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Aug 4, 2021
"Ambitious people desire not only to be recognized but also to be deemed worthy of recognition. The concept of ambition is invariably tied to notions of honor and deference. Today, however, these terms have an obsolete sound." nationalinterest.org/fe
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May 24, 2023
Who is the most high-agency person you've never heard of? Rudolf Vrba.
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George Mack
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May 22, 2023
Witherington was born in Paris to British parents. She parachuted into France in September 1943 as a courier for the SOE Stationer Network and, in May 1944, became head of the SOE Wrestler Network in the Indre region in central France. She was the on
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May 18, 2023
On this day in 1896, the U.S Supreme Court delivered its decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, establishing the “separate but equal” doctrine and authorizing discrimination by states. This marked the formal beginning of Jim Crow Laws. THREAD twitter.com/
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May 4, 2023
1/ King of Sweden is visiting Estonia and this has reanimated the old myth about „good old Swedish time“. MFA Margus Tsahkna said few weeks ago: „Estonia and Sweden have a long history together. „Good old Swedish times“ as we say in Estonia, and the
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Apr 20, 2023
The Mediterranean Sea was dry 5M years ago Then, a series of MEGAFLOODS filled it in a matter of months How did the Med dry up? Why did it fill so brutally? How would it have felt to be there? This is what we know: twitter.com/tomaspueyo/status/16
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Tomas Pueyo
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Mar 27, 2023
1/ A pervasive theme of modern Chinese history is the substantial power invested by central government in local-level government leadership, and one manifestation of that was fate of Nationalist Army officers following Civil War of 1927-50. Ironicall
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Simon Boyi Chen
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Mar 19, 2023
Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany is one of the world's most famous and beautiful castles. But it isn't a real castle: it has central heating, hot water, flushing toilets, telephones, and elevators. Because Neuschwanstein is actually the world's big
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Mar 13, 2023
As we countdown to Match Day, I want you to meet Dr. Kevin Jon Williams. For nearly 20 years, he fought for - and eventually won - a student-optimal matching algorithm. It’s one of the great stories of advocacy in Match history… and the NRMP refuse
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Bryan Carmody
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Feb 20, 2023
📢NEW RESEARCH of a disembodied wooden #phallus of Roman date found @Vindolanda and published in @AntiquityJ. Here’s a breakdown of the key points and takeaways, a 🧵 www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/touch-wood-luck-protection-power-o
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Dr Rob Collins, FSA
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Feb 17, 2023
I suspect the Roman "war machine" really developed as an accident. The Romans are trying to solve social problems in the fourth century and the reforms had the mostly unintended byproduct of making them really good at war. 🧵1/
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Dr. Michael J. Taylor
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Jan 8, 2023
What if you launched a war against your neighbours, not to gain land or treasure, but to forcibly create new people? The Iroquois Wars for Mourning, Grief, Revenge and Beavers in the 17th Century. twitter.com/Paracelsus1092/status/16120756368094085
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