Why Christianity is the way it is too: sociopolitical/environmental contingencies, in its case having origins as a messianic sect firmly within Second Temple Judaism
I wonder to what extent, if any, the Torah narrative of the Israelites terrorizing, displacing, and subjugating their petty tribal enemies was a reflection of or reaction against ongoing Assyrian terror, displacement, and subjugation of weaker entities in the Iron Age Near East
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, one of the most vocal critics of the Trump Administration's immigration operation in Minnesota, said his office "made plans for succession" in case he was arrested by federal agents. https://t.co/HjGa8OM7wi
NEW: The @nytimes confirms that ICE deliberately electronically "disappeared" tens of thousands of people in detention and ordered contractors to refuse to reveal where they're held to family or lawyers.
30% of all immigrants detained in ICE jails now have their location hidden.
Pedro Martínez leading the league in WAR, ERA, shutouts, strikeouts, FIP, WHIP, adjusted ERA+, strikeouts/9 IP and strikeout to walk ratio in the 2000 season
You know how since the dawn of time, sport records consistently keep getting beaten and bettered?
What’s one sport record (any sport) that you genuinely believe has the best chance of never being broken? No matter how much time passes.
Important news from Tajikistan, where top action star Steven Seagal intends to open a sushi restaurant on the 70th floor of what will become Central Asia's tallest building. Paging @maxseddon https://t.co/akxWt6as4x
Today marks 60 years since we lost the original Paul McCartney, who was last seen angrily walking out of a recording session at Abbey Road. After getting into an accident driving home, he was pronounced dead by 5:00 (as the day begins). William Campbell would soon take his throne
Pol sci academic who engaged in screeds of “condemn all violence” moralising post oct 7, is taking umbrage at ukrainian despair in face of a population being fed directly into another western meat grinder
We got a really fantastic new paper from Gino Caspari and team confirming that the ancient Scythians were using cannabis for its psychoactive properties. Herodotus implied it and archaeologists have found seeds, but not hard physical evidence. They even found human hair with THC!
In Iran Persian was a spoken language first and not a written one, causing it to become more phonologically innovative than Classical Hindustani, Dari and Tajik, all of which retain the majhul vowels from Middle Persian that don’t exist anymore for someone with an Iranian accent
Unclear what happened but someone just drove into a sign on the north end of Lafayette Square Park and then fought with Secret Service and National Guard when they got out of their car.