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Toots are #humanities, #science, #nonfiction, #book, #map, #chart and #graph related. Some toots containg #videos may also find their way into the #timeline.
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How Has Music Changed Since the 1950s? A Statistical Analysis
“The Michigan-based funk band Vulfpeck releases Sleepify, a ten-track album devoid of audible sound. Each track runs 30 seconds long and consists solely of silence. Sleepify is distributed via Spotify, where the band encourages fans to play the album on a loop while they sleep.”
https://www.statsignificant.com/p/how-has-music-changed-since-the-1950s-62a
Timár, Gábor, and Eszter Kiss. 2024. “Web Publication of Schmitt’s Map of Southern Germany (1797)—The Projection of the Map Based on Archival Documents and Geospatial Analysis” ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 13, no. 6: 207. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi13060207
#OpenAccess #OA #Article #DOI #Map #Maps #Cartography #Germany #Europe
Repeated plague infections across six generations of Neolithic Farmers
“These results demonstrate that the Neolithic plague was prevalent and potentially lethal. Together with the fact that these plague cases are found in one of the last populations with Neolithic Farmer ancestry observed in Scandinavia, we believe that plague could have been a contributing factor to the Neolithic decline.”
Seersholm, F.V., Sjögren, KG., Koelman, J. et al. Repeated plague infections across six generations of Neolithic Farmers. Nature (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07651-2
#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Epidemiology #PopulationGenetics #Population #Genetics #Science #Plague #Neolithic #Biology #History #Scandinavia #Europe #Academia #Academic #Academics @archaeodons @science @biology
Earlier today I watched a panel #discussion on #television. The topic of concern is not important; however, what is important is the obstinacy of the host and the participants. Is there an all encompassing human imperative to dissemble one’s feelings and the truth whilst trying to win a #television argument?
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The English word 'ecclesiastical' is derived from Ancient Greek 'ekklēsíā', which meant "assembly, congregation", and later "church".
You wouldn't say it at first glance, but it's 'ekklēsíā' that became French 'église', Italian 'chiesa', Spanish 'iglesia', Portuguese 'igreja' – and many more.
Click the infographic to learn more.
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The Danelaw: The Scandinavian Influence on English Identity
“Perhaps it is a possibility that these English noblemen and clergymen and some portion of the common people felt a certain fear of these foreigners, not just because of the invading force that the Great Armies were comprised of, but because these men and women from across the sea were so different yet so similar and perhaps it was because of these similarities that these two cultures were able to form a cultural hybrid in the eastern half of England where even today we can still find faint traces of Scandinavian influence.”
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/honorscollege_mrsp/1/
#OpenAccess #OA #Thesis #PDF #History #Histodon #Histodons #Medieval #Medievodons #Scandivania #England #Europe @histodon @histodons @medievodons
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900,000 BC:
What Can Archaeologists Tell Us About Prehistoric Britain?
Digging For Britain with Dr Alice Roberts @aliceroberts
& featuring comments by Dr Chris Stringer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsPVVRkKzKg
🎥 🇺🇸 🇨🇳 How Chinese Brands Are Dominating U.S. Rivals Like McDonalds and Apple
“Major American brands like Apple, Nike, Starbucks and McDonald’s are rapidly losing market share in China to new domestic rivals. Chinese tech company Huawei, sportswear brand Anta, Luckin’ Coffee and fast-food restaurant Tastien are eating away at these American brands’ market dominance.”
#Video length: six minutes and twenty seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHOSEFRtaNc
#China #US #USA #UnitedStates #Business #American #Chinese #Corporations
A Romano-Sarmatian soldier in circa 2nd c. AD Britain
https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=64941
#History #Histodon #Histodons #Culture #Language #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Britain @histodon @histodons @archaeodons
The Intersection of Mathematics and Democracy 🎙️
“The conversation covers a wide range of topics, including data visualization, gerrymandering, electoral systems, and the intersection of mathematics and democracy.”
https://zencastr.com/z/lDSSdnFL
#Audio #Podcast #Maths #Mathematics #Math #Democracy #Politics #Data #DataViz
Diverting the Gulf Stream
“A brief look at a US senator’s proposal to divert the Gulf Stream away from Europe.”
🎥 #Video length: fifty three seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2li3AGjiEo
#BritishPathé #History #Histodon #Histodons #Science #Nature #Climate #Europe #US #USA #UnitedStates #America @histodon @histodons
‘Whatchamacallit’, ‘gizmo’ and ‘thingamajig’: what we say when we can’t find the right word – and why
“Apparently, the struggle to find the right word is real and has been for some time, because the Oxford English Dictionary has its own category for these terms, labelled “thing or person whose name is forgotten or unknown”. It includes 64 entries and some records go back as far as the early middle English period (1100–1300).”
#Memory #English #Language #Linguistics #Word #Words #Lexicon #Dictionary @linguistics
Split Infinitives in Early Middle English
“The split infinitive is one of seven syntactic properties that English is said to share with Old Norse, and I will show that, on the basis of the area and date of its first occurrence, Norse origin is unlikely.”
van Gelderen, E. (2016). Split Infinitives in Early Middle English. Language Dynamics and Change 6, 1, 18-20, Available From: Brill https://doi.org/10.1163/22105832-00601003 [Accessed 07 July 2024]
#OpenAccess #OA #DOI #English #Language #History #Syntax #Linguistics #Academia #Academic #Academics @linguistics
The slave markets of the Viking world: comparative perspectives on an ‘invisible archaeology’
“….this study explores the comparative archaeologies and histories of slave markets in order to examine the potential form and function of these sites, and how they might have operated as part of the wider, interconnected Viking world.”
Raffield, B. (2019) ‘The slave markets of the Viking world: comparative perspectives on an ‘invisible archaeology’’, Slavery & Abolition, 40(4), pp. 682–705. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/0144039X.2019.1592976.
#OpenAccess #OA #Article #DOI #History #Histodon #Histodons #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Slavery #Slaves #Slave #Viking #Vikings #Academia #Academic #Academics @histodon @histodons @archaeodons
Why Reading in Translation Fails Us – Interview with Tim Griffith, creator of Picta Dicta
“Who killed Latin? Why should we bother to learn Latin and Ancient Greek, instead of just reading the great works in translation? Why does translation fail us?”
🎥 #Video length: one hour and thirty six minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iPyrul1ND0
#Latin #Ancient #Greek #Language #Languages #Translation #Translations
@StephenMoore Thank you for following. I look forward to conversing in the future.
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As it becomes ever clearer (and documented) that artificial intelligence is highly dependent on exploiting human labour - from creatives whose content is stolen, to the low-paid staff who help sort & train AI programmes - once again we can see that a 'new economy' promised by the Tee-shirted 'revolutionaries' of Silicon Valley is nothing other than a reboot of C19th exploitative economic practice....
So, one important Q. for modern society is how to bring these new robber barons to heel!
@Cosmosis Thank you for following. I look forward to conversing in the future.
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 ≠ 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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