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Simon Hamilton

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Everything you never wanted to know about Tallinn. Esimene täielik Tallinna tänavanimede sõnastik pärast Aleksander Kivise "Tallinna tänavad". Parandused ja tagasiside teretulnud. For a more light-hearted 'analysis' of the French language, see @frogologue

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Simon Hamilton @tallinnstreets.bsky.social · 7h

NO; But Mlller and Trump have the same qualities, minus the cognitive capabilities or discipline..

Simon Hamilton @tallinnstreets.bsky.social · 8h

Portland, USA, 2026 (or whenever):
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Brutal End of 1000s of Nazis who Killed 642 French: Hard to Watch

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Simon Hamilton @tallinnstreets.bsky.social · 10h

#Suur-Männiku (Suur-Männik)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Männiku
Greater Pine wood, pine grove.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Forest #Mets
#Tree #Puu

Simon Hamilton @tallinnstreets.bsky.social · 13h

She said it!
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NY AG Letitia James responds to indictment

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Simon Hamilton @tallinnstreets.bsky.social · 13h

#Veskimetsa (Veskimets) #Asum
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Kristiine #Mustjõe #Lilleküla #Marja
#Mill woods, woods near/by the mill. Host to a a wind-themed group. See #Veskimäe.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Agriculture #PõlluMajandus
#Forest #Mets

Simon Hamilton @tallinnstreets.bsky.social · 15h

#Arbujad member, see #Arbu) and his wife #Eha were the only #Estonians to be honored among Israel’s #RighteousAmongTheNations for saving at least one man’s life. The second wave came after #WWII with an influx of #Jews from across the #USSR.

#Religion #Religioon
#Judaism

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Simon Hamilton @tallinnstreets.bsky.social · 15h

Then came #war, #SovietOccupation, #Nazis, #deportations, #pogroms and #extermination (see #Maakri). Given the ruthless efficiency of the latter, #Estonia’s remarkably brilliant and ‘somewhat’ (did I hear ‘rampant’?) anti-Aryan and -Indo-European #polyglot (±60 languages) #UkuMasing (another
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Simon Hamilton @tallinnstreets.bsky.social · 15h

fighting force of the #SublimePorte), and gradually extended the #PaleOfSettlement to #Jews according to how ‘useful’ they were. #Jewish communities began to thrive across #Estonia, culminating in 1933 in an #InstituteOfJewishStudies (supported by #AlbertEinstein) at #TartuUniversity.
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Simon Hamilton @tallinnstreets.bsky.social · 15h

limited to #Jews, by the way), with the added intention of converting them to #RussianOrthodoxy (an interesting variation of the early #Ottoman practice of taking #Christian slave boys – it being illegal to enslave #Muslims – and molding them first into #Muslims then #Janissaries, the elite
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Simon Hamilton @tallinnstreets.bsky.social · 15h

where #Jews were required to live. In ‘recent’ years, two main waves of #JewishImmigration have occurred: one beginning sometime after 1856 when #AlexanderII abolished the army ‘#Cantonist’ system of ‘#conscripting’ #JewishBoys for 25-year military service (the #conscription was not
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Simon Hamilton @tallinnstreets.bsky.social · 15h

the 10th C, with names like ‘#OldJewry’, #RueDeLaJuiverie (#France), #Judengasse (#Germany), etc. The word #ghetto seems to come from the #VenetianDialect, #gheta (related to #Ital. #goccia and #Fr. #goutte, for #drip/drop, but see #Harju for further details), after the 14-15th C foundry area
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Simon Hamilton @tallinnstreets.bsky.social · 15h

all named, it seems, after local #landlady #MariaMargarethaIsrael, then #Turu (1954-1991) during the #SovietOccupation. The first #Jews in #Estonia are believed to have come with the #TeutonicKnights. #Jewish streets/quarters have been a typical feature of #European towns since at least
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Simon Hamilton @tallinnstreets.bsky.social · 15h

#Keldrimäe (Keldrimägi) #Asum
#CellarHill, named after a large concrete ‘cellar’ (underground storage facility?) in the neighborhood (see #Mäe for discussion). Known formerly as #Israelgasse (1893) plus variants Iisraeli (1921), #Израильская ул (1907), but mainly #Israeli (1885-1954),
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Simon Hamilton @tallinnstreets.bsky.social · 17h

Odd, what's happened to him though!

Simon Hamilton @tallinnstreets.bsky.social · 18h

#Pojengi (Pojeng)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Peony, #Paeonia. One of the Mähe flower-name group, see #Priimula.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Plant #Taim
#Flower #Lille

Simon Hamilton @tallinnstreets.bsky.social · 19h

Not intending to be snarky (although I may well be), we really need to be much more open about mental healthcare.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

FOX: Do you think Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?

FETTERMAN: If this sticks. I think the whole point of having a Nobel Peace Prize is for ending wars and promoting peace. And if he brings the Ukrainian war to its end, I will be the Democrat leading the committee for his Nobel Prize Peace.

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Simon Hamilton @tallinnstreets.bsky.social · 20h

I’d be pleased to hear it. Part of the #Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also #Kajaka.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Animal #Loom
#Bird #Lind
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Simon Hamilton @tallinnstreets.bsky.social · 20h

#Kaarna (Kaaren)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Mooni
Aka #ronga, the common #raven, #CorvusCorax. Breeds in #Estonia. *Kaaren ei noki kaarna silma*, lit. a raven doesn’t peck a raven’s eyes, i.e. there’s honor amongst thieves and if anyone could provide me with actual proof of this
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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Simon Hamilton @tallinnstreets.bsky.social · 21h

Nice hat!

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Simon Hamilton @tallinnstreets.bsky.social · 23h

#Masti (Mast)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Pirita
#Mast. Previously known as #Männi, pine (1923-1958), with a (mis-)spell as #Männa (also from #mänd), either a wooden whisk, probably pine, or a traditional embroidered, woven or knitted octagonal pattern (1938-1939). See also #Purje.

#Maritime #Merendus

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Madz @madz123.bsky.social · 1d

the felon’s grave is going to be the busiest Gender Neutral Bathroom in the world

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Simon Hamilton @tallinnstreets.bsky.social · 1d

I say give her a break. Single mother of three children fighting multiple stereotypes and doing a good job for her party. We all have bad hair days.

Simon Hamilton @tallinnstreets.bsky.social · 1d

#Pilliroo (Pilliroog)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
#Reed, bulrush.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Plant #Taim
#Grass #Rohu

Simon Hamilton @tallinnstreets.bsky.social · 1d

#Sireli (Sirel)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
#Lilac, #SyringaSpp.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Plant #Taim
#Flower #Lille

Unusual post. every word but one is hashtagged, And now I've ruined it 🤫