Prominent journalist and author Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) returns to discuss the results of the 2024 election, the secrets behind the Twitter Files, and the growing prospect of all-out nuclear Armageddon.
Thread: Is a strange ritual performed by Orthodox, Catholic and Muslim Slavs from Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia, which takes place every Jun/Jul (depending on the calendar, Julian or Gregorian), an echo of an ancient Mithraic ritual performed before the annual Mithraic feast, which also took place in Jun/Jul?
Friends in Europe genuinely worried about nuclear war. Right now. This morning.
Ukraine reaching a desperate point, having already lost so much.
Elderly American lame duck president and his departing, failing power circle also in unhealthy mood.
MSM eerily detached.
Unbelievable that it took this long and that it came to this at all. And all because women who should have been centring the needs of rape victims, instead, centred the desires of an unqualified bullying creep in a sari who told those victims to 'reframe their trauma' so that they would accept that telling men the gory details of what happened to them was just what they needed. And if they didn't accept that, they were 'bigots'. If they wanted to speak only to women, they were the baddies. Imagine. You don't have to imagine. Just get Mriduhl Wadha to explain how that all works. But if you're a female victim of sexual assault in Edinburgh, call Beira's Place. So many men, so many boners. https://t.co/mhj8nDlcPq
Earlier this month, @IrishTimesFood published their "100 great restaurants, cafes & places to eat in Ireland 2024"
A huge congratulations to the local restaurants that made the list Le Petit Renard, Gaillot and Gray, Bastible, & Richmond. We are so lucky to have you all nearby👇
Today, in 1688, a survivor of Oliver Cromwell’s deportation to Barbados as an indentured servant became the last person to be hanged as a witch in Boston, Massachusetts. Ann Glover's nightmarish life story is one of religious prejudice, colonial oppression, and the hysteria of Puritan society.
Born in Ireland then deported during Oliver Cromwell’s conquest and attempted genocide she eventually escaped a life of forced servitude in Barbados and moved to Boston. There, she and her daughter Mary worked as housekeepers for John Goodwin.
In the summer of 1688, 4 of the Goodwin children fell mysteriously ill. Dr. Thomas Oakes, under pressure to identify the cause, did the obvious rational thing....declared Ann Glover of practising "hellish witchcraft" on the sick kids. Glovers Catholicism and the fact she spoke Gaeilge made her a target in the Puritan colony. She didn't stand a chance in the kangaroo court.
A Puritan minister called Cotton Mather condemned the innocent housemaid and mother as a “scandalous old Irishwoman, very poor, a Roman Catholic and obstinate in idolatry.” Her refusal to renounce her faith, and her inability to recite the Lord's Prayer in English clearly "proved" her guilt. Poor Glover was convicted and barbarically hanged as a witch by these godly folk.
Centuries later, in 1988, the Boston City Council formally acknowledged the injustice of Ann Glover's execution. The 16th of November was declared as Goody Glover Day. She is considered the first Catholic martyr in Massachusetts.
A memorial plaque in Boston’s North End describes her as “an elderly Irish widow hanged as a witch because she had refused to renounce her Catholic faith.”
@MarioNawfal The UK’s legal system is a fucking joke. This woman got 9 months jail. This man who had infant rape photos got no time in jail. WE NEED HELP HERE
Saturday 16th November sees our most ambitious railtour yet, the "Great Southern Railway Centennial" from Dublin to Killarney and back. Featuring a rare visit of an Enterprise locomotive to the Kerry branch line. https://t.co/BHYqWF2KAL
I found SAH's blog while researching and was blown away. His series on Australia was the most comprehensive and helpful summary of Australian prehistory I had seen
It's an honor to have him publish my first article
A 2,000-year-old fig was recently unearthed at Drumanagh, a promontory fort in North Dublin. Archaeologists believe it proves trade with the Roman Empire. The excavation also yielded other Roman-era artefacts, including metal and ceramic items from Spain, Gaul, and Roman Britain.
High status people in ancient Dublin had access to Roman foods like figs and olive oil and even used imported glassware. The findings were made by the UCD Ancient Foods research team, led by Meriel McClatchie , and @Fingalcoco archaeology department.
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in ancient and medieval astrology each zodiac has smaller divisions known as the Egyptian terms ruled by the five classic non luminary planets.
When the ascendant is in one of the Terms it gives indications for the person’s life
in Saturn it makes the individual cautious…