Bibliolater ๐๐๐ @bibliolater@qoto.org
Not a bot just a rather corpulent male fifty years of age; a very very slow ignoramus who reads occasionally.
Toots are #humanities, #science, #nonfiction, #book, #map, #chart and #graph related. Some toots containg #videos may also find their way into the #timeline.
Toots or follows or boosts or mentions โ endorsements of any particular notion or notions.
Expect many typing errors and copious amounts of nonsensical commentary from my personal formulations.
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Old school Google searches. Removes a lot of the crap that Google returns as results. Worth doing.
https://tedium.co/2024/05/17/google-web-search-make-default/
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In #Danish, you can use "tรฆnk" (think) as an exclamative marker showing surprise or some other affect towards something. For instance, "tรฆnk at de gjorde det" (think that they did it!) is an expression of the speaker's surprise (contrasting their belief) that they decided or managed to do something. It's a little bit like the English "Imagine the possibilities!" which also shows affect, but is different as it takes a noun phrase and not a subordinate clause. Also, "tรฆnk" may often be negative?
“In this video we will take a look at 5 classic non-fiction books from the 19th century and earlier.”
#Video length: thirty six minutes and eight seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvg2nHl2sFo
#Read #Reading #NonFiction #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon #BookReview #Review @bookstodon
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"Nothing exists but social media. No one does anything offline. So the entire measure of someoneโs commitment is how much they post about their commitment."
Thank you, Rebecca Solnit.
https://lithub.com/rebecca-solnit-how-to-comment-on-social-media/
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Churchillโs proposed โSouth German Stateโ after the WW2
https://mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com/post/618809045054308352/churchills-proposed-south-german-state
@mnutty Welcome and thank you for following.
53% of UK Parents Donโt Buy Books for Their Children
“The survey found that 28% of parents cited affordability as a barrier to purchasing books for their children. For many families, budgeting for essential needs takes precedence over buying books, which might be seen as a non-essential expense.”
https://nen.press/2024/05/17/53-of-uk-parents-dont-buy-books-for-their-children/
#Britain #UK #UnitedKingdom #Read #Reading #Book #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon
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When you encounter folks who believe #fossilfuels cannot be replaced, #Portugal is proving what is possible.
Despite what the #petrogarchy would have us believe, #CleanEnergy is not only cost effective but has the potential to provide electricity cheaper than dirty alternatives
#ClimateChange #GreenEnergy #ClimateCrisis #GreenTech
https://mastodon.social/@renewable_energy/112423857488913164
Britain in Palestine 1917-1948
“Britain in Palestine 1917-1948 investigates the contradictory promises and actions which defined British Mandatory rule in Palestine and laid the groundwork for the Nakba (the catastrophe) and the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. The roots of the contemporary social, political, economic, and environmental landscape of Palestine and Israel can be traced back to this period, making it essential viewing for understanding Britainโs legacy in the region and the situation on the ground today.”
#Video length: eighteen minutes and thrity seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOJqLTc6RkU
#History #Histodon #Histodons #Britain #GB #UK #UnitedKingdom #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #NearEast #Levant #Colonialism #Imperialism #Europe #Asia @histodon @histodons
The Origins of Hebrew
“This episode examines the origins of Hebrew and its relationship with Canaanite dialects in the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age. The episode will explore archaeological artifacts such as an inscription from Izbet Sarteh in Israel, which may be one of the earliest inscriptions of the Hebrew language.”
#Video length: ten mintues and fifty nine seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKQ5280A2mM
#Hebrew #Bible #Canaan #Canaanite #BronzeAge #IronAge #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Language #Languages #Linguistics @archaeodons
Napoleon’s Nazi Funeral
“One dark and snowy night in December 1940 in German-occupied Paris, a strange funeral took place when German soldiers carried the coffin of Emperor Napoleon II into Les Invalides. Why was a Napoleon receiving a Nazi funeral?”
#Video length: ten minutes and three seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuZcxQzPeFw
#History #Histodon #Histodons #Napoleon #Nazi #Nazis #Germany #France #Europe @histodon @histodons
Mesmerising microbes: bacteria as youโve never seen it before โ in pictures
“As a side hustle he manipulates and photographs the microbial world; his images are collected in a book, Beautiful Bacteria. Taking bacteria from substances such as wastewater, dental plaque or kimchi, Danino lets them multiply in a petri dish, adding dyes. The results are artworks differing from the digital enhancements often made in scientific photography to make images more informative.”
#News #Photography #Photo #Photos #Image #Images #Microbiology #Biology #Science #STEM #Bacteria #Microbes #Microbes @science @biology @microbiology
Origen of Alexandria and the History of Racism as a Theological Problem
“Earlier scholarly accounts that portray Origen as a champion of human equality and as engaged in anti-racist efforts therefore cannot stand up to scrutiny. Origen disparages certain ethnic groups and develops arguments that connect ethnic identity and geographical location with various degrees of sinfulness. His work offers clear evidence that theories of ethnic inferiority have a long history within the Christian matrix that stretches considerably beyond the modern and medieval periods.”
Matthijs den Dulk, Origen of Alexandria and the History of Racism as a Theological Problem, The Journal of Theological Studies, Volume 71, Issue 1, April 2020, Pages 164โ195, https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/flaa025
#OpenAccess #OA #DOI #Essay #Theology #History #Histodon #Histodons #Christianity #Church #Racism #Racist #Religion #Academia #Academic #Academics @histodon @histodons @theology
#Image attribution: Luyken, Jan (1649-1712), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OrigenStudentsLuyken.jpg
“The fakes created during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century tell us another story, one of the rediscovery of the ancient Near East within the Orientalism movement. This fascination about the Orient and the past led certain individuals to create some fantastic stories and theories, such as those published by the writer Zecharia Stichin (1920โ2010) who took the mythological battles of gods related in the authentic Babylonian Epic of Creation to be real astronomic phenomena.”
Michel, C. 2020. Cuneiform Fakes: A Long History from Antiquity to the Present Day. In: Michel, C. and Friedrich, M. ed. Fakes and Forgeries of Written Artefacts from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern China. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, pp. 25-60. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110714333-002
#OpenAccess #OA #Chapter #Research #DOI #Archaeology #Archaeodons #History #Histodon #Histodons #Fake #Cuneiform #NearEast #MiddleEast #Asia #Academia #Academic #Academics #Read #Reading #NonFiction #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon @histodon @histodons @bookstodon @archaeodons
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โCreators may be in a stronger position than they realise. To obviate the necessity of licensing, models are being trained on the artificial output of AI itself. But this hasnโt goneโฆwell. Researchers have found that AI models โcollapseโ or go โMADโ โ Model Autophagy Disorder โ in the words of one team who explicitly evoke the analogy of BSE (mad cow disease) to describe the cannibalistic process. It turns out they needโ humans after all.
https://thecritic.co.uk/ai-and-the-great-data-robbery/
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On average, a #ChatGPT query needs nearly 10x as much #electricity to process as a #Google search. In that difference lies a coming sea change in how US, #Europe, and the world at large will consume power - and how much that will cost, chart @Goldmansachs
I wonder if there are more opportunities for profit?
“The extent to which the worship of Baal and Asherah affected Israelโs understanding of Yahweh is seen in the inscriptions found at Kuntillet Ajrud. Jezebel was not fully responsible for the ongoing worship of Canaanite deities in Israel and Judah but her reign gave legitimacy to the long held tendency.”
Dolan, M. (2024) โJezebel: A Hebrew Disasterโ, Buried History: The Journal of the Australian Institute of Archaeology, 40, pp. 39โ48. https://doi.org/10.62614/7d25h288
#OpenAccess #OA #DOI #History #Histodon #Histodons #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Antiquidons #Israel #Phoenicia #Yahweh #Baal #Levant #MiddleEast #NearEast #Hebrew #Bible #Religion #Canaan #Canaanite #Academia #Academic #Academics @archaeodons @antiquidons @histodon @histodons
#Image (Baal Ugarit) attribution: Louvre Museum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baal_Ugarit_Louvre_AO17329.jpg
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What do we know about the early migrants to Britainโs shores?
Who Were the First Humans on British Shores?
The Story of 'Cheddar Man'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KelhUMc5R0
Dr Selina Brace explains how her team at the Natural History Museum
The Lost Roman Legion | Possible Explanations
“An exploration into the fate of the Legio IX Hispana and where exactly it drops out of the historical records.”
#Video length: twenty three minutes and forty six seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLD6gwdcAzU
#History #Histodon #Histodons #Roman #Romans #Empire #Antiquity #Antiquidons @histodon @histodons @antiquidons
Not a bot just a rather corpulent male fifty years of age; a very very slow ignoramus who reads occasionally.
Toots are #humanities, #science, #nonfiction, #book, #map, #chart and #graph related. Some toots containg #videos may also find their way into the #timeline.
Toots or follows or boosts or mentions โ endorsements of any particular notion or notions.
Expect many typing errors and copious amounts of nonsensical commentary from my personal formulations.
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Joined Nov 2022
