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**Martin Luther And The Reformation**
Whilst reading a book concerned with the field of psychoanalysis, I came across a fact that I did not know. Martin Luther, the German theologian who launched the Reformation in the 16th century, suffered from chronic constipation. It is said that he received inspiration for the ideas behind the Reformation whilst in the 'sewer'.
🔗 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3944549.stm.
#History #Histodon #MartinLuther #Constipation #Lavatory
#Image attribution: Lucas Cranach the Elder, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Luther_(1483%E2%80%931546)_MET_DP159769.jpg.
🖥️ **Two Thoughts On Artificial Intelligence**
AI is a tool for a limited number of tasks where it can be beneficial; contrary to popular belief, it is not a panacea for all of mankind's ills.
Irrespective of the share prices of companies that produce AI products, it is not sentient and it is doubtful if it ever will be.
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5 Infamous Kings of Assyria
https://www.thecollector.com/kings-old-middle-assyrian-periods/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The Ancient Land That Birthed Ares and Spartacus | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/thrace-ancient-history/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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🇺🇸 **US students' reading and math scores at historic lows: 'Devastating trend'**
"_The report shows almost half of high school seniors are now testing below basic levels in math and reading, and approximately 35% are at or above a proficient reading level, while 32% of them had a below "basic" reading proficiency._"
🔗 https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/us-students-reading-math-scores-historic-lows-devastating/story.
#News #Education #Learning #School #Reading #Maths #Mathematics #Math
🇺🇸 📱 **Wireless Data Use Surges**
"_Americans used 132T megabytes of data last year, shattering the 100T MB record set just the previous year. This record amount of data was driven by a 32T MB year-over-year increase, the single largest jump in U.S. history._"
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Tech bros must be stopped before we drown in an ocean of AI slop
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
5,000 Podcasts. 3,000 Episodes...
🇨🇳 **China's exports continue to grow, despite a sharp decline in its trade with the U.S.**
"_China just released monthly trade data showing that its exports rose about 4.5% in August._"
🔗 https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/09/08/chinas-exports-grow-despite-trade-decline-with-the-us.
🇺🇸 **Why does the USA have a 'President'?**
#Video length: short
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TvrQBgO16ws.
#History #Histodons #Politics #BenjaminFranklin #USPol #USA #US #UnitedStates @histodons
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Some 16th-century ballads to pen?
Manipulus Vocabulorum is a rhyming dictionary from 1570, thought to be the first ever: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/manipulus-vocabulorum-a-rhyming-dictionary-from-the-16th-century
🖥️ 🖋️ **This Stanford computer science professor went to written exams 2 years ago because of AI. He says his students insisted on it**
🔗 https://fortune.com/2025/09/07/stanford-professor-jure-leskovec-hand-written-graded-tests-ai/.
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech #Writing #Exams #Education #Learning #Stanford #ComputerScience
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🇺🇸 **The Former Capital of the Confederacy is Leaving the Lost Cause Behind**
🔗 https://kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/the-former-capital-of-the-confederacy-289.
#History #Histodons #Virginia #Confederacy #LostCause @histodons
**A Key Palaeolithic Site Bridging Anatolia and the Aegean: Biber Deresi, Assos**
"_Biber Deresi is identified as a key site, facilitating hominin movement and communication between Asia and Europe, and providing a novel contribution to the Palaeolithic map of the Aegean._"
Karahan, G. and Arslan, N. (2025) ‘A Key Palaeolithic Site Bridging Anatolia and the Aegean: Biber Deresi, Assos’, European Journal of Archaeology, 28(3), pp. 281–303. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2025.10.
#OpenAccess #OA #Article #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Academia #AcademicChatter @archaeodons @academicchatter
**Across cultures and centuries, Aristotle and Confucius agree: virtue is good in moderation**
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‘Deeply concerning’: reading for fun in the US has fallen by 40%, new study says
"Over the last 20 years, the number of Americans who read daily for pleasure has seen a considerable decline"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/20/reading-for-pleasure-study
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The strange reason space won't let liquids exist | BBC Science Focus Magazine
https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/strange-reason-space-wont-let-liquids-exist?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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How Did Eleanor of Aquitaine Become One of the Most Powerful Women of the Middle Ages?
Eleanor of Aquitaine carved her way into the English court through a series of cunning and tactical maneuvers.
by Erin Wrigh
https://www.thecollector.com/eleanor-of-aquitaine-most-powerful-woman-middle-ages/
Eleanor of Aquitaine at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Eleanor+of+Aquitaine
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**The Brothers Grimm: The Unknown Political Story**
"_They were preserving the past to reshape the future._"
#Video length: fifty-two minutes and fifty-nine seconds.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3L3v7M2aw4.
#Documentary #History #Histodons #Germany #Politics #Literature @literature
Not a bot, just a chap in his fifties who occasionally reads things.
Toots are humanities, science, non-fiction, books, maps, charts and graphs related. Some toots containing videos may also find their way into the timeline.
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