Lectures and presentations by the Mechanics' Institute in San Francisco.
The Mechanics' Institute is a leading cultural center that includes a vibrant library, a world-renowned chess program and a full calendar of engaging cultural events. Founded in 1854 to serve the educational and social needs of mechanics - artisans, craftsmen, and inventors - and their families, the Institute today is a favorite of avid readers, writers, downtown employees, chess players, and the 21st century nomadic worker. We are located in our 9-story landmark building in the Financial District of San Francisco at 57 Post Street.
I am beginning Secrets of the Flesh A Life of Colette by Judith Thurman, so l thank you for this program and the history of this uniquely amazing woman.
I had not heard of this book but, I would love to read it. I often wonder how these kids managed at Jonestown and how they were before their parents got involved in this cult.
I loved "Lily Dare," played brilliantly by J. Conrad Frank! Is there a youtube recording of it? J. Conrad Frank was amazing and hilarious and I would love to share the video with friends across the US and overseas!!!
This video is a piece of history unto itself capturing communications during the Covid lockdowns! Was a teacher during those crazy days … drummed up some ptsd watching this thinking about the struggles trying to teach online !!!
Wonderful presentation. As someone who has been hiking to Drakes Estero since the 1980s, I can tell you the area undoubtedly looks very much as it did in 1579. In fact, the estero almost seems to transcend time, the place is so eerily unchanged it is not hard to imagine how it looked over 400 years ago. There is a small, isolated monument at the estero consisting of a wooden post, a ships anchor and a marble plaque commemorating Drake's 1579 landing. Over the years, I have seen British coins, flags and even a can of smashed peas left by Brits who have been intrepid enough to hike out to this remote cove.
I love the fascinating story of the Smith family and work with one of Andrew Smith seniors inventions, that being mechanical door closers set in the floor known as floor springs here in the UK. I advocate for the repair and retention of Andrew Smiths floor springs, espectialy when they are in a historical setting.
It was truly an honor to moderate this discussion. Isidra Mencos' Promenade of Desire: A Barcelona Memoir and Leslie Kirk Campbell’s short story collection, The Man with Eight Pairs of Legs are both remarkable and meticulously crafted books that explore many themes including, What the Body Holds, It's Pain and It's Pleasure.
GREAT PRODUCTION !!! Well done guyz... It's obvious a LOT of work and research went into this. You've just got a new subscriber. Greetings and a " Well Done that Man ! " from Fife, Scotland !
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This person charged me for work not done. She owes me thousands of dollars. She said she’d like to work with me, I paid her, and she failed to show up for any meetings, assign work, or show up for our meetings. Beware of Katharine Sands, please.
I remember when Jonestown happened. I was a year out of my senior graduation from high school. When ABC news broadcasted the first image of the scene over the Pavillion, the country was in shock. Jonestown was the talk of my school. I am sure every school. I just purchased this book. Thank you for remembering the young kids, who were under tyranny, and were powerless to do anything.
It's unfortunate that the author chose to read her presentation in the manner one would read to a three year old child. As a result it is far too distracting and un-listenable.😖
Don’t be a racialist racializer like racist racialist AOC, and start racializing people to other folks like racialist colonizer of the discourse of minimum.🙄 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FkxvNebMDAY.html our name isn’t a skin color! 🙄😬 we are not a shibboleth, we are not a label that you make up, and especially not a ”race’ skin “color”🙄 of racialism, and our name certainly isn’t an antonym or gradable antonym of anybody’s racist legal construct identity of “white”🙄. please stop racializing us as racialist “color” 😬🙄stereotypes “brown” 🙄(that isn’t our name, that is a racialist stereotype) because we are not a color label that is a synecdoche of some presupposition of a single phenotypical trait and we have a name, so say our name, and don’t racialize us! We aren’t a shibboleth, we never were a shibboleth, color labels are archetype racialist behavior and racist racialist labeling and moreover, colonialist people lording their pseudoscientific racialist identity of “whiteness’ over people by labeling them antonyms or gradable antonyms of their pseudoscientific racialist identity is racist and downright ignorant, and shows how insular and racialist they are. Say our name!!! and for your information, our name isn’t a skin color! 🙄😬
A nation of… A nation of dypshyts A nation of leucistic faces endlessly spewing biglies & ignorance A nation of fascists A nation of racists A nation of colonialists A nation of menticide sufferers A nation of landlairds A nation of fee A nation of costs A nation of lies A nation of “race” A nation of corrupted A nation of settlers A nation of myths A nation of hagiography A nation of bigots A nation of exclusionary detailed discourse A nation of agitprop A nation of insufferable settlers too ignorant to endure A nation of Hollywood movies The nation of streaming validations for the social dominance group A nation of endless war A nation of structural discrimination A nation of structurally corrupt & structurally racist coercive monopoly over the “nation” A nation of fiscal military eurasian colony pretending it’s a “nation” A nation of spectators of the settler spectacle A nation of television watchers A nation of fish in a barrel A nation of gameplayers engaged in endless farcical competitions (wheee!) A nation of people who “reach levels” constantly… in video games A nation of marks A nation of settlers dying to have their false consciousness validated A nation that is Eurasian supremacist, but pretends that it isn’t A nation that traffics and even codifies pseudoscience, including “race” A nation that is not a nation but a colony fronting its euphemism “nation” A nation which is nothing but a 400+ year-old anti-indigenous anti-non-Eurasian eliminationism industrial complex with an appendage commodified victim blaming cottage industry
These poor teens. None of us can even imagine the existence they lived. You know, through the years I have brainstormed ideas of how the US or someone could have rescued these people but I think, especially toward the end it would have been impossible. That or there would have been extreme bloodshed as Jones had his armed men and so many of the people were so beaten down in everyway plus they were half starved. True respect and love for all of these souls that were lost.
I looked up her school from back then, and it appears to be a very low level (e.g. they didn't teach dick) JHS/HS that actually went out of business in 1980. This woman won awards in a school that had 5 full time teachers and 47 students, but with a 25% score on math and science skills? Sigh...
Last minute of this video; RE bear attacks handler, why? The bear was satisfied that the man was locked up with it - equity. But then the man (Kenneman) was released but the bear was to remain confined - inequity. That is Hellacious! IMHO
I've been studying about nuclear history for the past few years and was stunned to learn how much we spend -- I think $73 billion is the current budget, and $700 billion over the years -- building and maintaining and upgrading weapons we hope never to use. They are supposed to assure our national security; but I think homelessness is a clear sign of our national insecurity. We can do better. We must raise our collective consciousness to develop human and humane priorities. This has been an eye-opening conversation, a clear contribution to the enlightenment we need.
The Older generation didn’t kill them,,, their own Stupidity and Joining a Cult killed them… Moral of story, Don’t join a Cult, don’t give over everything to someone else’s control.
So, apparently this "Cyprian wantonness" somehow was existing in substitution for there being no women? Sounds pretty interesting! I guess the very beginning of gay culture in olde S.F. ? Hmm! This must be investigated.
Nice perspective on aging. Lots of commonsense advice that's good to know even before becoming an "elder." All about being proactive and the many diverse ways the aging process presents in different people.
Music, street protests, books, social media all fail as channels of rebellion. Rather publish your protest on so-called sovereign, monopoly, money. Remember, a statement of sovereignty is not secular.
