeofitdown]

Also the austerity measures in the UK a couple years ago were deemed a humanitarian crisis by the UN. At least 20 THOUSAND people DIED immediately after having their benefits cut and being declared „fit to work“ when they weren’t.

They died of hunger and cold because they couldn’t pay for food or their heating bills, as well as by suicide.

Studies have shown 335,000 excess deaths caused by these measures.

These figures are not only shocking but shameful. And we must remember that these are more than just statistics: they represent hundreds of thousands of people whose lives have been cut short, and hundreds of thousands of families who have had to deal with the grief and aftermath of those deaths. The tragic thing is that these deaths did not have to happen. In the words of the United Nations, in a society as wealthy as the UK, ‘poverty is a political choice’. The UK Government needs to understand the damaging impact of austerity and respond with policies that put us back on the path of improving, not worsening, life expectancy for all.”

Fuck these eugenicist assholes. They’ve already killed tens of thousands of disabled people.

[workingclasshistory]

On this day, 30 November 1923, Scottish socialist John Maclean died of pneumonia following repeated incarceration. Born in Glasgow, Maclean trained as a teacher and then became a Marxist and taught free economics classes to local workers. He was an implacable opponent of World War I and organised dozens of anti-war protests. In 1916, Maclean was sentenced to three years’ penal servitude for sedition, where his health deteriorated as he was forced to work outside in all the weather that struck the Buchan Coast. But following a mass campaign, he was released early in June 1917. In 1918, he was appointed as Bolshevik Consul to Scotland, and although the UK government refused to recognise the new Soviet Republic, Maclean established a consulate. In April 1918, he was arrested again, this time for arguing that Scottish workers should follow the example of the Russian Revolution. This time he was sentenced to five years’ penal servitude, and he spent three months on hunger strike, being force fed via a nasogastric tube. Once again, he was released early, but his mental health was damaged and he began to suffer from hallucinations and paranoia: he believed, for instance, that prison staff injected conscientious objectors with a particular bacillus that caused pneumonia. He was re-imprisoned in 1921 for encouraging miners to lead a revolution, and again in 1922 for saying that the unemployed should steal food rather than starve. Maclean died in poverty in 1923, aged just 44. He had been unable to work since his expulsion from the teaching profession, and his mental and physical health had been destroyed by repeated incarceration. But to the end he remained a passionate advocate of a fairer and happier society. Fittingly, when he collapsed with pneumonia he was speaking at an open-air public meeting. A few days earlier, he had loaned his only coat to Neil Johnston, a Black socialist who was visiting from Barbados, whom Maclean had noticed shivering in the November cold. https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1865650453620096/?type=3

[art-damaged]

On June 30, 2022, two environmental activists from the group Just Stop Oil staged an on-site protest by gluing themselves to the frame of Vincent van Gogh’s Peach Trees in Blossom (1889) where it hung at London’s Courtauld Gallery.

The aim of the demonstration, according to the protestors (Louis McKechnie, 21, and Emily Brocklebank, 24), was to urge “art institutions to join them in civil resistance.” According to group members, van Gogh’s bucolic landscape was targeted because the region it depicts in Provence may soon experience severe drought. 

“It is immoral for cultural institutions to stand by and watch whilst our society descends into collapse,” McKechnie said in a statement issued after the incident. “Galleries should close. Directors of art institutions should be calling on the government to stop all new oil and gas projects immediately. We are either in resistance or we are complicit.”

Members of the group had staged a similar stunt at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery in Glasgow, where two demonstrators glued their own hands to the frame of Horatio McCulloh’s 1860 painting My Heart is in the Highlands while other members spray-paint the groups logo onto the walls and floor of the building. In both incidents, it appears that no damage was inflicted on the artworks themselves.

[sheanam]

Oh boy oh boy, I don’t need to be asked twice [rolls up sleeves]

Thank you, and thanks for the question! Since you asked, and since I’ve gotten a fair amount of new followers here and over at the webcomic itself over the past half a year, here’s a quick little rundown post!

Outliers is a webcomic about the people you never see in regular comic book stories. Most stories, really, but it tends to be particularly glaring in superhero and assorted other scifi/fantasy/etc. comic books. In a cliche comic world full of people with super powers and aliens and magic and mutant monsters and all sorts of other nonsense, it’s about people trying to live their dang lives without getting caught up in it all or becoming collateral damage.

Average human citizens, people with useless or unwanted powers who aren’t fit to be heroes/villains or who never wanted to be one in the first place, people who don’t have a chiseled superhero physique, people who aren’t straight or cis, people with disabilities, et cetera. A slice-of-life/romantic comedy comic about the, y’know, outliers of this society.

There’s an assortment of characters who star in it, but it mainly comes down to three main duos/groups as the main characters:

The main couple and stars of Outliers so far are Walter Corvi and Zachary “Chary” Milford. Walt’s a gay nonbinary man who has very strong super powers (he/they can turn into a giant wereraven bird monster) but who chooses to live as an ordinary citizen, and Chary’s a bi regular human dude who got caught in the crossfire of a supervillain attack and works as a lawyer who serves metahumans in need on behalf of their therapy group. They currently live in Port Exemplar, a big hub city and basis for metahuman law & regulation somewhere between Portland and Seattle. They’ve been dating for quite a few years now, are in their early thirties and are just trying to do their best, y’know? Please let them have a dinner date in peace.

Another main couple are Hector “Heck/Heckie” Barclay (née McCabe) and Jamie Barclay. They’re a Scottish married gay couple in their early forties, now living in the US. They’ve known each other since they were young children in a metahuman-prep school in Glasgow, where they were Sent Just In Case, though both of them have pretty useless powers and live as ordinary citizens. They’re asexual and Jamie’s intersex, and have A Lot of history together as they figured things out throughout their youth. Heckie teaches (very opinionated) UK history as a local community college a couple days a week, and Jamie was a rock musician with a bright shining future and rising star until his chronic pain & fatigue disability became too much and he had to retire.They’ve had some hard knocks but are pretty happy, and have a few kids to boot, Kirstie and Doug.

Last but not least, the third main group! Edmund Irving Rudyard Hawke II (more like 2.0) is the exact genetic clone of the original late Edmund Hawke, the very rich and very powerful and very evil CEO of Hawke Industries (think Lex Luthor and his ilk), artificially aged to twenty-something adulthood to take over the company, as per Hawke Sr.’s will. Much to the disappointment of HI’s Board Of Directors and assorted connected ne’er-do-wells, Edmund turned out absolutely nothing like his “father” personality wise. He’s sweet, cheerful, boisterously supportive, very aware of his privilege, and likes being with people and doing nice things for people. Grey-aro and extremely gay as well, but that’s beside the point. He has a rough time being stuck in a rough situation, but when a married trans couple consisting of Dustin Smalls and his best friend/wife/nesting partner Pam Flores cross paths with him and Dustin becomes Edmund’s personal assistant and Something More, things take a real turn.

These three different storyline threads will come together into one Some Day, which I hope I can manage before I’m old and decrepit! I haven’t drawn much recently and the Outliers comic hasn’t updated since December due to irl Reasons, unfortunately, but I can promise you all it’s still a thing. I think about these characters and my comic constantly, and have finally been getting into a place again where I can get back to working on stuff properly! Slowly, but surely.

Thanks y’all for the interest, and I hope you stick around to see what’s coming! I’m doing my best to make a comic about the sorts of characters and stories I want to see and that usually get pretty terrible rep, so here’s hoping it all goes well in the end!

[whatdoesshedotothem]

Tuesday 1 October 1839 Travel Journal

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fine morning but flags wet – F61 ¼° now at 8 55/.. am Reading Murrays’ encyclopaedia geography vol. 2 Siberia p. 1077. ask at the botanic garden for

Rosa berberifolia

Saxifraga geum

Tragopogon orientalis

Pedicularis Elata

P. proboscidea

Pinus cembra (from 4500 to 6500 Parisian ft. of elevation) what is the meaning and derivation of the word lychen what was Linnaeus’ favourite flower

Juniperus nana

Betula nana

Salix nana

Betula alba (common brich)

Pinus Siberica (p. 1078) ‘grows at the foot of the mountain with fir but more frequently with the Spruce [?] (Abies) and at 2000 to 3000 is very abundant’

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October Tuesday 1  ask difference between Pinus and fir and what is the name [?] to fir

+ Chamissos’ flora of stamtschatka, Aleutian island and Beharings’ straits

Pinus cembra, seeds of eaten by the Russians

Sorbus aucuparia (mountain ash?)

Alnus incana

Populus aspen?

what 2 other sorts (p. 1079) grow on the banks of the river Siberia?

+ quoted much in Hookers’ botanical miscellany

Cornus Suecica

Urtica dioica   common nettle?

Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry?) bleau bery? cloud bery?

Sanguisorba Canadensis

Ferns (filices)

Geum (Fischer knows nothing about as a sacred architectural plant)

Oxycoccos (p. 1081)

Uva ursi

Fucus esculentus (sea kale of the Russians)

Pisum maritimum

Sphagnum

Pale and black lichens islands of St. George and St. Paul (p. 1081)

Mosses  

[Carices]

Spiraea chamaedrifolia [chamaedryfolia]

what is the red moss in Sweden? and the yellow on the oaks at Stockholm?

October Tuesday 1

Linnaea borealis (Handbook p.111) favourite flower of Linnaeus

Lantana and Vitalba what?

Lantana, Wayfaring tree – a sorb?

Kapusta white cabbages of enormous size in the Crimea.

Trifolium did not Mrs. Lawton mention a new sort brought to England growing 5 or 6ft. high?

breakfast at about 9 ¼ in about ¾ hour – before and after writing of foregoing notes of inquiries to be made and read Murrays’ encyclopaedia of geography etc. till had Dr. Lefevre for near ½ hour till 11 ¼ - out at 11 ¾ to the Library (Imperial) – at 12 Mr. de Moralt went round the 21 salles with us in ¼ hour – the new wing = 6 salles finished I think he said in 1832 and adjoined to the old part part part finished in 1812 –

a pupitre of 4 shelves on a moveable axes – no description or model of it to be had – the shelves seemed about 20in. wide and 4ft. long? this sort of thing might be contrived at home –

at 12 20/.. sat down to look at mss. – an artist here copying Alexander by Dove who did this and all the [generals] etc. at the Hermitage at 1,000 rubels each – I left A- to the mss., and looked over the folio ‘Voyage de Messrs. Humbotdt und Bonpland. Partie Botanique ........ in ordinem digessit Carol. Sigismund. Kunth. Fascicul 10. Figures colorieés – à Paris. Libraire de Gide fils. Rue St. Marc – Feydeau, no. 20. Planches de l’imprimerie de Langlois.

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October Tuesday 1 Layards the name of the author of the Handbook signing himself E.L. Mr. Moralt said he was introduced to him by Brieffy the bookseller – at the library till 1 ¾ having latterly had Mr. Atkinson the English librarian for the modern works – very civil – the library not rich in English works – neither Captain Cochranes, nor Bremners’ –

at the Botanic garden at 2 5/.. – Mr. Fischer, on the lookout, came to us immediately and took us to the serres a verst long! the Berlin garden the richest in Europe – Kew not much now – the Edinburgh botanic garden the best in Great Britain – became a royal garden and became tho’ Dr. Graham less scientifie (savant) than Sir William Hooker the Edinburgh Gardener Mr. MacNab is one one of the best in England in Great Britain – the Glasgow garden is by subscription and the college had 10 or 12 shares (actions) but tho’ this give some weight at Hooker (the college professor) yet he has not weight enough – spoke of Knights? exotic garden at Chelsea -

for £2,000 a year more – F- would make this the finest richest botanic garden in Europe – he would have jardins [filials]  

Crimea

Rio Janeiro

at the mouth of the Amazon Maranham [Maranhão]

Demerara

Cape of good hope

New Holland

California

Preserve gardens at the 7 places named – I had said I thought the emperor ought to have a [?] garden in the Crimea

Mr. A- said 7 librarians and 4 under ditto at the Imperial library

here 120,000 rubels per annum 400,000 from Jardin des plantes – the fault of the English gardens (Liverpool the best (ranks with Edinburgh and Glasgow) is that the old plants are thrown away for new ones – novelty is too much sought after – Loddiges establishment costs £10,000 a year –

Lambert on the genus Pinus  vice-president of the Linnean society – 8vo. edition 4 vols.

F 20 years at Moscow with............ the hothouses separate – lost his health in going from one to the other by the sudden changes of temperature .:. here had all the houses under one roof – the flood in 1824 did great damage – the water 2 or 3ft. high in the serres – the emperor once thought of removing them to the Taurida [Tauride] palace garden – but now the plants so well rooted etc. it would not be advisable –

1839

Marshal Bieberstens’  [Marschall von Bieberstein] flora Tauro-Caucasia. 3vols. 8vo.

à son Altesse

Mr. le prince Volkonski  ministre de la maison de l’Empereur

he would [was] the man to apply to for leave to see the the favourite flower of Linnaeus Andromeda polifolia F- thinks Ficus sarmentosa or stipulate the beautiful little creeper in my favourite serre when concrétionnés lime stones are piled up for the rock plants – very pretty and natural looking

the son or nephew of the French ambassador was there with F-‘s belle soeur and F- introduced us to her en passant – saw her afterwards – very civil – came away at 4 ¾ - home direct at 5 ½ - dressed – dinner over at 6 50/..

Krusenstern 51/426 ‘La méthode d’Enseignement est celle de Lancastre dans toutes les écoles paroissiales des villes, bourgs ou villages’

Each school has ‘cartes géographiques etc. (books maps and other objects d’instruction’ approved par le ministère 52/426. at the District schools (p. 55)

Les Gymnases p. 57 more particularly destined for the education of gentilshommes – Latin Grammar and French taught – Greek (for want of masters) only taught in the university-town gymnases

p. 64 young peasants free or not, inadmissible now to the gymnases – Education should be suited to the position of the person – those overeducated found the state to which they must return insupportable – ‘et l’expérience a prouvé que ces hommes out tombaient dans une noire mélancolie, ou se livraient à des, excès qui finissaient ordinairement par les perdu’

p. 67 according to the new règlement of 1835. German French English and Italian taught – and vid. p. 66 Arabian, Turkish, Persian, Mongole and Tartarian taught

p. 70 every professor after 25 years of service obtains the title of Emeritus and his chair is considered vacant – but may be re-elected for so long as he is able –

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October Tuesday the professors who have obtainted the title d’émerite after 25 years service have a pension égale a leur traitement annuel – ½ for 10 years – ¾ for 15 years – vide

p. 74. vide salaries of professors – at Petersburg and Moscow 5,000 R-

p.79 at the university de Casan particular attention paid to the Arabic, Persian, Tartar, and Mongol to prepare young men for being employed as dragomans and translateurs.

Mongole grammar par Schmidt. p. 81.

5 young Buriates one of them a Lama, studying at Casan - .:. hope to rapprocher ‘des trésors de la littérature tibétaine, restes inaccessibles jusqu’ à présent aux recherché des Européens, car c’est entre les mains des Lamas Buriates que demeurent ignorés de précieux monumens de cette littérature’ p. 82/486

Dorpat p. 87 et seq. ‘les travaux scientifiques de l’université’ sont ‘trés étendus’ e.g. the Atlas Zoologique de professor Eschholtz who accompanied Captain Kotzebue in his voyage round the world.  and the expeditions of professor Engelhardt in the government of Olonetz  [Olonec] and the east parts of the Oural [Ural] chain – his mineralogical works known to all the mineralogists of Europe –

Struve for his astronomical discoveries

Ratke histoire naturelle in his travels on the north of the Black sea

Göbels’ scientific travels in the Steppes of this part of the empire

Ledebur’s Flore des monts Altay [Altaj]

Parrot’s voyage à l’Ararat.

October Tuesday 1 ‘De plus il y paraît chaque mois une publication sous le titre de Chronique de Dorpat.

Odessa p. 97 et seq. – p. 100 ecole at O- for the oriental languages –

Gymnases at Tiflis [Tbilisi] etc. etc. Kouba, Bakou, Derbent, at Erivan. o. 105

p. 109 et seq. on private schools and private tuition no Russian allowed to leave Russia to study abroad before aet. 18

académie Impériale des sciences p. 123 – among its members (p. 124) were Euler, Gmelin, Pallas, etc.

p. 124 vi. Scherers’ Aperçu historique des travaux de l’académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg depuis 1726 jusqu’ à 1826’.

p. 125 the académie has 206,000 R. (Ukase du 30 Janvier 1830) per annum

p. 126 ---------- 239,400 R. per annum

p. 128 the 6th series of memoires (faisant suite à 73 vols. published before) was commenced in 1826 (since 1826?)

For an account of these memoires vid. Receuil des Actes de l’ académie vid. particularly

p. 128 Mr. Krug sur l’origine des Slaves

Mr. Fraehr’s important discoveries dans les auteurs arabes vid. an earlier part of  Krusenstern the old Russian letters resemble those on the rocks in the desert…….

p. 130 Flore Russe published par les soins de l’ académie and ‘Dessins appartenant à la zoographie de la Russia d’Asie.’

p. 131 Description statistique de gouvernement de Vologda par Mr. Broussiloff.

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October Tuesday 1

p. 133 L’expédition archéographie de Mr. Stroïeff Stroïeff

p. 134 this work will = 10vols. folio (from 1340 to 1700)

this work completed Stroïeff/2 and the academy/1 will s’occuper d’un travail plus vaste – ‘la publication d’un receuil systématique de totues les sources de l’histoire de la Russie’

p. 137 the academician Dr. Mertens in 1826 from Russia in North west America and Asia brought 2500 plants etc. and 100 dessins –

p. 338 magnetic observation made at Pekin by the astronomer Fuss and Dr. Bunge at the same time explored le règne végétale de la Chine -  

p. 339 Ermanns’ voyahe sur le Lena and Bunge explored also les mountains Altai [Altaj]

p. 140 on the level of the Caspian – Parrot now thinks no difference between level of Caspian and Black sea?

p. 142. Atmospheric pressure varies – doubts as to infallibility of the barometer as a measure of heights

p. 143 Mr. Sjogren agrees with Klaproth that the Ossètes are Indo-Germanic –

p. 145. Catalogue = 100+ of ouvrages Arabian Persian and Turc that are to be sought for –

p. 146 a limited no. of persons admitted to some of the Séances of the academy

p. 148 17 April anniversarie de la [?] de [?]  le Cesarewitch is the day the academy prizes are given

p. 150. 151. Le musée asiatique ‘le cabinet est unique dans son genre en Europe: Mr. Fraehn en fait un catalogue raisonné.

October Tuesday 1 vid. at the observatory Dopat (p. 155) la fameuse lunette de Frauenhofer, un des instrumens le plus parfaits qui existent. vid. [Observation] central (1st stone laid in the spring of 1834) sur la montagne de Pulkowo no buildings houses allowed to be erected with a verst of it –

p. 159 the academy has published ‘Notices de l’academie 1815-1823 4vols. – Publication periodique 1829-1832. 4vols. memoires 1834-1836. 3 vols.

sat reading so far of Krusenstern to p. 160 and making the above notes till now 12 at night

p. 225 Le genre du vie des élèves vid. 8 hours for sleep

p. 130 et seq. vid. ecole des mines – fine day

[scotianostra]

On July 4th in the year 1570 "‘… at 10 hours at night, there was ane earthquake in the city of Glasgow, and lastit but ane short space; but it causit the inhabitants of the said city to be in great terror and fear."

IIt's worth noting that roughly 200 to 300 earthquakes occur in the British Isles every year, yet the vast majority are so small they go unnoticed - with around 20 to 30 felt by people. The last one I found was on 30th August 2018, when an earthquake measuring 2.4 on the Richter scale was detected in the Firth Of Clyde, with a ‘low rumble’ felt by homeowners in Dunoon, Greenock, Helensburgh and Gourock.

While prior to that, we have to look back 17 years ago to find a quake in the vicinity of Glasgow that measured higher than this, when, in 2003, the British Geological Survey detected an earthquake measuring 3.0 in Balfron - around 16 miles north of the city.

The most recent earthquake to have occurred in the city of any real significance was on March 7th, 1964 at 7.03am, when earth tremors were reported in the Glasgow area which were “sufficiently violent and extensive to be widely reported”

The New York Times reported that evening under the headline ‘Glasgow Has A Sort Of Quake’, detailing how “An unusual tremor shook a 60‐mile‐wide area of Scotland today, centering in Glasgow. The Weather Bureau here said it could have been “a natural earth tremor,” although earthquakes are practically unknown here.

"Dishes and other material in houses were broken, but there was little other damage. Checks of the area failed to uncover evidence of any explosion."

The second earthquake of a nature felt by residents in the city is documented to have taken place on December 14, 1910.

Again newspapers across the world reported the incident, with The Morning Bulletin in Queensland Australia reporting that - under the headline of 'Earthquake Shock In Glasgow' - 'a severe shock of earthquake was felt in Glasgow yesterday. Buildings were shaken and bells were set ringing by the duration'.

The Strait Times of Singapore reported the earthquake struck at 9pm on the evening of December 14, shaking houses on the north side of the city “to much alarm”, although no damage was caused.

And to get to the first quake, and by far the biggest earthquake to have been felt in Glasgow was on July, 4, 1570, as detailed in the British Geological Society The seismicity of the British Isles to 1600.

This earthquake is known to have occurred thanks to one contemporary source, with a diary kept by a burgess of the city of Glasgow reports the date and time (“10 houris at nycht”).

The source mentions no other place having felt the effects of the tremor, mentioning how it “caufit the inhabitants of the faid cittie to be in great terrour and feir”.

Reports suggest that the tremor was around 5 on the Richter scale, which is of moderate strength - enough to cause damage to poorly constructed buildings and be felt by everyone.

The pic is from Slezers Theatrum Scotiae from 1693 and is the closest I could get to a scene from 16th century Glasgow

[queer-cosette]

The Dragon Riders as graphic T shirts I own

Hiccup

(Bought at a flea market in Amsterdam)

Astrid

(Bought from Damaged Society)

Fishlegs

(Bought at the Cern supercollider)

Snotlout

(Bought at Glasgow LGBTQ+ Pride Festival)

Ruffnut

(Bought at TKMaxx)

Tuffnut

(Bought at Camden Market)

Heather

(Bought at Heathers The Musical in London)

Dagur

(Made for me by my very talented friend Rosalind)

[steamship-historical-society]

Poster for Holland-Amerika line featuring the ship VEENDAM advertising services between Rotterdam and New York via Boulogne and Southampton. The ocean liner is illustrated under sail and centered, with a stylized map in the background highlighting New York and the Statue of Liberty. See more of SSHSA’s Stephen Barrett Chase Collection at bit.ly/ChasePosters. The VEENDAM was a 15, 450 gross ton passenger liner built in 1922 for Holland-Amerika by Harland & Wolff in Glasgow. She had passenger accommodation for 262-1st, 436-2nd 1,200-3rd class. Her maiden voyage from Rotterdam to New York started on April 18, 1923 and she continued this service until leaving New York on her last crossing to Rotterdam on March 30, 1940. In May 1940 she sustained fire damage at Rotterdam and was seized by the German and used as an accommodation ship for submarine crews at Gdynia and Hamburg. After the war she was reconditioned at Amsterdam in 1946 and given accommodation for 223-1st and 363-tourist class passengers, she resumed Rotterdam - New York sailings on February 21, 1947. Her final voyage on this service was on October 30, 1953 and she was then scrapped at Baltimore. (at The Steamship Historical Society of America) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co7rzrXs0cL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 12.14 (before 1920)

557 – Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake, which cracks the dome of Hagia Sophia. 835 – Sweet Dew Incident: Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dynasty conspires to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Tang court, but the plot is foiled. 1287 – St. Lucia's flood: The Zuiderzee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people. 1542 – Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen of Scots at the age of one week on the death of her father, James V of Scotland. 1751 – The Theresian Military Academy is founded in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. 1780 – Founding Father Alexander Hamilton marries Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton at the Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York. 1782 – The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2.5 km (1.6 mi). 1812 – The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armée are expelled from Russia. 1814 – War of 1812: The Royal Navy seizes control of Lake Borgne, Louisiana. 1819 – Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state. 1836 – The Toledo War unofficially ends as the "Frostbitten Convention" votes to accept Congress' terms for admitting Michigan as a U.S. state. 1863 – American Civil War: The Confederate victory under General James Longstreet at the Battle of Bean's Station in East Tennessee ends the Knoxville Campaign, but achieves very little as Longstreet returns to Virginia next spring. 1896 – The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company. 1900 – Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law (quantum theory) at the Physic Society in Berlin. 1902 – The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu. 1903 – The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 1907 – The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die. 1909 – New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory. 1911 – Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole. 1913 – Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II. 1914 – Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1918 – Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Väinö I, renounces the Finnish throne. 1918 – Portuguese President Sidónio Pais is assassinated. 1918 – The 1918 United Kingdom general election occurs, the first where women were permitted to vote. In Ireland the Irish republican political party Sinn Féin wins a landslide victory with nearly 47% of the popular vote. 1918 – Giacomo Puccini's comic opera Gianni Schicchi premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.