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David Byron retweeted
Have you ever wondered HOW exactly is Hungarian is a Finno-Ugric language?
How it is actually related to Finnish and Estonian?
Well friend this is your lucky day! Buckle up and let's find out! 🧵
First, let's start with how languages can be similar.
David Byron retweeted
Born on this day in 1697, in London, painter and satirist William Hogarth. Here by himself, with his pug (good man!), in 1745.
David Byron retweeted
Any mention of Pieter De Hooch is an opportunity to post Ustinovs story about the Dutch De Hooch expert and the Duke.
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David Byron retweeted
In 2020 I was one of 7 dems that won a district that Trump won, so I held a series of listening sessions with people who voted for Trump and voted for me to understand their actions. I reread the transcripts yesterday and much of it felt like it could have been said today. THREAD
David Byron retweeted
Here’s the thing. It’s all out in the open. The Proud Boy colors. The vile language. The praise of those who stormed the Capitol. The racist “jokes.” The threat to use force against the “enemy within.” You can’t vote for this and say you didn’t know.
David Byron retweeted
"We're withholding our endorsement because our owner is frightened of government retaliation if Donald Trump wins" is a more forceful and eloquent statement than any newspaper editorial ever written.
David Byron retweeted
From the folks who brought you “Democracy Dies in Darkness”
NEWS: The Washington Post will not be making an endorsement in this year's presidential race, the editor of the editorial pages has told colleagues at a tense meeting this morning
THREAD AND LINK: npr.org/2024/10/25/nx-s1-516…
David Byron retweeted
Less than 4% of the world's population are international migrants
The vast majority of people in the world — over 96% — live in the country where they were born. Only a small minority are international migrants.
International migrants are people who have lived in a country other than where they were born for more than one year. In contrast, natives live in the country where they were born.
Since 1990, the absolute number of international migrants has risen sharply, but their share of the global population has remained relatively unchanged due to population growth.
This data comes from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA).
(This Daily Data Insight was written by Simon van Teutem.)
David Byron retweeted
The dying humanities at Leiden University.
Arabic has been taught at Leiden since 1586. Leiden holds the oldest continual chair of Arabic in Europe, established in 1613.
Budget cuts from central government combined with faculty deficit (over 5million euros) will batter the humanities at Leiden University in the coming period. Important to note the details below are proposals yet to be ratified by the faculty board.
Starting in 2026-27 academic year, my university, Leiden, end all bachelor degrees in African and Latin studies.
Middle East Studies will also come to an end. This includes all specialisations of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Hebrew, and Islamic Studies.
Ancient Near Eastern Studies will have to substantially reduce their specialisations (tracks).
Japan studies, China studies, Korea studies, South and South Asian studies will merge into Asian Studies.
German, French, and Italian programmes will merge into European Languages and Cultures degree programme.
David Byron retweeted
Amazing new discovery: Completely preserved 2,600 year old #Celtic burial chamber discovered at Riedlingen.
Made from oak wood, located in the center of a huge burial mound with a diameter of 65 m
mlw.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de…
📷 Landesamt für Denkmalpflege/ Jörn Heimann
