"ontology" is the study of placing one thing on top of, or onto, another thing
Are you a 15th century king? Do you want to show that you’re down with this humanism stuff that your scholars keep talking about, but you’re also terrified of your own people & the damn French? Ask your architect if Fancy Renaissance Gate Sandwiched Between Existing Medieval Towers is right for you.
If the internet was just this kind of content I’d be a happier man.
Andrew Bloomberg@andrewbloomberg.bsky.social · last mo.Are you a 15th century king? Do you want to show that you’re down with this humanism stuff that your scholars keep talking about, but you’re also terrified of your own people & the damn French? Ask your architect if Fancy Renaissance Gate Sandwiched Between Existing Medieval Towers is right for you.
become a palaeographer! explore the world! see amazing manuscripts! meet fascinating dead people whose handwriting makes you wish you were dead too!
Folks, we’re looking at Syracuse very strongly. And Melos: it is best for you to submit! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
neolithic guys get pissed if you tell them their cultures are organized by the type of pots and jewelry they made. "we called ourselves the blood hunters" "we conquered villages far beyond this horizon" sorry bud you're the western linear pottery culture now
I always tell students if you ask a good question the article will write itself
"Mahadharmaraksita was "a Greek Buddhist head monk" who led 30,000 Buddhist monks from "the Greek city of Alasandra" (Alexandria of the Caucasus), to Sri Lanka for the dedication of the Great Stupa in Anuradhapura during the rule (165–135 BCE) of King Menander I." World is trippy dude
Mahadharmaraksita - Wikipedia
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there are lots of people who write "big history" books - even as non-historians! - who are liked and respected and engaged with by historians because they did the work! a couple of examples off the top of my head: James C. Scott, Charles Mann.
Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 9mo agoPeople say it's impossible to write a responsible "Big History" book but I think that's false! You would just have to be diligent in reading the literature and systematic in contacting academics to stress-test your conclusions. The Ted Talk crowd would rather pontificate than do actual work.
I kind of love that every second Leonard Cohen song is about "what if this traditional expression of longing for the divine was also about a real sexy lady"
A series of Iranian propaganda postcards based on one of the plots of the famous Persian epic Shahnameh (Book of Kings) in support of the Allied Powers during World War II. #Iran
Q: Why were the Mitanni so big on chariots? A: They were always Hurrian.
For a medieval monastic chronicler, a headline to die for
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume? Me, a Sinologist: The essay topic is 吾猶及史之闕文也. 1. Exordium: The Sage laments that the virtue of former historians no longer obtains. 2. Propositio thematis: Of old, historians left gaps in texts rather than fill them with baseless hearsay
Andraste Sideyr@andraste.fuckbgp.com · last yr.Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume? Me, a network engineer: nope, sounds like an end-user device issue
love reading a 12 year old girl in 1911 write a mech pilot tweet in her diary abt the experience of driving an automobile
The 9% pro black death are actually medieval labor historians who point out wages went up dramatically in its aftermath.
Mark Lemley@marklemley.bsky.social · last yr.At long last someone has identified RFK Jr.'s support base: the 9% of people who have a favorable opinion of the Black Plague
"Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political." Ignazio Silone
are we sure the Trump White House isn't using Vicky 3 as a simulator
In other news I am supposed to be at the airport in two hours & amn’t packed because I have considered the virtues of simply standing around my room in a silent stupor & found them genuinely compelling
Sign by the sink in men’s washroom, NY Supreme Court.
