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[?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
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Events for the 23rd of July from Wikipedia:

• 1993: China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119 crashes during takeoff from Yinchuan Xihuayuan Airport in Yinchuan, Ningxia, China, killing 55 people. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_No
• Birth (1773) of Abraham Colles, Irish anatomist (d. 1841) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_
• Holiday: Liborius of Le Mans en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liborius
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    [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
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    Hi! I'm a bot posting events which happened on today's date, at random from Wikipedia’s lists. Historic events, births, deaths and holidays/religious days if there’s room.

    Not affiliated with Wikipedia.

    Montage of images from Wikipedia articles posted by this account

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      [?]Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson » 🌐
      @SrRochardBunson@universeodon.com

      When did World War 3 start?
      :blobcatthink:

      9/11:16
      2015-2016:6
      Russian invasion of Ukraine:24
      Not yet:27

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

        LEFT-HANDED WIFE. A concubine; an allusion to an ancient German custom, according to which, when a man married his concubine, or a woman greatly his inferior, he gave her his left hand.

        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): LEFT-HANDED WIFE. A concubine; an allusion to an ancient German custom, according to which, when a man married his concubine, or a woman greatly his inferior, he gave her his left hand. 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): LEFT-HANDED WIFE. A concubine; an allusion to an ancient German custom, according to which, when a man married his concubine, or a woman greatly his inferior, he gave her his left hand. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

          [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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          The Scandal of the Stanford White Murder That Shook New York

          Love, jealousy, and revenge collided at the turn of the century with the murder of Stanford White.

          thecollector.com/stanford-whit

          Evelyn Nesbit

          In this black-and-white photograph by Otto Sarony, Evelyn Nesbit is young and smiling. Her long, dark, wavy hair falls over her right shoulder. She poses with her left arm raised above her head and her right hand resting behind her neck, showing a bracelet on her right wrist. A sheer white mesh is draped loosely over her shoulders and torso.

          Alt...In this black-and-white photograph by Otto Sarony, Evelyn Nesbit is young and smiling. Her long, dark, wavy hair falls over her right shoulder. She poses with her left arm raised above her head and her right hand resting behind her neck, showing a bracelet on her right wrist. A sheer white mesh is draped loosely over her shoulders and torso.

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

            BLEEDING CULLY. One who parts easily with his money, or bleeds freely.

            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): BLEEDING CULLY. One who parts easily with his money, or bleeds freely. 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): BLEEDING CULLY. One who parts easily with his money, or bleeds freely. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

              [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
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              Events for the 22nd of July from Wikipedia:

              • 1594: The Dutch city of Groningen defended by the Spanish and besieged by a Dutch and English army under Maurice of Orange, capitulates. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groningen
              • Birth (1977) of Ingo Hertzsch, German footballer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingo_Her
              • Holiday: Ratcatcher's Day en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratcatch
              @histodons

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

                "In May 1818, , a prominent of his time and a member of the administration, delivered a discourse on on the occasion of a consecration. One man read ’s words with interest, and took pen to paper to say so.

                “Your sect by its sufferings has furnished a remarkable proof of the universal spirit of ,” the correspondent noted, in elegant cursive. “Our laws have applied the only antidote to this vice, protecting our religious, as they do our civil, rights by putting them all on equal footing. But more remains to be done, for although we are free by the law, we are not so in practice.”

                The letter’s author was . 200 years later, there’s still work to do.

                The Jefferson letter is one of 75 objects on view at All We Have Standing Between Us: 250 Years of Jews and , the American Jewish Society’s new exhibit at the Center for ."

                forward.com/culture/839450/ame

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

                  CROSS BUTTOCK. A particular lock or fall in the Broughtonian art, which, as Mr. Fielding observes, conveyed more pleasant sensations to the spectators than the patient.

                  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): CROSS BUTTOCK. A particular lock or fall in the Broughtonian art, which, as Mr. Fielding observes, conveyed more pleasant sensations to the spectators than the patient. 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): CROSS BUTTOCK. A particular lock or fall in the Broughtonian art, which, as Mr. Fielding observes, conveyed more pleasant sensations to the spectators than the patient. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                    [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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                    Elizabeth Van Lew’s Heroic Career As A Civil War Spy

                    By Gina Dimuro

                    Perhaps the Union's most important spy, Elizabeth Van Lew freed prisoners and passed along crucial information gathered at the Confederate capital of Richmond.

                    allthatsinteresting.com/elizab

                    This black-and-white photograph shows Elizabeth Van Lew facing left. Her dark hair is styled in ringlet curls around her forehead and temple. She wears a dark, long-sleeved dress with decorations on the bodice and cuffs. She leans against a dark, fabric-covered chair with small metallic studs along the top.

                    Alt...This black-and-white photograph shows Elizabeth Van Lew facing left. Her dark hair is styled in ringlet curls around her forehead and temple. She wears a dark, long-sleeved dress with decorations on the bodice and cuffs. She leans against a dark, fabric-covered chair with small metallic studs along the top.

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

                      BELLOWS. The lungs.

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

                        [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
                        @EventsOfTheDay@zirk.us

                        Events for the 21st of July from Wikipedia:

                        • 1959: Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1 loss to the Chicago White Sox. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpsie_
                        • Birth (1937) of Eduard Streltsov, Soviet footballer (d. 1990) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_S
                        @histodons

                          [?]Global Museum » 🌐
                          @globalmuseum@mastodon.online

                          This guy explains how Roman soldiers would carry their items.
                          @Rainmaker1973

                          Alt...a Roman soldier's kit

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                            [?]jcrabapple » 🌐
                            @jcrabapple@dmv.community

                            🏺 TIL: The Nok culture of central Nigeria was making iron tools centuries before Rome became an empire.

                            Flourishing from roughly 1500 BC to 200 AD, the Nok were among the earliest iron-smelting societies in sub-Saharan Africa. They also created near life-size terracotta sculptures - the oldest known figurative sculpture south of the Sahara, depicting men, women, musicians, and dignitaries with elaborate hairstyles and ceremonial jewelry.

                            The Nok are one of very few civilizations that jumped straight from stone tools to iron, skipping the Bronze Age entirely. Pearl millet was their staple crop, consumed in ritual feasting contexts at burial sites.

                            We don't know what language they spoke, what they called themselves, or why their culture disappeared around 200 AD. The name 'Nok' comes from the village where the first terracotta was found by tin miners in 1928.

                            Read more:
                            metmuseum.org/essays/nok-terra
                            archaeology.org/issues/online/
                            worldhistory.org/Nok_Culture/

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

                              ACTIVE CITIZEN. A louse.

                              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): ACTIVE CITIZEN. A louse. 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): ACTIVE CITIZEN. A louse. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

                                WHIFFLERS. Ancient name for fifers; also persons at the universities who examine candidates for degrees. A whiffling cur, a small yelping cur.

                                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): WHIFFLERS. Ancient name for fifers; also persons at the universities who examine candidates for degrees. A whiffling cur, a small yelping cur. 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): WHIFFLERS. Ancient name for fifers; also persons at the universities who examine candidates for degrees. A whiffling cur, a small yelping cur. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                  [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
                                  @EventsOfTheDay@zirk.us

                                  Events for the 20th of July from Wikipedia:

                                  • 1940: Denmark leaves the League of Nations. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_o
                                  • Birth (1901) of Heinie Manush, American baseball player and manager (d. 1971) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinie_M
                                  • Death (1974) of Allen Jenkins, American actor and singer (b. 1900) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Je
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                                    [?]plzupgrademe [He/Him] » 🌐
                                    @plzupgrademe@fedi.txw.ca

                                    The SCMaglev and Railway Park in Aichi Japon. It is a showcase of train technology, historical and modern, ran officially by Japan Railways Central.

                                    If you like trains, it is necessary to go there. Besides the trains, they also feature the IT technologies used for ticketing. That is truly the nerd icing on the train cake.

                                    #train #trains #railway #shinkansen #japon #japan #aichi #jrcentral #jrtokai #bahn #bahnbilder #tech #ticketing #museum #history

                                    Photos of ticketing equipment and computer terminals used by Japan Railways in the 20th century.

                                    Alt...Photos of ticketing equipment and computer terminals used by Japan Railways in the 20th century.

                                    A Japanese explanation of the MARS or Multi-Access Reservation System, a computerized passenger management system.

                                    Alt...A Japanese explanation of the MARS or Multi-Access Reservation System, a computerized passenger management system.

                                    A state of the art N700 series Shinkansen on display in the musem area, people are standing to the left.

                                    Alt...A state of the art N700 series Shinkansen on display in the musem area, people are standing to the left.

                                    A photo taken from a mezzanine above 5 shinkansen trains of different generations and colours. From left to right the trains are newer to older. In the back there is an early generation 'Doctor Yellow' maintenance/inspection train.

                                    Alt...A photo taken from a mezzanine above 5 shinkansen trains of different generations and colours. From left to right the trains are newer to older. In the back there is an early generation 'Doctor Yellow' maintenance/inspection train.

                                    Ticketing terminals used by Japan Railways in the 20th Century

                                    Alt...Ticketing terminals used by Japan Railways in the 20th Century

                                    A photo of an early generation of Doctor Yellow taken from the front. The train is bright and has reflections on it.

                                    Alt...A photo of an early generation of Doctor Yellow taken from the front. The train is bright and has reflections on it.

                                    Ticketing terminals used by Japan Railways in the 20th Century.

                                    Alt...Ticketing terminals used by Japan Railways in the 20th Century.

                                    A view of 6 trains in profile taken from the photographers leftside, with people standing around in the museum infront of the trains.

                                    Alt...A view of 6 trains in profile taken from the photographers leftside, with people standing around in the museum infront of the trains.

                                    A view of 5 trains taken in a angle of the trains profile.

                                    Alt...A view of 5 trains taken in a angle of the trains profile.

                                    A mezzanine shot of 5 trains in profile at the JR Central Train Museum in Aichi Japon.

                                    Alt...A mezzanine shot of 5 trains in profile at the JR Central Train Museum in Aichi Japon.

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

                                      No comment.

                                      "A designed to preserve and educate the community on the atrocities of the , so that history does not repeat itself, has been subjected to hateful comments causing distress to its staff.

                                      chief executive said in the aftermath of the terror attack at last year, museum staff and volunteers received a lot of support from the broader community.

                                      But she said there had also been an uptick in negativity and hate.

                                      "When you pick up the phone, you don't know what's going to happen on the other end, and so it's this sort of underlying sense of awareness and having to be alert at all times," Dr Fallon said."

                                      abc.net.au/news/2026-07-20/hol

                                        [?]Earl » 🌐
                                        @Earl@mast.john1126.com

                                        Who was the girl with Barack Obama and George Clooney, on that boat ride in 2019?

                                        One news company decided to blur her face in some photos, and totally ignored that she was on the boat!

                                        metro.co.uk/2019/06/24/barack-

                                        The girl may have been Savita Ng, Barack's niece. Is there a reason to be ashamed of the girl's presence, on the boat with the two men?

                                        medium.com/@ObamaWhiteHouse/be

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

                                          COVENT GARDEN ABBESS. A bawd.

                                          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): COVENT GARDEN ABBESS. A bawd. 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): COVENT GARDEN ABBESS. A bawd. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

                                            BARREL FEVER. He died of the barrel fever; he killed himself by drinking.

                                            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): BARREL FEVER. He died of the barrel fever; he killed himself by drinking. 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): BARREL FEVER. He died of the barrel fever; he killed himself by drinking. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                              [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
                                              @EventsOfTheDay@zirk.us

                                              Events for the 19th of July from Wikipedia:

                                              • 1702: Great Northern War: A numerically superior Polish-Saxon army of Augustus II the Strong, operating from an advantageous defensive position, is defeated by a Swedish army half its size under the command of King Charles XII in the Battle of Klissow. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_No
                                              • Birth (1958) of Robert Gibson, American wrestler en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_G
                                              @histodons

                                                [?]Philosophics » 🌐
                                                @microglyphics@mastodon.social

                                                Just Wow. Modern-day fascism/totalitarianism 101.
                                                youtube.com/watch?v=4s-8eN3Mks8

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

                                                  CLANK NAPPER. A silver tankard stealer. See RUM BUBBER.

                                                  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): CLANK NAPPER. A silver tankard stealer. See RUM BUBBER. 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): CLANK NAPPER. A silver tankard stealer. See RUM BUBBER. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                    [?]jcrabapple » 🌐
                                                    @jcrabapple@dmv.community

                                                    🧪 The placebo-controlled trial wasn't invented by doctors. It was invented by medieval witch hunters.

                                                    In 1423, Jean Gerson proposed testing religious claims with consecrated vs unconsecrated objects that looked identical - the same logic behind modern placebo controls.

                                                    His method ended up in the Malleus Maleficarum (1486). In 1599, a French physician used it to prove a "possessed" girl wasn't really possessed - she reacted the same to real and fake holy water.

                                                    That trick-trial design reached Lavoisier and Franklin, who used it to debunk mesmerism in 1784 - the direct ancestor of every clinical trial.

                                                    Source: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/

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                                                      [?]Axomamma, Antifa from birth » 🌐
                                                      @Axomamma@mastodon.online

                                                      Published August 2, 1836: "Married Wednesday last, by the Rev. J. Alexander, MR. SAMUEL HOOD, of Lisnatony, aged 92 years, to MRS. HAMILTON, of same place, aged 89 years, their joint ages making 180 years, after a courtship of 50 years standing, and their offspring, by their former marriages, consisting of children, grand-children, and great-grandchildren, amounts to 202."

                                                      SORRY, I'M AN IDIOT. I missed that the bride was a Hamilton.


                                                      cotyroneireland.com/surnames/h

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

                                                        NORTHUMBERLAND. Lord Northumberland's arms; a black eye: so called in the last century.

                                                        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): NORTHUMBERLAND. Lord Northumberland's arms; a black eye: so called in the last century. 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): NORTHUMBERLAND. Lord Northumberland's arms; a black eye: so called in the last century. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                          [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
                                                          @EventsOfTheDay@zirk.us

                                                          Events for the 18th of July from Wikipedia:

                                                          • 1290: King Edward I of England issues the Edict of Expulsion, banishing all Jews (numbering about 16,000) from England. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_I
                                                          • Birth (1922) of Thomas Kuhn, American physicist, historian, and philosopher (d. 1996) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_K
                                                          • Death (2009) of Jill Balcon, English actress (b. 1925) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Bal
                                                          @histodons

                                                            [?]WIST Quotations » 🌐
                                                            @wistquotes@friendica.world

                                                            A quotation from Adlai Stevenson

                                                            We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.

                                                            Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965) American diplomat, statesman
                                                            Speech (1952-09-20), “The New South,” Mosque Auditorium, Richmond, Virginia

                                                            More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-adlai-ewin…

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

                                                              BUTTOCK BROKER. A bawd, or match-maker. 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): BUTTOCK BROKER. A bawd, or match-maker. 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): BUTTOCK BROKER. A bawd, or match-maker. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

                                                                15 Great History Museums Every History Lover Must Visit at Least Once

                                                                From Cairo to London, these 15 world-class history museums house humanity's most breathtaking treasures, ancient artifacts, and cultural milestones.

                                                                thecollector.com/best-history-

                                                                Museum of Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses

                                                                This picture shows Pit 1 of the Terracotta Army at the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor in Xi'an, China. Hundreds of life-size clay statues stand in rows. Each soldier has a unique face, hairstyle, and armor.

                                                                Alt...This picture shows Pit 1 of the Terracotta Army at the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor in Xi'an, China. Hundreds of life-size clay statues stand in rows. Each soldier has a unique face, hairstyle, and armor.

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

                                                                  Historical women with disabilities

                                                                  Four women in history who helped change the world we live in

                                                                  by Marijke Everts (from the archives) via @europeana

                                                                  europeana.eu/en/stories/histor

                                                                  Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan, c. 1943 Unknown author - This photograph HU 74868 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. Hon. Assistant Section Officer Noor Inayat Khan (code name Madeleine), George Cross, MiD, Croix de Guerre avec Etoile de Vermeil. Noor Inayat Khan served as a wireless operator with F Section, Special Operations Executive. A black-and-white photographic portrait of Noor Inayat Khan in Royal Air Force / WAAF uniform, wearing a peaked cap with insignia, tie, and jacket with buttons

                                                                  Alt...Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan, c. 1943 Unknown author - This photograph HU 74868 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. Hon. Assistant Section Officer Noor Inayat Khan (code name Madeleine), George Cross, MiD, Croix de Guerre avec Etoile de Vermeil. Noor Inayat Khan served as a wireless operator with F Section, Special Operations Executive. A black-and-white photographic portrait of Noor Inayat Khan in Royal Air Force / WAAF uniform, wearing a peaked cap with insignia, tie, and jacket with buttons

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

                                                                    CROSS DISHONEST. A cross cove; any person who lives by stealing or in a dishonest manner.

                                                                    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): CROSS DISHONEST. A cross cove; any person who lives by stealing or in a dishonest manner. 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): CROSS DISHONEST. A cross cove; any person who lives by stealing or in a dishonest manner. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                      [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
                                                                      @EventsOfTheDay@zirk.us

                                                                      Events for the 17th of July from Wikipedia:

                                                                      • 1899: NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEC
                                                                      • Birth (1911) of Heinz Lehmann, German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic (d. 1999) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Le
                                                                      • Death (1942) of Robina Nicol, New Zealand photographer and suffragist (b. 1861) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robina_N
                                                                      @histodons

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

                                                                        HARK-YE-ING. Whispering on one side to borrow money.

                                                                        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): HARK-YE-ING. Whispering on one side to borrow money. 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): HARK-YE-ING. Whispering on one side to borrow money. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

                                                                          The Jewish communitiy's continued commitment to the abjectly failed approach of Holocaust education somehow eliminating antisemitism, despite all evidence to the contrary, is wild to me.

                                                                          " remains essential because it equips new generations to recognise and resist the propaganda, demonisation, and moral distortions that are once again taking hold today. The lessons of the are not merely about protecting ; they are about defending from the return of barbarism. Those seeking to diminish, distort, or silence those lessons are precisely why the story of remains compulsory learning for every generation.

                                                                          To remove Anne Frank from the is to deny an opportunity to confront one of ’s greatest moral failures and to understand how ordinary people can either enable or resist injustice.

                                                                          A society that forgets Anne risks forgetting what made her story necessary in the first place."

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                                                                              GOOSE RIDING. A goose, whose neck is greased, being suspended by the legs to a cord tied to two trees or high posts, a number of men on horseback, riding full speed, attempt to pull off the head: which if they effect, the goose is their prize.

                                                                              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): GOOSE RIDING. A goose, whose neck is greased, being suspended by the legs to a cord tied to two trees or high posts, a number of men on horseback, riding full speed, attempt to pull off the head: which if they effect, the goose is their prize. 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): GOOSE RIDING. A goose, whose neck is greased, being suspended by the legs to a cord tied to two trees or high posts, a number of men on horseback, riding full speed, attempt to pull off the head: which if they effect, the goose is their prize. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                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.

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                                                                                  Events for the 16th of July from Wikipedia:

                                                                                  • 1990: The Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declares state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkhovn
                                                                                  • Birth (1955) of Saw Swee Leong, Malaysian badminton player en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_Swee
                                                                                  • Death (1991) of Robert Motherwell, American painter and academic (b. 1915) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M
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                                                                                      HABERDASHER OF PRONOUNS. A schoolmaster, or usher.

                                                                                      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): HABERDASHER OF PRONOUNS. A schoolmaster, or usher. 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): HABERDASHER OF PRONOUNS. A schoolmaster, or usher. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                          10 Artists That Hitler Truly Despised

                                                                                          Here are ten influential artists whose modernist ideas clashed with Hitler’s rigid aesthetic ideology, leading the Nazi regime to denounce their work as “degenerate.”

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                                                                                          Paul Klee’s 1922 oil painting "Red Balloon" shows a bright red, round balloon floating near the top center of the canvas. Surrounding it are squares, rectangles, triangles, and arches. These colorful shapes seem to be a city street. In the bottom left corner, a dark green triangle forms the ground. The painting combines soft colors with bold primary colors.

                                                                                          Alt...Paul Klee’s 1922 oil painting "Red Balloon" shows a bright red, round balloon floating near the top center of the canvas. Surrounding it are squares, rectangles, triangles, and arches. These colorful shapes seem to be a city street. In the bottom left corner, a dark green triangle forms the ground. The painting combines soft colors with bold primary colors.

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                                                                                            DAISY KICKERS. Ostlers at great inns.

                                                                                            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): DAISY KICKERS. Ostlers at great inns. 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): DAISY KICKERS. Ostlers at great inns. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                              Events for the 15th of July from Wikipedia:

                                                                                              • 1927: Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by Austrian police in Vienna. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_Rev
                                                                                              • Birth (1996) of Vivianne Miedema, Dutch football player en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivianne
                                                                                              • Death (1857) of Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1791) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Cze
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                                                                                                TO CREEME. To slip or slide any thing into the hands of another. 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): TO CREEME. To slip or slide any thing into the hands of another. 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): TO CREEME. To slip or slide any thing into the hands of another. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                  What Was the Era of the American Gunslinger?

                                                                                                  Rapid growth in the latter half of the 19th century led to boom towns, railroads, and questionable legal systems. This dynamic bred new kinds of heroes and villains— the gunslingers.

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                                                                                                  This black-and-white photo shows a Colt “Peacemaker.” The long, round barrel points to the left. In the center, you can see the fluted revolving cylinder. The hammer is down at the back, above a curved trigger inside a rounded guard. The grip is smooth, dark, and curves upward.

                                                                                                  Alt...This black-and-white photo shows a Colt “Peacemaker.” The long, round barrel points to the left. In the center, you can see the fluted revolving cylinder. The hammer is down at the back, above a curved trigger inside a rounded guard. The grip is smooth, dark, and curves upward.

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                                                                                                    CARBUNCLE FACE. A red face, full of pimples.

                                                                                                    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): CARBUNCLE FACE. A red face, full of pimples. 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): CARBUNCLE FACE. A red face, full of pimples. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                      Events for the 14th of July from Wikipedia:

                                                                                                      • 1933: In a decree called the Gleichschaltung, Adolf Hitler abolishes all German political parties except the Nazis. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleichsc
                                                                                                      • Birth (1948) of Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, Zulu king (d. 2021) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodwill
                                                                                                      • Holiday: Samson Occom (Episcopal Church (United States) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_O
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                                                                                                        [?]דער קערפער פֿון השם » 🌐
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                                                                                                        "Planning a trip to New York?

                                                                                                        If you’ll be in before the end of the year, Psychedelicatessen: A Powerful Dose of by offers a colorful and unconventional look at culture through more than 30 , and that blend , culture, and 1960s .

                                                                                                        What: Psychedelicatessen: A Powerful Dose of Art by Steve Marcus
                                                                                                        When: Through December 2026 (check the Center for Jewish website for current gallery hours)
                                                                                                        Where: Center for Jewish History, 15 W. 16th St., New York, NY
                                                                                                        Tickets: Admission is free."

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                                                                                                          PISS-PROUD. Having a false erection. That old fellow thought he had an erection, but his--was only piss-proud; said of any old fellow who marries a young wife.

                                                                                                          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): PISS-PROUD. Having a false erection. That old fellow thought he had an erection, but his--was only piss-proud; said of any old fellow who marries a young wife. 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): PISS-PROUD. Having a false erection. That old fellow thought he had an erection, but his--was only piss-proud; said of any old fellow who marries a young wife. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                            ‘Nearly Erased From History’: This Famous Sculpture Of Cleopatra Disappeared For Over 100 Years. It Was Being Used As The Gravestone Of A Horse

                                                                                                            By Braden Bjella

                                                                                                            Edmonia Lewis' 1876 sculpture The Death of Cleopatra received critical acclaim, but the work of art — and the artist herself — were then forgotten for over a century.

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                                                                                                            More information about Edmonia Lewis:
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                                                                                                            The Death of Cleopatra Edmonia Lewis - Self-photographed, Caroline Léna Becker A marble sculpture titled "The Death of Cleopatra" by American sculptor Edmonia Lewis, depicting Cleopatra seated on a throne wearing a headdress, robes, and a serpent bracelet, her head tilted back at the moment of death. The ornate throne features carved sphinx heads on either armrest, and an inscription is visible on the base.

                                                                                                            Alt...The Death of Cleopatra Edmonia Lewis - Self-photographed, Caroline Léna Becker A marble sculpture titled "The Death of Cleopatra" by American sculptor Edmonia Lewis, depicting Cleopatra seated on a throne wearing a headdress, robes, and a serpent bracelet, her head tilted back at the moment of death. The ornate throne features carved sphinx heads on either armrest, and an inscription is visible on the base.

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                                                                                                              BLUE FLAG. He has hoisted the blue flag; he has commenced publican, or taken a public house, an allusion to the blue aprons worn by publicans. See ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE.

                                                                                                              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): BLUE FLAG. He has hoisted the blue flag; he has commenced publican, or taken a public house, an allusion to the blue aprons worn by publicans. See ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE. 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): BLUE FLAG. He has hoisted the blue flag; he has commenced publican, or taken a public house, an allusion to the blue aprons worn by publicans. See ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                Events for the 13th of July from Wikipedia:

                                                                                                                • 1977: Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ogaden War. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia
                                                                                                                • Birth (1905) of Eugenio Pagnini, Italian modern pentathlete (d. 1993) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenio_
                                                                                                                • Death (884) of Huang Chao, Chinese rebel leader (b. 835) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huang_Ch
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                                                                                                                  RE: kolektiva.social/@MikeDunnAuth

                                                                                                                  Do you know how I learned about this when I was in high school? If you said my high school history class, you'd be wrong. It was a freakin' Call of Cthulhu scenario.

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                                                                                                                    SHERIFF'S BALL. An execution. To dance at the sheriff's ball, and loll out one's tongue at the company; to be hanged, or go to rest in a horse's night-cap, i.e. a halter.

                                                                                                                    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): SHERIFF'S BALL. An execution. To dance at the sheriff's ball, and loll out one's tongue at the company; to be hanged, or go to rest in a horse's night-cap, i.e. a halter. 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): SHERIFF'S BALL. An execution. To dance at the sheriff's ball, and loll out one's tongue at the company; to be hanged, or go to rest in a horse's night-cap, i.e. a halter. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                      BTW, this looks great printed out and put up in public places. Think community boards, Little Free Library, etc.

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                                                                                                                      Army talk on fascism from 1946 and linked in post. FASCISM! Note For This Week's Discussion: Fascism is not the easiest thing to identify and analyze; nor, once in power, is it easy to destroy. It is important for our future and that of the world that as many of us as possible understand the causes and practices of fascism, in order to combat it. Points to stress are: (1) Fascism is more apt to come to power at a time of economic crisis; (2) fascism inevitably leads to war; (3) it can come to any country; (4) we can best combat it by making our democracy work.

                                                                                                                      Alt...Army talk on fascism from 1946 and linked in post. FASCISM! Note For This Week's Discussion: Fascism is not the easiest thing to identify and analyze; nor, once in power, is it easy to destroy. It is important for our future and that of the world that as many of us as possible understand the causes and practices of fascism, in order to combat it. Points to stress are: (1) Fascism is more apt to come to power at a time of economic crisis; (2) fascism inevitably leads to war; (3) it can come to any country; (4) we can best combat it by making our democracy work.

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                                                                                                                        KATE. A picklock. 'Tis a rum kate; it is a clever picklock. 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): KATE. A picklock. 'Tis a rum kate; it is a clever picklock. 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): KATE. A picklock. 'Tis a rum kate; it is a clever picklock. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                          Events for the 12th of July from Wikipedia:

                                                                                                                          • 1543: King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VI
                                                                                                                          • Birth (1952) of Voja Antonić, Serbian computer scientist and journalist, designed the Galaksija computer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voja_Ant
                                                                                                                          • Holiday: Nabor and Felix en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabor_an
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                                                                                                                            Many attempt to prove Jesus through historical texts.

                                                                                                                            Others turn to theological beliefs or archeological findings

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                                                                                                                              GOODYER'S PIG. Like Goodyer's pig; never well but when in mischief.

                                                                                                                              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): GOODYER'S PIG. Like Goodyer's pig; never well but when in mischief. 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): GOODYER'S PIG. Like Goodyer's pig; never well but when in mischief. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                BLUE BOAR. A venereal bubo.

                                                                                                                                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): BLUE BOAR. A venereal bubo. 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): BLUE BOAR. A venereal bubo. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                  Events for the 11th of July from Wikipedia:

                                                                                                                                  • 1991: Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 crashes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 passengers and crew on board. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria_
                                                                                                                                  • Birth (1947) of Norman Lebrecht, English author and critic en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_L
                                                                                                                                  • Death (2013) of Emik Avakian, Iranian-American inventor (b. 1923) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emik_Ava
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                                                                                                                                    [?]David Megginson [He/him] » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                    FWIW, Mussolini didn't "make the trains run on time." He just ordered the Italian press to write that the trains were running on time.

                                                                                                                                    That's how authoritarianism works. Fascist sympathisers in other countries fell for it.

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                                                                                                                                      MANUFACTURE. Liquors prepared from materials of English growth.

                                                                                                                                      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): MANUFACTURE. Liquors prepared from materials of English growth. 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): MANUFACTURE. Liquors prepared from materials of English growth. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                        🪐 Ancient Babylonians were doing calculus 1,400 years before Europe.

                                                                                                                                        Between 350 and 50 BCE, Babylonian astronomers calculated Jupiter's position by computing the area under a time-velocity curve - treating the planet's changing speed as a trapezoid on a graph. Historians thought this technique wasn't invented until 14th-century Oxford.

                                                                                                                                        The tablets sat untranslated in the British Museum for over a century until Mathieu Ossendrijver cracked them in 2016.


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                                                                                                                                          [?]Philosophics » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                          I share my core philosophical positions on Substack.

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                                                                                                                                            MUTE. An undertaker's servant, who stands at the door of a person lying in state: so named from being supposed mute with grief.

                                                                                                                                            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): MUTE. An undertaker's servant, who stands at the door of a person lying in state: so named from being supposed mute with grief. 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): MUTE. An undertaker's servant, who stands at the door of a person lying in state: so named from being supposed mute with grief. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                              Events for the 10th of July from Wikipedia:

                                                                                                                                              • 1806: The Vellore Mutiny is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East India Company. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellore_
                                                                                                                                              • Birth (1930) of Janette Sherman, American physician, author, and pioneer in occupational and environmental health (d. 2019) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janette_
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                                                                                                                                                [?]דער קערפער פֿון השם » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                "Every so often, a single page surfaces that does more than preserve ink on paper; it captures a pivotal moment in our . One such document that was consigned to the shop this week was a single, extraordinary sheet of a two-sided letterhead from , dated 1920. It bears the official stationery of a . On one side, you see the unmistakable, bold handwriting of none other than , the legendary visionary of and . On the reverse is a letter by the of , Rav .

                                                                                                                                                The recipient of this heavy-hitting letter was (1864-1933), the distinguished dayan and later av beit din of 's famed . Rav was a man deeply involved in the global communal affairs of the era, making him the perfect address for this urgent appeal."

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                                                                                                                                                  To NAB. To seize, or catch unawares. To nab the teaze; to be privately whipped. To nab the stoop; to stand in the pillory. To nab the rust; a jockey term for a horse that becomes restive. To nab the snow: to steal linen left out to bleach or dry. 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): To NAB. To seize, or catch unawares. To nab the teaze; to be privately whipped. To nab the stoop; to stand in the pillory. To nab the rust; a jockey term for a horse that becomes restive. To nab the snow: to steal linen left out to bleach or dry. 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): To NAB. To seize, or catch unawares. To nab the teaze; to be privately whipped. To nab the stoop; to stand in the pillory. To nab the rust; a jockey term for a horse that becomes restive. To nab the snow: to steal linen left out to bleach or dry. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                    CONTENT. A thick liquor, in imitation of chocolate, made of milk and gingerbread.

                                                                                                                                                    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): CONTENT. A thick liquor, in imitation of chocolate, made of milk and gingerbread. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                      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.

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                                                                                                                                                        Events for the 9th of July from Wikipedia:

                                                                                                                                                        • 1995: The Navaly church bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force killing 125 Tamil civilian refugees. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navaly_c
                                                                                                                                                        • Birth (1926) of Ben Roy Mottelson, American-Danish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2022) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Roy_
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                                                                                                                                                          Hi! I'm a bot posting events which happened on today's date, at random from Wikipedia’s lists. Historic events, births, deaths and holidays/religious days if there’s room.

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                                                                                                                                                            MUGGLETONIANS. The sect or disciples of Lodowick Muggleton.

                                                                                                                                                            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): MUGGLETONIANS. The sect or disciples of Lodowick Muggleton. 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): MUGGLETONIANS. The sect or disciples of Lodowick Muggleton. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                              COLD IRON. A sword, or any other weapon for cutting or stabbing. I gave him two inches of cold iron into his beef.

                                                                                                                                                              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): COLD IRON. A sword, or any other weapon for cutting or stabbing. I gave him two inches of cold iron into his beef. 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): COLD IRON. A sword, or any other weapon for cutting or stabbing. I gave him two inches of cold iron into his beef. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                Events for the 8th of July from Wikipedia:

                                                                                                                                                                • 1966: King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_
                                                                                                                                                                • Birth (1961) of Karl Seglem, Norwegian saxophonist and record producer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Seg
                                                                                                                                                                • Death (2004) of Paula Danziger, American author and educator (b. 1944) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Da
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                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Philosophics » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                  I look at patterns in LLM output. The tell is more than simple orthographic tics.

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                                                                                                                                                                    [?]ICM » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                    Please consider supporting icm.museum and their preservation and public demonstrations of Bill Pitts “first coin-op video arcade: GALAXY GAME. A PDP-11/20 based game paid for with quarters. Interested in a blog of its restoration? Support ICM.

                                                                                                                                                                    A PDP-11 in an arcade box

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                                                                                                                                                                      [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                      ARS MUSICA. A bum fiddle.

                                                                                                                                                                      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): ARS MUSICA. A bum fiddle. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                        When a Journalist Took on Corruption, He Used a Tool That Hadn’t Been Used Much in American History: the Unvarnished Truth

                                                                                                                                                                        Lincoln Steffens was a reporter so dogged that political party bosses called him a “born crook that’s gone straight.” He and his fellow muckrakers redefined modern journalism

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                                                                                                                                                                        "The Shame of the Cities" at PG

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                                                                                                                                                                        This 1894 photograph shows Lincoln Steffens in a head-and-shoulders portrait, turned a bit to his right. His thick, wavy dark hair is brushed back from his forehead. He has a handlebar mustache and a pointed goatee. He wears a dark formal suit with wide lapels, a white shirt with a wing-tipped collar, and a dark bowtie.

                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...This 1894 photograph shows Lincoln Steffens in a head-and-shoulders portrait, turned a bit to his right. His thick, wavy dark hair is brushed back from his forehead. He has a handlebar mustache and a pointed goatee. He wears a dark formal suit with wide lapels, a white shirt with a wing-tipped collar, and a dark bowtie.

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                                                                                                                                                                          Among All the Great Things Benjamin Franklin Invented or Discovered, His Alter Egos Gave Him the Most Freedom

                                                                                                                                                                          Silence Dogood. Richard Saunders. Benevolus. Sidi Mehemet Ibrahim. All were pen names that allowed Franklin to say things he couldn’t have otherwise said

                                                                                                                                                                          by H.W. Brands

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                                                                                                                                                                          Books by Benjamin Franklin (including his Autobiography) at PG:
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                                                                                                                                                                          "He was therefore, feasted and invited to all the court parties. At these he sometimes met the old Duchess of Bourbon, who, being a chess player of about his force, they very generally played together. Happening once to put her king into prize, the Doctor took it. 'Ah,' says she, 'we do not take kings so.' 'We do in America,' said the Doctor."—Thomas Jefferson A colorful period illustration depicting an elegant 18th-century court gathering in a grand chandelier-lit salon, with elaborately dressed figures in powdered wigs and embroidered gowns surrounding a simply dressed man seated at a chess board.

                                                                                                                                                                          Alt..."He was therefore, feasted and invited to all the court parties. At these he sometimes met the old Duchess of Bourbon, who, being a chess player of about his force, they very generally played together. Happening once to put her king into prize, the Doctor took it. 'Ah,' says she, 'we do not take kings so.' 'We do in America,' said the Doctor."—Thomas Jefferson A colorful period illustration depicting an elegant 18th-century court gathering in a grand chandelier-lit salon, with elaborately dressed figures in powdered wigs and embroidered gowns surrounding a simply dressed man seated at a chess board.

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                                                                                                                                                                            BULL'S EYE. A crown-piece.

                                                                                                                                                                            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): BULL'S EYE. A crown-piece. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                              [?]דער קערפער פֿון השם » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                              "Cries of “one bam!” and “two dot!” echoed through the halls of the of as ’s first-ever Festival drew more than 350 lovers of the popular tile-based to Lower on Sunday and Monday.

                                                                                                                                                                              Co-presented by and its parent company, 70 Faces Media, along with and the Museum of Jewish Heritage, The New York Jewish Mah Jongg Festival consisted of two action-packed days of lessons, social gameplay, panel discussions about the and the Jewish connections to the game, as well as competitive tournament play."

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                                                                                                                                                                                Events for the 7th of July from Wikipedia:

                                                                                                                                                                                • 1983: Cold War: Samantha Smith, a US schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War
                                                                                                                                                                                • Birth (1925) of Geliy Korzhev, Russian painter (d. 2012) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geliy_Ko
                                                                                                                                                                                • Holiday: Job of Manyava (Ukrainian Orthodox Church) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_of_M
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                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]WIST Quotations » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                  A quotation (not?) from Montesquieu

                                                                                                                                                                                  Happy the people whose annals are tiresome.
                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                  [Heureux le peuple dont l’histoire est ennuyeuse.]

                                                                                                                                                                                  Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
                                                                                                                                                                                  (Attributed)

                                                                                                                                                                                  More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montesquieu/84855/

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                                                                                                                                                                                    HIGH FLYERS. Tories, Jacobites.

                                                                                                                                                                                    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): HIGH FLYERS. Tories, Jacobites. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]jcrabapple » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                      🚗 TIL: Before GPS was fully operational, Honda built a car navigation system that used zero satellites.

                                                                                                                                                                                      In 1981, the Honda Electro Gyrocator debuted as a dealer option on the Accord. You placed a transparent plastic map over a small CRT screen and marked your starting point.

                                                                                                                                                                                      As you drove, a helium gas-rate gyroscope detected turns: helium flow shifted between two heated wires, creating a temperature difference the computer read as direction. A transmission sensor tracked distance. A 16-bit computer combined both to move a dot across the map showing your position.

                                                                                                                                                                                      Not perfect. Wheel spin and drift compounded, so you could pull over and manually realign. The IEEE designated it a Milestone in 2017 as the world's first map-based car navigation system, 14 years before GPS.

                                                                                                                                                                                      The catch: it cost about $2,746 (nearly a quarter of the car's price). It only lasted one year.

                                                                                                                                                                                      Read more:
                                                                                                                                                                                      spectrum.ieee.org/first-mapbas
                                                                                                                                                                                      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro_
                                                                                                                                                                                      global.honda/en/heritage/episo

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                                                                                                                                                                                        EYE. It's all my eye and Betty Martin. It's all nonsense, all mere stuff.

                                                                                                                                                                                        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): EYE. It's all my eye and Betty Martin. It's all nonsense, all mere stuff. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                          Events for the 6th of July from Wikipedia:

                                                                                                                                                                                          • 1967: Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian
                                                                                                                                                                                          • Birth (1921) of Allan MacEachen, Canadian economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2017) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Ma
                                                                                                                                                                                          • Death (1017) of Genshin, Japanese scholar (b. 942) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genshin
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                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Philosophics » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                            This content is a NotebookLM summary of a YouTube video comparing Colombia and the USA. I don't add anything to the content, but I thought the summary was worth sharing.
                                                                                                                                                                                            open.spotify.com/episode/10aXf

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                                                                                                                                                                                              BALSAM. Money.

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

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                                                                                                                                                                                                GULLGROPERS. Usurers who lend money to the gamesters.

                                                                                                                                                                                                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): GULLGROPERS. Usurers who lend money to the gamesters. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                  Events for the 5th of July from Wikipedia:

                                                                                                                                                                                                  • 1934: "Bloody Thursday": The police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934_Wes
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Birth (1921) of Viktor Kulikov, Russian marshal (d. 2013) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_K
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Death (2006) of Kenneth Lay, American businessman (b. 1942) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_
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                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Philosophics » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                    I consider Chinese modalities of selfhood.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Earl » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                      Freedom Canceled?

                                                                                                                                                                                                      On this day, 250 years ago, the United States of America broke free from Britain. No more would convict servants be shipped from Britain (mostly white men), across the ocean, to perform hard labor in the American colonies.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Britain began shipping them to instead.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      America's Independence Day Parade, scheduled for downtown Washington, D.C. was canceled due to the extreme heat in the nation's capital.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Karsten Schmidt » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                        New long term photography project: Timefade — prints and animations documenting alpine places and their changes over decades or a century.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        First place completed: Breslauer Hütte and the glaciers of the Gurgler Range. Two images from the same location, separated by 103 years: 1923 and 2026.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        The hut was built in 1882 and has undergone several restorations and extensions. The major peaks from left to right: Großer Ramolkogel, Hinterer Spiegelkogel, Firmisanschneide, Schalfkogel, all between 3400-3550m

                                                                                                                                                                                                        The shrinkage of the glaciers in this view might seem rather small for a time span of a century, but it's worth remembering that most of the volume losses have only been during the past 25-50 years and the melting process itself is exponential and accelerating... Secondly, for a size/scale reference: On the rightmost glacier (Diem-Ferner), the elevation difference between the top edge of the side moraine and the glacier creek is now >100 meters (more than a 30 storey building)...

                                                                                                                                                                                                        It might only be two photos (some more are already in progress), but production involved several weeks of library research (see below) of suitable locations and images, feasibility studies on old & current maps trying to determine photo spots, lenses and viewing angles from where the original pictures were taken, travel and hiking logistics, then taking dozens of photos from different candidate points in situ. Back home after the shoot: Testing different candidate images for best match/alignment potential, tweaking and fine tuning their perspectives, video editing...

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Image credits:

                                                                                                                                                                                                        The 1923 photograph (author unknown) is from the AKON vintage postcard collection of the Österreichische National Bibliothek: akon.onb.ac.at/#id=AKON_AK097_

                                                                                                                                                                                                        The 2026 photograph is by me, taken 24/06/2026 (for future reference)

                                                                                                                                                                                                        More about the larger project in the thread below...

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...Cross-fade animation between two photographs of Breslauer Hütte and the mountain peaks and glaciers of the Gurgler Range in the background. One photo is from 1923, the other from 2026. Both images are aligned as best as can be, the cross-fade better highlighting the drastic changes (climate change) to these glaciated peaks.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                          STOCK JOBBERS. Persons who gamble in Exchange Alley, by pretending to buy and sell the public funds, but in reality only betting that they will be at a certain price, at a particular time.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          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): STOCK JOBBERS. Persons who gamble in Exchange Alley, by pretending to buy and sell the public funds, but in reality only betting that they will be at a certain price, at a particular time. 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): STOCK JOBBERS. Persons who gamble in Exchange Alley, by pretending to buy and sell the public funds, but in reality only betting that they will be at a certain price, at a particular time. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Philosophics » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                            In deference to US Independence Day, I was thinking about books with a counterfactual historical take – speculative history. I wrote about it.

                                                                                                                                                                                                            👉philosophics.blog/2026/07/03/u

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                                                                                                                                                                                                              SIMEONITES, (at Cambridge,) the followers of the Rev. Charles Simeon, fellow of King's College, author of Skeletons of Sermons, and preacher at Trinity church; they are in fact rank methodists.

                                                                                                                                                                                                              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): SIMEONITES, (at Cambridge,) the followers of the Rev. Charles Simeon, fellow of King's College, author of Skeletons of Sermons, and preacher at Trinity church; they are in fact rank methodists. 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): SIMEONITES, (at Cambridge,) the followers of the Rev. Charles Simeon, fellow of King's College, author of Skeletons of Sermons, and preacher at Trinity church; they are in fact rank methodists. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                Events for the 4th of July from Wikipedia:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                • 1892: Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_
                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Birth (1095) of Usama ibn Munqidh, Muslim poet, author and faris (Knight) (d. 1188) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usama_ib
                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Holiday: Liberation Day (Rwanda) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberati
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Global Museum » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Roman mosaic of a little mouse eating a nut; Vatican Museums. Dated back to reign of Hadrian 117-138 A.D.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Made with an extremely arduous and precise method: opus vermiculatum, where the artist managed to introduce shading, which gives a beautiful effect of realism.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Roman mosaic of a little mouse eating a nut; Vatican Museums. Dated back to reign of Hadrian 117-138 A.D.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...Roman mosaic of a little mouse eating a nut; Vatican Museums. Dated back to reign of Hadrian 117-138 A.D.

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