#Pestilence

Interesting piece on society & Church during #Black_Death !Today, science is more developed than medieval Europe. When Great Pestilence took hold, physicians couldn't explain little.And, they believed that it was
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If you check it out, we live a precarious existence on this island enuh. Check it out. Our #1 f/x earner is tourism, a very fragile industry. We’ve seen tourism
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We know white labor's resentment against Chinese workers resulted in the US passing the Page Act (1875) and eventually the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882). But predating both those was San
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Why I'm a massive hypocritical bigot: a threadhttps://twitter.com/mermistrapta/status/1265057927280410630 1. Lame attempt at making a "joke" by applying what Christians say about Homosexuality and reversing the roles, and inad
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Book List! Pandemic ProtagonistsWhen I'm experiencing uncertainty, my go-to strategy is to #readaboutit. Here are books I've read over the years that feature some kind of disease and some kind
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I wrote about baking our way through the pandemic, and it includes a recipe that bakes in time for a panic attack. I hope you'll read it.https://thecorrespondent.com/486/kneading-sanity-and-stability-why-bread-broke-the-internet/5819240
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Age of Empires IIHexen IISpiderman 2Midnight Club IIHarry Potter Quidditch World Cuphttps://twitter.com/jakeregal/status/1260449257821216768 Age of Empires II (Demo). I don't remember how I got it, but I played it enough times
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A few facts and insights about immigration from this recent NBER Summer Institute talk by Gordon Hanson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJSqQU6buhs&t=189sthread (1/n) "We still only have 3.3% of the world population living in
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One of the few men that I admire is the emperor Marcus Aurelius. His thoughts have inspired me throughout most of my adult life. ¿Did you know that he ruled
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I want to show readers one interpretation of "The Rapture" some Christians are taught and how a whole prophesy has been carefully crafted to fit modern 20-21 Century events. The
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A child’s guide to #university: Once upon a time, most school leavers started work as trainees, apprentices, or office juniors. The pay was rubbish. They made tea. Got sent for
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THREAD: SPIRITUAL WARFARE VERSES (Bookmark this to help the Digital Soldiers) Submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." James 4:7 "You are from God,
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What group of microbes cause hepatitis? SGMI is here again with health matters.Remember, bodily exercise profiteth little without the right information. Join us for tonight's discussion at 6:30pm. We would
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As requested, here is my Passover thread. I’m gonna keep it as brief as possible. If you have questions please feel free to ask. I’ll put pronunciation guides in brackets,
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WHITE AMERICA,you CANNOT claim to believe in "Liberty,& Justice" for all,when slavery is STILL legal,& Jacob Blake was shot 7 times,unarmed in the back,& Kyle Rittenhouse murdered innocent people,yet was
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Most every day, I ask Amazon Alexa to tell me a joke. They are mostly dad-style puns. You can ask for Star Trek, Star Wars, LotR, superhero, or many other
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