Corey B
@commodorecoco.bsky.social
Archaeologist at Tiwanaku, Bolivia | Phd Candidate at UIC | Moderator at @askhistorians.bsky.social | A2->Nashville->Chicago
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But this misses out the best part of this mosaic! To the left of Odysseus' ship is a smaller boat with a man holding what looks suspiciously like a gigantic prawn. This man is likely to be the homeowner who commissioned the mosaic.
(Mosaic from Dougga, Tunisia; C3rd AD; currently in Bardo Museum)
(Mosaic from Dougga, Tunisia; C3rd AD; currently in Bardo Museum)
October 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
But this misses out the best part of this mosaic! To the left of Odysseus' ship is a smaller boat with a man holding what looks suspiciously like a gigantic prawn. This man is likely to be the homeowner who commissioned the mosaic.
(Mosaic from Dougga, Tunisia; C3rd AD; currently in Bardo Museum)
(Mosaic from Dougga, Tunisia; C3rd AD; currently in Bardo Museum)
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Gordon Hall (2/2) (b.1843)
Dexter, Washtenaw County Michigan.
Residence of the village founder, Judge Samuel Dexter.
#photography #architecture #greekrevival #historic #oldbuildings #houses #mansions #dexter #washtenaw #michigan
Dexter, Washtenaw County Michigan.
Residence of the village founder, Judge Samuel Dexter.
#photography #architecture #greekrevival #historic #oldbuildings #houses #mansions #dexter #washtenaw #michigan
July 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Gordon Hall (2/2) (b.1843)
Dexter, Washtenaw County Michigan.
Residence of the village founder, Judge Samuel Dexter.
#photography #architecture #greekrevival #historic #oldbuildings #houses #mansions #dexter #washtenaw #michigan
Dexter, Washtenaw County Michigan.
Residence of the village founder, Judge Samuel Dexter.
#photography #architecture #greekrevival #historic #oldbuildings #houses #mansions #dexter #washtenaw #michigan
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It's been a lovely day so far! The Dexter Cider Mill opened for its 139th season, so I had to get cider'n'donuts after seeing a new section of the Huron Waterloo trail in the Delhi Metropark! #DexterCiderMill is the oldest continuously operating #CiderMill in #Michigan 😎🍎🍏 #CiderAndDonuts
August 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It's been a lovely day so far! The Dexter Cider Mill opened for its 139th season, so I had to get cider'n'donuts after seeing a new section of the Huron Waterloo trail in the Delhi Metropark! #DexterCiderMill is the oldest continuously operating #CiderMill in #Michigan 😎🍎🍏 #CiderAndDonuts
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This is a REAL big deal. Apartments near transit, statewide. I'm thrilled to say that a good chunk of my book is now out of date.
Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.
October 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This is a REAL big deal. Apartments near transit, statewide. I'm thrilled to say that a good chunk of my book is now out of date.
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Ms Rachel schools Obama on why he really should stop using dehumanizing language.
October 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Ms Rachel schools Obama on why he really should stop using dehumanizing language.
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We have another @nursingclio.bsky.social AMA today with Katrina Kimport discussing abortion, politics, and reproductive autonomy! Come check it out! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...
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October 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
We have another @nursingclio.bsky.social AMA today with Katrina Kimport discussing abortion, politics, and reproductive autonomy! Come check it out! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...
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An entire generation of dumbs are getting themselves worked up into a fascist frenzy over inaccurate nostalgia videos they know are complete false and it is terrifying hot profoundly strong these feelings are for them despite being very aware it's fake and bullshit.
September 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
An entire generation of dumbs are getting themselves worked up into a fascist frenzy over inaccurate nostalgia videos they know are complete false and it is terrifying hot profoundly strong these feelings are for them despite being very aware it's fake and bullshit.
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Don’t forget to leave milk and cookies out for Earth, Wind & Fire tonight
September 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Don’t forget to leave milk and cookies out for Earth, Wind & Fire tonight
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I make a point here which is central to my understanding of urbanism: the way "small towns" think of what they are today is at odds with their own history, and for all of our legacy settlements - towns and cities - urbanism is a restoration. thedeletedscenes.substack.com/p/rowhouse-o...
Rowhouse-O-Rama
What Do You Think You're Looking At? #230
thedeletedscenes.substack.com
September 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I make a point here which is central to my understanding of urbanism: the way "small towns" think of what they are today is at odds with their own history, and for all of our legacy settlements - towns and cities - urbanism is a restoration. thedeletedscenes.substack.com/p/rowhouse-o...
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Good. I'm making my claim.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Good. I'm making my claim.
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The “correct” map
The Mercator map creates distortions. Just like the Peters map and any map with any projection on a plane. This is the story of the correct map, the map that does not exist.
www.cartographerstale.com/p/the-correc...
The Mercator map creates distortions. Just like the Peters map and any map with any projection on a plane. This is the story of the correct map, the map that does not exist.
www.cartographerstale.com/p/the-correc...
The “correct” map
The Mercator map creates distortions. Just like the Peters map and any map with any projection on a plane. This is the story of the correct map, the map that does not exist.
www.cartographerstale.com
August 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The “correct” map
The Mercator map creates distortions. Just like the Peters map and any map with any projection on a plane. This is the story of the correct map, the map that does not exist.
www.cartographerstale.com/p/the-correc...
The Mercator map creates distortions. Just like the Peters map and any map with any projection on a plane. This is the story of the correct map, the map that does not exist.
www.cartographerstale.com/p/the-correc...
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Bally's Defender! Wait, is that right...?
Yep! This early take on the mounted light gun cabinet fed off of American patriotism in the lead up to full-scale involvement.
Though it was not unusual to have women featured on coin-op flyers, this one is notable for having her actually playing the game.
Yep! This early take on the mounted light gun cabinet fed off of American patriotism in the lead up to full-scale involvement.
Though it was not unusual to have women featured on coin-op flyers, this one is notable for having her actually playing the game.
August 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Bally's Defender! Wait, is that right...?
Yep! This early take on the mounted light gun cabinet fed off of American patriotism in the lead up to full-scale involvement.
Though it was not unusual to have women featured on coin-op flyers, this one is notable for having her actually playing the game.
Yep! This early take on the mounted light gun cabinet fed off of American patriotism in the lead up to full-scale involvement.
Though it was not unusual to have women featured on coin-op flyers, this one is notable for having her actually playing the game.
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In honor of #InternationalDayForTheRemembranceOfTheSlaveTradeAndItsAbolition, we are celebrating Tanisha M. Jackson's BLACK WOMEN'S ART ECOSYSTEMS -- a look at the nurturing artistic practices that challenge how we silo artists from health and community
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...
UI Press | Tanisha M. Jackson | Black Women's Art Ecosystems
© Copyright 2025
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August 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
In honor of #InternationalDayForTheRemembranceOfTheSlaveTradeAndItsAbolition, we are celebrating Tanisha M. Jackson's BLACK WOMEN'S ART ECOSYSTEMS -- a look at the nurturing artistic practices that challenge how we silo artists from health and community
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...
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Come check out this great AMA we have going on today!
Our #AMA with Dr. Mohammad Salama is open now #Skystorians! Come ask questions about the #history of the Qur'an, Arabic or anything else!
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God's Other Book: The Qur'an Between History and Ideology
I am Dr. Mohammad Salama, author of *God's Other Book: The Qur'an Between History and Ideology* and scholar of Arabic and Qur'anic Studies, ...
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August 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Come check out this great AMA we have going on today!
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The thing about this is that the African American history museum’s narrative is one of progress and achievement, but T and his ilk may hate that more than the focus on slavery.
Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’
www.nytimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The thing about this is that the African American history museum’s narrative is one of progress and achievement, but T and his ilk may hate that more than the focus on slavery.
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Friend shared me an article their mom and a buddy are quoted in about some really cool observations on Incan khipus as a writing system for both nobility and the common folk..
One of these days I desperately hope we can decode more of the secrets these things hold. www.npr.org/2025/08/13/n...
One of these days I desperately hope we can decode more of the secrets these things hold. www.npr.org/2025/08/13/n...
A lock of hair may have just changed what we know about life in the Incan Empire
Inca society kept records by encoding information into knotted cords called khipu. A new analysis of hair woven into these cords suggests this record-keeping was practiced by commoners as well as elit...
www.npr.org
August 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Friend shared me an article their mom and a buddy are quoted in about some really cool observations on Incan khipus as a writing system for both nobility and the common folk..
One of these days I desperately hope we can decode more of the secrets these things hold. www.npr.org/2025/08/13/n...
One of these days I desperately hope we can decode more of the secrets these things hold. www.npr.org/2025/08/13/n...
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Really good point. Editing isn't just improving a text; it's improving a text *with reference to the reader's needs and the writer's intentions*. But when there are no writer's intentions...
Was asked to edit a rough draft written by ChatGPT today. Hated it. Editing it felt hollow. There's no perspective to deepen and inquire about. It's fucking drivel blended up by an energy suck machine that takes from stolen, uncredited work.
Anyway, I did my best. #AmEditing
Anyway, I did my best. #AmEditing
August 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Really good point. Editing isn't just improving a text; it's improving a text *with reference to the reader's needs and the writer's intentions*. But when there are no writer's intentions...
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Footwear Friday! This pair of 1870s pumps by Hellstern & Sons show the interest fashionable western consumers had in eastern forms of dress by imitating the upturned toe of shoe styles worn throughout India. 🗃️🪡 www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
August 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Footwear Friday! This pair of 1870s pumps by Hellstern & Sons show the interest fashionable western consumers had in eastern forms of dress by imitating the upturned toe of shoe styles worn throughout India. 🗃️🪡 www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
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On one hand, we love human curiosity. On the other hand, we love carte blanche to delete things so
July 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
On one hand, we love human curiosity. On the other hand, we love carte blanche to delete things so
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🚨New Bad Ancient article🚨 from a new contributor. I am really happy to see this question finally answered - it has been sat on our list for quite a while now. @horusofnekhen.bsky.social has done a great job walking us through the evidence and scholarship.
www.badancient.com/claims/tutan...
www.badancient.com/claims/tutan...
Did Tutankhamun have a dagger made from a meteorite?
Wrapped within his mummified remains, a dagger has intrigued archaeologists for over a century. What was it made of, who made it, and why bury it with him?
www.badancient.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
🚨New Bad Ancient article🚨 from a new contributor. I am really happy to see this question finally answered - it has been sat on our list for quite a while now. @horusofnekhen.bsky.social has done a great job walking us through the evidence and scholarship.
www.badancient.com/claims/tutan...
www.badancient.com/claims/tutan...
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“We wanted to rid ourselves of the fashions of historiography,” Burns summarized at one event, “and make a film that simply shows what happened.”
That’s not how history works though. You’re making an argument about what happened & what mattered even if you don’t realize you’re doing it. 🗃️
That’s not how history works though. You’re making an argument about what happened & what mattered even if you don’t realize you’re doing it. 🗃️
“whatever you write, you are taking a stance on your subject and on the practice of history itself. the suggestion that other historians are not also interested in ‘show[ing] what happened’ is, at best, careless.” www.politico.com/news/magazin...
What Ken Burns Won’t Say About the American Revolution
On the road with America’s foremost history documentarian in a fractured country.
www.politico.com
July 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“We wanted to rid ourselves of the fashions of historiography,” Burns summarized at one event, “and make a film that simply shows what happened.”
That’s not how history works though. You’re making an argument about what happened & what mattered even if you don’t realize you’re doing it. 🗃️
That’s not how history works though. You’re making an argument about what happened & what mattered even if you don’t realize you’re doing it. 🗃️
July 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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The penny arcade was dead.
The game fad of the first decade of the 20th century faded and the coin-op industry retracted.
In 1931, a reinvention of the arcade emerged and caught the new wave of pinball.
This is the story of Chester-Pollard and the Sportlands.
The game fad of the first decade of the 20th century faded and the coin-op industry retracted.
In 1931, a reinvention of the arcade emerged and caught the new wave of pinball.
This is the story of Chester-Pollard and the Sportlands.
July 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The penny arcade was dead.
The game fad of the first decade of the 20th century faded and the coin-op industry retracted.
In 1931, a reinvention of the arcade emerged and caught the new wave of pinball.
This is the story of Chester-Pollard and the Sportlands.
The game fad of the first decade of the 20th century faded and the coin-op industry retracted.
In 1931, a reinvention of the arcade emerged and caught the new wave of pinball.
This is the story of Chester-Pollard and the Sportlands.