For an issue which has a thousand strands of evidence and a million ways to interpret that evidence, this is a remarkably concise way to present the argument. A picture is worth a thousand words and all that.
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Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Data Talks
Periodic reminder of how politicians and media used to talk about COVID deaths. pic.twitter.com/fYJ9zbz6eO
— Max Abrahms (@MaxAbrahms) December 18, 2021
Fishermen in the Gulf of Nápoles by Oswald Achenbach
Fishermen in the Gulf of Nápoles by Oswald Achenbach
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Picture Gallery with Views of Modern Rome, c. 1757 by Giovanni Paolo Pannini (Italy, 1691-1765)
Picture Gallery with Views of Modern Rome, c. 1757 by Giovanni Paolo Pannini (Italy, 1691-1765)
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Featherbed transportation
From Thomas Jefferson in a letter to Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette (2 April 1790)
We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
History
The image on this vessel is interpreted as one of the earliest depiction of a four-wheeled wagon. Funnel Beaker Culture, 4th millennium BCE. From Ostrowiec Swiętokrzyski, Poland. Archaeological Museum Warsaw. #archaeology pic.twitter.com/jxRvn0Br08
— Dr. Oliver Dietrich (@odietrich_) January 7, 2022
Riot Dogs of the World Unite!
That's quite the "riot dog" rabbit hole I fell into. The things I didn't know that I did not know about.
It starts with:
Oh my god pic.twitter.com/fbr9FhkNcl
— Roni Sighs (@GingerSlim) January 2, 2022
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A street dog in Chile, Little Bull, is wounded by police in a riot. He participates in many riots, always with the rioters and against the authorities.
After his wounding, he resists efforts to capture him and get him veterinarian treatment. Failing that, his many admirers organize a "protest," marching in the streets. Little Bull, as usual, joins them. The protester's march leads him to a vet's clinic where he is treated.
On his release:AHORA | Marcha por Vaquita (el perro símbolo de las protestas que resultó herido por perdigones) avanza a esta hora por el centro de #Antofagasta pic.twitter.com/636uANhKva
— Regionalista.cl (@ERegionalista) January 2, 2020
#Antofagasta | Perrito Vaquita es dado de alta y puesto en libertad en la caleta pesquera.#Perritos #ChileDesperto pic.twitter.com/MwHTncqIbV
— Regionalista.cl (@ERegionalista) February 13, 2020
Apparently there is a history of admired riot dogs in Chile.
— vaxxed in the stacks (@libraryluna) January 2, 2022
His name was Negro Matapacos, Black Cop-Killer.
There is also Loukanikos The 'Riot Dog' from Athens.
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Follow the threads for more than might be anticipated about riot dogs of the world.
History
Roman mosaic from Aquileia. The most spectacular part of the extensive remains at Aquileia is probably the Roman mosaic floor found underneath the Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta.Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire with the Edict of Milan in 313 AD. pic.twitter.com/CQBiZEoaDv
— Eastern Rome (@romebyzantium) December 18, 2021
An Insight
Walensky manages to give the wrong answer every time. Creating an impossible standard to justify a never-ending crisis.
— AG (@AGHamilton29) December 14, 2021
The virus is endemic. We need to learn to live with it. https://t.co/PHLXCwMBFW
Battle of Saragarhi
Watched an Indian movie about the Battle of Saragarhi last night. Very interesting glimpse into another country's military history and culture. From Wikipedia:
The Battle of Saragarhi was a last-stand battle fought before the Tirah Campaign between the British Raj and Afghan tribesmen. On 12 September 1897, an estimated 12,000 – 24,000 Orakzai and Afridi tribesmen were seen near Gogra, at Samana Suk, and around Saragarhi, cutting off Fort Gulistan from Fort Lockhart. The Afghans attacked the outpost of Saragarhi where thousands of them swarmed and surrounded the fort, preparing to assault it. Led by Havildar Ishar Singh, the 21 soldiers in the fort—all of whom were Sikhs—refused to surrender and were wiped out in a last stand. The post was recaptured two days later by another British Indian contingent.All the 21 soldiers involved in the battle were posthumously awarded the Indian Order of Merit, which was the highest gallantry award that an Indian soldier could receive at the time. The Indian Army's 4th battalion of the Sikh Regiment commemorates the battle every year on 12 September, as Saragarhi Day.
Some political anachronism in the film but the broad history correct. It has the feel of Rorke's Drift but with a more tragic outcome.
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