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@Pinboard Damn, I almost had a heart attack when it didn't load. I have a crap ton of stuff on there. Hopefully, it's back up again soon.

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A few of the remaining paintings from the Fraser Album that depict Pashtuns in Delhi, including individuals from Kandahar and Kabul.

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This painting is from the Fraser Album, from which I was able to acquire some other works as well.

Nine horse merchants from Delhi (1816-1820).

Some of these are listed as Pashtuns, one is from Ghazni and others are from Dera Ismail Khan (Daraban, Daman, Gomal).

The Pashtun tribes listed are Mearee and Bachharee. I believe Mearee refers to the Miani, and Bachharee to the Baktiari.

It is remarkable that we have actual depictions of the Pashtun horse-trading tradition, in which the ancestors of Bahlol Lodi and Farid Khan were also engaged in. Even more remarkable is that these depictions include individuals from Dera Ismail Khan, where their ancestors were also based.

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Pashtun horse merchants and a Lahori, 1816 (c).

From Fraser Album.

All the men in the painting are Afghans except the white-bearded man in plain white clothes.

The figures in the painting are named as follows:

1st figure. Khodadad Khan son of Meerza Bahram.

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Eight horse merchants from Delhi (1816-1820).

Some of these are also listed as Pashtuns; one from Ghazni, one from Kundulpore and the others from Daraban in Dera Ismail Khan.

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@DanTabin Fascinating how proteins can survive much deeper in time and in warmer regions, compared to DNA. I believe the oldest hominin proteins recovered so far are from Paranthropus robustus at ~2 Ma and a Australopithecus africanus specimen at ~3.5-2.01 Ma.

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@fasc1nate This would be artillery bombardment before a trench assault. It keeps me up at night thinking what could make someone go over the top. Is it bravery or stupidity.

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@0xTheGoldenDays Flat design is a crime against humanity.

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@brewmarkets Lol, he worked at AMD and LSI before starting Nvidia. He actually earned his masters degree by taking night classes at Stanford, while working full time.

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@ShitpostGate What if Inner Mongolia in China. It has more Mongols than Mongolia.

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@amritwt Just get a reMarkable.

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@0zmnds Every man should pull a boat over a mountain once in his life.

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My 'Hello World' moment with astronomy.

Telescope. Celestron PowerSeeker Refractor (60mm Aperture, 700mm Focal Length).

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"Of all the creatures who had yet walked on Earth, the man-apes were the first to look steadfastly at the Moon. And though he could not remember it, when he was very young, Moon-Watcher would sometimes reach out and try to touch that ghostly face rising above the hills."

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"He had never succeeded, and now he was old enough to understand why. For first, of course, he must find a high enough tree to climb."

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@razibkhan Imagine the diversity we'd see when humans begin colonizing other planets. Isolation and deep time in different planetary environments exerting unique selective pressures, the two necessary conditions for speciation.

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Here is a rap song GPT wrote for me on robbing a house. I had to put in the word 'ethically' because it kept giving me the 'illegal or harmful activities' prompt.

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@moyix I kinda like this one even more!

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@TechBroDrip "When ze rockets go up,
Who cares where zey come down?
Zat's not my department,"
Says Verner Von Braun.

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@ZabAkbar Named after Pakistan, where the fossil was found.

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@Plinz In nature it's cruelty that turns into beauty.

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@robinhanson Reminded me of this.