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Sometimes, leadership in battle is about courage under fire, or setting an inspiring example.
Other times, it's about grabbing your penis and telling your men to do the same.
From Fergal Keane's 'Road of Bones', about the battle of Kohima.
Other times, it's about grabbing your penis and telling your men to do the same.
From Fergal Keane's 'Road of Bones', about the battle of Kohima.
December 5, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Sometimes, leadership in battle is about courage under fire, or setting an inspiring example.
Other times, it's about grabbing your penis and telling your men to do the same.
From Fergal Keane's 'Road of Bones', about the battle of Kohima.
Other times, it's about grabbing your penis and telling your men to do the same.
From Fergal Keane's 'Road of Bones', about the battle of Kohima.
Thread of architectural wonders that have withstood the relentless passage of time 🧵
1. Pantheon, Rome (almost 2000 years old)
1. Pantheon, Rome (almost 2000 years old)
December 5, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Thread of architectural wonders that have withstood the relentless passage of time 🧵
1. Pantheon, Rome (almost 2000 years old)
1. Pantheon, Rome (almost 2000 years old)
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I keep trying to write something eloquent and just being tired.
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.
Signed,
a physicist
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.
Signed,
a physicist
December 4, 2024 at 9:23 AM
I keep trying to write something eloquent and just being tired.
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.
Signed,
a physicist
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.
Signed,
a physicist
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If you’d like share your work with a wider audience, or see your name in print, consider @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social’s magazine. Coming up is a list of future themes. To get involved email me [email protected]. We have lovely people ready to help anyone who’s nervous about getting started 🧵
December 3, 2024 at 2:27 PM
If you’d like share your work with a wider audience, or see your name in print, consider @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social’s magazine. Coming up is a list of future themes. To get involved email me [email protected]. We have lovely people ready to help anyone who’s nervous about getting started 🧵
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So, again, if any of these themes capture your imagination email me at [email protected]
If you’d like to write about anything else #WW1 suggest book reviews or write on local history, it’s Trev at [email protected]
And that includes if you’d like to write but would like an assignment from him!
If you’d like to write about anything else #WW1 suggest book reviews or write on local history, it’s Trev at [email protected]
And that includes if you’d like to write but would like an assignment from him!
December 3, 2024 at 2:27 PM
So, again, if any of these themes capture your imagination email me at [email protected]
If you’d like to write about anything else #WW1 suggest book reviews or write on local history, it’s Trev at [email protected]
And that includes if you’d like to write but would like an assignment from him!
If you’d like to write about anything else #WW1 suggest book reviews or write on local history, it’s Trev at [email protected]
And that includes if you’d like to write but would like an assignment from him!
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During #WW1, Marie Curie created a vehicle that contained a hospital bed, generator, X-ray machine & photographic darkroom equipment. These “petite Curies" (below) could be driven right up to the Front. Curie trained 150 women as radiology technicians. #histmed #skystorians #histsci
December 2, 2024 at 11:31 PM
During #WW1, Marie Curie created a vehicle that contained a hospital bed, generator, X-ray machine & photographic darkroom equipment. These “petite Curies" (below) could be driven right up to the Front. Curie trained 150 women as radiology technicians. #histmed #skystorians #histsci
Today’s global population versus everybody who has ever lived
Recent discoveries indicate Homo sapiens have existed for over 300,000 years, leading to new estimates that around 117 billion humans have been born on Earth.
Recent discoveries indicate Homo sapiens have existed for over 300,000 years, leading to new estimates that around 117 billion humans have been born on Earth.
December 2, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Today’s global population versus everybody who has ever lived
Recent discoveries indicate Homo sapiens have existed for over 300,000 years, leading to new estimates that around 117 billion humans have been born on Earth.
Recent discoveries indicate Homo sapiens have existed for over 300,000 years, leading to new estimates that around 117 billion humans have been born on Earth.
Our brains love to see patterns in randomness.
A thread on beauty in the unexpected 🧵
1. Known as "the thinking tree" by locals, this olive tree in Apulia, Italy, is over 1500 years old. #history #photographs #amazing
A thread on beauty in the unexpected 🧵
1. Known as "the thinking tree" by locals, this olive tree in Apulia, Italy, is over 1500 years old. #history #photographs #amazing
December 2, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Our brains love to see patterns in randomness.
A thread on beauty in the unexpected 🧵
1. Known as "the thinking tree" by locals, this olive tree in Apulia, Italy, is over 1500 years old. #history #photographs #amazing
A thread on beauty in the unexpected 🧵
1. Known as "the thinking tree" by locals, this olive tree in Apulia, Italy, is over 1500 years old. #history #photographs #amazing
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Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
December 1, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
This was the last woman sentenced to death in Britian.
Ruth Ellis, a nightclub hostess, shot her abusive lover in 1955 after years of torment.
Despite pleading guilty, she was hanged.
The death penalty was abolished a decade later.
#history #historicalphotos #historyfacts
Ruth Ellis, a nightclub hostess, shot her abusive lover in 1955 after years of torment.
Despite pleading guilty, she was hanged.
The death penalty was abolished a decade later.
#history #historicalphotos #historyfacts
December 1, 2024 at 6:34 PM
This was the last woman sentenced to death in Britian.
Ruth Ellis, a nightclub hostess, shot her abusive lover in 1955 after years of torment.
Despite pleading guilty, she was hanged.
The death penalty was abolished a decade later.
#history #historicalphotos #historyfacts
Ruth Ellis, a nightclub hostess, shot her abusive lover in 1955 after years of torment.
Despite pleading guilty, she was hanged.
The death penalty was abolished a decade later.
#history #historicalphotos #historyfacts
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Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
November 24, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
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The hand of Old Croghan Man, a 2000-year-old bog body that has been naturally mummified in a peat bog. The man's apparently manicured nails led to speculation that he was not someone who engaged in manual labour.
Based off the man's arm span, he stood approximately 6'6'' tall.
Based off the man's arm span, he stood approximately 6'6'' tall.
November 24, 2024 at 6:30 PM
The hand of Old Croghan Man, a 2000-year-old bog body that has been naturally mummified in a peat bog. The man's apparently manicured nails led to speculation that he was not someone who engaged in manual labour.
Based off the man's arm span, he stood approximately 6'6'' tall.
Based off the man's arm span, he stood approximately 6'6'' tall.
This is one of the only terracotta warriors that was found almost completely intact. Note the detail on the bottom of his shoe, showing that grip and traction were considered in footwear even 2,200 years ago.
November 22, 2024 at 7:03 PM
This is one of the only terracotta warriors that was found almost completely intact. Note the detail on the bottom of his shoe, showing that grip and traction were considered in footwear even 2,200 years ago.
Thread of beautiful birds-eye views of cities 🧵
1. Venice, Italy 🇮🇹
1. Venice, Italy 🇮🇹
November 22, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Thread of beautiful birds-eye views of cities 🧵
1. Venice, Italy 🇮🇹
1. Venice, Italy 🇮🇹
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Greetings, Skywalkers.
I've never had an X account.
I heard about Bluesky and figured maybe this could be the place for people like me.
The Tomb of King Sneferu.
Constructed 2,600 years before Christ and built BEFORE the Great Pyramids of Giza.
Africa.
Egypt.
Dashur.
October.
2024
I've never had an X account.
I heard about Bluesky and figured maybe this could be the place for people like me.
The Tomb of King Sneferu.
Constructed 2,600 years before Christ and built BEFORE the Great Pyramids of Giza.
Africa.
Egypt.
Dashur.
October.
2024
November 18, 2024 at 12:33 AM
Greetings, Skywalkers.
I've never had an X account.
I heard about Bluesky and figured maybe this could be the place for people like me.
The Tomb of King Sneferu.
Constructed 2,600 years before Christ and built BEFORE the Great Pyramids of Giza.
Africa.
Egypt.
Dashur.
October.
2024
I've never had an X account.
I heard about Bluesky and figured maybe this could be the place for people like me.
The Tomb of King Sneferu.
Constructed 2,600 years before Christ and built BEFORE the Great Pyramids of Giza.
Africa.
Egypt.
Dashur.
October.
2024
Thread of Crazy Things from the Past 🧵
1. Baby Cages conceptualized in the 1920s to provide fresh air for Toddlers
1. Baby Cages conceptualized in the 1920s to provide fresh air for Toddlers
November 21, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Thread of Crazy Things from the Past 🧵
1. Baby Cages conceptualized in the 1920s to provide fresh air for Toddlers
1. Baby Cages conceptualized in the 1920s to provide fresh air for Toddlers
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From my collection a German 1934 badge commemorating the 20th anniversary of the battle of Langemarck. In all the time I have been collecting this is the only one of these I have ever seen #WW1
November 21, 2024 at 7:55 AM
From my collection a German 1934 badge commemorating the 20th anniversary of the battle of Langemarck. In all the time I have been collecting this is the only one of these I have ever seen #WW1
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The most breathtaking cathedrals on Earth 🧵
1. Reims Cathedral, France. It’s twice the size of Notre Dame in Paris. #history #cathedrals #Architecture
1. Reims Cathedral, France. It’s twice the size of Notre Dame in Paris. #history #cathedrals #Architecture
November 20, 2024 at 6:40 PM
The most breathtaking cathedrals on Earth 🧵
1. Reims Cathedral, France. It’s twice the size of Notre Dame in Paris. #history #cathedrals #Architecture
1. Reims Cathedral, France. It’s twice the size of Notre Dame in Paris. #history #cathedrals #Architecture
Bedouin woman with her child. Saudi Arabia, 1948 #history #historyphotos
November 20, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Bedouin woman with her child. Saudi Arabia, 1948 #history #historyphotos
