The Historian’s Hut

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A quote from Sima Qian (c. 145-90 BCE), differentiating between steadfast principle and irresolute trend-chasing.

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#history #quotes

Patrick Murtha

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Comparing the protean, all-over-the-place Langston Hughes to the fastidious Sterling Brown:

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Dr Malice

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A woman eats a yoghurt with only her tongue; on the street, a dog will not behave; the birds are screeching; everyone is prevaricating pale-leggedly in shorts; tomorrow is Beltane, and winter will bow down to summer.

$wAIgg¥

@swaiggy.bsky.social

our “hologram” or “holograph” is both a hardcore physics thing, but also just means: we see the outside. it’s both fancy and droll to me as a dilettante. but like i see the front of trees and not what’s behind a cloud. it’s like each side of this cleft is an abyss, a two-sided cleft in nothing

Weird Modernist Poems

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7 WAYS OF SMILING AT A BLACKBIRD

I know noble accents
Even the bawds of euphony
Of one of many circles.
Flying in a green light,
Are one.

Douglas Giles, PhD

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I learned a new word: “Trump is an obdurate listener.”
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Zoe

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Unexpected diaphanous nightgown #TheFilmCrowd

Jonny Singer

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Interesting goings-on at the Oval. Surrey have played a few turgid games on very flat pitches there, have left this one extremely green... and Sussex are 92/7 before lunch.

I suspect there'll be some pitch questions going to the match ref (but it hasn't looked terrible to me!)

The Girls' Schools Association

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Peripatetic Teacher of Brass, Sir William Perkins's School. Closes: 10/05. https://jobs.gsa.uk.com/sirwilliamperkinss/peripatetic-teacher-of-brass. #independentschooljobs #surreyjobs #schooljobs

Art of War Quotes

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To be near the goal while the enemy is still far from it, to wait at ease while the enemy is toiling and struggling, to be well-fed while the enemy is famished - this is the art of husbanding one’s strength.

#Quotes #War #Tactics #Strategy #ArtOfWar #SunTzu