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The Basics of Argumentation

Via: evilone • History & Sociology • 20 Comments • 4 days ago

This goes along with yesterday's article on fallacies. It probably should have proceeded, but here we are anyway.

When Do We Paint the Town Red?

Via: robert-in-ohio • History & Sociology • 23 Comments • 5 days ago

"Paint the Town Red" "Yellow Belly" "Black Dog of Depression" "Green Thumb" All interesting phrases of which there are many, many more and I sometimes wonder where they...

Idioms That Only Americans Understand

Via: robert-in-ohio • History & Sociology • 19 Comments • 5 days ago

I came across this interesting article that was a pleasant diversion from the hubbub of trash talking from one side to the other concerning the senate hearings, the depressing news of the tragedy...

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day

By: kavika • History & Sociology • 54 Comments • 3 months ago

A day to celebrate the indigenous people of the America’s and for the Indigenous people to celebrate their culture/language/history and their resilience. For many of us it is also time to reflect...

Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, study finds

Via: hallux • History & Sociology • 14 Comments • 3 months ago

Haitian Soldiers at the Battle of Savannah (1779) •

Via: kavika • History & Sociology • 30 Comments • 4 months ago

In 2022 my wife and I visited Savannah and made it a point to visit Franklin Sq to view the monument. It is inspiring. The drummer boy in it later became the head of the Haitian army and then the...

What Personality Type Are You? The MBTI ("Myers Briggs Typology Indicator") - PART I of V

By: krishna • History & Sociology • 304 Comments • 5 months ago

There are various differing theories of personality-- and personality types. One that I find both interesting and useful...

Sugarcane documentary explores residential school intergenerational trauma and resilience

Via: hallux • History & Sociology • 4 Comments • 6 months ago

Law For The Safeguard Of German Blood And German Honor

Via: john-russell • History & Sociology • 3 Comments • 7 months ago

White Buffalo Calf Born at Yellowstone National Park | Environment

Via: kavika • History & Sociology • 2 Comments • 7 months ago

Are Native American Dual Citizens of the US. The Indian Citizenship Act at 100 years old.

By: kavika • History & Sociology • 37 Comments • 7 months ago

The Irish lighthouse keeper who gave D-Day the go-ahead

Via: hallux • History & Sociology • 18 Comments • 8 months ago

Taking Slavery West in the 1850s

Via: outis • History & Sociology • 13 Comments • 9 months 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 • 9 months 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 • 10 months 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 • 10 months 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 • 10 months 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 • 11 months 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 • 11 months ago

These are the counties with the most bicycle traffic fatalities

Via: outis • History & Sociology • 3 Comments • 11 months 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 • last year

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 • 2 years ago

The Circassians in Israel - Who Are the Circassians, Warriors, statemen, inventors and citizens of Israel

Via: kavika • History & Sociology • 15 Comments • 2 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 • 2 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 • 2 years ago

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