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Welcome to this week's instalment of /r/AskHistorians' Sunday Digest (formerly the Day of Reflection). Nobody can read all the questions and answers that are posted here, so in this thread we invite you to share anything you'd like to highlight from the last week - an interesting discussion, an informative answer, an insightful question that was overlooked, or anything else.
It’s another great now, and we have another great digest for the fine folks of reddit. With subjects ranging from the crusades to programming languages, we’ve got something for everyone! Tune in, turn off, and read up!
There’s a really interesting META discussion going on in How can we attract more Historians/researchers of lesser known/niche subjects to this kickass sub-reddit so that we have more answers to questions asked?
Check out the weekly threads for some interesting discussion. Like in;
The Thursday Reading and Recommendation. For all your book finding needs.
The Friday Free For All! Featuring the next iteration of a summary bot, an upgraded extension to make your reading time more enjoyable, and a brand new Spain section on the booklist! Check it all out!
I particularly want to highlight this comment again. It’s an extension from /u/almost_useless that should work to correct the comment count. I’m very interested to hear from people who’ve been using it. Does it work good? Do you like it?
The Saturday Showcase with the amazing Klesk, and a post from /u/Welfontheshelf!
Special shout out to our #FAQFinders. You folk do great work, and I really appreciate doing my trawl through threads and seeing you’ve all beat me to it!
That’s it for this weeks digest. Don’t forget to upvote your favorites and thank the authors of those fantastic answers. Huge props to the flairs and non flairs alike who put so much time into this. See everyone next week, and keep your stick on the ice!
I’m not a moderator but can I please highlight u/cdesmoulins response to my question about early gay meeting places
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/c7agcp/early_gay_meeting_places/
/u/EnclavedMicrostate had a great answer to my question on Chinese collaborators with Japan in the 1930s-40s here.
Yesterday was a bit busy, so only getting around to this now, but here we go!
/u/alotofreading on "How did Native Americans in the American Southwest, where it regularly exceeds 100 degrees in the summer, stay cool?"
/u/Tabularius answered "How did the Eastern Romans/Byzantines view the Latin West from their perspective as Romans themselves? Especially after the Sack of Constantinople"
/u/Dont_Do_Drama answered "How and when did acting become a reputable profession?"