Mirella Marini

@mirellamarini.bsky.social

Historicus/a (adellijke vrouwen, identiteit, diplomatie) - sinds kort podcaster van 👑 Vrouwen des Huizes 👑 @vrouwendeshuizes @treesandhistories op Instagram

ICE is putting the immigrants it sweeps up mainly into privately owned prisons. All of those prisons, and the communities where they are located, now have a direct financial incentive in maintaining fascist immigration policy. Awesome dynamic, nothing could possibly go wrong.

Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Hinges on Small Towns Hooked on Private Prisons

Like a growing number of US communities, Torrance County, New Mexico, is convinced its financial survival depends on locking people up.

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Q: What do you get the man who has everything? A: A happy afterlife! Q: How do you do that? A: Eels. Obviously. In about 1500 Ralph de Baliol agreed to pay 2000 eels per year to get the monks at Castle Acre Priory, near King's Lynn, to pray for the soul of his lord, Earl Warren. 🗃️🧪

Medieval colored drawing showing a man wearing a crown praying to heaven. Above him, in the clouds, is a figure with a halo looking back down at him. The man had a long white beard that is well-kept; if we can only hope that he keeps his kingdom as well as he keeps his beard. His hair is long and flowing, and he is wearing white robes. His hands are clasped in front of him, and his gaze is to the skies. Behind him are mountains, and he seems to be in the wilderness.

The figure in the clouds is probably a saint, and is drawn somewhat more hazily. This suggests that it is St. Bernadino, the patron saint of marketing. The saint has long gray hair and he looks less put together than the king. He's raising a finger as if to say, "Hold on there, hoss. What have you done for me lately?"

The answer, of course, needs to be eels. Surely nothing else will do.

Meme text reads:
"Your account balance is low
Please deposit more eels
To speak with the
Almighty"

Today I discovered that a letter attributed to a man was actually written by Ann Bathurst, the 17th-century visionary woman I’m researching. 🤩 Archival work might be slow and painstaking but it’s totally thrilling to be going in search of lost voices from the past and finding them! 📚

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De snelheid waarmee een Europese crisistop 'migratie' wordt georganiseerd is een beetje een contrast met die van 'droogte, branden, klimaat,...'. Het symboliseert politici die denken aan verkiezingen in plaats van generaties.

A grand and gorgeous painting by Theodoor Boeyermans in the Leuven Beguinage church: St. Begga of Andenne in Adoration of the consecrated host; in the background, Ansegisel discovers the baby Goudin in the background. Want to know more? Unconventual Women is available for pre-order! h1.nu/1uO-T

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Who are the 22 leaders? Giorgia Meloni (Italy) Mette Frederiksen (Denmark) Christian Stocker (Austria) Bart De Wever (Belgium) Rumen Radev (Bulgaria) Nikos Christodoulides (Cyprus) Andrej Plenković (Croatia) Andrej Babiš (Czechia) Kristen Michal (Estonia) Petteri Orpo (Finland)

Ceuta crisis: 22 EU leaders gang up against Spain’s Sánchez over his migration policy

The Spanish prime minister accuses EU partners of taking “selfish” and “unlawful” stances in response to the surge of migrants from Morocco.

politico.eu

Amsterdam, 4 augustus 1944. Het is een warme, zonnige dag. Voor de onderduikers is het dag 761 in het Achterhuis. Die ochtend verschijnen enkele politieagenten en een SS-officier. Anne Frank en de andere onderduikers worden totaal verrast en gearresteerd. 1/2

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Academics and scoleres are not gate-keeperes. Thei will talke to you about their topiques. For dayes. Thei will sende lynkes. Thei will order bookes. Thys ys why thei lyve. Thei are the route bitwene past knowledge and future knowledge.

The Moroccan government confirmed that the Ceuta migration wave was organized and amplified through social media. A similar campaign is currently being run on TikTok, where people from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq are being encouraged to migrate through Belarus to EU via the Baltic states. 1/2

In de Eerste wereldoorlog bleef Nederland gespaard van het vele oorlogsgeweld, omdat de Duitse troepen ons land niet binnentrokken. De Duitse opmars door België begon op 4 augustus 1914. In Den Haag kwam een Steuncomité voor Hulp aan Belgische vluchtelingen. 1)

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Émilie du Châtelet, French Enlightenment mathematician & physicist (1706-1749); author of Institutions de Physique (1740), acclaimed translator of Newton's Principia. Portrait by Maurice-Quentin de la Tour, c. 1740 Château de Breteuil

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