ܪܓܝܢܐ ܒܬ ܚܪܝ ܒܪܥܬܐ ܚܒܠ רגינה בת חרי ברעתא חבל
Enjoyed discussing the Hereford Mappa Mundi today. Here's a version converted into modern political borders, to give you a sense of how the world looked from Hereford c. 1300 (source: www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/co...)
some dingbat on amazon is selling sukkot decorations that, due to printing the hebrew backwards, say "tuchus" instead
i miss stylized 90s tv show "night" photography where you could see everything where is the light source coming from? don't worry about it, it's the clinton administration (zev continues to watch the xfiles)
Who's gonna be the next mayor of NYC? Wrong answers only.
Eric Adams is claiming innocence, saying he was transfixed by a sinister ruby held by the ottoman Vizer
🔥 THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (1966) Jean Martin, Saadi Yacef, Brahim Haggiag. Dir: Gillo Pontecorvo 8:00p ET (5:00p PT) A gripping portrayal of the Algerian fight for independence from French colonial rule in the 1950s. 2h 1m | War
The Economist has published a deeply-researched story about car bloat -- and it's very, very damning. "For every life that the heaviest 1% of SUVs and trucks save, there are more than a dozen lives lost in other vehicles." Well worth your time: www.economist.com/interactive/...
Data for *d>ʕ of the day: Egyptian 𓂝𓃀𓅡𓌂 ʕb3 “command, provide” 𓂝𓃀𓇌𓅯 ʕb3~ʕby “pigeon” Aramaic ܕܒܪ DBR “speak, command” ܥܲܕܒܵܪܐ ʕedbrā “pigeon” Hebrew דבר DBR “leader, word” Tuareg ⴸⴱⵔ edǎbər “turtledove” Tamazight ⴰⵜⴱⵉⵔ atbir “pigeon” Awjila adbir “pigeon”
