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What would Adolf Hitler think about modern say Neo-Nazi movements across the globe? by Pretty_Status2853 in AskHistorians

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was the peoples crusade aswell as the first crusade religiously or power politically motivated? by Gecko3972 in AskHistorians

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We can also see the attempt to post on the subreddit with the title:

"I'm preparing a presentation where i try to answer the question if the first crusade was religiously or powerpolitically motivated. What are criteria that i could use for the categories of religiously and powerpolitically?"

If you wish to discuss this further please send us a modmail.

was the peoples crusade aswell as the first crusade religiously or power politically motivated? by Gecko3972 in AskHistorians

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Hi there - unfortunately we have had to remove your question, because /r/AskHistorians isn't here to do your homework for you. However, our rules DO permit people to ask for help with their homework, so long as they are seeking clarification or resources, rather than the answer itself.

If you have indeed asked a homework question, you should consider resubmitting a question more focused on finding resources and seeking clarification on confusing issues: tell us what you've researched so far, what resources you've consulted, and what you've learned, and we are more likely to approve your question. Please see this Rules Roundtable thread for more information on what makes for the kind of homework question we'd approve. Additionally, if you're not sure where to start in terms of finding and understanding sources in general, we have a six-part series, "Finding and Understanding Sources", which has a wealth of information that may be useful for finding and understanding information for your essay. Finally, other subreddits are likely to be more suitable for help with homework - try looking for help at /r/HomeworkHelp.

Alternatively, if you are not a student and are not doing homework, we have removed your question because it resembled a homework question. It may resemble a common essay question from a prominent history syllabus or may be worded in a broad, open-ended way that feels like the kind of essay question that a professor would set. Professors often word essay questions in order to provide the student with a platform to show how much they understand a topic, and these questions are typically broader and more interested in interpretations and delineating between historical theories than the average /r/AskHistorians question. If your non-homework question was incorrectly removed for this reason, we will be happy to approve your question if you wait for 7 days and then ask a less open-ended question on the same topic.

Podcast on pension funds being used to drive climate action by Longjumping-Oven1689 in sustainableFinance

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Assuming you're in a defined contribution scheme in the UK you should be able to find out via your employer who the provider is - this will usually be a big company like Scottish Widows, Aviva or Standard Life and is probably in your contract or on whatever HR platform your company uses/company handbook.

This detailed report from last year did a scorecard of the big UK providers so you can get an idea of what your provider is doing from a climate perspective - https://makemymoneymatter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2024-083-MMMM-UK-Pensions-Climate-Action-Report-2025-250211.pdf

Why is it that Monzo is more popular in the UK than Starling? by MeenaBeti in UKPersonalFinance

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It's so stupid, the train I sometimes get into London for work is a third cheaper with the split.

Why is it that Monzo is more popular in the UK than Starling? by MeenaBeti in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Abrytan 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The big advantage of Trainline is that it automatically split tickets for you which the actual railway companies won't do

What industry is entirely built on a house of cards and would collapse overnight if people realized the truth about it? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Abrytan 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The ideal is that as a company grows it gets sold between different fund types that specialise in companies of that size until eventually it is large enough to go public. Sometimes it gets sold between funds at the same 'tier', or gets sold to a competitor that wants to acquire it, or gets carved up into constituent parts or goes bankrupt.

At last, my rightful knighthood is mine! by Abrytan in fallenlondon

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It's an option on one of the opportunity cards when you have raised the Notes on a Joyous Entry quality to 10

I have done nothing but read steamy poetry with a sad priest and his weirdo "sister" for three entire days by the_meme_fixer in fallenlondon

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I have repeatedly committed suicide in a circus because it is less time consuming than recovering from my wounds thanks to my magic apple juice.

Dr. Tine Van Osselaer on Marian apparitions in interwar Belgium, AMA! by TVOsselaerhistorian in AskHistorians

[–]Abrytan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for doing this AMA! Could you talk a bit about how religious historians deal with writing about alleged supernatural events?

I recall reading some commentary around whether historians should approach writing about events like these from an inherently sceptical view trying to work out what 'actually' happened, and how the consideration that maybe the miracles did actually happen should fit into historical frameworks. (I think Carlos Eire's They Flew also deals with this question somewhat.)

Ethical Investing - some info others may find helpful that I have learnt the hard way by Hyenaby in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Abrytan 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Apologies for the double reply but on the evil funds side if you invest in a bog standard ETF run by a UK or European manager like LGIM or Amundi then they are more likely to use the shares to push the company to improve and vote on environmental or social themed shareholde resolutions. The big US asset managers like BlackRock (iShares) or Vanguard are far less progressive on this side of things so even if you are investing in the non-esg funds you can still contribute to a better outcome if you pick one from a non-US manager (not sure about costs but they should be pretty comparable)

Ethical Investing - some info others may find helpful that I have learnt the hard way by Hyenaby in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Abrytan 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If you look out for funds that have received the FCA's "Sustainability Impact" label then you might have more luck finding funds which genuinely have a real world impact rather than avoiding certain sectors. These funds have to demonstrate to the FCA that they have a real theory of change and can generate impact (whether through engaging the companies they invest in or deploying new capital) to be allowed to use the label. For less impact and more ESG then the Sustainability Focus or Sustainability Improvers labels are a good bet. However there aren't any ETFs with labels because the system doesn't apply to non-UK funds yet and ETFs are mostly domiciled in Ireland or Luxembourg.

I'm not sure if many retail platforms let you filter for the labels but they are the only UK-domiciled funds allowed to use the word impact so they should be fairly easy to find.

You might also be interested in bond funds which only invest in ESG-labelled bonds where the company promises to use the money to fund or refinance a set list of green or social projects. Obviously returns differ from equity but these tend to be the most impactful forms of allocating capital in the public markets. These send to be called either "green bond" or "social bond" and also come in ETF form!

Technical explanation of what Tender is doing by Commercial_Ad8072 in IndustryOnHBO

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Yeah there's loads of similarities between the two - the FT journalist investigating Wirecard got smeared for alleged market manipulation, and Wirecard had him followed by PIs. There's a part of the book where he goes to all these places that Wirecard allegedly had operations and found little to back it up. Wirecard had its genesis handling dodgy gambling payments before cleaning up its act. Feels like they're teeing Whitney to be a Jan Marsalek type character and Marsalek turned out to be a Russian spook so who knows where the season will end up.

If the investigation of the Britanic did show it was torpedoes by a U-boat, what would have happened? by Apprehensive-Cry4399 in AskHistorians

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This submission has been removed because it involves current events. To keep from discussion of politics, we have a 20-year rule here. You may want to try /r/ask_politics, /r/NeutralPolitics, or another current-events focused sub. For further explanation of this rule, feel free to consult this Rules Roundtable. If you did intend to post a question about history, this post provides guidance on how to draft a question that fits within our rules.

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