Knowledge & Community @KnowledgeCommu2

This account is about knowledge communities and institutions, & how knowledge originates and needs protection, by a retired public librarian near Chicago, U.S. United States Joined October 2018

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Philosophy Quotes @philosophors

2 years ago

“Whoever gives nothing, has nothing. The greatest misfortune is not to be unloved, but not to love.” — Albert Camus

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Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories

2 years ago

The forgotten archaeological site of Meroë - Nubia (in modern-day Sudan) : Island of Meroe is the heartland of the Kingdom of Kush, a major power in the ancient world from 8th Century BC - 4th Century CE. Meroe became the principal residence of the rulers, and from the 3rd…

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Massimo @Rainmaker1973

2 years ago

Samsa is a savoury pastry in Central Asian cuisines, tradionally baked in the tandoor, a large urn-shaped oven, usually made of clay. [📹 qazaq_samssa]

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Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories

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Cube of Zoroaster (6th Century BC), a stone quadrangular stepped structure in Marvdasht county in Fars, Iran. The structure is rectangular and has only one entrance door. The material of the site is white limestone. It is about 12m high, or 14.12m if including the triple stairs,…

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ArchaeoHistories @histories_arch

2 years ago

Newgrange a neolithic tomb about 5,200 years old,was built in 3,200 BC. Located in county Meath in the Republic of Ireland. It's older than the pyramids in Egypt by 600 years and older than Stonehenge by 1,000 years. #archaeohistories

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Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories

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Prehistoric Petroglyphs of Mongolian Altai, Bayankhongor, Mongolia. These three rock art sites in Bayan-Ulgii aimag - Tsagaan Salaa-Baga Oigor of Ulaankhus soum and Upper Tsagaan Gol (Shiveet Khairkhan) and Aral Tolgoi, both of Tsengel soum. All three are located in high mountain…

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Lulu @BritpolInRussia

2 years ago

@jurgen_nauditt They promoted Brexit. "Nigel Farage and the Brexit party have voted against stronger EU measures aimed at countering “highly dangerous” Russian disinformation." theguardian.com/world/2019/oct…

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Science girl @gunsnrosesgirl3

2 years ago

vintage red wing boots being restored 📹trenton.heath

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Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories

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The Famine Stela : It is an inscription written in Egyptian hieroglyphs on a 2.5m high and 3m wide block of granite located on Sehel Island near Aswan, Egypt. The stela tells the story of seven years of drought and famine during the reign of Pharaoh Djoser of the Third Dynasty.…

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Science News @ScienceNews

2 years ago

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter officially ended its mission. It was supposed to prove flight on Mars was possible, but the little helicopter that could did far more in its nearly three years of work. sciencenews.org/article/nasa-m…

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Nina Willburger @DrNWillburger

2 years ago

Don't ask me anything about #dinosaurs. I hardly know anything about them. But this one never ceases to amaze me: a clutch of Oviraptor, 80 million (!) years old! The eggs were laid pair-wise and covered with sand. On display at Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

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Massimo @Rainmaker1973

2 years ago

Sashimono: traditional Japanese woodworking technique used to craft furniture without nails or screws. [📹 mathematicanese]

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Massimo @Rainmaker1973

2 years ago

Studies based on 28 Greenland sharks determined by radiocarbon dating of crystals within the lens of their eyes, that the oldest of the animals that they sampled had lived for 392±120 years and was consequently born between 1504 and 1744.

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Knowledge & Community @KnowledgeCommu2

2 years ago

I wish people would stop saying this or that is what distinguishes humans from all other creatures. Intelligence & spirituality in living things are a continuum. There is nothing that absolutely divides us from the rest of life on Earth.

Physics In History @PhysInHistory

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Institute for the Study of War @TheStudyofWar

2 years ago

NEW | Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, January 4, 2024: Iranian-backed actors in Iraq have intensified their effort to expel US forces from Iraq. 1/6

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Institute for the Study of War @TheStudyofWar

2 years ago

Key Takeaways: 1/12 🧵 Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant reported that Israeli forces in the northern Gaza Strip “are completing the current mission” as part of their transition to a third phase of operations there.

Institute for the Study of War @TheStudyofWar

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Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

2 years ago

The world after Ukraine will either be guided by the example of their brave people, who chose to fight against slavery and aggression, or it will be a world where the mightiest nations betrayed those people and their dreams and sacrifices.

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Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

2 years ago

As during the collapse of the USSR and the myopic leaders who tried to prevent its fall out of fear, the status quo is already dead. The question is what follows—a renewed defense of democracy or an accelerated slide into darkness and war. There’s no standing still. Choose. Act.

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Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

2 years ago

😂 Humor aside, Russia's attempt to turn back the geopolitical clock to the age of great power spheres and might makes right will define the course of the world for a generation or more. Ignoring it or treating it like a "both sides" situation is a huge failure.