Reading a book at the moment whose author has an annoying habit of forgetting character's names and switching them to something similar but not quite the same a few pages later. Which would be bad enough, except it's set in mediaeval Europe and lots of characters have quite similar names anyway.

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Watched Disney's Robin Hood (1973) last night. Hadn't seen it in more than 15 years. My favourite movie as a wee little kid. Definitely sparked my first love for History. And little did I know what a spirit animal Skippy Rabbit is.

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Not to take away from celebrating Carson, but she's a "former professor" here in large part because the university shut down her department and cancelled its classes. What pride does the institution claim now—years later—when austerity is forcing other scholars out? What does that 'pride' do?

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“When Pythagoras was asked about the purpose for which humans were created, he said, ‘To look upon the heavens’” τί δὴ τοῦτό ἐστι Πυθαγόρας ἐρωτώμενος, ‘τὸ θεάσασθαι’ εἶπε ‘τὸν οὐρανόν’, #Iamblichus

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