Jonathan Markley

[Mambo Italiano @mamboitaliano__]

It looks like from centuries ago, a movie scene, or AI-generated

Instead, these are the Italian Carabinieri at the Palio di Siena just three days ago

Legendary Italian aesthetic 🇮🇹🛡️

[Jonathan Markley @JonoMarkley]

@UpdatingOnRome Fall of the Russian Caesar (Czar) 1917, Fall of the German and Austrian Caesars (Kaiser) 1918, Fall of the Ottoman Empire 1922, since the Sultan had a legitimate claim to the title Caesar which had been recognized by the E Orthodox patriarch after the conquest of Constantinople.

[Jonathan Markley @JonoMarkley]

In Sumerian the words "arrow" "life" and "rib" are homophones, sharing the cuneiform sign "ti" (𒋾). So "God took life from man" in Sumarian would be written identically to "God took a rib from man." (Doesn't work in Hebrew, but given the relationship between Sumerian and Biblical stories like the great flood etc., a reasonable chance this was first expressed in Sumerian.)

[Templarpilled @Templarpilled]

The Bronze Age Collapse Conspiracy will forever be my favorite Bronze Age history post

[Jonathan Markley @JonoMarkley]

@booksoftitans Buy the book about the owners (they made it into hallmark movie)

[New York Post @nypost]

Costco debuts hugely popular cookie - and customers are hoarding 5 cases at a time https://t.co/CyDh5ht1gY

[Jonathan Markley @JonoMarkley]

@davidpdeavel @StarTribune Had my roof replaced recently. Contractor told me they had 12 crews but after they'd all been checked by ICE they were down to 7 crews.

[Jonathan Markley @JonoMarkley]

@davidpdeavel They abolished ALL the remedial math and English classes in the Cal State system. Didn't change the admission standards. (Half all all freshmen were required to take one or both before this.) Oh, and then they pushed really hard to improve our 5 yr graduation rate.

[Jonathan Markley @JonoMarkley]

@elsathora They're far too well dressed to be kiwis. Maybe in the 1920s?

[Jonathan Markley @JonoMarkley]

@mcgillmd921 From the Uffizi Gallery

[Jonathan Markley @JonoMarkley]

@Heavenly_Race_ You should see some of my final exams. I don't know how many times I've thought, "you got THAT from what I said in class?" (and then hope they don't go telling people that I taught them the misconception.)

[Jonathan Markley @JonoMarkley]

@CartersPeanuts Many schools eliminated remedial math and now those students go into regular first year math. Then they put pressure on the professors to INCREASE the pass rate. That integrity is getting slowly eroded (and sometimes not so slowly).

[Jonathan Markley @JonoMarkley]

@raphaeldoan Much harder to get images of Republican era troops, even with really specific prompts.

[Jonathan Markley @JonoMarkley]

@TerribleMaps The whole British navy was drunk, all the time.

[Jonathan Markley @JonoMarkley]

@bennymichielsen At least people who read this post will understand my photographic joke...

[Jonathan Markley @JonoMarkley]

@TolkienWorldG Bilbo dammit

[Jonathan Markley @JonoMarkley]

@TolkienWorldG Except the tree above Biblo's house. That's fake. They attached real leaves on it for filming.

[Jonathan Markley @JonoMarkley]

@davidpdeavel This was a real moral quandary for me. If I grade accurately, I'm punishing the students silly enough to take my classes. Tough grading needs to be mandated system wide, otherwise it won't work.

[Jonathan Markley @JonoMarkley]

@MrDanielBuck If I need someone to climb a tree, it's an excellent test, and suggesting that I should even consider the fish is stupid.

[Jonathan Markley @JonoMarkley]

@ArtemisConsort Yes, I can say absolutely that I have read all the sources I cited, and I am shocked that there are academics out there who don't. Utterly shocked. I mean, what???