James Porter

[James Porter @jfporter22]

@AbbyCurrent Preach it!

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

‘Travel’ shares the same root as travail, meaning ‘work’. Both derive from ‘trepalium', a Roman three-staked instrument of torture, but lingusists can’t agee why.

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

Vatican City, the world's smallest state, covers an area of 0.44 km². The Aalsmeer Flower Auction building, the world's largest building by area, is significantly larger at 0.52km².

[Cleveland Guardians @CleGuardians]

If we get 1,000,000 RTs, we'll lick the foul pole.

No, we're not warm yet.
Yes, we will do it.

[AP Africa @AP_Africa]

France asks: Should former colonizers give back African art? Experts estimate that up to 90 percent of African art is outside the continent. https://t.co/lj0Hwezm8d

[RJV @jiffington]

A museum in Japan spends most of its day refusing entry to 2 cats trying to get in @bijutsu1

[Takahata @Takahata101]

Everyone wants to fight against something to feel like a good guy.

[James Porter @jfporter22]

From the BBC: Black Death 'spread by humans not rats' https://t.co/zBmG6IjMhY

[James Porter @jfporter22]

The precautions needed should not be but not surprising New Orleans removes first of four Confederate statues https://t.co/qxieUIXdsZ

[James Porter @jfporter22]

"Those hmmm moments when we find silences and fill them with our creativity and inventions" #s54 #ncph2017

[James Porter @jfporter22]

Discussions of failed projects can provide as much teaching as successes, sometimes even more so #s54 #ncph2017

[James Porter @jfporter22]

"Converse(action)" start the conversation from the audience for engagement and rethinking of history both personal and larger #s54 #ncph2017

[James Porter @jfporter22]

Using converses to start personal stories, larger discussions such as labor, and the bigger meaning of objects to people #s54 #ncph2017

[James Porter @jfporter22]

Room of public historians talking about shoes and what they mean #s54 #ncph2017

[James Porter @jfporter22]

Learning there's more to 'Take me Out to the Ballgame' than I had ever thought to consider, hello Katie Casey #s54 #ncph2017

[James Porter @jfporter22]

Leading takeaway from #ncph2017 its language, language, language. Think we have a common language but all translate differently

[James Porter @jfporter22]

Half of the takeaway from #s42 #ncph2017 especially the character's battle cry

[Jennie Joyce @jbjhistory]

Digital scholarly editions are wonderful, but many are behind agressive pay walls #dighist #wg3 #ncph2017