Matt Plourde
@matthewplourde.bsky.social
Budding Archaeologist, Tech Worker, Dog Dad.
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Exactly this
Popular Chronologies:
Prehistoric = bad, unless dinos
Ancient = mixed, usually just "old." Often interchangeable with "biblical."
Classical = good. "Blah blah Western Civ." 🥱
Medieval = bad, everything "we" aren't
Renaissance = good, Classic pt. 2
(Early) Modern = (slightly) good, because "us"
Prehistoric = bad, unless dinos
Ancient = mixed, usually just "old." Often interchangeable with "biblical."
Classical = good. "Blah blah Western Civ." 🥱
Medieval = bad, everything "we" aren't
Renaissance = good, Classic pt. 2
(Early) Modern = (slightly) good, because "us"
Listen: When a media outlet casually throws "medieval" into a headline, they aren't making an argument about legal history. They are using it as a casual pejorative to try and cast the current topic as non-modern. It's rarely correct history. It's never a rhetorical move meant to illuminate.
December 4, 2024 at 1:38 AM
Exactly this
Reposted by Matt Plourde
Chef Auguste Escoffier’s "Le Guide Culinaire" (1903) is a cornerstone of culinary arts, but "The Thanksgiving Cook Book" (1911) strays from tradition. Instead of turkey, stuffing & pie, his menu features rabbit, ragout & crawfish! 🦃🥧
🔗 archive.org/details/gri_...
🔗 archive.org/details/gri_...
November 28, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Chef Auguste Escoffier’s "Le Guide Culinaire" (1903) is a cornerstone of culinary arts, but "The Thanksgiving Cook Book" (1911) strays from tradition. Instead of turkey, stuffing & pie, his menu features rabbit, ragout & crawfish! 🦃🥧
🔗 archive.org/details/gri_...
🔗 archive.org/details/gri_...
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A must see every time I visit my happy place
The Light of the Desert, the first stone visitors to our gem collection will see, is the largest faceted cerussite in the world at 898 carats.
Cerussite refracts more light than diamond, but is much too fragile for jewellery use; even a rapid temperature change would shatter it!
Cerussite refracts more light than diamond, but is much too fragile for jewellery use; even a rapid temperature change would shatter it!
November 20, 2024 at 11:33 PM
A must see every time I visit my happy place
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"Epic Games is officially cool with the Internet Archive preserving early Unreal games" from Game Developer: www.gamedeveloper.com/business/epi...
Epic Games is officially cool with the Internet Archive preserving early Unreal games
The Unreal series may have been shelved years ago, but Epic is letting its first two installments live on through the Internet Archive.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:03 PM
"Epic Games is officially cool with the Internet Archive preserving early Unreal games" from Game Developer: www.gamedeveloper.com/business/epi...
Blue Skies ahead!! (Not really, winter is starting here 😭)
December 8, 2023 at 7:17 PM
Blue Skies ahead!! (Not really, winter is starting here 😭)