Michael Wingert 𒀯 🏴‍☠️

Professor, Podcaster, Peace-maker. Perpetual learner, Purveyor of Polyglot Pedagogy, Precious Pugilist. Dean at

[Michael Wingert 𒀯 🏴‍☠️ @MikeWingert]

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[Nenos Chamany ܢܝܢܘܣ ܟܡܢܝ @NenosNshemoon]

Amid (modern-day Diyarbakır) was an Assyrian city. These 2 Assyrian monuments discovered in Amid are now displayed in the British Museum. Amid was also an important center of the Church of the East and I believe served as the patriarchal seat during certain periods of its history

[Michael Wingert 𒀯 🏴‍☠️ @MikeWingert]

The #Syriac (#Aramaic) word of the day is ܣܘܦܐ (sūpā), "end/conclusion." Pronounced "sūpo." It can be used to refer to the end of time or space. #Assyrian #Aramaic #Languages #WOTD

[Nenos Chamany ܢܝܢܘܣ ܟܡܢܝ @NenosNshemoon]

The Classical Syriac word for “pen” is qanyā (ܩܢܝܐ), a direct descendant of the Akkadian qanû (“reed”). However, in modern Assyrian, the more common word is qalama, which is cognate with Arabic qalam. Both ultimately derive from the Greek kalamos, meaning “reed” or “reed pen.”

[Michael Wingert 𒀯 🏴‍☠️ @MikeWingert]

The #Syriac (#Aramaic) word of the day is ܟܘܡܪܐ (kumrā), "priest," Pronounced "kumro." A traditional word and used more in the sense of one who mourns or is sad on behalf of the community. Used for the Patriarch and Catholicos. #Assyrian #Aramaic #Languages #WOTD

[Michael Wingert 𒀯 🏴‍☠️ @MikeWingert]

@ApexSeeker_ Taxes are too high! Politicians are too wealthy

[Michael Wingert 𒀯 🏴‍☠️ @MikeWingert]

@kunoichi_jp_ そうです！ほんとに私は外国人ですね。

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@JoelWebbon @n4hpg Technically there is no “a” in Yeshu’. Western speakers add thr “a” to demonstrate the last letter ayin. ܝܫܘܥ

[Michael Wingert 𒀯 🏴‍☠️ @MikeWingert]

The #Syriac (#Aramaic) word of the day is ܛܘܒܐ (ṭūḇā), "blessedness." Pronounced "ṭuḇo." This is what we find in the Hebrew אַשְׁרֵי (ʾashrē) or Greek μακάριος; the Beatitudes that open the Sermon on the Mount or the beginning of Psalm 1 #Assyrian #Aramaic #Languages #WOTD

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The #Syriac (#Aramaic) word of the day is ܡܦܩܢܐ (mapqānā), "exit/redemption." Pronounced "mapqono." The exodus motif fulfilled in Christ’s passage from death to life. #Assyrian #Aramaic #Languages #WOTD

Can you guess the root?

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The #Syriac (#Aramaic) word of the day is ܣܦܪܐ (seprā), "book/document/scroll." Pronounced "sefro." Cognate with Hebrew סֵפֶר (sefer); the sacred writings handed down through the generations. #Assyrian #Aramaic #Languages #WOTD

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@habahurhahu @Elie42450128 Okay, now you're making it fun with those screen grabs! It's in Akkadian and Old Aramaic for "street" so it looks pretty old.

[Michael Wingert 𒀯 🏴‍☠️ @MikeWingert]

The #Syriac (#Aramaic) word of the day is ܫܘܩܐ (šūqā), "market/street." Pronounced "shuqo." Cognate with Arabic سُوق (sūq); the public squares where the Gospel was proclaimed by the apostles. #Assyrian #Aramaic #Languages #WOTD

[Michael Wingert 𒀯 🏴‍☠️ @MikeWingert]

This is what it’s like to be married to an Assyrian woman!

[Crystal Marie Denha @iamcrystalmar]

Anna Faris learned the hard way 😏

This is a repost from years ago. Oldie but still one of my favorites for the ladies 🤪

Come see me on tour to hear the full joke uncensored!

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• 3/20-3/21– Point Pleasant, NJ - Uncle Vinnie...

[Michael Wingert 𒀯 🏴‍☠️ @MikeWingert]

@awmanspider @subdeacondaniel I don't know bro. I'm more scandalized by the fact that there are Copts in that video calling it "Rah-kōt" and not Rakotee/Rakoty. It's almost as bad as when the Arabs came to Alexandria and thought the first two letters were "the" al-eskandaria.

[Michael Wingert 𒀯 🏴‍☠️ @MikeWingert]

I'm so on it. Now if they can a way to fix my back and all these ruptured muscles, I can TRT it the rest of the way on my own.

[ScienceFocus @ScienceFocusonX]

our knee can heal itself. It just needed Germany to hand it the blueprint.

Doctors in Stuttgart did something quietly radical. They built a gel that lets damaged joint cartilage rebuild itself, no implants, no metal, no major reconstruction.

It's called ChondroFiller liquid.

Here's how it works.

A surgeon injects the liquid into the damaged spot during a single minimally invasive arthroscopic procedure. Within 3 to 5 minutes, it hardens into a stable matrix, molding perfectly to the exact shape of the lesion.

Then the real magic starts.

That matrix becomes a scaffold. Your own repair cells migrate in from the surrounding tissue, multiply, and slowly transform into chondrocytes, the cells that actually build cartilage. Over the following months, your body replaces the gel with brand-new tissue grown from you.

No fibrin glue. No drilling into the bone.

This isn't a fringe experiment, either.

The device is made by Meidrix Biomedicals, developed alongside scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology in Stuttgart. It's been CE-certified since its market launch in 2013 and has already been implanted in more than 20,000 patients worldwide.

The numbers back it up.

In one study of 26 patients with hip cartilage defects larger than 2 cm², 81% achieved good or excellent results. MRI scans confirmed significant healing in over 90% of cases.

One important caveat: it's built for small, focal cartilage defects, not advanced arthritis. Patients with severe osteoarthritis saw weaker results.

But for the right injury, this flips the script entirely.

Instead of replacing the joint, you give it the tools to repair itself.

Source: Meidrix Biomedicals / Fraunhofer Institute IGB, Stuttgart; clinical data via Kazinform News Agency

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@japan_nobunaga I apologize to all Japanese people for this horrible tradition of ours. Onegaeshimasu!!

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@bulutuzay_ Love it!

[Michael Wingert 𒀯 🏴‍☠️ @MikeWingert]

The #Syriac (#Aramaic) word of the day is ܥܡܠܐ (ʿamlā), "labor/toil." Pronounced "ʿamlo." Cognate with Hebrew עָמָל (ʿāmāl). #Assyrian #Aramaic #Languages #WOTD