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ClitClipper t1_iw7y8j9 wrote
Reply to comment by HauntedCS in Tracks Of Ancient Human Found In Spain Are 300k Years Old by Several_Cabinet_9725
Ol’ boy from back in the day
ClitClipper t1_iu95ilx wrote
Reply to comment by Arthiem in Revisiting the great exploding trousers epidemic of the 1930s by marketrent
Heating food in plastic packaging in microwaves has always weirded me out. I won’t be shocked if that’s someday looked at as foolish in hindsight.
ClitClipper t1_iu94kox wrote
Reply to comment by NoWingedHussarsToday in JSTOR Daily: Mussolini’s Colonial Inspiration - In its plans for the conquest of Eastern Europe, the Third Reich looked to the example set in Africa by Fascist Italy. by KnowledgeAmoeba
Clearly some influence from US Manifest Destiny in the mix, too
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Reply to comment by mattjouff in Accepted (2021) - A school in Louisiana is celebrated for putting traditionally underserved students into Ivy League colleges, but an investigation uncovers its charismatic founder's controversial methods (CC) [01:22:56] by thesecondfire
I’d say this has a lot more to do with charter school legislation enabling grifters to syphon public money with little oversight.
ClitClipper t1_is9eu17 wrote
Reply to comment by NewOrleansLA in Accepted (2021) - A school in Louisiana is celebrated for putting traditionally underserved students into Ivy League colleges, but an investigation uncovers its charismatic founder's controversial methods (CC) [01:22:56] by thesecondfire
Public money syphoned into scams concocted by charismatic / well-connected grifters exploiting a loophole or oversight.
Should sound very familiar to anyone living in the rural south, honestly.
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Reply to comment by nightcrawleress in “Being Madame is a miserable job” Liselotte of the Palatinate lived at the court of the French king Louis XIV and wrote countless letters that offer a unique insight into the intrigues and everyday life of the nobility. by swissnationalmuseum
Really tough to imagine why this virtuous brood ended up spurring on the end of the French monarchy