Ever notice how every photo of Alan Turing looks so *young*?
It’s because it is. He died at 41 as a direct result of the horrific abuses brought upon him by the very same government that now claims him as a symbol of national pride.
Celebrate queer people while we’re alive.
It’s because it is. He died at 41 as a direct result of the horrific abuses brought upon him by the very same government that now claims him as a symbol of national pride.
Celebrate queer people while we’re alive.
https://twitter.com/newscientist/status/1376459717631995904
For those who don’t know, Turing, as a young mathematician and computer scientist, cracked the Enigma Code, the code the Nazi and Axis powers were using to communicate tactical information. It is generally accepted that this contribution was a major turning point in the war.
Sometimes I think about what art, poetry, science, and humanity we’ve lost due to cruelty against queer individuals and refusal to allow us to simply exist. But I have to stop myself, or I’m overwhelmed with the grief of it all.
Sometime I’ll make a more thorough thread of Alan Turing, but for now let it be known that I am horrified at the revisionist history being promoted by this action.
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