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August 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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One of the things about historical research is you encounter the fact that children used to die at heart-breaking rates. The cemeteries are full of tombs with zero to eleven year life spans. The correspondence mentions child death on a regular basis.
Children died often.
Children died often.
July 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
One of the things about historical research is you encounter the fact that children used to die at heart-breaking rates. The cemeteries are full of tombs with zero to eleven year life spans. The correspondence mentions child death on a regular basis.
Children died often.
Children died often.
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April 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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I saw some imaginative redesigns of Scotland's flag and couldn't help thinking of you.
One image shows the Welsh flag with a red dragon, probably related to Llewellyn.
Next to it, a re-imagined Scottish flag with a . . .
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I saw some imaginative redesigns of Scotland's flag and couldn't help thinking of you.
One image shows the Welsh flag with a red dragon, probably related to Llewellyn.
Next to it, a re-imagined Scottish flag with a . . .
UNICORN!
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What If the Scottish Flag Looked Like... - Brilliant Maps
The picture above while not a map is too good to pass up. It looks at what Scotland's flag might look like in the style of other country's flag designs. As a Canadian I like the Canadian design, altho...
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April 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
@danacorn.bsky.social
I saw some imaginative redesigns of Scotland's flag and couldn't help thinking of you.
One image shows the Welsh flag with a red dragon, probably related to Llewellyn.
Next to it, a re-imagined Scottish flag with a . . .
UNICORN!
brilliantmaps.com/what-if-the-...
I saw some imaginative redesigns of Scotland's flag and couldn't help thinking of you.
One image shows the Welsh flag with a red dragon, probably related to Llewellyn.
Next to it, a re-imagined Scottish flag with a . . .
UNICORN!
brilliantmaps.com/what-if-the-...
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Do make sure that all proper forms are filled out in triplicate.
Don't be surprised when the government rejects your grant proposal anyway.
Do make sure that all proper forms are filled out in triplicate.
Don't be surprised when the government rejects your grant proposal anyway.
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March 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
#ProposalDosAndDonts
Do make sure that all proper forms are filled out in triplicate.
Don't be surprised when the government rejects your grant proposal anyway.
Do make sure that all proper forms are filled out in triplicate.
Don't be surprised when the government rejects your grant proposal anyway.
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February 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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February 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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[Walt Whitman tries to tell a joke]
A priest, rabbi, and minister walk into a bar, sailor-men, merchant-men, walk into a bar, Workmen and Workwomen! into a bar, Blacksmiths with grimed and hairy chests, the carpenter dressing his plank, president and prostitute walk into a b
A priest, rabbi, and minister walk into a bar, sailor-men, merchant-men, walk into a bar, Workmen and Workwomen! into a bar, Blacksmiths with grimed and hairy chests, the carpenter dressing his plank, president and prostitute walk into a b
@natewolff.bsky.social No pressure, but you got any more 19c lit jokes?
February 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
[Walt Whitman tries to tell a joke]
A priest, rabbi, and minister walk into a bar, sailor-men, merchant-men, walk into a bar, Workmen and Workwomen! into a bar, Blacksmiths with grimed and hairy chests, the carpenter dressing his plank, president and prostitute walk into a b
A priest, rabbi, and minister walk into a bar, sailor-men, merchant-men, walk into a bar, Workmen and Workwomen! into a bar, Blacksmiths with grimed and hairy chests, the carpenter dressing his plank, president and prostitute walk into a b
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My choice for 1854's person of the year remains John Snow. While anesthesia was first used by several others, Snow was the first to create a table of standard and safe dosages. Also, Snow's analysis of London's 1854 cholera epidemic marks the start of modern epidemiology. (1/2)
December 24, 2024 at 3:29 AM
My choice for 1854's person of the year remains John Snow. While anesthesia was first used by several others, Snow was the first to create a table of standard and safe dosages. Also, Snow's analysis of London's 1854 cholera epidemic marks the start of modern epidemiology. (1/2)
1354's person of the year is Ibn Battuta. That year, he ended his 29 years of traveling to settle down in his home country of Morocco, and started work on the Rihla (Travels). He traveled a greater distance than anybody else before 1500, and his Rihla provides descriptions of the 14th-century world.
December 24, 2024 at 3:26 AM
1354's person of the year is Ibn Battuta. That year, he ended his 29 years of traveling to settle down in his home country of Morocco, and started work on the Rihla (Travels). He traveled a greater distance than anybody else before 1500, and his Rihla provides descriptions of the 14th-century world.
1855's person of the year remains Henry Bessemer, who that year patented the Bessemer process, which was the first technology that could cheaply make steel on an industrial scale, providing a stronger metal than the types of iron then available.
December 16, 2024 at 3:56 AM
1855's person of the year remains Henry Bessemer, who that year patented the Bessemer process, which was the first technology that could cheaply make steel on an industrial scale, providing a stronger metal than the types of iron then available.
1355's person of the year is England's Edward, the Black Prince, who carried out the grande chevauchée, sacking and devastating much of southwestern France in the Hundred Years' War. (The following year, in another chevauchée ending in the Battle of Poitiers, he would capture France's King John II.)
December 16, 2024 at 3:54 AM
1355's person of the year is England's Edward, the Black Prince, who carried out the grande chevauchée, sacking and devastating much of southwestern France in the Hundred Years' War. (The following year, in another chevauchée ending in the Battle of Poitiers, he would capture France's King John II.)
My pick for 1856's person of the year remains Gustave Flaubert, whose novel "Madame Bovary" first appeared in serial form in the "Revue de Paris" that year. The work is regarded as the peak of the literary realist movement in France.
December 15, 2024 at 4:27 AM
My pick for 1856's person of the year remains Gustave Flaubert, whose novel "Madame Bovary" first appeared in serial form in the "Revue de Paris" that year. The work is regarded as the peak of the literary realist movement in France.
1356's person of the year is Holy Roman Emperor IV, who, in his role of King of Bohemia, launched the country's cultural golden age. With the assistance of the Imperial Diet of Metz, he issued the Golden Bull of 1356, which served as the Empire's de facto constitution until its end in 1806.
December 15, 2024 at 4:21 AM
1356's person of the year is Holy Roman Emperor IV, who, in his role of King of Bohemia, launched the country's cultural golden age. With the assistance of the Imperial Diet of Metz, he issued the Golden Bull of 1356, which served as the Empire's de facto constitution until its end in 1806.
1929's person of the year is Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, who signed the Lateran Treaty that year. It established the Vatican as an independent state and made Roman Catholicism the official religion of Italy - the latter part being part of Mussolini's fascist program.
December 13, 2024 at 4:59 AM
1929's person of the year is Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, who signed the Lateran Treaty that year. It established the Vatican as an independent state and made Roman Catholicism the official religion of Italy - the latter part being part of Mussolini's fascist program.
My choice for 1857's Person of the Year remains Florence Nightingale, pioneer in nursing and sanitary healthcare. While not on the Royal Commission on the Health of the Army, established that year, because she was a woman, she wrote its official report, partly based on her Crimean War experience.
December 12, 2024 at 2:11 AM
My choice for 1857's Person of the Year remains Florence Nightingale, pioneer in nursing and sanitary healthcare. While not on the Royal Commission on the Health of the Army, established that year, because she was a woman, she wrote its official report, partly based on her Crimean War experience.
1357's person of the year is Gajah Mada, the prime minister of Majapahit, who led that kingdom's conquest of most of modern-day Indonesia. His massacre of Sunda's royal family that year may have turned it into a vassal state of Majapahit, and created a still-existing Sundanese-Javanese distrust.
December 12, 2024 at 1:59 AM
1357's person of the year is Gajah Mada, the prime minister of Majapahit, who led that kingdom's conquest of most of modern-day Indonesia. His massacre of Sunda's royal family that year may have turned it into a vassal state of Majapahit, and created a still-existing Sundanese-Javanese distrust.
1858's person of the year is Benito Juarez, who became President of Mexico that year, and was leader of the Liberal Party during the Reform War. After defeating the Conservatives, he would later preserve Mexican independence against French invaders trying to establish a new empire.
December 10, 2024 at 4:37 AM
1858's person of the year is Benito Juarez, who became President of Mexico that year, and was leader of the Liberal Party during the Reform War. After defeating the Conservatives, he would later preserve Mexican independence against French invaders trying to establish a new empire.
1358's person of the year is Charles, Dauphin of France (who would become King Charles V in 1364). That year, as regent of France following the capture of King John II in 1356, he put down the Jacquerie, a peasant uprising, and would later restore French territory taken in the Hundred Years War.
December 10, 2024 at 4:33 AM
1358's person of the year is Charles, Dauphin of France (who would become King Charles V in 1364). That year, as regent of France following the capture of King John II in 1356, he put down the Jacquerie, a peasant uprising, and would later restore French territory taken in the Hundred Years War.
1859's person of the year remains Charles Darwin, who published his "On the Origin of Species" that year, explaining the principle of evolution by natural selection, and providing a mechanism for how evolution worked.
December 9, 2024 at 2:08 AM
1859's person of the year remains Charles Darwin, who published his "On the Origin of Species" that year, explaining the principle of evolution by natural selection, and providing a mechanism for how evolution worked.
1359's person of the year is Sikandar Shah, sultan of Bengal. That year, he fought the forces of Delhi sultan Firuz Shah Tughlaq to a standstill until the monsoon season, forcing the latter to recognize the Bengal Sultanate as an independent state.
December 9, 2024 at 2:06 AM
1359's person of the year is Sikandar Shah, sultan of Bengal. That year, he fought the forces of Delhi sultan Firuz Shah Tughlaq to a standstill until the monsoon season, forcing the latter to recognize the Bengal Sultanate as an independent state.
I had Abraham Lincoln as 1860's person of the year, for his election as president of the US, and the resulting secession of South Carolina before the end of the year. The secession of more states in 1861 would start the American Civil War. (1/2)
December 8, 2024 at 3:49 AM
I had Abraham Lincoln as 1860's person of the year, for his election as president of the US, and the resulting secession of South Carolina before the end of the year. The secession of more states in 1861 would start the American Civil War. (1/2)