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History@fedia.io · 2 days ago

Preparing for a swine flu pandemic that never materialized may have inadvertently caused the reemergence of an extinct H1N1 virus, leading to the 1977 “Russian flu” pandemic.

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Preparing for a swine flu pandemic that never materialized may have inadvertently caused the reemergence of an extinct H1N1 virus, leading to the 1977 “Russian flu” pandemic.

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History@fedia.io · 2 days ago

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History@fedia.io · 5 days ago

Trump’s lie about Haitian immigrants eating pets (it’s been confirmed to be a lie) wasn’t a surprise, writes a food historian.

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Trump’s lie about Haitian immigrants eating pets (it’s been confirmed to be a lie) wasn’t a surprise, writes a food historian.

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History@fedia.io · 5 days ago

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History@fedia.io · 8 days ago

Israel's recent attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon mark a dangerous escalation, pushing the region closer to all-out conflict, which both sides have spent the last year trying to avoid.

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Israel's recent attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon mark a dangerous escalation, pushing the region closer to all-out conflict, which both sides have spent the last year trying to avoid.

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History@fedia.io · 8 days ago

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#TikTok was in court today to overturn a U.S. law that would force the video app to divorce from its China-based parent company or be banned.

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#TikTok was in court today to overturn a U.S. law that would force the video app to divorce from its China-based parent company or be banned.

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History@fedia.io · 27 days ago

When and how people domesticated #horses has long posed an archeological mystery.

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When and how people domesticated #horses has long posed an archeological mystery.

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History@fedia.io · 27 days ago

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The Conversation U.S.@newsie.social to World News@fedia.io · 1 month ago

The U.S. still has an active presence in #Syria, and recent assaults by US-backed fighters marked the worst clashes there in nearly a year.

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The U.S. still has an active presence in #Syria, and recent assaults by US-backed fighters marked the worst clashes there in nearly a year.

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histodons group@a.gup.pe · 1 month ago

Curators from the Smithsonian will be diving for balloons, scooping up signs and hoping to score some hot dish at the #DNC this week.

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Curators from the Smithsonian will be diving for balloons, scooping up signs and hoping to score some hot dish at the #DNC this week.

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histodons group@a.gup.pe · 1 month ago

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The Conversation U.S.@newsie.social to Random stuff@fedia.io · 6 months ago

The price of asthma medication has soared in the U.S. over the past decade and a half.

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The price of asthma medication has soared in the U.S. over the past decade and a half.

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blackmastodon group@a.gup.pe · 7 months ago

For decades, it has been common for people to throw around terms like “voodoo politics,” “voodoo economics,” “voodoo science” and “voodoo medicine” to reference something that they think is

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For decades, it has been common for people to throw around terms like “voodoo politics,” “voodoo economics,” “voodoo science” and “voodoo medicine” to reference something that they think is

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blackmastodon group@a.gup.pe · 7 months ago

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BlakMastodon group@a.gup.pe · 8 months ago

Gay Black men are more likely to test themselves for #HIV and engage in less risky sexual behaviors than gay men of other races, when appropriate care is available, several studies have shown

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Gay Black men are more likely to test themselves for #HIV and engage in less risky sexual behaviors than gay men of other races, when appropriate care is available, several studies have shown

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BlakMastodon group@a.gup.pe · 8 months ago

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histodons group@a.gup.pe · 8 months ago

If history had taken another path, bar codes would look dramatically different today. Pictured: Here’s some of the options that were being considered, and the bull’s-eye was a favorite ⬇️

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If history had taken another path, bar codes would look dramatically different today. Pictured: Here’s some of the options that were being considered, and the bull’s-eye was a favorite ⬇️

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histodons group@a.gup.pe · 8 months ago

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histodons group@a.gup.pe · 9 months ago

17th-century New England farmers moved a mind-staggering amount of stone to build walls – an estimated 240,000 miles of barricades, most stacked thigh-high and similarly wide.

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17th-century New England farmers moved a mind-staggering amount of stone to build walls – an estimated 240,000 miles of barricades, most stacked thigh-high and similarly wide.

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histodons group@a.gup.pe · 9 months ago

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histodons group@a.gup.pe · 10 months ago

The UN’s Genocide Convention, in its 75 years, has not stopped genocide.

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The UN’s Genocide Convention, in its 75 years, has not stopped genocide.

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histodons group@a.gup.pe · 10 months ago

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AcademicChatter group@a.gup.pe · 10 months ago

1957: Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, and there's concern of the U.S.' shortage of Russian speakers to monitor Soviet activity

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1957: Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, and there's concern of the U.S.' shortage of Russian speakers to monitor Soviet activity

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AcademicChatter group@a.gup.pe · 10 months ago

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histodons group@a.gup.pe · 10 months ago

Henry [#Kissinger](https://newsie.social/tags/Kissinger) is dead at the age of 100.

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Henry [#Kissinger](https://newsie.social/tags/Kissinger) is dead at the age of 100.

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histodons group@a.gup.pe · 10 months ago

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histodons group@a.gup.pe · 1 year ago

Same-sex relationships and gender beyond a strict cisgender binary was more common in ancient Greece and Rome than many people today assume, if we look at the surviving writings 🏳️‍🌈

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Same-sex relationships and gender beyond a strict cisgender binary was more common in ancient Greece and Rome than many people today assume, if we look at the surviving writings 🏳️‍🌈

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histodons group@a.gup.pe · 1 year ago

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