#Alan Turing

[foone]

You know those terrible people who post shit like "born in 1789, this woman disguised herself as a man so she could be a doctor! She even kept up the masquerade after retiring, went to extreme lengths to keep her secret, and left instructions to ensure her body was no examined after her death, and she was buried under her male name! #feminism #girlboss"?

Where they're taking a nearly unambiguous example of a trans man from history and rewriting his life as a win for women?

I had the terrible idea of someone doing that to Alan Turing. Like, "hey, did you know that the inventor of the computer was a trans woman? It's true! Although she identified as a gay man for most of her life (#slay), in 1952 (after defeating the nazis (#slay) she went on estrogen (#tittyskittles) for the first time! Sadly she died two years later in 1954, but we must stan an early trans programmer! Do you think she had the trans pride flag socks? #girlboss"

My brain hurts from even thinking about it

#Trans shitposting #transphobia cw #Alan Turing #homophobia cw

[queerasfact]

Happy birthday to Alan Turing!

EDIT: This post previously used an incorrect picture of Robert L Hawkins. Thanks to @sigma-science for pointing out our mistake.

Alan was born on the 23rd of June 1912, making him 111 today! A pioneering figure in modern computer science, Alan worked during WWII in Britain’s codebreaking centre, playing a key role in cracking codes that helped the British tin the fight against the Germans.

Alan was prosecuted for homosexuality in 1952, chemically castrated, and subsequently died by suicide in 1954. In 2009, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown formally apologised to Alan, saying, “On behalf of the British government, and all those who live freely thanks to Alan's work I am very proud to say: we're sorry, you deserved so much better.”

[Image: Photograph of Alan Turing, a man with neatly brushed hair wearing a suit and tie - source]

#alan turing #queer history #cw suicide #lgbt #lgbtq #queer #gay history

[magnetothemagnificent]

Alan Turing didn't die as a result of the torturous "treatment" he was forced to undergo for being gay for young queers to now go on and say that "art is for the gays, sciences are for the straights".

#you guys are just homophobic #homophobia #alan turing

[antifainternational]

The Alan Turing Institute gets it. BTW, if you don't know who Alan Turing is, look him up!

#antifa #alan turing #trans rights #antifascist #alan turing institutes #transphobia #antifascism #washrooms

[general-hugss]

#Alan Turing #computer science #uk

[ryunumber]

Alan Turing?

Alan Turing has a Ryu Number of 2.

#alan turing #ryu number

[linusbenjamin]

Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing The Imitation Game (2014) dir. Morten Tyldum

#the imitation game #filmedit #benedict cumberbatch #alan turing #nikolatexla #happy birthday benedict!!!!!!!! love youuu in every universe 🎂🥳🎉 #his face card never ever declines #he should've got that oscar smh... tho eddie was great too #i started gaining more respect to lgbtq+ community after watching this movie #very tragic and frustrating to think about how we put governments in charge and yet they're the ones who destroy us in the end #all that for nothing... human life shouldn't be that cheap

[thelostsmiles]

Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing THE IMITATION GAME (2014) @giftober 2023 ★ day 19: green

#giftober2023 #benedict cumberbatch #the imitation game #filmedit #moviegifs #mygifs #mine:giftober #alan turing #his green vest #he was so proud of his joke

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Citroën Dyane 6, 1979. I have spent the weekend on the south coast of England in Sussex and spotted this near to where we we staying. It's a late series Dyane, the model was positioned up market of the 2CV and was designed by Robert Opron. It was in production from 1967 until 1983, with the Dyane 6 being powered by a 602cc flat twin engine. Perhaps most significantly of all it was parked outside the childhood home of Alan Turing.

#citroën #Citroën Dyane #1979 #classic car #flat twin #boxer engine #cars on the street #St Leonards #Alan Turing #yellow #yellow cars #Robert Opron #1970s style

[emblazons]

Note: I am finally posting this (something that has been in my drafts for actual months) because @pinkeoni hurt my feelings talking about Will and Alan Turing). So...you can inavertently thank Robin for this LMAO

I don’t delve much into Stranger Things analysis anymore, but having just watched The Imitation Game, the biopic they made about Alan Turning in 2014—I’m thinking that maybe Will doing his presentation on the man might have an delightful (secondary) parallel to this film’s exploration of him, given Will’s burgeoning queerness + ongoing relationship with normalcy.

Throughout the film, the ongoing theme of "differences bringing about greatness/change" permeates every character, but Turing especially—something that the conversation he has with a character named Joan near the end of the film showcases well:

In this conversation, Joan is trying to encourage Turing to come out of depression and rely on her, given he is struggling immensely with physical effects of chemical castration—which he obviously resents, but feels is better than giving up the life he has and being “entirely alone” because of his sexuality / desires (sound familiar)?

This ongoing exploration of queerness as tied to greatness and/or otherness is something that is very often explored in Stranger Things as well, primarily with Will—to the point where Will has nearly the exact conversation Alan has with Joan with Jonathan in S2:

—in addition to us exploring the relationship between a lack of normalcy, queerness and even nerdiness through/by other characters like Robin, Mike & Lucas.

Now (as we all know), Will’s homosexuality has been forever and inherently linked to his otherness/lack of normalcy—whether with how he was bullied in S1-S2, his struggle to be open with his feelings for Mike in S4, or the million literal / metaphorical things in between, Will has always been encouraged not to conform, but still struggles to self-actualize enough to embrace himself fully…which most of us expect for him come S5.

Basically: the underlying theme of this film for Turning (much like the underlying themes at the heart of ST) revolves around how most people strive for normalcy, despite normalcy being undesirable if you expect to do anything great/interesting. While Turing was a homosexual man, he was also one who struggled greatly with fitting in overall—much like Will, which I think perfectly reflects how the Duffers have set up their S5 resolution + solving Will’s ongoing internal struggle with his romantic feelings for Mike + ongoing dissonance with normalcy.

(sidebar: there are articles exploring the idea of "embracing difference" in this movie that parallel Will's "Being Different." See: Embracing Difference - The Imitation Game)

Both TIG!Turing and Will exist in on the fringes on their respective worlds due to their differences and homosexuality—just as both of them are both most inspired by their (romantic) love for their male best friends....to the point that those relationships define their contributions to the story: Turing with the machine that helped the Allied powers break the Nazi Enigma code, and Will in ways I'm sure we'll be talking about in 2025.

TL;DR: While Will still has another season to sort through what his love for his best friend means for both his rejection of normalcy and his greatness, it's fairly apparent that (much like Turing) it is the embracing of both difference and homosexuality that leads to greatness��no matter how the world feels about that overall.

(We love it when the gays learn life lessons (and when they win)).

#byler #will byers #will byers core #alan turing #st analysis #my st commentary #st commentary #st parallels #stranger things #suprise byler commentary from Marie for Christmas? more likely than u think #this has literally been in my drafts since...at least four months lol. I pulled a bunch to finish it and I'm glad I did lowkey. #Its not stuff I talk about much anymore but. you will never not see me showing the masses how ST storytelling is reflected a MILLION places #ANYWAY #the me tag #gay mike wheeler #only kinda but. yes lol

[fishingforwords]

machines are human, too.

porter robinson, sad machine || sun yuan and peng yu, can't help myself || boston dynamics || the washington post || new york post || boston dynamics || tumblr || phillip k dick, do androids dream of electric sheep? || plainsight || wikipedia, turing test || kurt vonnegut, breakfast of champions

#web weaving #my weavings #on life #on humanity #the human condition #on robots #robots #sad machine #porter robinson #sun yuan #peng yu #can't help myself #boston dynamics #phillip k dick #do androids dream of electric sheep #plainsight #turing test #alan turing #kurt vonnegut #breakfast of champions

[a-freemaniac]

For everyone who loves Benedict and Alan Turing, a man who deserved love and respect instead of hate and mistreatment.

@keirgreeneyes @lisbeth-kk @totallysilvergirl @cheekbonesofbenny @whatnext2020 @a-victorian-girl @missdeliadili @topsyturvy-turtely @gregorovitchworld @immaculate-benediction-batch @jelly-of-many-ships @rey-jake-therapist @helloliriels @starrla89 @grace-in-the-wilderness @naefelldaurk

#benedict cumberbatch #film #cinema #truestory #sad but true #enigma #alan turing #Alanturingdeservedbetter #wwii #mathematics #science #fanart #scrapbooking #scrapbook

[nixcraft]

Remembering Alan Turing, died on 7 June 1954 💔

It is heartbreaking that the UK government mistreated Alan Turing. Many AI tech enthusiasts may not be aware of his contributions to the field. In 1950, Turing developed a test for artificial intelligence that is still used today, making him a valuable asset in computer science. Everyone should honor his legacy and memory.

#alan turing #compsci #lgbtq #world war 2 #RIP

[mandalores]

Between 1885 and 1967, approximately 49,000 homosexual men were convicted of gross indecency under British law. After a year of government-mandated hormonal therapy, Alan Turing committed suicide on June 7th 1954. He was 41 years old.

#💔 #don't touch me #benedict cumberbatch #keira knightley #the imitation game #benedictcumberbatchedit #alan turing #underbetelgeuse #usersamanne #usergarnet #tusershay #userelm #userrobin #usergal #userauden #cinematv #moviegifs #mine* #minebc* #1k

[mindblowingscience]

Alan Turing might be best know for his work helping to crack Germany's "Enigma" communications code during the second world war. But he also came up with a theory where patterns can form just through chemical compounds spreading out (diffusing) and reacting with one another. This became known as reaction-diffusion theory for pattern formation. Ph.D. student James Cass and I recently published a study in Nature Communications that revealed the tail of a sperm, known as a flagellum, generates patterns as it moves—and that these patterns can be described by Turing's theory. Patterns formed by chemical interactions create a large variety of shapes and colors such as spirals, stripes and spots. They are everywhere in nature, and are believed to be behind animal markings such as those on zebras and leopards, the whorl of seeds in a sunflower head and patterns formed by beach sand.

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#alan turing #maths #mathematics #Sperm #science #biology #stem #physics

[thepersonalwords]

Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine.

Alan Turing

#Alan Turing #thepersonalwords #Imagination #quotes #literature #life quotes #author quotes #prose #lit #spilled ink #writers on tumblr #writing inspiration #poets on tumblr