Artbot
Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos Alternative title(s): Saint John on Patmos [1] St. John on Patmos [2]
circa 1489
Hieronymus Bosch
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johannes_op_Patmos_Saint_John_on_Patmos_Berlin,_Staatlichen_Museen_zu_Berlin,_Gemaldegalerie_HR.jpg
M. Grégoire
@hhardy01 What birther narratives for the two senators?
M. Grégoire
@hhardy01 *All the King's Men* is a good one. Didn't I suggest that to you before? What about *The Candidate* with Redford?
Would *The Lives of Others* count as political?
M. Grégoire
@selfcare ... and thank God for them, as part of your evening prayers.
M. Grégoire
@qikipedia The BBC claims there are other regular #Latin shows available on the Internet, including from German broadcasters and the Vatican.
Thanks to Yle for producing *Nuntii Latini*.
The QI Elves
For the last 30 years, a Finnish radio station has been broadcasting weekly news bulletins in Latin. They broadcast their last edition this week.
To the team behind Nuntii Latini, QI salutes you.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-48661183
George M. Sipe
#GospelToday (Lk 9:61-62)
And another said, "I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say farewell to my family at home."
[To him] Jesus said, "No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks to what was left behind is fit for the kingdom of God."
Open Culture
The Ancient Romans First Committed the Sartorial Crime of Wearing Socks with Sandals, Archaeological Evidence Suggests
http://www.openculture.com/?p=1060397 https://t.co/ohtvTBqWmG
Open Culture
Maurice Sendak Illustrates Tolstoy in 1963
http://www.openculture.com/?p=1008307 https://t.co/qhXqAfNNlI
Chris Hadfield
The first Apollo feet on the Moon were Canadian!
(the landing gear was made in Quebec).
Cool new stamp @canadapostcorp & coin @CanadianMint to commemorate 50 yrs.
M. Grégoire
Where are you from, @fitheach ? My maternal ancestors came from the Hebrides.
M. Grégoire
@gemlog @fitheach Terrace, city of the Terracites. Next to the city of the Smithereens.
I went to high school in Stewart, so Terrace was the big city in the area.
Ɠεɱɩoɠ
@fitheach "Terrace was once the cedar pole capital of the world. Over 50,000 poles were manufactured annually to supply many parts of North America with telephone and electric power poles. The world's tallest pole, 50 metres (160 ft) long, was cut in Terrace and stands in New York City."
Also, not as funny here. They aren't called chemist shops or the chemist, they are called drug stores. Sometimes pharmacies, but not by regular people, only signage.
chucknorrisfacts
When Chuck Norris falls in water, Chuck Norris doesn't get wet. Water gets Chuck Norris.
M. Grégoire
@allan @ink_slinger Isn't the truth that no policy measure undertaken by Canada will make a serious difference to the problem? We're responsible for less than 2% of global GHG emissions.
Certainly we ought to do our share -- indeed, we should do more than most since we are a rich society and can bear the costs. But let's not imagine that we're so important.
M. Grégoire
@tootbrute I gather you have some opinions about the Chinese People's Republic?
booklord 🇨🇦 🇬🇷 🇹🇼 🇭🇰
China, Leverage, and Values
https://stratechery.com/2019/china-leverage-and-values/
M. Grégoire
"using CGI to turn expressive animated films into photoreal reboots feels like using a magic wand to make a toaster" -- Josh Raby, on Twitter
M. Grégoire
"Attacks in the name of religion on places of worship or innocent civilians constitute terrorism, not jihad," The Daily Sabah reported Erdogan as saying.
"Those who attack mosques or those who target churches share the same dark mentality, they're all common enemies of humanity," Erdogan added.
Erdogan opens Turkey's largest mosque in Istanbul | Turkey News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/erdogan-opens-turkey-largest-mosque-istanbul-190503185937022.html
M. Grégoire
@artbot Joseph Brant, a hero of the war against American secession.
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