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@heyitsfentona.bsky.social
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A big part of being a historian is being a detective! Who did this? Why? Where? Why does it matter in the grand scheme of things? You have to learn how to probe, how to uncover, how to read against the grain, how to find unusual sources, how to interpret those sources. How to piece together a puzzle
It also robs students of learning *how* to research.
December 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A big part of being a historian is being a detective! Who did this? Why? Where? Why does it matter in the grand scheme of things? You have to learn how to probe, how to uncover, how to read against the grain, how to find unusual sources, how to interpret those sources. How to piece together a puzzle
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I would like the phrase and concept of "common decency" to make a comeback
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I would like the phrase and concept of "common decency" to make a comeback
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Duck — Tlatilco workshop, ca. 1000 BCE
November 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Duck — Tlatilco workshop, ca. 1000 BCE
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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HE LED THE TEN THOUSAND OUT OF PERSIA IS WHAT HE DID. HE WAS A BRILLIANT GREEK COMMANDER. IN THIS HOUSE XENOPHON IS A HERO—END OF STORY
August 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
HE LED THE TEN THOUSAND OUT OF PERSIA IS WHAT HE DID. HE WAS A BRILLIANT GREEK COMMANDER. IN THIS HOUSE XENOPHON IS A HERO—END OF STORY
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The amazing Roman pharos (lighthouse) at Dover, still standing after almost 2,000 years!
The tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire. 1st-2nd century AD.
📷 by me
#RomanSiteSaturday
#Archaeology
The tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire. 1st-2nd century AD.
📷 by me
#RomanSiteSaturday
#Archaeology
April 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
The amazing Roman pharos (lighthouse) at Dover, still standing after almost 2,000 years!
The tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire. 1st-2nd century AD.
📷 by me
#RomanSiteSaturday
#Archaeology
The tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire. 1st-2nd century AD.
📷 by me
#RomanSiteSaturday
#Archaeology
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who is the most powerful person to have eaten a costco chicken bake? probably like tim walz but it'd be cool if it was the prime minister of japan or the pope
April 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
who is the most powerful person to have eaten a costco chicken bake? probably like tim walz but it'd be cool if it was the prime minister of japan or the pope
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“Destroy the institutions that rejected them” sums up so many people orbiting this administration
he is just the most obvious loser. a miserable mediocrity whose response to his own failure is to try to destroy institutions that rejected him
April 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“Destroy the institutions that rejected them” sums up so many people orbiting this administration
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#EpigraphyTuesday - and a quickie with a spot of ancient #Latin graffiti in the form of CIL IV 8408 from the House of the Lovers, #Pompeii (I.10.11), showing a dialogue in two different fists.
"amantes ut apes vitam melitam exigent"
"velle"
'Lovers - like bees - enjoy a honeyed life'
'I wish!'
"amantes ut apes vitam melitam exigent"
"velle"
'Lovers - like bees - enjoy a honeyed life'
'I wish!'
April 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
#EpigraphyTuesday - and a quickie with a spot of ancient #Latin graffiti in the form of CIL IV 8408 from the House of the Lovers, #Pompeii (I.10.11), showing a dialogue in two different fists.
"amantes ut apes vitam melitam exigent"
"velle"
'Lovers - like bees - enjoy a honeyed life'
'I wish!'
"amantes ut apes vitam melitam exigent"
"velle"
'Lovers - like bees - enjoy a honeyed life'
'I wish!'
Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
January 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
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I hate myself that I’m online enough to get this joke
There's a sign in my neighborhood that says TRUMP LOW TAXES and every time we drive past it I think "god I wish he would"
November 3, 2024 at 3:01 PM
I hate myself that I’m online enough to get this joke
One of the weirdest and best things of all time
10 years ago today… youtu.be/QrGrOK8oZG8
Too Many Cooks | Adult Swim
YouTube video by Adult Swim
youtu.be
October 29, 2024 at 2:43 AM
One of the weirdest and best things of all time
the classical precedent! Aeschylus, killed by an eagle dropping a turtle on him, mistaking his shiny bald head for a rock
October 15, 2024 at 3:50 PM
the classical precedent! Aeschylus, killed by an eagle dropping a turtle on him, mistaking his shiny bald head for a rock
Post a banger that’s not in English:
September 22, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Post a banger that’s not in English:
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Rejoice: the Blue Zones are BS. The real determining factor in longevity seems to be...drumroll...wealth. Wealthy people have less stress, more time to exercise, and more time to sleep. theconversation.com/the-data-on-...
‘The data on extreme human ageing is rotten from the inside out’ – Ig Nobel winner Saul Justin Newman
Saul Newman’s research suggests that we’re completely mistaken about how long humans live for.
theconversation.com
September 18, 2024 at 12:33 AM
Rejoice: the Blue Zones are BS. The real determining factor in longevity seems to be...drumroll...wealth. Wealthy people have less stress, more time to exercise, and more time to sleep. theconversation.com/the-data-on-...
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what's fascinating about this is that we all spent 8 yrs discussing Trump as a Frankfurtian bullshitter only for Vance to come straight out and say "nah, this is a lie"
gonna keep saying: very important to disincentivize baldfaced lying in politics
September 15, 2024 at 2:35 PM
what's fascinating about this is that we all spent 8 yrs discussing Trump as a Frankfurtian bullshitter only for Vance to come straight out and say "nah, this is a lie"
Peanut butter makes a great sauce with garlic, sriracha, soy sauce, and lime juice
Soy sauce or pretzels
This should be fun
I pick bananas
I pick bananas
September 13, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Peanut butter makes a great sauce with garlic, sriracha, soy sauce, and lime juice
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"Not all that is thought need be said, not all that is said need be written, not all that is written need be published, and not all that is published need be read."
-Menachem Mendl of Kotzk
-Menachem Mendl of Kotzk
August 26, 2024 at 11:08 AM
"Not all that is thought need be said, not all that is said need be written, not all that is written need be published, and not all that is published need be read."
-Menachem Mendl of Kotzk
-Menachem Mendl of Kotzk
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when is she gonna address our national shark vs electrocution crisis
August 23, 2024 at 2:55 AM
when is she gonna address our national shark vs electrocution crisis
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Really want Whitmer to say “these idiots tried to kidnap me!” and then laugh her ass off.
August 23, 2024 at 2:02 AM
Really want Whitmer to say “these idiots tried to kidnap me!” and then laugh her ass off.
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cacio E pepe?? in questa economia??
August 12, 2024 at 11:06 PM
cacio E pepe?? in questa economia??
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“DON’T TINKER WITH TAYLOR!” SAY SOLDIERS, SPIES
WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - The United States shared information with Austrian authorities to help foil threats to Taylor Swift's concerns in Vienna, the White House said on Friday.
August 9, 2024 at 6:18 PM
“DON’T TINKER WITH TAYLOR!” SAY SOLDIERS, SPIES
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I am a single-issue voter and that issue is "never having to think about or listen to Donald Trump ever again for the rest of my life."
July 31, 2024 at 7:24 PM
I am a single-issue voter and that issue is "never having to think about or listen to Donald Trump ever again for the rest of my life."