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Classics and Ancient Languages. I look up words for a living. Pugs: Marty 🌈, Winnie, Gertie, and Max. “Hell yes, I have three potatoes 🥔 🥔 🥔!”

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Lollie Yeats (11 March 1868 London-16 Jan 1940 Dublin)🎨teacher/published🎨📚! Founder Dun Emer/Cuala Press; published several works by brother WB! Dad bad with money, mum ill, brothers earn little, so Lollie, & sister Lily's embroidery important to family dib.ie/biography/yeat…

lorraineelizab6's tweet image. Lollie Yeats (11 March 1868 London-16 Jan 1940 Dublin)🎨teacher/published🎨📚! Founder Dun Emer/Cuala Press; published several works by brother WB! Dad bad with money, mum ill, brothers earn little, so Lollie, & sister Lily's embroidery important to family dib.ie/biography/yeat…
lorraineelizab6's tweet image. Lollie Yeats (11 March 1868 London-16 Jan 1940 Dublin)🎨teacher/published🎨📚! Founder Dun Emer/Cuala Press; published several works by brother WB! Dad bad with money, mum ill, brothers earn little, so Lollie, & sister Lily's embroidery important to family dib.ie/biography/yeat…
lorraineelizab6's tweet image. Lollie Yeats (11 March 1868 London-16 Jan 1940 Dublin)🎨teacher/published🎨📚! Founder Dun Emer/Cuala Press; published several works by brother WB! Dad bad with money, mum ill, brothers earn little, so Lollie, & sister Lily's embroidery important to family dib.ie/biography/yeat…

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Alexander the Great handing over the Greek language to the Jews in preparation for the spread of the Gospel

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I resolve to not let myself down in 2025. I'll do this by not making resolutions. Wait. I've already failed. Or did I???


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The Stubbing Wharf is a pub by the Rochdale Canal on the outskirts of Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. One winter's day in 1959, the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, recently married, sat in the bar and argued about where they would live. Plath was American, but Hughes's family…

SimoninSuffolk's tweet image. The Stubbing Wharf is a pub by the Rochdale Canal on the outskirts of Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. One winter's day in 1959, the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, recently married, sat in the bar and argued about where they would live. Plath was American, but Hughes's family…

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💘🌺🏹 PRINCESS BRIDE meets ROBIN HOOD & MULAN in 14th-century BELGIUM 🏹🌺💘 mybook.to/MyArchersSeries Marieke disguises herself as a boy at the all-male archers' guild of St. Sebastian to learn the truth about her father— Why does she stay? The answer's obvious! 💗 Longing,…

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mybook.to/MyArchersSeries
Marieke disguises herself as a boy at the all-male archers' guild of St. Sebastian to learn the truth about her father—
Why does she stay?
The answer's obvious!
💗 Longing,…

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Why does Paris look the way it does? Well, until the year 1853 it was a diseased and overcrowded Medieval city — then the biggest urban renovation in history was announced. This is the story of how Paris was transformed into the world's most popular city...

culturaltutor's tweet image. Why does Paris look the way it does?

Well, until the year 1853 it was a diseased and overcrowded Medieval city — then the biggest urban renovation in history was announced.

This is the story of how Paris was transformed into the world's most popular city...

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Taylor Swift songs written in 16th century legal hand:

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Wow. The Harris team are out of the blocks in lightening quick time with this superb ad


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Yes, college students have lost their ability to read. I have taught lit for 24 years; the threshold started to decline in the late aughts and nosedived during Covid. A thread with observations + how I get my students to read ALL (or at least most) of the reading I assign: 🧵


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Opening day of zucchini season

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“I don’t walk as easily as I used to. I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to. I don’t debate as well as I used to, but I know what I do know. I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. I know how to do this job.” Exactly the right message.

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First zuke of the season, with cup and book for scale.

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Important moments in Church history as portrayed by the cast of Friends. A thread.🧵


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If you're interested in the Middle Ages, here are 16 paintings you'll absolutely love...

culturaltutor's tweet image. If you're interested in the Middle Ages, here are 16 paintings you'll absolutely love...

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1) Having taken a leading role in the assassination of Julius Caesar on this day in 44 BC, aided by as many as sixty fellow conspirators, Brutus would commemorate the events of the Ides of March with this, the most infamous and enigmatic of all coins from the ancient world...

OptimoPrincipi's tweet image. 1) Having taken a leading role in the assassination of Julius Caesar on this day in 44 BC, aided by as many as sixty fellow conspirators, Brutus would commemorate the events of the Ides of March with this, the most infamous and enigmatic of all coins from the ancient world...

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Like #audiobooks? Want to hear #OldEnglish words spoken aloud? You can listen to THE DEORHORD: AN OLD ENGLISH BESTIARY, expertly & engagingly narrated by @isabel_ay, available in the UK, US & Canada. More info here: oldenglishwordhord.com/deorhord-book/ #TheDeorhord

OEWordhord's tweet image. Like #audiobooks? Want to hear #OldEnglish words spoken aloud? You can listen to THE DEORHORD: AN OLD ENGLISH BESTIARY, expertly & engagingly narrated by @isabel_ay, available in the UK, US & Canada. More info here: oldenglishwordhord.com/deorhord-book/ #TheDeorhord

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Despite 70+ criminal charges, trump is still running for President in 2024. Question: ‘Why do liberals think Trump supporters are stupid?’ Answer: Because they support an admitted sexual predator who's been impeached twice and indicted three times. Let's have a look at the rec

RyanShead's tweet image. Despite 70+ criminal charges, trump is still running for President in 2024.

Question: ‘Why do liberals think Trump supporters are stupid?’

Answer: Because they support an admitted sexual predator who's been impeached twice and indicted three times.

Let's have a look at the rec

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