• atomicorange@lemmy.worldEnglish
    121·
    20 hours ago

    Petition to replace every confederate statue with John Brown and other abolitionist heroes.

  • Numberone@startrek.websiteEnglish
    81·
    20 hours ago

    The podcast “American Carnage” is a great journey if you don’t know anything about John Brown. They mention this sword in the podcast, it’s got a hollow compartment in it that contains liquid mercury. The mercury flows forward when it’s swung in a slash, changing the weight distribution of the blade to kill the enemies of abolition with greater prejudice. Based

    Edit: My only source for this was the podcast I mentioned, so take it with a grain of salt. I hope it’s true though. It’s such an interesting idea for a sword.

    • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      12 hours ago

      I hope they took the mercury out or the chamber has some non-metal finish, because mercury is one of those metals that gets absorbed into other metals making them brittle and weak and ultimately destroying the object.

  • Numberone@startrek.websiteEnglish
    6·
    20 hours ago

    No, I just did a little dive myself and you’re right that there isn’t much out there describing this. My only source was that it was mentioned in the podcast I mentioned. I’ll edit my post to include error bars. Thanks for pointing this out.

  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    15·
    1 day ago

    Old John Brown left Kansas
    Before the blood had dried
    And as he rode his head did shine
    Like the sun in mid-July

    In a tiny farm house
    By Brunswick Piano
    He warmed his boots by the fireplace
    And read aloud from Samuel

    'David rose
    To beat the Philistines
    With five smooth stones
    And a sling’