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Peter Ellis
almostconverge
Mini Hungarian language lesson: Sweary Saturday."Using Anglo-Saxon language" is a common euphemism for "turning the air blue", which of course is just another euphemism.But in Hungarian you'd struggle to use
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Peter Reavill
PeterReavill
A #SpecialOffa from @britishmuseum's @findsorguk Wat #EarlyMedieval material culture tells us about life in the Welsh MarchesI shall use the following tweets to highlight some of the most recent finds
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Silent Sam's Reckoning
sams_reckoning
Today is University Day @UNC. Started in 1877 by white supremacists to mark the restoration of their power after Reconstruction by linking it to & glorifying the Univ.'s settler colonial
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Matt Allan
Matt_Allan78
I’ve had this book for awhile, and thought I’d share. It’s just got some of the most wacky examples of ol’timey, “science.” Phrenology, eugenics, sexual self help and what not
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Dr Caitlin Green
caitlinrgreen
Happy Easter! :) A Viking-era ceramic 'Resurrection egg', symbolising Christ's resurrection, found Uppland, Sweden: https://www.flickr.com/photos/historiska/6880142909/in/photostream/ Another image of a Resurrection egg: http://www.himlen
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Televassi, Drinker of Mead, Teller of Tales
Televassi
There's some discussion around whether the classics of English Lit are bad actually, and I can't wait to paraphrase for you all the reasons why it's a complicated but valid
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Tyus D. Williams 🐾🐅🐆
sciencewithtyus
Feeling really emotional lately over the black lives that were recently lost so pardon my candor.To all the white people who think their fears are equal to ours just remember
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Chase Yú
FromCNwithLove
“Let China Sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world,” (Napoleon Bonaparte).The return of China & India- professor Kishore Mahbubani You only get the negative about China from
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Śrīkānta
shrikanth_krish
What @dhume is hinting at here is - India should've opted for the British monarch as our ceremonial head of state in 1947Instead of an indirectly elected Presidency we have
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A.Z. Foreman
azforeman
When people ask "when did people stop speaking Latin as a native language?" I like to answer: “Well, it was still spoken into the 9th century, though at that point
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John Ibbitson
JohnIbbitson
A journalism student recently asked by email: How do you become a columnist? Do you have any advice? Here is the answer: 1/n The most important thing is never to
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Dubray/Gabriela
DubrayBooks
As always happens when you try to fit ideas into clear and definite categories, the lines that define a classic remain... fuzzy. So I'd love to ask you bookish people
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Sarah May
Sarah_May1
Between @DavidOlusoga fantastic 'Forgotten Slave Owners' based on the UCL research on compensation records, & @ColonialCountr1 working hard with @nationaltrust to present the slavery that built so many 'heritage sites'
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🏖Sandy Cuhntz🏖
sandy_cuhntz
1.What are the origins of Easter? Is it about the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus? Or is it based on a pagan celebration? Where do the symbols come from? #SymbolismWillBeTheirDownFall
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Chris Cabin
Crabin
Pretty sure he would've enjoyed the snub but nevertheless, a good place to start: Stuart Gordon, the motherfuckin' man - FARINA'D!!! Monte Hellman, one of the best directors to ever
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Bteve Sannon
Clintons_Emails
A bust of John Adams in Vizcaya testifying to his admiration for the system of Fueros in the Empire of Spain (Fueros find an approximate parallel in
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