Antoine
@antoniusmajor.bsky.social
Journalist with a dip in Medievalist. He/him.
(Incidentally this French map shows the risk of relying too much on labels for dating purposes: it’s from early 1950 but doesn’t yet have an independent Indonesia, still has Palestine and Transjordan, and even mentions Italian East Africa, which had ceased to exist almost ten years before!)
December 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
(Incidentally this French map shows the risk of relying too much on labels for dating purposes: it’s from early 1950 but doesn’t yet have an independent Indonesia, still has Palestine and Transjordan, and even mentions Italian East Africa, which had ceased to exist almost ten years before!)
But in the other direction, the one Germany is actually not a later limiter; both states claimed the whole territory, and East Germany wasn’t recognised in the West until the 1970s. So maps didn’t always show a split, as in this one from 1950: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ca...
December 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
But in the other direction, the one Germany is actually not a later limiter; both states claimed the whole territory, and East Germany wasn’t recognised in the West until the 1970s. So maps didn’t always show a split, as in this one from 1950: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ca...
Ah, I thought you had May 1949 as the early limiter because of the existence of a German state, as opposed to allied occupation, with November 1949 at the later limit (proclamation of East Germany) my point was that as early as 1946 Germany was already shown as a proper state!
December 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Ah, I thought you had May 1949 as the early limiter because of the existence of a German state, as opposed to allied occupation, with November 1949 at the later limit (proclamation of East Germany) my point was that as early as 1946 Germany was already shown as a proper state!
Maybe proclamation of the Federal Republic of Germany? Until then no part of Germany had been actually sovereign since 1945, but that doesn't necessarily work, you have maps from like 1946 that still show Germany as a full country... www.alamy.com/europe-in-19...
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December 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Maybe proclamation of the Federal Republic of Germany? Until then no part of Germany had been actually sovereign since 1945, but that doesn't necessarily work, you have maps from like 1946 that still show Germany as a full country... www.alamy.com/europe-in-19...
(Ah wait there's Israel so Pakistan is irrelevant and it's definitely at least 1948 – looking at South East Asia could help us, if Indonesia isn't around yet we're in 1949 at the latest and Germany is technically accurate)
December 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
(Ah wait there's Israel so Pakistan is irrelevant and it's definitely at least 1948 – looking at South East Asia could help us, if Indonesia isn't around yet we're in 1949 at the latest and Germany is technically accurate)
Since Germany is shown as one country (it makes sense since western countries didn't recognise East Germany until the 70s, but this seems to trip a lot of people up), the map is obviously not necessarily accurate to the reality on the ground, but seeing the French colonies it's definitely pre-1959
December 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Since Germany is shown as one country (it makes sense since western countries didn't recognise East Germany until the 70s, but this seems to trip a lot of people up), the map is obviously not necessarily accurate to the reality on the ground, but seeing the French colonies it's definitely pre-1959
Probably late forties or early fifties? But though to be more precise, the labels are a bit imprecise – assuming Eritrea is meant to be under British administration and not yet federated with Ethiopia (as with the Rhodesias and Nyasaland), so that would be before 52... Is Pakistan independent?
December 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Probably late forties or early fifties? But though to be more precise, the labels are a bit imprecise – assuming Eritrea is meant to be under British administration and not yet federated with Ethiopia (as with the Rhodesias and Nyasaland), so that would be before 52... Is Pakistan independent?
(Though to me that looks like it could be human error, I can't imagine modern LLMs translating "waxing crescent" word by word...)
December 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
(Though to me that looks like it could be human error, I can't imagine modern LLMs translating "waxing crescent" word by word...)
Normally you'd say "lune croissante" or "premier croissant", but yeah since the name comes from the verb it makes little sense to repeat it...
December 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Normally you'd say "lune croissante" or "premier croissant", but yeah since the name comes from the verb it makes little sense to repeat it...
It does depend on what kind of slipper you’re referring to
December 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
It does depend on what kind of slipper you’re referring to
If we follow this page: www.hhogman.se/army-rank-in... it would seem that the grenade means artillery on Swedish uniforms, then
Swedish Military - Hans Högman
Swedish Military - Hans Högman.
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October 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
If we follow this page: www.hhogman.se/army-rank-in... it would seem that the grenade means artillery on Swedish uniforms, then
That’s a grenade (or rather a stylised depiction of a 18th-19th century one). Very common insignia for infantry (whether called grenadier or not) at least in the French and Swiss armies.
October 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
That’s a grenade (or rather a stylised depiction of a 18th-19th century one). Very common insignia for infantry (whether called grenadier or not) at least in the French and Swiss armies.
IDK how practical this is in your case (and doesn't answer the translation question) but the document itself refers to the Congregation itself as the author of its previous documents?
October 2, 2025 at 8:38 AM
IDK how practical this is in your case (and doesn't answer the translation question) but the document itself refers to the Congregation itself as the author of its previous documents?
This reminds of the "coaching lab" craze in France: there are kids who go to technical coaches for at least an hour everyday because otherwise you can’t keep up with the other would-be-Mbappes, either to get into or even once you’re in professional club’s academy www.letemps.ch/articles/a-m...
A Marseille, de très jeunes footballeurs surentraînés dans l’espoir de devenir le prochain Kylian Mbappé - Le Temps
Poussés par des parents qui rêvent pour eux d’un destin de star, de plus en plus d’enfants suivent, parfois dès l’âge de cinq ans et en dehors de tout cadre fédéral, d’intenses programmes individuels ...
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May 19, 2025 at 6:01 AM
This reminds of the "coaching lab" craze in France: there are kids who go to technical coaches for at least an hour everyday because otherwise you can’t keep up with the other would-be-Mbappes, either to get into or even once you’re in professional club’s academy www.letemps.ch/articles/a-m...
Tbf French ministers are very often current (in which case they can go back once they’re no longer ministers) or former members of parliament, and the government can be brought down by the Assemblée nationale, so it’s not quite as disconnected as in the US
March 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Tbf French ministers are very often current (in which case they can go back once they’re no longer ministers) or former members of parliament, and the government can be brought down by the Assemblée nationale, so it’s not quite as disconnected as in the US
(Definitely the purpose it had when we drank it in high school)
February 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
(Definitely the purpose it had when we drank it in high school)
And yet it got best actress instead of Amélie!
February 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
And yet it got best actress instead of Amélie!
My eyes are like this too, In French that would count as "pers", which means blue-green, and is incidentally used to translate Athena’s "Glaukopis" epithet in Homeric texts
January 24, 2025 at 7:10 AM
My eyes are like this too, In French that would count as "pers", which means blue-green, and is incidentally used to translate Athena’s "Glaukopis" epithet in Homeric texts
This sent me into a rabbit hole and now I know there’s a Chris de Burgh song that mentions the Bise: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zscG...
Chris de Burgh - Lonely Sky
YouTube video by Vendaaik
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January 14, 2025 at 9:08 AM
This sent me into a rabbit hole and now I know there’s a Chris de Burgh song that mentions the Bise: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zscG...
Yeah plum and apricot are the catholic-coded ones
December 25, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Yeah plum and apricot are the catholic-coded ones
This type of stuff always reminds me of this excellent thread by @laysfarra.bsky.social x.com/lymfhsr/stat...
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November 20, 2024 at 7:24 PM
This type of stuff always reminds me of this excellent thread by @laysfarra.bsky.social x.com/lymfhsr/stat...
Ah I see someone is already on the case 😶🌫️
November 19, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Ah I see someone is already on the case 😶🌫️
I’m heading to the library tomorrow so I can get that for you!
November 19, 2024 at 8:52 PM
I’m heading to the library tomorrow so I can get that for you!