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José de Kruif
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Historica, Digital Humanities, Text Mining
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vincentvanpp.bsky.social
#EU #Elonmusk #Europe #Nationalsovereignty #TweedeKamer #verkiezingen This column should be translated. It shows that what is important barely gets attention. It is not the EU that is a threat to nationale sovereignty. De nerds werden weer genegeerd, en dat gaan we merken www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Column | De nerds werden weer genegeerd, en dat gaan we merken
De nerds hadden nog wel zo’n goede verkiezingscampagne gevoerd. NerdVote had zijn best gedaan iemand in de Kamer te krijgen met verstand van digitale zaken en het was nog gelukt ook. Barbara Kathmann,...
www.nrc.nl
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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jmvtol.bsky.social
Niet veel mensen weten dat er in Nederland een uitstervende groep van de meest leuke mensen van het land bestaat. : stripmakers. Vandaag kwamen we weer eens bij elkaar als vroeger en het was als vanouds. Windig, De Wit, Van Dongen, De Jager, Retera, Van Tol maken van iedere grap een grol.
November 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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mathijsbouman.nl
fd.nl/opinie/15768...
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
josedk.bsky.social
Schitterende paddestoelen wandeling in bomenmuseum Arboretum Doorn. Kleine selectie uit het assortiment, van klein tot zo groot als een pizza bord. #paddospam
October 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
josedk.bsky.social
Indiana Jones new scripts 😂
sorrelbythesea.bsky.social Sorrel Doom @sorrelbythesea.bsky.social · Oct 11
This may sound boring but it is accurate 🏺🏛️
assaph.bsky.social Assaph Mehr 📚⚔️🕵️👻🏺🏛️🤖 @assaph.bsky.social · Oct 11
Realistic Indiana Jones movies 🏺😁
October 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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drnwillburger.bsky.social
Fascinating world of ancient #glass: This magnificent #Roman #fish-shaped flask was found during the excavation of a storeroom in Begram/Afghanistan. It was probably made in a workshop at Alexandria/Egypt, dating 1st/2nd century AD. Begram was a....🧵1/2

🏺 #archaeology
Fish-shaped glass vessel with translucent yellow body, wide open mouth, round eyes, and blue accents on fins, crest, and tail
September 6, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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drnwillburger.bsky.social
.... major trading city at the Silk Road, the flask was found in one of two storerooms of a merchant, filled with luxury good.
National Museum of Afghanistan

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September 6, 2025 at 5:44 AM
josedk.bsky.social
Ik vind deze campagne erg belangrijk - doe je ook mee? actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/ge...
Gemeente Houten, trek een Rode Lijn voor Gaza
Miljoenen Palestijnen zitten gevangen onder een door Israël opgelegde blokkade die leidt tot acute hongersnood en een schrijnend tekort aan voedsel, schoon drinkwater en medische hulp. Elke dag worden...
actie.degoedezaak.org
September 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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quaker.org.uk
We are filled with anguish to see human beings seeking refuge facing the threat of further violence and intimidation.

Too many politicians are fanning the flames of division when they should be voices for peace.

www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quaker statement on asylum seeker harassment
One year on from the riots in the summer of 2024, we are filled with anguish to see human beings seeking refuge in our nation facing the threat of further violence and intimidation. As our book of tea...
www.quaker.org.uk
August 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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vincentvanpp.bsky.social
Goed zo! Timmermans spreekt Bosma aan op zijn ongelijkwaardige behandeling van Wilders en Van Baarle. #debat #tweedekamer #thuisfluiter
August 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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drnwillburger.bsky.social
A fibula (decorative pin for fastening garments) decorated with a water bird, dating 5th century BC. Found at the Heidentor near Egesheim.
Water birds frequently appear as ornaments since the Bronze Age. They had a special significance in the perception... 🧵1/2

#archaeology 🏺
A close-up photo of a a bronze fibula ( brooch/pin), featuring a stylized bird figure sitting on top of a coiled, spiraling wire form. The fibula has a greenish patina typical of aged bronze, the bird's body features engraved lines. The object is photographed against a black background.
August 13, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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textfiles.com
RIP Tom Lehrer - the day he announced his items were public domain on a website, we mirrored it. Thank you for your service

archive.org/details/toml...
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
archive.org
July 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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josholson.bsky.social
How great was Tom Lehrer? In 2020, he moved his entire catalog into the public domain because he felt he'd made more than enough money off of it.

Enjoy every Tom Lehrer album:

tomlehrersongs.com
Songs and Lyrics by Tom Lehrer
Songs and Lyrics by Tom Lehrer DISCLAIMER STATEMENTI, Tom Lehrer, individually and as trustee of the
tomlehrersongs.com
July 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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nigella.bsky.social
Oh no. Tom Lehrer gone. At his great age, it’s not a tragedy, I know, but it just does feel bad not having his genius in the world.
Photograph of Tom Lehrer
July 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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garjan.bsky.social
An estimated 150.000 people are drawing a red line in The Hague, demanding that our government takes a stance against g3n0cide and cuts the ties with Israel
June 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
josedk.bsky.social
Op weg naar Den Haag met @vincentvanpp.bsky.social voor de #rodelijn
June 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
josedk.bsky.social
Wat een mooie tentamenvraag!
historicivertellen.bsky.social Historici vertellen @historicivertellen.bsky.social · Jun 13
Het tentamen voor de cursus Middelnederlandse letterkunde is van start. Willen jullie ook een vraag beantwoorden?

Van het Antwerps Liedboek is slechts één volledig exemplaar overgeleverd. Toch weten we dat het een populair boek is geweest. Geef een bewijs voor de populariteit van het liedboek.
Titelblad van het Antwerps Liedboek (1544) met een houtsnede waarop een man een bloem aan een vrouw geeft.
June 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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mu-peter.bsky.social
It was the finger seen around the world.

Who were the ancient Denisovans? 🏺🧪
Fossils reveal secrets about the mysterious humans

Clues are emerging about the ghostly clan that settled eastern Asia and left a genetic legacy in people today.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A replica of an ancient finger bone found in Denisova Cave. DNA extracted from this bone was used to first identify the Denisovan lineage.Credit: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
May 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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actilroe.bsky.social
De Rode Lijn was gigantisch!!💪
May 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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nataliestraatman.bsky.social
Onderdeel van een menselijke rode lijn... @Den Haag

Help. Spreek je uit. Sanctioneer.
Beter laat dan nooit.

#rodelijn #wewetenhet #nietwegkijken
May 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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drnwillburger.bsky.social
#Neolithic textile production: a charred skein of linen thread, dating around 3200 BC, from the pile dwelling settlement of Nußdorf-Maurach, Überlingen, Lake Constance. The damp environment has preserved it in good condition

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#archaeology 🏺
A charred skein of linen thread displayed upright in a museum case. The blackened, twisted fibers are tightly coiled and partially fused from burning, mounted between two smooth, pale stone supports. The exhibit is lit to highlight the texture and preservation of the ancient textile remains.
May 16, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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alondra.bsky.social
Please read my essay in TIME, which @science.org
did not do carefully before publishing this assertion. time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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antiquity.ac.uk
NEW Coins from the Nietulisko Małe Hoard, one of the largest hoards of Roman coins found in Poland. Digitisation of almost 3000 denarii from the hoard helped document them and the database will hopefully be publicly available soon.

🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

#Archaeology 🏺 #NumismaticsBluesky
Pile of silver coins.
March 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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profsimonfisher.bsky.social
"Findings indicate a uniform behavioural set: similar lithic technology, increased reliance on large-game hunting & socially elaborated behaviours (intentional burial, ochre use in burial contexts). We suggest this is due to intensified interpopulation interactions between Homo groups 130–80 ka."🧪
Evidence from Tinshemet Cave in Israel suggests behavioural uniformity across Homo groups in the Levantine mid-Middle Palaeolithic circa 130,000–80,000 years ago - Nature Human Behaviour
The Middle Palaeolithic of southwest Asia witnessed interactions and knowledge sharing between archaic and modern humans ~130,000–80,000 years ago. These interactions led to increased behavioural comp...
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March 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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sonjadrimmer.bsky.social
In the 1790s a London woman named Eliza Denyer developed a modest reputation as a restorer of medieval manuscripts. She was forgotten by scholars and, in one case, her restorations were deliberately replaced by a man’s. I recovered her story & tracked all her known work here: tinyurl.com/2ktztx2e
Part of a page of a medieval manuscript that had a hole cut into it. Underneath it is a restoration of a large decorated B, which would have been in this place, and which was restored by Eliza. The letter emulates the medieval style of script, but the image inside it is in a late 18th century style, showing a verdant tree standing against a green bucolic landscape.
March 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM