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There's occasionally something interesting posted under the #history hashtag, but so much of what comes across my feed this way is AI slop.

The Book That Changed How I Think About Liberalism | The Ezra Klein Show
#uspol

Datini Letters. Geospatial Explorer
Francesco di Marco Datini's merchant correspondence network
#history

The 2026 World Congress of Business #History will be held at the University of #Toronto in late July. The organizers have commissioned a #podcast series, produced by recently minted history PhD Louis Reed-Wood, on the university,…

World Congress of Business History - Toronto
Podcast · arlopaycheck · Histories of the key sites of the 2026 World Congress of Business History, held at the University of Toronto.

You know it's serious #history when you get a blue plaque. #edsac #retrocomputing
BBC News - Blue plaque awarded for Cambridge computer creation:

The Artemis II mission also set a record for "most accomplishment with least attention".
Thanks Mr. President. We couldn't do it without you. 🙄
#Artemis #space #history #sarcasm #distraction

If you have even a passing interest in #history, and have ever listened to podcasts, then undoubtedly you have heard of Dan Carlin's #HardcoreHistory. His long form episode series are the stuff of legend.
He also has a feed for one-offs (the HH Addendum series) which are usually a litt…

Let's make August 24 an official holiday.
#history #iykyk

Überraschend viele junge Frauen gestern im #Kino bei #Michael!
Ich glaube, wie waren die einzigen, die ihn damals Live gesehen haben. #HiStory

Hooks from George Washington's tackle box. During a summer lull in the drafting of the Constitution in 1787 he escaped Philadelphia's "foul airs" by going trout fishing, as one does. Journal entry from one outing: "in the evening fished, not very successfully." #constitution #washington #history #trout #fishing #hooks

🤩 Militarized snowflakes: The accidental beauty of Renaissance star forts
#history

Militarized snowflakes: The accidental beauty of Renaissance star forts
First rising in the 15th century, these forts sought to counter a deadly innovation in military technology.

Schlangenhaus (16th century, Werdenberg, St. Gallen)
#FensterFreitag #History #Switzerland

On a withered branch
A crow has alighted:
Nightfall in autumn.
--Matsuo Basho, 1679
The 1st haiku poem.
I hope to find a few more translations.
#Poetry #History #Literature

The United Stage. #theatre #art #history

Don't forget that you can also kill waterfowl by hiding under hollowed-out gourds disguised to look like rocks, then pulling the birds under when they land. Beautifully illustrated in this 1578 engraving by Cornelis Galle (full image is at the Rijksmuseum). #geese #history #hunting #gourds #squash #art https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/object/---3b7a5a974aae5cd92a1ed69a08cea2a4

Since I mentioned it: Hampi was the capital of Vijayanagara empire 14-16 Century CE and is believed to be the world's most prosperous city in that era. The temple complex is a UNESCO World Heritage site and has some of the most stunning architecture and sculptures you'll ever see. Absolutely worth a visit.
#history #India #Karnataka #trivia #travel

Walked around Valley Forge National Historical Park last week and was surprised to find hundreds of mason bees nesting *inside* the soldier huts. I'd always assumed they required exterior wood, ideally with direct sun for most of the day. There were also hundreds of Houdini flies lurking around. #ValleyForge #pennsylvania #osmia #bees #insects #history #biology

Wallpaper at Fraunces Tavern Museum in NYC depicting General Washington arriving in Boston. The full 49-foot, 32-panel, 360-color "Views of the American War of Independence" is still produced by Zuber & Cie (est. 1797) in Rixheim, France, using 2,300 (!) wood blocks carved between 1834 and 1852. It takes a full year to print and is likely the world's most expensive wallpaper ($100,000?). The blocks themselves are classified as Historic Monuments by the French Ministry of Culture. #france #history #art #nyc #newyork #museum #wallpaper #woodblock #boston #war #independence #250th

I've been listening to podcasts about the Civil War and have been struck by how almost everyone mispronounces Ku Klux Klan, saying "CLUE" for the first part even though there is no "L". Among the offenders are commentators in Ken Burn's The Civil War, everyone on NPR news, and, if memory serves me, characters in the movie, BlacKkKlansman, which is astounding. I found an image from the 1930s that shows that it's not just a modern problem. Drives me nuts. #CivilWar #KuKluxKlan #KluKluxKlan #kkk #linquistics #language #history #spelling #racism #pennsylvania