By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/10/2026It's #WorldOctopusDay! Pictured here a “Polypus levis Hoyle” from a 1910 publication on the German Deep-Sea Expedition of 1898, led by Leipzig University Professor of Zoology, Carl Chun. www.tumblr.com/publicdomain... 120
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/10/2026Theater actor Vyacheslav Shalevich works at a role. Photo by D. Kozlov (Moscow, 1959). www.tumblr.com/sovietpostca... 100
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/10/20261976 NASA concept art by Rick Guidice depicts a space colony called a Bernal Sphere, population 10,000. The residential area sits in the central sphere, with farming regions in the surrounding “tires.” humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/8299118... 120
