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laurac, 19 days ago to history

This is a long shot but thinking someone might recognize it. We have this weird chair at our church in Nevada. It's carved with wolves and griffins, has a double headed eagle on the upholstery, and has this royal monogram which is possibly AJ. Did an image search but nothing matched. Any help? Please boost. #Monogram #monogrammistjg #geschichte #Monographienbearbeitung #Möbel #history #furniture

laurac, 2 months ago to coffee

I have discovered that coffee and tea are better with warm milk instead of cold.
I know it's not the way you learned to drink it. But try it and see.
#coffee #tea #teadrinkers #heresy

thomasfuchs, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

“Disney is so woke now, cartoons shouldn’t be political”

Here’s Daffy Duck in drag more than 80 years ago in 1943.

Important: I know that Daffy Duck isn’t a Disney character. If you feel the urge to explain this to me, firstly I never claimed this and secondly why don’t you go touch some grass instead?

SallyStrange, 3 months ago to history

I've been yelling from the rooftops, READ EDWARD E. BAPTIST! Specifically his book, "The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism". And of course many people don't have the time or interest for a history book, no matter how compelling. Well, good news! Vox has an interview with Dr. Baptist, about the book, which gives a good overview of his themes and arguments. READ IT!!

"Of the many myths told about American slavery, one of the biggest is that it was an archaic practice that only enriched a small number of men.

The argument has often been used to diminish the scale of slavery, reducing it to a crime committed by a few Southern planters, one that did not touch the rest of the United States. Slavery, the argument goes, was an inefficient system, and the labor of the enslaved was considered less productive than that of a free worker being paid a wage. The use of enslaved labor has been presented as premodern, a practice that had no ties to the capitalism that allowed America to become — and remain — a leading global economy.

But as with so many stories about slavery, this is untrue. Slavery, particularly the cotton slavery that existed from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the Civil War, was a thoroughly modern business, one that was continuously changing to maximize profits."

#History #UShistory #BlackHistoryMonth2024 #BlackHistoryMonth #Capitalism #Slavery #EdwardEBaptist #UKhistory @histodons

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-slavery-became-america-s-first-big-business

laurac, 4 months ago to literature

I haven't read Pedro Paramo since college. Fortunately my past self wrote some handy notes for my future self, including a family tree. #amreading #pedroparamo #literature #mexicanliterature

Cover of book Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo.

laurac, 5 months ago to poetry

I have a Redbubble shop up now: MadPoetsSociety.
Also on Etsy, same name
Someone you know needs a mug that says The Only Emperor is the Emperor of Ice Cream.
#redbubble #etsyshop #etsy #poetry #xmasgift #tchotchke #crossstitch

laurac, 5 months ago to Rabbits

The war on reading continues. #rabbitsofmastodon #rabbits #BookBans #books

dancinyogi, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to random

Do you care about King Charles' coronation?

Please reply after taking the poll with your country and why you voted yes or no. Boosts appreciated for a wider demographic 😉