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@dgar The logic underpinning this toot is self-evident and undeniable.

@Drosmel I do not know much about the gaming power of such a machine; however, the setup does look very impressive.

@Em0nM4stodon Boosted.

Do you find that Sundays are a slow day on #Mastodon?

#Ask #Question

Falling in and out of slumber wrapped in a warm blanket whilst laying on the sofa on a cold lazy #Sunday morning.

<strong>Not Doubting Thomas: the Aquinas Revival</strong>

"_Cajetan, Bañez and other thinkers make Aquinas a central figure of Counter-Reformation thought; we focus on their theories about analogy and the soul._"

https://www.historyofphilosophy.net/aquinas-revival

#Audio #Podcast #Philosophy #Language #Religion @philosophy

#Image attribution: Claus Grünstäudl w18, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elegant_steel_microphone_(Unsplash).jpg

<strong>Revealed: how Church of England’s ties to chattel slavery went to top of hierarchy</strong>

"An archbishop of Canterbury in the 18th century approved payments for the purchase of enslaved people for two sugar plantations in Barbados, documents seen by the Observer have revealed.

Thomas Secker agreed to reimburse a payment for £1,093 for the purchase of enslaved people on the Codrington Plantations, as well as hiring enslaved people from a third party."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/25/revealed-how-church-of-englands-ties-to-chattel-slavery-went-to-top-of-hierarchy

#History #Histodon #Histodons #Slavery #Church #Religion #Christianity #Anglicanism #Barbados #Caribbean #WestIndies @histodon @histodons @religion

I wonder if this current #heatwave in #Mexico has anything to do with #climatechange?

<strong>10 weird things about English</strong>

"In this video, I run through 10 aspects of English that make it bizarre in comparison with other languages. These include its "meaningless do", dreadful spellings, odd use of tenses, missing pronouns and the strange array of sounds in English."

#Video length: twenty one minutes and thirty seven seconds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lhxxiqqlQY

#English #Language #Languages #Linguistics @linguistics

<strong>Hebrew wasn’t spoken for 2,000 years. Here’s how it was revived.</strong>

"_In the 19th century, most Jews in Europe were still second-class citizens when a new movement emerged that looked to Hebrew as a way to inspire hope through the Jewish people’s glorious past, Reuveny says. Hebrew revivalists wanted to expand the language beyond the abstract concepts in the Bible—they wanted to use it to talk about modern events, politics, philosophy, and medicine._"

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/hebrew-wasnt-spoken-for-2000-years-heres-how-it-was-revived

#Ancient #History #Hebrew #Language #Histodon #Histodons @histodon @histodons

@pepe @histodon @histodons

I would appreciate to read your ideas. Would you be able to provide an article that you have written on the matter?

@khleedril @bookstodon

You might find 6.75 days preferable.

By the way, I am not the video creator so no assumption on my part whether bold or not.

@jperkin One of the reasons behind Brexit was to stop the free movement of people across the UK border, so not entirely an unintended consequence.

@wolfram_roesler I did not see that link.