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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 the last digest of June 2021, and once more we’re packed to the brim with awesome answers and perfect posts! Don’t forget to swing by the usual weekly features, visit the special threads, and don’t forget to show some love for those hard working contributors!
New Snoo Sunday: Introducing Snoorodotus, Snoo al-Mulk, and Frederick Snoouglass
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 178 - History of Native California with Willy Bauer and Damon Akins
We have a good sized Thursday Reading and Recommendations thread with some folks still hoping for ideas!
And the party continues in the Friday Free for All!
/u/J-Force rocks the Saturday Showcase with one final Pride Month entry.
Lets check in on our weekly META’s with What the hell is going on with this sub? Many top posts unreadable with deleted/banned comments….
Get a look behind the scenes at the mod mindset in How do the mods decide what questions are "GREAT QUESTION!"s? I just had a question flaired that way, after submitting it a second time, when it was not flaired that way the first time.
And finally join the group hug in I love you guys. I've learned so much from you guys over the years.
And one more snuck in under the wire for today! Question for the mod staff
That wraps us up for another day! I’m off to enjoy some summer sun, so enjoy the threads and I’ll see you next week!
It wasn't much of an answer, but I am sad the question about violins being evil was deleted because I linked to a pretty great article about Paganini that I hoped more people would read.
Time for another installment of "The Real Questions", where we take a look at the wilder side of r/AskHistorians! Here, I give a shout-out to people asking the more atypical questions on this sub: questions that investigate amusing, unique, bizarre, or less common aspects of history, as well as ones that take us through intriguing adventures of historiography/methodology or niche/overlooked topics and moments in history. It's always a wide (and perhaps confusing) assortment of topics, but at the end of the day, when I see them I think, "Finally, someone is asking the real questions!"
(We're running late, but it's still Sunday for me, so here we go!)
Below are my entries for the week - questions with a link to an older response are marked with ‡. Let me know what you think were the realest questions you saw this week, and be sure to check out my full list of Real Questions.
Sunday is also a chance to shout out some interesting questions that remain overlooked. Sometimes getting a good answer is just about timing, so feel free to call out any of your own or those that caught your eye, and maybe a wandering expert will take notice!