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Happy birthday Alan Turing (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)
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Alan Turing mathematical genius, founder of modern computing and cracker of the Enigma code. Sadly a victim of attitudes of the time and was chemically castrated for being gay.

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[โ€“] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I didn't know they had a statue! That's cool

[โ€“] gid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 5 months ago

It's in the Gay Village in Manchester! I can thoroughly recommend going.