Ettore Costa
@ettorrecos
Historian, Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Napoli. Social Democracy, Western Communism, Socialism and science, Socialist International, Human Rights, Cold War
After the discontinued Newspaper Spider-Man, it was up to Mary Worth to introduce this iconic super-hero
I recently published an article on Radical scientists in the 1970s, progressive scientists who rejected scientific neutrality and complicity with imperialism. They ended up uncritically celebrating Cultural Revolution and pseudoscience, mostly out of Orientalism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
(John) Healey went from Secretary for State for Defence to Chancellor of the Exchequer. I guess history repeats itself
Youth culture has never made sense, as @zachweinersmith.bsky.social famously explained www.smbc-comics.com/comic/cod
On the other hand, the hellsite is convinced @jfruh.bsky.social has disappeared, which might be the best case scenario for building a new life
I think @nonsenseisland.bsky.social should bring these comics to @jfruh.bsky.social 's attention properly on Bluesky, when people can appreciate them x.com/NonsenseIsla...
"The Patriarchs of two branches of Christianity, both coming from a key metropolitan centre, are divided by opinions on the nature of Christ AND colour-themed sport rivalry" --> Welcome Back Late Antiquity Roman Empire!
I am organising a research workshop on the topics of growth, degrowth, abundance and environmentalism and how they influenced progressive parties. It will be held on 10-11 June at the Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Naples www.ssmeridionale.it/wp-content/u...
This is how C.P. Snow described intellectuals who longed for the idyllic pre-modern life
They could have just just used the Italian poster of “12 years a slave”
Something I have written on the hellsite is that supposed fans of the classics lack that subtle appreciation for the nuances of translation and language differences that you can, on the other hand, find in anime fans
Io 2022: I sostenitori delle ragioni di Putin sono come Chamberlain Putin-Versteher 2022: Come osi! Rovelli 2026: Il problema di Chamberlain è che non ha sacrificato anche la Polonia!
Yes, it is basically the main thesis in scolarship. The EU could have democratic legitimacy (directly elected parliament) but national politicians will not allow it
Season 0 Hi was more assertive and had a physique to match. Making him weak and depressed was a choice that was considered essential for strip to run
It’s the laziest answer, so we must assume yes. Even ChatGPT gives an accurate answer!
You may think that today racist joke (Professor “Good Sleep”, because Latins are lazy) is from a LLM, but, as the comments found out, Blondie produces human-made artisanal slop with raw material from Quora! Legacy comics survive not in spite of being old-fashioned but because they are old-fashioned!
He is a banjo player in mid-twentieth century Britain. I am just glad Bob does not wear blackface en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bla...