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[?]Katharsisdrill » 🌐
@katharsisdrill@hub.volse.no

A bit sad that the "Spring and Autumn Period" of #Chinese #history (Approximately 771–476 BC) was followed by the "Warring States Period" (Approximately 475–221 BC) - But that is what history is all about.

#china #Zhou

    [?]Art Na Crea 🇮🇪 :tinoflag: [he/him] » 🌐
    @artnacrea@mastodon.ie


    youtube.com/watch?v=bpZvg_FjL3Q

      [?]Art Na Crea 🇮🇪 :tinoflag: [he/him] » 🌐
      @artnacrea@mastodon.ie


      Easter Rising 1916

      References "perfidious Albion"!

      youtube.com/watch?v=35CBWwy98nc

        [?]Phil Stevens :tinoflag: » 🌐
        @phil_stevens@mastodon.nz

        @that_other_place As a fiddler myself, I love the way Doug Kershaw turned this song into his signature piece. Stick around for OBS and the whole show is a gem, too, if you can imagine the Ragin' Cajun playing alongside Itzhak Perlman and Jean-Luc Ponty.

        Doug Kershaw - Battle of New Orleans
        Excerpt from Fiddlers Three (PBS 1977)


        youtube.com/watch?v=1N7gPcCgkZU

          [?]That Other Place » 🌐
          @that_other_place@mementomori.social

          This week's theme is .

          In 1959, Johnny Horton had a number one hit US pop hit with his version of Jimmy Driftwood's "The Battle of New Orleans", depicting a battle that was fought between the American and British troops on January 8, 1815:

          Johnny Horton: The Battle of New Orleans (1959)
          youtube.com/watch?v=HBKvKGkYB0Q

          Somewhat less patriotically, Horton also recorded an alternate version of the song for the British market, with "British" changed to "rebels". However, it was Lonnie Donegan who had the British hit - with the original lyrics.

          Before his death in a car crash in 1960, Horton recorded a full album of songs with historical themes, "Johnny Horton Makes History" (1960), with the subtitle "Action Tales of Battles, Heroes, and Epic Events":

          discogs.com/release/8370610-Jo

            [?]Phil Stevens :tinoflag: » 🌐
            @phil_stevens@mastodon.nz

            Joni Mitchell - Amelia
            Live at Wembley Arena 1983

            A tribute to Amelia Earhart and that fateful final flight, cast in autobiographical metaphor. One of the most evocative and unique of Joni''s signature alt tunings, with Michael Landau coming in late in the song almost like a pedal steel. Songwriting and performance perfection.


            youtube.com/watch?v=1N7gPcCgkZU

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              [?]WIST Quotations » 🌐
              @wistquotes@friendica.world

              A quotation from Maria Popova

              Somewhere, some rights-holder — in this case, Kultur Video — decided it was better for the world that no one see the interview online than that people see it and no one profit from it. This, right here, is the deepest, saddest brokenness of current thinking on intellectual “property” as a wealth of humanity’s greatest intellectual and creative treasures rot in the clenched talons of rights-holders unable to monetize their properties and unwilling to make them available for free. As long as we continue to place commercial profit above cultural profit, especially when it comes to archival materials and cultural preservation, we are doomed to a future bitterly divorced from its past.

              Maria Popova (b. 1983) Bulgarian-American essayist, author, critic [Мария Попова]
              Post (2012-04-30), “Orson Welles: A Rare 1960 Interview,” The Marginalian

              More about this quote: wist.info/popova-maria/85926/

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                [?]Die Berliner Volkshochschulen » 🌐
                @vhs_berlin@vhs.social

                ➡️ Der Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde in Lichtenberg ist die letzte Ruhestätte vieler Persönlichkeiten der Arbeiterbewegung und der DDR-Geschichte – und liegt direkt neben dem ehemaligen Dienstsitz des Ministeriums für Staatssicherheit. Bis 1989 sicherte die Stasi viele Veranstaltungen dort ab.

                👉 Im Seminar „Überwachung auf dem Friedhof", das wir in Kooperation mit dem Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv anbieten, geht es um genau diesen doppelten Ort. Beim Rundgang durch die Dauerausstellung „Einblick ins Geheime" mit Blick in einen Magazinraum des Archivs lernen die Teilnehmenden zunächst, wie die Stasi Informationen sammelte, verarbeitete und nutzte. Anschließend werden verschiedene Quellen zum historischen Ort vorgestellt, mit Gelegenheit zum eigenen Aktenstudium in kleinen Übungen.

                🤗 Ein Termin für alle, die sich für DDR-Geschichte, Überwachung und Erinnerungsorte interessieren.

                🗓️ Mi, 30.9.2026, 16:30–19Uhr | 3€
                📍vhs Lichtenberg
                ℹ️ bundesarchiv.de/themen-entdeck

                Mann in DDR-Grenzschutzuniform sitzt an einem Schalter mit Computer, im Hintergrund großes Adlerrelief und DDR-Emblem.

                Alt...Mann in DDR-Grenzschutzuniform sitzt an einem Schalter mit Computer, im Hintergrund großes Adlerrelief und DDR-Emblem.

                  [?]Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson » 🌐
                  @SrRochardBunson@universeodon.com

                  RE: beige.party/@phaedral/11724732

                  :blobcatreeeeeee: :meowTableFlip:
                  "Never Again" means "never again to ANYONE"

                  "The Israeli military hacked into phones to identify the location of such targets, and covertly listened into conversations with their wives and children moments before they were all killed."

                  "Several interviewees worked in a secret intelligence unit that reports directly to the office of Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu; one said their mission was to “thwart peace”."

                  “We made this film out of a sense of obligation to use our position as Israeli film-makers and journalists to examine the systems behind the mass killing of Palestinian civilians for which our country is responsible,” Abraham and Szor said in their directors’ statement.

                  The directors stressed the film’s focus was not on “sporadic war crimes committed by rogue soldiers”. “It is on the orders themselves, the policies, the accepted practices, the language and logic that make those practices possible, and the people who operate within them,” they said. “The system and its cogs.”

                  theguardian.com/world/2026/sep

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                    [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
                    @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

                    How A Fake Disease Known As Syndrome K Saved Dozens Of Jewish Romans During The Holocaust

                    As Nazi forces occupied Rome during World War II, doctors at Fatebenefratelli Hospital took in Jewish residents and diagnosed them with Syndrome K, a "highly contagious" disease they invented to keep the Gestapo out of the building.

                    allthatsinteresting.com/syndro

                    This black-and-white photo captures Italian soldiers getting ready to defend Rome from German forces near Porta San Paolo. Some infantrymen lie on the pavement, preparing for battle. A wagon with wooden wheels appears on the left, while military trucks and tanks are on the right. The Aurelian Walls stand in the background.

                    Alt...This black-and-white photo captures Italian soldiers getting ready to defend Rome from German forces near Porta San Paolo. Some infantrymen lie on the pavement, preparing for battle. A wagon with wooden wheels appears on the left, while military trucks and tanks are on the right. The Aurelian Walls stand in the background.

                      [?]Earl » 🌐
                      @Earl@mast.john1126.com

                      Christopher Columbus claims the movie studio.

                      john1126.com/732

                        [?]royal » 🌐
                        @royal@theres.life

                        From The Lost History of Christianity by Philip Jenkins

                          [?]Matt Vestengen-Cox [He/Him] » 🌐
                          @matt@oslo.town

                          Hello! Today I am looking at real brick and mortar MUSEUMS ON MASTODON that I would like to add to this here Collection:

                          🏛️ oslo.town/collections/11723508

                          I found six (6) that I was able to add but I am sure there must be more! If you know of any museums that should be on this list, @ mention them below.

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                            [?]everton137 » 🌐
                            @everton137@social.vivaldi.net

                            A curious personal note: I was born in the early 1980s, when Brazil was still under a military dictatorship. The current Constitution was adopted in 1988, and the first direct presidential election after the dictatorship took place in 1989. I still remember my parents coming home happy after voting for president, talking about how meaningful it was to be able to choose again.

                            From that perspective, someone of my generation in Brazil has actually lived under democratic institutions for slightly longer than someone of the same age who grew up in the former East Germany, which remained under an authoritarian communist regime until 1989.

                            I find that historical perspective worth remembering when discussing political culture in eastern Germany today.

                              [?]chrissbiblenewsletter » 🌐
                              @chrissbiblenewsletter@mastodon.social

                              I've studied Bible prophecy extensively and found it reveals detailed events that align with historical and future occurrences, showing the Bible's unique insight.

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                                [?]Mario Eijkemans » 🌐
                                @MarioEijkemans@mastodon.social

                                Op deze foto de prachtige glas in lood ramen van de mooiste kerk in Roermond.

                                Alt...Op deze foto de prachtige glas in lood ramen van de mooiste kerk in Roermond.

                                  [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
                                  @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

                                  This 18th-Century British Queen Turned King Arthur Into a P.R. Strategy, Drawing on Myth to Promote Her Dynasty’s Claim to the Throne

                                  In 1735, Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach commissioned a cottage called Merlin’s Cave, which linked the German House of Hanover to both Britain’s ancient heritage and its future success

                                  smithsonianmag.com/history/thi

                                  In the painting “Merlin presenting the future king” by Emil Johann Lauffer, an elderly man with a white beard, Merlin, sits on a white horse and holds a small baby wrapped in light-colored blankets, who is the future King Arthur. People gather around the horse. On the left, several figures in deep red and brown robes kneel or bow in respect. On the right, a group of elegantly dressed women and other onlookers watch closely. The scene takes place outside, next to the walls of a castle or fortress.

                                  Alt...In the painting “Merlin presenting the future king” by Emil Johann Lauffer, an elderly man with a white beard, Merlin, sits on a white horse and holds a small baby wrapped in light-colored blankets, who is the future King Arthur. People gather around the horse. On the left, several figures in deep red and brown robes kneel or bow in respect. On the right, a group of elegantly dressed women and other onlookers watch closely. The scene takes place outside, next to the walls of a castle or fortress.

                                    [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
                                    @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

                                    Palaces and the Pope: the fascinating story of how Renaissance Rome was rebuilt

                                    by Alyssa Rusonik

                                    Uncertainty over whether the seat of the papacy would remain in the city explains why Rome was a late developer when it came to palace-building, lagging behind Florence and Venice.

                                    theconversation.com/palaces-an

                                    You can find two interesting books on this subject in the PG catalog:
                                    gutenberg.org/ebooks/36817
                                    gutenberg.org/ebooks/69619

                                    The Eternal City underwent a period of renewal spanning the late 14th century to the late 16th century, following a period of economic stagnation. Today, 84% of the palaces built during this period are still standing. Hand-colored woodcut view of Rome from Hartmann Schedel's 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle. Shows a stylized bird's-eye cityscape with labeled landmarks: St. Peter's, Papal Palace, Castel S. Angelo, Colosseum, city walls, and the Tiber river.

                                    Alt...The Eternal City underwent a period of renewal spanning the late 14th century to the late 16th century, following a period of economic stagnation. Today, 84% of the palaces built during this period are still standing. Hand-colored woodcut view of Rome from Hartmann Schedel's 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle. Shows a stylized bird's-eye cityscape with labeled landmarks: St. Peter's, Papal Palace, Castel S. Angelo, Colosseum, city walls, and the Tiber river.

                                      [?]Philosophics » 🌐
                                      @microglyphics@mastodon.social

                                      A list of videos and books that capture a chronology of the history of France from the 770s through the 1940s.

                                      philosophics.blog/2026/09/05/f

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                                        [?]Dig: A History Podcast » 🌐
                                        @dig_history@mastodon.world

                                        Korematsu vs. United States: A Supreme Court Decision that Sucked

                                        digpodcast.org/2026/09/04/kore

                                        @histodons

                                          [?]Earl » 🌐
                                          @Earl@mast.john1126.com

                                          Hot temperatures are old news.

                                          Not too long ago, weather forecasters had to pull boards out for visuals.... no computer graphics.

                                            [?]Earl » 🌐
                                            @Earl@mast.john1126.com

                                            It was hotter in 1936 than it is now. In the United States, they called one area affected the Dust Bowl.

                                            john1126.com/467

                                              [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                              @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                              GIBLETS. To join giblets; said of a man and woman who cohabit as husband and wife, without being married; also to copulate.

                                              A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                              --
                                              @histodons

                                              Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GIBLETS. To join giblets; said of a man and woman who cohabit as husband and wife, without being married; also to copulate. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                              Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GIBLETS. To join giblets; said of a man and woman who cohabit as husband and wife, without being married; also to copulate. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                [?]cluaran » 🌐
                                                @cluaran@mstdn.social

                                                UN to vote on adopting new that shows Africa’s true scale.

                                                theguardian.com/world/2026/sep.

                                                  [?]Greg Johnson » 🌐
                                                  @pteranodo@mastodon.social

                                                  Augustus Strong — Baptist minister and seminary president, author of a hefty Systematic Theology — here insists the ‘true Church’ was the one hunted and burned by the Inquisition, not the one lighting the pyres: thirty thousand punished, eight thousand burned, over twenty years. Apparently this needs restating to anyone who hears ‘religious conviction’ and reaches for ‘complicit in the Inquisition.’ Truly inspired historical literacy.

                                                  Black-and-white portrait of Augustus Strong (1836–1921), Baptist theologian, alongside a quotation from his writing on “Christ in Creation and Ethical Monism” describing the persecution of the true Church during the Inquisition era, including the Albigenses, John Huss, Jerome of Prague, and Savonarola.

                                                  Alt...Black-and-white portrait of Augustus Strong (1836–1921), Baptist theologian, alongside a quotation from his writing on “Christ in Creation and Ethical Monism” describing the persecution of the true Church during the Inquisition era, including the Albigenses, John Huss, Jerome of Prague, and Savonarola.

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                                                    [?]Obsidian Urbex Photography » 🌐
                                                    @ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social

                                                    🏥The Red Cross Hospital, an abandoned sanatorium in Italy. Located atop a remote hill over 1,000 metres above sea level. In the years before antibiotics, facilities like this were the only treatment for many respiratory diseases.

                                                    The site closed in the 1980s. Today, metal beds stand in silent dormitories, and trees grow inside the bathrooms.

                                                    obsidianurbexphotography.com/m

                                                    An abandoned chapel in a former hospital features rows of wooden pews, faded yellow walls, and a round window above the altar.

                                                    Alt...An abandoned chapel in a former hospital features rows of wooden pews, faded yellow walls, and a round window above the altar.

                                                    An abandoned room features two rows of rusty beds, peeling walls, and a window, capturing a decaying dormitory scene

                                                    Alt...An abandoned room features two rows of rusty beds, peeling walls, and a window, capturing a decaying dormitory scene

                                                    An abandoned hospital bathroom, with a small tree growing through floor debris and reaching into three sinks.

                                                    Alt...An abandoned hospital bathroom, with a small tree growing through floor debris and reaching into three sinks.

                                                    An abandoned Red Cross hospital ward in Italy, showing rows of metal beds, peeling green walls, and dirty floors

                                                    Alt...An abandoned Red Cross hospital ward in Italy, showing rows of metal beds, peeling green walls, and dirty floors

                                                      [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                      @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                      BUTTERED BUN. One lying with a woman that has just lain with another man, is said to have a buttered bun.

                                                      A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                      --
                                                      @histodons

                                                      Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BUTTERED BUN. One lying with a woman that has just lain with another man, is said to have a buttered bun. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                      Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BUTTERED BUN. One lying with a woman that has just lain with another man, is said to have a buttered bun. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                        [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
                                                        @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

                                                        Medieval Scottish Man May Be First Confirmed Case of Death by Trebuchet

                                                        archaeology.org/news/2026/08/1

                                                        Reconstruction of three trebuchets in Château de Castelnaud, Dordogne, France. - picryl.com

                                                        Alt... Reconstruction of three trebuchets in Château de Castelnaud, Dordogne, France. - picryl.com

                                                          [?]Earl » 🌐
                                                          @Earl@mast.john1126.com

                                                          I would not want a man standing over me as I bathed.

                                                          The Ozark Sanatorium bath house, in Hot Springs, Arkansas, had just opened months before it was destroyed by a fire in 1913.

                                                          So, this did not last long.

                                                            [?]screwlisp » 🌐
                                                            @screwlisp@gamerplus.org

                                                            @dougmerritt by the way, @jhlagado wrote collosal cave adventure style games in Australia in the 80s (casettes of which ended up in museums) !

                                                            (John, Doug, whom also knew Bill Joy, passed up being-the-programmer on the original rogue(6) (in order to work on the future of gaming- which would clearly be internetworked adventure(6) games)

                                                              [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                              @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                              BEAU-NASTY. A slovenly fop; one finely dressed, but dirty.

                                                              A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                              --
                                                              @histodons

                                                              Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BEAU-NASTY. A slovenly fop; one finely dressed, but dirty. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                              Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BEAU-NASTY. A slovenly fop; one finely dressed, but dirty. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                [?]Longreads » 🌐
                                                                @longreads@mastodon.world

                                                                "I’d be lying if my preferences weren’t shaped by, and sometimes outsourced to, external curators like these. But some of my tastes are less deliberately chosen." Celine Nguyen for Asterisk
                                                                asteriskmag.com/issues/15/why-

                                                                  [?]ne7 » 🌐
                                                                  @ne7@icosahedron.website

                                                                  Really fab vid from Nostalgia Nerd on The National Museum of Computing, class bits on Collosus, Enigma, Crytography/cryptanalysis, Ciphers and more.
                                                                  Proper enjoyed this! :) <3
                                                                  youtube.com/watch?v=Qgwq53BXl6Y

                                                                    [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
                                                                    @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

                                                                    10 Famous Quotes From Ancient History Everyone Should Know

                                                                    Some of our most quotable sayings date back thousands of years to ancient Greece and Rome. But who said them, and what do they really mean?

                                                                    thecollector.com/famous-quotes

                                                                    The Ancient Roman poet Virgil

                                                                    This engraving shows the young Ancient Roman poet Virgil in profile, facing left. He wears a laurel wreath, a symbol of poetic excellence and honor, and a Roman-style tunic or toga with a darker mantle draped over his right shoulder.

                                                                    Alt...This engraving shows the young Ancient Roman poet Virgil in profile, facing left. He wears a laurel wreath, a symbol of poetic excellence and honor, and a Roman-style tunic or toga with a darker mantle draped over his right shoulder.

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                                                                      [?]AI6YR Ben » 🌐
                                                                      @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org

                                                                      Hmm, finally looked up the words to "Ohio" by Crosby Stills Nash & Young. I had heard the music before, but never understood the words. (never learned about it in my U.S. history classes, which significantly glossed over the Vietnam war)

                                                                      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Sta

                                                                        [?]Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏 » 🌐
                                                                        @SPF@hear-me.social

                                                                        "About 25 percent of children died in their first year and another 15 percent by their tenth. The median English child thus grew up in a home with one sibling and two parents in their thirties or forties, being in this respect just like the median English child today."

                                                                        worksinprogress.co/issue/did-m

                                                                        h/t @clive

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                                                                          [?]WIST Quotations » 🌐
                                                                          @wistquotes@friendica.world

                                                                          A quotation from Graham Ericsson

                                                                          Most tyrants are, by nature, short-sighted. Though they aspire to an eternal panoply of statues and symphonies in their honor, they rarely focus on constructive present actions that will lead to a future where their name is even known, let alone praised. As time goes on, they either fall into the delusion of omnipotence, or else become obsessed with holding onto embattled power until the bitter end. Neither mental state leads to laying a healthy foundation for posterity.

                                                                          Graham Ericsson (b. 1961) American technologist, writer, aphorist
                                                                          Journal (2026-04-22)

                                                                          More about this quote: wist.info/ericsson-graham/8573…

                                                                            [?]Global Museum » 🌐
                                                                            @globalmuseum@mastodon.online

                                                                            Sand powered automaton. A rare original c1865 Leotard Acrobat. The original version performs far better than later reproductions due to a perfect combination of geometry and lightweight materials. Same might be said of his outfit.
                                                                            @thehouseofautomata

                                                                            Alt...Sand powered automaton. A rare original c1865 Leotard Acrobat.

                                                                              [?]chrissbiblenewsletter » 🌐
                                                                              @chrissbiblenewsletter@mastodon.social

                                                                              Historical documents and eyewitness accounts offer substantial evidence supporting the existence and impact of Jesus as a real figure in history.

                                                                                [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                                                DUMPS. Down in the dumps; low-spirited, melancholy: jocularly said to be derived from Dumpos, a king of Egypt, who died of melancholy. Dumps are also small pieces of lead, cast by schoolboys in the shape of money.

                                                                                A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                --
                                                                                @histodons

                                                                                Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DUMPS. Down in the dumps; low-spirited, melancholy: jocularly said to be derived from Dumpos, a king of Egypt, who died of melancholy. Dumps are also small pieces of lead, cast by schoolboys in the shape of money. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DUMPS. Down in the dumps; low-spirited, melancholy: jocularly said to be derived from Dumpos, a king of Egypt, who died of melancholy. Dumps are also small pieces of lead, cast by schoolboys in the shape of money. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                  [?]chrissbiblenewsletter » 🌐
                                                                                  @chrissbiblenewsletter@mastodon.social

                                                                                  Historical records and eyewitness testimonies provide strong evidence for Jesus' existence and impact on history. This evidence shapes faith and understanding to this day.

                                                                                    [?]chrissbiblenewsletter » 🌐
                                                                                    @chrissbiblenewsletter@mastodon.social

                                                                                    Historical documents and eyewitness accounts provide substantial evidence supporting the existence and deeds of Jesus of Nazareth.

                                                                                      [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
                                                                                      @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

                                                                                      The law of the innocents: Ireland’s medieval precursor to the Geneva conventions

                                                                                      How a seventh-century monk drew up a blueprint for modern international humanitarian law.

                                                                                      by Chris Doyle

                                                                                      theconversation.com/the-law-of

                                                                                      Books about Medieval Ireland at PG:
                                                                                      gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/2

                                                                                      Ancient centre of Christianity and learning: how Iona Abbey looked in the 19th century. This view of Iona Abbey shows the Abbey in its ruinous condition before work to restore the Abbey commenced in the early C20 It shows the abbey in a ruined state, with the tower and roofless nave visible amid the rocky, coastal landscape, overlooking the Sound of Iona toward the Ross of Mull in the background.

                                                                                      Alt...Ancient centre of Christianity and learning: how Iona Abbey looked in the 19th century. This view of Iona Abbey shows the Abbey in its ruinous condition before work to restore the Abbey commenced in the early C20 It shows the abbey in a ruined state, with the tower and roofless nave visible amid the rocky, coastal landscape, overlooking the Sound of Iona toward the Ross of Mull in the background.

                                                                                        [?]chrissbiblenewsletter » 🌐
                                                                                        @chrissbiblenewsletter@mastodon.social

                                                                                        Proving the existence of Jesus involves historical documentation beyond the Bible. Ancient historians like Josephus and Tacitus provide non-Christian accounts that affirm his life and crucifixion. This evidence is crucial for understanding his impact on history.

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                                                                                          [?]ProPublica » 🌐
                                                                                          @ProPublica@newsie.social

                                                                                          NEW: In Idaho, prosecutors can't file neglect or manslaughter charges against parents who say their faith prohibited giving lifesaving medical care to their children.

                                                                                          Until the early 1970s, that wasn’t the case.
                                                                                          propublica.org/article/idaho-l

                                                                                          https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-law-faith-healing-exemption?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

                                                                                            [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                            @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                                                            BOUNG. A purse. CANT.

                                                                                            A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                            --
                                                                                            @histodons

                                                                                            Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BOUNG. A purse. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BOUNG. A purse. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                              [?]Raze [OCTADE] » 🌐
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                                                                                              Bytemology of Retronym, OCTADE. Yinzer phonics. Butterfly Perfume.

                                                                                              OCTADE or OCTAD is a retro word that means either an octal digit of three bits, or an octal octet or an eight-bit byte. Thus an octade, depending on its historical use, is either 3 bits or 8 bits.

                                                                                              OCTADE was used to specify eight bits, as opposed to BYTE which is not necessarily eight bits as the word BYTE could signify any of several numbers of bits.

                                                                                              This yields the retro 1337 numbers of 38 and 83. The number 38 is one more than 37 so a bit more elite a bit cooler. Thus it owns cardinally shorter byterz.

                                                                                              83 mod 38 equals 7, the highest octal digit. 838 mod 383 equals 72 or 9 times 8 which is 8 squared plus 8.

                                                                                              8338 mod 3883 equals 572 which is 72 times 8 minus 4 or 71.5 times 8.

                                                                                              8383 mod 3838 equals 707 which is 88 times 8 plus 3.

                                                                                              I prefer the old word OCTADE to the word BYTE. OCTADE sports a Euro-peon dignity and gravitas like an Internet serf ready to surf the worknet like pwnd peons. This is very true when pronouncing OCTADE with a thick Pennsyltucky Dutch or Yinzer accent. The Bostonian pronunciation sounds like bad beginner German or muffled mumbling of 'lactate.'

                                                                                              OCTADE or OCTAD was also used to describe a poem of eight stanzas.

                                                                                              OCTADE was also used to describe a period of eight years, or two leap years.

                                                                                              OCTADECANAL is a pheromone found in butterflies. It is butterfly perfume. I would not wear butterfly cologne. But I would sell it. Who would buy and wear my snobby smell? With wordplay we can call it OCTADE CHANNEL No. 8 . All rights reserved, ye French odor snooties.

                                                                                              Historical references for use of 'octade' or 'octad':

                                                                                              • Burroughs B5500 Information Processing Systems REFERENCE MANUAL *

                                                                                              https://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/burroughs/LargeSystems/B5000_5500_5700/1021326_B5500_RefMan_196705.pdf

                                                                                              • Philips Data Systems Product Range - April 1971 *

                                                                                              https://www.vintage-calculators.nl/Philips%20productoverzicht%201971.pdf

                                                                                              • Is there another name for octet that means 8 bits? *

                                                                                              https://www.quora.com/Is-there-another-name-for-octet-that-means-8-bits

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                                                                                                [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                DRAGGLETAIL or DAGGLETAIL. One whose garments are bespattered with dag or dew: generally applied to the female sex, to signify a slattern.

                                                                                                A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DRAGGLETAIL or DAGGLETAIL. One whose garments are bespattered with dag or dew: generally applied to the female sex, to signify a slattern. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DRAGGLETAIL or DAGGLETAIL. One whose garments are bespattered with dag or dew: generally applied to the female sex, to signify a slattern. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                  [?]Longreads » 🌐
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                                                                                                  "If Sputnik and Gagarin proved Soviet superiority in the heavens, an ambitious drilling project into the bowels of the planet meant the Soviets could reign in the underworld, too."

                                                                                                  Charles Digges for Nautilus: nautil.us/the-soviets-drilled-

                                                                                                    [?]chrissbiblenewsletter » 🌐
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                                                                                                    Historical evidence and eyewitness accounts provide strong support for the existence of Jesus and the impact of his teachings on history and culture.

                                                                                                      [?]Tech is not enough: Too Cold » 🌐
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                                                                                                      @priyabrata I agree but in the overall of problems for land means it's almost nobody's land now or maybe it should be for everybody - but people can't share the world so it was always originally 'invaded' by someone to some degree and natives or gypsies etc throw out and gentrified... legally 'owning the land' (renting it / prostituting it pretending it's ours but just paying for same land and houses over-priced costs when cost was paid a long time ago).

                                                                                                      This repeating?

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                                                                                                        [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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                                                                                                        What three female figures in the Bayeux tapestry reveal about medieval women

                                                                                                        by Natasha R. Hodgson

                                                                                                        The women of the Bayeux tapestry tell a story as compelling and important as the main depiction of the battle.

                                                                                                        theconversation.com/what-three

                                                                                                        Books about Bayeux tapestry (including La Tapisserie de la Reine Mathilde by A. Levé) at PG:
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                                                                                                        Queen Edith by the deathbed of King Edward from the Bayeux tapestry. A scene from the Bayeux Tapestry, also known as the Tapestry of Queen Matilda, and formerly as the “Telle du Conquest” (meaning “Canvas of the Conquest”), is an 11th-century embroidery that has been inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register since 2007. This is a section of the famous Bayeux Tapestry (Scenes 27-28), depicting King Edward the Confessor on his deathbed. The Latin inscription reads that King Edward, lying in bed, speaks to his faithful followers, and then shows his death and preparation of his body for burial.

                                                                                                        Alt...Queen Edith by the deathbed of King Edward from the Bayeux tapestry. A scene from the Bayeux Tapestry, also known as the Tapestry of Queen Matilda, and formerly as the “Telle du Conquest” (meaning “Canvas of the Conquest”), is an 11th-century embroidery that has been inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register since 2007. This is a section of the famous Bayeux Tapestry (Scenes 27-28), depicting King Edward the Confessor on his deathbed. The Latin inscription reads that King Edward, lying in bed, speaks to his faithful followers, and then shows his death and preparation of his body for burial.

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                                                                                                          [?]Global Museum » 🌐
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                                                                                                          The urge to keep all the tabs open is not a recent thing.
                                                                                                          Pictured: a 300-year-old library tool that enabled a researcher to have seven books open at once, yet conveniently nearby (Palafoxiana Library, Puebla)
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                                                                                                          300-year-old library tool. Palafoxiana Library, Puebla

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                                                                                                            [?]chrissbiblenewsletter » 🌐
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                                                                                                            How can we prove the Bible’s authenticity today? Modern archaeology and historical evidence offer compelling insights. What discoveries have influenced your view?

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                                                                                                              [?]Global Museum » 🌐
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                                                                                                              England’s Ancient Trees Are Dying in the Heat.
                                                                                                              Extreme temperatures and drought are adding to the stress on oak trees that have lived for hundreds of years and play a key role in the national imagination.
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                                                                                                              The Crow Leasow Oak in 2019, and this month. Sally Kellard

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                                                                                                                This Box of 300 Love Letters Showed Up Out of the Blue. Who Was the Whimsical World War II Soldier Who Wrote Them?

                                                                                                                Nobody knows who dropped Speedy Weber’s correspondence at a USO office in 2022. Researchers have finally tracked down two living relatives who remember him

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                                                                                                                A stack of mail lying on a table.

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                                                                                                                  [?]ne7 » 🌐
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                                                                                                                  Some more nice news for a change :) Here's Cliff Stoll talking @ Defcon - Stalking the Wily Hacker: 40 years later! youtube.com/watch?v=656058JxTM0

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                                                                                                                    What Were the Philosophical Aftershocks of the Devastating 1755 Lisbon Earthquake?

                                                                                                                    The devastation wrought by the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake changed how Europeans viewed and handled natural disasters.

                                                                                                                    thecollector.com/1755-lisbon-e

                                                                                                                    Voltaire

                                                                                                                    In Nicolas de Largillere's painting, Voltaire appears from the waist up. He has pale skin, dark eyes, and wears a long grey powdered wig that falls over his shoulders. He wears a blue velvet coat with large gold buttons, a gold-and-red patterned vest, and a white ruffled cravat.

                                                                                                                    Alt...In Nicolas de Largillere's painting, Voltaire appears from the waist up. He has pale skin, dark eyes, and wears a long grey powdered wig that falls over his shoulders. He wears a blue velvet coat with large gold buttons, a gold-and-red patterned vest, and a white ruffled cravat.

                                                                                                                      [?]chrissbiblenewsletter » 🌐
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                                                                                                                      How can we prove the existence of Jesus in modern times? From historical texts to archaeological findings, the evidence sparks meaningful conversations today. What do you think?

                                                                                                                        [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                        GAMBADOES. Leathern cases of stiff leather, used in Devonshire instead of boots; they are fastened to the saddle, and admit the leg, shoe and all: the name was at first jocularly given.

                                                                                                                        A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                        Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GAMBADOES. Leathern cases of stiff leather, used in Devonshire instead of boots; they are fastened to the saddle, and admit the leg, shoe and all: the name was at first jocularly given. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                        Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GAMBADOES. Leathern cases of stiff leather, used in Devonshire instead of boots; they are fastened to the saddle, and admit the leg, shoe and all: the name was at first jocularly given. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                          [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                          Hi!, I'm a bot posting selections from Francis Grose’s 1785 “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue”, a compilation of slang terms, the coded language of the underclass and the demi-monde.

                                                                                                                          [18th-century-content warning: possible racism, animal cruelty, homophobia, sexism, slut-shaming. Let me know of any problems.]

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                                                                                                                            [?]Floaty Birb » 🌐
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                                                                                                                            Hi mastodon, I've started learning about the Napoleonic Wars. In general, which side should I root for?

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                                                                                                                              [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                              Events for the 20th of August from Wikipedia:

                                                                                                                              • 2012: A prison riot in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, kills at least 20 people. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yare_pri
                                                                                                                              • Birth (1979) of Sarah Borwell, English tennis player en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Bo
                                                                                                                              • Death (2005) of Thomas Herrion, American football player (b. 1981) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_H
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                                                                                                                                [?]Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏 » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                An historian, Nicole von Germeten, on the male code of honor in the Spanish Empire c.1600:

                                                                                                                                "In theory, honor was a burden to a man, a moral standard to maintain and to protect the reputation of himself and his household, but in practice, men might act immorally as long as they did not attract too much publicity.

                                                                                                                                "Honor was not a code that elite men lived by or aspired to, but something invoked after the fact [if they were prosecuted]."

                                                                                                                                She also discusses some men who acted admirably (in my opinion), such as a governor who legally intervened to protect an enslaved woman who was tortured by her "owner." But interestingly, the governor didn't cite honor as his justification for doing something good; while the torturer did cite honor, since (in his view) the woman had to be punished for violating sexual norms.

                                                                                                                                Fascinating stuff!

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                                                                                                                                  Hi! I'm a bot posting events which happened on today's date, at random from Wikipedia’s lists. Historic events, births, deaths and holidays/religious days if there’s room.

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                                                                                                                                    [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                    SPARKING BLOWS. Blows given by cocks before they close, or, as the term is, mouth it: used figuratively for words previous to a quarrel.

                                                                                                                                    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                    Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): SPARKING BLOWS. Blows given by cocks before they close, or, as the term is, mouth it: used figuratively for words previous to a quarrel. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): SPARKING BLOWS. Blows given by cocks before they close, or, as the term is, mouth it: used figuratively for words previous to a quarrel. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                      [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                      Leni Riefenstahl, The Controversial Filmmaker Behind The Nazis’ Most Notorious Films

                                                                                                                                      With "Triumph of the Will" and "Olympia," Leni Riefenstahl celebrated and glorified the Nazi regime in the 1930s, but she always denied that her films were propaganda.

                                                                                                                                      allthatsinteresting.com/leni-r

                                                                                                                                      In this black-and-white photograph, Leni Riefenstahl works at a table. She appears from the waist up, wearing a lab coat and has short dark hair. She holds a strip of celluloid film upright in her right hand and uses her left hand to pull and guide it. She looks closely at the film.

                                                                                                                                      Alt...In this black-and-white photograph, Leni Riefenstahl works at a table. She appears from the waist up, wearing a lab coat and has short dark hair. She holds a strip of celluloid film upright in her right hand and uses her left hand to pull and guide it. She looks closely at the film.

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                                                                                                                                        [?]Mario Eijkemans » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                        Academiepoort centrum Nijmegen, uit het jaar 1655.

                                                                                                                                        Op deze foto een oude poort uit het jaar 1655. Deze staat in het centrum van Nijmegen, Nederland.

                                                                                                                                        Alt...Op deze foto een oude poort uit het jaar 1655. Deze staat in het centrum van Nijmegen, Nederland.

                                                                                                                                          [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                          SHARP. Subtle, acute, quick-witted; also a sharper or cheat, in opposition to a flat, dupe, or gull. Sharp's the word and quick's the motion with him; said of any one very attentive to his own interest, and apt to take all advantages. Sharp set; hungry.

                                                                                                                                          A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                          Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): SHARP. Subtle, acute, quick-witted; also a sharper or cheat, in opposition to a flat, dupe, or gull. Sharp's the word and quick's the motion with him; said of any one very attentive to his own interest, and apt to take all advantages. Sharp set; hungry. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): SHARP. Subtle, acute, quick-witted; also a sharper or cheat, in opposition to a flat, dupe, or gull. Sharp's the word and quick's the motion with him; said of any one very attentive to his own interest, and apt to take all advantages. Sharp set; hungry. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                            [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                            Events for the 19th of August from Wikipedia:

                                                                                                                                            • 1960: Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_
                                                                                                                                            • Birth (1932) of Banharn Silpa-archa, Thai politician, Prime Minister (1995–1996) (d. 2016) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banharn_
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                                                                                                                                              [?]AI6YR Ben » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                              Briefly occupied by the Japanese during WW2, apparently.

                                                                                                                                              "...An airfield, Pagan Airstrip, was constructed in 1935, and the Imperial Japanese Navy established a garrison in 1937. By 1942 the Japanese civilian population was 413 persons with an additional 229 Chamorro residents. In June 1944 a garrison force of 2,150 men of the Imperial Japanese Army arrived,[6] only to be cut off and isolated by the ongoing Allied offensive. Receiving supplies only occasionally by submarine, the garrison soon faced starvation, and several hundred died of malnutrition before the surrender of Japan. ..."

                                                                                                                                                [?]CourtCantrell will not comply » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                that the word "coach" rolled up into the English language from the Hungarian "Kocs," a town that became known in the 1400s for its "kocsi szekér": the cart of Kocs, a wheeled conveyance with steel spring suspension that spread across Europe.




                                                                                                                                                  [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                  KINCHIN. A little child. Kinchin coes; orphan beggar boys, educated in thieving. Kinchin morts; young girls under the like circumstances and training. Kinchin morts, or coes in slates; beggars' children carried at their mother's backs in sheets.

                                                                                                                                                  A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                  Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): KINCHIN. A little child. Kinchin coes; orphan beggar boys, educated in thieving. Kinchin morts; young girls under the like circumstances and training. Kinchin morts, or coes in slates; beggars' children carried at their mother's backs in sheets. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                  Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): KINCHIN. A little child. Kinchin coes; orphan beggar boys, educated in thieving. Kinchin morts; young girls under the like circumstances and training. Kinchin morts, or coes in slates; beggars' children carried at their mother's backs in sheets. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                    [?]Philosophics » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                    The Sorcerer's Apprentice prefigures the perils of Modernity.
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                                                                                                                                                      [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                      BUM FODDER. Soft paper for the necessary house or torchecul.

                                                                                                                                                      A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                      Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BUM FODDER. Soft paper for the necessary house or torchecul. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                        Events for the 18th of August from Wikipedia:

                                                                                                                                                        • 1492: The first grammar of the Spanish language (Gramática de la lengua castellana) is presented to Queen Isabella I. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammar
                                                                                                                                                        • Birth (1834) of Marshall Field, American businessman, founded Marshall Field's (d. 1906) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall
                                                                                                                                                        • Death (1503) of Pope Alexander VI (b. 1431) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Ale
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                                                                                                                                                          [?]Global Museum » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                          This vintage illustration demonstrates how to perform a two-person stage elephant costume, a classic theatrical illusion from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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                                                                                                                                                            [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                            TO DAWB. To bribe. The cull was scragged because he could not dawb; the rogue was hanged because he could not bribe. All bedawbed with lace; all over lace.

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                                                                                                                                                            Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO DAWB. To bribe. The cull was scragged because he could not dawb; the rogue was hanged because he could not bribe. All bedawbed with lace; all over lace. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO DAWB. To bribe. The cull was scragged because he could not dawb; the rogue was hanged because he could not bribe. All bedawbed with lace; all over lace. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                              [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                              BOW-WOW SHOP. A salesman's shop in Monmouth-street; so called because the servant barks, and the master bites. See BARKER.

                                                                                                                                                              A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                              Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BOW-WOW SHOP. A salesman's shop in Monmouth-street; so called because the servant barks, and the master bites. See BARKER. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                              Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BOW-WOW SHOP. A salesman's shop in Monmouth-street; so called because the servant barks, and the master bites. See BARKER. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                Events for the 17th of August from Wikipedia:

                                                                                                                                                                • 1836: British parliament accepts registration of births, marriages and deaths. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliame
                                                                                                                                                                • Birth (1967) of Michael Preetz, German footballer and manager en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_
                                                                                                                                                                • Death (1966) of Ken Miles, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Miles
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                                                                                                                                                                  [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                  JAKES. A house of office, a cacatorium.

                                                                                                                                                                  A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                  Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): JAKES. A house of office, a cacatorium. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                    [?]John Twynam » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                    A row of decorative carved pillars lines a wall in the ancient Bayeux Cathedral in the medieval town of Bayeux, Normandy, France. Done in black and white.

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                                                                                                                                                                    A row of decorative carved pillars lines a wall in the ancient Bayeux Cathedral in the medieval town of Bayeux, Normandy, France. Done in black and white.

                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...A row of decorative carved pillars lines a wall in the ancient Bayeux Cathedral in the medieval town of Bayeux, Normandy, France. Done in black and white.

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                                                                                                                                                                      How A Cotton Bandage Shortage During World War I Led To The Invention Of The Maxi Pad

                                                                                                                                                                      During World War I, the Kimberly-Clark paper company began making bandages from a newly-developed cotton alternative known as Cellucotton — and frontline nurses started using the highly absorbent product during their periods.

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                                                                                                                                                                      This black-and-white ad from the 1920s features a drawing of a woman in a historical dress standing behind a box of Kotex sanitary pads. The ad reads: KOTEX A list of the wardrobe essentials of Her Royal Daintiness, the modern woman, would be incomplete without at least one package of Kotex. Kotex is the new sanitary pad made from cellucotton. Cheap enough to throw away—satisfactory beyond description. Just ask for Kotex at any store or shop that caters to women. Cellucotton Products Company Chicago, Illinois 5c Each 12 for 60c INEXPENSIVE, COMFORTABLE, HYGIENIC and SAFE—KOTEX

                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...This black-and-white ad from the 1920s features a drawing of a woman in a historical dress standing behind a box of Kotex sanitary pads. The ad reads: KOTEX A list of the wardrobe essentials of Her Royal Daintiness, the modern woman, would be incomplete without at least one package of Kotex. Kotex is the new sanitary pad made from cellucotton. Cheap enough to throw away—satisfactory beyond description. Just ask for Kotex at any store or shop that caters to women. Cellucotton Products Company Chicago, Illinois 5c Each 12 for 60c INEXPENSIVE, COMFORTABLE, HYGIENIC and SAFE—KOTEX

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                                                                                                                                                                        Actually Delta Blues and Chicago Blues stared as the same musicians.

                                                                                                                                                                        Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Willie Dixon, and many others at Chess Records were raised in the Delta and then moved to Chicago.


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                                                                                                                                                                          Actually Delta Blues and Chicago Blues started as the same musicians.

                                                                                                                                                                          Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Willie Dixon, and many others at Chess Records were raised in the Delta and then moved to Chicago.

                                                                                                                                                                            [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                            KILKENNY. An old frize coat.

                                                                                                                                                                            A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                            Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): KILKENNY. An old frize coat. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                              Events for the 16th of August from Wikipedia:

                                                                                                                                                                              • 1891: The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica
                                                                                                                                                                              • Birth (1573) of Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1598) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_
                                                                                                                                                                              • Holiday: Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gozan_no
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                                                                                                                                                                                [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                BARTHOLOMEW BABY. A person dressed up in a tawdry manner, like the dolls or babies sold at Bartholomew fair.

                                                                                                                                                                                A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BARTHOLOMEW BABY. A person dressed up in a tawdry manner, like the dolls or babies sold at Bartholomew fair. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BARTHOLOMEW BABY. A person dressed up in a tawdry manner, like the dolls or babies sold at Bartholomew fair. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                  AWAKE. Acquainted with, knowing the business. Stow the books, the culls are awake; hide the cards, the fellows know what we intended to do.

                                                                                                                                                                                  A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                  Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): AWAKE. Acquainted with, knowing the business. Stow the books, the culls are awake; hide the cards, the fellows know what we intended to do. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): AWAKE. Acquainted with, knowing the business. Stow the books, the culls are awake; hide the cards, the fellows know what we intended to do. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                    Events for the 15th of August from Wikipedia:

                                                                                                                                                                                    • 1998: Northern Ireland: Omagh bombing takes place; 29 people (including a woman pregnant with twins) killed and some 220 others injured. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern
                                                                                                                                                                                    • Birth (1948) of Tom Johnston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_John
                                                                                                                                                                                    • Holiday: Navy Day (Romania) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy_Day
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                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                      IN OTHER NEWS am watching a BBC docushow on english castles. TIL “Prince of Wales” is a colonial title. never occurred to me the “Prince Of Wales” isn't Welsh.

                                                                                                                                                                                      what’s interesting is that the whole premise of the show is about how the english copied and surpassed the norman building castles and using them as tools for COLONIALISM.

                                                                                                                                                                                      it’s so rare in USA to hear historians referring to europeans colonizing each other before moving on to other continents.

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                                                                                                                                                                                        LFG

                                                                                                                                                                                        A photograph of the front cover of a book. The top two-thirds features an illustration in a traditional Indian miniature painting style on an orange background, depicting several figures with blue and light skin tones intertwined among green leaves and gold floral motifs, beneath a blue and white patterned border. The bottom third is off-white and contains text in blue and black capital letters. The text reads: "THE HINDUS AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY", followed by a small red four-pointed star, then "WENDY DONIGER".

                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...A photograph of the front cover of a book. The top two-thirds features an illustration in a traditional Indian miniature painting style on an orange background, depicting several figures with blue and light skin tones intertwined among green leaves and gold floral motifs, beneath a blue and white patterned border. The bottom third is off-white and contains text in blue and black capital letters. The text reads: "THE HINDUS AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY", followed by a small red four-pointed star, then "WENDY DONIGER".

                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                          HANK. He has a hank on him; i.e. an ascendancy over him, or a hold upon him. A Smithfield hank; an ox, rendered furious by overdriving and barbarous treatment. See BULL HANK.

                                                                                                                                                                                          A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                          Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HANK. He has a hank on him; i.e. an ascendancy over him, or a hold upon him. A Smithfield hank; an ox, rendered furious by overdriving and barbarous treatment. See BULL HANK. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HANK. He has a hank on him; i.e. an ascendancy over him, or a hold upon him. A Smithfield hank; an ox, rendered furious by overdriving and barbarous treatment. See BULL HANK. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                            BEARD SPLITTER. A man much given to wenching.

                                                                                                                                                                                            A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                            Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BEARD SPLITTER. A man much given to wenching. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BEARD SPLITTER. A man much given to wenching. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                              Events for the 14th of August from Wikipedia:

                                                                                                                                                                                              • 1917: World War I: The Republic of China, which had heretofore been shipping labourers to Europe to assist in the war effort, officially declares war on the Central Powers, although it will continue to send to Europe labourers instead of combatants for the remaining duration of the war. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic
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                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]⏩︎VOTE⏪︎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ⁼ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ (Ben Royce) » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                ' Threatens with “Monstrous Consequences” Over Dispute'

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                                                                                                                                                                                                is currently losing its to a country without a navy,

                                                                                                                                                                                                The last such massively lopsided victory in can be found at... checking notes...

                                                                                                                                                                                                The

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                                                                                                                                                                                                A naval battle in 1905 between... checking notes...

                                                                                                                                                                                                Russia and Japan

                                                                                                                                                                                                As the famous Ukrainian quote goes:

                                                                                                                                                                                                "We're very lucky they're so fucking stupid"

                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]WIST Quotations » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                  A quotation from Eric Hoffer

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience — the knowledge that our mighty deeds will come to the ears of our contemporaries or “of those who are to be.” We are ready to sacrifice our true, transitory self for the imaginary eternal self we are building up, by our heroic deeds, in the opinion and imagination of others.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
                                                                                                                                                                                                  True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 13, § 47 (3.13.47) (1951)

                                                                                                                                                                                                  More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11805/

                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                    DUMB WATCH. A venereal bubo in the groin.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                    Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DUMB WATCH. A venereal bubo in the groin. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DUMB WATCH. A venereal bubo in the groin. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]amgbengaezekieloladosu » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                      “Been” Poem

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Life is not yours as she is fragile to hold and long to care for. I can imagine how beautiful she would be, having her by my side by the river bank on a lowly mountain to see the awesome movement of waves from the coast to coast of the ocean. I don't know to say the stories of how I found you, but all I know in my heart is I never get tired of loving you is this so real. Sweetheart only heaven could help me out as all I know is "Am BEEN" there to love you.Gbenga Ezekiel OladosuAmerican […] [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Life is not yours as she is fragile to hold and long to care for. I can imagine how beautiful she would be, having her by my side by the river bank on a lowly mountain to see the awesome movement of waves from the coast to coast of the ocean. I don’t know to say the stories of how I found you, but all I know in my heart is I never get tired of loving you is this so real. Sweetheart only heaven could help me out as all I know is “Am BEEN” there to love you.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Gbenga Ezekiel Oladosu

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                                                                                                                                                                                                      How the Crusaders Turned Gaza into a Medieval Frontier Fortress

                                                                                                                                                                                                      In the twelfth century, the Crusaders transformed Gaza into a fortified base on the frontier between the Kingdom of Jerusalem and Fatimid Egypt. Its construction isolated Ascalon, intensified the struggle for the region and helped open the way for attacks on Egypt.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      By Steve Tibble

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                                                                                                                                                                                                      Books about Crusades at PG:
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                                                                                                                                                                                                      Map of the Crusader states and Crusader castles. An historical map showing the Crusader states including the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Principality of Antioch, County of Tripoli, and County of Edessa.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Global Museum » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                        The US oil billionaire's 16th-Century English mansion was home to a stunning art collection and a lion named Nero. In 1963, the BBC visited him there to discuss his "great success".
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Archive BBC documentary first transmitted in 1963. Alan Whicker interviews billionaire J. Paul Getty, who discusses reports of his meanness, his unsuccessful marriages, why he keeps working and what he's had to sacrifice to become the world's richest man.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                          CHAPERON. The cicisbeo, or gentleman usher to a lady; from the French.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                          Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CHAPERON. The cicisbeo, or gentleman usher to a lady; from the French. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CHAPERON. The cicisbeo, or gentleman usher to a lady; from the French. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                            Hi!, I'm a bot posting selections from Francis Grose’s 1785 “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue”, a compilation of slang terms, the coded language of the underclass and the demi-monde.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                              Events for the 13th of August from Wikipedia:

                                                                                                                                                                                                              • 1944: World War II: German troops begin the pillage and razing of Anogeia in Crete that would continue until September 5. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wa
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Birth (1930) of Don Ho, American singer and ukulele player (d. 2007) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Ho
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Holiday: Fachtna of Rosscarbery en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fachtna_
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                Hi! I'm a bot posting events which happened on today's date, at random from Wikipedia’s lists. Historic events, births, deaths and holidays/religious days if there’s room.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]WIST Quotations » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                  A quotation from Voltaire

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Had there been a literary censorship in Rome, we should have had to-day neither Horace, Juvenal, nor the philosophical works of Cicero. If Milton, Dryden, Pope, and Locke had not been free, England would have had neither poets nor philosophers; there is something positively Turkish in proscribing printing; and hampering it is proscription.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [S’il y avait eu une inquisition littéraire à Rome, nous n’aurions aujourd’hui ni Horace, ni Juvénal, ni les œuvres philosophiques de Cicéron. Si Milton, Dryden, Pope, et Locke, n’avaient pas été libres l’Angleterre n’aurait eu ni des poètes, ni des philosophes: il y a je ne sais quoi de turc à proscrire l’imprimerie, et c’est la proscrire que la trop gêner.]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Voltaire (1694-1778) French writer [pseud. of Francois-Marie Arouet]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Letter (1733-06-20) to a First Commissioner [Lettre á un premier commis] [tr. Tallentyre (1919)]

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The Enlightenment has driven the West down a dead-end alley, but they haven't quite yet sussed this out.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Earl » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The people of 1936 could say....

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      "Been there. Done that."

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      There is nothing new under the sun.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Imagine during the time of Noah and the great deluge, thousands of years ago, before all those people were drowned in the flood, they may have also been trying to explain away every weather disaster with anything but the real cause: their sins.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Who wants to humble themself before God and admit they have sinned? (I have.)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Pride goes before destruction. We could all learn from true .

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                        "Climate Change"

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                          BURN THE KEN. Strollers living in an alehouse without paying their quarters, are said to burn the ken. CANT.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BURN THE KEN. Strollers living in an alehouse without paying their quarters, are said to burn the ken. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BURN THE KEN. Strollers living in an alehouse without paying their quarters, are said to burn the ken. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Black Achilles

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            The Greeks didn’t have modern ideas of race. Did they see themselves as white, black – or as something else altogether?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            by Tim Whitmarsh

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            aeon.co/essays/when-homer-envi

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Books about Achilles at PG:
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Ajax carries off the body of Achilles, Attic black-figure lekythos from Sicily, c. 510 BCE (Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich). A terracotta amphora fragment showing two helmeted warriors in black-figure style carrying the body of a fallen soldier. Large round shields decorated with serpent motifs dominate the scene.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...Ajax carries off the body of Achilles, Attic black-figure lekythos from Sicily, c. 510 BCE (Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich). A terracotta amphora fragment showing two helmeted warriors in black-figure style carrying the body of a fallen soldier. Large round shields decorated with serpent motifs dominate the scene.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                              TO CROW. To brag, boast, or triumph. To crow over any one; to keep him in subjection: an image drawn from a cock, who crows over a vanquished enemy. To strut like a crow in a gutter; to walk proudly, or with an air of consequence.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO CROW. To brag, boast, or triumph. To crow over any one; to keep him in subjection: an image drawn from a cock, who crows over a vanquished enemy. To strut like a crow in a gutter; to walk proudly, or with an air of consequence. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO CROW. To brag, boast, or triumph. To crow over any one; to keep him in subjection: an image drawn from a cock, who crows over a vanquished enemy. To strut like a crow in a gutter; to walk proudly, or with an air of consequence. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Events for the 12th of August from Wikipedia:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • 1977: The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approach
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Birth (1974) of Karl Stefanovic, Australian television host en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Ste
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Death (2013) of Tereza de Arriaga, Portuguese painter (b. 1915) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tereza_d
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm: » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  In honor of Black History Month…

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  “Woke” is an appropriated term that has become a colloquialism loosely meaning “having a moral compass” in the face of systemic oppression. Its original usage was “stay woke,” unintentionally coined by blues musician Lead Belly.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  In a 1938 he was recording his song “Scottsboro Boys,” ending it with spoken word about the song’s meaning.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Black and white photo of Lead Belly. He’s sitting while playing an acoustic guitar. He’s wearing a suit. Some children are sitting and listening in the background.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...Black and white photo of Lead Belly. He’s sitting while playing an acoustic guitar. He’s wearing a suit. Some children are sitting and listening in the background.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐋🎵 In 1984-85, thousands of belugas trapped in pack off ’s Peninsula faced starvation.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The Moskva crushed an escape channel, playing to coax the herd forward. Roughly 2,000 survived and about 1,000 died, though the music’s role stayed unverified.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]דער קערפער פֿון השם » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      "The takes up a lot of space within and , or otherwise, for good reason. It was an immense tragedy on a global scale, one of the darkest hours of human . The stories of those who survived are undeniably compelling. And, in adapting some of these stories for the screen, they are important tools for Holocaust education and fighting (provided that they are done thoughtfully).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      And yet, if you’re Jewish, it can be exhausting to constantly engage with this specific trauma. Sometimes you might want to learn more about different periods of history through media which reflect lesser told Jewish stories, even if some of those are traumatic, too.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      If that’s you, you’re in the right place. Read on for eight shows, both based on true stories and fictionalized, that center throughout various periods of history other than the Holocaust."

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🍞🕰️ At the settlement of in , researchers found a spongy residue near an ancient oven, ringed by wheat, barley, and pea seeds.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        revealed air bubbles and starch grains, pointing to uncooked fermented dough. Dated to about 8,600 years ago, it predates earlier fermented evidence from by thousands of years.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        GOBBLER. A turkey cock.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GOBBLER. A turkey cock. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GOBBLER. A turkey cock. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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