Maybe it's time for another one. An *international* one.
Maybe it's time for another one. An *international* one.
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From Scotland With Love: Fred Bridgland recounts the story of the Scots who risked their lives to bring desperately needed aid to war-torn Bosnia in the 90s.
A reminder that, even in the worst of times, there are always good people, trying to help.
#books #livres #FromScotlandWithLove #Bosnia #History #Histoire #Scotland #Ecosse #FredBridgland #AidConvoy #bookstodon #bookshops #librairies
They knew that the fundamental principle of democracy — faith in the common sense of the common people — was the direct opposite of the fascist principle of rule by the elite few. So they fought democracy in all its phases.
#fascism #uspol #history #propaganda
Richard the Lionheart: New Study Rethinks His Capture After the Crusade
by Attila Bárány
https://www.medievalists.net/2026/01/richard-the-lionheart-capture/
Original article:
https://real.mtak.hu/188501/1/Veber_MercenariesandCrusaders2024.pdf
Richard I at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/2908
In Pursuit of Peace, Ancient Athens Created a Goddess
In the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War, Athenians worshipped Eirene. Her cult reflects the political role of religion in Ancient Greece.
By: Anna Gustafsson
Eirene at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=eirene
✨Diana✨
The goddess of the hunt prepares her bow and arrow in this scene from the Villa Arianna in Stabiae and now held by the MAN Napoli. The gorgeous blue of the background sets the golden yellow hues of Diana’s gown off in delicious contrast drawing attention to just how vibrant the colours could be in ancient Roman art.
Guten Morgen allerseits! 😀 👋
Zum #FensterFreitag ein hohes Fenster in der Eutiner Kirche St. Michaelis, die im 12. Jahrhundert im romanischen Stil erbaut wurde. Das Fenster wurde vom Hamburger Glasmaler Siegfried Assmann 1961 geschaffen.
#eutin #schleswigholstein #fensterfriday #windowfriday #window #fenster #fotografie #photography #Photographie #foto #architektur #architecture #architecturephotography #kirche #church #geschichte #history #travel #travelphotography
Claude, the Therapist, Is In to explain the challenge of academic orthodoxy
https://philosophics.blog/2026/01/16/claude-the-therapist-is-in/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
#philosophy #llm #ai #claude #critique #language #orthodoxy #kant #reading #writing #blog #podcast #history
Now #reading: 川本重雄『住まいの日本史』（吉川弘文館、2025年）
#history #histodons #Japan #architecture
Killing the Presidents: Presidential Assassinations and Assassination Attempts by Nicholas L. Vulich, 2016
Offers a fascinating look at the Presidents who lost their lives, the motives and mental states of the assassins, and the reactions of the public to the shootings.
#books
#nonfiction
#America
#history
#presidents
#assassinations
📣 New Podcast! "16 January 2018: Benin public sector strikes" on @Spreaker #benin #black #history
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/16-january-2018-benin-public-sector-strikes--69414698
Stone Age: Archaeologists found grinding tools suggesting ground starchy plants mixed with water cooked on hot stones, a very early form of pancake. Ötzi the Iceman (c. 3300 BC) even had pancake-like food in his stomach. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-pancakes-180981667/#:~:text=Defined%20simply%20as%20flat%20cakes,humanity's%20earliest%2C%20most%20important%20foodstuffs. #food #history #pancakes #culture #breakfast #teducation #morning
Stone Age: Archaeologists found grinding tools suggesting ground starchy plants mixed with water cooked on hot stones, a very early form of pancake. Ötzi the Iceman (c. 3300 BC) even had pancake-like food in his stomach. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-pancakes-180981667/#:~:text=Defined%20simply%20as%20flat%20cakes,humanity's%20earliest%2C%20most%20important%20foodstuffs. #food #history #pancakes #culture #breakfast #teducation #morning
46 years ago today
Ian Curtis of Joy Division at Lataren Club in Rotterdam on January 16, 1980.
Photo by Rob Verhorst.
#postpunk #punkrock #iancurtis #joydivision #history #postpunkhistory #otd
62 years ago today
On January 16, 1964 a small club on the Sunset Strip opened its doors for the first time.
It was The Whisky a Go Go, the first ever live music venue to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and the most iconic club of the Strip.
This picture was taken in August 1980
62 years ago today
On January 16, 1964 a small club on the Sunset Strip opened its doors for the first time.
It was The Whisky a Go Go, the first ever live music venue to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and the most iconic club of the Strip.
This picture was taken in August 1980
