Just posted to History for Atheists, a new and much needed addition to the Great Myths series: "Great Myths 15: What about the 'Dark Ages'?" historyforatheists.com/2024/09/the-...
Also a bandname.
Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the precious iteration.
Meta really wants to put cameras on your face.
One for the people who are horrified by climate activists pretend-damaging art.
Zero fare transit improves the experience of all riders by making boarding frictionless, it also improves the safety of drivers and transit personnel by removing fare conflicts. Transferring spending from fare enforcement to funding zero fare is straightforward.
The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online www.openculture.com/2024/09/the-...
If you know nothing else about medieval European illuminated manuscripts, you surely know the Book of Kells. āOne of Irelandās greatest cultural treasuresā commentsĀ Medievalists.net, āit is set apart ...
Sorry but all I can think of now is š¼ You wanna live like the Sermon People You wanna see whatever Sermon People see? š¶
ALT: a group of people are dancing on a stage with the word pulp in the background
Feeling more than a bit surprised at EITHER my lack of bibliographical research skillz OR the relative lack of scholarship on the sermons of Jacobus de Voragine I cannot shake the thought that good old Foragin' Jack should be a bigger deal than he is?
Prayer researchers: there is a new COST Action (network with EU funding) on Participation through Prayer in the Late Medieval and Early Modern World. You can apply for one of the 3 working groups here - my biased recommendation is #3 of which I am co-leader: www.cost.eu/actions/CA23...#Medievalsky
For centuries, prayer has been central to peopleās worldview, to their education and formation, their experience of religion and the Divine, to the creation of societal communities, and to struc...