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

Cicero’s Unsentimental Education

Making it in Ancient Rome

by Ryan S. Olson

hedgehogreview.com/issues/huma

Cicero at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/128

The Young Cicero Reading by Vincenzo Foppa (fresco, 1464), now at the Wallace Collection in London. A boy in pink and blue sits absorbed in a book beside a stone window, with stacked volumes nearby and a Latin inscription visible behind him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero#/media/File:The_Young_Cicero_Reading.jpg

Alt...The Young Cicero Reading by Vincenzo Foppa (fresco, 1464), now at the Wallace Collection in London. A boy in pink and blue sits absorbed in a book beside a stone window, with stacked volumes nearby and a Latin inscription visible behind him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero#/media/File:The_Young_Cicero_Reading.jpg

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

    GREENHORN. A novice on the town, an undebauched young fellow, just initiated into the society of bucks and bloods.

    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): GREENHORN. A novice on the town, an undebauched young fellow, just initiated into the society of bucks and bloods. 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): GREENHORN. A novice on the town, an undebauched young fellow, just initiated into the society of bucks and bloods. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

      Events for the 3rd of May from Wikipedia:

      • 1791: The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitu
      • Birth (1896) of Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot (d. 1917) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_All
      @histodons

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

        CLEAR. Very drunk. The cull is clear, let's bite him; the fellow is very drunk, let's cheat him. CANT.

        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): CLEAR. Very drunk. The cull is clear, let's bite him; the fellow is very drunk, let's cheat him. 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): CLEAR. Very drunk. The cull is clear, let's bite him; the fellow is very drunk, let's cheat him. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

          FLUSH IN THE POCKET. Full of money. The cull is flush in the fob. The fellow is full of money.

          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): FLUSH IN THE POCKET. Full of money. The cull is flush in the fob. The fellow is full of 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): FLUSH IN THE POCKET. Full of money. The cull is flush in the fob. The fellow is full of money. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

            Events for the 2nd of May from Wikipedia:

            • 1945: World War II: The surrender of Caserta comes into effect, by which German troops in Italy cease fighting. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrende
            • Birth (1949) of Alan Titchmarsh, English gardener and author en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Tit
            • Death (2015) of Ruth Rendell, English author (b. 1930) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Ren
            @histodons

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

              DAVY. I'll take my davy of it; vulgar abbreviation of affidavit.

              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): DAVY. I'll take my davy of it; vulgar abbreviation of affidavit. 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): DAVY. I'll take my davy of it; vulgar abbreviation of affidavit. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                [?]Vassil Nikolov | Васил Николов » 🌐
                @vnikolov@ieji.de

                @kentpitman

                Thank you!
                Indeed your post is a good read and instructive on many counts.

                Three notes:

                (1)
                «=====
                (LOOP FOR X FROM 3 TO 5 COLLECT X)
                (3 4 5)

                (LOOP COLLECT X FOR X FROM 3 TO 5)
                (3 4 5 6)
                =====»

                This is an important example (and a good catch), which has "procedural" written all over it and it shows that `loop' isn't actually declarative—it can only be viewed as such, carefully.

                It seems to me that it would be interesting to fix the second case, rather than prohibit it, _but_ it may be difficult to justify the effort.
                (Regrettably, I can't recall exactly what the _current_ Common Lisp specification says, but I'll check later.)

                (2)
                Yes, I have always found the design and history of the pathname system very instructive, in more ways than I can elaborate now.
                And let no one forget about logical pathnames, too.

                "LOSSAG" fit in a single 36-bit word, didn't it?

                As a footnote, a long time ago I was something of a user of old IBM mainframe operating systems like VM/370¹, which did not have directories and separated a file name from a file type with a space (each up to eight characters, no lower case).
                _________
                ¹ Bulgaria was lagging behind the technological times then.

                (3)
                It's interesting to mention an emulator in this context.
                I can see a weak analogy to historical reconstructions.
                (There are many people who do them, mostly as recreation.
                I have been to some, watching horse riders shoot arrows and sheltering in a 7th-century-model tent from the rain.)








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

                  TURK. A cruel, hard-hearted man. Turkish treatment; barbarous usage. Turkish shore; Lambeth, Southwark, and Rotherhithe side of the Thames.

                  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): TURK. A cruel, hard-hearted man. Turkish treatment; barbarous usage. Turkish shore; Lambeth, Southwark, and Rotherhithe side of the Thames. 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): TURK. A cruel, hard-hearted man. Turkish treatment; barbarous usage. Turkish shore; Lambeth, Southwark, and Rotherhithe side of the Thames. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

                    Events for the 1st of May from Wikipedia:

                    • 1929: The 7.2 Mw Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929_Kop
                    • Birth (1874) of Paul Van Asbroeck, Belgian target shooter (d. 1959) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Van
                    @histodons

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

                      A novella about time and memory.

                      philosophics.blog/2026/04/30/n

                      I hear that people no longer read, don't read novellas, and have short attention spans. I figure that if they've got short attention spans, why not a novella? Of course, if they don't read anyway, I should have published a picture book instead. Live and learn.

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

                        CATCHING HARVEST. A dangerous time for a robbery, when many persons are on the road, on account of a horse-race, fair, or some other public meeting.

                        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): CATCHING HARVEST. A dangerous time for a robbery, when many persons are on the road, on account of a horse-race, fair, or some other public meeting. 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): CATCHING HARVEST. A dangerous time for a robbery, when many persons are on the road, on account of a horse-race, fair, or some other public meeting. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                          [?]KrissyKat » 🌐
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                          "As a Ukrainian journalist, I've covered the US for 20 years. I find it increasingly shocking."

                          theguardian.com/world/2026/apr

                          theguardian.com The long read As a Ukrainian journalist, I've covered the US for 20 years. I find it increasingly shocking. My country has been under occupation, dogged by corruption and war. Yet even I've been bewildered by the way the US seems to be fracturing. A version of this piece appeared in the Dial under the headline No Common Ground By Nataliya Gumenyuk Supporters of Ukraine in Washington DC, in 2024. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

                          Alt...theguardian.com The long read As a Ukrainian journalist, I've covered the US for 20 years. I find it increasingly shocking. My country has been under occupation, dogged by corruption and war. Yet even I've been bewildered by the way the US seems to be fracturing. A version of this piece appeared in the Dial under the headline No Common Ground By Nataliya Gumenyuk Supporters of Ukraine in Washington DC, in 2024. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

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

                            DEEP-ONE. A thorough-paced rogue, a sly designing fellow: in opposition to a shallow or foolish one.

                            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): DEEP-ONE. A thorough-paced rogue, a sly designing fellow: in opposition to a shallow or foolish one. 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): DEEP-ONE. A thorough-paced rogue, a sly designing fellow: in opposition to a shallow or foolish one. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

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

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

                              Montage of dictionary items posted by this account

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

                                Events for the 30th of April from Wikipedia:

                                • 1948: In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogot%C3
                                • Birth (1880) of Charles Exeter Devereux Crombie, Scottish cartoonist (d. 1967) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_
                                • Holiday: Christian feast of Marie of the Incarnation (Ursuline) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_of
                                @histodons

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

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

                                    "The wargames market was basically inaccessible to people that were part of the anti-war movement, unless it was couched in a way that wasn’t revisiting the atrocities that people were seeing on TV coming out of Vietnam." Jon Peterson with Angela Chen & Clara Collier for Asterisk asteriskmag.com/issues/14/shal

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

                                      NACKY. Ingenious.

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

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

                                        A Thousand-Year History of Hormuz

                                        The speed at which information moves has changed. The structure and vulnerabilities of a crucial global trade route have not.

                                        by Menachem Butler

                                        tabletmag.com/sections/history

                                        Petroleum industry and trade at PG:
                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/3

                                        The rugged, barren mountains of the Musandam Peninsula jut into the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow throughway between Iran (north) and Oman and the United Arab Emirates (south) where the waters from the Gulf of Oman enter the Persian Gulf. Khasab, Oman, the main city sitting on the tip of the Musandam Peninsula, sits only 65 km (40 mi) from the Iranian city of Bandar Abbas. The rocky limestone mountains of the peninsula rise as high as 6,500 feet (2,000 meters) above sea level and create fjord-like inlets along the coast. Musandam is an exclave of Oman, separated from the rest of the country by the United Arab Emirates. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a stunning true-color image of the Strait of Hormuz and the Musandam Peninsula on December 6, 2018. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz#/media/File:Strait_of_Hormuz_and_Musandam_Peninsula_(MODIS_2018-12-10).jpg

                                        Alt...The rugged, barren mountains of the Musandam Peninsula jut into the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow throughway between Iran (north) and Oman and the United Arab Emirates (south) where the waters from the Gulf of Oman enter the Persian Gulf. Khasab, Oman, the main city sitting on the tip of the Musandam Peninsula, sits only 65 km (40 mi) from the Iranian city of Bandar Abbas. The rocky limestone mountains of the peninsula rise as high as 6,500 feet (2,000 meters) above sea level and create fjord-like inlets along the coast. Musandam is an exclave of Oman, separated from the rest of the country by the United Arab Emirates. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a stunning true-color image of the Strait of Hormuz and the Musandam Peninsula on December 6, 2018. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz#/media/File:Strait_of_Hormuz_and_Musandam_Peninsula_(MODIS_2018-12-10).jpg

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                                          [?]screwlisp » 🌐
                                          @screwlisp@gamerplus.org

                                          @jns

                                          @rwxrwxrwx are you available on Tuesday-evenings-in-the-Americas for something like an Irix (SGI, MPI I guess) ecosystem discussion?

                                          Er, who else do I need to tag here. Is anyone actually in contact with sdf's DJ Polybius archives.anonradio.net/#liquid ? Who else do I even know who worked with Irixes. @praetor ?

                                          if I got my off-the-cuff wrong please do correct me forthwith!

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

                                            GOADS. Those who wheedle in chapmen for horse-dealers.

                                            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): GOADS. Those who wheedle in chapmen for horse-dealers. 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): GOADS. Those who wheedle in chapmen for horse-dealers. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

                                              Events for the 29th of April from Wikipedia:

                                              • 1862: American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American
                                              • Birth (1925) of Iwao Takamoto, American animator, director, and producer (d. 2007) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwao_Tak
                                              • Holiday: International Dance Day (UNESCO) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internat
                                              @histodons

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

                                                BOUNCING CHEAT. A bottle; from the explosion in drawing the cork. CANT.

                                                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): BOUNCING CHEAT. A bottle; from the explosion in drawing the cork. 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): BOUNCING CHEAT. A bottle; from the explosion in drawing the cork. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

                                                  BUG-HUNTER. An upholsterer.

                                                  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): BUG-HUNTER. An upholsterer. 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): BUG-HUNTER. An upholsterer. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

                                                    Events for the 28th of April from Wikipedia:

                                                    • 1978: The President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presiden
                                                    • Birth (1987) of Daequan Cook, American basketball player en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daequan_
                                                    • Holiday: Christian feast of Aphrodisius and companions en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodis
                                                    @histodons

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

                                                      Civilisations die from suicide, not murder. – Arnold J Toynbee

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

                                                        ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS. One who from drunkenness vomits into the lap of the person sitting opposite to him. SEA PHRASE.

                                                        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): ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS. One who from drunkenness vomits into the lap of the person sitting opposite to him. SEA PHRASE. 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): ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS. One who from drunkenness vomits into the lap of the person sitting opposite to him. SEA PHRASE. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

                                                          TYBURN TOP, or FORETOP. A wig with the foretop combed over the eyes in a knowing style; such being much worn by the gentlemen pads, scamps, divers, and other knowing hands.

                                                          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): TYBURN TOP, or FORETOP. A wig with the foretop combed over the eyes in a knowing style; such being much worn by the gentlemen pads, scamps, divers, and other knowing hands. 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): TYBURN TOP, or FORETOP. A wig with the foretop combed over the eyes in a knowing style; such being much worn by the gentlemen pads, scamps, divers, and other knowing hands. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

                                                            Events for the 27th of April from Wikipedia:

                                                            • 1813: War of 1812: American troops capture York, the capital of Upper Canada, in the Battle of York. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1
                                                            • Birth (1926) of Alan Reynolds, English painter and educator (d. 2014) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Rey
                                                            • Death (2006) of Julia Thorne, American author (b. 1944) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Th
                                                            @histodons

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

                                                              CASH, or CAFFAN. Cheese; CANT. See CAFFAN.

                                                              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): CASH, or CAFFAN. Cheese; CANT. See CAFFAN. 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): CASH, or CAFFAN. Cheese; CANT. See CAFFAN. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                [?]🅺🅸🅼 🆂🅲🅷🆄🅻🆉:~$ ▓ » 🌐
                                                                @kimschulz@social.data.coop

                                                                40år siden i dag at tjernobyl eksploderede grundet menneskelige fejl og arrogance - ikke pga systemerne eller procedurerne- men fordi man valgte at omgå selvsamme procedurer. Altid værd at huske i snakken om kernekraft og sikkerhed.
                                                                illvid.dk/teknologi/de-sidste-

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                                                                  [?]screwlisp » 🌐
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                                                                  If the stars align and everything works
                                                                  toobnix.org/w/m18PXLF4busMtXMh
                                                                  sunday morning in Europe !

                                                                  I'm still out-of-it-after-surgeory so I am going to read these threads:
                                                                  appdot.net/@mdhughes/116451465 @mdhughes @lain_7 @djl @indyradio in the vane of Liskov's .

                                                                  mastodon.scot/@simon_brooke/11 @simon_brooke tried Robert Smith ( )'s new coalton-lang.github.io/2026042

                                                                  Poetry-wise, reading @vnikolov 's ieji.de/@vnikolov/116469719666

                                                                  Lispy Gopher Climate sunday-morning-in-europe-banner featuring someodd beaming down upon the lisp alien and gopher.

                                                                  Alt...Lispy Gopher Climate sunday-morning-in-europe-banner featuring someodd beaming down upon the lisp alien and gopher.

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

                                                                    GRINDERS. Teeth. Gooseberry grinder; the breech. Ask bogey, the gooseberry grinder; ask mine arse.

                                                                    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): GRINDERS. Teeth. Gooseberry grinder; the breech. Ask bogey, the gooseberry grinder; ask mine arse. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GRINDERS. Teeth. Gooseberry grinder; the breech. Ask bogey, the gooseberry grinder; ask mine arse. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

                                                                      Events for the 26th of April from Wikipedia:

                                                                      • 2002: Robert Steinhäuser kills 16 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erfurt_m
                                                                      • Birth (1917) of I. M. Pei, Chinese-American architect, designed the National Gallery of Art and Bank of China Tower (d. 2019) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._M._Pei
                                                                      • Holiday: Riquier en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richarius
                                                                      @histodons

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

                                                                        ONION. A seal. Onion hunters, a class of young thieves who are on the look out for gentlemen who wear their seals suspended on a ribbon, which they cut, and thus secure the seals or other trinkets suspended to the watch.

                                                                        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): ONION. A seal. Onion hunters, a class of young thieves who are on the look out for gentlemen who wear their seals suspended on a ribbon, which they cut, and thus secure the seals or other trinkets suspended to the watch. 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): ONION. A seal. Onion hunters, a class of young thieves who are on the look out for gentlemen who wear their seals suspended on a ribbon, which they cut, and thus secure the seals or other trinkets suspended to the watch. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                          What a Geisha Really Is and How Her Role Has Changed

                                                                          What is a geisha? More than skilled entertainers in dance, singing, and refined conversation, they are custodians of traditional Japanese arts and culture.

                                                                          thecollector.com/what-is-geish

                                                                          Books about geishas at PG:

                                                                          gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/

                                                                          Geisha of the Tachibana Street by Torii Kiyonaga 1786. Three geisha are walking together. Each of them wears a different pattern Kimono. The one on the left has a light colored one, the middle has a red and tan checkered one, and the last one has a black one with flowers. The one in the middle and the last one are carrying a parasol.

                                                                          Alt...Geisha of the Tachibana Street by Torii Kiyonaga 1786. Three geisha are walking together. Each of them wears a different pattern Kimono. The one on the left has a light colored one, the middle has a red and tan checkered one, and the last one has a black one with flowers. The one in the middle and the last one are carrying a parasol.

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                                                                            DEAD CARGO. A term used by thieves, when they are disappointed in the value of their booty.

                                                                            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): DEAD CARGO. A term used by thieves, when they are disappointed in the value of their booty. 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): DEAD CARGO. A term used by thieves, when they are disappointed in the value of their booty. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                              Events for the 25th of April from Wikipedia:

                                                                              • 1864: American Civil War: In the Battle of Marks' Mills, a force of 8,000 Confederate soldiers attacks 1,800 Union soldiers and a large number of wagon teamsters, killing or wounding 1,500 Union combatants. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_o
                                                                              • Birth (1977) of Ilias Kotsios, Greek footballer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilias_Ko
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                                                                                [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                GARNISH. An entrance fee demanded by the old prisoners of one just committed to gaol.

                                                                                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): GARNISH. An entrance fee demanded by the old prisoners of one just committed to gaol. 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): GARNISH. An entrance fee demanded by the old prisoners of one just committed to gaol. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                  The Harrowing Story Of The Jamestown Massacre, When Hundreds Of Colonists Were Killed By Native Americans

                                                                                  By Genevieve Carlton

                                                                                  The Jamestown Massacre took place in March 1622 and was led by Powhatan Native Americans who hoped to prevent the English colonists from settling permanently in Virginia.

                                                                                  allthatsinteresting.com/jamest

                                                                                  Books about Jamestown at PG:

                                                                                  gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?q

                                                                                  Virginia stereoscopic card - Ruins of a church Jamestown, Virginia, US. You see the church through the bare trees. "Kilburn Brothers, Photographer" - Virginia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who assembled it over a period of more than six decades, Robert N. Dennis (1900-1983). Stereographs consist of two nearly identical photographs or photomechanical prints, paired to produce the illusion of a single three-dimensional image, usually when viewed through a stereoscope. Stereographs were produced from the 1850s to the 1940s, with the bulk between 1870 and 1920."

                                                                                  Alt...Virginia stereoscopic card - Ruins of a church Jamestown, Virginia, US. You see the church through the bare trees. "Kilburn Brothers, Photographer" - Virginia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who assembled it over a period of more than six decades, Robert N. Dennis (1900-1983). Stereographs consist of two nearly identical photographs or photomechanical prints, paired to produce the illusion of a single three-dimensional image, usually when viewed through a stereoscope. Stereographs were produced from the 1850s to the 1940s, with the bulk between 1870 and 1920."

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                                                                                    Reposting from Threads:

                                                                                    The Dutch East India Company invented the stock market in 1602. Publicly traded shares. The first IPO in history.

                                                                                    Its sister company, the Dutch West India Company, bought Manhattan, founded New Amsterdam, and built a wall across the island using enslaved black labor to protect corporate assets.

                                                                                    That wall became Wall Street. That slave market became the New York Stock Exchange. That company town became New York City. That company became the United States of America.

                                                                                    The corporation didn’t take over the government. The corporation WAS the government. It had its own military, its own courts, its own currency, its own colonies. The government came later as middle management. We live in a company town. We just can’t see the walls.

                                                                                    c: Jodi LaCroix @hereiseeheresy

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                                                                                      LONG ONE. A hare; a term used by poachers.

                                                                                      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): LONG ONE. A hare; a term used by poachers. 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): LONG ONE. A hare; a term used by poachers. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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