Celtibeŕ
@celtiber.bsky.social
Mapping Idubeda, an EU demographic desert. Trained in Europe & East Asia on architecture, urbanism & land planning. Since ‘99 genealogy & linguistics in my ancestors’ melting pot valley.
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Georgian/Armenian word of the day:
Ge. ქურუმი kurumi 'pagan priest'
Arm. քուրմ kʿowrm 'pagan priest'
<- Syr. ܟܘܡܪܐ kūmrā 'pagan priest'
Ge. ქურუმი kurumi 'pagan priest'
Arm. քուրմ kʿowrm 'pagan priest'
<- Syr. ܟܘܡܪܐ kūmrā 'pagan priest'
November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Georgian/Armenian word of the day:
Ge. ქურუმი kurumi 'pagan priest'
Arm. քուրմ kʿowrm 'pagan priest'
<- Syr. ܟܘܡܪܐ kūmrā 'pagan priest'
Ge. ქურუმი kurumi 'pagan priest'
Arm. քուրմ kʿowrm 'pagan priest'
<- Syr. ܟܘܡܪܐ kūmrā 'pagan priest'
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Correspondence
Meaning :
- cold day
- cold days
#Tamajeq :
- əzəl səmmiḍan
- ižilan sammoḍnen
#Tetserret :
- əṣṣ šammaḍən
- aṣṣan šammaḍnin
Meaning :
- cold day
- cold days
#Tamajeq :
- əzəl səmmiḍan
- ižilan sammoḍnen
#Tetserret :
- əṣṣ šammaḍən
- aṣṣan šammaḍnin
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Correspondence
Meaning :
- cold day
- cold days
#Tamajeq :
- əzəl səmmiḍan
- ižilan sammoḍnen
#Tetserret :
- əṣṣ šammaḍən
- aṣṣan šammaḍnin
Meaning :
- cold day
- cold days
#Tamajeq :
- əzəl səmmiḍan
- ižilan sammoḍnen
#Tetserret :
- əṣṣ šammaḍən
- aṣṣan šammaḍnin
I’m afraid I’m just a toponymy “autist”.
Someone on here once read my posts and then asked, "so are you a trains autist or a numbers autist" and I had to be like, "I'm not autistic?" Bc a lot of ppl kind of just assume I am for some reason.
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I’m afraid I’m just a toponymy “autist”.
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can we stop accusing random vloggers of being ccp shills just cos their twitter location is now shown as 'the third white monkey incubation research institute affiliated to the cognitive warfare centre of the central propaganda bureau'? It's getting old! Their bios literally state 'personal account'
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
can we stop accusing random vloggers of being ccp shills just cos their twitter location is now shown as 'the third white monkey incubation research institute affiliated to the cognitive warfare centre of the central propaganda bureau'? It's getting old! Their bios literally state 'personal account'
This is most certainly not the solution, but I don’t see which part of *rural* connectivity is people not understanding:
— “Why don’t transport hundreds of people at the same time, aka TRAINS??!!”
How should I tell them that there aren’t “hundreds” of people in many not periurban rural areas…
— “Why don’t transport hundreds of people at the same time, aka TRAINS??!!”
How should I tell them that there aren’t “hundreds” of people in many not periurban rural areas…
By investing in Monocab Owl, the EU is revolutionising sustainable commuting.
A gyro-stabilised monorail offers autonomous, on-demand transport, boosting rural connectivity. 🚆
Do you know any other innovative transport solutions?
📸© Monocab Owl
#WorldSustainableTransportDay
A gyro-stabilised monorail offers autonomous, on-demand transport, boosting rural connectivity. 🚆
Do you know any other innovative transport solutions?
📸© Monocab Owl
#WorldSustainableTransportDay
November 26, 2025 at 11:02 AM
This is most certainly not the solution, but I don’t see which part of *rural* connectivity is people not understanding:
— “Why don’t transport hundreds of people at the same time, aka TRAINS??!!”
How should I tell them that there aren’t “hundreds” of people in many not periurban rural areas…
— “Why don’t transport hundreds of people at the same time, aka TRAINS??!!”
How should I tell them that there aren’t “hundreds” of people in many not periurban rural areas…
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There is an old Dutch proverb about what to do when you're thirsty, and it goes like this:
Drink water.
Drink water.
November 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
There is an old Dutch proverb about what to do when you're thirsty, and it goes like this:
Drink water.
Drink water.
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This is the first time I have encountered the word "interlarded", & I hope to make good use of it in future conversations.
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This is the first time I have encountered the word "interlarded", & I hope to make good use of it in future conversations.
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“As with many long-term urban planning projects, and the delicate balance between preservation and progress, Tokyo confronts an identity crisis that is fundamentally an iteration of the same tensions that marked Japan’s entrance into modernity”
Into the Woods: Meiji Jingu and the Hunger for Modernity
Editor’s note: This is our final entry in The Metropole theme for November 2025, Metropolitan Consumption. To see additional posts on the theme from November, see here. By Emi Higashiyama Tok…
themetropole.blog
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“As with many long-term urban planning projects, and the delicate balance between preservation and progress, Tokyo confronts an identity crisis that is fundamentally an iteration of the same tensions that marked Japan’s entrance into modernity”
The Dreaded Day has come: I spotted a white hair on my chin, so now I’m officially an old man.
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The Dreaded Day has come: I spotted a white hair on my chin, so now I’m officially an old man.
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There's a good article on maps in pre-modern Japan that's relevant for African history on this point about boundaries:
"Many of our conventional mapping practices are ill-suited to the complexities and nuances of pre-modern politics"
culturalanalytics.org/article/8486...
"Many of our conventional mapping practices are ill-suited to the complexities and nuances of pre-modern politics"
culturalanalytics.org/article/8486...
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
There's a good article on maps in pre-modern Japan that's relevant for African history on this point about boundaries:
"Many of our conventional mapping practices are ill-suited to the complexities and nuances of pre-modern politics"
culturalanalytics.org/article/8486...
"Many of our conventional mapping practices are ill-suited to the complexities and nuances of pre-modern politics"
culturalanalytics.org/article/8486...
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A bilingual Dano-Norwegian/northern Sámi catechism from 1728, afaik the first printed book in Northern Sámi
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A bilingual Dano-Norwegian/northern Sámi catechism from 1728, afaik the first printed book in Northern Sámi
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Stay tuned => estigueu atonyinats
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Stay tuned => estigueu atonyinats
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Weekly Georgian Etymology: ბაჟე baže 'walnut sauce with garlic', from Megrelian ბაჟა baža, from Georgian ბაჟი baži toll, duty, tax, from Old Georgian ႡႠႯႨ baži, from Middle Persian bāǰ tax, from Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐎪𐎶 tribute. It gets its name metaphorically from its enriched flavor.
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Weekly Georgian Etymology: ბაჟე baže 'walnut sauce with garlic', from Megrelian ბაჟა baža, from Georgian ბაჟი baži toll, duty, tax, from Old Georgian ႡႠႯႨ baži, from Middle Persian bāǰ tax, from Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐎪𐎶 tribute. It gets its name metaphorically from its enriched flavor.
Sorry, kitty, but I really need to get up and do some human stuff.
#Catuesday
#Catuesday
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Sorry, kitty, but I really need to get up and do some human stuff.
#Catuesday
#Catuesday
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3/ Everybody wants privacy in the bathroom.
There's even a whole #BringBackDoors campaign.
Yet I keep accidentally booking into hotel rooms that seem determined to reject this basic human comfort.
Great video by @kendragaylord.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFPG...
There's even a whole #BringBackDoors campaign.
Yet I keep accidentally booking into hotel rooms that seem determined to reject this basic human comfort.
Great video by @kendragaylord.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFPG...
What happened to bathroom doors?
YouTube video by Kendra Gaylord
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
3/ Everybody wants privacy in the bathroom.
There's even a whole #BringBackDoors campaign.
Yet I keep accidentally booking into hotel rooms that seem determined to reject this basic human comfort.
Great video by @kendragaylord.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFPG...
There's even a whole #BringBackDoors campaign.
Yet I keep accidentally booking into hotel rooms that seem determined to reject this basic human comfort.
Great video by @kendragaylord.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFPG...
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Everyone knows you say in shāʾ Allāh for something you hope will happen, but what if you don't want it to happen?
Egyptian Arabic elides the hamza and their typical post positional negation -/ʃ/
إن شَٱلله ما يحصل
in shallāh ma-yiḥṣal
Egyptian Arabic elides the hamza and their typical post positional negation -/ʃ/
إن شَٱلله ما يحصل
in shallāh ma-yiḥṣal
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Everyone knows you say in shāʾ Allāh for something you hope will happen, but what if you don't want it to happen?
Egyptian Arabic elides the hamza and their typical post positional negation -/ʃ/
إن شَٱلله ما يحصل
in shallāh ma-yiḥṣal
Egyptian Arabic elides the hamza and their typical post positional negation -/ʃ/
إن شَٱلله ما يحصل
in shallāh ma-yiḥṣal
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Zayd and Amr are always the exemplars used in classical Arabic grammar pedagogy to demonstrate things like nominal declension, and the lyric translates as
"If Zayd and Amr came" [MSA]
Fine, what do we care, God willing they don't [Egyptian]
"If Zayd and Amr came" [MSA]
Fine, what do we care, God willing they don't [Egyptian]
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Zayd and Amr are always the exemplars used in classical Arabic grammar pedagogy to demonstrate things like nominal declension, and the lyric translates as
"If Zayd and Amr came" [MSA]
Fine, what do we care, God willing they don't [Egyptian]
"If Zayd and Amr came" [MSA]
Fine, what do we care, God willing they don't [Egyptian]
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Interesting article:
Algerian Migrations to the Levant during the mid-19th and early 20th Centuries
asjp.cerist.dz/en/article/2...
Algerian Migrations to the Levant during the mid-19th and early 20th Centuries
asjp.cerist.dz/en/article/2...
Algerian migrations to the Levant during the mid-19th and early 20th centuries.
• Abstract:
This study examines the migration of Algerians to the Levant during the second half of the 19th century and the early 20th century as a result of colonial policies, particularly following the suppression of popular resistance in 1847. In its initial phase, migration was mainly limited to religious, political, and cultural elites. However, it expanded with the uprising of Al-Muqrani in 1871 and the transition to civilian governance, which saw settlers impose their dominance and monopolize power. This migration extended across all social classes in Algeria and was not confined to a specific region; rather, it encompassed the entire country—east, west, and south—both individually and collectively, with one of the most notable waves being the Tlemcen migration of 1911.
The Algerian community in the Arab East, particularly in the Levant, had a significant political, social, and cultural impact on the local society, especially in the fields of education, journalism, and the establishment of associations. Additionally, Algerians in the Levant remained closely connected to the issues of their homeland, Algeria.
asjp.cerist.dz
November 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Interesting article:
Algerian Migrations to the Levant during the mid-19th and early 20th Centuries
asjp.cerist.dz/en/article/2...
Algerian Migrations to the Levant during the mid-19th and early 20th Centuries
asjp.cerist.dz/en/article/2...
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🛣️ Darius Staliūnas, 'Imperialization of street names as part of the cultural appropriation of urban space in late imperial Vilnius'
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096...
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096...
November 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
🛣️ Darius Staliūnas, 'Imperialization of street names as part of the cultural appropriation of urban space in late imperial Vilnius'
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096...
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096...
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🇺🇦 Anton Kotenko, 'The value of names: toponymic commercialization in late nineteenth-century Kyiv'
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096...
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096...
November 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
🇺🇦 Anton Kotenko, 'The value of names: toponymic commercialization in late nineteenth-century Kyiv'
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096...
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096...
Wow, finishing these shelves – that barely needed more than 3 days’ worth of work – *only* took 2 months and a half of my life.
I’m so proud of myself: I’m the fastest sloth in the world.
I’m so proud of myself: I’m the fastest sloth in the world.
November 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Wow, finishing these shelves – that barely needed more than 3 days’ worth of work – *only* took 2 months and a half of my life.
I’m so proud of myself: I’m the fastest sloth in the world.
I’m so proud of myself: I’m the fastest sloth in the world.
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I find it very pleasing that sometime around 1040, an Icelandic skald addressed the king of the Norwegians as "sinjórr", showing that already at this early stage the French vocabulary for lordship had entered the Nordic world.
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I find it very pleasing that sometime around 1040, an Icelandic skald addressed the king of the Norwegians as "sinjórr", showing that already at this early stage the French vocabulary for lordship had entered the Nordic world.
As much as I like these (Anglocentric) videos of moving borders, I’m still waiting for one to be accurate: Barcelona as Aragon from 1190? Granada as Castile in 1454?? Aragon merged with Castile/Spain in 1484??!!
Most boundaries were indeed fluid, but I’m afraid this is barely a map of dynasties.
Most boundaries were indeed fluid, but I’m afraid this is barely a map of dynasties.
context
November 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
As much as I like these (Anglocentric) videos of moving borders, I’m still waiting for one to be accurate: Barcelona as Aragon from 1190? Granada as Castile in 1454?? Aragon merged with Castile/Spain in 1484??!!
Most boundaries were indeed fluid, but I’m afraid this is barely a map of dynasties.
Most boundaries were indeed fluid, but I’m afraid this is barely a map of dynasties.
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the "Hitan" here is حيتان ḥītān, pl. of حوت ḥūt "fish/whale".
this word also shows up in the star name Fomalhaut (α Piscis Austrini) < فم الحوت fam al-ḥūt "mouth of the fish"
this word also shows up in the star name Fomalhaut (α Piscis Austrini) < فم الحوت fam al-ḥūt "mouth of the fish"
Today: Wadi al-Hitan. The world heritage site features whale fossils, including whales with hind legs. Marine mudstone and sandstone give us the geological formations visible today. It really is a special place. Ok
November 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
the "Hitan" here is حيتان ḥītān, pl. of حوت ḥūt "fish/whale".
this word also shows up in the star name Fomalhaut (α Piscis Austrini) < فم الحوت fam al-ḥūt "mouth of the fish"
this word also shows up in the star name Fomalhaut (α Piscis Austrini) < فم الحوت fam al-ḥūt "mouth of the fish"
You guys still have your great-grandmothers’ shopping lists around too, right? Just in case they forgot to buy sth in… 1970?
November 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
You guys still have your great-grandmothers’ shopping lists around too, right? Just in case they forgot to buy sth in… 1970?