White Buffalo Calf Born at Yellowstone National Park | Environment
Via: kavika • History & Sociology • 2 Comments • 2 years ago
Are Native American Dual Citizens of the US. The Indian Citizenship Act at 100 years old.
By: kavika • History & Sociology • 37 Comments • 2 years ago
The Irish lighthouse keeper who gave D-Day the go-ahead
Via: hallux • History & Sociology • 18 Comments • 2 years ago
Taking Slavery West in the 1850s
Via: outis • History & Sociology • 13 Comments • 2 years ago
I wonder how many Americans would vote for Jeff Davis today.
He was working industriously for his ideals.
That's good, right?
Republican lawmaker leaves loaded gun in Colorado capitol bathroom
Via: outis • History & Sociology • 52 Comments • 2 years ago
A quick search told me next to nothing about Mr Wilson. I have no reason to imagine that he's less attentive to firearms than any other.
That's the point....
The Truth About Human Population Decline
Via: outis • History & Sociology • 23 Comments • 2 years ago
When I was a kid, a long time ago, we learned that the Earth would one day be over-populated, with all sorts of dire consequences.
This is one of those cases where circumstances change...
The origin of every US state's name
Via: outis • History & Sociology • 7 Comments • 2 years ago
If I understand correctly, almost all the states' names are of two origins. Either:
- Long dead kings that no one remembers...
- Native American words and phrases whose meanings we...
The Zone of Interest
By: outis • History & Sociology • 5 Comments • 2 years ago
I saw this film a week or ten days ago, and haven't been able to get it out of my mind.
I don't know which is more terrifying: the servants' eyes-down obedience or the meeting of high SS...
The Greenwich Meridian's Forgotten Rival
Via: outis • History & Sociology • 6 Comments • 2 years ago
Tim Byrne is "The Tim Traveler". His (more or less) weekly videos are gems of historical and geographical knick-knacks. Utterly without importance, and utterly charming.
I was aware that...
Top 10 US Cities by Population by Decade (since 1790)
By: outis • History & Sociology • 4 Comments • 2 years ago
These are the counties with the most bicycle traffic fatalities
Via: outis • History & Sociology • 3 Comments • 2 years ago
From what I've seen and read, bike safety is two things: infrastructure and drivers' habits.
So what does this say about Florida?
Words we've ruined
By: outis • History & Sociology • 18 Comments • 2 years ago
Etymology is fun. Yup, I really believe that. Where words were born and how they got to be where they are now.
Clear, concise communication requires all parties to understand the same...
Long-Lost Christmas Eve Traditions - Medievalists.net
Via: john-russell • History & Sociology • 1 Comments • 3 years ago
The Circassians in Israel - Who Are the Circassians, Warriors, statemen, inventors and citizens of Israel
Via: kavika • History & Sociology • 15 Comments • 3 years ago
A unique people that are from the North Caucasus, are Caucasians that are mostly Sunni Muslim, but there are a number that are Orthodox Christian and Pagan.
They speak a multitude of languages and...
The Beginning of the Universe (Who are the Yazidis)
Via: the-irascible-harry-krishner • History & Sociology • 11 Comments • 3 years ago
Unusually good article abut a group that is little known in the west:
LALISH, IRAQ In Northern Iraq there is a place called Lalish where the Yezidis say the universe was born. I drove...
How the CIA’s top-ranking woman beat the agency’s men at their own game
Via: hallux • History & Sociology • 13 Comments • 3 years ago
Churches confess and repent for sins against Native and Indigenous people
Via: hallux • History & Sociology • 16 Comments • 3 years ago
Attacks by students made medieval Oxford a murder hotspot, researchers find
Via: hallux • History & Sociology • 2 Comments • 3 years ago
THE NARCISSISM OF THE ANGRY YOUNG MEN
Via: hallux • History & Sociology • 309 Comments • 3 years ago
Elon Musk’s Latest Target Hits Back
Via: hallux • History & Sociology • 2 Comments • 3 years ago
The Zoot Suit Riots and Wartime Los Angeles | The National WWII Museum
Via: john-russell • History & Sociology • 3 Comments • 3 years ago
Zoot suiters arrested by members of the LAPD, June 9, 1943. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
French Monarchs Family Tree
By: bob-nelson • History & Sociology • 10 Comments • 3 years ago
This is a coincidence. Seriously. I've been a fan of usefulcharts for a long time. It just happens that today's video is about France.
A coincidence, I tell you!
Gil Birmingham Tells the Story of Francis Whitebird.
By: kavika • History & Sociology • 40 Comments • 3 years ago
This is a few weeks late but I just came across it and felt that our veterans would understand the story.
Photos from D-Day give glimpse into historic World War II invasion 79 years ago
Via: john-russell • History & Sociology • 5 Comments • 3 years ago
The Fight Over Animal Names Has Reached a New Extreme
Via: hallux • History & Sociology • 4 Comments • 3 years ago
WARNING: This article may cause a variety of anal evacuation disorders among the anti-woke.
