demiliopics2.bsky.social
Medievalist, Art Historian, Hispanist, Lover of Italy and Antiquity
Photos (my own)/threads on Christian art and devotion, Greek/Roman antiquity and its afterlife, European monuments/memorials.
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The actual relic of the chair (likely early medieval) is contained in the sculpture and has been on display in the basilica for the first time since the 19th century.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chair_o...
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Farm Action, US has a well-sourced letter explaining that bird flu is being used as an excuse by the dominant egg producers to keep flock sizes small and reap above-market profits.
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Have they not "learned" or have they made a choice?
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As long as confidence isn't complacency, it's a good thing!
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His core supporters, potentially violent ones, love it, but don't you think that the more of this we see, on the widely different fronts he's opening, the faster his popularity will plummet across ideological, political, social lines. And, he looks cartoonish, not good for big, strong man.
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CNN headlining has highlighted "improvement" relative to Trump's 1st term polls. Better comparison is with Biden, about 15 points up a month into his term. Both Biden and Trump II followed presidents who left with a 20 pt deficit. One got a hopeful bounce, the other didn't, and it's slipping fast.