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Margaret Mih Tillman
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Vaccinations: a historically good idea

Ōta Chōu 太田聴雨, Smallpox Vaccination 種痘, 1934
(Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art)
November 17, 2024 at 3:32 PM
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Memeable mss ftw!
"this is fine"

British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r
November 16, 2024 at 12:46 PM
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On a related note, I'm also a big fan of Tom Bob, the New York artist who turns mundane/ugly objects into street art...
November 15, 2024 at 1:17 PM
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Many commentators say that vigilante groups are never the answer. But they clearly don't know about the masked Ecuadorian trio named “Acción Ortográfica Quito,” who roam the streets at night with a singular purpose: to correct all the spelling and grammar mistakes they find in graffiti.
November 15, 2024 at 12:56 PM
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'This process includes the replacement of all first-rate talents, regardless of their political loyalties, with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is the best guarantee of their loyalty.' (The Origins of Totalitarianism, renewed version, A Harvest Book New York, 1976, 339)
October 23, 2024 at 1:46 PM
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Māori MPs briefly suspended the Aotearoa parliament’s attempts to reinterpret their founding treaty in the most bad ass use of the Haka I’ve ever seen.
November 14, 2024 at 3:23 PM
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Hey US Dems:

Watch and learn.

("Legislative haka" in NZ.)
November 14, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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Let's unleash the axonal growth cones for this #Fluorescencefriday ! #neuroscience #Liveimaging #microscopy #Axonguidance
November 15, 2024 at 7:19 AM
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Word of the Day, should you need it, is ‘latibulate’, a 17th-century verb meaning to find a corner somewhere and hide in it.
November 15, 2024 at 8:16 AM
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Warning: a very, VERY addictive website detailing medieval homicides in London, Oxford and York - maps, stories, stats and all.
Such a beautifully executed (pun intended) project. medievalmurdermap.co.uk
💀🗡️🎓
October 6, 2023 at 1:56 PM
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October 6, 2023 at 6:01 PM
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Ten years after a court order ruled that children of Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic were not entitled to citizenship, many people born on Dominican soil live in fear of arrest or expulsion as the government's deportation strategy intensifies.
They’ve Been Stateless for 10 Years. Now Many Are Facing Deportation.
Ten years after a court order ruled that children of Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic were not entitled to citizenship, many live in fear of arrest or expulsion.
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2023 at 6:13 PM
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Open Access! Download this wonderful book here!
October 6, 2023 at 9:53 AM