Events for the 23rd of September from Wikipedia:

• 1459: The Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses, is won by the Yorkists. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blore_Heath
• Birth (1971) of Eric Montross, American basketball player and sportscaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Montross
• Holiday: Grito de Lares (Puerto Rico) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grito_de_Lares
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

CLOAK TWITCHERS. Rogues who lurk about the entrances into dark alleys, and bye-lanes, to snatch cloaks from the shoulders of passengers.

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): CLOAK TWITCHERS. Rogues who lurk about the entrances into dark alleys, and bye-lanes, to snatch cloaks from the shoulders of passengers. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

APOSTLES. (CAMBRIDGE.) Men who are plucked, refused their degree.

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): APOSTLES. (CAMBRIDGE.) Men who are plucked, refused their degree. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Events for the 22nd of September from Wikipedia:

• 1711: The first attacks of the Tuscarora War begin in present-day North Carolina. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscarora_War
• Birth (1967) of Brian Keene, American novelist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Keene
• Death (2014) of Sahana Pradhan, Nepalese politician, Nepalese Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1927) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahana_Pradhan
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

Jeff Vogel, specialized in RPGs since 1994 at Spiderweb Software, has been creating games on his own for 30 years! A passionate indie artist who humbly shares how he made it..

A very interesting interview conducted by Thomas Brush!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9zYiHllEcU

#indiedev #dev #indiegames #gamedev #videogames #videogaming #games #gaming #spiderwebsoftware #jeffvogel #thomasbrush #rpg #coding #computing #history #youtube #interview #art #retro #vintage #retrogaming #retrocomputing #oldcomputers

LITTLE CLERGYMAN. A young chimney-sweeper.

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): LITTLE CLERGYMAN. A young chimney-sweeper. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

🎥 New video on my #PeerTube channel!

☢️🇭🇺Exploring an abandoned Cold War nuclear fallout bunker, Budapest, Hungary

The F-4 Object, also known as the Rákosi Bunker, is a vast atomic #shelter constructed in the 1950s and 60s. Intended to protect the Central Committee of the communist government in the event of a strike.

Join me on a #video adventure ➡️ https://lostpod.space/w/vTksMVnwpWWVzawzzoo5Qy

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JACK IN AN OFFICE, An insolent fellow in authority.

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): JACK IN AN OFFICE, An insolent fellow in authority. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Events for the 21st of September from Wikipedia:

• 1939: Romanian Prime Minister Armand Călinescu is assassinated by the Iron Guard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand_C%C4%83linescu
• Birth (1941) of Jack Brisco, American wrestler and manager (d. 2010) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Brisco
• Holiday: Ephigenia of Ethiopia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephigenia_of_Ethiopia
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

AQUA PUMPAGINIS. Pump water. APOTHECARIES LATIN.

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): AQUA PUMPAGINIS. Pump water. APOTHECARIES LATIN. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

PICKT HATCH. To go to the manor of pickt hatch, a cant name for some part of the town noted for bawdy houses in Shakespeare's time, and used by him in that sense.

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): PICKT HATCH. To go to the manor of pickt hatch, a cant name for some part of the town noted for bawdy houses in Shakespeare's time, and used by him in that sense. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Events for the 20th of September from Wikipedia:

• 1979: A French-supported coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokassa I. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Central_African_Republic_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat
• Birth (1934) of Sophia Loren, Italian actress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Loren
• Death (1190) of Adelog of Hildesheim, German bishop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelog_of_Hildesheim
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

JOB. A guinea.

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

We can’t stop wanting morality. Primates grumble about fairness, humans build systems of virtue. Alasdair MacIntyre calls for Aristotle’s oak tree. Nietzsche admits the floor is gone. Deleuze points at the rhizomes spreading sideways.

The need is real. The telos is not.
https://philosophics.blog/2025/09/19/the-morality-we-cant-stop-wanting/

#Philosophy #Nietzsche #history #books #Deleuze #Ethics #Postmodernism #morality #moral #virtue #Thinking #Reason #Rationality #critique #Review #bookReview

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BANKS'S HORSE. A horse famous for playing tricks, the property of one Banks. It is mentioned in Sir Walter Raleigh's Hist. of the World, p. 178; also by Sir Kenelm Digby and Ben Jonson.

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): BANKS'S HORSE. A horse famous for playing tricks, the property of one Banks. It is mentioned in Sir Walter Raleigh's Hist. of the World, p. 178; also by Sir Kenelm Digby and Ben Jonson. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Events for the 19th of September from Wikipedia:

• 1985: Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa, John Denver, and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipper_Gore
• Birth (1988) of Katrina Bowden, American actress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katrina_Bowden
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

KID LAY. Rogues who make it their business to defraud young apprentices, or errand-boys, of goods committed to their charge, by prevailing on them to execute some trifling message, pretending to take care of their parcels till they come back.

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): KID LAY. Rogues who make it their business to defraud young apprentices, or errand-boys, of goods committed to their charge, by prevailing on them to execute some trifling message, pretending to take care of their parcels till they come back. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

ORTHODOXY AND HETERODOXY. Somebody explained these terms by saying, the first was a man who had a doxy of his own, the second a person who made use of the doxy of another man.

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): ORTHODOXY AND HETERODOXY. Somebody explained these terms by saying, the first was a man who had a doxy of his own, the second a person who made use of the doxy of another man. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Events for the 18th of September from Wikipedia:

• 1927: The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Broadcasting_System
• Birth (1905) of Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress (d. 1990) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Garbo
• Death (1980) of Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (b. 1890) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Anne_Porter
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

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#1053 Clive Hardy - Francis Frith's Sheffield and South Yorkshire. Frith Book Company Ltd, Salisbury, 2002, 1st edition, reprinted.

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The front cover of Francis Frith's Sheffield and South Yorkshire by Clive Hardy, featuring old photos from the Francis Frith collection. Plain dark blue with title in white and a large sepia photograph of Fitzalan Square in Sheffield, taken in 1902.

BIT. Money. He grappled the cull's bit; he seized the man's money. A bit is also the smallest coin in Jamaica, equal to about sixpence sterling.

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): BIT. Money. He grappled the cull's bit; he seized the man's money. A bit is also the smallest coin in Jamaica, equal to about sixpence sterling. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

TIL: 🅰️ used to be a cow 𓃾

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The image is a screenshot of a Wikipedia page section detailing the history and characteristics of the Latin letter "A." The left side of the image contains a table with the following headings: "Language of origin," "Sound values," "In Unicode," "Alphabetical position," and "History." The "Language of origin" is listed as "Phoenician," and "Sound values" include a range of phonetic values such as [a], [æ], [e], and [ɛ]. The "In Unicode" section lists the Unicode values U+0041 and U+0061. The "Alphabetical position" is marked as 1. The "History" section includes a timeline and bullet points detailing the development of the letter "A," starting from its use in the Phoenician alphabet, its adaptation in Greek, and its evolution through the Dark Ages. The "Time period" is noted as circa 700 BCE to the present. The "Descendants" section lists various scripts and characters derived from the Latin "A," including AE, α, a, [@], Ä, Å, and others. The right side of the image features a visual representation of the letter "A" in different styles, including uppercase and lowercase forms, and its variations in different scripts.

FRESH MILK. Cambridge new comers to the university.

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

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Events for the 17th of September from Wikipedia:

• 1787: The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution
• Birth (1995) of Michael Bunting, Canadian ice hockey player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bunting
• Death (1637) of Katherine Clifton, 2nd Baroness Clifton, English-Scottish peer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Clifton,_2nd_Baroness_Clifton
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

VARMENT. (Whip and Cambridge.) Natty, dashing. He is quite varment, he is quite the go. He sports a varment hat, coat, &c.; he is dressed like a gentleman Jehu.

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): VARMENT. (Whip and Cambridge.) Natty, dashing. He is quite varment, he is quite the go. He sports a varment hat, coat, &c.; he is dressed like a gentleman Jehu. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

A nine-minute timelapse video of the evolution of operating systems over the past 45 years. This is pretty cool! https://techcentral.co.za/the-rise-and-fall-of-operating-systems/270301/?utm_source=MastodonAfrica

#computing #history

Hello, I'm new to Mastadon and looking to meet people interested in medieval Silk Road history, especially of women and non-western historical fiction.

To sort of give you an idea of the weird stuff I'm into, here's a post I did about stories written in the Medieval Silk Road that feature women and are available in English:

https://mariamalmasriauthor.wordpress.com/2025/02/05/stories-about-women-from-the-medieval-silk-road-and-available-in-english/

On this, anyone else into weird and obscure histories?

#intro #history #historicalFiction #silkroad #womenshistory #books #introduction

UPPER STORY, or GARRET. Figuratively used to signify the head. His upper story or garrets are unfurnished; i.e. he is an empty or foolish fellow.

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): UPPER STORY, or GARRET. Figuratively used to signify the head. His upper story or garrets are unfurnished; i.e. he is an empty or foolish fellow. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Events for the 16th of September from Wikipedia:

• 1994: The British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988%E2%80%931994_British_broadcasting_voice_restrictions
• Birth (1861) of Miriam Benjamin, African-American educator and inventor (d. 1947) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Benjamin
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

Okay since the Fedi guppy groups are gone and the new groups are still very small, I'm doing a new #introduction

I'm Mar, a future SFF and #historicalfiction indie author who reads Arabic, Chinese, English and French. I post a lot about #medieval #history and the books that I'm writing.

I also have a blog that I sometimes post on for longer historical musings.

I know about @histodons and @militaryhistory and am looking to #follow more historical and writer accounts.

Boosts are appreciated.

A possible explanation for this is that the tragedies of Ancient Greece were influenced by the Peloponnesian satyr plays, in which the satyrs in question had a goatlike form.

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HUCKLE MY BUFF. Beer, egg, and brandy, made hot.

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): HUCKLE MY BUFF. Beer, egg, and brandy, made hot. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

DUKE, or RUM DUKE. A queer unaccountable fellow.

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

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Events for the 15th of September from Wikipedia:

• 1968: The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union
• Birth (1977) of Leander Jordan, American football player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leander_Jordan
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

NUB. The neck; also coition.

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): NUB. The neck; also coition. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)