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annwfynCold cold world. A group of primary school children who were rearing a lamb, cheerfully voted to send him to slaughter so the school could get some pigs to raise for sausages, despite PETA sending the headmistress a pleading letter.
An article on simple delights, and the little things that make us smile. I read this earlier and it did definitely brighten me up.
A shiny little animated map showing the history of the middle east through its invasions. One thing this kinda brought home to me is how eurocentric my history is. I had no idea who the Sassanid Empire* or the Seljuk Empire** were.
Anyway, those are my links. I'm now heading into work for what is hopefully going to be a nice quiet day with my boss in Paris.
*The second incarnation of the Persian Empire, it appears.
**A Persianate medieval Sunni Muslim empire, established by the Qynyq branch of Oghuz Turks, according to wikipedia.
An article on simple delights, and the little things that make us smile. I read this earlier and it did definitely brighten me up.
A shiny little animated map showing the history of the middle east through its invasions. One thing this kinda brought home to me is how eurocentric my history is. I had no idea who the Sassanid Empire* or the Seljuk Empire** were.
Anyway, those are my links. I'm now heading into work for what is hopefully going to be a nice quiet day with my boss in Paris.
*The second incarnation of the Persian Empire, it appears.
**A Persianate medieval Sunni Muslim empire, established by the Qynyq branch of Oghuz Turks, according to wikipedia.
