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Aidan Feldman
aidanfeldman
the idea came up at work today: federal government has restrictions with the (tech) work it can do with state and local governments, and state and local governments don't have
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Mariya Petkova
mkpetkova
It's a double holiday today, Eid al-Fitr and the day we celebrate the Cyrillic alphabet in Bulgaria, which is also used by millions of Muslims around the world. So Eid
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Tweeting Historians
Tweetistorian
Erik Wade ( @erik_kaars ) again, back with a short thread on the love of my life: penitentials. Penitentials are medieval manuals for confessors. They basically list sins with suggested
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Tweeting Historians
Tweetistorian
Oyez oyez cocofaaaaaans! We're BACK with more history today. Yesterday we blazed through coconuts' spread around the globe, and today we'll consider Roman (and Byzantine. AND SASANIAN) coconuts!So buckle
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Walid Sinno
wsinno
1) Listening to Aoun speaking, analysts may question the poor PR work that lead to what will go down in history as one of the worst performances of leadership at
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Peter Gurry
pjgurry
Here is a 1611 printing of the King James Bible, showing 1 John 2.23. Notice how the second half of the verse is in smaller roman type rather than larger
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bitnonymous
bitnonymous
In 12 days, tBTC signers have had 931 ETH liquidated. That's 5% of their total bonded ETH, all due to signer timeouts, which liquidates you if even one signer in
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oldeuropeanculture
serbiaireland
Thread: Kuršumlija is a town and municipality located in the Toplica District of the southern Serbia. It is situated between Mt Kopaonik and Mt Radan. Outside of Serbia it is
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dsausa.org/join🌹
uhshanti
in:re Caltrain but also other things. one thing I've learned over and over from having a broader network of friends & colleagues in housing & transit, is that there's always
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Chris Razukas
hellochris
In some non #kimjongundead news, here's an archival bit, a k-hed actually, from 1971, about an ambassador who shot himself rather than leave Pyongyang for Jakarta. OK - a wee
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Kris 📿🇨🇦 🇦🇱
ektrit
Hagia SophiaSteady reminder that Greek-Orthodoxy NEVER existed until 1833 when King Otto INVENTED the Church of Greece. Regardless of how atrocious the Ottomans were, no ethnic/linguistic groups disappeared during the
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elizabeta ugarska
enchanteeq
Islam rarely spread by means other than the sword. From its very birth, Islam has used the edge of the sword as a means to convert or conquer those with
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Tamara 🇬🇪🇹🇷🇦🇿
chvnburi
A thread about the Turks did not take the lands of armenians by force:The territory in which the armenians lived together for a time never was ruled by them as
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Byzantine Ambassador
byzantinepower
Hugely frustrating to have to deal with these "what about Greek temples -> churches" accounts. Let's quickly explain the giant hiatus you've inserted into history. Greek East (Classical/Byzantine) found its
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Tim Sweeney
TimSweeneyEpic
Here’s my first computer, the Apple ][+. It booted into a BASIC programming prompt so you could write code. Then you could save it on a floppy disk or a
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Dan ✝️🏴🇬🇧
PatristicsFan
Very long rant: It has become clear to me that any claim of a particular church communion to hold an entirely unchanged faith and practice from the time of the
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