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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 11m

I think both France and Britain played off one group against another in Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine in order to maintain their rule under the Mandate.

Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 4h

"The storm irresistibly propels (the angel of history) into the future to which his back is turned, while the pile of debris before him grows skyward. This storm is what we call progress."

Walter Benjamin reflects in Theses on the Philosophy of History on Klee's Angelus Novus.

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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 5h

Kennedy’s attacks on tylenol use and MMR vaccine could be converging but what could this mean for vaccine access?

Updates on the the latest attacks on vaccines in the USA

Attacks on MMR are gaining pace- could this threaten access to the MMR vaccine?

open.substack.com

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 5h

Yet memory often erases the complexities of the past as new national narratives are written to explain and justify the past.

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 5h

A colleague once showed me a copy of an information pamphlet issued to British soldiers in Palestine in the 1940s. The pamphlet referred to 'Jewish terrorists'. The vicissitudes of history often change the definition of who is a terrorist and who is not.

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 16h

The concluding Torah portion V'Zot HaBerachah (וְזֹאת הַבְּרָכָה) opens with the words:
"And this is the blessing wherewith Moses, the man of God, blessed the children of Israel before his death." #ParashahPictures
BL Or 2696; 14th c; Germany, S; f.419r

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 16h

In the concluding Torah portion, V'Zot HaBerachah (וְזֹאת הַבְּרָכָה), Moses climbs Mount Nebo & is shown the Promised Land by God. Moses then died & was buried by God in a place no one knew.
#ParashahPictures
BL Add MS 15423; 1441 CE-1467 CE; Italy; f.142v

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 16h

A peacock marks the initial-word of Torah portion V'Zot HaBerachah (וְזֹאת הַבְּרָכָה) which concludes the cycle of readings before it begins again.
#parashahpictures
BL Add 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277-1324 CE; France,N; f.112v

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 16h

This face which gazes out at us marks the beginning of Torah portion V'Zot HaBerachah (וְזֹאת הַבְּרָכָה).
#ParashahPictures
BnF Hébreu 29; Bible; 15th century; f.119r @gallicabnf.bsky.social

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 16h

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah portion V'Zot HaBerachah (וְזֹאת הַבְּרָכָה) with a golden crowned figure.
#ParashahPictures
Bodleian Library, MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.119r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Cat in the Hat @catinthehat.bsky.social · Jun 29

[27 Jun 2025] @DrTedros at WHO media briefing:

“We cannot talk about COVID-19 in the past tense. Although the crisis has passed, the virus remains.

It continues to evolve, it continues to kill, and millions of people continue to live with post COVID-19 condition or long COVID.”

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Anís del moro @anisdelmoro.bsky.social · 4d

B. Herin and E. Al-Wer, A Grammar of Jordanian Arabic, 2025 (Open Access).
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 17h

God creating the animals

Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 1511; 'The Ashmole Bestiary'; 13th century; England (Peterborough?);f.6v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 17h

An arborial intial 'I'(gitur) complete with squirrel and other creatures begins the Life of St. Hilarius.

Cod. Bodmer 127; Vitae sanctorum (Passionale); monastery of Weissenau, Germany; 12th century; f.144r (e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 17h

"Why didn't they give me the Nobel Peace Prize?"

BL Royal MS 20 A XVII, f.14v

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 17h

Congratulations!

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Sabrina Inowlocki @sabrinainowlocki.bsky.social · 17h

Excited to announce that my article “Monks at Lake Mareotis? Philo’s De vita contemplativa and the Displacement of Jewish Identity in Christian Monastic Literature” has been accepted for publication in the Studies in Late antiquity journal!

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 17h

Time for a squirrel break

BL Add MS 18852; the 'Hours of Joanna I of Castile' or the 'Hours of Joanna the Mad'; 1486 CE-1506 CE; f.88v

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 17h

I suppose what matters is that both Israelis and Palestinians accept each other's right to exist and to live in peace and security. No single individual brings this about. The peace in Northern Ireland took years of bloodshed before both sides were ready to talk in good faith about the future.

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 19h

FYI @wilshaw755.bsky.social

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 2d

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 1d

I visited the @nmireland.bsky.social today for a bit of research, but I also took the opportunity to revisit the Words on the Wave exhibition, before it ends on October 24th.

It really is wonderful and you've only two weeks left, so do go and see it before it's gone!

#Ireland #SpéirGhorm

Page from the Irish Gospels of St Gall that dates to the 8th century AD. This shows an illustration of the Second Coming / Last Judgement.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 22h

A sandal, woven from grass and twigs, dated somewhere between 727- 771 years old was found in a vulture nest in southern Spain.

The agobia (sandal) was found along more than 200 other human artifacts, including some from the middle ages.

Found: 650-year-old shoe, in vulture nest

Many unexpected human artifacts have been preserved, for centuries, in vulture nests.

www.nationalgeographic.com

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 22h

All I know is that I'm very happy that Trump was not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 1d

Fascinating, thank you again.

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