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

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

mentalfloss.com/literature/boo

"A Tale of Two Cities"

gutenberg.org/ebooks/98

"Les Misérables"

gutenberg.org/ebooks/135

"War and Peace"

gutenberg.org/ebooks/2600

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

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

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    Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera’s Blue House in Coyoacán Was a Refuge for Leon Trotsky... Until It Wasn‘t

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

    lithub.com/frida-kahlo-and-die

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

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

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      Beatrix Potter's 160 years of Lake District legacy

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

      by Federica Bedendo, Mike Zeller, and Joshua Steer

      bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crk52l

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

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

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

        [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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        BEVER. An afternoon's luncheon; also a fine hat; beaver's fur making the best hats.

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

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        @histodons

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

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

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          [?]mako » 🌐
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          As seen from my local bookstore

          A sign in my local bookstore that says“ buy books from people who want to sell books, not colonize the moon “

          Alt...A sign in my local bookstore that says“ buy books from people who want to sell books, not colonize the moon “

            [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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            BEGGAR MAKER. A publican, or ale-house keeper.

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

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            @histodons

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

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

              [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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              Reading by ear: how audiobooks can help people with phonological dyslexia to enjoy books

              by Nadina Gómez Merino

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

              theconversation.com/reading-by

              Free public domain audiobooks at LibriVox:
              librivox.org/

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

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

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

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

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

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

                forward.com/news/842360/these-

                  [?]Free Software Foundation » 🌐
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                  Calling all : the Shop has lots of great on , including how to use it! u.fsf.org/4bd

                    [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                    CHIMNEY CHOPS. An abusive appellation for a negro.

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

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                    @histodons

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

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

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                      [?]Richard Littler » 🌐
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                      Revisiting Vonnegut, who satirised *right now* back in the mid-60s:
                      Fascism, racism, communism & absurd, confused ideas of patriotism in contemporary USA.
                      And how ruthless lawyers and the establishment try to frame a billionaire as insane because he wants to help people and share his wealth.

                      2 books by Vonnegut: Mother Night and God Bless You, Mr Rosewater

                      Alt...2 books by Vonnegut: Mother Night and God Bless You, Mr Rosewater

                        [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                        GRINAGOG, THE CAT'S UNCLE. A foolish grinning fellow, one who grins without reason.

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

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                        @histodons

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

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

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

                          By Anne Lawrence-Mathers via @publicdomainrev

                          publicdomainreview.org/essay/a

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

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

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                            [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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                            1,300+ Hand-Colored Wildlife Illustrations Now Available in The Naturalist’s Library Digital Archive

                            By Linnea Pejcha

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

                            mymodernmet.com/naturalists-li

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

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

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

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

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

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

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                                [?]David Zaslavsky » 🌐
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                                @mookie Like most people I've got a bunch, but here are some of the ones I most want to share:

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

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

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

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

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                                  @histodons

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

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

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

                                    404media.co/ai-company-trainin

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                                      [?]steve mookie kong » 🌐
                                      @mookie@weredreaming.com

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


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                                        [?]steve mookie kong » 🌐
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                                        Yup! In multiple forms too -- including a reinterpretation.

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

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

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

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

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

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


                                          [?]דער קערפער פֿון השם » 🌐
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                                          More on Meg Keane's upcoming publishing imprint.

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

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

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

                                          timesofisrael.com/feeling-excl

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

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

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                                            @histodons

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

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

                                              [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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                                              How Shakespeare and his contemporaries used music to rouse emotions

                                              by Shirley Bell

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

                                              theconversation.com/how-shakes

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

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

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

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

                                                By Sage Helene

                                                mymodernmet.com/japan-women-sa

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

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

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

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                                                  [?]kurtsh » 🌐
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                                                  What are four books you’ve read multiple times?

                                                  Mine are:
                                                  1️⃣ "Ready Player One" - Ernie Cline
                                                  2️⃣ "Liar's Poker" - Michael Lewis
                                                  3️⃣ "Fire and Fury" - Michael Wolff
                                                  4️⃣ "Unreasonable Hospitality" - Will Guidara

                                                  From: @mookie
                                                  weredreaming.com/mookie/p/1785

                                                    [?]Flowermob » 🌐
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                                                    @kurtsh @mookie

                                                    1. The Lord of The Rings
                                                    2. The Complete Sherlock Holmes
                                                    3. Neuromancer.
                                                    4. Catch 22.
                                                    Bonus Calvin & Hobbes

                                                      [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                      BULLY. A cowardly fellow, who gives himself airs of great bravery. A bully huff cap; a hector. See HECTOR.

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

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                                                      @histodons

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

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

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

                                                        Mine are:

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

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

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

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                                                          @histodons

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

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

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

                                                            Ho. Lee. Shit.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                                              thejewishnews.com/community/me

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                                                                [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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                                                                The 32 Most Iconic Poems in the English Language

                                                                Plus Some Bonus Poems, Because We Love You

                                                                by Emily Temple (from the archives)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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                                                                  @histodons

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

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

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

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

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                                                                      [?]DB 🌱💦 [She / Her] » 🌐
                                                                      @dbattistella@mstdn.ca

                                                                      This is the magnificent library Anthropic amassed, before destroying it because it gave them a legal copyright loophole.

                                                                      Photo of a huge warehouse with rows and rows of tables covered in thousands of boxes of books.

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                                                                        [?]MikeDunnAuthor » 🌐
                                                                        @MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social

                                                                        Today in Labor History July 28, 1932: General Douglas MacArthur, Major Dwight D. Eisenhower and their troops, on orders by President Herbert Hoover, burned down a shantytown by unemployed veterans near the U.S. Capitol. They also shot and killed two veterans. 20,000 ex-servicemen had been camped out in the capital demanding a veterans’ bonus the government had promised but never given. Consequently, they called themselves the Bonus Army. Cavalry troops and tanks fired tear gas at veterans and their families and then set the buildings on fire. MacArthur and President Herbert Hoover declared that they had saved the nation from revolution. The shootings are depicted in Barbara Kingsolver's novel “The Lacuna.”

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                                                                        Shacks that members of the Bonus Army erected on the Anacostia Flats burning after attack by the regular army. By Signal Corps Photographer - This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=810553

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                                                                          [?]Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 [He/Him] » 🌐
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                                                                          AI companies are committing cultural genocide.


                                                                          novaramedia.com/2026/07/29/ai-

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                                                                            @dbattistella@mstdn.ca

                                                                            Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones.

                                                                            AI companies are purchasing large quantities of used and rare books and scanning their contents to train LLMs. They then turn the originals to pulp.

                                                                            The sum of human thought, digitized and shredded. Every book that gets scanned disappears from the physical world permanently.

                                                                            Books that survived wars, fires, and centuries of handling are being shredded so an AI can learn to write a better marketing email.

                                                                            Alt...CU of an industrial-size blade slicing through the spine of one old book after another.

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

                                                                              TO LEAK. To make water.

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

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                                                                              @histodons

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

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                                                                                [?]Zalka Csenge Virág, PhD » 🌐
                                                                                @TarkabarkaHolgy@ohai.social

                                                                                AI rage [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                                                                So, apparently AI companies are now buying up books and destroying them after feeding the content into the machines.
                                                                                Straight up distopian. 😡😡🤬

                                                                                1. Libraries and archives have to be protected at all costs, now more than ever.

                                                                                2. Buying up out of print books related to your special interests is now a public service.

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