Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Semper aliquid novi Africam adferre"

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From Africa's New King Solomon by Brad Pearce.  The subheading is Equatorial Guinea's Outrageous Sex Tapes Affair.    As Pliny the ...
Monday, November 18, 2024

History

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Another cool version of this statistic I heard recently was that in the early 1970s the UK still produced the most nuclear energy annually —...

An Insight

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It’s hilarious how we are subjected to media-driven witch hunts for “foreign assets” and closet fascists in the heartland, while our best an...

I see wonderful things

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360° view from the top of Mount Everest [📹 Ben M Jones] pic.twitter.com/AZKuhdH90q — Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 19, 2024  

Offbeat Humor

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Data Talks

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A striking map of Italy's history: uncovering the devastating impact of Mafia violence on civilian lives from 1861 to 2014. pic.twitter....

The Blue Grotto, Capri, circa 1835 by Heinrich Jakob Fried

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The Blue Grotto, Capri, circa 1835 by Heinrich Jakob Fried Click to enlarge.

The dreamy, far-away look that a volcano might wear just after it had desolated entire villages

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 From  The Complete Saki .   I found every one talking nervously and feverishly of the weather and the war in South Africa, except Reginald,...
Sunday, November 17, 2024

History

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It's always crazy to me that the vast majority of Prussia, the founding father of modern Germany, is no longer part of Germany pic.twitt...

An Insight

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Pro-Tip: Communists and Islamists are never freedom fighters. — Mark Changizi (@MarkChangizi) October 10, 2024