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Pierre Purseigle
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Historian of cities, wars, and disasters at the University of Warwick www.pierrepurseigle.info
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And they say: “Never meet your heroes!” The fools


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Apéro franco-canadien. Those who know, know.

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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,000,376!

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The Haitian “zombie” folklore and mythology entered white American cultural consciousness during the 1920s-30s, that is, during the U.S. military occupation of Haiti.

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I forgot about school boards. That alone probably makes a huge quantitative difference.

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Fair point. We do as well in France, but there is never a shortage of candidates. I wonder if this hasn’t got something to do with the cost of entry into the elections. They are so expensive over there.

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Pierre Purseigle
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