April 1, 2025

Q Marks the Spot 195 (April 2025 Treasure Map)

Sacred Treasure

Iintriguing: obviously guesstimates but a fascinating exercise. How much did Paul’s Missionary Journeys cost? (HT Chris Howles)
Speaking trade languages when working cross-culturally?
Why Tolkien hated Frank Herbert’s Dune
Ian Paul offers a good overview of why there is growing consensus that Jesus regularly taught in Greek
Speaking of language, my friend and fmr boss Paul Windsor has some Maori language lessons for us.
The 21 is a remarkable short film about the 21 Coptic Martyrs beheaded by ISIS in 2015. Here’s a short trailer:

Topical Treasure

Matt Campau is a digital artist who applies his genius to warn of the dangers of social media in his “Anti-Social” project.
Why the BBC was uneasy about keeping George Orwell on their staff…
Timothy Snyder is one of my heroes: the Yale historian (until v recently) of the twentieth century dictators is a fearless pursuer of truth. Here John Lithgow reads his 20 lessons on Tyranny

Quirky Treasure

Love this: drop a raindrop anywhere in the world and see where it will end up… (HT Chris Howles)
True relative size of landmasses
Really dumb: Amazon reviews that are better than the product
Some examples of not so concealed passive aggression
Some of the most photographed places in the world can look very different if you just change perspective.
Do you know about the great Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown? He treated landscape as language. Clearly a man of his time but a genius nonetheless.

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