Venetian, Ottoman & Mediterranean 16th c. History (1559-1581). Also Thirty Years' War. History & Archaeology MA & Cert. Postgrad Research Aberdeen Univ.
Edinburgh, Scotland
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A very interesting story about how the French & Swedes tried for years to forge an alliance with Transylvanian prince George I RΓ‘kΓ³czi during the Thirty Years' War.
On the Swedish side, there are initial contacts starting in 1631. In 1632 Gustav Adolph writes to RΓ‘kΓ³czi to join
After watching the highlights of the England Australia game #ENGvsAUS
Dog folks will be like
π¨ BREAKING: Keir Starmer will collect a new Siberian kitten to live with his family in No 10 today
The kitten will join Larry the Cat
[@mattchorley]
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An Arabic proverb, added by the French orientalist Antoine Galland (1646-1715), with Latin translation, to the front flyleaf of an Ottoman manuscript: βWhoever has no notebook in their sleeve will not establish wisdom in their heart.β Bnf, ms Turc 245. gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btβ¦
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He taught us that the mass media of the US carries out propaganda for the government is what he did! He was a great American public intellectual! And in this house, Noam Chomsky was a hero, end of story!
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Noam Chomsky enjoying a pint and a blether in Brechin's Bar, Govan, in 1990.
Abbeyhill -- student accommodation. Meadowbank student accommodation. Now this. God forbid we built more homes for people living and working in this city...
While a lot of people have 0 faith that you'll actually do even a 10% of what a Labour party should do (when not cosplaying purely for electoral gains). Also a reminder that Scotland would overwhelmingly want to rejoin the EU which you clearly stated are against.
John Curtice today #GeneralElection
Troubling news, also in Light of the news that the next government will have to brace for many universities possibly having serious financial trouble
bbc.com/news/articles/c800l8β¦
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The next Chelsea manager will be the club's 24th (including caretakers) from 2000 onwards β which is more than the number of Popes there have been since 1722.
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Billy Connolly hates "centrism". As anyone with principles should.
"Centrism" is just Thatcherism for "liberals".
Kwarteng should be banished for the sheer amount of financial pain & grief he's caused with his calamitous mini-budget. Instead hey ho let's have a laugh (in 2 parts) with the country's most prominent uber centrist uncles
First part of 2-part β¦@RestIsPoliticsβ© LEADING with β¦@KwasiKwartengβ© Fair to say he is somewhat more reflective than his former boss β¦@trusslizβ© up to and including admitting that if he was 22, heβd struggle to find reasons to vote Tory alastaircampbell.org/2024/05β¦
