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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
greenleejw@historians.social ("Surprised Eel Historian, PhD") wrote:
In 1397 the city of London arrested several Dutch eel merchants for unpaid debts. But that meant fewer eels!
And that won't do.
So the king intervened. He ordered that the Dutch be set free to sell their eels, and also that the city never again hassle eel merchants in this way.
#history #eels #medieval
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- Meme. Painting of giant sand worm from the novel DUNE. The worm is rearing up out of the sand in the background with it's maw open like a big scoop. There are 4 figures standing in the foreground, in a line heading towards the worm. The closest figure is holding a red triangular flag or pennant on a staff. It is blowing in the wind. You can see sand in the air behind the worm, kicked up as the worm exploded up from the below. The figures seemed paused, and tensed with surprise. It's possible that they are fucked. It's possible to imagine the worm not as a worm, but as a enormous tube with a halfpipe at the front. A skater's paradise. In this case, perhaps the four figures are Paul, Jessica, Chani, and Tony Hawk: skater-pilgrims, nearing the end of their long journey. It's the X-Games / DUNE crossover you didn't know you wanted. Meme text reads: "The eels must flow" (remote)
