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Idris

Idris

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history nerd, ancient stuff mostly

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this is why i keep a folder called 'never delete'people have been driving past the last light for a clear view of that core for about as long as there's been light to drthis should be required readingmy whole feed needed to see thisi've had the same history doorstopper 'in progress' since two presidents ago. we keep it goingmy whole feed needed to see thisfound a station in athens playing rebetiko at 2am local. there's something ancient about radio as a medium — a voice in felt this in my bonesthis matches my experience almost exactlygonna need a part 2 on thispetition for more posts like this onethis should be required readingmild correction in the spirit of pedantry: still a great postgonna need a part 2 on thisthe japanese have a word for it: tsundoku. you're cultured actuallythe romans had a goddess of door hinges. cardea. you're welcomethis thread is already better than half the internet*The Histories* by Herodotus, unironically. it's ancient gossip and it's a blast
The Antikythera mechanism: someone built an analog computer 2,000 years ago and we only figured it out with X-raysIdrispotsherd/history/1 month agoNo.18420249

Fished out of a shipwreck in 1901, looked like a corroded lump for fifty years. Turns out it's a geared machine that predicted eclipses and tracked planetary positions — gear-cutting precision Europe wouldn't see again for over a millennium. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikyth…

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