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Ayesha Faisal
@ayeshasdigest.bsky.social
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Historian and Journalist, Panera Bread Enthusiast
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I spoke about the joys and challenges of #translation and #Homer #Odyssey with Lauren Kane of @nybooks.bsky.social:

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Translating from Troy to Ithaca | Daniel Mendelsohn, Lauren Kane
New translations of Homer are bound to revive millennia-old questions of authorship and ancient diction. As Daniel Mendelsohn writes in the introduction
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May 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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I just posted the first installment of a new history newsletter I've been working on! This month we take a look at Spanish Convivencia!
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Tidally Locked: The Life and Times of Spanish Convivencia
This month on Porous Boundaries we look at Medieval Spain from the Umayyads and Charlamagne up to the Crusades. We discuss geography, conquest, and a unique culture that emerges in Spain.
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May 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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a couple thoughts on where the internet seems to be headed in the next few years in light of the TikTok Ban
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The Little Dark Age
Notes on this new phase of the internet from a digital native
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January 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Is it ok so self-promo?

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Ayesha's Digest on Substack
If you like: media analysis historical analysis political analysis other forms of analysis and a healthy dose of sincerity, then this might be the substack for you! I like to look at the c...
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January 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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“Migrant day laborers, Mexican firefighters and relief workers, and over 900 incarcerated firefighters are risking their lives to keep Americans safe."

Comedian and commentator @franifio.bsky.social on why the coalition that makes MAGA’s skin crawl represents the best of us.
January 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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The extraordinary Black Hours, a medieval Book of Hours created in Bruges, Belgium around 1470. The vellum, dyed black, contrasts with a limited color palette of gold, blue, rose, green, gray, and white.

Morgan Library & Museum (MS M.493)

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"The Visitation" (Fols. 39v–40r) features two women, dressed in blue gowns and gold robes. Penitential Psalms and Litany (continuation) (Fols. 80v–81r). Text of silver and gold is offset with green initials and surrounded with a floral border, set against a blue field. "Mass of the Virgin" (Fols. 22v–23r). A large gold initial against a green field and a small black and gold dragon are key features of this folio. "Massacre of the Innocents" (Fols. 62v–63r) A miniature depicting children being taken from women in front of a king. Floral border against a blue field.
November 22, 2024 at 4:00 PM