@marttipaloheimo.bsky.social
Studying what we do when we work on ourselves. If we do. Patristics scholar, Applied Psychoanalyst, Philosopher. Doing a PhD @European Graduate School, critiquing religious/cultural praxes as self-transformation through philosophical/psychoanalytic lens.
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American "christianity" was always peculiar...
September 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
American "christianity" was always peculiar...
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Gus Speth: "The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed and apathy, and to deal with these we need a cultural and spiritual transformation. And we scientists don’t know how to do that."
August 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Gus Speth: "The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed and apathy, and to deal with these we need a cultural and spiritual transformation. And we scientists don’t know how to do that."
Some leaders show you who to love while some show you who to hate.
July 31, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Some leaders show you who to love while some show you who to hate.
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On advance access: "Technological Unemployment in the British Industrial Revolution: The Destruction of Hand-Spinning"
by Benjamin Schneider (Oslo Metropolitan University)
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by Benjamin Schneider (Oslo Metropolitan University)
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Technological Unemployment in the British Industrial Revolution: The Destruction of Hand-Spinning*
Abstract. This article analyses the elimination of hand-spinning in Britain during the Industrial Revolution and shows that it produced large-scale technol
doi.org
July 4, 2025 at 5:48 AM
On advance access: "Technological Unemployment in the British Industrial Revolution: The Destruction of Hand-Spinning"
by Benjamin Schneider (Oslo Metropolitan University)
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by Benjamin Schneider (Oslo Metropolitan University)
doi.org/10.1093/past...
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Here is Earth's rotation realized in an unusual way: using a camera scanning the landscape of Tivoli, Namibia, Bartosz Wojczyński focused on the sky.
He created a timelapse spanning 24 h that has a focal point in the sky rather than on the ground.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap20070...
🔭 🧪 #galactic
Here is Earth's rotation realized in an unusual way: using a camera scanning the landscape of Tivoli, Namibia, Bartosz Wojczyński focused on the sky.
He created a timelapse spanning 24 h that has a focal point in the sky rather than on the ground.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap20070...
🔭 🧪 #galactic
April 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Here is Earth's rotation realized in an unusual way: using a camera scanning the landscape of Tivoli, Namibia, Bartosz Wojczyński focused on the sky.
He created a timelapse spanning 24 h that has a focal point in the sky rather than on the ground.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap20070...
🔭 🧪 #galactic
Here is Earth's rotation realized in an unusual way: using a camera scanning the landscape of Tivoli, Namibia, Bartosz Wojczyński focused on the sky.
He created a timelapse spanning 24 h that has a focal point in the sky rather than on the ground.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap20070...
🔭 🧪 #galactic
It seems in ancient Rome authorities taxed freeing slaves and dodging the tax appears criminal--so in a way freeing your slaves was criminal. plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. gift article from New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/s...
How to Evade Taxes in Ancient Rome? A 1,900-Year-Old Papyrus Offers a Guide. (Gift Article)
A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, fiscal fraud and the false sale of slaves.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It seems in ancient Rome authorities taxed freeing slaves and dodging the tax appears criminal--so in a way freeing your slaves was criminal. plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. gift article from New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/s...
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New on advance access: "Slavery, Prosperity, and Inequality in Roman Pompeii"
by @profbernard.bsky.social (@uoft.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by @profbernard.bsky.social (@uoft.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Slavery, Prosperity, and Inequality in Roman Pompeii*
Abstract. Historians of premodern economies, in contrast to modern ones, have only infrequently contemplated the economic contribution of slavery. Here, I
doi.org
March 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
New on advance access: "Slavery, Prosperity, and Inequality in Roman Pompeii"
by @profbernard.bsky.social (@uoft.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by @profbernard.bsky.social (@uoft.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Father, forgive them for they know not what they're doing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/b...
Silicon Valley is Embracing Christianity (With the Help of Peter Thiel) (Gift Article)
When tech luminaries talk about their Christian faith, people listen.
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Father, forgive them for they know not what they're doing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/b...
If you have not heard the words inherited from the Ancients, you will be unaware of the greatness of learning and inquiry. --Xunzi, 3nd c. BCE, 1.14-15
February 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
If you have not heard the words inherited from the Ancients, you will be unaware of the greatness of learning and inquiry. --Xunzi, 3nd c. BCE, 1.14-15
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Today on the blog, Max Wade provides an intellectual history of Neoplatonism's unique contribution to the performing arts by examining Plotinus's philosophy of dance.
www.jhiblog.org/2024/11/18/t...
www.jhiblog.org/2024/11/18/t...
The Dance of Reality: Plotinus and the Activity of the Whole
by Max Wade
www.jhiblog.org
November 18, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Today on the blog, Max Wade provides an intellectual history of Neoplatonism's unique contribution to the performing arts by examining Plotinus's philosophy of dance.
www.jhiblog.org/2024/11/18/t...
www.jhiblog.org/2024/11/18/t...