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Posts
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Post #4344884
Both genders get to play sacrificial bondees which is progressive for 1980 #monsterdon
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Post #2294201
danah boyd writes about how many corporate sites are dominated by parasocial relationships. Rather than doing often violent and tribal things to create a community, most people are following a few paid content creators who broadcast to them. The transition from sociality to parasociality is clearest on YouTube, Patreon, and fansites. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051261437487 #socialMedia
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Post #2294198
Classic post: what did the ancient Persians do for us? &quot;There are a shelf full of books like How the Scots Invented the Modern World or surveys of the Islamic Golden Age in Iran, Baghdad, and al-Andalus. ... There is a whole library trying to show that &#39;Europe&#39; or &#39;the west&#39; started a triumphant march to world power at ever-earlier dates. But I don’t know of a similar book which looks at the heritage of the ancient world from Gaza to the Indus.&quot;...
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Post #1881002
Just like Google&#39;s AI overview, DDG&#39;s AI overviews will happily make up a meaning for a phrase you just invented and give &#39;sources&#39; for this interpretation, because all they ever do is emit plausible output matching their input. I tried &quot;better a porphyry bathtub than a limestone bassoon meaning&quot; #duckDuckGo
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Post #1382249
Juvenalia, or blast from the past: Some Thoughts on Wealth in Greece and Mesopotamia (2007) https://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat/showthread.php?tid=8973 #economicHistory #economics #histodons #antiquidons #cuneitoot #ancMedToot
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Post #926515
I wish journalists did not have to take a vow of forgetting so they remembered that the vow on the glowing orb in 2017 was an informal alliance of Arab powers + Israel + the USA against Iran https://gwynnedyer.com/2017/trump-and-iran/
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Post #868991
Spent 2 1/2 hours this afternoon gessoing some panels, a box, and the great buckler. Most of the time is setup and cleanup. I should have another pot or tray to keep the gesso warm. I hope I have enough dry gesso sottile for the back of the buckler. Now to dry for two days and two nights out of the sun. 🌞 #shieldMakingWithTheophilius #mastoArt