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from chandra manning's wonderful book "what this cruel war was over"
August 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
from chandra manning's wonderful book "what this cruel war was over"
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We are trained to look for watershed events. That is how history books are written and taught, moments of decision and import that change everything after them. But history is compressed. It's cleaned up and constructed into a narrative so you can understand it. Years can become a single event.
August 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
We are trained to look for watershed events. That is how history books are written and taught, moments of decision and import that change everything after them. But history is compressed. It's cleaned up and constructed into a narrative so you can understand it. Years can become a single event.
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Here's a 1951 scene of spectators in boats under the Shin Ohashi Bridge, ready for the Ryogoku Fireworks Festival (known today as the Sumidagawa Fireworks).
July 21, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Here's a 1951 scene of spectators in boats under the Shin Ohashi Bridge, ready for the Ryogoku Fireworks Festival (known today as the Sumidagawa Fireworks).
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And we're off. We're seeing some of the initial MMD calls first, where the calls are fairly obvious.
July 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
And we're off. We're seeing some of the initial MMD calls first, where the calls are fairly obvious.
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^ "Don’t normalize the dark spirits that have been unleashed. Don’t.
But this is what the mainstream media does."
But this is what the mainstream media does."
July 19, 2025 at 4:48 AM
^ "Don’t normalize the dark spirits that have been unleashed. Don’t.
But this is what the mainstream media does."
But this is what the mainstream media does."