Corinne Wieben

Bonus Minisode: The Arts of Delusion Podcast Episode · Enchanted: The History of Magic & Witchcraft · S6, E69 Bonus · 14m

Ever heard of the medieval French convent where nuns couldn’t stop… meowing? 🐱

In this limited-time minisode, we dive into one of history’s strangest cases. Was it mass hysteria, or something deeper?

#EnchantedPodcast #HistoryPodcast #MedievalWomen #MedievalHistory #WitchSky #FeminineRebellion

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

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A coat of arms has to be impressive, full of symbolism, it's important, it represents an powerful family or person, so you have to think long and hard about its design and take it very seriously.

Or just put some underpants on it.
Like Lord Jan van Abbenbroeck did;

I’m so sorry for your loss. I’m familiar with that feeling, and it’s a terrible club to join. Wishing you peace and comfort while you grieve.

Don’t👏 give👏 my👏 GM👏 ideas👏

New episode just in time for spooky season. 🎃

The top 10% now hold 67.4% of all the wealth in the US.

The bottom 50% hold 2.5%.

(solemnly) You've had mail.

the political policy cure for “male loneliness” is

- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)

- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)

- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)

This piece does an excellent job of articulating a whole list of things I’ve observed in my classes in particular and felt shifting in The Discourse(TM) in general. I may ask my students in History of Classical Greece & Rome to read and discuss it… if they’re able.

if you’re an isolated, angsty, strange young man, please know that you can become a Kierkegaard scholar instead of joining fringe online communities

Covid vaccines can be dispensed to those who want them in MA as of today.

www.mass.gov/news/standin...

This is some great news!

My tweet from 8/6/2019 that says: “There’s a reason you separate the military and the police. One fights the enemy of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.” -Adama, BSG

Look at this graph.

The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.

This is why we must build back union power.

I know people don't think through the implications of valorizing a period of history, or even condemning one, but if you want to talk about the period from 500-1500 as a "Dark Ages" you're implicitly saying both the Roman Empire and Early Modernity are... good. And that's fucked up.

"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.

I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history"

It is propaganda, pure and simple.

maybe there's still some good left in this world after all

PBS: Public Broadcasting Service Watch full episodes of your favorite PBS dramas, find in-depth news analysis and explore documentaries on history, science, art and more!

With yesterday's disheartening Colbert news and today's deeply cruel gutting of our beloved PBS & NPR, maybe consider killing your Paramount+ subscription in favor of PBS Passport?

www.pbs.org/passport/lea...

title card for Servant of the People starring Volodymyr Zelenskyy. he is wearing a suit and grasping a briefcase as he drives a bike in front of security vehicles

Stephen Colbert has the opportunity to do the funniest thing

The terminally online mind cannot comprehend this

Unusual 1580s manuscript on cheese surfaced at an auction. It’s been transcribed The unpublished work — believed to be the oldest known English book on cheese — contains some “repulsive” entries, experts said.

Unusual 1580s manuscript on cheese surfaced at an auction. It’s been transcribed 📜
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

This is gorgeously designed (graphically and intellectually)!

Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.

I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.

Remind you of anyone?

There’s nothing elitist about college or university. We should reject that idea | Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti Higher education institutions continue to function as powerful engines of social mobility. They need more, not less, support

1/ The rightwing likes to claim it's opposed to higher education because it's "elitist." But the fact that 47's admin is intent on gutting not only DEI programs but also federally funded Pell Grant & student loan programs shows that it's not really aimed at “elitism."

No pay wall.

Colorful illustrated poster showing people walking into a public library under a banner reading "Drawn to Freedom." Above the library, images representing knowledge and freedom—like books, music, cooking, voting, technology, peace, and invention—float in a cloud. The bottom text reads: “I LOVE MY LIBRARY – RIGHT TO READ DAY – APRIL 7, 2025.” Hashtags include #RightToReadDay and #DrawnToFreedom. The poster is by Unite Against Book Bans, with artwork by Nate Powell.

The public library is one of the most powerful ideas ever. Walk in with nothing—walk out with a world of knowledge. That kind of freedom is priceless. On Right to Read Day, let’s remind everyone that libraries are worth fighting for. #NationalLibraryWeek #BookSky 💙📚 #TLSky