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<strong>Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce</strong>

"_Mussolini’s propaganda was full of references to Latin and ancient Roman imagery. In 1936, after the end of the Italo-Ethiopian colonial war, the Duce boastfully announced from the balcony of Palazzo Venezia “the reappearance of the empire on the fatal hills of Rome.” A racial legislation carefully regulated the interactions between Italians and Ethiopians._"

Ronchini, Maria-Anita. "Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce" TheCollector.com, https://www.thecollector.com/benito-mussolini-life-duce/ (accessed May 24, 2024).

#History #Histodon #Histodons #Italy #Italian #Europe #Mussolini #Fascism #Fascist #Fascists @histodon @histodons

#Image attribution: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mussolini_LCCN2014717666_(cropped2).jpg

<strong>Lost in Translation: Genesis 1:1 is NOT About the Creation of the World</strong>

"_The very first verse of the Bible--Genesis 1:1--which millions can quote by heart--is MIStranslated in most all major versions and all languages--with very few exceptions. The reasons are simple--Marketing and Commercialism._"

https://jamestabor.com/lost-in-translation-genesis-11-is-not-about-the-creation-of-the-world/

#Hebrew #Bible #Translation #Genesis #Ancient #Religion #History @religion

<strong>Colonial Business in Postcolonial Germany: The Imperial Afterlives of C. Woermann, 1919–1945</strong>

"_This connection between colonialism and National Socialism is particularly significant when considering the war and occupation in Eastern Europe. It underscores that the ideology and practices of German colonialism did not simply vanish but rather persisted and were reconfigured within the Nazi regime._"

Todzi, K.S. (2024) ‘Colonial Business in Postcolonial Germany: The Imperial Afterlives of C. Woermann, 1919–1945’, Contemporary European History, pp. 1–14. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960777324000171.

#History #Histodon #Histodons #Germany #Empire #Europe #EasternEurope #Africa #Colonialism #Imperialism #Nazi #Nazis #Nazism #Business @histodon @histodons

<strong>Shakespeare and Language: A Reading List</strong>

#Video length: three minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6HNeiNYMuw

#Read #Reading #ReadingList #BookRecommendations #Literature #Shakespeare #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon @literature @bookstodon

<strong>Richard Bourke - Hegel's World Revolutions</strong>

"_A conversation with Richard Bourke about his recent book "Hegel's World Revolutions" (Princeton University Press)._"

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/thepoliticaltheoryreview/episodes/2024-05-24T11_17_20-07_00

#Audio #Podcast #Philosophy #Hegel #Read #Reading #Nonfiction #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon @bookstodon @philosophy

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

#WordOfTheDay: <strong>purloin</strong>.

#WOTD #Word #Words #English #Language

#WordOfTheDay: <strong>lacuna</strong>.

#WOTD #Word #Words #English #Language

In the end the wheels fell off.

#Idiom #Saying

@willaful @freemo @bookstodon

I think one of the anxiety inducing points of 'speed reading' for me is my constant worry that whilst I am passing sentence after sentence and page after page I may at some point be missing detail or nuance.

@freemo @bookstodon

I tried a number of times to develop 'the speed reading skill' however they have always ended in failure. I prefer to take 'a leisurely meandering stroll through the countryside on a lazy summer evening' rather than an Olympic one hundred metre sprint when it comes to reading. I have come to the realisation that is who I am and more likely than not I will stay this way.

@freemo
For some of us the diametric opposite is true. Irrespective of the size, complexity and retention of the material we are slow slow slow readers.
@bookstodon

<strong>Cavalier South vs Puritan North? Hypocrisy and Identity in the American Civil War</strong>

"_This article highlights the ways Southern ministers claimed the puritan identity for the South and accused the North of hypocrisy, for having fallen far from the theological ideals of their puritan forebears. Furthermore, Southern ministers noted the hypocrisy of Northern puritans for having escaped religious tyranny only to impose it upon those who did not conform to their form of Christianity; they had thus fallen into the very sin which they had decried._"

Manger, E.G. (2024) ‘Cavalier South vs Puritan North? Hypocrisy and Identity in the American Civil War’, Studies in Church History, 60, pp. 431–452. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/stc.2024.16.

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #History #Histodon #Histodons #US #USA #UnitedStates #America #Hipocrisy #Identity #Academia #Academic #Academics @histodon @histodons

<strong>Can You Read a Book in a Quarter of an Hour?</strong>

"_The most potent enemy of reading, it goes without saying, is the small, flat box that you carry in your pocket. In terms of addictive properties, it might as well be stuffed with meth. There’s no point in grinding through a whole book—a chewy bunch of words arranged into a narrative or, heaven preserve us, an argument—when you can pick up your iPhone, touch the Times app, skip the news and commentary, head straight to Wordle, and give yourself an instant hit of euphoria and pride by taking just three guesses to reach a triumphant guano._"

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/27/can-you-read-a-book-in-a-quarter-of-an-hour

#Read #Reading #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon @bookstodon

<strong>Inventing Cyrillic</strong>

"_In the 890s, having recently converted to Orthodox Christianity, Boris ensured his church would be independent from the Patriarchate of Constantinople. Although interested in their religion, he was clearly concerned with curtailing Byzantine influence in his newly Christianised state. The alphabet offered an opportunity: by adopting it, Boris could ensure that Byzantine culture could not arrive in Bulgaria unmediated._"

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/inventing-cyrillic

#History #Histodon #Histodons #Cyrillic #Alphabet #Europe #Langauge #Medieval #Medievodons @histodon @histodons @medievodons

<strong>The Most Misunderstood Parable of Jesus</strong>

"_The Parable of the Good Samaritan is one of the most famous parables of Jesus. But people have been misinterpreting it for centuries._"

#Video length: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0YyC4lEIBM

#Religion #Christianity #Jesus #Parable #Israelites #Samaritans @religion

<strong>People perceive parasocial relationships to be effective at fulfilling emotional needs</strong>

"_Although strong two-sided relationships were consistently seen as the closest, most responsive, and most effective relationship type for fulfilling emotional needs, we found that people consider a strong PSR—someone they have never met (e.g., YouTube creator, a celebrity) and who may not even exist (e.g., fictional character)—as closer, and more effective at fulfilling their emotional needs than an acquaintance they interact with dyadically (i.e., their weak two-sided relationship)._"

Lotun, S., Lamarche, V.M., Matran-Fernandez, A. et al. People perceive parasocial relationships to be effective at fulfilling emotional needs. Sci Rep 14, 8185 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-58069-9

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #Psychology #SocialMedia #Youtube #Emotions #Relationships #Academia #Academic #Academics @psychology

@jstatepost @jasongorman

I have tried using Peertube in the past and the difficulty I had with it was that there was not much content available which I wanted to watch. I wonder if this has now changed?