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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social
· 13h ago
Who Are The Ainu People? Inside The Rich History And Culture Of The East Asian Indigenous Group By Ella Spitz | Edited By Cara Johnson The Ainu were hunter-gatherers who lived across Japan and into southeastern Russia, but centuries of forced assimilation have virtually eliminated their language and traditions. https://allthatsinteresting.com/ainu Books about Ainus at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/15285 #books #literature #folklore #indigenous_people #history #culture
Meet The Ainu, The Forgotten Indigenous Group That Once Flourished In Japan And Southeastern Russia
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Meet The Ainu, The Forgotten Indigenous Group That Once Flourished In Japan And Southeastern Russia

The Ainu culture has nearly vanished due to centuries of forced assimilation.

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Cainmark Does Not Comply 🚲 @cainmark@mstdn.social
· 19h ago
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London Reconnections @london_reconnections@robot.villas
· 22h ago
Angel's escalators are on the stairway to heaven | London Centric https://londonreconnections.com/angels-escalators-are-on-the-stairway-to-heaven-london-centric/ #London #Transport #History
Angel’s escalators are on the stairway to heaven | London Centric
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Angel’s escalators are on the stairway to heaven | London Centric

Angel tube station in Islington could be forced to close for an extended period of time due to its rapidly disintegrating escalators. That’s according to documents seen by London Centric which are a typical sign of the lack of investment in London’s transport network — and the increasingly large

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder@mastodonapp.uk
· 3d ago
On the 30th, my #Walktober was to the old #London #Necropolis #railway station, where thousands of dead were sent by train to Brookwood Cemetery. They've recently revealed their name again - alas not for a re-opening, but I think for a conversion to fancy flats. And then I went to see some scary #StreetArt faces underneath #Waterloo itself (alas no clear artist's signature) #photography #History #halloween #monsters #monsterdon
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readbeanicecream @readbeanicecream@mastodon.social
· 1mo ago
A 17th-Century Teenage Girl Was Buried With ‘Anti-Vampiric’ Gear, Including a Sickle Across Her Throat, to Keep Her From Rising Again https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/zosia-anti-vampire-gear/ #history #archaeology #religion #superstition #myth #legend #burialcustoms
A 17th-Century Teenage Girl Was Buried With 'Anti-Vampiric' Gear, Including a Sickle Across Her Throat, to Keep Her From Rising Again
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A 17th-Century Teenage Girl Was Buried With 'Anti-Vampiric' Gear, Including a Sickle Across Her Throat, to Keep Her From Rising Again

The extraordinary grave reveals how seriously 17th-century Poles could fear the restless dead.

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Historian Matt @HistMatt@port87.social
· 9mo ago
The True Cost of Immigrants This is the uncensored version of this video on PeerTube (Spectra server). What is the true cost of immigration? Do they cost the country more than they bring, or are they a net positive for the country? What does the history of immigration tell us of what to come? #pom #immigration #economics #history
The True Cost of Immigrants
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The True Cost of Immigrants

Check out our sponsor: port87.com What is the true cost of immigration? Do they cost the country more than they bring, or are they a net positive for the country? What does the history of immigrati...

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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social
· 1w ago
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She Painted the First Known Self-Portrait of an Artist at Work—and Signed It—Nearly 500 Years Ago. Who Was Catharina van Hemessen? Few women worked as professional artists in the 16th century. A new exhibition in Antwerp, Belgium, seeks to restore this Flemish painter to the pantheon of art history giants by Meilan Solly https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/she-painted-first-known-self-portrait-an-artist-at-work-and-signed-it-nearly-500-years-ago-who-was-catharina-van-hemessen-180989724/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_content=20261021-daily&lctg=93133550&user_id=19f2988141aeef1ce3da2871b25613801e24297faaf654001575521d8c39910f #art #culture #painting #history #womeninart
She Painted the First Known Self-Portrait of an Artist at Work—and Signed It—Nearly 500 Years Ago. Who Was Catharina van Hemessen?
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She Painted the First Known Self-Portrait of an Artist at Work—and Signed It—Nearly 500 Years Ago. Who Was Catharina van Hemessen?

Few women worked as professional artists in the 16th century. A new exhibition in Antwerp, Belgium, seeks to restore this Flemish painter to the pantheon of art history giants

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Stefan Bohacek @stefan@stefanbohacek.online
· 1w ago
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"Launched for public access on October 25, 2001, [@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org's Wayback Machine] allows users to go "back in time" to see how its catalogued websites looked in the past." Happy 25th anniversary! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine #InternetArchive #WaybackMachine #DigitalPreservation #archiving #OTD #OnThisDay #history #InternetHistory
Wayback Machine - Wikipedia
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Wayback Machine - Wikipedia

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Dark Galloway @DarkGalloway@mastodon.scot
· 1w ago
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The Hole Stone (or Crow Stone) in Galloway. Local tradition says that it was used during marriage ceremomies, by joining hands through the hole. A similar tradition is attached to St Kennera's Cross, a 10th century disc headed cross, pierced at the four quarters, at nearby Kirkinner. It stands close to the White Cairn and another stone reputedly once accompanied it, which had gone by the mid-1800s. #Scotland #History #StandingStoneSunday
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Corey S Powell @coreyspowell@mastodon.social
· 1w ago
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A major event just passed without notice: the 180th anniversary of the discovery of dark matter. You hadn't heard that we discovered dark matter 180 years ago? Well, have I got a story to share with you. My latest Invisible Universe column, here: https://invisibleuniverse.substack.com/p/what-we-see-in-the-shadows #space #science #nature #history
What We See in the Shadows
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What We See in the Shadows

180 year ago, scientists trusted their equations and learned how to explore the universe in the “light” of gravity.

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Newsmast Foundation @newsmast@backend.newsmast.org
· 2w ago
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October is Black History Month in the UK. Black History in the UK is incredibly complex and underrepresented. This month, take time to learn more about the struggles black and mixed-race people have faced through British history. Here's a great resource to get started: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/black-history/#BlackHistoryMonth #BHMUK #UK #History #FediDiverse
Black History
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Black History

Black histories are a vital part of England’s story, reaching back many centuries. There is evidence of African people in Roman Britain as far back as the 3rd century AD, and black communities have been present since at least 1500.

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