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[?]royal » 🌐
@royal@theres.life

Just finished reading Kindred: Neanderthal Life, love, Death and Art. A very well written exploration of what we know (and what we still wish we knew) about these cousins of 50k years past. There's speculation, but also the level of detail gleaned from bones and campsites is unreal.

wyrms.de/author/6377/s/rebecca

    [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
    @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

    POT-WABBLERS. Persons entitled to vote for members of parliament in certain boroughs, from having boiled their pots therein. These boroughs are called pot-wabbling boroughs.

    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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    @histodons

    Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): POT-WABBLERS. Persons entitled to vote for members of parliament in certain boroughs, from having boiled their pots therein. These boroughs are called pot-wabbling boroughs. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): POT-WABBLERS. Persons entitled to vote for members of parliament in certain boroughs, from having boiled their pots therein. These boroughs are called pot-wabbling boroughs. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

      [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
      @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

      Hi!, I'm a bot posting selections from Francis Grose’s 1785 “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue”, a compilation of slang terms, the coded language of the underclass and the demi-monde.

      [18th-century-content warning: possible racism, animal cruelty, homophobia, sexism, slut-shaming. Let me know of any problems.]

      Montage of dictionary items posted by this account

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        [?]Brian Vastag » 🌐
        @brianvastag@mas.to

        Book recommendation: "London Falling" by Patrick Radden Keefe. Non-fiction. After a young London man falls to his death in the Thames, his family seeks answers that lead them to realize the justice system in London protects certain unsavory groups.

        Excellent reporting, writing, and narration of the audiobook by the author. He leads the reader through the events as the family experienced them...a powerful technique.

          [?]Longreads » 🌐
          @longreads@mastodon.world

          "I never asked Auntie Zou why all the books were torn, without title pages and back pages. In those days, asking too many questions could get you in trouble."

          Zhang Er for China Books Review: chinabooksreview.com/2026/07/2

            [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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            MUMMER. The mouth.

            A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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            @histodons

            Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): MUMMER. The mouth. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): MUMMER. The mouth. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

              [?]vga256 » 🌐
              @vga256@mastodon.tomodori.net

              this book so much fun. i first heard of this classic macintosh modding book years ago when i was looking for a way of running my color classic in 640x480. the homepage was roughly translated japanese which briefly mentioned its source: Doping Mac. if you've heard the words "takky" or "mystic" before in the mac world, this is where they got published.

              i’m delighted to learn that the book is almost like the annals of the mac mod club - true devotees of the architecture who wanted to push their machines as aesthetically and electronically as far as they could go, and have fun doing it. the book’s presentation is gorgeous.

              (side note: this was my first experience using Buyee. because this was a $5 “junk” book (probably due to a mild mildewy smell), i had nothing to lose. it took about a month to arrive, and had some corner damage from improper packing - but i couldn’t be happier with it.)

              The front cover of doping mac: macintosh tune up guide book. It shows a manga illustration of three people in lab coats staring and pointing at a gigantic mac se/30.

              Alt...The front cover of doping mac: macintosh tune up guide book. It shows a manga illustration of three people in lab coats staring and pointing at a gigantic mac se/30.

              An interior page showing six differently coloured mac color classics: lime lemon tangerine blood orange bubble gum sky blue

              Alt...An interior page showing six differently coloured mac color classics: lime lemon tangerine blood orange bubble gum sky blue

              An interior page showing a mac color classic, modded with a powerpc board, it is nicknamed “takky”

              Alt...An interior page showing a mac color classic, modded with a powerpc board, it is nicknamed “takky”

              A page showing over a dozen members of the macintosh modification club, proudly holding their macs for a group photo.

              Alt...A page showing over a dozen members of the macintosh modification club, proudly holding their macs for a group photo.

                [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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                How Geoffrey Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales” Defined Old English Literature

                Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales have come to define Old English literature and offer a unique window into life in medieval England.

                thecollector.com/chaucer-cante

                Chaucer at PG:

                gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?q

                Walter Appleton Clark created this illustration in 1904 for Percy MacKaye’s modern version of Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. The image shows a group of medieval pilgrims riding together on horseback. In the center, a heavy-set pilgrim wears a thick purple hooded habit with white trim and rides a large brown horse. To his right, a woman in a dark hat and a white wimple over a mauve dress rides alongside him. Next to her, a broad-faced man in dark clothes looks her way. On the left edge, someone in a bright yellow tunic and a large blue headwrap looks ahead. On the far right, a monk or friar rides with another companion.

                Alt...Walter Appleton Clark created this illustration in 1904 for Percy MacKaye’s modern version of Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. The image shows a group of medieval pilgrims riding together on horseback. In the center, a heavy-set pilgrim wears a thick purple hooded habit with white trim and rides a large brown horse. To his right, a woman in a dark hat and a white wimple over a mauve dress rides alongside him. Next to her, a broad-faced man in dark clothes looks her way. On the left edge, someone in a bright yellow tunic and a large blue headwrap looks ahead. On the far right, a monk or friar rides with another companion.

                  [?]Longreads » 🌐
                  @longreads@mastodon.world

                  "The man ground the glands of 10 cane toads into a paste, added lime water and ash, then boiled the mixture overnight."

                  The fascinating and mostly wrong history of the psychedelic toad: longreads.com/2026/08/04/psych

                    your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 boosted

                    [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
                    @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

                    Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin

                    Our July POTM looks at the life of Nobel Prize-winning crystallographer Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, who lived most of her adult life with rheumatoid arthritis.

                    by Elizabeth Wood

                    aip.org/library/ex-libris-univ

                    Quoted by Dorothy Hodgkin during her 1964 Nobel Prize Lecture, W. H. Bragg's "Concerning the Nature of Things" (Bragg's work influenced a young Dorothy Crowfoot to pursue science) is available on PG:
                    gutenberg.org/ebooks/79146

                    Dorothy Mary Hodgkin (12 May 1910 – 29 July 1994). Dorothy Mary Hodgkin is shown smiling, wearing a dark blazer and pearl necklace.

                    Alt...Dorothy Mary Hodgkin (12 May 1910 – 29 July 1994). Dorothy Mary Hodgkin is shown smiling, wearing a dark blazer and pearl necklace.

                      [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                      @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                      GOLD DROPPERS. Who drop a piece of gold, which they pick up in the presence of some unexperienced person, this they pretend to have found, and they invite him to a public house to partake of it: when there, comrades drop in, and propose cards, or some other game.

                      A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                      @histodons

                      Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GOLD DROPPERS. Who drop a piece of gold, which they pick up in the presence of some unexperienced person, this they pretend to have found, and they invite him to a public house to partake of it: when there, comrades drop in, and propose cards, or some other game. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                      Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GOLD DROPPERS. Who drop a piece of gold, which they pick up in the presence of some unexperienced person, this they pretend to have found, and they invite him to a public house to partake of it: when there, comrades drop in, and propose cards, or some other game. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                        [?]Longreads » 🌐
                        @longreads@mastodon.world

                        "Dubiously sourced accounts followed of Australians who died after drinking toad tea and a man supposedly being imprisoned in South America on toad-licking charges."

                        Read our excerpt of Kimon de Greef's THE EGO TRIP: longreads.com/2026/08/04/psych

                          [?]Paria sans portefeuille » 🌐
                          @PariaSansPortefeuille@jasette.facil.services

                          welcomes to discuss her book :
                          Taking to the Streets of Paris in the 21st Century

                          speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.

                          the book is available for free download here: taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon

                          @bookstodon @MusiqueNow

                            [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                            @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                            SNOOZING KEN. A brothel. The swell was spiced in a snoozing ken of his screens; the gentleman was robbed of his bank notes in a brothel.

                            A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                            @histodons

                            Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): SNOOZING KEN. A brothel. The swell was spiced in a snoozing ken of his screens; the gentleman was robbed of his bank notes in a brothel. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): SNOOZING KEN. A brothel. The swell was spiced in a snoozing ken of his screens; the gentleman was robbed of his bank notes in a brothel. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                              [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
                              @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

                              Ernest Hemingway’s Personal Library Contained Thousands of Books—Here Are Some of the Authors

                              From Shakespeare to Virginia Woolf, these are just a few of the legendary writers that lined Hemingway's bookshelves.

                              mentalfloss.com/literature/aut

                              All of these authors are at PG:

                              gutenberg.org/

                              This photo shows Ernest Hemingway in 1950. He appears older, with short gray hair and a white beard and mustache. A curved scar or scratch is visible on his forehead. He is dressed in a dark shirt and a burgundy vest or jacket.

                              Alt...This photo shows Ernest Hemingway in 1950. He appears older, with short gray hair and a white beard and mustache. A curved scar or scratch is visible on his forehead. He is dressed in a dark shirt and a burgundy vest or jacket.

                                [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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                                Jules Verne’s Empty Dream of Spaceflight

                                In “From the Earth to the Moon,” scientific advancement is treated as destiny — but no one quite asks why.

                                By: Malka Older

                                thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/jul

                                From the Earth to the Moon at PG:
                                gutenberg.org/ebooks/83

                                An original illustration by Henri de Montaut from the 1868 edition of Jules Verne’s “From the Earth to the Moon." Illustration depicting a segmented, cylindrical spacecraft/projectile traveling through starry space toward the Moon, which looms large in the upper left with detailed craters visible.

                                Alt...An original illustration by Henri de Montaut from the 1868 edition of Jules Verne’s “From the Earth to the Moon." Illustration depicting a segmented, cylindrical spacecraft/projectile traveling through starry space toward the Moon, which looms large in the upper left with detailed craters visible.

                                  Light boosted

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                                  Marvelous Marbled Paper

                                  What is marbling? Marbling involves floating paints or pigments on a liquid bath and moving the paint around to create designs before laying down paper to pick up the patterns.

                                  by Allison Rein

                                  aip.org/library/ex-libris-univ

                                  Endpaper from a book published in Scotland in 1842. Encyclopedia Britannica 7th edition. A traditional marbled paper, featuring swirling patterns of red, gold, dark green, and blue-gray with white speckled dots throughout, created using the technique of floating colored inks/paints on water and transferring the pattern to paper.

                                  Alt...Endpaper from a book published in Scotland in 1842. Encyclopedia Britannica 7th edition. A traditional marbled paper, featuring swirling patterns of red, gold, dark green, and blue-gray with white speckled dots throughout, created using the technique of floating colored inks/paints on water and transferring the pattern to paper.

                                    [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                    @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                    RING. A circle formed for boxers, wrestlers, and cudgel-players, by a man styled Vinegar; who goes round the circle, striking at random with his whip to prevent the populace from crowding in.

                                    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                    @histodons

                                    Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): RING. A circle formed for boxers, wrestlers, and cudgel-players, by a man styled Vinegar; who goes round the circle, striking at random with his whip to prevent the populace from crowding in. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): RING. A circle formed for boxers, wrestlers, and cudgel-players, by a man styled Vinegar; who goes round the circle, striking at random with his whip to prevent the populace from crowding in. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                      [?]Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm: » 🌐
                                      @markwyner@mas.to

                                      August is Black Business Month. Here’s a great opportunity to support a Black-owned business…

                                      Do you use Goodreads? If so, you can migrate to @thestorygraph. You can even import all of your Goodreads data.

                                      Nadia Odunayo is the founder and sole developer. Together with her small team, they’re making a great product that’s slowly improving over time.

                                      So go support Nadia and co. instead of a fascist billionaire.

                                      thestorygraph.com

                                        [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                        @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                        CRANK. Gin and water; also, brisk, pert.

                                        A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                        @histodons

                                        Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CRANK. Gin and water; also, brisk, pert. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                        Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CRANK. Gin and water; also, brisk, pert. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                          [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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                                          5 Timeless Historical Fiction Books to Read After the ‘Odyssey’

                                          These classic tales of fictionalized history are able to stand the test of time.

                                          mentalfloss.com/literature/boo

                                          "A Tale of Two Cities"

                                          gutenberg.org/ebooks/98

                                          "Les Misérables"

                                          gutenberg.org/ebooks/135

                                          "War and Peace"

                                          gutenberg.org/ebooks/2600

                                          This illustration by François-Louis Schmied was created for Homer's "Odyssey." It shows Odysseus meeting the Phaeacian princess Nausicaa on the shore of Scheria. Odysseus is naked and kneeling, holding an olive branch in his right hand and raising his left hand. Nausicaa stands in the center with a tall staff or walking spear. She appears unafraid of Odysseus, while three of her maids stand close behind her.

                                          Alt...This illustration by François-Louis Schmied was created for Homer's "Odyssey." It shows Odysseus meeting the Phaeacian princess Nausicaa on the shore of Scheria. Odysseus is naked and kneeling, holding an olive branch in his right hand and raising his left hand. Nausicaa stands in the center with a tall staff or walking spear. She appears unafraid of Odysseus, while three of her maids stand close behind her.

                                            [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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                                            Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera’s Blue House in Coyoacán Was a Refuge for Leon Trotsky... Until It Wasn‘t

                                            H. Keith Melton and Nigel West on Trotsky and Kahlo‘s Simmering Affair Amidst Political Turmoil

                                            lithub.com/frida-kahlo-and-die

                                            Kahlo with husband Diego Rivera in 1932 by Carl Van Vechten Kahlo is shown wearing a chunky beaded necklace and traditional-style dress, while Rivera stands beside her smiling, dressed in a dark suit.

                                            Alt...Kahlo with husband Diego Rivera in 1932 by Carl Van Vechten Kahlo is shown wearing a chunky beaded necklace and traditional-style dress, while Rivera stands beside her smiling, dressed in a dark suit.

                                              [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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                                              Beatrix Potter's 160 years of Lake District legacy

                                              For many readers, Beatrix Potter's classic children's books provide their very first introduction to this iconic landscape. Marking 160 years since her birth, her enduring legacy in her beloved Cumbria continues to be celebrated.

                                              by Federica Bedendo, Mike Zeller, and Joshua Steer

                                              bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crk52l

                                              Books by Beatrix Potter at PG:
                                              gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/292

                                              Beatrix Potter in 1913. This is a photograph of author and illustrator Beatrix Potter, shown standing outside near a stone doorway and window, dressed in a long dark skirt, jacket, and holding a wide-brimmed hat in her hands.

                                              Alt...Beatrix Potter in 1913. This is a photograph of author and illustrator Beatrix Potter, shown standing outside near a stone doorway and window, dressed in a long dark skirt, jacket, and holding a wide-brimmed hat in her hands.

                                                [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                BEVER. An afternoon's luncheon; also a fine hat; beaver's fur making the best hats.

                                                A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                @histodons

                                                Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BEVER. An afternoon's luncheon; also a fine hat; beaver's fur making the best hats. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BEVER. An afternoon's luncheon; also a fine hat; beaver's fur making the best hats. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                  [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                  @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                  BEGGAR MAKER. A publican, or ale-house keeper.

                                                  A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                  @histodons

                                                  Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BEGGAR MAKER. A publican, or ale-house keeper. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                  Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BEGGAR MAKER. A publican, or ale-house keeper. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                    Reading by ear: how audiobooks can help people with phonological dyslexia to enjoy books

                                                    by Nadina Gómez Merino

                                                    Listening to stories can remove the ‘decoding’ process that dyslexia sufferers struggle with.

                                                    theconversation.com/reading-by

                                                    Free public domain audiobooks at LibriVox:
                                                    librivox.org/

                                                    Cover art for 'Mine and Thine', a collection of poetry written by Florence Earle Coates. This is a LibriVox audiobook cover for "Mine and Thine" by Florence Earle Coates, featuring a sepia-toned portrait photograph of the author in Victorian-era dress with a necklace, alongside a handwritten excerpt of one of her poems and her signature on the left side.

                                                    Alt...Cover art for 'Mine and Thine', a collection of poetry written by Florence Earle Coates. This is a LibriVox audiobook cover for "Mine and Thine" by Florence Earle Coates, featuring a sepia-toned portrait photograph of the author in Victorian-era dress with a necklace, alongside a handwritten excerpt of one of her poems and her signature on the left side.

                                                      [?]דער קערפער פֿון השם » 🌐
                                                      @dukepaaron@babka.social

                                                      "Following the -led attacks on , have described an increasingly hostile environment in traditional . In fact, the number of marketed as Jewish have declined over the past three years — pointing to either fewer Jewish books, or fewer willing to market them as Jewish.

                                                      Even so, the demand for Jewish from Jewish readers has flourished, aided by The Matzah Ball’s and a she started called Jewish Joy.

                                                      “I think a reason why the community grew is because of what the romance genre itself offers the reader, which is basically happiness,” says , the author of two Jewish and a leader of Jewish Joy. “We’re going to give you that happily ever after, no matter the struggles and the obstacles and the difficulties that the character is facing. And I think we need that so much right now, especially as .”

                                                      forward.com/news/842360/these-

                                                        [?]Free Software Foundation » 🌐
                                                        @fsf@hostux.social

                                                        Calling all : the Shop has lots of great on , including how to use it! u.fsf.org/4bd

                                                          [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                          @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                          CHIMNEY CHOPS. An abusive appellation for a negro.

                                                          A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                          @histodons

                                                          Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CHIMNEY CHOPS. An abusive appellation for a negro. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CHIMNEY CHOPS. An abusive appellation for a negro. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                            [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                            @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                            GRINAGOG, THE CAT'S UNCLE. A foolish grinning fellow, one who grins without reason.

                                                            A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                            @histodons

                                                            Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GRINAGOG, THE CAT'S UNCLE. A foolish grinning fellow, one who grins without reason. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GRINAGOG, THE CAT'S UNCLE. A foolish grinning fellow, one who grins without reason. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                              [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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                                                              Ars Notoria and the Promise of Instant Knowledge

                                                              By Anne Lawrence-Mathers via @publicdomainrev

                                                              publicdomainreview.org/essay/a

                                                              Two figures related to the art of astronomy from a manuscript of the Ars notoria (NLI Ms. Yah. Var. 34), ca. 1550–1600. Each contains subordinate figures to be contemplated — while reciting accompanying prayers (orations) — in a prescribed sequence over time and with respect to the cardinal directions. Credits מאוסף הספרייה הלאומית

                                                              Alt...Two figures related to the art of astronomy from a manuscript of the Ars notoria (NLI Ms. Yah. Var. 34), ca. 1550–1600. Each contains subordinate figures to be contemplated — while reciting accompanying prayers (orations) — in a prescribed sequence over time and with respect to the cardinal directions. Credits מאוסף הספרייה הלאומית

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                                                                1,300+ Hand-Colored Wildlife Illustrations Now Available in The Naturalist’s Library Digital Archive

                                                                By Linnea Pejcha

                                                                Created by Sir William Jardine and published between 1833 and 1843, The Naturalist’s Library consists of over 40 volumes of information about local as well as foreign animals, ranging from hummingbirds to monkeys to quadrupeds.

                                                                mymodernmet.com/naturalists-li

                                                                The Naturalist's Library:
                                                                c82.net/naturalists-library/

                                                                Books about Zoology at PG:
                                                                gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/6

                                                                TROPICAL AMERICAN HUMMING-BIRDS The Animal World, A Book of Natural History Author: Theodore Wood Editor: Ernest Ingersoll An illustration plate showing eight different species of hummingbirds, each perched on small branches with leaves, displaying a variety of plumage colors and patterns.

                                                                Alt...TROPICAL AMERICAN HUMMING-BIRDS The Animal World, A Book of Natural History Author: Theodore Wood Editor: Ernest Ingersoll An illustration plate showing eight different species of hummingbirds, each perched on small branches with leaves, displaying a variety of plumage colors and patterns.

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                                                                  [?]teresa_athome » 🌐
                                                                  @teresa_athome@mastodon.online

                                                                  @kurtsh @mookie
                                                                  I reread many books multiple times. Here are four that I've read many times.
                                                                  1. Hogfather Terry Pratchett
                                                                  2. Catch-22 Joseph Heller
                                                                  3. The Last Coin James P. Blaylock
                                                                  4. The Doomsday Book Connie Wells

                                                                  And one more
                                                                  The 1956 Betty Crocker Cookbook
                                                                  I've read it cover to cover at least twice, but have opened and referenced recipes from it regularly for 60 some odd years. Not a novel, but a well loved book nonetheless.

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                                                                    [?]David Zaslavsky » 🌐
                                                                    @diazona@techhub.social

                                                                    @mookie Like most people I've got a bunch, but here are some of the ones I most want to share:

                                                                    1. Balanced on the Blade's Edge by Lindsay Buroker
                                                                    2. The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
                                                                    3. The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
                                                                    4. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

                                                                    with some notes:
                                                                    1. The whole Dragon Blood series that starts with Balanced on the Blade's Edge, and the followup series Heritage of Power, are my favorite books and I will reread them all the time
                                                                    2. I've made multiple passes through the first half-ish of the Wheel of Time series, but it's a chonker and I only made it all the way to the end once
                                                                    3. Of course LOTR as well, but everyone is naming that

                                                                      [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                      GO, THE. The dash. The mode. He is quite the go, he is quite varment, he is prime, he is bang up, are synonimous expressions.

                                                                      A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                      @histodons

                                                                      Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GO, THE. The dash. The mode. He is quite the go, he is quite varment, he is prime, he is bang up, are synonimous expressions. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                      Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GO, THE. The dash. The mode. He is quite the go, he is quite varment, he is prime, he is bang up, are synonimous expressions. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                        [?]Ed [he/him/his] » 🌐
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                                                                        Good job, @404mediaco !

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                                                                          [?]steve mookie kong » 🌐
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                                                                          Sat down to play some games and record gameplay for my YouTube channel, but got happily distracted by all the wonderful discussions on the Fediverse about books, watches, movies, privacy and games. The Fediverse is awesome and it's because of all you awesome folks on the Fediverse! Thanks y'all.


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                                                                            Yup! In multiple forms too -- including a reinterpretation.

                                                                            It's such a classic story -- and honestly, it's a short read so worth a read .

                                                                            The first time I read it was as a reinterpretation. A friend of author Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park) thought Beowulf was boring and challenged Crichton to make it exciting. Crichton wrote the book Eaters of the Dead based on the challenge and the book follows the story of Beowulf, but from the point of view of a third party. The book was later made into the movie 13th Warrior starring Antonio Banderas as that third party.

                                                                            In university, I took an English course where I read Beowulf in the original language, Old English (aka Anglo-Saxon) in its original format: Verse (aka a poem). It's great!

                                                                            Because Beowulf is written in Old English, it has many translations. The translation into verse by Burton Raffel is particularly good. But the best verse translation into Modern English is by Seamus Heaney the book contains the Old English version right next to the new English translation.

                                                                            I've read multiple prose translations. The best prose translation of Beowulf is Donaldson's and worth a read if it's your first time reading. Beowulf was also translated into prose by J.R.R. Tolkien.

                                                                            If you can't tell, I love this story and think everyone should read it at lease once.


                                                                              [?]דער קערפער פֿון השם » 🌐
                                                                              @dukepaaron@babka.social

                                                                              More on Meg Keane's upcoming publishing imprint.

                                                                              "Over the next year, will release four to six that she and the founders of believe will elevate voices and reconstruct a bygone communal Jewish conversation. She will also edit a forthcoming designed to shape the Jewish -buying audience.

                                                                              "My goal is to make Jewish feel really cool,” told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

                                                                              “I’m planning to acquire books across genres — male , female authors, , , literary — you know, the works,” she added. “I also intend to put everything I have behind each book, and sort of ask the Jewish community to support these books and make the case for them.”

                                                                              timesofisrael.com/feeling-excl

                                                                                [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                FINGER IN EYE. To put finger in eye; to weep: commonly applied to women. The more you cry the less you'll p-ss; a consolatory speech used by sailors to their doxies. It is as great a pity to see a woman cry, as to see a goose walk barefoot; another of the same kind.

                                                                                A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                --
                                                                                @histodons

                                                                                Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): FINGER IN EYE. To put finger in eye; to weep: commonly applied to women. The more you cry the less you'll p-ss; a consolatory speech used by sailors to their doxies. It is as great a pity to see a woman cry, as to see a goose walk barefoot; another of the same kind. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): FINGER IN EYE. To put finger in eye; to weep: commonly applied to women. The more you cry the less you'll p-ss; a consolatory speech used by sailors to their doxies. It is as great a pity to see a woman cry, as to see a goose walk barefoot; another of the same kind. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                  How Shakespeare and his contemporaries used music to rouse emotions

                                                                                  by Shirley Bell

                                                                                  Shakespeare used music in a multitude of ways to delight, amuse, relax, confuse and frighten his audiences.

                                                                                  theconversation.com/how-shakes

                                                                                  Books by Shakespeare at PG:
                                                                                  gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65

                                                                                  The Chandos portrait, likely depicting Shakespeare, c. 1611 It shows Shakespeare with a receding hairline, dark curly hair, a gold hoop earring, mustache and small beard, wearing a black doublet with a white collar against a dark background.

                                                                                  Alt...The Chandos portrait, likely depicting Shakespeare, c. 1611 It shows Shakespeare with a receding hairline, dark curly hair, a gold hoop earring, mustache and small beard, wearing a black doublet with a white collar against a dark background.

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                                                                                    DNA and Archeological Research Reveal the Overlooked History of Japan’s Women Warriors

                                                                                    By Sage Helene

                                                                                    mymodernmet.com/japan-women-sa

                                                                                    Books about Japanese fiction at PG:
                                                                                    gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/3

                                                                                    "Hangakujo". The female warrior samurai Hangaku Gozen by Yoshitoshi (1839-1892). From the series "Yoshitoshi mushaburui: A series of warriors by Yoshitoshi." Published in "The Floating world of Ukiyo-e," essays by Sandy Kita, New York, 2001, no. 72, p. 135. Exhibited at "The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows, dreams and substances," organized by the Library of Congress, 2001. A woodblock print depicting an onna-musha (female samurai warrior) mounted on a rearing white horse. She wears red and black lacquered armor with a quiver of arrows on her back, and holds a bow.

                                                                                    Alt..."Hangakujo". The female warrior samurai Hangaku Gozen by Yoshitoshi (1839-1892). From the series "Yoshitoshi mushaburui: A series of warriors by Yoshitoshi." Published in "The Floating world of Ukiyo-e," essays by Sandy Kita, New York, 2001, no. 72, p. 135. Exhibited at "The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows, dreams and substances," organized by the Library of Congress, 2001. A woodblock print depicting an onna-musha (female samurai warrior) mounted on a rearing white horse. She wears red and black lacquered armor with a quiver of arrows on her back, and holds a bow.

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                                                                                      BULLY. A cowardly fellow, who gives himself airs of great bravery. A bully huff cap; a hector. See HECTOR.

                                                                                      A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                      @histodons

                                                                                      Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BULLY. A cowardly fellow, who gives himself airs of great bravery. A bully huff cap; a hector. See HECTOR. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                      Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BULLY. A cowardly fellow, who gives himself airs of great bravery. A bully huff cap; a hector. See HECTOR. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                        [?]steve mookie kong » 🌐
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                                                                                        What are four books you’ve read multiple times?

                                                                                        Mine are:

                                                                                        • Beowulf by Unknown Author
                                                                                        • Dune by Frank Herbert
                                                                                        • Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
                                                                                        • The Martian by Andy Weir

                                                                                          [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                          @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                                                          CUR. A cut or curtailed dog. According to the forest laws, a man who had no right to the privilege of the chase, was obliged to cut or law his dog: among other modes of disabling him, one was by depriving him of his tail: a dog so cut was called a cut or curtailed dog.

                                                                                          A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                          --
                                                                                          @histodons

                                                                                          Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CUR. A cut or curtailed dog. According to the forest laws, a man who had no right to the privilege of the chase, was obliged to cut or law his dog: among other modes of disabling him, one was by depriving him of his tail: a dog so cut was called a cut or curtailed dog. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CUR. A cut or curtailed dog. According to the forest laws, a man who had no right to the privilege of the chase, was obliged to cut or law his dog: among other modes of disabling him, one was by depriving him of his tail: a dog so cut was called a cut or curtailed dog. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                            [?]MDMRN » 🌐
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                                                                                            New Read - Wolverine: Old Man Logan

                                                                                            Ho. Lee. Shit.

                                                                                            I finally got around to reading Wolverine: Old Man Logan on vacation and it was...a lot.

                                                                                            For those who don't know, the story is set in a future version of the Marvel universe where all the super villains banded together, selectively targeting the heroes, and took over the world.

                                                                                            Logan AKA Wolverine has survived and is living largely unnoticed in California with a wife and two kids, not using his powers anymore and running a farm, in a land ruled by the Hulk who had fully lost all sense of reality and had a bunch of Hulk kids. He needs the money, so he helps out a now fully blind Hawkeye on a cross-country journey to hopefully pay off his debt to the Hulk family.

                                                                                            It has tons of world building, but it's seamlessly part of the plot. The way they show what happened to so many characters and how Logan got to the state he was in, was well done.

                                                                                            A lot of content warnings including graphic violence and references of incest as a fair warning. But, overall, it's a well crafted and dark story.

                                                                                            Photograph of Wolverine: Old Man Logan. The upper part of the cover is a white background with an older Wolverine showing his claws, but blood is coming out of them. The lower part has the title with a red background.

                                                                                            Alt...Photograph of Wolverine: Old Man Logan. The upper part of the cover is a white background with an older Wolverine showing his claws, but blood is coming out of them. The lower part has the title with a red background.

                                                                                              [?]דער קערפער פֿון השם » 🌐
                                                                                              @dukepaaron@babka.social

                                                                                              "When walks into , Metro ’s beloved used and sale, he is not just browsing for something interesting to . He is hunting for history, often tucked between stained pages, spiral bindings and for , or “Aunt Rose’s .”

                                                                                              For Dan, a longtime collector with deep roots in the world of , community are more than kitchen guides. They are records of Jewish life: where people lived, what they ate, how they adapted, what organizations they built and how communities preserved memory through .

                                                                                              As a child, Dan’s father collected books, opening a door to a world Dan might otherwise never have encountered. “I met and through him that I never would have met,” he explained, “so I got a peek into that world when I was pretty young.”

                                                                                              That early exposure eventually grew into a wide-ranging passion for books and ephemera, and, over time, cookbooks."

                                                                                              thejewishnews.com/community/me

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                                                                                                The 32 Most Iconic Poems in the English Language

                                                                                                Plus Some Bonus Poems, Because We Love You

                                                                                                by Emily Temple (from the archives)

                                                                                                lithub.com/the-32-most-iconic-

                                                                                                Books in Poetry at PG:
                                                                                                gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf

                                                                                                Title: Poetry of the Supernatural Author: Various A black-and-white pen-and-ink illustration, showing two robed, ghostly or tree-spirit-like figures standing among gnarled trees in a dark forest.

                                                                                                Alt...Title: Poetry of the Supernatural Author: Various A black-and-white pen-and-ink illustration, showing two robed, ghostly or tree-spirit-like figures standing among gnarled trees in a dark forest.

                                                                                                  [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                  FAM LAY. Going into a goldsmith's shop, under pretence of buying a wedding ring, and palming one or two, by daubing the hand with some viscous matter.

                                                                                                  A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                  @histodons

                                                                                                  Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): FAM LAY. Going into a goldsmith's shop, under pretence of buying a wedding ring, and palming one or two, by daubing the hand with some viscous matter. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                  Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): FAM LAY. Going into a goldsmith's shop, under pretence of buying a wedding ring, and palming one or two, by daubing the hand with some viscous matter. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                    [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                                    @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                                                                    Hi!, I'm a bot posting selections from Francis Grose’s 1785 “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue”, a compilation of slang terms, the coded language of the underclass and the demi-monde.

                                                                                                    [18th-century-content warning: possible racism, animal cruelty, homophobia, sexism, slut-shaming. Let me know of any problems.]

                                                                                                    Montage of dictionary items posted by this account

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                                                                                                      [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                      TO LEAK. To make water.

                                                                                                      A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                      @histodons

                                                                                                      Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO LEAK. To make water. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                      Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO LEAK. To make water. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                        [?]דער קערפער פֿון השם » 🌐
                                                                                                        @dukepaaron@babka.social

                                                                                                        This. Build our own institutions. They'll succeed.

                                                                                                        " is the eponymous tastemaker at the helm of a new within , a 5-year-old that has released mostly that leans right.

                                                                                                        will release four to six over the next year that she and ’s founders believe will elevate voices and reconstruct a bygone communal Jewish conversation. She’ll also edit a forthcoming designed to shape the Jewish -buying audience.

                                                                                                        “My goal is to make Jewish feel really cool,” Keene told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

                                                                                                        “I’m planning to acquire books across genres — male authors, female authors, romance, thriller, literary fiction — you know, the works,” she added. “I also intend to put everything I have behind each book, and sort of ask the Jewish community to support these books and make the case for them.”

                                                                                                        jta.org/2026/07/28/culture/fee

                                                                                                          [?]דער קערפער פֿון השם » 🌐
                                                                                                          @dukepaaron@babka.social

                                                                                                          "For more than two decades, has mailed free to families around the world. Today, it distributes roughly 670,000 monthly in more than 40 countries. According to , the organization’s director of books, those stories have historically reflected a familiar slice of Jewish life.

                                                                                                          “There are just a lot of out there—a lot of stories about , the and immigration from Eastern ,” said. “Those are all really important stories. But we saw gaps. It was kind of obvious.”

                                                                                                          The Stories Initiative intends to fill those gaps, bringing together Sephardic and for a year of workshops, editorial mentorship and critique from their peers."

                                                                                                          forward.com/culture/841487/pj-

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                                                                                                            Beatrix Potter was obsessed with fungi – and she was quite the naturalist

                                                                                                            by Joni Wildman

                                                                                                            Her illustrations remain beautiful works of art, but they also show how the best natural history drawings make us notice things we might otherwise miss.

                                                                                                            theconversation.com/beatrix-po

                                                                                                            Books by Beatrix Potter at PG:
                                                                                                            gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/292

                                                                                                            Title: The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse Author: Beatrix Potter Illustration showing an anthropomorphic mouse dressed in a pink-and-white striped garment, peeking out from a small doorway surrounded by round green leaves (like nasturtiums).

                                                                                                            Alt...Title: The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse Author: Beatrix Potter Illustration showing an anthropomorphic mouse dressed in a pink-and-white striped garment, peeking out from a small doorway surrounded by round green leaves (like nasturtiums).

                                                                                                            Title: The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse Author: Beatrix Potter Illustration showing a small brown field mouse standing upright, nibbling on a bit of foliage beside a large ripe strawberry that appears sliced open, with more strawberries and greenery in the background.

                                                                                                            Alt...Title: The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse Author: Beatrix Potter Illustration showing a small brown field mouse standing upright, nibbling on a bit of foliage beside a large ripe strawberry that appears sliced open, with more strawberries and greenery in the background.

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                                                                                                              Christopher Marlowe: alienated skeptic, government spy, counterfeiter, dead at 29. Shakespeare's debt to the man was simply inestimable.

                                                                                                              By Brooke Allen

                                                                                                              hudsonreview.com/2026/07/renai

                                                                                                              Books by Christopher Marlowe at PG:
                                                                                                              gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/410

                                                                                                              Anonymous portrait, possibly of Marlowe, at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Marlowe is shown with long, wavy auburn hair, a white ruffled collar, and an ornate black doublet with gold buttons and slashed orange-red decoration. The Latin motto "Quod me nutrit me destruit" ("That which nourishes me destroys me") appears in the upper left corner

                                                                                                              Alt...Anonymous portrait, possibly of Marlowe, at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Marlowe is shown with long, wavy auburn hair, a white ruffled collar, and an ornate black doublet with gold buttons and slashed orange-red decoration. The Latin motto "Quod me nutrit me destruit" ("That which nourishes me destroys me") appears in the upper left corner

                                                                                                                [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                NOTE. He changed his note; he told another sort of a story.

                                                                                                                A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                @histodons

                                                                                                                Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): NOTE. He changed his note; he told another sort of a story. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): NOTE. He changed his note; he told another sort of a story. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                  [?]steve mookie kong » 🌐
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                                                                                                                  “That’s Captain Torgaddon,” Torgaddon replied. “If I insulted you, in any way, let me assure you, I meant to.” Horus Rising by Dan Abnett.


                                                                                                                    [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                    BELCHER. A red silk handkerchief, intermixed with yellow and a little black. The kiddey flashes his belcher; the young fellow wears a silk handkerchief round his neck.

                                                                                                                    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                    @histodons

                                                                                                                    Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BELCHER. A red silk handkerchief, intermixed with yellow and a little black. The kiddey flashes his belcher; the young fellow wears a silk handkerchief round his neck. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BELCHER. A red silk handkerchief, intermixed with yellow and a little black. The kiddey flashes his belcher; the young fellow wears a silk handkerchief round his neck. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                      Beyond Greece and Rome

                                                                                                                      A dramatic shift in perspective is producing a much bigger, broader and more exciting view of ‘the ancient world’

                                                                                                                      by Carlos Noreña

                                                                                                                      aeon.co/essays/uncovering-a-gl

                                                                                                                      Books about Ancient World at PG:
                                                                                                                      gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?q

                                                                                                                      Myths of Greece and Rome Author: H. A. Guerber This is an old historical map of ancient Greece and the surrounding Aegean region, showing Epirus, Macedonia, Thrace, the Greek mainland, and various islands (including Crete at the bottom), bordered by the Mediterranean and Euxine (Black) Sea. It includes an inset map showing the "Vicinity of Rome" in the lower left corner.

                                                                                                                      Alt...Myths of Greece and Rome Author: H. A. Guerber This is an old historical map of ancient Greece and the surrounding Aegean region, showing Epirus, Macedonia, Thrace, the Greek mainland, and various islands (including Crete at the bottom), bordered by the Mediterranean and Euxine (Black) Sea. It includes an inset map showing the "Vicinity of Rome" in the lower left corner.

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                                                                                                                        What Barriers Do Women in Science Face When Trying to Publish?

                                                                                                                        Jennifer Rubin Grandis on Confronting Systemic Bias in Academic Publishing

                                                                                                                        lithub.com/what-barriers-do-wo

                                                                                                                        Books in Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics at PG:
                                                                                                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf

                                                                                                                        Austrian-Swedish physicist Lise Meitner. She's shown mid-lecture, smiling, with lab equipment and what appears to be a molecular model visible on the table in front of her.

                                                                                                                        Alt...Austrian-Swedish physicist Lise Meitner. She's shown mid-lecture, smiling, with lab equipment and what appears to be a molecular model visible on the table in front of her.

                                                                                                                        English mathematician and computer programmer Ada Lovelace. Ada Lovelace is shown in three-quarter profile, wearing a purple and white gown with a black lace shawl draped over her shoulders and head, decorated with dark floral trim. Her hair is styled with ringlets and adorned with gold and dark floral hairpieces. She wears white gloves and holds a small fan or baton in one hand.

                                                                                                                        Alt...English mathematician and computer programmer Ada Lovelace. Ada Lovelace is shown in three-quarter profile, wearing a purple and white gown with a black lace shawl draped over her shoulders and head, decorated with dark floral trim. Her hair is styled with ringlets and adorned with gold and dark floral hairpieces. She wears white gloves and holds a small fan or baton in one hand.

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                                                                                                                          JARVIS. A hackney coachman.

                                                                                                                          A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                          @histodons

                                                                                                                          Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): JARVIS. A hackney coachman. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): JARVIS. A hackney coachman. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                            [?]דער קערפער פֿון השם » 🌐
                                                                                                                            @dukepaaron@babka.social

                                                                                                                            "Most people spend their later years looking back. has spent his reinventing himself.

                                                                                                                            The businessman became a . The philanthropist discovered children’s and created . In his late 80s, he became a sculptor after a cherry tree fell in his yard.

                                                                                                                            Now, as he turns 97, is reflecting on the unexpected pivots that have defined both his life and his approach to Jewish giving.

                                                                                                                            Known for innovative programs like PJ Library — which engages young Jewish families with monthly deliveries of age-appropriate and — and his eponymous foundation have focused on programs that, in the spirit of the real estate business that made his fortune, build Jewish habits, institutions and relationships that he hopes will outlast him."

                                                                                                                            jta.org/2026/07/27/culture/the

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                                                                                                                              DOWSER. Vulgar pronunciation of DOUCEUR.

                                                                                                                              A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                              @histodons

                                                                                                                              Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DOWSER. Vulgar pronunciation of DOUCEUR. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                              Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DOWSER. Vulgar pronunciation of DOUCEUR. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                The Secret Lives of Insects

                                                                                                                                Can fruit flies have dialects? Can dung beetles navigate by the stars? Find surprising answers in this collection of stories about bugs and people.

                                                                                                                                By: The Editors

                                                                                                                                daily.jstor.org/the-secret-liv

                                                                                                                                La vie des abeilles & The Life of the Bee by Maurice Maeterlinck
                                                                                                                                gutenberg.org/ebooks/38527
                                                                                                                                gutenberg.org/ebooks/4511

                                                                                                                                Locusts in the fifteenth century Illustration from the Nuremberg Chronicle, by Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514) It shows several large, stylized flying locusts with detailed wings and legs, colored in green, gold, and gray tones, hovering over grassy terrain.

                                                                                                                                Alt...Locusts in the fifteenth century Illustration from the Nuremberg Chronicle, by Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514) It shows several large, stylized flying locusts with detailed wings and legs, colored in green, gold, and gray tones, hovering over grassy terrain.

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                                                                                                                                  On the Duplicitous Heroine in Wilkie Collins’s No Name

                                                                                                                                  Is Magdalen Vanstone a Detective Using Her Acting Skills or, by Victorian Standards,... a Criminal?

                                                                                                                                  by Olivia Rutigliano

                                                                                                                                  lithub.com/on-the-duplicitous-

                                                                                                                                  No Name by Wilkie Collins at PG:
                                                                                                                                  gutenberg.org/ebooks/1438

                                                                                                                                  Charles Sillem Lidderdale - A Girl's Head A Victorian portrait of a young woman in profile, wearing a light bonnet trimmed with blue ribbon and lace, a gold drop earring, and a black cloak over a floral-patterned blue dress, set against a soft woodland background.

                                                                                                                                  Alt...Charles Sillem Lidderdale - A Girl's Head A Victorian portrait of a young woman in profile, wearing a light bonnet trimmed with blue ribbon and lace, a gold drop earring, and a black cloak over a floral-patterned blue dress, set against a soft woodland background.

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                                                                                                                                    TO CLIP. To hug or embrace: to clip and cling. To clip the coin; to diminish the current coin. To clip the king's English; to be unable to speak plain through drunkenness.

                                                                                                                                    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                    Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO CLIP. To hug or embrace: to clip and cling. To clip the coin; to diminish the current coin. To clip the king's English; to be unable to speak plain through drunkenness. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO CLIP. To hug or embrace: to clip and cling. To clip the coin; to diminish the current coin. To clip the king's English; to be unable to speak plain through drunkenness. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                      LARB Radio Hour welcomes , author of : Neo-Aristocrats, , Utopians, and the Long Fight Against Equality in America

                                                                                                                                      "Phillips-Fein examines a powerful countertradition that has challenged our well-mythologized national ideal of equality from the United States's founding to today."

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                                                                                                                                      text: LISTEN NOW! Kim Phillips-Fein image: photo of author Kim Phillips-Fein

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                                                                                                                                        If you're as like me, old are a treasure

                                                                                                                                        But if you're a gluttonous entity that has no concern for anything but strip mining human existence to monetize it and sell it back to us in a manipulated articificial form; to make us dependent, not physically like most schemes, but cognitively, socially...

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                                                                                                                                          USED UP. Killed: a military saying, originating from a message sent by the late General Guise, on the expedition at Carthagena, where he desired the commander in chief to order him some more grenadiers, for those he had were all used up.

                                                                                                                                          A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                          Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): USED UP. Killed: a military saying, originating from a message sent by the late General Guise, on the expedition at Carthagena, where he desired the commander in chief to order him some more grenadiers, for those he had were all used up. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): USED UP. Killed: a military saying, originating from a message sent by the late General Guise, on the expedition at Carthagena, where he desired the commander in chief to order him some more grenadiers, for those he had were all used up. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                            8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms

                                                                                                                                            Historically, female writers have faced barriers to publication and prejudicial attitudes, leading some to adopt male pseudonyms.

                                                                                                                                            thecollector.com/famous-women-

                                                                                                                                            6 of these writers are at PG:

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                                                                                                                                            George Eliot

                                                                                                                                            This painting by François d'Albert-Durade shows George Eliot from the waist up, her body turned slightly to the right. She has a long nose and blue eyes. Her brown hair is parted in the middle and covers her ears. She wears a dark black jacket or coat with a criss-cross pattern over a white frilly blouse.

                                                                                                                                            Alt...This painting by François d'Albert-Durade shows George Eliot from the waist up, her body turned slightly to the right. She has a long nose and blue eyes. Her brown hair is parted in the middle and covers her ears. She wears a dark black jacket or coat with a criss-cross pattern over a white frilly blouse.

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                                                                                                                                              An Integral Part of the Story: A Short History of Short Fiction by American Women

                                                                                                                                              Arielle Zibrak Explores the Diverse Literary Landscape of 19th- and Early 20th-Century Female Writers in the United States (from the archives)

                                                                                                                                              lithub.com/an-integral-part-of

                                                                                                                                              Books in Short Stories at PG:
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                                                                                                                                              Cover image of Five Minute Stories Author: Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards Illustrator: Etheldred B. Barry Albertine Randall Wheelan It is showing an illustration of a woman in a dark flowing dress sitting beside a child in a nightgown standing at a crib, set against a green fleur-de-lis patterned background.

                                                                                                                                              Alt...Cover image of Five Minute Stories Author: Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards Illustrator: Etheldred B. Barry Albertine Randall Wheelan It is showing an illustration of a woman in a dark flowing dress sitting beside a child in a nightgown standing at a crib, set against a green fleur-de-lis patterned background.

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                                                                                                                                                The savage bites back

                                                                                                                                                Rooted in Brazilian modernism, anthropophagy devours and transforms culture, subverting colonial fears of cannibalism

                                                                                                                                                by Sofia Cándano

                                                                                                                                                aeon.co/essays/anthropophagy-a

                                                                                                                                                Pau Brasil, written by Oswald de Andrade and illustrated by Tarsila do Amaral is being proofeed by @DProofreaders and it will be published pretty soon by PG.

                                                                                                                                                Abaporu, by Tarsila do Amaral. The original painting is on display at the Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires. It depicts a distorted, monumental figure with an enormous foot and small head resting on hand, seated on green ground against a blue sky with a stylized yellow sun and a cactus.

                                                                                                                                                Alt...Abaporu, by Tarsila do Amaral. The original painting is on display at the Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires. It depicts a distorted, monumental figure with an enormous foot and small head resting on hand, seated on green ground against a blue sky with a stylized yellow sun and a cactus.

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                                                                                                                                                  CLOUTED SHOON. Shoes tipped with iron.

                                                                                                                                                  A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                  Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CLOUTED SHOON. Shoes tipped with iron. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                  Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CLOUTED SHOON. Shoes tipped with iron. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                    My book is 30-50 feral hogs.

                                                                                                                                                    Marko Kloos says "Don't fret about your Amazon reviews. I just got a three-star review because my novel isn't a 36 count of Jimmy Dean sausages." Shows a 3 star review of Corvus by Marko Kloos which reads "Hello why can't I get the 36 pack of Jimmy Dean sauceages any more from the amazong? This web sight is sobbroin why isn't any help? hello?"

                                                                                                                                                    Alt...Marko Kloos says "Don't fret about your Amazon reviews. I just got a three-star review because my novel isn't a 36 count of Jimmy Dean sausages." Shows a 3 star review of Corvus by Marko Kloos which reads "Hello why can't I get the 36 pack of Jimmy Dean sauceages any more from the amazong? This web sight is sobbroin why isn't any help? hello?"

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                                                                                                                                                      BLIND CHEEKS. The breech. Buss blind cheeks; kiss mine arse.

                                                                                                                                                      A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                      Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BLIND CHEEKS. The breech. Buss blind cheeks; kiss mine arse. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BLIND CHEEKS. The breech. Buss blind cheeks; kiss mine arse. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                        How Jane Austen Blew a Hole Through the Romance Genre She Created

                                                                                                                                                        Catherine Cliff on Austen‘s Third Model of Spinsterhood: Being a Self-Made Woman

                                                                                                                                                        lithub.com/how-jane-austen-ble

                                                                                                                                                        "Emma" at PG:

                                                                                                                                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/158

                                                                                                                                                        Illustration for the Macmillan edition of Jane Austen's "Emma," Volume 2, Chapter 1. Emma and Harriet visit Miss Bates, who is delighted to read them the letter she has just received from her niece, Miss Fairfax, announcing that she is coming to spend some time at Highbury. "We had a letter this very morning"

                                                                                                                                                        Alt...Illustration for the Macmillan edition of Jane Austen's "Emma," Volume 2, Chapter 1. Emma and Harriet visit Miss Bates, who is delighted to read them the letter she has just received from her niece, Miss Fairfax, announcing that she is coming to spend some time at Highbury. "We had a letter this very morning"

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                                                                                                                                                          Homer Haunted, by Henry Power

                                                                                                                                                          Splendid literary criticism, dull politics

                                                                                                                                                          by Henry Oliver

                                                                                                                                                          commonreader.co.uk/p/homer-hau

                                                                                                                                                          The Iliad by Homer at PG:
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                                                                                                                                                          This is an ornate vintage book cover for "Homer's Iliad," featuring decorative gold leaf swirl designs on a brown leather-textured background, with the title "ILIAD" displayed in an illuminated-style banner at the top.

                                                                                                                                                          Alt...This is an ornate vintage book cover for "Homer's Iliad," featuring decorative gold leaf swirl designs on a brown leather-textured background, with the title "ILIAD" displayed in an illuminated-style banner at the top.

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                                                                                                                                                            Who Owns Women Detectives?

                                                                                                                                                            Now that Miss Marple and Nancy Drew’s early novels are entering the public domain, what comes next for them?

                                                                                                                                                            By Ellen O’Connell Whittet

                                                                                                                                                            lareviewofbooks.org/article/wo

                                                                                                                                                            Books by Carolyn Keene and Agatha Christie at PG:
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                                                                                                                                                            Book cover for "The Secret of the Old Clock," a Nancy Drew Mystery Story by Carolyn Keene, showing Nancy in a blue outfit walking through a wooded area with a tan bag over her shoulder.

                                                                                                                                                            Alt...Book cover for "The Secret of the Old Clock," a Nancy Drew Mystery Story by Carolyn Keene, showing Nancy in a blue outfit walking through a wooded area with a tan bag over her shoulder.

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                                                                                                                                                              BRUISER. A boxer; one skilled in the art of boxing - also an inferior workman among chasers.

                                                                                                                                                              A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                              Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BRUISER. A boxer; one skilled in the art of boxing - also an inferior workman among chasers. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                              Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BRUISER. A boxer; one skilled in the art of boxing - also an inferior workman among chasers. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                "Religion damned our species for thousands of years, from the lowest superstition to the highest conclaves of spiritual faith. It drove us to madness, to war, to murder, it hung upon us like a disease, like a shackle ball. I’ll tell you what religion was... No, you tell me. You, there?"

                                                                                                                                                                "‘Ignorance, sir."

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                                                                                                                                                                  GLIMMER. Fire. CANT.

                                                                                                                                                                  A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                  Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GLIMMER. Fire. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GLIMMER. Fire. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                    Who was Homer, author of the Odyssey?

                                                                                                                                                                    by Tom Hercules Davies

                                                                                                                                                                    theconversation.com/who-was-ho

                                                                                                                                                                    The Odyssey by Homer at PG:
                                                                                                                                                                    gutenberg.org/ebooks/1727

                                                                                                                                                                    Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hesiod at PG:
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                                                                                                                                                                    This is a book cover for "Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns and Homerica," featuring an image of an ancient Greek red-figure pottery design showing a ship with dolphins, set against a black background with the title in white text at top. Title: Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica Author: Hesiod Translator: Hugh G. Evelyn-White

                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...This is a book cover for "Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns and Homerica," featuring an image of an ancient Greek red-figure pottery design showing a ship with dolphins, set against a black background with the title in white text at top. Title: Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica Author: Hesiod Translator: Hugh G. Evelyn-White

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                                                                                                                                                                      AUTEM MORT. A married woman; also a female beggar with several children hired or borrowed to excite charity. CANT.

                                                                                                                                                                      A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                      Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): AUTEM MORT. A married woman; also a female beggar with several children hired or borrowed to excite charity. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): AUTEM MORT. A married woman; also a female beggar with several children hired or borrowed to excite charity. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                        @RickiTarr Some people need to read more.

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                                                                                                                                                                          "In September, Henry Holt & Company’s Metropolitan Books imprint will publish Khalil’s memoir, , giving readers a window into the 104 days he spent in , and the relationships he formed with his fellow inmates."

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                                                                                                                                                                            PIN. In or to a merry pin; almost drunk: allusion to a sort of tankard, used in the north, having silver pegs or pins set at equal distances from the top to the bottom:every person drinking out of one of these tankards, was to swallow the quantity contained between two pins.

                                                                                                                                                                            A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                            Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): PIN. In or to a merry pin; almost drunk: allusion to a sort of tankard, used in the north, having silver pegs or pins set at equal distances from the top to the bottom:every person drinking out of one of these tankards, was to swallow the quantity contained between two pins. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): PIN. In or to a merry pin; almost drunk: allusion to a sort of tankard, used in the north, having silver pegs or pins set at equal distances from the top to the bottom:every person drinking out of one of these tankards, was to swallow the quantity contained between two pins. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                              6 Masterpieces by Henry James That Defined Modern Literature

                                                                                                                                                                              Why is Henry James known as the Master? Discover six of the novelist's greatest works, each laden with psychological complexity and tightly wrought prose.

                                                                                                                                                                              thecollector.com/henry-james-m

                                                                                                                                                                              James at PG:

                                                                                                                                                                              gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/113

                                                                                                                                                                              This 1922 painting by Annie Swynnerton shows Henry James from the waist up, turned to the left. He appears as a mature, bald man dressed in a high-collared white shirt, a dark necktie or cravat, and a black coat or waistcoat.

                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...This 1922 painting by Annie Swynnerton shows Henry James from the waist up, turned to the left. He appears as a mature, bald man dressed in a high-collared white shirt, a dark necktie or cravat, and a black coat or waistcoat.

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                                                                                                                                                                                How Medical Racism Impacted the Work of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston

                                                                                                                                                                                Jesse Waggoner on the Harlem Renaissance's Contributions to Modern Disability Rights

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                                                                                                                                                                                Books by Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston at PG:
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                                                                                                                                                                                Langston Hughes at Tuskegee Institute with Jessie Fauset (left) and Zora Neale Hurston, 1927. Langston Hughes stands with writers Jessie Fauset (left) and Zora Neale Hurston (right) at Tuskegee Institute, in front of the Booker T. Washington statue, one year after Hughes published his first book. Black-and-white photo, all three dressed formally.

                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...Langston Hughes at Tuskegee Institute with Jessie Fauset (left) and Zora Neale Hurston, 1927. Langston Hughes stands with writers Jessie Fauset (left) and Zora Neale Hurston (right) at Tuskegee Institute, in front of the Booker T. Washington statue, one year after Hughes published his first book. Black-and-white photo, all three dressed formally.

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                                                                                                                                                                                  Does anybody else have a bunch of used book shops in their dream world?

                                                                                                                                                                                  I have several that I recognize from one dream to another, although they're not based on anything in reality.

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                                                                                                                                                                                    The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a classical work of Chinese literature by Luo Ganzhong, written in the 14th century CE, describes an all-out civil war between the kingdoms of Wu, Shu and Wei, spanning several decades of the 2nd century CE.

                                                                                                                                                                                    Featuring a cast of thousands of characters, the book felt incredibly repetitive to me. Rather than a typical Western-style plot, it's a never-ending series of battles, military maneuvers, ruses and defeats. It has its moments, though.

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                                                                                                                                                                                      "The Missing Thread" by Daisy Dunn shows how women shaped the history of the ancient Greeks and Romans. The book does not make an empowering argument for proto-feminism: these societies are strongly anti-women, and there's nothing that could be described as a women's movement.

                                                                                                                                                                                      Rather, the book shows how a few women, with the odds stacked firmly against them, still manage to exert power and influence, independently of each other. It's a fascinating way to look at this part of history.

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                                                                                                                                                                                        On Alt Text Image Description as Literary Practice

                                                                                                                                                                                        M. Leona Godin Considers the Mundane, Profound Act of Translating a Picture

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                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt-text as Poetry project:
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                                                                                                                                                                                        We see Pooh, still hanging from the balloon, nose to nose with some bees. Title: Winnie-the-Pooh Author: A. A. Milne Illustrator: Ernest H. Shepard

                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...We see Pooh, still hanging from the balloon, nose to nose with some bees. Title: Winnie-the-Pooh Author: A. A. Milne Illustrator: Ernest H. Shepard

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                                                                                                                                                                                          NICKNAME. A name given in ridicule or contempt: from the French nom de niqne. Niqne is a movement of the head to mark a contempt for any person or thing.

                                                                                                                                                                                          A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                          Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): NICKNAME. A name given in ridicule or contempt: from the French nom de niqne. Niqne is a movement of the head to mark a contempt for any person or thing. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): NICKNAME. A name given in ridicule or contempt: from the French nom de niqne. Niqne is a movement of the head to mark a contempt for any person or thing. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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