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Re: horses in games and films: Here’s a closer approximation of what a standard Viking horse probably looked like. Short, stocky and very sturdy. Icelandics were brought to Iceland during
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As Pontic Greeks fled Trabzon in 1922, they buried the Sumela Monastery's most sacred possessions, including the icon of the Virgin, allegedly carved by St Luke, in the ground. They
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Hey @AlphaWo40963407 and @Maverick_bharatThreadThe History of DBO - Daulat Beg OldiAs most of us heard about DBO in NEWS in last couple of weeks, many want to know about it.
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The excavations at the Malian city of Gao carried out by Cambridge University revealed glass windows. One of the findings was entitled: “Fragments of alabaster window surrounds and a piece
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WhatsApp as a propaganda distribution channel might be slowing down (as one pol functionary told me a majority of groups are muted by users) Engagement with content is not as
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That story about the frog sitting in water brought so slowly to a boil it never escapes?Think back to everything you learned about what the CCP regime in Beijing has
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I will just be blubbering in the corner for the remainder of the day. I just presented about ableism and Bill C-7 at Grand Rounds at Western University and I
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Heidegger's interview with Thai Buddhist monk Bhikku Maha Mani (1963):I. "You've thought deeply about the essence of man for decades, what insights have you come to?"Heidegger: "Man is distinguished by
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A lot of people are confused about China's economic model. Is it socialist/communist or capitalist? The answer is that it is a hybrid that doesn't comport easily with the simplistic
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I've been reflecting on this a lot in the last several years, ever since it became obvious that the Evangelical Right was backing Trump back in 2015/2016. I went to
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This is my grandfather, who was born on this day in 1888 in Paris. I was 17 when he died, at age 94, so I was lucky enough to know
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"Everyone buys #Bitcoin at the price they deserve" is a popular saying in the Bitcoin community. I have my own twisted version: "Bitcoin will arrive in your life when
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Huh. @BusinessInsider is owned by Axel Springer, a company founded and run by, according to several sources, a virulent right-winger - a Nazi and a CIA asset, in fact.This is
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A thought, perhaps a warning, that came to mind after today's #RaceB4Race panel, esp. what it takes to ID & reject white settler colonial, imperialist, anti-Black (&) racist habits of
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I love brutalism so I’m making a thread of beautiful brutalist architecture.Name: Telecommunication CenterArchitect: Janko KonstantinovLocation: Skopje, MacedoniaPhoto: ©yeowatzup / Flickr Name: Unité d’HabitationArchitect: Le Corbusi
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I think the message I want to get across is that yes, there are truths which people need to know, but that there is a time and a place for
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