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    @paninid I hate to "well, actually…" this because it's a funny joke, but well, actually…Julius Caesar (the one who was stabbed) died 44 BCE. The change that messed up this happened about 100 years prior, when the Senate (Rome was a republic back then, there was no emperor) moved the start of the consular year (the start of the consuls' term) from the Ides of March to January. It was moved to January 1st so that Quintus Fulvius Nobilior could begin his term early.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintus_Fulvius_NobiliorIt's a common myth that Julius Caesar is somehow responsible for this because he was the one that introduced the julian calendar (the predecessor to the gregorian one we use today) and this officially made January the first month of the year, even if this had been the practice for about 100 years already. At this time the 5th and 6th months were called Quintilis and Sextilis. Quintilis was renamed to honor Julius Caesar after his death, and later Sextilis was renamed to honor Augustus Caesar.I'm sure I'm making some mistake here, besides the obvious one of trying to correct somebody on the Internet 😉.
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    #OnThisDay, 4 Dec 1978, Dianne Feinstein was formally sworn in as Mayor of San Francisco. She had been the acting Mayor after the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk the week before. She goes on to win two more terms, and to be elected to the US Senate where she served until her death in 2023.#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons1/2
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    @joho babies that aren't fed are never diagnosed with autism. Really makes you think.
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    @JubalBarca Two egregious things about Academia.edu:1) their new TOS are "irrevocable" and "transferable", and explicitly include the use of your name, likeness, photo and voice "for any purpose." They could literally make you the new spokesperson for neo-nazis, or chicken mcnuggets, under those terms.2) someone here says that Academia.edu has already sent out emails purporting to be from them, urging folks to join academia.edu or whatever. One went to a leading figure in the person's field.@histodons #academia