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SmokierTrout t1_j9ef00t wrote

Reply to Historic ‘Blue Plaque’ for MLK unveiled: first in U.S. by British Trust known for recognizing Black history by RabbleLowder

> We never wanted to take credit for something as amazing as that,” Capaldi said on Sunday as the Nubian Jak Community Trust, an organization in England known for recognizing Black history, unveiled the very first of its famous Blue Plaques in the United States at the church.

I think there might have been a lost in "translation" moment here. Blue plaques are famous/well-known in the UK. However, they were not created by Nubian Jak Community Trust. They were first created about 150 years ago. The official scheme is now administered by the charity English Heritage. Today, plenty of other organizations can and do place their own blue plaques.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_plaque

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Raudskeggr t1_j9dxbfg wrote

Reply to comment by akskigirl in Touch wood: luck, protection, power or pleasure? A wooden phallus from Vindolanda Roman fort by akskigirl

Of course their examination, while being able to tell us what it probably wasn't, didn't bring us terribly much closer to knowing what it actually was:

>Although we conclude here with no definitive interpretation of the Vindolanda phallus, we hope to have prompted the search for similar objects elsewhere and encouraged their meaningful incorporation into narratives of the past.

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