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Speed demon 🇪🇺 🇳🇴🇺🇦🇵🇸 · 60w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqhpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqsfx3hx Not a historian, do you have some tips on reading for a lay person? All of Celtic, Norse, and religion are things i'd like to know more about. To my mind "organised religion" is a totall...
Loukas (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️ · 60w
No, the author has lost me here by assuming that all such Ideal Types are always useful. Think about how historical labels such as 'Celtic' and 'feudal' have often obscured, not aided, historical inquiry. https://media.mastodon.nu/media_attachments/files/114/641/419/781/255/791/original/4e41b1d91de...
Loukas (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️ · 60w
the winning continuesssss https://media.mastodon.nu/media_attachments/files/114/641/405/426/434/146/original/d9148113d15ee759.png
wilto · 108w
it sure is a hell of a drug
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Today I learned the story of the passively boiled frogs is totally untrue.

"The 'critical thermal maxima' of many species of frogs have been determined by several investigators. In this procedure, the water in which a frog is submerged is heated gradually at about 2 degrees Fahrenheit per minute. As the temperature of the water is gradually increased, the frog will eventually become more and more active in attempts to escape the heated water."
https://web.archive.org/web/20170801123347/https://archive-srel.uga.edu/outreach/ecoviews/ecoview071223.htm
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wilto · 112w
escaping the 'heated water' and escaping the 'heated planet' feels like it is going to be a bit more challenging