mythologyandhistory

mythologyandhistory, 4 days ago to Europe

I'm currently in #Europe.

The #europeanelections just happened.

The AFD, aka the #right wing party got the second highest vote in #Germany.

Nobody I know went & voted, but complaining is in full swing.

Surprise.

#votemaybe

mythologyandhistory, 5 days ago to China

It's just after midnight in #China & thus after the 2 days (& about 9 hours) of the #Gaokao, the hardest Uni entrance #exam in the world.

They stop construction work & reroute traffic for this every year.

#Students get a celebratory flag-waving parade to the school.

This year (2024) 13.42 million students have (or will still have to) taken this exam.

That's about the same amount of humans as live in #Burundi.

#amazing #education

mythologyandhistory, 6 days ago to history

Did you know that #Ancient #Egyptians were bad pet owners?

Green monkeys & their cousins were imported to delight the rich. #Cleopatra had one & many pharaohs. They were beloved enough to be mummified.

Despite their popularity, the Egyptians were #bad owners.

#Malnutrition & lack of exercise & light caused most monkeys to die between the ages of 6-10, while they live until around 13 in modern #captivity & age 12 in the #wild.

#history #pets

mythologyandhistory, 8 days ago to space

I love #space #launch videos.

Going up to the #ISS

#suni #butch #astronaut

https://www.youtube.com/live/HneVxAmYcaA?si=wvgAVTxwHZk65zn0

mythologyandhistory, 8 days ago to greece

Did you know that there were no private #gardens in #Ancient #Greece?

They did have public gardens, sacred grooves (which was wild land, enclosed, but open to everyone) & orchards.

#history

mythologyandhistory, 9 days ago to China

May 35th in #China today. Hm.

#tiananmensquare

mythologyandhistory, 14 days ago to philosophy

Do you know about the forefathers of #skepticism?

Skeptics question #dogma.

#Ancient skeptics known as Pyrrhonists (named for Pyrrho of Elis) sought to understand arguments from both sides until the sides had equal strength.

Once accomplished, the argument became unresolvable, & thus, the Pyrrhonist could suspend judgment & attain "ataraxia", i.e. tranquillity.

This unworried #philosophy died out after the Hellenistic period.

(Should we bring it back?)

#history

shanen, 15 days ago to philosophy

Which is more important? Learning from your own mistakes or learning from other people's mistakes?

Or is the real problem the idea that any mistakes can be prevented? Maybe we just have to make the same mistakes over and over again, and the entire project of worrying about the unknowable future is the real mistake?

Too many examples in the current news, but it really feels like "There's nothing new under the sun", just new fools making the same old mistakes.

#philosophy #history

mythologyandhistory, 16 days ago to philosophy

Did you know that "eat the #rich" was first a #philosophy concept?

Limitarianism is fundamentally the study of when it might be #ethical to put limitations on citizens in a governed society. It's a case-based theory, not a political system.

It asks questions like: is #wealth ever individual? What is the wealth limit?

& questions it isn't positing, like: If no one is ultra-rich, should no one be #poor? Is limitarianism virtue #ethics or justifiable without perfectionist views?

Thoughts?

mythologyandhistory, 17 days ago to art

Hahaha, #art is being artful here.⬇️

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/29/1041492941/jens-haaning-kunsten-take-the-money-and-run-art-denmark-blank

mythologyandhistory, 21 days ago to singapore

Did you know that #Changi #airport has the largest indoor waterfall in the world?

I'm looking at it right now! 7:30h flying done. 20h layover (but it's ok, #singapore is awesome), then another 14.30h... and then another hour inside #Germany .

:blobcatghost:

#travel

jeffowski, 22 days ago to random

The Kansas Wheat company, in the midst of the Great Depression, realized that the poorest families were reusing their sacks (containing flour and grain) to sew dresses for women and girls, so to make them more captivating they decided to print them with floral and colorful motifs.
The initiative was a huge success: they made sure that the ink used for the logos would fade after a simple wash, and some bags even had the patterns already drawn on the fabric, ready to be cut and sewn.

mythologyandhistory, 30 days ago to kpop

A fun little issue involving #cantonese & #kpop &, of course, #history !

https://youtube.com/shorts/kpymz52r0NU?si=LUQIDskyMTnZPZY1

#apink #dilemma

mythologyandhistory, 1 month ago (edited 3 days ago) to philosophy

Did you know that #Roman road design included #safety features?

In the ruins of #Pompeii, you'll notice small white stones interspersed with the large paving ones along the extensive roads.

Those white #stones are 'cats eyes', i.e. gems that have a single line of inclusion of crystals of another mineral inside.

Upon light reflecting on them (from the #moon), they enable the walker to see that they are still on the right path!

https://youtu.be/74n6TgXbgAQ?si=56oPfp7mG1ENxflN

#history