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(good news) The fastest #wage growth over the last 4y among historically disadvantaged groups- low-wage workers’ wages surged after decades of slow growth, chart @economicpolicy
A New Map of Denmark and Sweden. (insets) Five scenes of the life of the Laplanders. North Part of Norway, Lapland, and Greenland. https://archive.org/details/dr_a-new-map-of-denmark-and-sweden-insets-five-scenes-of-the-life-of-the-la-9729016 ~via @internetarchive #Map #Maps #Cartography #Mapstodon #History #Denmark #Sweden #Norway #Lapland #Greenland #Europe #C18th #18thCentury #Histodon #Histodons @histodon @histodons
#Image credit: David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries.
"In this paper we examine multiple discrete emotions people experience in reaction to climate change, and assess the strength of these emotions as predictors of support for different types of mitigation and adaptation policies."
Myers TA, Roser-Renouf C, Leiserowitz A, Maibach E (2024) Emotional signatures of climate policy support. PLOS Climate 3(3): e0000381. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000381 #OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #PeerReview #DOI #Emotions #Climate #ClimateChange #Science #Politics #Policy #Academia #Academic #Academics @climatechange
"Can you be authentic if you lie about what you value, believe, or feel? This brief article explores this question and the unique stances on honesty that different notions of authenticity take."
Leuenberger, M. (2024) ‘The Authentic Liar’, Think, 23(67), pp. 27–30. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1477175623000465 #OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #Ethics #Philosophy #Academia #Academic #Academics @philosophy
"Few Philosophers have gone down in history quite like Diogenes the Cynic. He was a rebel, a vagabond, a beggar, and a hero." https://youtu.be/OZyM4h2UEjc #Philosophy #Video @philosophy
The joy of #writing with a fine #fountainpen can never be over estimated!
#Ink #Inks #FountainPens #Pen #Pens
#Image attribution: Daniel López, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sheaffer_m.jpg
"In this paper, I examine if and how Aristotle’s philosophy of geometry can account for the geometers’ practices and way of talking."
Chiara Martini, Geometrical Changes: Change and Motion in Aristotle’s Philosophy of Geometry, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Volume 123, Issue 3, October 2023, Pages 385–394, https://doi.org/10.1093/arisoc/aoad018 #OpenAccess #OA #Article #DOI #ChiaraMartini #Aristotle #Philosophy #Geometry #Maths #Math #Mathematics #STEM #Academia #Academic #Academics @philosophy
#Image attribution: Enea Vico, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Speculum_Romanae_Magnificentiae-_Aristotle_MET_DP870290.jpg
🇮🇸 "The history and culture of Iceland in the 1950's." https://youtu.be/uig5XGKANfE #Video #History #Culture #Iceland
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Swiss, Renaissance polymath, Conrad Gesner, was born 26.03.1516
https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2011/03/28/putting-the-lead-in-your-pencil/
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Hey everybody, @rogueclassicist is back posting everything #classics in the fedi. Get 'em while they're hot!
#ancientHistory #ancientGreece #ancientRome #archaeology #RomanEmpire
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"Astronomer Fred Hoyle supposedly coined the catchy term to ridicule the theory of the Universe’s origins — 75 years on, it’s time to set the record straight." https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00894-z #Nature #Essay #Science #STEM #Astronomy #Cosmology #Universe @science
"The sleepy appearance of Collyweston village today belies its significance as a stage on which key events relating to the Tudor dynasty were played out." https://theconversation.com/how-henry-viiis-grandmother-used-a-palace-in-northamptonshire-to-build-the-mighty-tudor-dynasty-221275 #History #Histodon #Histodons #Britain #GB #UK #UnitedKingdom #Tudor #Tudors @histodon @histodons
🇺🇸 "Airship picks up mail from Empire State Building (1931)." https://youtu.be/7saFU5OHAYA #Vintage #Video #History #NewYork #Transport #US #USA #UnitedStates #America
"Here we combine genetic evidence and palaeoecological models to infer the geographic location that acted as the Hub for our species during the early phases of colonisation of Eurasia."
Vallini, L., Zampieri, C., Shoaee, M.J. et al. The Persian plateau served as hub for Homo sapiens after the main out of Africa dispersal. Nat Commun 15, 1882 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46161-7 #OpenAccess #OA #Article #Research #DOI #Science #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Biology #Anthropology #BiologicalAnthropology #Genetics #Population #EvolutionaryGenetics #Palaeoclimate #Ancient #DNA #PopulationGenetics #Eurasia #Academia #Academic #Academics @archaeodons @anthropology @biology @science
"Petra, showing the Upper or Eastern End of the Valley. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849."
#DavidRoberts #Painting #Art #Lithograph #Petra #C19th #19thCentury
#Image attribution: David Roberts, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_Roberts_-_Petra,_Eastern_End_of_the_Valley_-_1927.127_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.jpg
‘Truth behind the myths’: Amazon warrior women of Greek legend may really have existed. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/mar/24/truth-behind-the-myths-amazon-warrior-women-of-greek-legend-may-really-have-existed #Archaeology #Classics #Ancient #History #Histodon #Histodons #Azerbaijan #Archaeodons @archaeodons @histodon @histodons @classics
#Image attribution: Bertel Thorvaldsen, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Achilles_and_Penthesilea_1837_CC0_from_the_Thorvaldsens_Museum_A496_w
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Toots are humanities, sciences, non-fiction books, maps, charts and graphs related. Toots or follows or boosts or mentions ≠ endorsements of any particular notion or notions. Expect many typing errors.
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