It is a rarity to see a black rhino in the wild. Which makes the survival stories of two infants in our care – Chamboi & Raha – all the more poignant. Meet our ‘baby dinosaurs’ who are every bit as unique as each other in our *NEW* edition of Field Notes: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/fieldnote…

My University Sacrificed Ideas for Ideology. So Today I Quit.

My resignation letter. Portland State University

bariweiss.substack.com/p/my-universit…

Mehdi is a despicable liar. I am Egyptian, born and bred. I lived in Egypt until 2016. We never called the protests in 2011 an 'Intifada'. We called them a 'revolution'.

Why? Because an intifada is a wave of violence and suicide bombings.

Where was Mehdi in 2011? Was he in the…

Under några stormiga veckor i oktober 1943 korsade tusentals danska judar Öresund för att fly undan nazisterna i det ockuperade Danmark. Sjöhistoriska’s fartyg M 20 var ett av Flottans fartyg som deltog - missa inte detta

För bokning och mer information: sjohistoriska.se/besok/kalender…

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History Repeats Itself As Communists Run Out Of Food buff.ly/4dirV8f

”Kapten Falkman och löjtnant Hermelin i paraduniform ombord på pansarskeppet SVERIGE på Stockholms ström i samband med den lettiske presidenten Zemgals statsbesök 1929.”

Ett guldkorn ur Sjöhistoriska’s fotoarkiv

#Sjöhistoriska

1/2) An incredible Roman portable sundial. This ingenious device was the precision pocket watch of its day, telling the owner the time wherever they were in the Roman empire. The vertical disc sundial could function in a range of latitudes; first the user set their location by...

Megafon!
Magdalena Andersson som inte ens kunde svara jakande på frågan om Rysslands angrepp på Ukraina var en invasion.
Som fortfarande två veckor efter angreppet och invasionen (8 mars 2022) ansåg att ett svenskt Nato-medlemskap skulle leda till att ytterligare destabilisera…

Strömstad. Strömstads Camping. 1962. Pls Rtwt.

An orangutan strolls through remains of a former rainforest.

This one of the most depressing photos I’ve ever seen.

A wide-eyed, shield-biting ‘berserker’. One of the famous Lewis chess pieces from a large 12th-century gaming hoard found on the Isle of Lewis in 1831. Carved from walrus ivory. National Museum of Scotland. 📷 my own taken yesterday!nms.ac.uk/explore-our-co…

#Archaeology

Forget law enforcement, send in the moms!

With no rain for several months in many areas of Thailand and a record breaking heatwave, a rain-making ceremony was held. Traditionally, a real cat would be used, but it seems the locals decided on Doraemon instead—a modern twist against animal cruelty.

När ideologi trumfar verkligheten.
Nej, biologiska män kan inte amma så varför skulle de 'inkluderas'?

MYTH: The Dark Ages were a cultural and intellectual wasteland.

TRUTH: The Dark Ages gave rise to many important works of Western literature.

A countdown of Dark Age Europe's Greatest Literary Masterpieces:

With voters across Wales and England set to vote in local elections tomorrow, a reminder from your pal Larry:

🥇In 2024, the gold medal for absurdity goes to the UN.

The inmates are running the asylum:
🇨🇳 China sits on the UN Human Rights Council
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia chairs the UN Women’s Rights Commission
🇮🇷 Islamic Republic of Iran chairs the UN Disarmament Commission

Credit: Moshik Gulst מושיק גולסט