#philistines — Public Fediverse posts

Mine on tonight's stunning news about the closure of the Kennedy Center by the Philistine-in-Chief. With Nick Abbot on the UK's LBC.

🎧: https://audioboom.com/posts/8855605-february-1-2026-as-it-broke-trump-announces-closure-of-trump-kennedy-center-after-array-of

#KennedyCenter #trump #news #ICE #noem #minneapolis #philistines #simonmarks #lbc

They will try to memoryhole #Philistines from #history.

They will fail.

Coming attractions:

- Closure of about 90% of National Gallery of Art. Not American

- Removal of exhibit on Newton’s three laws of motion. Not American

- Removal of exhibit on Galileo. Not an American

- Removal of exhibits on Chinese advancements in astronomy. Not American

etc.

#arts #culture #erasinghistory #science #philistines

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/arts/design/smithsonian-exhibitions-review-white-house-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dk8.SbQe.Y89TftY73UNe&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

https://medium.com/@gracie.gato81/philistine-the-word-that-erased-a-people-325e9d3b6f02?source=friends_link&sk=284a72060e7f18ce69066be97c87efaa #philistines #freepalestine #palestine

Ancient DNA sheds light on the genetic origins of early Iron Age Philistines

“Our analysis suggests that this genetic distinction is due to a European-related gene flow introduced in Ashkelon during either the end of the Bronze Age or the beginning of the Iron Age. This timing is in accord with estimates of the Philistines arrival to the coast of the Levant, based on archeological and textual records (2–4).”

Michal Feldman et al., Ancient DNA sheds light on the genetic origins of early Iron Age Philistines. Sci. Adv.5, eaax0061 (2019). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax0061

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #Anthropology #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Science #Archaeogenetics #Ancient #DNA #Genetics #IronAge #BronzeAge #Philistines #Ashkelon #NearEast #Levant #MiddleEast #Asia @science @anthropology @archaeodons

@euronews
Are they literally trying to merge the #Philistines back into the #SeaPeople?

#history

See: Carthage and Judges 9:45

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/23/israel-flooding-hamas-tunnels-seawater-risks-ruining-basic-life-gaza-expert

h/t @Miro_Collas

#SaltingTheEarth #Carthage #Philistines #Palestinians #Gaza #history #exegesis #hermeneutics

Today's twitter has been mainly characterised by right-wingers and liberal centrists making snarky remarks about the quality of Jeremy Corbyn's poetry, then discovering he was actually quoting a Shelley poem and quietly deleting their tweets because they make them look like the thundering philistines they are.

Sometimes... rarely, but sometimes... I miss that place.

#Corbyn #Shelley #Poetry #Philistines #Twitter

@kimmiechem2 You are gracious about feedback
I NEVER find your writing problematic
#Philistines