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The Origins of the Rapture
"The Rapture: The belief that Jesus will remove all true Christians from the Earth prior to the end of the world and establishment of his kingdom. The belief is mostly found among American Evangelicals and is part of the larger theological framework called Dispensational Premillennialism. But where did this belief come from?"
#Video #Religion #Evangelical #Christianity #Theology #US #USA #UnitedStates #America #Rapture #Jesus #Christ #JesusChrist #Bible #NewTestament @christianity @religion @theology
Discussing Teb Tengri and the Religious Views of Chinggis Khan
"Included is discussions of historical sources (Juvaini, Rashid al-Din, the Secret History of the Mongols) letters written by Hulegu Khan and Chinggis Khan's views (or lack there of?) towards Buddhism."
#Video #History #Histodon #Histodons #Religion #MongolEmpire #Asia #Empire #GenghisKhan #ChinggisKhan @histodon @histodons
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In Standard English, 'Wednesday' is pronounced without a /d/. Then why's it written with a d?
The word comes from a West Germanic name meaning "Woden's day", Woden being the god that's nowadays most often called Odin.
D-less forms such as 'Wennesdai' are attested from the 14th century.
Click the video to hear how the word evolved between the second century AD and now.
The Middle English to Early Modern English stages are based on the dialect of the region of London.
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One of the favorite quotes of the week came as #Fed Chair Powell said, “I was around for stagflation...I don’t see the stag or the -flation.” – chart @JPMorganAM
"Banana republics are Central American and Caribbean nations exploited by multinational businesses and imperialist governments."
Stoyack, Aaron. "What Is a Banana Republic?" TheCollector.com, https://www.thecollector.com/what-is-a-banana-republic/ (accessed May 4, 2024).
#History #Histodon #Histodons #Imperialism #Empire #Corporations #BananaRepublics #LatinAmerica #Caribbean @histodon @histodons
#Image attribution: Rosendahl, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_bananas_tree.jpg
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Comparing the spatial patterns of changes in May temperature anomalies in the #Arctic versus #Antarctic by decadal means...
Since reading the chapter concerning Descartes from Bertrand Russell's 'History of Western Philosophy' earlier today, I have come to the conclusion that since I toot therefore I am.
#Read #Reading #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon #Philosophy
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The Verge published the most spammy article they could write, including AI-generated content, to prove how broken Google search truly is.
The article currently ranks number 1 for the key phrase "best printer"
Lol, lmao.
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The Iberian Peninsula at the end of 15th century
https://mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com/post/179822878889/the-iberian-peninsula-at-the-end-of-15th-century
🇨🇳 Was the global decline of extreme poverty only due to China?
"The large economic growth that lifted 800 million Chinese people out of extreme poverty since 1990 was a major contributor to the global decline in poverty. But the non-Chinese world also achieved a very large reduction."
https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/was-the-global-decline-of-extreme-poverty-only-due-to-china
"This paper presents the first empirical evidence in the history of banking on the question of whether banks can create money out of nothing. The banking crisis has revived interest in this issue, but it had remained unsettled."
Werner, R.A. (2014) 'Can banks individually create money out of nothing? — The theories and the empirical evidence,' International Review of Financial Analysis, 36, pp. 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2014.07.015. #OpenAccess #OA #History #Economics #Finance #Banking #Bank #Banks #Credit #Money @economics @banking
@itsfoss Already using it.
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‘Second renaissance’: tech uncovers ancient scroll secrets of Plato and co
"The project belongs to a new wave of efforts that seek to read, restore and translate ancient and even lost languages with cutting-edge technologies. Armed with modern tools, many powered by artificial intelligence, scholars are starting to read what had long been considered unreadable."
#Archaeodons #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Archaeology #Heritage #Plato @archaeodons
@vaughnsc @grammargirl @OEWordhord I found this also.
Visualizing Global Inflation Forecasts (2024-2026)
"After hitting a peak of 8.7% in 2022, global inflation is projected to fall to 5.9% in 2024, reflecting promising inflation trends amid resilient global growth."
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-global-inflation-forecasts-2024-2026/
In Conversation with Mariana Mazzucato, Tim O’Reilly and Ilan Strauss on Algorithmic Attention Rents
"A conversation about how today’s big tech platforms use the power they hold over the attention of billions of users to shape the markets in which they participate for their own benefit."
#Video length: 56 minutes and 46 seconds
#Tech #Technology #STEM #Conversation #Algorithms #Economics @economics
Video of sun’s surface shows solar rain, eruptions and coronal moss
"Scientists say the observations of the sun’s complex surface dynamics could help resolve the question of why the sun’s atmosphere is so much hotter than its surface – a longstanding paradox in solar physics."
#Science #News #Video #Sun #Space #ESA #Europe #Astronomy @science @astronomy
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