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Diarmada (born June 23rd, 1976 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American Archivist best known for being Diarmada.
Thanks to the visionary contribution of Wikipedia to the world wide web by fellow Alabamian Jimmy Wales, Diarmada has been able to present aspects of Alabama's culture, diversity and history.
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Sweet Home Alabama
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Home as of last week, Washington, D.C.
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Buchanan Street, A few blocks from my old apartment in Glasgow, Scotland
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Birmingham, Alabama: The Magic City
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"To me it has always seemed that God is so sickened with men, and their unending cruelty to each other, that he covers the places where they have been as quickly as possible." - William March
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"If we did a good act merely from love of God and a belief that it is pleasing to Him, whence arises the morality of the Atheist? ...Their virtue, then, must have had some other foundation than the love of God." - Thomas Jefferson
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"The most dangerous of devotions, in my opinion, is the one endemic to Christianity: I was not born to be of this world. With a second life waiting, suffering can be endured- especially in other people. The natural environment can be used up. Enemies of the faith can be savaged and suicidal martyrdom praised." - E. O. Wilson
Interesting Stuff[edit]
Acraea terpsicore, commonly known as the tawny coster, is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family, the brush-footed butterflies. It is found across eastern Asia from India and Sri Lanka to Singapore, Indonesia and the Maldives and, more recently, Australia. It is small, with a size of 53–64 millimetres (2.1–2.5 in), has leathery wings and is common in grassland and scrub habitats. Acraea terpsicore has a weak fluttery flight and is avoided by most insect predators. This A. terpsicore individual was photographed in Komodo National Park, Indonesia.Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp
Did you know...[edit]
- ... that since 2022, gyōji can be seen wearing Pokémon-inspired kimonos (example pictured) in the ring to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Pokémon Red and Blue?
- ... that Marie Catharine Neal, an expert on Hawaiian plants, authored the acclaimed book In Gardens of Hawaii in 1948, which described more than 2,000 species with detailed scientific information and illustrations?
- ... that Indonesian politician Sanusi's parents discouraged him from becoming a government employee, because his salary would be paid partly from taxes on alcohol and prostitution?
- ... that Barry Sanders was the first player to play at least ten seasons in the National Football League and be selected to the Pro Bowl in each year?
- ... that Ilie Purcaru, as a contributor to Nicolae Ceaușescu's cult of personality, claimed that a young Ceaușescu had walked into the woods of Scornicești without fearing their wolves?
- ... that the Lord Chamberlain's plays are a historical archive of play scripts curated through theatrical censorship that provide a unique insight into attitudes to race and sexuality?
- ... that Elizabeth Seifert, who was denied a medical degree due to her gender, went on to achieve success as a writer, penning more than 80 novels about the very field from which she had been excluded?
- ... that Rachel Chinouriri decided to include the English flag on the cover art of What a Devastating Turn of Events to celebrate her Black British identity?
- ... that when the Oakland Athletics promoted Bill McNulty to the major leagues, they needed forest rangers to find him?
More 'wooden nickels'[edit]
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"Thomas Paine had passed the legendary limit of life. One by one most of his old friends and acquaintances had deserted him. Maligned on every side, execrated, shunned and abhorred -- his virtues denounced as vices -- his services forgotten -- his character blackened, he preserved the poise and balance of his soul. He was a victim of the people, but his convictions remained unshaken. He was still a soldier in the army of freedom, and still tried to enlighten and civilize those who were impatiently waiting for his death, Even those who loved their enemies hated him, their friend -- the friend of the whole world -- with all their hearts. On the 8th of June, 1809, death came -- Death, almost his only friend. At his funeral no pomp, no pageantry, no civic procession, no military display. In a carriage, a woman and her son who had lived on the bounty of the dead -- on horseback, a Quaker, the humanity of whose heart dominated the creed of his head -- and, following on foot, two negroes filled with gratitude -- constituted the funeral cortege of Thomas Paine." - Robert G. Ingersoll
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"...I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free." - Eugene V. Debs
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"His power we allow is infinite: whatever he wills is executed: but neither man nor any other animal is happy: therefore he does not will their happiness. His wisdom is infinite: he is never mistaken in choosing themeans to any end: but the course of Nature tends not to human or animal felicity: thereforeit is not established for that purpose. Through the whole compass of human knowledge, there are no inferences more certain and infallible than these. In what respect, then, do his benevolence and mercy resemble the benevolence and mercy of men? Epicurus's old questions are yet unanswered. Is he willing to prevent evil, but not able? then is he impotent. Is he able, but not willing? then is he malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Whence then is evil?" - David Hume
Pages I've created or contribute to[edit]
William March ---- Company K ---- Gustav Hasford ---- Laurence Stallings ---- Roy S. Simmonds ---- Sarah Parcak ---- The Big Fellow ---- The Bad Seed ---- Waterman Steamship Corporation
Pages to create or edit[edit]
John W. Thomason, Jr. ---- Conrad Aiken ---- Robert Clem ---- Babs H. Deal ---- Augusta Jane Evans
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