The art of not writing, and the culture of writing nothing at all: premodern abbreviations of "not" and "nothing" in German #manuscripts. #histodons@histodons
The anti-abortion crusade (because that’s what it is: a pre-modern overtly violent Christian campaign to conquer The Others™) is a vestigial throwback to ancient Roman policy of “partus sequitur ventrem” which became English common law, and the American colonies adapted it to weaponize sexual violence against people who were considered property (i.e. chattel slaves).
The "Soldierking" Frederick William (King in #Prussia and Elector of #Brandenburg from 1713 to 1740) had problems with his knees and legs during his last months in 1740. Before he died (31 May 1740), someone close to him wrote this entry in February 1740 into a #Schreibkalender: „Deß Königs Lincke Bein sehr geschwollen gewesen“.
More about this and the potential of writing calendars as sources for many fields soon. @histodons#histodons
@dbellingradt@histodons Do I read the top line correctly as „König zur Ader gelaßen am lincken Arm“? („King had a bloodletting (performed) on the left arm.“)
🆕 The #RAILWAY1936 project began today. Directed by archaeologist Xurxo Ayán, has as its main objective the location of the grave and exhumation of railway worker António Ribeiro, assassinated by the Franco regime in 1936 in Castrelo do Val (Galicia).
🧐 Who was António Ribeiro?
👉 https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/xurxo-ayan-project-antonio-ribeiro/
The National Library of Wales recently finished a massive digitisation project of Gareth Vaughan Jones's (1905–35) correspondence, papers and diaries. It was thanks to his commitment to journalism that he exposed the manmade famine in #Ukraine 90 years ago. The papers are of incredible importance to understanding the #Holodomor and thanks to the efforts of the NLW, these documents are now freely available for anyone to study.
Das Arolsen-Archiv braucht Unterstützung! Es geht um das Übertragen von Namen/Daten in ein Online-Formular – mit z. B. Karteikarten des KZ Stutthof. Eine leichte, aber keine angenehme Aufgabe, aber hilft, die tausenden Karten (& Schicksale von Menschen) aufzuarbeiten. Man kann einfach via Browser ausfüllen. Helft mit! 🙏
@iieksi@histodons & das obendrein Erschütternde: Dass diese Online-Aktion noch immer nicht fertig ist. Entweder haben noch zu wenig Leute mitgemacht oder aber diese unendlich scheinende Masse an Menschen, die durch das NS-Regime gelitten hat...
If you're into #gamestudies#history#mediastudies You might like this interview two of my students and I have out -- it's with Jessyca Durchin, who produced Barbie Fashion Designer @histodons
Christmas decorations are going up! You’ve got the tree, lights, asbestos… Wait, what?
For decades, asbestos was sold as artificial snow. It could be bought in boxes to be sprinkled onto trees, ornaments, nativity scenes, etc. It was so popular, many older ornaments still have traces of asbestos.
It was also used in film. The most famous scene with asbestos snow is in Wizard of Oz (1939), when snow falls on Dorothy and her friends, waking them up.
@synlogic@dirtysexyhistory@histodons it is unfortunate that you took it personally, but your blanket statement about regulation, corruption, the FDA and asbestos is unsupported by the facts. I happen to have substantial knowledge of the asbestos litigation and FDA regulation. Asbestos is the poster case for free markets with no government involvement. John’s Mansville went bankrupt and there is a fascinating contract law case on this with the insurer, CNA.